Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1971 on a small flan 28mm weighing 7.80 grammes, only part of the milling is present NVF weakly struck on the Lion's face
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes GB Decimal Issues (10) Two Pounds 2006 missing most of the centre section, has possibly been cut after minting EF and lustrous, Twenty Pence 2009, the obverse with many raised lumps VF, Ten Pence 1968 a strike-through error on the obverse, an 18mm length depression covers much of the Queen's portrait, Fine/Good Fine, Ten Pence a blank flan GEF and lustrous, Ten Pence 2002 struck on a 20mm x 19mm slightly oval flan EF, Two Pence 1999 with around 75% of the coin very weakly struck, the lower left quarter of the obverse and lower right quarter of the reverse show correct detail, the remainder extremely weak, NEF, One Penny (4) 1971 with part of another coin struck from 8 to 9 o'clock on the reverse causing a depression in this area VF, 1971 struck off-centre on an 18mm diameter flan GVF, 1988 Reverse design not struck, reverse shows a faint outline of the Queen's portrait, GVF, 1997 weakly struck with much of the centre of the coin area weak, reverse with portcullis chains normally struck NEF
Mint Error - Mis-StrikePenny 1948 a spectacular strike-through error a triangular area 15mm x 16mm covering PENNY and part of Britannia, Fine with a small hole in the planchet, along with a Decimal Two Pence inverse impression of two 1971 obverses, on a 2.5mm thick planchet, appears 'man-made' rather than an error striking, Fine
Books an interesting and wide ranging selection from a retired Dealer's Library (31) many useful titles included :- British Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, Second Edition (1970) by C.Wilson Peck, The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th century by R.Dalton and S.H.Hamer (Second Printing 1977), English Pattern, Trial and Proof Coins in Gold by Alex Wilson and Mark Rasmussen (2000), The Victorian Bronze Penny (1860-1901) by Michael J. Freeman (includes quantities from the author's original study), Roman Coins and Their Values by David R.Sear (2) Revised Edition 1970 and Third Revised Edition 1981, Price Guide to 18th Century Tokens by Siegfried E. Schwer, USA Red Book 65th Edition 2012 by R.S.Yeoman, USA Blue Book 72nd Edition 2015 by R.S.Yeoman, Seventeenth Century Tokens of the British Isles And Their Values by Michael Dickinson, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins 1066 to Date (1996 Edition), by Richard Lobel, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, The Standard Catalogue of English Milled Coinage in Silver, Copper and Bronze 1662-1972 by Geoffrey M. Cope and Alan Rayner, The Standard Catalogu of Orders, Decorations and Medals by E.C.Joslin (Third Edition 1976), Spink's Catalogue of British Commemorative Medals 1558-Present Day by Daniel Fearon (1984), British Copper Coins and Their Values by Seaby (1969-70), Foster's Catalogue of New Zealand Coins and Tokens (1965), The Standard Australian Coin Catalogue 8th Edition (1980) by John Gartner, Price Catalog of United Stated Hard Times Tokens by Hewitt Bros., The Pocket Guide to New Zealand Tradesmen's Tokens by A.H and A.W Reed (1966), Japanese Coinage by Norman Jacobs and Cornelius Vermule III (1972), British Tokens and Their Values by Seaby (1984), Coins and Tokens of Ireland by Seaby (1970), The Guide Book To The Coinage of Ireland 995AD to Present Day by Spink & Son (1969), Standard Catalog of Belgian Coins 1832 to date by Renie Van Bergen (1982/1983), Scottish Coins by Adam B.Richardson (1977 Reprint), British Coins Market Values 2018, Spink Standard CatalogueDecimal Issues (2019), Canadian Coins - The Charlton Standard Catalogue 43rd Edition 1989, Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands by Seaby 1984, Speciale Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten van 1795 tot heden 1981 by Jihan Mevius, Renniks Australian Coins and Decimal Notes by Dion H.Skinner, all in good second-hand condition a valuable source of Numismatic information covering many areas (total weight over 17.5 Kilos)
