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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 138

xWilliam III, Five Guineas, 1701, ´fine work´ type, second laureate bust right, with flowing hair, gvlielmvs. iii.dei.gra., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, larger devices and emblems, eight strings to Irish harp, sceptres in angles, Lion of Nassau at centre with seven lozenges, date at top, .mag br.fra et.hib rex., edge upright inscription in raised letters +decvs.et.tvtamen.anno. regni.decimo.tertio+ (Schneider 480; MCE.172; S.3456), some light rim nicks, good very fine / nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 6,000-8,000

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