Five Pound Crowns 2018 A Portrait of Britain - a 4-coin set - British Landmarks S.PSS86, comprising 2018 SL66 Tenby Harbour, 2018 L.67 Blackpool Tower, 2018 S.L68 Brighton Pier, and 2018 S.L69 Southwold Beach Silver Proofs with coloured reverses, nFDC to FDC in the Royal Mint box of issue with certificate and booklet
Ingots - Royal Palaces - a 12-ingot set in sterlingsilver by the Birmingham Mint each ingot depicting a different palace - Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Brighton Pavilion, Hampton Court Palace, The Queen's House, Greenwich, St. James's Palace, The Dutch House, Kew Palace, Holyrood house, The Tower of London, Kensington Palace, Edinburgh Castle, and Caernarvon Castle, Lustrous UNC with some toning, in the wooden box of issue with certificate
Halfpennies18th Century (10) Sussex - Brighton 1796 Reverse: Honor the King DH10 Fine, Kent - Maidstone 1795 Reverse: Figure of Justice standing DH36 GVF, Cheshire - Macclesfield 1791 Obverse: Bust of Charles Roe DH32 Good Fine, Yorkshire - Hull 1791 Equestrian Statue of William III, DH17 Fine, Middlesex (6) Lackingtons 1795 Reverse: Figure of Fame, DH358a GVF, Newgate 1794 Milled Edge DH393 VF, National Series - Prince of Walesundated, DH952, GVF, Political and Social Series, undated, Hon. T. Erskine DH1010 GVF, Political and Social Series 1797 For General Convenience/Rule Britannia DH1019NVF/VF, Political and Social Series 1793 Sir Isaac Newton DH1034 NVF
Halfpennies18th CenturyMiddlesex (8) Blackfriars Obverse: a figure of a friar, PAYABLE IN BLACK FRIARS LONDON, Reverse: Arms, supporters and motto of the city of London, Plain edge, DH257a, NEF/EF, Foundling Fields 1795 Obverse: A lamb within a circle FOUNDLING FIELDS 1795, Reverse: Cypher IB within a circle, PAYABLE ON DEMAND, stop after DEMAND obscured by die flaw, as normal with this issue, milled edge, DH305, NEF with traces of lustre, Moore's 1795 Obverse: girl sitting under a tree making lace, LACE MANUFACTORY 1795, Reverse: A scroll inscribed MUSLINS IRISH CLOTH HOSE &c. within a circle. MOORE. No. 116 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, Edge: Coarse milled, DH389, NEF the reverse with a small flan flaw, Sims' Obverse: Bust of Garrick to right C.JAMES.F below, WE . NE'ER . SHALL . LOOK . UPON . HIS . LIKE . AGAIN . Reverse: Tragic and Comic masks, thistle and crown above, sprigs below, SIMS . RUSSEL . COURT . Plain edge (not in collar) DH478a, EF with traces of lustre, Spittle's 1795 Obverse: View of St. Paul's LONDON AND BRIGHTON HALFPENNY, Reverse: Shield of Arms, PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF I.SPITTLE LONDON OR I.KIRBY OR R. LASHMAR BRIGHTON 1795, DH902, GEF with lustre and a few small spots, Stinton's 1795 Obverse: A grasshopper FINE . TEAS . OF . THE . ROUGH . FLAVOUR. Reverse: Wm. STINTON . ST. JAMES'S STREET . LONDON + with PATENT COCAO WAREHOUSE 1795 in centre, DH904, NEF, National Series 1795 Obverse: Bust right FREDk DUKE OF YORK HALFPENNY 1795, Reverse: A man-of war sailing to left THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND, Edge: PAYABLE AT LONDON, DH985b, GVF with some small tone spots, Political and Social Series - Tooke 1794 Obverse: Full face bust, IOHN HORNE TOOKE ESQr. Reverse: The names of the jury in a square, ERSKINE above, GIBBS below, BRITISH JUSTICE DISPLAY'D NOVr 22. 1794 Edge: Plain (not in collar) DH1044b, GVF lacquered
Halfpennies18th CenturySussex (5) Brightonundated Officer standing/View of Bastille DH6 GVF, the obverse with some spot and some dirt in the legend, Northiam 1794 Arms THE CONVENIENCE OF SOCIETY/IF cypher, crest, a wheatsheaf DH34 Edge: PAYABLE AT IOHN FOLLER'S NORTHIAM, VF, Northiam 1794 UNAMITY IS THE BOND OF SOCIETY/EG cypher a squirrel NORTHIAM HALFPENNY, Edge: PAYABLE AT G.GILBERTS NORTHIAM, DH35 GVF/VF, East Grinstead 1795 Freemason's Arms/IHB cypher. Scales above, DH22 EF/NEF with traces of lustre, Winchelsea 1794 Beehive and bees/Shield of Arms DH40 GVF
