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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 171

xGeorge II, Five Guineas, 1753, 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, seven hearts to Hanoverian Arms, nine strings to Irish harp, Scottish arms with plain 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 decvs.et.tvtamen.anno regni.vicesimo.sexto (Schneider 566; MCE.287; S.3666), small dig in obverse field and a scratch in reverse field, other light surface marks, nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 Stacks, New York, 29 November 1990, lot 930

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