Canada (4) Upper Canada (2) Penny 1854 NVF, Halfpenny 1857 VF with some verdigris spots, New Brunswick Penny 1843 Fine, Lower Canada Halfpenny 1837 VF with some verdigris, Halfpenny George II a crude counterfeit with Britannia facing right, Poor, unusual
British West Africa (6) Penny 1958KN UNC with a superb deep and colourful tone, One Tenth Penny (5) 1936, 1940, 1950KN, 1952, 1954 all UNC with varying degrees of lustre a most pleasing group, along with an additional group of British West Africa include Nigeria issues (14) Shillings to One tenth penny these in mixed grades
USA Fantasy 1992 'Silver Eagle' 86mm diameter One Pound of .999 silver Prooflike UNC boxed, Abdication of Edward VIII a Bill to give effect to his Majesty's declaration of abdication 10 December 1936 , also a letter from 10 Downing Street confirming the abdication took effect on 11 December. Both with creases and punch holes for filing, otherwise Fine, USA Fantasy 'Trade Dollar' dated 1885 One Pound of .999 silver Prooflike UNC boxed, Discovery of the Americas a Fantasy medallic issue in .999 silver weighing 5 ounces depicting the ships Pinta, Santa Maria and Nina Prooflike UNC boxed, GB Fantasy medallic issues (2) Una and the Lion and GothicCrown each 86mm diameter UNC and boxed as issued, Maria Theresa Thaler Restrike 1780 in silver UNC, USA Fantasy Medallic issue 2 ounces of .999 silver Prooflike UNC, British West Africa Edward VIII issues 1936 (11) Penny(4), Halfpenny (4), One Tenth Penny (3), New Guinea Penny 1936 these mostly VF to UNC, plus a Norfolk Regiment badge in brass, no clip, also Gold Banknotes L.K.O'Brien Ten Shillings and Five Pounds in a glass frame with certificate
Scotland (3) Penny David II First Coinage Second Issue SCOTTORVM legend S.5088 VF/NVF the reverse with light corrosion, Halfgroat David II Edinburgh Mint smaller bust with cross added in one quarter on the reverse S.5107 VF and pleasing, Penny Alexander III 20 points Class E S.5056, one 5-poited mullet with a dot on either side, Fine, also GB Groat Pre-Treaty period York Mint S.1572 Fine
AustraliaPenny token John Andrew & Co. Importers and General Drapers 1860 Fine, Australia Mint Set 1966 UNC as part of a group of Australia and New Zealand (83) Florins to Halfpennies includes a couple of medallic types, in mixed grades
World a small and interesting group AustraliaPenny Token J.R Grundy Ballarat 1861 KM TN78 Fine, France Double Tournais Chateau Renault (copper) 1603/5 VF, German StatesVienna6 Kreuzer 1689 MV KM584, Mexico2 Reales 1773 Mo VF, NaplesSilver 6 G Charles 1630 Biaggi VF, PolandDanzig Siler Ort (1/4 Thaler) 1624-35 Fine and struck off centre, Nepal Silver Mohar Kathmandu 1692 Good Fine, Papal States Doppio Guilio 1755 Fine, Spanish Colonia Cob 2 Reales Fine, along with two unidentified European Hammered silver issues
IrelandHalfcrowns to Farthings (49) mostly 1928 onwards includes a handful of early coppers, Ireland Mint Set mixed dates in Green wallet (Lustrous UNC), AustraliaPenny 1941, GB Farthing 1909, Euro Cent 2004, unless stated, in mixed circulated grades
Ireland (5) Shilling 1689 Sepr. Fine, SixpenceJames IS.6514 About Fine/Fine, Groat Henry VIII First Harp Coinage S.6475 About Fine, Penny Elizabeth I Near Fine with some digs on the reverse, Coin Weight 1709 4D 8G NVF
IrelandHalfpenny 1723 Woods VG, Ten Shillings 1966 Pearse (2) as part of a group of Ireland (54) 18th to 21st Century a mixed group includes some high grade and lustrous
Australia and New Zealand Tokens (4) Australia (3) Whitty and Brown Sydney KM#Tn271 Near Fine, Advance Australia 1862KM#Tn237 Fine, Halfpenny O.H.Hedberg, Hobart KM#Tn87 VG, New Zealand Edward Waters, Auckland KM#70.2 VG
South Africa ZAR (18) Pond 1895 Near Fine/Fine, Half Pond 1894 Good Fine, Crown 1892 Single Shaft Good Fine, 2 1/2 Shillings (3) 1892 (2) Fine and Near Fine, 1897 About Fine, 2 Shillings (2) 1892 Good Fine, 1897 Fine, Shillings (2) 1892 About Fine, 1893 About Fine, Sixpences (4) 1892 VG, 1893 NF, 1897 (2) VG and VG with loop mount, Threepences (2) 1892 Fine, 1894 Fine, Penny 1892 NEF
World a varied group (18) ranging from European hammered minors, Italy1 Lira 1916R NEF, mis-strikes (2) George III Counterfeit Halfpenny 1774 and George VI Shilling 1943, Ireland (7) Sixpences 1940, 1958, Threepences (2) 1934, 1956, Penny 1952, Halfpenny 1953, farthing 1953 many in lustrous grades, as well as Tokens, medals etc. in mixed grades
