Market Tokens (50) includes Covent Garden, Spitalfields, Stratford and a few miscellaneous, in many different shapes, heart-shaped, octagonal, oval, square etc. in mixed grades
Sack Tokens 1857 J Solomon Ifield (80) 28mm in brass in mixed grades Fine to Good Fine, CO OP Society Ltd Goole 1 Pint Milk Token brass square shaped (32) average Lustrous EF, Bahamas Grand Bahama Ninepence tokens Grand Bahama Club (9) silver alloy 19mm diameter undated circa.1950 Obverse and Reverse depicting fish EF-A/UNC
Unofficial Farthings Scarborough Market Harborough Obverse The Noted Boot and Shoe Shop Reverse The Cheapest Shop for Plain & Fancy Hosiery (8) four each in brass and white metal
"Coming of Age" shield stick pin, silver, engraved "Presented to W. Darby Griffith on his coming of age by the Labourers of the Padworth Estate June 1879". 32mm wide. VF Padworth House Berkshire.
100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic a 4-medal set each 109.89 grammes and 70mm diameter FDC with modern copy of the White Star Line ticket and a set of 5 St. Vincent and Grenadine $1 stamps UNC, in the wooden box of issue
Assorted medals (7) including: Admiral Nelson - Boulton's Trafalgar Medal - a Tower Mint replica 2005, cased; National Rifle Association Medal, bronze, cased; St Georges Chapel Windsor, gilt metal; 50th Anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb 1922, gilt metal; Primrose League gilt medal with enamelled brooch dated 1891; J. S. Fry & Sons Bicentenary medal 1928 (Eimer 2013) cased; Royal Life Saving Society bronze medal, cased. VF or better.
Assorted medals and tokens (52), mostly bronze including Hudson Bay Company, Ethiopia 1924, Victor Kaplan 1934 and Mayflower 350 year anniversary medal
FAO Medals 16 October 1981 World Food day (9) 3 in gold 18 carat 28 mm 15 grams, 3 in sterling silver 50 mm 70 grams, and 3 in bronze, the bronze and silver in 3 coin presentation cases the gold in individual wallets, pleasing eye catching designs, as issued with certificates
George III and CharlotteCoronation 1761 Obverse Busts left conjoined GEO&CHARLOTTE.CROWND.SEPTEM..22.1761 Reverse Britannia left SOVEREIGNS & SUBJECTS UNITE.TO.GLORY.IN:ME..39mm diameter in brass NEF, MontgomerySheffield Sunday School Union 1862 38mm diameter in copper GEF with hole in edge at top
George IIICoronation 1761 unsigned by T.Pingo Obverse Armoured bust left, (as Eimer 683) Reverse bust of Charlotte right CHARLOTTA.BRITANNIAE.REGINA with NUPT:SEPT:VIII CORO :XXII MDCCLXI in three lines below the bust, 41mm diameter in silver About UNC with a couple of small spots
Henry Morton Stanley famous for his search for Dr. Livingstone 1890 66mm diameter in bronze awarded by the Belgian Municipal Council The Royal Geographical Society and the Chamber of Commerce of Antwerp April 1890 VF /GVF obverse cleaned comes with printed details of the famous explorer and his famous search for Dr. David Livingstone
Medals (3) FranceBernard Jussiels 1823 41mm diameter in copper GEF, France Ministry of War 50mm diameter in silver undated EF, ItalyMilan Cathedral undated 50mm diameter in bronze EF with lustre
Medals (5) France Ministry of War 62mm in bronze 1870-1871 NEF, as part of a group of 5 mixed European with a couple of smaller silver types, in mixed grades
Silver Medallic Issues Opening of London Bridge 1973 50mm, JF Kennedy 37mm, Edward Duke of Windsor 1972 37mm these three toned Unc and cased, Edward Heath 1973 EEC 37mm in Franklin Mint's perspex holder, Royal Wedding First Day Cover Anne and Mark Philips 38mm, UN 4 coin cover set in blue book with 4 x silver proof crown sixed medals
The Churchill Centenary Medals 1974 by John Pinches 24 crown sized medals in set in the collectors album as issued in Silver Proof FDC in the album of issue
The Official Emblems of the World's Greatest Airlines 50 piece silver miniature ingot set UNC in the box of issue with certificates, GB Proof Set 2000 FDC in the case of issue, Medals (11) First World War Star to 2.Lieut H.W.Perry-Gore, Second World War (7) Atlantic Star, Pacific Star, Africa Star, 1939-1945 Star (2), Defence Medal, Coronation Medal 1937 in brass, Trafalgar Medal reproduction in Pewter, German Iron Cross Reproduction, in mixed condition, plus Silver pendant 25mm diameter engraved with a bird, Switzerland Collectors Knives (2) 1983 Battle of Morgarten 1315, 1984 Battle of Laupen 1339, UNC boxed
Victoria 1897 Jubilee Medal, bronze, The official Royal Mint issue, 56mm VF. Edward VII Coronation Medal, bronze, The official Royal Mint issue, 56mm. in case, AEF. Together with an Edward VII 1937 medal, frosted silver plated finish.
