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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 164

xGeorge II, Five Guineas, 1731, struck from the proof dies, young laureate head left, georgivs.ii. dei.gratia. toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms, revised garnishing, crown band more ornate, fifteen hearts to Hanoverian Arms, fourteen strings to Irish harp, Scottish Arms with no lis to inner frame, 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 more closely spaced, .+decvs.et.tvtamen anno.regni.qvarto+. (Schneider 557; cf.W&R 68; cf. L&S 4; MCE.281; S.3663A), with abnormal edge wear or weakness of strike at top and bottom, possibly due to being once ring mounted, pitted surfaces with surface marks, red tone to reverse with underlying brilliance being struck from the proof dies, double struck on reverse, very fine Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 Stacks, New York, Fixed price list, June 1990, item 170Stacks, New York, 9 December 1991, lot 494

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