A pair of ashtrays each 90mm diameter with a China 'Fat Man' Dollar in the base, Year 3 NVF and Year 10 Fine both with a cleaned appearance, each item stamped TACKHING STERLING O MADE IN HONG KONG
Accessories a wide ranging group includes Carrying cases (3) Abafil (empty) will hold 10 full size trays, Abafil (empty) will hold 20 full size trays, Lindner containing 8 full size trays all in good second-hand condition, Coin and Banknote Albums (17) some empty, some with pages and/or dividers, Lindner Trays (8) with different size inserts, Abafil-style trays (4) different sizes, promoters-style empty display boxes (3), a quantity of Banknote wallets (these appear unused but discoloured) and a small bag of coin capsules, and Book - D-Day The Invasion in Photographs, all in good second-hand condition (Total weight over 40 Kilos). And offered here without reserve
Accessories and Books, includes a small coin cabinet professionally made by Peter Nichols of St. Leonards 210mm x 167mm x 112mm containing 8 trays, all felts intact, lockable with key, Books (8) KrauseWorld Coins 19th Century 7th Edition, Krause World Coins 1987 Edition, Coin Collecting For Amateurs by Peter Alan Rayner 1968 Edition, The Seven Seas Guide to Australian Coins 1981 Edition, Catalogue of the World's Most Popular Coins by Fred Reinfeld and Burton Hobson, Expanded Edition 1965, I-Spy British Coins, and Collector's Coins 2004 Edition by Rotographic, Coin News Magazines issues from 2017 (10) and a display box to hold 12 Crown-sized coins, all in Fair to Good second-hand condition,
Auction Catalogues and Journals (53) a useful selection of includes some important sales, with some 19th Century and early 20th Century, up to 1970s, includes Lockett (5 parts), Noble and Elmore Jones, in mixed condition, generally in line with age
Books (16) mostly banking and banknote-themed titles, as follows:- Inside The Bank Of England by Philip Geddes (1987), A Handbook Of London Bankers by F.G.Hilton Price (1970 reprint), Country Banks Of England And Wales by Margaret Dawes and C.N. Ward-Perkins (Volume 1, 2000), The Banker's Art - Studies In Paper Money edited by Virginia Hewitt, Scottish Banknotes - A Concise History & Price Catalogue 2007 Edition by Richard Dennett (3 copies), Collecting Paper Money by Colin Narbeth (1986), Investing In Paper Money by Kenneth R.Lake (1972), 20th Century Scottish Banknotes by James Douglas, Volume 1, (1984), Standard Catalogue of Malaysia Singapore Brunei Paper Money 13th Edition by Steven Tan (1996), Nothing For Nothing For Nobody- A History of Hertfordshire Banks and Banking by Jack Parker (1986), History of the Bank of England by A.Andreades (1924), Money/Modern Currency And The Regulation Of Its Value/Economic Scares (Volume VII) 1997 Edition by Edwin Cannan, The Currency Of British Colonies by James Pennington (1967 reprint), and Spink Standard Catalogue 41st Edition 2006, all in good second-hand condition
Enamelled (2) Crown 1822 reverse enamelled in 7 colours, with pin brooch mount on the obverse, some scratches, fair workmanship, Shilling 1825 with reverse enamelled in 3 colours, the obverse with the field enamelled in blue, fair workmanship
Lindner Trays (12) with circular slots of red velvet (a variety of sizes) each tray slides into hard Perspex surround which stack to form a cabinet like formation, second hand
Lindner Trays (17) with circular and square slots (mostly square) of red velvet (a variety of sizes) each tray slides into hard Perspex surround which stack to form a cabinet like formation, second hand
Mint Error - Mis-Strike a blank flan in gold in an NGC holder labelled '(1974-1979) G.Britain Gold Conservation Series Planchet (33.3 g - 33.3mm diameter) MINT ERROR, plain edge, the planchet for the popular Conservation series from the 1970s, issued for many different, mostly Commonwealth countries
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimal Five Pence 1992 an off metal strike in bronzed steel? 1.54 grammes, appears About VG but probably around 'as made', an unusual piece
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeFarthing 1694 a double striking, each strike around 1.5mm apart, the reverse with two dates showing VG with some pitting, unusual
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeHalfpenny 1694 Peck 602 a double striking with two date visible around 2mm apart, part of the obverse legend also doubled with the top half of ET. MARI struck twice, Good Fine and unusual
Mint Error - Mis-Strike India 20 Paise Aluminium 1982-1997 a burst flan showing little of the reverse design, the obverse lustrous UNC, an unusual error piece
Mint Error - Mis-Strike India Two Rupees 2003 National Integration an off-metal strike in steel rather than cupro-nickel, struck on a round 26mm flan rather than the standard 11-sided flan, 4.97 grammes, (cupro-nickel standard issue is 6.00 grammes) GEF and highly unusual
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (2) Ireland Shilling 1966 an off-metal strike in bronze on a thin flan of 4.02 grammes, A/UNC with some lustre, Ireland Halfcrown 1966 struck on a larger 33.5mm flan the obverse normal, the reverse with a wider rim, the edge milled halfway across, the wider side plain, unusual
