Decimal and Pre-Decimal Coinage Crowns to Farthings includes Pre-1920 Silver £0.62½ face, includes Florin 1918 GVF, Pre-1947 silver £1.02½ face, includes some in EF Mint Sets (3) 1965 (9 coins) Crown to Halfpenny, 1966 (8 coins) Halfcrown to Halfpenny, 1967 (6 coins) Halfcrown to Halfpenny (No Shillings), Lustrous UNC in the 'Coins of Great Britain black folders, Whitman folders (6) Shillings 1953 to 1966 English and Scottish complete with obverses, in mixed grades with some later coins lustrous, Shillings 1953 to 1966 almost complete, missing only the 1959S, 1961S, and 1965S, in mixed grades some EF, Shillings 1953 to 1966 (24 coins) missing 1953S, 1959S, 1961S, 1964E, 1965S and one obverse coin, in mixed grades some EF, Sixpences (45) all cupro-nickel issues, in mixed grades, a few EF, Brass Threepences 1937 to 1967 (33 coins) many fixed in with tape, in mixed circulated grades, Pennies 1902-1929 (28 coins) missing only 1902, 1903, 1919KN and one Edward VII obverse coin, in mixed circulated grades, Collectors Folder Halfpennies 1915-1967 incomplete (29 coins) in mixed circulated grades, Crowns (21) 1953 (3), 1965 (14), 1977 (3), 1981 GVF to UNC, Halfcrowns (5) 1953, 1961 No EF (worn reverse die), 1963, 1965, 1967, Florins (4) 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, Shillings (15) 1953E, 1954S, 1955E, 1958E, 1959S (NVF/VF), 1960E, 1960S, 1963E, 1964E, 1964S, 1965S, 1966E, 1966S (2), 1970E Proof, Sixpences (12) 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, mostly VF to UNC with some 1950s issues lustrous, Brass Threepences (15) 1940, 1943, 1946 (10), 1948 (A/UNC), 1949 (2), 1950 (2), 1951 (2), 1953 (2), 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962 (2), 1963, 1964 (2), 1965, 1966, 1967 (3), 1970 Proofs (2) scarcer dates around Fine, Elizabeth II dates EF to UNC and lustrous, Pennies (20) 1937, 1938, 1948 (3), 1949, 1967 (14), EF to Lustrous UNC, Halfpennies (63) 1937 (7), 1938, 1939, 1942 (3), 1944 (13), 1945 (3), 1948, 1949 (2), 1950, 1951 (2), 1952 (3), 1953, 1957, 1959 (23), 1962 EF to UNC with many lustrous, Decimal issues (103) £17.56 face One Pound 1986, Fifty Pences (17) 1973 (2), 1979, 1981, 1982 (2), 1986, 19871994 (2), 1997 (2), 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, Twenty Pence (18) 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, Ten Pences (24) 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (2), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Five Pences (40) 1969, 1970 (3), 1973, 1975 (5), 1977, 1978, 1979 (2), 1980 (3), 1981, 1982 (2), 1983 (2), 1985, 1986 (2), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Large Size, 1990 Small Size (6), 1991 (2), 1992 (2), 2000, Two Pence (3) 1974, 1984, 1989, in mixed grades with many lustrous EF to UNC, Britain's First Decimal Coins 1968-71 (3 sets) A/UNC to UNC in the blue wallets of issue, GB Unofficial Sets (4) Pennies 1961-1967 in mixed grades, 1966-7 (8 coins) Last £sd A/UNC to UNC in a soft Barclays folder, 1966 set (8 coins) Halfcrown to Halfpenny A/UNC to UNC in a slide case, 1936 Halfcrown to Farthing (8 coins) in mixed grades in a slide case, Germany Two Pfennigs 1990 Lustrous UNC, Isle of Man Decimal Coins (3 sets) 1971, 1977 and 1979 UNC in the soft folders of issue, Fifty Pences a 4-coin set GB 1973, Ireland 1970, Jersey 1969 and Guernsey 1969 UNC in a slide case
Year sets in perspex holders each holder containing each of the circulating coins for that year (no proofs, so no 1927 Florin) 1911 to 1967 complete (2 examples of the 1952 4 coin set) so we have complete date runs of all denominations Farthing - Halfcrown 1911 -1967 excluding varieties generally VG-Fine some better, the George VI sets with both the English and Scottish Shillings
Maundy Set 1937 Lustrous UNC, Halfcrown 1937 Proof nFDC with very light toning, Florin 1937 Proof nFDC with some toning, Shillings 1937 English and Scottish Proofs both nFDC toned
