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GM27278

Charles II 1673 Five-Guineas, first bust, QVINTO edge year, NGC XF40

Charles II (1660-85), gold Five Guineas, 1673, first laureate bust right with longer curving ribbon ties, legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform emblematic shields, eight strings to Irish harp, emblematic sceptres in angles, four interlinked C's at centre, date either side of top crown, legend and toothed border surrounding, .MAG. BR. FRA. ET.HIB. REX., edge inscribed in raised letters, .*.DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. VICESIMO. QVINTO.* (Schneider -; Bull EGC 176 R3; MCE 8; S.3328). With a pleasing red tone, some patchy colour and surface marks, has been slabbed by NGC as XF40, a very rare date.

NGC Certification 6382566-006

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."

The total gold output for the calendar year 1673 amounted to £119,852, one of the smaller totals of the reign.

The "Samuel King" Survey, "The Rarity of Five Guinea Pieces - An Analysis" co-authored by this cataloguer revealed a total of only 19 examples of the 1673 five guinea passing through the British market place in a 45 year period up until 2005.

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