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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 91

George II, Five Guineas, 41.91g., 1753, older laureate bust facing left, georgivs.ii. dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms, nine 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.vicesimo.sexto (MCE 287; S.3666), small ink mark in obverse field behind head, small spot by forehead, attractive light tone, a pleasing extremely fine Estimate £5,000-6,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £70

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