Shillings and Sixpences (7) Shillings (3) 1887 Jubilee Head Q of QUI has long, loopless tail, ESC 1351, Bull 3137, Davies 980 dies 1A, VF/GVF with touches of colourful tone, the rarest of the three Jubilee Head types for this date, 1889 Large Jubilee Head ESC 1355, Bull 3142, Davies 987 dies 3D, VF toned, 1890 ESC 1357, Bull GF/NVF toned, the reverse with some verdigris on the shield, Sixpences (4) 1887 Young HeadESC 1750, Bull 3262 Good Fine, 1887 Jubilee Head Withdrawn type R over I in VICTORIA ESC 1752A, Bull 3265, Davies 1152 Good Fine with some scratches in the obverse field, 1887 Jubilee Head Revised type ESC 1754, Bull 3272 VF/GVF with some hairlines on the obverse, 1899 ESC 1769, Bull 3292 Good Fine, cleaned with some damage to the edge at 7 o'clock
Shillings (145) 1707E Fine, 1816, 1817 Near Fine, 1818 VG, 1819 VG, 1824 Fine/Near Fine, 1825 Lion on Crown VG, 1826 VG, 1829 VG, 1834 VG, 1836 About Fine, 1839 No WW VG/Near Fine, 1846 VG, 1848 8 over 6, D's in obverse legend have no top serifs, VG Rare, 1853 VG, 1855 Near Fine with many hairline scratches, 1856 VG, 1857 Fair, 1858 5 over higher 5 VG, 1859 VG, 1860 VG the reverse slightly better, 1866 Die Number 55 VG/Near Fine, 1867 Die Number 14 VG, 1868 Die Number 40 Fine, 1869 Die Number 6 VG, 1870 Die Number 12 About Fine/Fine, 1871 Die Number 26 VG, 1872 Die Number 130 Fine, 1873 Die Number 118 VG/Fine, 1874 Die Number 49 About Fine/Fine, 1875 Die Number 21 VG, 1877 Die Number 12 VG, 1878 Die Number 53 VG, 1879 Die Number 4 Near Fine, 1880 VG, 1836 VG, 1883 Fair, 1884 VG, 1885 VG, 1887 Young Head VG/Fair, 1887 Jubilee Head Good Fine, 1888 8 over 7 VG, 1889 Large Jubilee Head VG, 1890 VG, 1891 VG or slightly better, 1892 NVF, 1893 VG/Fine, 1894 VG, 1895 Large Rose Near Fine/Fine, 1896 Large Rose VG, 1897 VG, 1898 VG, 1899 VG, 1900 VG/Near Fine, 1901 VG, 1902 VG, 1903 VG, 1904 VG, 1905 NVG/VG Rare, 1906 VG, 1907 NVG, 1908 VG, 1909 NVF, 1910 Near Fine/Fine, 1911 Fine, 1912 Fine, 1913 Near Fine/VG, 1914 Fine, 1915 Fine/Near Fine, 1916 Fine, 1917 VG, 1918 Near Fine, 1919 VF, 1920 Fine/Near Fine, 1921 Near Fine/About Fine, 1922 Near Fine/Fine, 1923 Fine, 1924 VG, 1925 Fair, 1926 Modified Effigy Good Fine/Fine, 1927 First Reverse Fine/NVF with a tone line on the obverse, 1928 Fine, 1929 Good Fine, 1930 Fine, 1932 Near Fine, 1933 Fine, 1934 Near Fine/Fine, 1935 Good Fine/NVF, 1936 Near Fine/Fine, 1937E AU/UNC, 1937S NVF/VF, 1938E Fine, 1939S A/UNC and lustrous with some darker toning, 1940E Lustrous EF, 1940S Near Fine/Fine, 1941E Near Fine/Fine, 1941S GEF and lustrous, 1942E VF, 1942S NEF with deep golden tone, 1943E Fine/Good Fine, 1943S NVF/VF, 1944E Fine, 1944S Fine/NVF, 1945E Fine/Good Fine, 1945S VF/EF with some spots, 1946E NVF, 1946S Fine/Good Fine, 1947E GEF, 1947S Fine, 1948E GF/NVF, 1948S NVF/VF, 1949E Fine, 1949S Fine/Good Fine, 1950E Proof UNC, 1950S Fine, 1951E Good Fine, 1951S Fine/Good Fine, 1953E EF/AU, 1953S GF/VF, 1954E NEF/EF, 1954S VF/NEF, 1955E EF, 1955S VF, 1956E GVF/NEF , 1956S NEF/EF, 1957E GVF/NEF, 1957S EF, 1958S (2) F/GF and NEF, 1959E UNC, 1959S VF, 1960E GVF, 1960S NEF/EF, 1961E NEF, 1961S NEF, 1962E NEF/EF, 1962S NEF/EF, 1963E A/UNC, 1963S GEF/AU, 1964E GEF/AU, 1964S EF, 1965E AU/UNC, 1965S A/UNC and lustrous, 1966E GEF, 1966S VF/EF
