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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 99

xCharles II, Five Guineas, 1676, elephant and castle 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, eight strings to Irish harp, sceptres in angles, interlinked C´s in centre, date at top, .mag. br.fra. et.hib rex. No stop after hib, edge upright inscription in raised letters .*. decvs . et . tvtamen . anno. regni. vicesimo . octavo.*. (Schneider 425; MCE.14; S.3330), lightly haymarked both sides, a bold very fine Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 Sotheby, 7 October 1993, lot 129

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