Crown 1666 Elephant below bust ESC 33 bold and pleasant Fine hard to find with such good eye appeal, tiny edge bruise above the bust hardly detracts, one of the nicest examples we have seen of this rare type
Shillings in LCGS holders (8) 1902 Matt ProofESC 1411, Bull 3588 nFDC and graded LCGS 85. 1910 ESC 1419, Bull 3596 Lustrous UNC and graded LCGS 80, the second finest known of 33 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report. 1911 ESC 1420, Bull 3799, Davies 1790 UNC with choice toning and graded LCGS 82, the joint finest known of 15 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report. 1914 ESC 1424, Bull 3803 UNC and lustrous with golden tone and graded LCGS 80. 1927 Second Reverse ESC 1439, Bull 3829 Choice UNC and lustrous and graded LCGS 82. 1935 Choice UNC and graded LCGS 85. 1936 ESC 1449, Bull 3853 Choice UNC and graded LCGS 88, the joint finest known of 26 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report. 1937 English ESC 1450, Bull 4120 Lustrous UNC and graded LCGS 85
Groats in LCGS holders (3) 1838 Low 3 in date LCGS Variety 5 A/UNC and lustrous, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 75, 1840 Small Date Davies 1204 GEF toned in an LCGS holder and graded LOCGS 65, 1888 ESC 1956, Bull 3359 UNC with a choice and colourful tone, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82
Shilling 1879 No Die Number ESC 1334, Davies 912a, dies 7B, only the second example recorded, the previous example was sold by us in June 2016 for £300 hammer price
Crown 1821 SECUNDO WWP inverted Bull 2311, Davies 133, (unlisted by the 1992 ESC) About EF/EF with a tiny scratch below the bust, overall attractive and with much eye appeal. Rare, a much under-rated variety
Shillings (3) 1787 No Hearts, No stop over Head ESC 1218, Bull 2133 Fine, 1787 No Hearts ESC 1216 VF, 1816 Repunched first 1 in date VF toned, Ex-Sussex Coins 22/9/1977, Sixpence 1787 No Hearts Bright GVF, Groats (2) 1836 About EF, 1837 EF
Crowns (2) 1662 Rose below bust, edge undatedESC 15, Bull 339 Near Fine/Fine with old grey toning, 1676 ESC 51, Bull 397 Near Fine, holed on the edge after TVTAMEN
Shillings in LCGS holders (4) 1935 ESC 1448 Choice UNC and lustrous with a hint of gold tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 85, 1936 ESC 1449 Choice UNC and lustrous with a matching gold tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 85 Shillings 1933 ESC 1446 Choice UNC and lustrous with a hint of golden tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 85 and another 1935 Choice Unc and graded 85 by LCGS
Groat 1853 ProofESC 1951A, Bull 3348 nFDC with attractive gold and olive toning and much eye appeal, retaining underlying original mint brilliance, an extremely rare piece, seldom seen, far scarcer than the R2 assigned by Bull, we note that an example described as 'EF with a few minor hairlines, realised £1800 in London Coins Auction A154 4/9/2016 Lot 2023, this example comfortably superior to that piece
Queen VictoriaGolden Jubilee 1887 the Official Royal Mint issue, 77mm diameter in silver by J.Boehm, Eimer 1733, Obverse: left facing bust VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX , Reverse: Enthroned figure of empire with the five interlinked shields below ASIA, AMERICA, EUROPE, AUSTRALASIA, and AFRICA , a high grade and most attractive UNC example with a very few minor hairlines, the fields prooflike and lustrous with hints of blue-green tone, in the red presentation case with descriptive card, with coat of arms embossed in gold on the lid
Queen VictoriaGolden Jubilee 1887 the Official Royal Mint issue, 77mm diameter in silver by J.Boehm, Eimer 1733, Obverse: left facing bust VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX , Reverse: Enthroned figure of empire with the five interlinked shields below ASIA, AMERICA, EUROPE, AUSTRALASIA, and AFRICA , UNC a high grade and sharp example with a few minor hairlines, in the red presentation case with descriptive card, with coat of arms embossed in gold on the lid
