Cleveland Museum of Art
Five Guineas: Charles II (obverse); Four Shields (reverse)
John Roettier (British, 1631–1703) · 1668
The name <em>guinea</em> came from the gold where it was mined, the so-called Gold Coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
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