Books and Accessories a varied group, includes Books (7) World Paper Money 1368-1960 11th Edition (2006), World Paper Money 1961-Date Modern Issues 11th Edition (2005), The Banknote Update by Owen W. Linzmayer (2009), Seaby's Standard Catalogue (3) 1972,1976 and 1984, Spink Standard Catalogue 2017 Pre-Decimal Issues, all in good second-hand condition, Westminster 12-coin boxes (4), Westminster trays or similar (7), Abafil-style trays (4), Lindner Trays (2), an aluminium case 410mm x 245mm x 95mm containing three bags of assorted size capsules, a pack of coin flips 1 1/4 x 1 1/4, a pack of 2x2 coin envelopes, a coin album, A banknote album, drawer-style trays (10) for various size coins, a Lindner carrying box to hold eight full size Lindner trays (no trays included), boxes for Royal Mint and or/promoters issues (30) and soft promoters issue bags (5), a ring binder, a 12-coin Westminster box and a magnifying glass, in mixed second-hand condition, the majority in very good condition (total weight over around 27 Kilos)
A brassSovereign weighing scale , along with a set of 4 brass weights, for 50 Sovereigns, 30 Sovereigns , 20 Sovereigns and 10 Sovereigns respectively , the 30, 20 and 10 marked Doyle & Son, London, in good used condition, with a group of Bank bags from Pre-Decimal times (14)
DecimalOne Pound edge lettering trials (2) both blanks with lettered edges, the first with DECUS ET TUTAMEN on a plain edge, 6.85 grammes, the second with DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI XXXI in italic font with a Cross Crosslet privy mark after TUTAMEN, 7.72 grammes both VF, along with a resin impression 65mm diameter of possibly a proposed design and two further paper impressions of the same design, , these accompanied by two booklets by the Royal Mint, the first entitled 'The United Kingdom Coinage' July 1987, the second entitled 'Proposals for a £1 coin and a 20p Coin' January 1981, these both in good condition
Books - a large, and comprehensive retired Ex-Coin Dealer's Library covering many aspects and areas of numismatics, includes many key reference works such as 'The Gold Sovereign' (2) 1999 Edition and Golden Jubilee Edition by Michael Marsh. 'The Gold Half Sovereign' by Michael Marsh, 1982 edition. Spink Standard Catalogue - Pre-Decimal Issues 2017. 'English Silver Coinage Since 1649' 1992 Edition by P.A.Rayner. 'British Silver Coins Since 1816' by Peter J. Davies 1982 Edition. Gold Coins of the World 5th Edition by Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg. KrauseWorld Coins 17th Century 1601-1700 3rd Edition (2 copies). Krause World Coins 1801-1900 2nd Edition. Krause World Coins 1701-1800 3rd Edition. Krause World Coins 1901-2000 39th Edition. The Banknote Yearbook 8th Edition 2013 by Token Publishing. 'World Paper Money General Issues 1368-1960 Volume 2 by Pick. 'World Paper Money Modern Issues 1961-date' 9th Edition. 'Paper Money of the United States' 6th Edition by Robert Friedberg. 'The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain' by Michael J. Freeman 1985 Edition. (2 copies) 'English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum 1558-1958' by C. Wilson Peck 1964 Edition. 'English Hammered Coinage' by J.J.North (3) Volume 1 (1) and Volume 2 (2). 'The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century ' by Dalton & Hamer 1990 Edition. 'Price Guide to 18th Century Tokens' by Siegfried E. Schwer. 'The British Bronze Penny' by Michael Gouby. 'Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values' by David R. Sear 1997 Edition. 'Greek Coins and Their Values - Volume 2 Asia and Africa' by David R. Sear. 'Byzantine Coins and Thier Values' by David R. Sear 2002 Edition. 'Roman Coins and Their Values' by David R. Sear 1970 Edition. 'Roman Coins and Their Values 'Volumes 1 (2001 Edition) , 2 (2002 Edition) and 3 (2005 Edition). 'English Paper Money' (2 copies) 6th and 7th Editions 2002 and 2006 by Vincent Duggleby. 'Tradesmen's Tickets and Private Tokens' by R.C.Bell 1966 Edition. Coincraft Standard Catalogues (5) 1995 (2), 1997 1999 and 2000 Editions. 'Scottish Banknotes 1695-2000' by Richard Dennett. 'English Proof and PatternCrown-Size Pieces 1658-1960, by Howard W.A Linecar and Alex G. Stone. 'Canadian Coins' by W.K Cross 59th Edition 2005. 'European Crowns and Thalers since 1800' by John S. Davenport. 'The Silver Token Coinage 1811-1812' by R.Dalton 1968 Edition. US Red Books (3) by R.S.Yeoman 1985, 2000 and 2004 Editions. 'Roman Silver Coins' by H.A.Seaby 1967. 