White Metal Medals (4) Grand National Jubilee 1809, William IV Coronation 1831, Thomasons Metallic Bronze Vase 1821, pierced, Universal Exhibition of London 1862 by Bovy, Jubilee 1897, Marquis of Salisbury & Prime Ministers by Spink. AVF or better
1914 Mons Star group of four to 7666 Pte. H. Martin, 2/York & Lancs Regt, 1914 Star with Mons clasp, British War & Victory Medals, ImperialService Medal GVI issue to Henry Charles Martin with certificate of award dated 1948 upon retirement from the Post Office.
Metropolitan PoliceCoronation Medal 1902, bronze, Metropolitan Police Coronation Medal 1911, silver, both named as issued "P.C. H. Page, A Div.) Mounted as worn. GVF.
Order of St John, serving sister badge on bow, silvered metal & enamel. The St John Ambulance Association Competition "For the Grand Prior's Trophy" medals (2), 75mm. Bronze & silvered metal. EF. (3).
Cases (empty) for Proof Sets 1902 Long Set and 1937 15 coin set (5 cases) along with two Lindner Trays and other miscellaneous empty bases and cases, condition varies from usable second hand to good
Coin Weight George II Guinea 1748 by F.Kirk Obverse George II bust left GEORGIUS.II.DEI.GRATIA. With KIRK F below, Reverse A GUINEA in Crowned cartouche, M B F ET H.REX .F.D.B.ET.S.P.I.A.T.ET.E 1748 weight 8.16 grammes Fine
ElectrotypeCrown 1818 Pattern as ESC 234 similar to the adopted currency coin but with the portrait larger (see illustration ESC 1992 edition page 29) as struck and rare
FantasyCrowns (200 approx.) a wide variety including William IV, George III various reverse such as Bermuda, Wales, Bahamas different metals mostly in eye catching BU some duplicated but looks like no more than 5 of any give type
First Day Cover and Coin albums (6) being two sets with a total of 141 pages comprising GB and World The Royal Family, a first day Coin cover collection in three Westminster albums (51 pages with coins and stamps) as issued, many with Five Pound Crowns, Bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar 1805-2005 First day covers, and Coin Covers in three Westminster albums (90 pages) mostly regular first day covers or loose stamps, along with a handful of coin covers, as issued
Goblets York Minster (2) in silver commissioned in 1972 on the 500th Anniversary of the completion of the Gothic Minster and the end of 5 Years worth of restoration, UNC in the white boxes of issue with booklets. Pocket Sundial in silver by Ransom Gallery Ltd. weighing approx. 2 3/4 oz. inset with 10 small emeralds (originally 18) in the case of issue with certificate and original newspaper cutting showing original issue price of £95, Coins of the World (14) in a glass frame 254mm x 205mm with a printed map of the World EF-UNC largely 1950s and 1960s minors
Jetton Charles II Coronation undated (1661) Obverse Large Rose within wreath border, Reverse interlinked C's as on the currency MaundyTwopence 14mm diameter in silver EF
Mint ErrorMis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1976 struck on a thin cupro-nickel flan weighing 7.634 grammes instead of 11.31 grammes A/UNC toned, accompanied by a Royal Mint letter confirming the weight and metallic content measured by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry
Mint ErrorMis-StrikeFarthing 1860 Beaded Border struck off-centre with around 1mm blank flan, UNC with practically full lustre and a dark spot on the reverse
Mint Errors (55) a mixed world group including blank planchets, some errors minor, other coins in low grade so hard to be sure error was in the striking, needs viewing
Mint Errors Mis-Strikes (10) Pennies (5) 1913, 1940, George VI with rim cud over the date area, 1962, 1963, Halfpennies (4), 1920 with obverse split away from coin due to lamination, 1928, George V with reverse split away from the coin due to lamination, 1944, BrassThreepence (1) Obverse uniface (smoothed?) a variety of mainly laminations in mixed grades to GEF
Mint Errors Mis-Strikes (7) Pennies (5) 1921, 1945, 1946, 1963, 1965, Halfpennies (2) 1959 and 1964 all struck on thin under weight flans an unusual group, Fine to GVF
Mint Errors, Sixpence 1966 VF weak obverse overstruck with part of the reverse, accompanied by a Royal Mint letter from 1968, as part of a group of Mint errors - Mis-Strikes (16) mostly planchet clips, slightly off-centre strikes, laminations, weak hubbing etc. in mixed grades
