James I Laurel, third coinage, fifth bust, plate coin Coins of England, 5 known
James I (1603-25),gold Laurel of Twenty Shillings, third coinage (1619-25), fifth laureate and draped bust left, "bracket" ties behind bust, value behind, initial mark trefoil (1624), legend surrounds IACOBVS D: G: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET HI: REX,rev.long cross fourchée over crowned quartered shield of arms, terminal mark trefoil, FACIA M EOS IN GENTEM VNAM, no stops in legend, weight 8.94g (Schneider 88; N.2115; S.2639 - this coin illustrated).Toned but perhaps once polished, weak in parts but with a bold portrait, a little smoothed on cheek, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare, one of only five pieces known, of which no more than three are available to collectors.
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James I (1603-25),gold Laurel of Twenty Shillings, third coinage (1619-25), fifth laureate and draped bust left, "bracket" ties behind bust, value behind, initial mark trefoil (1624), legend surrounds IACOBVS D: G: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET HI: REX,rev.long cross fourchée over crowned quartered shield of arms, terminal mark trefoil, FACIA M EOS IN GENTEM VNAM, no stops in legend, weight 8.94g (Schneider 88; N.2115; S.2639 - this coin illustrated).Toned but perhaps once polished, weak in parts but with a bold portrait, a little smoothed on cheek, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare, one of only five pieces known, of which no more than three are available to collectors.
