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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/03/2024 Auction 184	English Coins	Lot 1655	Guinea 1689 Elephant and Castle S.3427 About Fine/Fine, Ex-Jewellery, a rare issue and sought after in all grades More coins like this	£1,600
03/03/2019 Auction 164	English Coins	Lot 997	Guinea 1689 Elephant and Castle G of REGINA struck over an E S.3427 Fine, Ex-Jewellery, 7.18 grammes, Rare More coins like this	£1,100
05/03/2017 Auction 156	English Coins	Lot 2006	Five Guineas 1693 Obverse conjoined busts of joint monarchs right.  GVLIELMVS ET MARIA DEI GRATIA.  Reverse, crowned garnished square topped arms, lion of Nassau in centre Elephant and Castle below the bust S3423. Edge year QVINTO in raised letters on edge, GEF rare thus, not far off in grade to our lot 857 in LCA 155 Dec 2016 which realised £71,500 hammer. But this piece, the Elephant and Castle variety, is usually more sought after. The famous Samuel King Five Guineas sale by Spink included their well researched analysis of Five Guineas offered for sale in a 40 year period and the 1693 E & C offered here had a frequency of 19 compared to 91 of the S3422 type (1693 without E & C below). Last year a William and Mary 5 Guineas of this same type S3423 Elephant and Castle below in MS63 realised $258,000 in the USA. William and Mary were spouses who reigned over the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. They began their joint reign in February 1689 after they were offered the throne by the Convention Parliament. James II (Mary’s father) had fled the country and William and Mary occupied what was in effect a vacant throne.  They were the first joint rulers in England for over 800 years, although Philip II and Mary I had appeared on English coinage together.  Mary was to reign until her death from smallpox in December 1694 and William continued his rule alone, until his death in March 1702.  The reign of William and Mary was brief and their coins are relatively scarce, the piece offered here has a very competitive starting price and would truly be a bargain in todays market at the low estimate or in our opinion at several bids above. More coins like this	£55,000
07/12/2014 Auction 147	English Coins	Lot 2382	Guinea 1689 Elephant and Castle below busts S.3427 NEF with a slight weakness in the centre which barely detracts. Overall a most attractive piece with much eye appeal and seldom seen in this grade More coins like this	£3,200
02/06/2013 Auction 141	English Coins	Lot 1572	Guinea 1689 Elephant and Castle below bust S3427 near EF rare thus, without problems or detractions and much eye appeal, extremely hard to find William and Mary Guineas as pleasing as this More coins like this	£6,000
27/11/2005 Auction 111	English Coins	Lot 976	Guinea 1689 S.3427 Elephant and castle below busts, 5 Harp Strings, Billets inconclusive due to weaker striking, G of REGINA overstruck over and I or More coins like this	£2,200
27/11/2005 Auction 111	English Coins	Lot 975	Guinea 1689 S.3427 Elephant and castle below busts, 5 Harp strings 7 Billets, with pearls on top of and within the Crown band, No Stop after GRATIA, G More coins like this	£750
27/11/2005 Auction 111	English Coins	Lot 974	Guinea 1689 S.3427 Elephant and castle below busts 5 Harp Strings, 7 Billets GF/F More coins like this	£600

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