Shillings (119) 1839, 1868 Die Number 11, 1869 Die Number 10, 1870 Die Number 12, 1871 Die Number 10, 1872 Die Number 77, 1873 Die Number 59, 1874 Die Number 11, 1877 Die Number 43, 1878 (2) Die Numbers 3 and 59,1880, 1881, 1882 Scarce, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887 Young Head, 1887 Jubilee Head, 1888 8 over 7 (2), 1889 Small Head, 1890, 1891, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908 (2), 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 (NEF scarce), 1926 Modified Effigy, 1927 Second Reverse, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938E, 1942E, in mixed grades to NEF, and a full set English and Scottish 1937-1966 currency issues inclusive, these in mixed grades with some in lustrous UNC, and 1970E Proof and 1970S Proof these nFDC to FDC
Shillings (70) 1695 VG, 1758 VG, 1816 Fine/Near Fine, 1817 (2) the first About Fine, the second Fine with some scratches, 1825 Lion on Crown VG, 1826 Near Fine/VG, 1829 Fine, toned, 1836 VG, 1853 VG, 1864 Die Number 68 VG, 1878 Die Number 13 Fine, 1880 VG, 1882 VF scarce, 1883 Good Fine/Fine, 1886 VG, 1887 Young Head About Fine/Near Fine, toned, 1887 Jubilee Head (7) Fine to VF, 1890 Fine, 1915 Fine, 1937S EF toned, 1941S VG, 1945E Fine, 1946S VG, George VI and Elizabeth II cupro-nickel issues (40) these in mixed grades to EF, and Shilling 1920 a base metal crude copy Fine
Whitman Folders (12) Shillings 1902-1936 incomplete, comprising 1906 and George V issues except 1913, 1917, 1919 and 1924 with 1914 EF and 1915 VF, (with 2x 1927 Second type and no first type) others in mixed grades, Shillings 1937-1951 English and Scottish almost complete, missing 1941S and 1948S, includes 1938E UNC and 1938S GEF, in mixed grades to EF with a few lustrous examples, Shillings 1953-1962 a part set missing 1954E, 1955S, 1956S, 1958E and 1960S, all others present including 1959S (VF) and 1961S (NVF), in mixed grades to EF, also includes an additional Shillings 1959 to 1965 (17) EF to UNC and Decimal Five Pence 1969 EF, Sixpences 1902-1936 an incomplete set containing 19 coins, in mixed grades the 1926 Modified Effigy EF, 1929 VF, the others VG to Fine, Sixpences 1937-1962 almost complete, with obverses, missing only 1949, 1952 and 1957, in mixed grades a few EF and lustrous, also includes additional Sixpences (12) all but one Elizabeth II issues 1953-1967 some EF to UNC, SilverThreepences 1838-1901 (24 coins) includes Young Head (10), Jubilee Head (4) and Veiled Head (10) with 1900 (3) in mixed grades (one holed), Silver Threepences 1902-1944 an incomplete set (31) missing 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1911, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1943 and 1944, includes two obverse coins, in mixed grades a few VF to EF, Farthings 1860-1901 an incomplete set (36) in mixed grades, Farthings VictoriaBronze issues (22) an incomplete set, includes Bun Head (18), Veiled Head (4) in mixed grades, Farthings 1902-1936 (36) two sets, the first set complete with obverses in mixed grades, the second set complete with obverses except 1925, Farthings 1937 to 1956 (24) a complete set, with obverses, GEF to UNC all with good to near full lustre
