GREAT BRITAIN. 5 Guineas, 1668. London Mint. Charles II. PCGS MS-62.

August 2026 Showcase Auction - World Coins - Live S-3329; Fr-282; KM-430.2. Elephant (Royal Africa Company) issue. An always-popular and very difficult issue relating to England's colonial prospecting forays, this stunning and wholly provocative example offers a majestic, nearly-Choice level of extravagant preservation. It is tied with just one other example for the top spot in the PCGS census. The interesting mark of an elephant below the bust of the sovereign indicated the source of the gold used in the striking of the coin. Issues with the elephant (and later, elephant & castle) were produced with gold mined in Western Africa along what was known as the "Gold Coast." The Royal African Company was issued a monopoly by the British crown to extract, among other things, gold for the production of coinage domestically within the kingdom. The name for the denomination--along with its multiples--eventually came from this very region--Guinea. The issues are rather difficult to encounter now, as many were melted over the centuries for the purpose of recoining. Stack's Bowers Galleries has been buying, selling, and auctioning coins and banknotes for nearly a century. The results achieved by our team speak for themselves. Past auction results can be found at our Auction Archive or Catalog Archive, both found here: Auction Archive: https://archive.stacksbowers.com Catalog Archive: https://stacksbowers.com/auctions/cat... If you are interested in consigning to an upcoming auction, we are here to help. Either email us at [email protected] or visit this page and fill out the contact form: https://stacksbowers.com/sell-consign... We have locations across the United States and across the globe. Learn more about these locations below. New York, New York: https://stacksbowers.com/sell-consign... Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: https://stacksbowers.com/sell-consign... Costa Mesa, California: https://stacksbowers.com/sell-consign... Boston, Massachusetts: https://stacksbowers.com/sell-consign... Hong Kong: https://stacksbowers.com/sell-consign... Denmark: https://stacksbowers.com/sell-consign... Miami, Florida: https://stacksbowers.com/sell-consign... We also have coin experts around the country in Nebraska, San Jose, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, Tulsa, New Hampshire, Washington DC, Dallas, Paris, Singapore. https://stacksbowers.com/locations/ To get in touch with an expert, email us at [email protected] or call us toll-free at (800) 458-4646. Visit us online at https://stacksbowers.com