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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/09/2023 Auction 182	English Coins	Lot 1932	Five Guineas 1688 Second Laureate Bust, S.3397A, VF cleaned with moderate contact marks, an evenly struck piece and still retaining good eye appeal More coins like this Signature Sale : The Collection of a Discerning Gentleman many decades in the making	£9,500
03/09/2023 Auction 182	English Coins	Lot 2414	Guinea 1688 S.3402 NGC MS62 rare and desirable in this high grade	£9,000
05/03/2023 Auction 180	English Coins	Lot 1388	Guinea 1688 Second Bust S.3402 in an NGC holder and graded VF35	£2,500
06/12/2020 Auction 171	English Coins	Lot 1398	Guinea 1688 Second Bust S.3402 VG, a little weak near the centre of the reverse, a collectable example of this short series	£1,300
01/09/2019 Auction 166	English Coins	Lot 1644	Guinea 1688 S.3402 NEF/EF and lustrous with some haymarking, one of the finest we have handled of this date, lists at £11,000 in EF	£3,600
02/09/2018 Auction 162	English Coins	Lot 1818	Half Guinea 1804 S.3737 GF/NVF lightly cleaned, Ex-Reeves Auction 3/2/1978 Lot 1688, Third Guinea 1804 S.3740 Near Fine, Ex-Jewellery and with light graffiti More coins like this Signature Sale : The Ken Humphris Collection	£300
18/03/2018 Auction 160	English Coins	Lot 2089	Five Guineas 1688 S3397 PCGS XF45 More coins like this	£11,000
18/03/2018 Auction 160	English Coins	Lot 2132	Guinea 1688 S.3402 bright VF last sold by James of Norwich 9 Sep 1980	£2,800
09/09/2017 Auction 158	English Coins	Lot 1920	Five Guineas 1687 First Bust S3397 Prooflike and Brilliant About Unc rare thus graded and slabbed by PCGS at MS61, and a coin with fantastic eye appeal, very hard to find James II gold in this grade, indeed we note that an example of a 1688 Elephant and Castle piece, marginally inferior in obverse detail, graded PCGS MS61 WINGS sold recently in a US auction for $108,688 (at the time of writing converted to £84,452), we also note another 1687 Five Guineas of the same type as this lot in NGC MS61 currently being offered for sale at $117,500 on-line More coins like this	£54,000
09/09/2017 Auction 158	English Coins	Lot 1982	Guinea 1688 S.3402 VG or slightly better with some hairlines	£750
05/12/2016 Auction 155	English Coins	Lot 928	Guineas (2) 1688 Elephant and Castle below bust S.3403 the first 8 struck over a lower 8 Good Fine with some edge nicks and contact marks, 1714 Anne S.3574 About Fine/VG More coins like this	£2,400
06/12/2015 Auction 151	English Coins	Lot 2481	Guinea 1688 S. Elephant and Castle below bust S.3403 Obverse Good Fine, the reverse a strong Fine, Rare More coins like this	£2,600
06/09/2015 Auction 150	English Coins	Lot 3117	Two Guineas 1688 8 over 7 S.3399 GVF with some light haymarking on the reverse, a pleasing and evenly struck piece with much eye appeal, James II Two Guineas are rare in all grades, this being only the second example and by far the finest example offered by us since 2003 More coins like this	£9,000
07/09/2014 Auction 146	English Coins	Lot 2966	Guinea 1688 S.3402 VG with some old scratches on the reverse	£650
01/06/2014 Auction 145	English Coins	Lot 1549	Guinea 1688 Second Bust S.3402 EF or very near so with some thin contact marks on the base of the French shield, Lustrous and with much eye appeal, rare in this high grade, lists at £8000 EF in the latest Spink catalogue	£4,600
01/12/2013 Auction 143	English Coins	Lot 1747	Five Guineas 1688 QVARTO Second Laureate Bust S.3397A Choice EF with brilliant prooflike fields, and rare to find so nice, James II 5 Guineas in similar choice grade as this have been reported with retail ticket prices approaching £50,000 at major London Coin Shows More coins like this	£25,000
01/12/2013 Auction 143	English Coins	Lot 1874	Half Guinea 1688 S.3404 Fine, the obverse with some scuffs More coins like this	£650
06/03/2011 Auction 132	English Coins	Lot 954	Five Guineas 1688 QVARTO Second Laureate Bust S.3397A About VF/GF with a slight weakness below the top crown, but overall an attractive piece with much eye appeal More coins like this	£6,000
09/06/2009 Auction 126	English Coins	Lot 1077	Half Guinea 1688 S.3404 Nearer EF than VF with some weakness on the higher points of the King's hair and correspondingly on the base of the French shield all James II Half Guineas hard to find and in our opinion under-rated in terms of rarity this borne out by the fact that we have handled only two examples since March 2003 More coins like this	£1,400
05/03/2006 Auction 112	English Coins	Lot 931	Guinea 1688 S.3402 Second Bust GF	£420

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