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500th Anniversary of the Sovereign
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the Great Queen of England
SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA WASS MOLITOR & Co
James II 1687 Five-Guineas, 2nd bust, MS61, edge TERTIO obverse plainJames II (1685 88), gold Five Guineas, 1687, second laureate bust left, Latin legend with pellet stops surrounding, IACOBVS. II. DEI. GRATIA. translates as "James II by the Grace of God" toothed border surrounding, rev. crowned cruciform emblematic shields, emblematic sceptres in angles, pellet at centre, date either side of top crown, abbreviated Latin legend, . MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB REX. translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland"