1692 five-guineas certified by NGC realizes $312,000 at NYINC sale

The historic coin was the top lot in the Stack’s Bowers auctions.

An amazing gold coin that is more than 300 years old and certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) realized $374,400 at auctions of world and ancient coins presented by Stack’s Bowers Galleries on January 17 and 18, 2020, in New York.

The England 1692 Elephant & Castle five-guineas graded NGC MS-62 had a pre-sale estimate of $150,000 to $200,000. It features overlapping busts of William and Mary and has a small elephant and castle mark to indicate its gold was mined in western Africa. Its provenance includes the Marlborough-Blenheim Collection.

Another England Elephant & Castle five-guineas, this one from 1688 and graded NGC AU-58, realized $108,000. Its pre-sale estimate was $40,000 to $60,000. It, too, is from the Marlborough-Blenheim Collection.

A somewhat more recent Great Britain coin, an 1826 five-sovereigns graded NGC PF-62 Ultra Cameo, realized $86,400. It was from the Marlborough-Blenheim Collection, too.

From Italy, an undated (1741) FP gold one-ducatone graded NGC MS-61 realized $144,000.

Other NGC-certified coins of outstanding significance sold by Stack’s Bowers included:

• A Chile 1758-So J eight-reales graded NGC AU-58 that realized $60,500.
• A Paraguay 1867 gold four-pesos graded NGC EF-40 that realized $57,600.
• A Russia 1727 gold two-rubles graded NGC MS-62 that realized $46,080.
• A Switzerland 1501 gold five-ducats graded NGC VF Details that realized $43,200.
• A Roman Empire (Carus) A.D. 282-283 gold aureus graded NGC Ancients MS, Strike 5/5 and Surface 4/5, which realized $31,200.
• A Russia 1756 gold five-rubles graded NGC AU Details that realized $37,400.
• A Poland 1989-MW gold 200,000 zlotych graded NGC PF-68 Ultra Cameo that realized $ 33,100.

All prices realized include a 20% buyer’s premium and are stated in U.S. Dollars.

Press release courtesy of the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.

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