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
Fantasy Crowns INA Retro Patterns (13) 1879 Victoria Young Head/Shield in copper, 1897 Victoria Veiled Head/Crowned shield in garter, in golden alloy, 1897 Victoria Veiled Head/Crowned shield in garter, in cupronickel, 1905 Edward VII/George and the Dragon, presumed nickel-silver?, 1910 Edward VII/stylized George and the Dragon, date in Roman numerals, in silver, 1911 George V/stylized George and the Dragon in silver (34.98 grammes), 1911 George V/stylized George and the Dragon in golden alloy, 1936 Edward VIII/'Rocking horse' reverse, CopperPiedfort, all UNC and lustrous a few with toning, 1918 George V MacKennal head/stylised George and the Dragon (5) all in different metals : Gold plated Copper, Copper, Aluminium, Polished Steel and Golden Alloy, Lustrous UNC
Fantasy Crowns INA Retro Patterns (14) 1808 George III/Reverse in the style of the Pattern Bank Dollar, in nickelsilver?, 1820 George IV/Reverse as the currency Halfcrown, in Pewter, 1836 (5) Obverse: William IV/Reverse: Crowned draped shield, in silver, nickel-silver?, cupro-nickel, golden alloy and copper Lustrous UNC, 1837 (7) Obverse: William IV/Reverse: George and the Dragon in Goldine, Bronze, Copper, Aluminium, White Metal, pewter? and cupro-nickel? Lustrous UNC and prooflike
A Gentlemen's Silver Dressing Table set, including Talc jars, and clothes brushes, together with a Holy Land ceremonial incense holder, along with a quantity of modern cupro-nickelCrowns and a small group of GB and World issues (lot)
Royal MintTrial Dies 1957 Britannia Moneta legend with Britannia striking coins, struck in cupro-nickel (10) weight range 5.17 to 5.33 grammes VF to EF
Trial Pieces (2), Birmingham Mint, 26mm diameter in cupro-nickel, undated Reverse: Manufacturers of Non-Ferrous Alloys, in centre: 'In Sheets Strip Wire Blanks Tubes Stampings, Etc. and Coinage' in 7 lines, Plain Edge, A/UNC with a small toning spot on the reverse, Royal Mint 1957 Britannia Moneta/6-point star 25mm diameter with scalloped edge, About EF with the appearance of a 'hand-cut' edge
Medals in base metal estimated by weigh to be around (700) a wide variety in cupro, bronze and brass many different themes mostly crown sized (some larger) and mostly in high grades
Millionaires Collection (2) Double Leopard Edward III modern replicas (2) the first 22mm diameter in 22 carat gold, the second 39mm diameter in gold plated cupro-nickel Lustrous UNC
Accessories Proof set boxes (4) 1937 Gold, 1989 3-coin set, 1902 card (poor condition), 1927 card box, plus Lindner trays (7) and Abafil display trays (2), along with a few cupro-nickelFlorins, in varied state
Mint Errors Mis-strikes (3) Australia Halfpenny 1960 the reverse having a large die cud across the FPE in HALFPENNY GVF, Philippine One Centavo 1940 reverse with a die cud over the VO of CENTAVO Fine, Egypt 1 Millieme AH1357 (1938) Struck in cupro-nickel weighing 5.46 grammes (Krause states 3.96 grammes for this issue VF, also Copper Token uniface with D DEC 9 and 2 in circle in three lines Fine
Mint ErrorMis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1976 struck on a thin cupro-nickel flan weighing 7.634 grammes instead of 11.31 grammes A/UNC toned, accompanied by a Royal Mint letter confirming the weight and metallic content measured by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry
Mint Error Ireland Penny 1968 struck in cupro-nickel weighing 11.7 grammes About UNC, along with a standard currency A/UNC example weighing 9.5 grammes for comparison
Wales FantasyCrowns 1830 (150) obverse William IV (90) bare head GVLIELMUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D: reverse dragon ANNO DOM. 1830 WALES CYMRU 30 of each in three different base metals pewter, golden alloy, and copper generally BU and eye catching and obverse George IV (60) same reverse 30 of each aluminium and cupro-nickel
Imitations/Counterfeits, many contemporary, Italy (8) in lead, 500 lire Ship, 10 Lire 1930, Lire 1920s type (Poor), 10 Centesimi (5) 1936-43 type all double obverse, Counterfeits, France (17) 5 Centimes 1935, One Franc 1917, 2 Francs 1869BB, 2 Francs Napoleon III worn, 1914, 5 Francs 1971 holed, 10 Francs 1982 Gambretta, 1988, 1989 (2), 1990 (2), 20 Francs 1868, 1887 (2, these in different metals), and another undated in plastic, similar to a brothel token, , 50 Francs 1953B, Counterfeits India (6) Rupee 1903 in cupro-nickel, Rupee 1945, George VI in lead, (worn), East India Company2 Anna 1841 (3) all holed, in mixed grades
A miscellaneous group (23) includes Bank of England Dollars 1804 forgeries (2), 1819 Shilling forgeries in base metal, plus a couple of 18th Century Token Issues and a 1977 Two Pence apparently struck in cupro-nickel
Paranumismatic mostly provincial Canadian "Dollars" Klondike, Calgary Stampede, Mount Rundell etc others including advertising such as Richard Lobell these generally North American themes and cupro-nickel Dollar sized Unc or near so a wide variety (87) and no obvious duplication
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
Off Metal Strikes (2) Penny 1967 struck in cupro-nickel EF, Decimal Penny 1999 struck in cupro-nickel EF, Decimal Penny 1971 bronze on a thinner flan and with the edges rounded NVF
Royal Mint related items (2) Royal Mint Trial Die 25mm diameter in cupro-nickel Obverse BRITANNIA MONETA showing a coin being struck, Reverse ROYAL MINT TRIAL DIE date 1957 within six-pointed star UNC with some lustre, Token undated square with rounded corners struck in iron and uniface, ROYAL MINT CANTEEN with 1 in centre VF scarce
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