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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 162

xGeorge II, Five Guineas, 1729, E.I.C, East India Company provenance below young laureate head left, georgivs.ii. dei.gratia. and e.i.c below, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms, crown band less ornate, seven hearts to Hanoverian Arms, eleven strings to Irish harp, Scottish Arms with inner frame of lis, date at top, .m.b.f.et.h.rex.f.d.b.et.l.d.s.r.i.a.t.et.e. edge inverted inscription in raised letters, inverted N´s in anno, +decvs.et.tvtamen anno.regni.tertio. (Schneider 556; MCE.279; S.3664), short scratch at back of head, some other light surface marks, a pleasing very fine, reverse nearly extremely fine with underlying brilliance Estimate £ 4,000-5,000

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