Halfcrown 1708 E SEPTIMO VG/NF with a countermark on the Queen's cheek, Halfpenny 1730 VF with some verdigris on the obverse, Jersey Silver Jubilee Set 1977 a 4-coin set uncased comprising £2.50, £2, £1 and 50p all struck in Silver UNC
A Maundy pouch along with Maundy Money (21) Fourpences 1885 (2), Threepence 1885, Twopences 1885 (3), Pennies 1885 (12), plus Fourpence, Twopence and Penny 1902 GEF-UNC and nicely toned
Pennies (36) 1806/7 counter stamped J.TOWILL Poor, 1860 Freeman 16 with BRITT double struck, About Fine, 1861 Freeman 20 VG, 1861 Freeman 26, 1861 Freeman 29, 1863 possibly an overdate, Low grade, 1871 G, 1879 Freeman 96 NF, 1899, 1899 silvered, 1900 counter stamped 'Bylox British Made' VG, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1919H, 1919KN, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1944 (2), 1945, 1946, 1946 PENNY double struck, 1948 (2), 1949, 1950 (2), 1953, 1953 Proof, Halfpenny 1953 Proof, these mainly in NEF-UNC, Decimal Halfpenny 1976 EF with the reverse missing this side showing a faint trace of the obverse, Copies (3) Halfcrown 1879, Florin 1910 and Tai-Ching-Ti-Juo 'Silver Coin', British West Africa Penny 1936 UNC, Australia Penny 1913 Fine, South Africa Penny 1928 Fine, plus an additional group of Pennies (14) 1882H-1921 includes some H and KN issues in mixed grades
Shilling 1697 First Bust VF, Sixpence 1567 mintmarks Coronet Fine, pennies (2) 1806 Fine, 1846 DEF Far Colon GVF with some surface marks and flan flaws, Halfpenny 1694 Fine
Farthings (9) 1839 Two Pronged Trident, 1848, 1853 WW Incuse, 1860 Toothed Border, 1864, 1868, 1869, 1886, 1890, in mixed grades VF-UNC, Halfpenny 1893 Good Fine with a planchet clip error between 6 and 8 o'clock on the reverse
Florins (2) 1857 VG, 1908 About Fine, Shillings (3) 1857, 1865 Die Number 20, 1871 Die Number 58, these G-NF, Sixpence 1887 Jubilee Head Revised Lustrous UNC, SilverThreepences (2) VF with signs of old gilding, 1873 Fine, Maundy Penny 1671 VG/NF, Penny 1915 NEF, Halfpenny 1904 GVF cleaned, Farthing 1826 Second type GVF
Florins to Halfpennies a small group with some varieties (14) Florins (2) 1858 No stop after date, 1875 Die Number 37, Shillings (6) 1817 RRITT and unbarred H in HONI, 1820 Large 0 in date, 1853, 1875 Die Number 1, 1879 Die Number 1, 1879, Sixpence 1819 with broken 9 in date, Groat 1848 8 over 6, Pennies (2) 1862 Low 2 in date, 1882 Large H in date, Penny 1902 with portrait and Britannia frosted Proof or Proof-like About EF with a lamination mark on the portrait, Halfpennies (2) 1770 No Stop after REX, 1773 contemporary counterfeit No Stop after REX struck slightly off-centre, in mixed lower grades
HalfpenniesGeorge III Contemporary Counterfeits (4) 1775 (3), one with the date worn, Ireland Halfpenny 1969 (?!) George III Contemporary Counterfeit in mixed grades Good to Fine
MaundyTwopences 1800 (2), Maundy Penny 1800, Farthings (40) mostly Wrens, BrassThreepences (63), World (50) includes small Papal medal, token issues and some base metal copies, in mixed circulated grades
Farthings estimated by weight to be around 440 coins, in mixed circulated grades, GB and World Coins and Medals 18th to 20th Century (65) base metal in mixed grades, Whitman Folders (20), Books (2) Spink Standard catalogue 2008, The British BronzePenny 1860-1970 by Michael Gouby these both in very good condition
Year Sets (8) 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 (no Penny), 1949 plus Crown 1951 in mixed circulated grades with many coins EF or better, some with lustre, plus Proof Set 1987 Blue Set and BrassThreepences (25) includes 1946( 4), 1949 (4), 1950 (3, one in A/UNC), 1951 (3) in mixed grades to UNC along with two small storage cases and an empty banknote album
