Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 3 27 Apr 2021
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Charles II (1660-85), gold Five Guineas, 1684, the 4 of date struck over a 3, second laureate head right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, four interlinked Cs at centre, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB REX., edge inscribed in Latin raised letters, .+.DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. TRICESIMO. SEXTO.+., 41.92g (Schneider 427; Bull EGC 202 this coin; MCE 29; S.3331). With usual adjustment marks at French Arms, peppered with tiny surface marks, otherwise fields of bright appearance perhaps from some light cleansing, with a pleasing cameo style effect to lettering and designs, good very fine and the final date of the reign.
The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles the second by the Grace of God," and abbreviated on the reverse as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and finally on edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the thirty sixth year of his reign". The regnal year was counted from the time his Father Charles I died in January 1648/9.
Provenance:
Ex A H Baldwin and Sons Ltd, purchased privately, August 2009.
This coin is illustrated on page 137 of the new English Gold Coinage publication by Maurice Bull, but is not listed as 4 over 3 but as a straight date. The undertype of the 3 can be seen inside the void of the 4.
(£20,000-25,000)
The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles the second by the Grace of God," and abbreviated on the reverse as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and finally on edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the thirty sixth year of his reign". The regnal year was counted from the time his Father Charles I died in January 1648/9.
Provenance:
Ex A H Baldwin and Sons Ltd, purchased privately, August 2009.
This coin is illustrated on page 137 of the new English Gold Coinage publication by Maurice Bull, but is not listed as 4 over 3 but as a straight date. The undertype of the 3 can be seen inside the void of the 4.
(£20,000-25,000)