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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 98

xCharles II, Five Guineas, 1675, elephant below 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, eight 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 septimo.*, (Schneider -; MCE.11; S.3329), very attractively toned, some light hairlines otherwise as struck and a very desirable specimen Estimate £ 10,000-15,000 Glendining, 26 June 1963, lot 4Lady Duveen, Glendining, 29 September 1964, lot 87Strauss Collection, 26 May 1994, lot 171

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