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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 94

xCharles II, Five Guineas, 1670, first laureate bust right, pointed truncation, long hair extending down, carolvs.ii. dei.gratia toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, frosted inner rings to crowns, nine strings to Irish harp, sceptres in angles, interlinked C´s in centre, date at top, .mag. br.fra. et.hib. rex., edge upright inscription in raised letters +. decvs . et . tvtamen . anno. regni. vicesimo . secvndo. (Schneider -; MCE.5; S.3328; W&R.48 R7), struck from the same dies as W&R 48,proof-like with some surface marks and hairlines, rim knock on obverse, attractively toned, bold very fine and extremely rare Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 Sotheby, 7 October 1993, lot 126Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1994, item 122

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