Pennies (2) 1890 Freeman 130 dies 12+N UNC with practically full lustre and a contact mark on the portrait, 1891 Freeman 132 dies 12+N UNC with practically full lustre the fields with a prooflike quality with a few small tone spots
Penny 1920 Freeman 188CGS UNC 80 the joint finest known of 14 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies
Pennies (4) 1895 Freeman 141 dies 1+B UNC or near so with subdued lustre, 1896 Freeman 143 dies 1+B UNC with subdued lustre and a few small spots, 1901 Freeman 154 dies 1+B lustrous UNC (2) all Ex-Michael Freeman
Pennies (2) 1797 10 Leaves Peck 1132 Fine with some edge knocks, (bought Knighton Coins 1983 £6.25), 1806 No Incuse Curl Peck 1344 AU/UNC tones with a dark tone spot on the reverse (bought D.J.Traynor 1983 £24)
Halfpennies (2) 1878 Wide Date Freeman 335 dies 15+N only Poor but very rare with the variety clear, this type was not present in either the Andrew Wayne or Roland Harris collections, 1865 5 over 3 Freeman 297 dies 7+G About Fine, rare
Halfpennies (1029) Victoria Bun Head (106) Clear dates, Victoria Veiled Head (42), Edward VII (97), George V (762) mostly average circulated, George VI EF or better (22), Farthings (60) Victoria Veiled Head (27) Fine to GVF, Edward VII (33) Fine to GVF, plus Farthings an additional bag Victoria to Elizabeth II (200) many later dates lustrous
Pennies (2) 1862 struck on a thick flan of 10.7 grammes. Freeman notes that 1860 and 1861 coins have been recorded weighing 11.35 grammes. The coin though only in Poor grade appears struck from dies 6+G, unrecorded by Freeman, Peck, Gouby, Satin or Spink and highly unusual and 1860 Toothed Border with the top of the first T in BRITT extremely weak and just visible to the naked eye, the second T in BRITT also has the top left bar extremely weak, Fair and holed in the centre
Penny 1964 Freeman 254CGS UNC 85 the joint finest known of the 13 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Roland Harris Collection London Coin Auction A124 28 Feb 2009 Lot 1027 (part) Ex Dr. A Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies 22/07/2011
Halfpennies (4) 1731 Fine, 1731 No stop after REX unrecorded by Peck and absent from the Nicholson collection with a different obverse die to the previous coin Good Fine with some corrosion spots, 1734 Crosslet 4 NF, 1806 GVF bent, Farthings (6) 1830 VF/NVF, 1831 NF/F, 1839 DEF. GF, 1843 Fine, 1847 Fine/Near Fine, 1880 Near Fine with a die flaw running along the letters to the left of the head, all Ex-Michael Freeman
A collection (47) mostly hammered silver with four early milled sixpences and a few miscellaneous items, the hammered ranging from early pennies and halfpennies including some cut pieces to James Ishillings mixed grades most in lower collectable grades some holed
Shillings (2), Pennies (21), Halfpennies (47) and Farthings (10) 17th, 18th and 19th Century in mixed generally lower grades although we noticed a couple in VF-EF
Halfpennies (16) 1730, 1731, 1733, 1734 (3), 1739 (6), 1750 (3), 1753, Halfpenny Contemporary Counterfeits (2) 1774, 1775, Evasion Halfpenny 1771 George II GEORGE RULES in mixed grades to Good Fine
Primitive Money: West Africa 'Kissie Pennies' (2) Manilas (6) China Knife and Hoe money, Thailand Boat (3), Canoe (3) and Quarter Baht Ayudhya, with a large group includes some fantasy pieces, Temple tokens and other generally Eastern Ancients, some attributed with some in silver, we note India, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Kingdoms of Angkor and Funan etc. worthy of further examination, in mixed grades (lot)
Penny 1885 with part of an extra linear circle to the left of the date CGS Variety 4 CGS AU 78, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies, the only example thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
GB and World, GB Pre-Decimal largely BrassThreepences to Pennies also includes some earlier silver items, also a small quantity of World (total weight around 13 Kilos)
Halfpennies18th CenturyMiddlesex (3) 1795 Sise Lane DH295 UNC and lustrous with minor cabinet friction, 1795 W.Stinton Fine Teas Grasshopper obverse DH904 EF, 1795 W.Williams LondonDH 915 EF
A mixed group with Bronze including Provincial Mint Pennies, Farthings including Victorian types, a few cupro- crowns other base metal LSD some in higher grades, some world issues etc. |(lot)