Halfpennies18th CenturyMiddlesex (8) Eaton's 1795 Obverse: Bust left with FRANGAS NON FLECTES on a ribbon under. D. I. EATON THREE TIMES ACQITTED OF SEDITION. Reverse: A cock crowing over pigs in a sty. PRINTER TO THE MAJESTY OF THE PEOPLE . LONDON . 1795, Milled Edge, DH301, EF with lustre, Bebbington's undated, Obverse: Laureate bust to right, LONDON & MIDDLESEX . HALFPENNY. Reverse: The Prince of Wales's crest on a shield, under an umbrella, FOR . CHANGE . NO . FRAUD . JOHN . BEBBINGTON. DH254, GVF/NEF with traces of lustre, Corresponding Society 1795 The fable of the bundle of sticks, LONDON CORRESPONDING SOCIETY, Reverse: A dove flying with an olive branch, UNITED FOR A REFORM OF PARLIAMENT, Edge: PAYABLE AT DUBLIN CORK OR BELFAST, DH286b, GVF or better, Corresponding Society 1795 Obverse: Two hands united, MAY SLAVERY & OPPRESSION CEASE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, Reverse: A dove flying with an olive branch, UNITED FOR A REFORM OF PARLIAMENT, Edge: AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESS.D OF ALL NATIONS, DH289e, Hendon 1794 Obverse: View of a church HENDON . VALUE . ONE HALFPENNY, date in exergue, Reverse: A greyhound I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND Exergue: B PRICE, DH324 NEF with some contact marks and hairlines, Spittle's 1795 Obverse: View of St. Paul's LONDON AND BRIGHTON HALFPENNY, Reverse: Shield of Arms, PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF I.SPITTLE LONDON OR I.KIRBY OR R. LASHMAR BRIGHTON 1795, DH902, Plain edge, EF, National Series 1795 Obverse: Bust three-quarters left, PRINCESS OF WALES, Reverse: The Prince of Wales's crest above a portcullis, Milled edge, DH977 NEF, National Series undated, Obverse: Bust left DUKE OF YORK, Reverse: female figure standing, GOD SEND PEACE DH984 GVF with traces of old cleaning
Ingots - Royal Palaces - a 12-ingot set in sterling silver by the Birmingham Mint each ingot depicting a different palace - Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Brighton Pavilion, Hampton Court Palace, The Queen's House, Greenwich, St. James's Palace, The Dutch House, Kew Palace, Holyrood house, The Tower of London, Kensington Palace, Edinburgh Castle, and Caernarvon Castle, total weight 379.83 grammes, Prooflike UNC with some toning, in the box of issue with certificate, The Royal Standards - a 3-ingot set 1977 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee by Yorkshire Mint in sterling silver, comprising the Standards of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the Personal Standard of Queen Elizabeth II, total weight Prooflike UNC in the box of issue with certificate
Pre-1947 Silver (£3.65 face), Pre-1920 Silver (£1.90 face), MaundyFourpence 1869 NEF, Silver Threepences (60, six holed) includes some Victorian issues and a 1944 GVF, Five Pound Crown 1997 UNC, DecimalTwo Pounds (2) 1986 Commonwealth Games (2) both EF, Crowns (17) 1951 boxed, 1953, 1960, 1965 (2), 1972 (3), 1977 (7), 1980, 1981, Halfcrowns (45) 1965, 1967 (44) the vast majority Lustrous UNC, Shillings in cupro-nickel (17) Decimal Five Pences (2) in mixed circulated grades, Sixpences (10) George V worn, 1967 (9) Lustrous UNC, Brass Threepences (3) 1937 Fine, 1966 VF, 1967 UNC, Pennies (271) Victoria to Elizabeth II in mixed grades includes 1967 (25) A/UNC to UNC and lustrous. Halfpennies (91, one holed) George V to Elizabeth II in mixed circulated grades, World (19) USA (6) One Dollar (3) 1891 VF, 1971D EF, 1974D A/UNC, Half Dollars (3) 1964 Bright EF, 1966 GEF, 1971D UNC, France Five Francs 1875A GEF, Australia (2) Sixpence 1914 Good Fine, Threepence 1921M Near Fine, South Africa Shilling 1894 VG holed, Gibraltar (2) Crown 1967 Silver Proof FDC in the white box of issue, Crown 1967 UNC in a slide case, Italy 100 Lire (2) 1970R GVF, 1978R EF, Germany Two Marks 1966J Max Planck A/UNC, Greece One Drachma 1959 Fine, Ireland Five Pence 1976 A/UNC, Spain One Peseta 1975 Lustrous UNC, Italy 20 Euro Cent 2002R VF, Medals (2) The Royal Pavilion, Brighton 38mm diameter in base metal UNC in slide cases, and a copy of Seaby's Coin and Medal Bulletin from May 1969
