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[[Image:S75-149.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 75, lot 149]]
 
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This specimen was lot 149 in Sincona sale 75 (Zurich, May 2022), where it sold for 36,000 CHF (about US$43,697 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Grossbritannien | Königreich. Charles II. 1660-1685. 2 Guineas 1684, London. Second laureate bust, with elephant and castle below. Selten. NGC MS61. Prachtvolle Erhaltung.'' (Rare, Magnificent condition.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1675-84. There is a similar type ([[Great Britain 1684 2 guineas Fr-284|KM 443.1]]) struck during the same years (including 1684) without the elephant and castle added below the king's bust; this marked gold obtained from Africa.
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This specimen was lot 149 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 36,000 CHF (about US$43,697 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Grossbritannien | Königreich. Charles II. 1660-1685. 2 Guineas 1684, London. Second laureate bust, with elephant and castle below. Selten. NGC MS61. Prachtvolle Erhaltung.'' (Rare, Magnificent condition.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1675-84. There is a similar type ([[Great Britain 1684 2 guineas Fr-284|KM 443.1]]) struck during the same years (including 1684) without the elephant and castle added below the king's bust; this marked gold obtained from Africa.
  
 
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* Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date,'' London: Coincraft, 1995.
 
* Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date,'' London: Coincraft, 1995.
 
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of [[Great Britain|British]] Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011.
 
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of [[Great Britain|British]] Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jurg, ''SINCONA Auction 75, SINCONA British Collection - Part 2'', Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 75, SINCONA British Collection - Part 2'', Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
  
 
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* [[Great Britain 1682 guinea Fr-289|1682 guinea, elephant and castle]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1682 guinea Fr-289|1682 guinea, elephant and castle]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1684 farthing|1684 farthing]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1684 farthing|1684 farthing]]
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* [[Great Britain 1684 3 pence|1684 threepence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1684 shilling|1684 shilling]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1684 shilling|1684 shilling]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1684 1/2 guinea Fr-290|1684 half guinea, no symbol]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1684 1/2 guinea Fr-290|1684 half guinea, no symbol]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1682 2 guineas Fr-284|1682 2 guineas, no symbol]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1682 2 guineas Fr-284|1682 2 guineas, no symbol]]
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* [[Great Britain 1684 5 guineas Fr-281|1684 5 guineas, no symbol]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1684 5 guineas Fr-283|1684 5 guineas, elephant and castle]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1684 5 guineas Fr-283|1684 5 guineas, elephant and castle]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1684]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1684]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 75, 76, 77]]
 
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 75, 76, 77]]

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Sincona sale 75, lot 149

This specimen was lot 149 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 36,000 CHF (about US$43,697 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Grossbritannien | Königreich. Charles II. 1660-1685. 2 Guineas 1684, London. Second laureate bust, with elephant and castle below. Selten. NGC MS61. Prachtvolle Erhaltung. (Rare, Magnificent condition.)"

This type was struck 1675-84. There is a similar type (KM 443.1) struck during the same years (including 1684) without the elephant and castle added below the king's bust; this marked gold obtained from Africa.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 16.70 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 16.77 g.

Catalog reference: KM 443.2, Spink 3336. Bull 225. Fr-286.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 75, SINCONA British Collection - Part 2, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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