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (5) Shilling 1915 the obverse laminated with only DEI GR remaining, and a faint outline of the bust where the top surface of the coin is now missing. Penny 1964 struck on a thin flan of 7.54 grammes, Fine. Decimal Five Pence 1980 struck off-centre with a blank crescent-shaped area between 12 and 6 o'clock EF. Decimal Two Pences (2) 1971 with a planchet clip by F.D. Lustrous A/UNC, 1980 weakly struck on a thin and slightly undersized flan, 3.82 grammes EF
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes India (4) Five Rupees 2003 K.Kamaraj an off-centre strike with around 3mm blank flan covering almost half the coin, in a crescent shape EF. 1975 Ten Paisa 1988 struck around 15% off-centre with around 4mm extra flan showing at the lower part of the reverse, in this area around half of an additional date is visible A/UNC. 50 Paise (2) 1998 and 2002 both struck off-centre each with an area of blank flan of around 4mm covering around half the coin in a crescent shape both UNC or near so and lustrous
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes Sixpences (2) 1963 and 1966 both struck without a collar each with a raised lip between 1 o'clock and 8 o'clock on the obverse NEF to EF very unusual to find two similar mis-strikes in the same series
Olympics 1948 London, Lapel Badge XIV OLYMPIAD LONDON 1948 either side of Big Ben and the houses of Parliament Olympic 5 rings coloured in exergue on a red card (presumed as issued), Badge XIV OLYMPIAD two tone blue Houses of Parliament LONDON 1948 in exergue suspended from three bars where the pin is mounted the whole still attached to what we presume to be the original presentation card of issue, Round Lapel Badge in monotone bronze LONDON XIVth OLYMPIC GAMES 29 JULY 1948 14 AUGUST surrounding a discus thrower attached to a red card (presumed as issued). These 3 items accompanied by four scrap books containing newspaper cuttings with many black and white pictures of athletes competing. When viewing these London Olympic issues from that austere era just 3 year after World War II one is struck by the comparison between these and the 2012 London Olympic plethora of issues
Pennies 1926-1967 an almost complete date run (no 1950, 1951 or 1953) and Halfpennies 1915-1967 both in 'Sandles' folders (similar to Whitman) in mixed circulated grades, Great Britain 'Sterling Coin Collection' in a Photo frame (9 coins) Halfcrown 1950, Florin 1951, Shilling 1948E, Sixpence 1960, SilverThreepence 1941, Brass Threepence 1953, Penny 1917, Halfpenny 1967 and Farthing 1941 in mixed grades, cleaned, along with Accessories includes Whitman Folders (12), Sovereign cases each to hold 10 Sovereigns, includes some capsules, A small Abafil case includes 2x trays each to hold 6 flips, Westminster and London Mint boxes (10) various sizes, a storage tray to hold 35 coins, Books (4) 'The Battle of Britain - Their Finest Hour, by the London Mint Office (2), A Flying Springbok of Wartime British Skies : A.G.'Sailor' Malan by Professor Bill Nasson, An Iconic Design Remastered by Angela Pistrucci, a hand drawn portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Angela Pistrucci (number 4 of only 90) in folder, A hand drawn Battle of Britain Aircraft by Angela Pistrucci, a DVD The Battle of Britain 1940-2015 by the London Mint Office, and a plastic cabinet with 6 drawers, all in good second-hand condition, (over 12 Kilos), To be collected from our offices only - NO POSTAL SERVICE
Wartime Trench Art (7) some made from bullet casings, includes two items made into knife shapes, one engraved BALKANS, Medals (2) Lusitania 1915 EF, a Bovril medal 40mm diameter in silver, hallmarked 1924 Birmingham, awarded to J.Lawrence EF boxed, a London Transportbadge with yellow roundel, in silver hallmarked 1969, a British Railways cap badge, a German Nazi Gau Munchen badge 1933 by Deschler & Sohn, GB Military Button Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteers, by Firmin & Sons, London, an Army Service Corps cap badge, and a pin badge in brass showing a hot air balloon surrounded by upright wings, in good second-hand condition, along with German Crimea Shields 1941-1942 (2) Fine to VF
Please browse the results of our past auctions using the navigation tools above.
Or browse our previous auctions using our text-based directory
Sell or auction your numismatic items
With London Coins selling your material could not be easier. We offer free appraisals, probate valuations, house visits, free collection of bulky material from your home, immediate cash offers and an auctioneering service.
If you have material to sell we offer a straightforward and easy to follow service which gives you the option of consigning your material to auction, or selling it to us direct for cash.
For further details please see our How To Sell Your Coins page and request our information pack.
Buy Miscellaneous Items
London Coins holds auctions every three months with a dedicated section for Misc Items. This section covers all accessories for example coin cabinets, trays and books as well as paranumismatic material and miss-strikes.
To receive the next London Coins auction catalogue join our mailing list.