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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 83

Anne (1702-14), Five Guineas, 41.75g., 1705, draped bust facing left, anna.dei. gratia., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, Pre-Union type crowned cruciform shields, rose at centre, sceptres in angles, six strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag br.fra et.hib reg., edge, inscribed in raised letters of inverted axis +decvs.et.tvtamen anno..regni.qvarto (MCE 198; S.3560), with a deep red attractive tone, with full underlying brilliance, a few tiny digs on neck, otherwise extremely fine, reverse better, very pleasing, rare Estimate £6,000-8,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin June 1946 for £135

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