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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 120

xJames II, Five Guineas, 1688, elephant and castle below first laureate bust left, iacobvs.ii. dei.gratia toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, frosted inner rings to crowns, Scottish Arms more finely executed, eleven strings to Irish harp, sceptres in angles, date at top, .mag. br.fra. et.hib rex. edge upright inscription in raised letters .+.decvs . et . tvtamen ..anno . regni . qvarto.+., (Schneider -; MCE.120; S.3398), two light rim knocks, metal starvation flaw on reverse rim and another on Irish harp, a smaller flaw in flan by French sceptre, with a very attractive red tone, lightly flecked on obverse, with weak tip of truncation, nearly extremely fine and very attractive Estimate £ 9,000-12,000 Lady Duveen, Glendining, 29 September 1964, lot 107Spink Numismatic Circular, January 1969, item 214

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