Crown 1935 NEF, Penny 1860 TB Good Fine, Penny 1874H NF with evidence of die clash showing the hair ribbons clearly incuse on the reverse, Halfpenny 1861 struck on a slightly heavy flan of 5.9 grammes GVF possibly lacquered at some time, Halfpenny 1913 NNC AU 58 we grade GVF, plus Golden JubileeMedal 2002 50mm diameter Obverse Queen's portrait facing half left QUEEN ELIZABETH II GOLDEN JUBILEE 2002 Reverse Crowned Shield in Garter, no legend UNC
Shilling 1758 NEF gilded and with surface damage, Twopence 1797 NVF with a couple of edge knocks, Penny 1855 Plain Trident sometime cleaned, now retoned
Maundy Oddments a collection in an album Charles II to Elizabeth II (281), includes many part sets and some made up sets, PennyEdward I, Groats (2) 1836, 1838, in mixed grades to UNC along with Red Maundy boxes (29) some with staining, and a Maundy Service programme and white coin bag from the 1948 Service at Westminster Abbey
An accumulation includes a quantity of bronze Pennies and Halfpennies, Farthings (1045), the group includes Penny 1920 A/UNC, Penny 1927 A/UNC, Third Farthings (3) 1885 GVF, 1902 A/UNC, 1913 GVF also Whitman Folders (27, includes a few coins) and Lindner Trays (4) in mixed grades from circulation
GB and World a varied group comprising Crowns (3) 1951 (2), 1960, Double Florin 1887 Roman 1, Halfcrown 1887, Florin 1923, Shillings (2) 1897, 1916, Sixpences (4) 1835, 1881, 1887 Jubilee Head, 1907, MaundyFourpences (2) 1848, 1880, Maundy Twopences (3) 1784, 1839, 1873, 1786, Halfpennies 1853, 1854, Farthing 1853, Half Farthing 1844, Third Farthing 1902, Two Pounds 1986 (3), 1996 (2), One Pound 1997, Fifty Pence (6) 1973 (5), 1994, Twenty Pence 1982, Ten Pence (4) 1968, 1970, 1973, 1975, Five Pence (4) 1970, 1988 (3), in mixed grades with some EF-UNC, a small group of 19th and 20th Century World Coins (54) in mixed grades with some later issues in UNC, Roman (12) some with attributions F-VF, Tokens 18th Century Halfpennies (4), Penny (1) VF-EF, Penny Token19th Century 1812 Walthamstow EF, Sheffield Five Pounds Newsagent Co-op Society Token undated VF, Two Shillings Token Williams Brothers square uniface VF, One Penny Token Williams Brothers NVF uniface, World Banknotes (491) with strength in Zambia modern issues with many in UNC
HalfpenniesGeorge III Contemporary Counterfeits (4) 1771 with the 1 very weak, 1775 (3,all of different styles), Halfpennies 1718, 1745, Farthing 1699 VG, Ireland Halfpenny 1752 VG-Fine
Crown 1977 SilverProof FDC cased as issued, Anglesey Penny Token Low Grade, as part of a group of GB and World 19th and 20th Century includes some silver and some later dates in higher grades (lot)
GB and World (11) Three ShillingBank Token 1813 Fine, Florin 1859 VF, Shillings (2) Charles I VG clipped, 1826 GF, Sixpence 1837 GVF, Pennies (3) 1892 EF cleaned, 1902 GEF, 1905 A/UNC, Mexico 8 Reales 1765 MF GVF (not authenticated and bought as seen), Isle of Man Halfpenny 1813 Bright VF, Medal Death of Oliver Cromwell 1658 a base metal cast copy of Eimer 201 Obverse bust facing left laureate and armoured, Reverse Shepherd attending his flock near an olive tree GVF (the original rare)
Twopence 1797 About Fine, Halfpennies (3) George II worn, George II Contemporary Counterfeit date off flan Good, 1799 GF, Farthings (2) George III First type worn, 1891 NVF, Ireland (2) ShillingGunmoney 1689 Oct. VF, Penny 1805 Fine, France 2 Sols 1792T Poor, Europe United Kingdom 2 Ecu 1992 UNC
Sovereigns (10) 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 GEF-UNC as part of a group of other Elizabeth II coinage Crowns (3), Halfcrowns (7), Florins (3), Shillings (3), Sixpences (4), Threepences (2), Penny (1) the remainder in mixed grades some UNC