Queen VictoriaGolden Jubilee 1887 the Official Royal Mint issue, 77mm diameter in silver by J.Boehm, Eimer 1733, Obverse: left facing bust VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX , Reverse: Enthroned figure of empire with the five interlinked shields below ASIA, AMERICA, EUROPE, AUSTRALASIA, and AFRICA , UNC or near so with some minor hairlines, in the red presentation case with descriptive card, with coat of arms embossed in gold on the lid
Coronation of Edward VII 1902 56mm diameter in silver the Official Royal Mint issues Eimer 1871 (3) GVF, EF and GEF, all in the red boxes of issue, Queen VictoriaGolden Jubilee 1887 the Official Royal Mint issue, 77mm diameter in bronze by J.Boehm, Eimer 1733, Obverse: left facing bust VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX , Reverse: Enthroned figure of empire with the five interlinked shields below ASIA, AMERICA, EUROPE, AUSTRALASIA, and AFRICA , UNC the obverse with very minor cabinet friction, with descriptive card
Maundy Odds in LCGS holders (11) Fourpence 1909 UNC in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 78, Threepences (8) 1679 ESC 1970Bull 660 VF in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 45, 1687 ESC 1982, Bull 798 GVF toned, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 45, 1688 T over O in GRATIA LCGS Variety 2, VF in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 40, unlisted by ESC or Bull, 1699 ESC 2001, Bull 1316VF withy some haymarks, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 40, 1746 6 over 3 ESC 2031A, Bull 1801 GVF toned, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 50, 1762 ESC 2033, Bull 2254 EF with some haymarking, slabbed and graded LCGS 65, 1795 LCGS Variety 1, UNC and colourfully toned, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82, 1825 CGS Variety 1 Toned UNC in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82, Twopence 1859 BEITANNIAR, also with double struck 8 in the date, CGS Variety 3 UNC or near so and nicely toned, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 75, Penny 1759 ESC 2351, Bull 1841 GEF in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 70
Halfcrown 1899 ESC 733, Bull 2785 Choice UNC and lustrous, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82, the joint finest known of 18 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Groats in LCGS holders (3) 1838 Low 3 in date LCGS Variety 5 A/UNC and lustrous, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 75, 1840 Small Date Davies 1204 GEF toned in an LCGS holder and graded LOCGS 65, 1888 ESC 1956, Bull 3359 UNC with a choice and colourful tone, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82
Threepence 1886 ESC 2093, Bull 3433, Lustrous UNC in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82, the joint finest known of 10 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1879 Die Number 16 ESC 1332, Bull 3053, Davies 910 dies 6B, O of VICTORIA rotated clockwise so does not point directly to the rim tooth, About EF/EF and nicely toned, Rare thus
Half Sovereign 1887 Jubilee Head Imperfect J in J.E.B. Marsh 478C About VF the obverse with minor contact marks, Crown 1900 LXIII ESC 318, Bull 2608, Davies 533 dies 3E NEF/GVF and attractively toned with some small rim nicks
Groats (2) 1838 ESC 1930, Bull 3319 UNC or near so and lustrous, 1840 ESC 1934, EF and nicely toned with an interesting die cud over the 184 of the date
Sixpences (6) 1696 First Bust, Large Crowns ESC 1633 GVF toned, comes with old collectors ticket stating 'Baldwin 1946, Seaby 1533 3/6', 1696B First Bust, Early Harp, Large Crowns ESC 1535 Good Fine, comes with old collector's ticket stating 'Seaby April 1969 £5', 1696y First Bust, Early Harp, Large Crowns ESC 1539 NVF, comes with old collector's ticket stating 'Seaby Mar 1969 £5-0-0.', 1697C First Bust, Later Harp, Small Crowns ESC 1557 VF with some adjustment lines, comes with old collectors ticket stating 'Spinks May 1969, ESC No.1557 £7-0-0', 1697E First Bust, Later Harp, Small Crowns ESC 1560 Good Fine or slightly better, comes with old collector's ticket stating Seaby, London April 1969 £5-10-0', 1697N First Bust, Later Harp, Small Crowns ESC 1561 VF with some light adjustment lines, comes with old collector's ticket stating 'Seaby, London April 1969 £6-10-0'