Countermarked (4) Pennies 1797 (3) L.ANDREWS, NO LANDLORDS YOU FOOLS SPENCES PLAN FOREVER, and another with two birds, Sixpence 1887 holed with Con elaborated inscribed on the obverse average Fair
HalfpenniesWilliam III (4) 1699 Date in exergue VG, 1700 Unbarred second A in BRITANNIA VG, 1700 No Stops on Obverse VG, 1700 both A's unbarred in BRITANNIA VG
Pennies (2) 1855 Ornamental Trident Peck 1508 GVF with a few small spots, 1858 Ornamental Trident as Peck 1518 Large Date No WW with 1 over smaller 1 in date NEF with a few small rim nicks and carbon spots
Pennies (8) 1864 Plain 4, 1864 Crosslet 4, 1865 holed and stamped 'E PICOTIN APERITIF', 1879, 1891 with '3' stamped on the reverse, 1919H, 1926 Modified Effigy, 1946 dot after ONE variety, Halfpennies (3) 1694, 1699 Date in legend, Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, 1775 contemporary counterfeit, Farthings 1860 Toothed Border (2), DecimalPenny date worn, in mixed grades VG-NVF
Penny 1848 Plain 8 with 1 and 4 double struck CGS Variety 05 CGS UNC 80 one of just two examples on the CGS Population Report and currently the finest known example, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies
Whitman Folders (18) Farthings 1860-1901, Farthings 1902-1936, Farthings 1937-1956, Halfpennies 1860-1901, Halfpennies 1902-1936, Halfpennies 1937-date, Pennies 1860-1880, Pennies 1881-1901, Pennies 1902-1929, Pennies 1930-1966, BrassThreepences 1937-1967, Silver Threepences 1902-1944, Sixpences 1902-1936, Sixpences 1937-date, Shillings 1902-1936, Shillings 1937-1951, Shillings 1953-date, Shillings an additional album contains George III-Victoria (26), mostly complete, some albums contain earlier Victorian examples in addition to the stated coins in mixed grades includes many key dates, also includes Coin Monthly magazines (5) from the late 1960s
Halfpennies £30 face in 6 mint sealed bags 1965 (2 bags), 1966 (2 bags), 1967 (2 bags) along with a sizeable group of others in tubes bags and loose some in silver
Penny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 10 dies 2+D CGS UNC 85, currently the joint finest example out of 20 thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies
Penny 1889 14 Leaves Freeman 128 dies 13+N CGS UNC 82, the finest known of 8 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies
Penny 1861 as Freeman 33 dies 6+G with I over I in BRITT CGS Variety 24 CGS UNC 80 the only example thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies
Penny 1874H Freeman 73 dies 7+H CGS UNC 82, the second finest of 5 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies
Penny 1877 Freeman 91 dies 8+J CGS UNC 80, the second finest of 9 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies
Penny 1932 Freeman 207 dies 5+C CGS UNC 82, the second finest of 14 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies
Mint Errors Halfpennies Contemporary Counterfeits (3) 1751, struck around 10% off-centre, 1775 Double struck a second coin struck around 40% across the first strike VG/NF, George III undated a spectacular double strike across 50% of the coin About VF and well-struck unusual for this type of coin, an interesting group
Penny 1891 15 border teeth date spacing Gouby BP1891ABCGS UNC 82, the joint finest of 3 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies
Penny 1859 Small Date with the 1 over a smaller 1 and the 8 struck over a broken 8 CGS Variety 05 CGS AU 78, the only such example thus recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies
Whitman Folders (9) Halfcrowns 1941-1967, Florins 1941-1967, SilverThreepences 1838-1901, Silver Threepences 1902-1945, Pennies 1860-1880, Pennies 1902-1929, Pennies 1930-1966, Brass Threepences 1937-1967, Farthings 1860-1901, some almost complete many key dates noticed, in mixed circulated grades generally in line with age
Pennies Victorian bun heads two part collections in Whitman folders from circulation but some better, other pennies Victoria and later with quantities in bags, Farthings in tins and bags including Victorian Types some other denominations (base metal types) Halfpennies and Brass 3ds some in Whitmans (lot)
Pre Decimal base metal issues a large group with Pennies and Halfpennies (over 50 kilos), cupro-nickel 3 kilos, mixed generally circulated grades though some lustrous
Halfpennies (6) 1730, 1738, 1748, 1750, 1772, 1773, George III Contemporary Counterfeits (14) Halfpennies (12), Farthings (2) mixed dates in mixed grades to Fine
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