Crown 1927 Proof nFDC, Penny 1865 EF as part of an almost complete type set (127 coins) silver and copper 1838-1967 in mixed circulated grades, contained in two Coindex boxes
Coin Albums dedicated to certain coinages (6) contains Elizabeth II Coinage complete almost all in UNC many with lustre, George V Second Coinage contains 1927 First Reverse and 1931 Halfcrowns, George V First Coinage contains Halfcrown 1911 UNC, Penny 1912H GF , Edward VII Coinage this empty, Victoria Veiled Head Coinage this empty, Victoria Jubilee Head Coinage contains Halfcrown 1887 GEF
Pennies (7) 1864 Plain 4 Good Fine/Fine, 1874 (4) all different varieties 1874H Freeman 68 dies 6+H, 1874 Freeman 69 dies 6+I, 1874H Freeman 77 dies 8+G, 1874 Freeman 78 dies 8+H only Fair but all scarce or rare, 1882H Freeman 111 dies 11+M (2) Near Fine and VG one with a clear overdate this unusual, Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 261 GF/NVF
Halfcrowns (37), Florins (25), Shillings (21), Sixpences (3), Halfpenny (1), Farthings (3), includes 9 holed or mounted, in mixed grades with many VF and EF examples noticed, housed in three Lindner Trays
Farthing 1856 R over E in VICTORIA Peck 1584 Fine with surface marks, Halfpennies 1672, 1718 VG, Pennies 1831 VF cleaned, 1854 VF, Crown 1889 Fine, Halfpenny Token 1794 J.H.Tooke Middlesex DH1047 VF as part of a group of GB and Channel Islands copper and bronze in mixed grades from circulation, some later dates lustrous, USA Dollars 1974 S (3) UNC, New Zealand Dollar 1974 UNC (lot)
Pennies (31) 1869 with the last digit of the date altered VF/GF, 1902 GVF with damaged edge, 1940 Lustrous UNC, 1936 (12), 1946 (16) toned A/UNC-UNC, BrassThreepences (30) 1937, 1941, 1942, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1967 (25) UNC, Farthings (36) Charles I Fine, 1854 NVF plus Wrens (34) these in EF-AU with lustre, Crown 1960 A/UNC, Halfcrown 1915 toned EF, Florin 1931 GEF, Shillings (2) 1935 EF, 1946 English Wide Rim UNC, Halfpenny 1925 GF with the rims missing (removed?), Royal MintTrial Dies (2) One 1957 in bronze UNC, the other with Britannia minting a coin on the obverse, the reverse with a small square in the centre with a castle within UNC, plus World (20) 19th and 20th Century in mixed circulated grades
A collection in album pages mostly pre - decimal material from circulation with most denominations represented from Farthings - Crowns generally average circulated grades but some better such as a 1927 ProofHalfcrown, 1950 Penny with lustre and some Victorian examples in better than average grades (lot)
Crowns (2) 1889, 1896, Halfcrown 1689, Shillings (8) 1865 Die Number 30, 1872 Die Number 91, 1873 Die Number 65, 1875 Die Number 41, 1879, 1883, 1885, 1898, Sixpences (6) 1757, 1758, 1787 Hearts, 1841, 1851, 1881, Threehalfpence 1835, Penny 1948, Half Farthings 1844 (2), Third Farthing 1902, in mixed grades to GEF
Farthings (17) 1672, 1697, 1739, 1754 (3), 1773 (2), 1826, 1831, 1834, 1835, 1890, 1937, 1943, 1953 (2), Halfpenny 1718 in mixed grades to VG-UNC generally in line with age
Penny 1910 PCGS MS64 RD as part of a group of Crowns to Farthings (over 2 Kilos) largely 19th and 20th Century with a few earlier in mixed grades with some pieces lustrous EF-UNC
Halfpennies George II and George III contemporary counterfeits (28) plus Ireland Halfpenny counterfeits (3) and Evasions (2) in lower circulated grades
Five Pounds 1911 weighing correctly at 40 grammes gold content unknown a curious copy with mintmark A above the date also with oval O in OMN GVF with a scratch on the obverse, as part of a group including Penny 1887 UNC, Halfpenny 1887 UNC, plus GB and Wo
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