The Remarkable "Ellerby Area" Hoard of English Gold Coins (1610-1727) | NGC XF45 | James II (1685-1688), Guinea, 1686, first laureate head variety left, two protruding leaf tips (the third buried), rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, five strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.26g [127.5grns], 6h (PAS: YORYM-18E848 = BM 2019 T668/105 this coin; MCE 125; Farey 270; EGC 323 five strings not noted; Spink 3400), haymarking on portrait, otherwise bright but lustrous, a bolder fine, rare, with NGC 'Ellerby' Certification, graded XF45 (#6380983-105).
Estimate: £600 - £900