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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 169

xGeorge II, Five Guineas, 1746, lima. below old 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, ten hearts to Hanoverian Arms, nine strings to Irish harp, Scottish Arms with inner frame of lis more crudely engraved, 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 decvs.et.tvtamen anno.regni.decimo.nono. (Schneider 564; MCE.285; S.3665), struck slightly off-centre, with underlying brilliance, lightly hairlined, good very fine Estimate £ 5,000-6,000

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