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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 630

George II (1727-1760), Five Guineas, 1738, dvodecimo, young laureate bust left, rev. crowned quartered shield, revised garnishing, semée of seven hearts in Hanoverian shield, eight strings in Irish harp (Schneider type 6; MCE.283 type 1; S.3663A), slight edge flattening above bust, flecking in front of neck, lightly brushed, most pleasing, proof-like and extremely fine, rare Estimate £ 10,000-12,000 provenance Douglas-Morris, Sotheby, 26 November 1974, lot 72 Sotheby, 2 October 1986, lot 160

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