Paranumismatic an album including Checks, Tokens and Medals including earlier types (128) along with "Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales" eye catching bronze medal collection (36) medals Unc in a presentation album with a booklet which contains a narrative for each medal
Pub Checks Cornish Nags Head Inn Abingdon (2) Twopence and Threepence A/UNC, Unofficial farthing Token Edwin Cottrill St. Pauls Birmingham EF, Halfpenny Herts 90 Hatfield 1667 Thomas Serin VG with a ragged edge, Halfpenny 1672 Dublin Mic Wilson G, Halfpenny Norfolk 1811 Norwich Norfolk 24 NF, plus guinea weight Obverse G (crown) R Reverse 521 CW VF
A collection of mixed ancients from the Roman, Greek and Asian periods. 5 Roman Ar denarius and 1 Ar drachm. 1 Plated Attica, Athens tetradrachm and other various mixed Ar and Ae denominations. Mixed grades. Poor to NVF [15]
A collection of mixed Romansilvers (10) and 1 bronzefollis of Licinius. From Trajan through to Philip I. Various grades but most of a good collectable quality. GF to GVF. [11]
A collection of mixed Romansilvers (10) and 1 bronzefollis of Maximinus. From Vespasian through to Valerian. Various grades but most of a good collectable quality. GF to GVF. [11]
A collection of mixed Romansilvers (11) and a follis of Licinius. From Titus through to Trajan Decius. Various grades but most of a good collectable quality. GF to GVF. [12]
A collection of Phoenicia (199) in silver (42) and copper (157) housed in a cabinet, The collector remarks: 'The Autonomous Coinage of Phoenicia, although firmly within the Greek series, is remarkable for its maritime imagery and unique script, including several early dated series. The strategic location of Phoenicia (modern Lebanon) led to repeated incursions by Alexander and his successors, the Ptolemies and Seleukids, and ultimately by the Romans ; a turbulent history reflected in a further wealth of coin types'. Lot includes Tetradrachms (16) Aradus (2), of Alexander and obv. Tyche, Berytus (Caracalla), Ake-Ptolemais (3), of Ptolemy II , Antiochus VIII, and Caracalla, Sidon (3) Ptolemy II, Alexander I, and obv. Tyche, Tyre (7) Ptolemy II, Melquarth, Trajan (3), Caracalla, Geta; Dishekels (4) Byblos, Sidon, Tyre (2); a Stater of Aradus and Didrachms of Tyre (2), with other silver (20) including two very rare fractions of Gebaal (Byblos) Lion/Lotus type. The copper represents the mints of Aradus, Berytus, Ake, Byblos, Carne, Marathus, Orthosia, Tripolis, 'uncertain mint', Sidon, Tyre, comprising a solid range of autonomous and Roman issues including rarities such as Galba (Berytus), Diadumenian, Rev. Temple of Diana, and Aquileia Severa, both of Tyre. Lot includes Books (3), in mixed grades many in VF a few better, the bronzes in particular worthy of further study and further detailed research
A group of mixed Greeksilvers (18) and bronzes (6) including a few far Eastern silver units. 1 interesting immative Celtic Ar tetradrachm of Thasos. Various grades with two units being possible copies. Poor to NVF. [24]
A group of mixed Romanbronzes mostly of the later 3rd-4th century periods. 1 sestertius of Commodus. Various grades but some of a good collectable quality. Poor to VF. [57]
A group of mixed Romanbronzes mostly of the later 3rd-4th century periods. 1 sestertius of Gordian III. Various grades but some of a good collectable quality. Poor to VF. [58]
A group of mixed Romansilvers from the Republic through to a siliqua of Honorius. Some plated examples and in various grades but some of a collectable quality. Poor to VF. [35]
A group of Roman Ae4 bronzes from the House of Constantine. C, 4th century AD. Examples from Constantine I and II, Constantius and Constans. Included are Urbs Roma, Constantinopolis and two soldiers standing with standards. All of good metal and detail. NVF to EF. [25]
Arab-SassanianSilverdrachm in the name of Khusrau with lillah in obverse margin, mint DA, year 35, 3.65 grammes (SICA 236,Album A6) Good Fine with scratches on either side
CelticGold Stater Early Uninspired Coinage Cheriton Type ("Cheriton Smiler") similar to Chute type but with large crescent face S24, VA1215 (var) comes with Chris Rudd's ticket found Portsmouth Hants 1939 about VF edge a little irregular at the top as often