'Greek Coins and Their Values' 1966 Edition by H.A.Seaby 1966 Edition (2 copies). Krause 'Standard Catalogue of World Gold Coins' 5th Edition. Coincraft Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1999 Edition. 'British Commemorative Medals' by Christopher Eimer 2010 Edition. Other titles include works covering Ancient Coins, Trade Tokens, Greek Coins, World Coins, Mexican Coins, Finnish Coins, Italian Copper Coins, Medals, Coin Hoards, War Medals, and other related titles covering Antiques Silver, Postcards, Pocket Watches, Gold and Silver Hallmarks, Military and Air Force Badges, Medals and Decorations, Gemstones and Postcards. All in good second-hand condition, the Standard references alone would cost new hundreds of Pounds (total weight over 150 Kilos)
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1973 struck off centre with 3mm blank flan from 8 to 2 o'clock the excess with a straight edge between 10 and 12 o'clock, no edge milling present, Lustrous A/UNC and unusual
Books (7) English Silver Coinage 1974 edition by H.A.Seaby and P.A. Rayner. Seaby Standard Catalogue 1980, Spink Standard Catalogue 2015 Pre-Decimal Issues, Spink Standard Catalogue 2015 Decimal Issues, Coin Year Book 1981, English Coinage 600-1900 by C.H.V.Sutherland, Coins For Pleasure and Investment by Anthony Dowle and Patrick Finn, all in good second-hand condition, along with a small group of accessories, flips ,album pages and a stock box
GB and World Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (12) Nigeria Shilling 1959 KM#5 struck without a collar on a larger 24mm diameter flan, interestingly the coin still has the security edge, EF/AU, USA (2) Five Cents 1883 with IN GOD WE TRUST and FIVE CENTS weak or partially missing About UNC, Dime 1862S with die axis misaligned by around 45 degrees VG, India 2 Rupees 2003 struck off-centre with a raised lip around about a third of the coin NEF, GB (8) Halfpenny 1730 struck on a large, spread flan (very similar in appearance to the 1732 example in Peck plate 14, no. 844, but dated 1730) Fine with attempted holing, GB Penny 1962 on a thin flan and weighing 5.89 grammes VF, Small Planchet clips (5) Decimal Ten Pence 1969 NEF and Sixpences (4) 1961, 1967 (3) VF to EF, and Decimal Halfpenny Obverse struck normally, the reverse almost blank with a trace of reversed Queen's portrait, slightly off-centre with raised lip, along with Australia Penny 1964 with edge damage this possibly after minting VF
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1970 partial double brockage with both obverse and reverse weakly struck and with an incuse impression of the opposite side EF and unusual
Mis-StrikeDecimalPennies (2) the first an Obverse Brockage 1987 with the 'reverse' die axis misaligned by 90 degrees NEF, the second a curious piece showing an incuse obverse with part of the legend missing (including the date) with the typical flan spread displayed by most brockages, the reverse appears to have had a 1990 obverse impressed on it causing the flan to spread, and leaving the impression of the portcullis within an incuse obverse legend VF and highly unusual
Coin and Banknote Displays in Glass Frames (4) 'Queen Elizabeth II The Pre-Decimal Currency of Great Britain 1953-1971' this in two Frames includes Five Pounds Hollom and O'Brien, One Pound Hollom and O'Brien, Ten Shillings Hollom and O'Brien plus two Sets Crown to Farthing these in UNC, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Coins 1953 Crown to Farthing in UNC, The Royal Wedding Coin Collection comprising 14 Cupro-Nickel Crowns 1981 from various Commonwealth Countries UNC some with toning, plus Banknotes England and Scotland generally 1950s and 1960's issues £28.50 total face value in mixed circulated grades ROOM BUYERS ONLY NO POSTAL SERVICE
The Most Famous Coin Replicas' Una and the LionFive Pounds 2006 Copies (3), Crown sized medals with gilded pre-decimal coins embedded in them Farthing, Shillings (2), Penny, Netherlands 3 Gulden 1817 a 2006 Copy, 'British Banknotes' a set of four Crown Sized medals depicting coloured examples of British Banknotes thus:- £20 Bailey, £10 Series E, Ten Shillings English Lion, Ten Shillings Britannia Series, plus Liberia 5 Dollars Titanic Copy 2006 UNC in capsules
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