LCGS slabbed items (5) Sixpences (4) 1888 Reverse B Davies 1162 UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, 1901 ESC 1771 Toned UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, 1911 Davies 1863 UNC and lustrous with a hint of tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, 1936 Choice UNC with golden tone and touches of mint bloom, slabbed and graded LCGS 85, SilverThreepence 1887 Jubilee Head, Davies 1330, Choice UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 85
LCGS slabbed items (3) Shilling 1923 ESC 1433 Choice UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 85, the joint finest of 18 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, Florin 1923 ESC 942 Lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, the second finest known of 25 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, Crown 1937 ProofESC 393 nFDC and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 88
Shilling 1708 Third Bust ESC 1147 Choice UNC with golden tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, the second finest known of 33 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1878 ESC 1330 Die Number 59 some friction and light scuffing to high points obverse otherwise lustrous Unc and a hard date to find in this high grade
Shilling 1787 Hearts ESC 1225 UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, the joint finest known of 33 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, Ex-NGC MS62, Ex-London Coins Auction A136 4/3/2012 Lot 2560
Halfcrown 1823 First Reverse ESC 633 VF even grey tone with some faint old scratches obverse field decent eye appeal Extremely Rare especially in this collectable grade
Florin 1914 ESC 933Davies 1736 dies 2D UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 78, in over 40000 coins graded by CGS (now LCGS), only 2 examples of this type have been recorded, of which this is the finest
Halfcrowns to Halfpennies a wide ranging group (45) Halfcrowns Charles I (2) S.2776 mintmark Triangle, S.2777 mintmark Star, Shillings (11) Edward VI Fine Silver Issue S.2482 mintmark y, Elizabeth I (4) Second issue S.2555 mintmark Cross Crosslet, Sixth Issue (2) S.2577 mintmark Key, S.2577 mintmark Tun, Seventh Issue S.2584 mintmark 1, James I (2) Second Coinage S.2655 Fourth Bust, mintmark Bell, Second Coinage 1607 Fifth Bust S.2656 mintmark Grapes, Charles I (4) Group E, S.2797 mintmark Triangle, Group F, larger bust S.2799 mintmark Triangle in Circle, Group G (under Parliament) S.2800 mintmark Sun (2) one struck on an uneven flan, Sixpences (9) Elizabeth I (5) 1562 S.2560 mintmark Pheon, 1562 Milled Issue (2) S.2595 mintmark Star, S.2596 mintmark Star, 1567 Milled Issue S.2599, Small Bust, mintmark Lis, 1579 Fifth Issue S.2572 Mintmark Greek Cross, James I (2) First Coinage, First Bust 1603 S.2647 mintmark Thistle, Fourth Bust S.2658 mintmark Coronet, Charles I Group D, no inner circles, S.2813 mintmark Bell, Charles II Third Issue S.3323 mintmark Crown, Groats (4) Edward IVLondon Mint, Light Coinage, Henry VIII Facing Bust issue S.2199 mintmark Pansy, Elizabeth I Second Issue, S.2556 mintmark Martlet, Charles II Third IssueS.3324 mintmark Crown, Threepences (2) Elizabeth I Fifth Issue 1569 S.2573 mintmark Coronet, Elizabeth I Fifth issue 1578 S.2573 mintmark Greek Cross, Halfgroats (7) Henry VI Calais Mint, Pinecone-Mascle issue S.1877 Mintmark Cross Patonce, Edward IV Canterbury Mint clipped, Henry VII Canterbury Mint S.2209 Mintmark Tun, Elizabeth I, Pellets behind Bust S.2579 mintmark Crescent, James I (3) Smaller Crown on Obverse S.2660 mintmark Trefoil, S.2659 mintmark Trefoil, S.2660 mintmark Thistle, Pennies (8) Henry III Long Cross (3), Henry III Short Cross (2), Edward I London Mint (3), Halfpennies (2) James I S.2663 (2) Near Fine to GVF the majority of the coins evenly struck and Fine or better, with some nearer VF than Fine, a pleasing group
Shillings (3) 1871 ESC 1321 Die Number 12 EF with some hairlines and a stain on the Queen's neck, 1881 ESC 1338 Bright EF with some hairlines, 1885 ESC 1345 VF with dark tone