CelticGold Stater South Ferriby c.45-40BC Sunflower type, Obverse devolved head of Apollo Reverse disjointed horse left with sunflower below VA809 5.52 grammes GVF with a small reverse edge scrape
CelticSilverUnit Ece Obverse Two Crescents back to back, Reverse Horse right ECE below, weight 1.1 grammes, S.445 M.426 Fair (bought C.J.Martin 1984 £28) and Jetton Elizabeth I in lead or pewter, these believed to have been struck in London around 1574, probably as political medalets or counters, Reverse with Crowned Rose and E [R] at sides Obverse with double-headed eagle North 2062, weight 2.5 grammes Fair
Roman Dupondii (2) struck by Caligula, of Germanicus Caesar, Obv . Germanicus in triumphal quadriga, and Nero and Drusus Caesars, Obv. The two Caesars on horseback RCV 1820 and 1828, Fair to Near Fine, both scarce
Roman, Caligula (4) Sestertius, Rev. ADLOCVT COH, Caligula on platform haranguing five soldiers, NF Rare; As, Rev Vesta F rough surface obverse, Quadrans GVF or better; and a commemorative As of his father Germanicus NF, RCV 1799, 1803, 1804, 1821
Roman, Claudius (5) Sestertius Rev. EX SC PP OB CIVES SERVATOS within wreath, As (2) Revs. Constantia and Libertas, Quadrans Obv. Modius, and a Sestertius of his father Nero Claudius Drusus, RCV 1850, 1857, 1860, 1863, 1897 Fair to Near Fine
Sestertius Ae. Philip I. C, 244-249 AD. Rev; FIDES EXERCITVS S C; four standards. RIC 171a. Slight surface roughness with an even dark patina. 15.46g. GF/NVF
Stater Au. Atrebates and Regni. C, 75-30 BC. Remic QB type. Obv; Blank. Rev; Horse right with wheel ornament below. VA 216-1. Slight weak strike to horses head otherwise good detail and centrally struck. 5.86g. VF
CrownCharles I 1644 Oxford Mint Rawlin's Crown with the king riding over the city view, a cast copy in base metal and of good style, VF with some light pits in the fields and some signs on an edge mount being removed at 4 o'clock
CrownElizabeth I mintmark 1 (1601) S.2582 evenly toned VF with a few minor surface stress marks and some weakness on the lower part of the face, a pleasing coin on a full round flan
Double CrownJames I Third Bust mint mark Rose S2621, Coincraft J1DC-010, North 2086 about VF on a wavy flan with first shield weak reverse perhaps once straightened
GroatEdward III Pre-treaty Series G(g), with saltire on neck, open E (obv), pellets in T-A-S, closed E (rev) (Doubleday: - , Lawrence G(g) var, N.1199 var, S.1570) NVF with some score marks to the bust. Rare, an unlisted variety. Lawrence's Class G(g) obverses with saltire on breast are only listed as having a closed E punch whereas this coin displays the open E of class G(h)
GroatEdward IV Light Coinage London mint m.m. crown/sun quatrefoils by bust and under bust (Blunt & Whitton type VIII (3), Delme-Radcliffe 201, N.1571, S.2001) NVF, a little double struck on the face but generally good.
GroatEdward IV Light Coinage London mint m.m. crown/sun quatrefoils by bust and under bust, fleurs over crown (Blunt & Whitton type VIII (3), Rochester 618, N.1571, S.2001) VF with a dark tone, slight flan curvature.
GroatHenry V Class C m.m. pierced cross w/ pellet centre, mullet on r. shoulder, quatrefoil after POSVI (Potter type VII(a) / VII(a) mule, N.1387(b)/(a), S.1765) NVF, a very slight bow in the flan but definitely an above average specimen on a well-sized, round flan.
GroatHenry VIILondon mint m.m. pansy/leopard's head crowned, outer arch only jewelled (Potter & Winstanley IIIc, SCBI 23 330-382, N.1705c, S.2199) VF on a large, round, centrally struck flan. Old collection tone. Pleasing and a rare reverse mintmark.
HalfcrownCharles I Third Horseman type 3a2 mintmark Triangle, cloak flies from shoulder, Reverse Oval garnished shield S.2776 GF/GVF with some signs of flan stress on the obverse, the reverse choice with little actual wear
HalfcrownCharles I Third Horseman, type 3a1, scarf flies from King's waist, Reverse Oval garnished shield, S.2773 mintmark Crown, VF the reverse excellent for this type, comes with three old collector's ticket, one from 1954
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint Group II Second Horseman, type 2c Reverse Oval Garnished shield with CR at sides mintmark Harp S.2771 overall Good Fine or better with some weaker areas
HalfcrownCharles II Third Hammered Coinage Type C with mark of value and circles, MAG BR FR legend ESC 456 About Fine with a couple of small flan cracks
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