Null ANGLETERRE - GUILLAUME AND MARIE
February 13, 1689 - December 28, 1694
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ANGLETERRE - GUILLAUME AND MARIE February 13, 1689 - December 28, 1694 - GVLLELMVS - ET - MARIA - DEI - GRATIA. Both busts on the right. Below, elephant. R/. - MAG - BR - FR - ET - HIB - REX - ET - REGINA - 16-91. Coat of arms with multiple crowned quarters. Edge inscribed in relief: (cross) DECVS - ET - TVTAMEN - "Honor and Defense" ANNO - REGNI - TERTIO. ♦ Fr 300; Seaby 3423 5 Elephant gold guineas 1691 London (41.72 g) Tiny dings on the edge. Very fine. The elephant alludes to the provenance of the gold from the Royal African Company, one of the oldest British colonial enterprises established in Guinea.

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ANGLETERRE - GUILLAUME AND MARIE February 13, 1689 - December 28, 1694 - GVLLELMVS - ET - MARIA - DEI - GRATIA. Both busts on the right. Below, elephant. R/. - MAG - BR - FR - ET - HIB - REX - ET - REGINA - 16-91. Coat of arms with multiple crowned quarters. Edge inscribed in relief: (cross) DECVS - ET - TVTAMEN - "Honor and Defense" ANNO - REGNI - TERTIO. ♦ Fr 300; Seaby 3423 5 Elephant gold guineas 1691 London (41.72 g) Tiny dings on the edge. Very fine. The elephant alludes to the provenance of the gold from the Royal African Company, one of the oldest British colonial enterprises established in Guinea.

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