One Shilling and SixpenceBank Token 1811 NVF as part of a group containing Sixpences to Threehalfpences (242) Sixpences (156) 1696 Fair, holed, 1787 Hearts (2) Fine and Good Fine, 1816 (2) VG and Fine, 1817 Fine, 1837 VG or better, 1887 Young Head NEF, 1887 Jubilee Head Withdrawn type (2) Good Fine and NVF, 1887 Jubilee Head Revised type VF/NVF, 1888 VG, 1893 Veiled Head VG/Fair, 1897 EF and attractively toned, 1907 GF/NEF toned, 1909 VG, 1910 Fine, 1915 Good Fine toned, 1929 VG, 1937 GVF, 1939 VG, 1941 VG, 1942 VG, 1943 EF, 1944 VG, 1945 VG, 1946 VG, 1952 VF/NVF, George VIcupro-nickel issues (37) in mixed circulated grades, Elizabeth II (91) in mixed grades, Groats (8) 1836 (2) NVF/VF and GVF, 1837 (2) both VG, 1838 VG and NVG, 1840 VG, 1854 Fine, SilverThreepences (29) 1906 VG, 1907 VG, 1909 VG, 1913 VG, 1914 (2) VG and Good Fine, 1917 (2) both VG, 1918 (3) VG and Fine (2), 1919 (2) both Fine, 1920 Fine, 1921 Near Fine, 1931 VG to Near Fine (3), 1932 Fine, 1933 Near Fine (2), 1934 VG (2), 1936 GEF, 1937 EF Toned, 1940 Fine/VF, 1941 (3) Fine to VF, Threehalfpences (2) 1834 Good Fine, 1839 VF, Model/Toy Money Half Shilling Edward VII by Lauer in pewter? Fine, Brass Threepences (44) George VI (7), Elizabeth II (37) in mixed grades many with lustre, and a pair of One Shilling and Sixpence Contemporary Counterfeits 1811 in brass and 1814 in bronze, both VG and of good style
Shillings (97) 1838-1936 currency issues, an almost complete date run, missing only 1850, 1854, 1858 and 1889 Small Jubilee Head, comprising 1838 NVG/VG, 1839 VG, 1840 VG, 1841 VG, 1842 VG, 1843 Bright GVF/NEF, 1844 VG, 1845 NVG, 1846 VG, 1848 8 over 6 Fair, the overdate very clear, 1849 VG, 1851 VG/Fair, 1852 VG, 1853 VG, 1855 VG, 1856 (2) both VG, 1857 VG, 1859 VG, 1860 VG/Near Fine, 1861 VG, 1862 Fine/Bold Fine, 1863 the 3 overstruck, possibly over a 2, Fine, cleaned, Very Rare, 1864 Die Number 63 VG, 1865 Die Number 96 VG, 1866 Die Number 40, Fair, 1867 Die Number 20 VG, 1868 Die Number 31 VG, 1869 Die Number 5 VG, 1870 Die Number 9 VG, 1871 Die Number 25 VG, 1872 Die Number 150 VG, 1873 Die Number 28 VG, 1874 Crosslet 4, Die Number 5 VG, 1875 Die Number 1 VG, 1876 Die Number 2 Fair, Rare, 1877 Die Number 39 VG, 1878 Die Number 48 the 8 of the Die Number struck over a lower 8, Near Fine, 1879 No Die Number Poor/Fair, 1880 Fine, toned, 1881 VG/Near Fine, 1882 VG, Scarce, 1883 VG, 1884 VG, 1885 Near Fine, 1886 VG with some scratches, 1887 Young Head Fair, 1887 Jubilee Head Near Fine/VG, 1888 Plain last 8 in date Fine, 1889 Large Jubilee Head VG/Near Fine, 1890 Fine, 1891 Near Fine, 1892 VG, 1893 Small Obverse Letters, VG/Near Fine, 1894 Near Fine, 1895 VG, 1896 VG, 1897 VG, 1898 VG, 1899 VG, 1900 Near Fine, 1901 VG, 1902 VG, 1903 VG, 1904 VG, 1905 VG/NVG Rare, 1906 VG or better, 1907 VG or better, 1908 VG the reverse better, 1909 VG, 1910 VG, 1911 About Fine/Fine, 1912 VG, 1913 Fine, 1914 VG, 1915 VG, 1916 GF/NVF, 1917 Fine/Good Fine, 1918 NVF/Good Fine, 1919 Fine, 1920 Fine, 1921 VG/Fine, 1922 Fine, 1923 About Fine, 1924 VF, 1925 About Fine/Fine, 1926 Modified Effigy Fine, 1927 Second Reverse Near Fine/Fine, 1928 VG, 1929 Fine, 1930 VG, 1931 VG/Near Fine, 1932 VG/Near Fine, 1933 VG, 1934 Fine/NVF, 1935 Fine/Good Fine, 1936 GVF
