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Charles II 1684, 4 over 3, Five-Guineas, second bust, final date, SEXTO edge
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.+., weight 41.70g (Schneider 427; Holloway 38; Bull EGC 202 MCE 29; S.3331; Fr.281; KM.444.1).Lightly toned and peppered with light surface marks and nicks both sides, digs on neck with a few edge imperfections, good fine to almost very fine.
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.
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