Medals in Bronze (4) Cambridge University undated (2) 51mm diameter in bronze, Reverse: Winged foot within a wreath, the first GVF with some Verdigris, the second NEF, City and Guilds Ordinary Technical Examination, 51mm diameter by E.D. Jackman, awarded to Samuel Sant, Pottery & Porcelain Fifth Prize NEF, London To Brighton Relay Race, organised by the 'News of the World' 44mm diameter in bronze ,Reverse: Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament with inset of Brighton Aquarium, VF
Halfpennies18th Century (26) North Wales 1793 Edge: PAYABLE AT LONDON OR ANGLESEY DH6a, Good Fine/Near Fine, scarce, Anglesey 1788 25 Acorns Good Fine, Warwickshire (4) Coventry 1793 Godiva/Elephant and Castle DH244 Fine, Coventry Godiva/Ancient Cross date worn. otherwise Fine, Wilkinson 1793 DH397 Edge: PAYABLE BY THOMAS BALL SLEAFORD Fine, 1791 Wilkinson Near Fine, the reverse worn in places, so exact attribution not possible, Cheshire - Macclesfield (5) 1789 Obverse: Beehive and cypher DH10 Fine, 1789 Obverse : Beehive and cypher DH12 Good Fine, 1790 DH22 Fine/Good Fine, 1791 DH30 Fine, 1791 DH41 About Fine, Lancashire (5) Lancaster 1792 DH21 Near Fine, 1794 DH41 Fine, Rochdale DH144 Fine, Liverpool (2) 1791 DH66, Good Fine, some corrosion, 1791 DH71 Near Fine, SomersetBathundated REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN ILCHESTER GOAL (GOAL a mis-spelling of GAOL) DH35 Good Fine, Middlesex (2) George Prince of Wales, Edge: BRIGHTON CAMP HALFPENNY MDCCXCIV DH952 Good Fine, Lackington's 1795 Edge: PAYABLE AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES DH357 NVF, Hampshire (2) Gosport 1794 DH41 VG, Emsworth 1794 Earl Howe/Britannia DH13 Fine, SussexChichester John Howard 1794 Fair, LothianEdinburgh 1790 DH24 Fine with poor surfaces, Ireland - Wicklow Cronebane Fair, Pennies 19th Century (3) Birmingham and Neath - CrownCopper Co. 1811 Fine, Canada Lower Canada Penny 1837 Fine, the third very worn, Halfpenny 1812 British Naval Halfpenny Nelson/Ship, Fine, Farthing 18th Century North Wales 1793 DH18 Fine, Unofficial Farthing Token Isaac Earlysman - J.Sparrow, Ironmongers London, undated issue (1825) About Fine, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon Death medal 1715 28mm diameter in copper EF, Spain 8 Maravedis 1848 Fine, and Byzantine bronze 29mm diameter with worn design, Fair, all housed in a Lindner Tray
Postcards an accumulation, comprising Sussex (1355) includes Ardingly, Alfriston, Arundel, Battle, Bexhill, Brighton, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Eastbourne, Hastings, Hurstmonceux, Hove, Lewes, Pevensey, Rye, Worthing and more, Kent (452) includes Canterbury, Cliftonville, Dover, Folkestone, Margate, Maidstone, Rochester, Ramsgate, Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells and more, Surrey (226) includes Guildford, Dorking, Albury, Farnham, Croydon and more, and a mixed group (349) includes a group of Scottish types (32) with Tartan designs, many with ecclesiastical themes, many are early 20th Century with some sepia toned and some colour tinted types, many of the cards are unwritten, an interesting group and would appeal to the South-Eastern collector with over 1800 cards alone from Kent and Sussex with some smaller towns and villages noted, the vast majority in very good to excellent condition, also includes a number of empty vinyl storage sleeves