Shillings (20) 1816 (2), 1873 Die Number 117, 1881, 1883, 1887 Young Head, 1887 Jubilee Head (4), 1889 Large Head, 1890, 1893, 1896 (2), 1897 (mounted), 1908, 1910 (3), some earlier coins Fine, the later dates mostly VF to EF
LCGS slabbed items (17) Halfcrowns (2) 1889 Dies 3C, LCGS Variety 07, N in PENSE with horizontal bar, A/UNC and lustrous, 1902 ESC 746AU/UNC and nicely toned, Shillings (3) 1900 ESC 1369 UNC toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 78, 1916 ESC 1426 Lustrous UNC and choice, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, 1927 First Reverse ESC 1438 UNC and attractively toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 85, the joint finest known of 12 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, Sixpences (9) 1816 ESC 1630 UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, 1817 ESC 1632, Choice UNC and attractively toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 85, 1826 Lion on Crown ESC 1662, GEF slabbed and graded LCGS 65, 1834 Large Date ESC 1674 GEF slabbed and graded LCGS 65, 1835 ESC 1676 A/UNC slabbed and graded LCGS 70, 1866 ESC 1715, Die Number 43, GEF/AU and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 70, 1887 Young HeadESC 1750 Lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, 1887 Jubilee Head, Withdrawn type, ESC 1752 Lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, 1887 Jubilee Head, Revised type, UNC, the obverse deeply toned, the reverse lustrous, Pennies (2) 1953 ProofFreeman 246 nFDC slabbed and graded LCGS 95, Ex-Dr.A.Findlow Hall of Fame Pennies, 1967 Freeman 257 Lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 85, Farthing 1862 Small 8 in date, Freeman 507, Choice UNC slabbed and graded LCGS 91, the joint finest of 23 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shillings in an album (87) 1852, 1853, 1855, 1856, 1859, 1866 Die Number 27, 1867 Die Number 13, 1868 Die Number 9, 1869 Die Number 15, 1871 Die Number 16, 1872 Die Number 54, 1873 Die Number 1, 1875 Die Number 68, 1876 Die Number 12, 1877 Die Number 9, 1878 Die Number 13, 1879 Die Number 5, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887 Young Head, 1887 Jubilee Head, 1888 8 over 7, 1889 Large Head, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 Small Letters, 1893 Large Letters, 1894, 1895, 1896 Small Rose, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926 First Head, 1926 Modified Effigy, 1927 First Reverse, 1927 Second Reverse, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937E, 1937S, 1939E, 1939S, 1940E, 1940S, 1941E, 1941S, 1942E, 1942S, 1943E, 1943S, 1944E, 1944S, 1945E, 1945S, 1946E in mixed grades to GVF includes some collectable Victorian examples
Shillings (18) 1851, 1867 Die Number 26, 1871 Die Number 14, 1874 Die Number 60, 1884, 1885 (2), 1887 Young Head, 1889 Small Jubilee Head, 1902 (2), 1905 (3) Rare, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914 in mixed grades some VF to EF
