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James II, Gold 5-Guineas 1688 S-3397. PCGS-graded AU58.
James II, Stuart King 1685-1688
First Bust. QVARTO edge. Very rare; from a reign that endured for only four years as a result of the king’s conversion to Catholicism.
A beautiful and highly lustrous example, struck so well that every…