Copper and bronzeVictoria to Elizabeth II (40) Pennies 1940 Single Exergue line (4) along with Pennies minor varieties 1916-1967 (16), Halfpennies minor varieties (3) and Farthings (2), along with Countermarked (3) VOTES FOR WOMEN on a 1906 Penny, TILLEY'S COALS Brighton on a France 10 Centimes 1855BB, PEARS SOAP on a France 10 Centimes 1876, VG to Fine. includes a further group of mis-strikes (11) including Penny 1948 struck off-centre with a 1.5mm raised lip from 7 to 12 o'clock on the obverse VF, thin flans, weak strikes and also an engraved Victorian Bun Penny with JD on a scroll within an ornate floral engraving
Medals (2) The Flight Into Egypt by Giotto (medal number 60) from the '100 Greatest Masterpieces' set by John Pinches 51mm diameter on the card of issue weighs around 65 grammes. The 99 other pieces from the set were featured in our last auction A166 as lot 1387. Lustrous UNC on the card of issue, the card with some folds. Chain Pier, Brighton constructed 1883 38mm diameter in silver Prooflike UNC with some toning
Twopence 1797 VF and Penny 1797 GVF/VF as part of a group includes Pennies to Fractional FarthingsCharles II to Victoria (70, three holed) in mixed grades VG to VF along with Ireland Halfpennies (2) 1781 VG, Halfpenny 1805 VF, Tokens (2) Warwickshire Birmingham Workhouse 1813 VG with scratches, Halfpenny 19th Century 1794 George Prince of Wales Brighton Camp edge , Fine, bent, and Half Farthing 1887 Jubilee Model, Gothic Head with date below head VF
Halfpennies18th Century (3) Yorkshire - Hull 1791 Obverse: King on horseback/Reverse: Shield of City Arms, within an oak wreath, DH21 King on horseback, with the baton more elevated, the 1 in the date points to the centre of the H, UNC or near so with traces of lustre. Essex - Warley 1794 Obverse: Portrait of the Prince of Wales, right, /Reverse: Prince of Wales feathers, Edge WARLEY CAMP HALFPENNY MDCCXCIV DH38a UNC or near so with traces of lustre. Middlesex National Series 1794 Obverse: Three-quarter facing portrait of the Prince of Wales/Reverse: Arms and supporters LONDON AND MIDDLESEX HALFPENNY DH952 Edge: BRIGHTON CAMP HALFPENNY MDCCXCIV EF
Halfpennies18th CenturySussex (10) Brighton (2) 1794 Prince of Wales/Feathers DH3a, 1796 Honour The King DH10, Chichester (3) 1794 DH15, 1794 as DH15 but edge plain other than DALLYS in one section, unlisted as such, 1794 DH19, Eastbourne 1796 Fishers Library DH21, East Grinstead 1795 DH22 Arms/Scales and Cypher, Northiam (2) 1794 Arms/Cypher and Wheatsheaf DH34, 1794 Arms/Squirrel DH35, Winchelsea Beehive/Arms DH41, the DH10 Fine, others NVF to NEF
A collection mostly GB including Treasury, two WhiteFive Pounds 1947 and 1950 these in high grades others ranging from Catterns Pounds to Bailey Twenties and with an O'Brien Pound serial H63L 000026 along with some World issues these include Falkland Islands One Pound 1974 in high grade and two cheques June 1940 Barclays Bank North Street Brighton
Medals and tokens (17) a mixed group with many in silver includes Christ's Hospital Edward VI UNC boxed, City of London Brokers Pass James Hutchinson (c.1801) GVF, Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea 1955 55mm diameter in silver GVF, 1966 900th Anniversary of the Battle of HastingsWilliam the Conqueror (2) 56mm diameter and 38mm diameter both EF, the remainder of Brighton interest mostly base metal in brass or white metal includes token issues in mixed grades
Great Britain, Brighton Gas Light and Coke Co., certificate No.502 for one share, 1823, ornate design, black on thick paper, very grubby appearance, folds, otherwise AVF. (1).
