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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
03/09/2023 Auction 182	English Coins	Lot 1942	Guinea 1689 S.3426 Later upright Harp, Fine with some surface marks, some slight smoothing on the edge indicates possible ex-mount, if however this is the case the coin has no additional damage to the surfaces, viewing recommended Signature Sale : The Collection of a Discerning Gentleman many decades in the making	£1,200
06/12/2020 Auction 171	English Coins	Lot 1363	Five Guineas 1693 S.3422 Obverse conjoined busts of joint monarchs right. GVLIELMVS ET MARIA DEI GRATIA. Reverse, crowned garnished square topped arms, lion of Nassau in centre. Edge year QVINTO in raised letters on edge, in a PCGS holder and graded MS62, with Prooflike and brilliant fields, a piece with remarkable eye appeal, the bust and reverse design lightly frosted, retaining much mint lustre, must surely be one of the finest known examples of this short series. At the time of writing, the PCGS Population report shows one example graded MS62+ and another at MS63 being the only finer examples. Across the entire William and Mary series combining all Five Guinea dates and varieties, only 4 examples have been graded higher by PCGS. and in August 2020 an example dated 1692 and graded MS63 by PCGS realised $384,000 in Heritage, and is now being offered for private treaty sale at $499,000, and we can tell you that that the difference in grade between MS62 and 63 is negligible. 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. More coins like this	£135,000
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
02/09/2018 Auction 162	English Coins	Lot 1757	Guinea 1689 S.3426 VG/Near Fine, Ex-Jewellery Signature Sale : The Ken Humphris Collection	£440
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
05/12/2016 Auction 155	English Coins	Lot 857	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. Edge year QVINTO in raised letters on edge, GEF reverse better and crisply struck rare thus, prooflike and brilliant fields a piece with remarkable eye appeal, the bust and reverse design lightly frosted, retaining much mint lustre, must surely be one of the finest known examples of this short series. Earlier this year a William and Mary 5 Guineas in MS63 realised $258,000 and in our opinion this coin would be at least MS62 on the US grading scale. 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.  More coins like this	£71,500
06/09/2015 Auction 150	English Coins	Lot 2225	Half Guinea 1689 First Busts S.3429 EF and lustrous with some adjustment marks, very rare in this high grade More coins like this	£2,900
07/06/2015 Auction 149	English Coins	Lot 2075	Guinea 1689 Early slanting harp, base of harp in line with X of REX S.3426 VF with plenty of eye appeal	£2,600
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
03/03/2013 Auction 140	English Coins	Lot 1853	Guinea 1689 S.3426 VF with a small dig near the obverse rim, a type hard to find above Fine	£2,000
02/12/2012 Auction 139	English Coins	Lot 1802	Guinea 1689 S.3426 Later upright Harp, Fine with some surface marks, some slight smoothing on the edge indicates possible ex-mount, if however this is the case the coin has no additional damage to the surfaces, viewing recommended	£1,500
02/09/2012 Auction 138	English Coins	Lot 2143	Guinea 1689 S.3426 VG an ex-jewellery piece	£380
04/03/2012 Auction 136	English Coins	Lot 1909	Guinea 1689 Early slanting harp with base of harp in line with X of REX S.3426 Fine the edge milling having been expertly repaired showing some evidence of filing on the top of the rims	£500
05/06/2011 Auction 133	English Coins	Lot 454	Half Guinea 1689 S.3429 VF or near so with some evidence of creasing in the fields, and an indentation to the right of the shield More coins like this	£750
09/06/2009 Auction 126	English Coins	Lot 1038	Guinea 1689 S.3426 About EF/EF and scarce thus, seldom seen in this high grade	£3,100
09/06/2009 Auction 126	English Coins	Lot 1039	Guinea 1689 S.3426 only Fair but Rare	£700
03/03/2007 Auction 116	English Coins	Lot 944	Half Guinea 1689 Spink 3429 brilliant and sharp EF with almost prooflike fields, interesting ghosting of the 89 of the date below the bust on the obve More coins like this	£3,600
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	£2,200
27/11/2005 Auction 111	English Coins	Lot 973	Guinea 1689 S.3426 No stop after GRATIA GVF/nEF	£2,100
27/11/2005 Auction 111	English Coins	Lot 971	Guinea 1689 S.3426 4 Harp Strings Billets inconclusive due to weakness of strike, pearls on but not within Crown band, MVS of GVLIELMVS struck over EL More coins like this	£850
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	£600
27/11/2005 Auction 111	English Coins	Lot 1000	Half Guinea 1689 S.3429 5 Harp Strings Billets inconclusive Good Fine More coins like this	£300
29/02/2004 Auction 104	English Coins	Lot 583	Guinea 1689 EF and scarce thus, seldom seen in this high grade	£3,000

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