GB and World a varied group includes GB pre-1947 silver £22.75 face, GB pre-1920 silver £0.37 1/2 face, in mixed grades, Victoria Crowns (3) 1887, 1892, 1893LVI VG to Good Fine, Halfcrown 1887 Jubilee Head VF, Shilling 1826 VG, Twopence 1838 VG, SilverThreepences Victorian issues (7) includes 1876, VG to Fine, along with George III to George VIBrass Threepences, Pennies, Halfpennies and Farthings, also includes a few Decimal issues, in mixed grades, Part Plastic Set 1953 UNC (No Shillings) in the wallet of issue, Five Pound Crowns (7) 1990 (2), 1996, 1999 Millennium (2), 1999 Diana Memorial A/UNC to UNC, Crowns (55) 1951, 1953 (5), 1960 (5), 1965 (7), 1972 (9), 1977 (16), 1980 (5), 1981 (7) A/UNC to UNC, Crown 1977 Silver Proof, boxed with no certificate, Sierra Leone One Leone 1974 10th Anniversary of the Bank of Sierra Leone Silver Proofs (2) nFDC to FDC in the boxes of issue with certificates, Belgium 5 Francs 1876 Good Fine as part of a group of World mostly 20th Century issues many countries represented (68) includes some silver items, in mixed grades, Banknotes (2) One Pound Bradbury F/9 970523 VG and One Pound Somerset DW62 088963 Fine
Shillings a high grade group (28) 1887 Jubilee Head, 1889 Large Jubilee Head, 1897 (2), 1899, 1900, 1902 Matt Proofs (2), 1902 (2), 1906, 1911 Proof, 1912 Davies 1794, dies 3A, scarce, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926 Modified Effigy, 1927 First type, Modified Effigy, 1927 Second Reverse, 1927 Second Reverse Proof, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934 VF to UNC most are EF or better many with lustre
Pennies in 13 Whitman folders incomplete and with varying dates Victoria to Elizabeth II (lot), Shillings George VI (2 sets) complete in 2 Whitman folders, in mixed grades, Sixpences 1937 to 1967 complete in a Whitman folder, Shillings (10) George III to Victoria Veiled head, in a Whitman folder, Halfcrowns to Farthings in 3 stock boxes, Victoria to Elizabeth II issues includes some later Proofs, includes many .500 silver issues, many later pieces in lustrous grades, along with an album of George IV to Victoria (94) Florins to Fractional Farthings includes plenty of silver, in mixed grades, Plastic Sets 1953 UNC (2), also a group in a cigar box George II to Elizabeth II Halfcrowns to Farthings in mixed grades
Five Pound Crowns (2) 1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday Silver Proof, 2002 Golden Jubilee Silver Proof FDC in the cases of issue with certificates, Five Pound Crown/Britannia Two Pounds a 2-coin set comprising Five Pound Crown 1999 Millennium Cupro-Nickel UNC, and Two Pounds Britannia 1999 Silver Bullion UNC, Crowns (2) 1977 Silver Jubilee Silver proof, 1980 Queen Mother 80th birthday Silver Proof, Five Pence a 2-coin set 1990 Silver Proofs Large and Small sizes, Crown 1951 boxed UNC, Mint Sets 1953 (2) UNC cased and boxed, Whitman Folders (3) Halfcrowns 1947-1967 plus 5 extras, in mixed grades, Shillings 1953-1966 complete, mixed grades, Brass Threepences 1937-1967 complete plus 24 extras, in mixed grades, Brass Threepences 1937+1967 cased, cleaned, GB and World (54) mostly 20th century with a few in silver, in mixed grades, GB and Channel Islands Five Pound Crown, Two Pounds and 25p Crowns £54 face in mixed grades, Medallic issues (3) Rowntree's Coronation medal 1911 UNC boxed, Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary 1940 in base metal, UNC boxed, The Arnhem 50th Anniversary 1994 in base metal UNC boxed
Shillings a collection 1910 - 1970 complete including both English and Scottish types, both types of the 1926 and 1927 in years where proofs were issued 1937, 1950, 1951 and 1953 the examples here are usually the proof type, a high grade group generally EF and better, desirable thus
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