U.C.T.A. / A.S.T.M.S. Badges Of Office (3), Brighton Chairman's neck badge in silver and enamel, Chairman's neck badge & Past Chairman's badge in gilt and enamel. Chrome car badge. EF.
Penny Liverpool House, Sunderlandundated GVF with some scuffs and marks, Halfpenny Liverpool House, Sunderland NVF with some surface pitting, Halfpenny Brighton Working Mens Club and Institute VF
Great Britain, 36 railway dividend counterfoils, dated 1857-1906, 11 different railways, no duplication of dates, titles include, North Eastern, LondonBrighton and South Coast, North British, London and South Western, Great Eastern, Buckinghamshire, Midland, Metropolitan, mostly VF. (36).
Eden Theatre Brighton Grand Comic Pantomime 1902 medal 41mm Obverse EDEN THEATRE BRIGHTON GRAND COMIC PANTOMIME within Manager Charles Howard 'The Fair One With The Golden Locks' and 'St.George and the Dragon' written and produced by William Walton 1902-3, Reverse George and the Dragon 1902 in exergue NEF with lustre
Great Britain, London & BrightonRailway Co., certificate No.20001 for one share, 1837, ornate heading, black, embossed seal, stamped cancelled, scarce, pinholes at top left, paper slightly aged, otherwise AVF.
Proof Sets (2) 1996 the silver 7 coin set nFDC-FDC with light toning, 1996 Red Leather FDC, Two Pounds Silver Proof Piedforts (2) 1995 Peace Dove, 1998, Two Pounds Silver Proofs (2) 1995 Peace Dove, 1998, One Pound a four-coin set 1994-1997 Silver Proof Piedforts, One Pound 2000 Silver Proof Piedfort in the four coin box, One Pound 2003 Silver Proof Piedfort, One Pound (2) 1994 Silver Proof, 1998 Silver Proof, Fifty Pence 1997 Silver Proof, plus Tower Mint Medal in Nickel Silver 'The Royal Pavilion at Brighton' Obverse George IV 1830, FDC cased as issued with certificates
Great Britain, 10 pieces of railway ephemera including share certificates, West SomersetRailway Co., dividend warrant, 1895, Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Co., unissued warrant, 1873, Cheltenham, Oxford and Brighton Junction Railway, unissued receipt for payment on shares, 184-, Mid Wales Railway Co., share certificate, 1863, repaired, Guernsey Railway Co. Ltd., share certificate, 1948, repaired, London & North Western Railway Co., stock certificate, 1869, cancelled, Bahia & San Francisco Railway Co. Ltd., transfer certificate, London 1863, Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Co., stock certificate, 1911, Tamar, Kit Hill and Callington Railway Co. Ltd., transfer certificate, 1864, repaired, and Indenture dated 1835 which includes reference to the North Union Railway, on vellum, very large format, mostly F-VF. (10).
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