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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 90

George II (1727-60), Five Guineas, 41.91g., 1729, East India Company initials e.i.c. below young laureate bust facing left, georgivs.ii. dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms, eleven strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown, .m.b.f.et.h.rex.f.d.b.et.l.d.s.r.i.a.t.et.e. edge, inscribed in raised letters of upright axis, .decvs.et.tvtamen anno.regni.tertio (MCE 279; S.3664), toned, some light surface marks both sides, a bold very fine, reverse a little better, scarce Estimate £3,000-3,500 provenance Part-exchanged Baldwin 1944 for £60

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