Charles II 1670 Five-Guineas, 1st bust, AU58, edge VICESIMO SECVNDO
Charles II (1660-85), gold Five Guineas, 1670, first laureate bust right, Latin legend with pellet stops surrounding, CAROLVS. II. DEI. GRATIA. translates as "Charles II by the Grace of God" toothed border surrounding, rev. crowned cruciform emblematic shields, emblematic sceptres in angles, four interlinked C's at centre, date either side of top crown, abbreviated Latin legend, .MAG. BR. FRA. ET.HIB. REX. translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" toothed border surrounding, edge inscribed in raised letters DECVS ET TVTAMEN ANNO REGNI VICESIMO SECVNDO, translates as "An ornament and a safeguard, in the twenty second year of the reign, weight 41.71g (Schneider -; Bull EGC 172 plate coin; King 94 this coin; Holloway 6; M.C.E. 5; S. 3328). Some red tone and surface marks, the third date of the series, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU58, this is the plate coin in English Gold Coinage.
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Charles II (1660-85), gold Five Guineas, 1670, first laureate bust right, Latin legend with pellet stops surrounding, CAROLVS. II. DEI. GRATIA. translates as "Charles II by the Grace of God" toothed border surrounding, rev. crowned cruciform emblematic shields, emblematic sceptres in angles, four interlinked C's at centre, date either side of top crown, abbreviated Latin legend, .MAG. BR. FRA. ET.HIB. REX. translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" toothed border surrounding, edge inscribed in raised letters DECVS ET TVTAMEN ANNO REGNI VICESIMO SECVNDO, translates as "An ornament and a safeguard, in the twenty second year of the reign, weight 41.71g (Schneider -; Bull EGC 172 plate coin; King 94 this coin; Holloway 6; M.C.E. 5; S. 3328). Some red tone and surface marks, the third date of the series, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU58, this is the plate coin in English Gold Coinage.