Halfcrowns (2) 1818, 1820 George IV, Florins (2) 1859, 1872 Die Number 45, Shillings (52) 1867 Die Number 22, 1868 Die Number 31, 1868 Die Number 35, 1868 Die Number 49, 1869 Die number 15, 1870 Die Number 10, 1871 Die Number 40, 1872 Die Number 5, 1872 Die Number 125, 1873 Die Number 110, 1873 Die Number 114, 1874 Die Number 23, 1874 Die Number 28, 1874 Die Number 51, 1874 Die Number 55, 1874 Die Number 67, 1875 Die Number 2, 1875 Die Number 21, 1875 Die Number 60, 1875 Die Number 60, 1875 die number 66, 1875 Die Number 67, 1875 Die Number 68, 1876 Die Number 5, 1876 Die Number 11, 1876 Die Number 16, 1877 Die Number 31, 1877 Die Number 41, 1877 Die Number 53, 1877 Die Number 55, 1877 Die Number 61, 1878 Die Number 7, 1878 Die Number 25, 1878 Die Number 40?, 1879 No Die Number, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887 Young Head, 1887 Jubilee Head, 1888, 1889 Small Head , 1889 Large Head, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895 in mixed grades VG to Fine
Shillings (35) 1873 Die Number 131, 1875 Die Number 61, 1885, 1887 Jubilee Head, 1888, 1890, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1917, 1918, 19191929, 1931, 1935, 1937E, 1937S, 1938E, 1943S, 1949E, 1949S, 1951S, 1951E, 1953E, 1953S, 1955E, 1956S, 1962E, 1963S, 1963E, 1966E, Sixpences (40) 1696, 1758, 1787 No Hearts (2), 1817, 1825, 1826 Lion on Crown, 1834, 1837 plugged, 1853, 1874 Crosslet 4 Die Number 19, 1883, 1887 Young Head, 1887 Jubilee Head R over V in VICTORIA, in mixed grades to EF
Shillings in an album (126) 1874 Die Number 1, 1875 Die Number 45, 1876 Die Number 4, 1877 Die Number 12, 1878 Die Number 47, 1879 Die Number 2, 1879 No Die Number, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887 Young Head, 1887 Jubilee Head, 1888 over 7, 1889 Small Jubilee Head (VG), 1889 Large Jubilee Head, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 Small Letters, 18941895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 (VG), 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926 First Head, 1926 Modified Effigy, 1927 First Reverse, 1927 Second Reverse, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937-1966 English and Scottish complete, in mixed grades some EF-UNC
Crowns (3) 1677 VG with H stamped on the obverse, 1845 VG, 1892 VG, Double Florins (2) 1887 Roman 1 VF, 1887 Roman 1 VF with large metal flaw on the reverse, Halfcrown 1887 Young Head VG, Florins (2) 1872 Die Number 10 VG, 1883 VG, Shillings (10) 1817 VG, 1826 (3) VG (2) and NF, 1829 G, 1874 (2) Crosslet 4 Die Number 15 and Plain 4 Die Number 41 (Die Number with a Roman 1) both VG, 1884 VG, 1887 Jubilee Head NF and 1896 GF
Crown 1887 About UNC toned, Halfcrown 1893 About UNC, Florin 1887 About UNC, Shillings (2) 1876 Die Number 9 NEF, 1887 Jubilee Head GEF, Sixpences (3) 1696 NEF, 1887 Young Head About UNC toned, 1887 Jubilee Head UNC toned
Whitman Folders (22) mostly incomplete but containing plenty of silver, generally in mixed circulated grades with a few later coins lustrous, Crowns (27) George IV (2), VictoriaJubilee Head (3), Victoria Veiled Head (2), 1902 (2), 1935, 1937, 1960, 1965 (15), Double Florin 1889, Halfcrowns (45) Victoria Young Head (3), Jubilee Head (1), Veiled Head (1), Edward VII (1), Elizabeth II (15), George V (24, all but one .925 silver), Florins (28) Godless (1), Gothic (3), Victoria Jubilee Head (1), Veiled Head (3), Edward VII (1), George V (17, all but one .925 issues), George VI (2), Shilling 1758 in mixed circulated grades
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