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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 119

xJames II, Five Guineas, 1687, elephant and castle below first laureate bust left, iacobvs.ii. dei.gratia toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, hatched frosted inner rings to crowns, seven strings to Irish harp, sceptres in angles, date at top, .mag. br.fra. et.hib rex. edge inverted inscription in raised letters .+.decvs . et . tvtamen . anno . regni . tertio.+, (Schneider 452; MCE.118; S.3398), lightly haymarked both sides, a little weak at tip of truncation, otherwise a pleasing extremely fine Estimate £ 8,000-10,000 Strauss Collection, Sotheby, 26 May 1994, lot 180

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