Shilling 1933 ESC 1446 UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded CGS 85, the joint finest known of 34 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Sixpence 1933 ESC 1822 Choice UNC attractively toned, slabbed and graded CGS 85, the joint finest known of 12 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Shilling 1933 ESC 1446 Choice UNC and lustrous with a hint of gold tone, slabbed and graded CGS 85, the joint finest of 34 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Florin 1894 ESC 878Davies 833 dies 1B VF/GVF the obverse with some hairlines, a much scarcer type, we note from our archive database that out of 11 previous examples sold, only one has been dies 1A
Shillings in CGS holders (33) 1953 English ESC 1475K, CGS type SH.E2.1953.01, CGS 82, 1953 English ProofESC 1475L, CGS type SH.E2.1953.02, CGS 88, 1953 Scottish ESC 1475M, CGS type SH.E2.1953.03, CGS 82, 1953 Scottish Proof, ESC 1475N, CGS type SH.E2.1953.04, CGS 88, 1953 English, Davies 2401 Dies 2A Obverse I of ELIZABETH points to a space, CGS type SH.E2.1953.05, CGS 82, 1953 Scottish, Davies 2441, Dies 2A: Reverse: I of ELIZABETH points to a space, CGS type SH.E2.1953.06, CGS 78, 1954 English, ESC 1475O, CGS type SH.E2.1954.01, CGS 85, 1954 Scottish, ESC 1475P, CGS type SH.E2.1954.02, CGS 85, 1955 English, Davies 2411, Dies 1B, Larger (standard) design, CGS type SH.E2.1955.01, CGS 88, 1955 Scottish, Davies 2451, Dies 1B D of DEF to bead F of DEF to space, CGS type SH.E2.1955.03, CGS 85, 1956 English, Davies 2413 Dies 1B Reverse D of DEF points to a border bead D of FID points to a space, CGS type SH.E2.1956.01, CGS 82, 1956 Scottish, ESC 1475T, CGS type SH.E2.1956.02, CGS 80, 1957 English ESC 1475U, CGS type SH.E2.1957.01, CGS 85, 1957 Scottish ESC 1475V, CGS type SH.E2.1957.02, CGS 85, 1958 Scottish ESC 1475X, CGS type SH.E2.1958.02, CGS 82, 1959 English ESC 1475Y, CGS type SH.E2.1959.01, CGS 85,1959 Scottish ESC 1475Z, CGS type SH.E2.1959.02, CGS 65, 1960 English ESC 1475AA, CGS type SH.E2.1960.01, CGS 88, 1960 Scottish ESC 1475BB, CGS type SH.E2.1960.02, CGS 70, 1961 English ESC 1475CC, CGS type SH.E2.1961.01, CGS 85, 1961 Scottish ESC 1475DD, CGS type SH.E2.1961.02, CGS 78, 1962 English ESC 1475EE, CGS type SH.E2.1962.01, CGS 85, 1962 Scottish ESC 1475FF, CGS type SH.E2.1962.02, CGS 82, 1963 English ESC 1475GG, CGS type SH.E2.1963.01, CGS 85, 1963 Scottish ESC 1475HH, CGS type SH.E2.1963.02, CGS 85, 1964 English ESC 1475II, CGS type SH.E2.1964.01, CGS 85, 1964 Scottish ESC 1475JJ, CGS type SH.E2.1964.02, CGS 70, 1965 English ESC 1475KK, CGS type SH.E2.1965.01, CGS 78, 1965 Scottish ESC 1475LL, CGS type SH.E2.1965.02, CGS 82, 1966 English ESC 1475MM, CGS type SH.E2.1966.01, CGS 80, 1966 Scottish ESC 1475NN, CGS type SH.E2.1966.02, CGS 82, 1970 English Proof ESC 1475OO, CGS type SH.E2.1970.01, CGS 90, 1970 Scottish Proof ESC 1475PP, CGS type SH.E2.1970.02, CGS 90, a very attractive group with many being the joint finest knowns, or second finest on the CGS Population Report
Shilling 1868 ESC 1318, Die Number 33, CGS type SH.V1.1868.01, Choice UNC, attractively toned, slabbed and graded CGS 85, the joint finest known of 9 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population report
Florin 1929 ESC 949, CGS type FL.G5.1929.01, UNC and choice with golden tone, slabbed and graded CGS 88, the joint finest known of 33 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Shillings (2) 1881 ESC 1338 A/UNC and lustrous with some minor contact marks, 1897 ESC 1366 UNC and attractively toned with a contact mark on the Queen's hairline
Shilling 1923 ESC 1433, CGS type SH.G5.1923.01, Lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded CGS 85, the joint finest known of 15 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Shilling 1933 ESC 1446, CGS type SH.G5.1933.01 Choice UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded CGS 85, the joint finest known of 33 examples thus far recorded by the GS Population Report
Crown 1844 Unfinished Die PatternESC 338, Star Stops on edge, the Queen's hair has a triangle-shape around the base of the hanging hair-curl VF with grey toning
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