New ZealandPenny Tokens (5) 1862 E. De Carle & Co., Dunedin KM#Tn17 Good Fine, lightly cleaned, undated G.L.Beath & Co. Christchurch KM#Tn8 Fine or better, undated H.J.Hall, Christchurch KM#Tn29 Fine, undated Milner and Thompson, Christchurch KM#Tn49 VF, undated (1870s) Union Bakery,. Christchurch KM#Tn65 Fine
Isle of Man (20) Pennies 1839 (2), Halfpennies 1839 (5), Farthings 1839 (3) these in mixed grades to EF, and Pennies 1758 S.7411 (2) NVF and Fine pitted, Halfpenny 1758 S.7412 GVF and Pennies 1786 (2), Halfpennies (5) 1798 (3), 1813 (2) these Near Fine to NVF
World Trial pieces (14) Jamaica (3) Penny 1905, Halfpenny 1905 and Farthing 1904 all officially? centrally holed UNC, Uganda (7) Five Shillings 1972 (2), Blank Flans Five Shilling size (2), Uganda Two Shillings 1966 (2) UNC, plus accompanying blank flans (2) each with mint logo centrally on either side UNC, Canada Test Tokens (3) 25 Cents 1983 Charlton TT-25.9 in cupro-nickel with I in each field, milled edge (weight 5.05 grammes) UNC, 5 Cents 1983 English/French legends, Charlton TT-5.4 in Nickel-bonded Steel with NBS and 6.2 incuse in the fields (weight 4.05 grammes), plain edge, UNC, plus One CentCopper-Zinc undated, round, without beads (1979) French/English legends, as Charlton TT-1.4A (similar weight to the copper issue, 2.47 grammes) UNC, an unusual group, these as part of a World in an album (115) mostly later 20th century EF-UNC with some residue from poor storage
Australia and New ZealandPenny Tokens (3) Australia (2) William Hodgins Banker Cloghjordan Reverse: IRELAND 1858 Near Fine, Smith Peate and Co. 1858, Grocers, Tea Dealers and Wine Merchants, Sydney, VG, New Zealand 1875 Gainsford and Edmonds Pork and General Butchers, Christchurch, New Zealand Fine with some dirt on the surfaces
World an eclectic mix (7) Italian States - Lombardy-Venetia Quarter Lira 1822M C#4.2 Fine with some verdigris on the reverse, Austrian Netherlands Liard (Oord) 1750 KM#2 Fine, Austria Kreuzer 1794H Fine, New ZealandPenny Token Auckland Morrin&Co. Grocers, Wine and Spirit Merchants Fine, SpanishAmerica Fractional Cob approximately 20mm diameter undated, American M.E.Church Bazaar Token 24mm diameter in bronze undated Fine, plus a Fantasy Roman bronze unattributed piece Fine
South Africa in slabs (12) Halfcrowns (3) 1892 NGC VF25, 1894 ANACS NET EF40 Cleaned, 1897 NGC XF40, Florin 1897 NGC XF Details Surface hairlines, Shillings (3) 1894 PCGS XF40,1895 NGC VF35, 1897 NGC AU58, Threepences (3) 1893 NGC VF35, 1896 NGC UNC Details, Excessive Surface Hairlines, 1897 NGC AU58, Penny 1893 NGC AU55 BN
World a small group (5) Palestine 5 Mils 1942 UNC toned, AustraliaPenny Tokens (2) 1858 MelbourneVictoria Hide and De Carle Grocers and Wine Merchants Fine, 1859 Melbourne Victoria G.&W.H.Rocke English Furniture Importers F/GF , Netherlands25 Cents 1898 Fine, Half Cent 1828 NVF
Countermarked (7) Saint Thomas and Prince, Crown in octagonal cartouche all on GB coinage Crowns (3) 1889 (2, one with countermark WL in cartouche) Near Fine to Fine, 1900 LXIII Fine also countermarked with WL in cartouche, Twopence 1797 also countermarked with IT in cartouche Fair, Penny 1854 also countermarked with WL in cartouche About Fine, Farthing 1842 also countermarked with WL in cartouche Fine
USA (3) HalfpennyVirginia 1773 Stop after S, 8 Harp strings, Breen 180 VG with a flan flaw on the obverse, Hard Times Token 'NOT ONE CENT FOR TRIBUTE' MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE, Reverse MERCHANTS EXCHANGE WALL ST. NEW YORK Built 1827 Burnt 1835 Near Fine, One Cent 1853 EF with some spots on the obverse
USA Cents (4) 1826, 1864L, 1874, 1885, France Sol 1785, GB Farthing 1673, Crown 1935, Groat Edward IV Light Coinage mintmark Sun, Halfpenny Token Cronebane Dublin, Cork or Limerick in mixed grades
USA early copper (5), Nova Constellation 1783 Good, Rosa Americana Penny 1723 about Fine with some stains and once gilded, Woods Halfpenny 1723 VG and 1723 VF, Voce Populi Halfpennies 1760 (2) VG
Ireland Slabbed items (9) Florin 1928 NGC AU58, Shillings (3) 1940 NGC XF Details Scratches, 1959 NGC AU Details Rim filing, 1964 NGC UNC Details Surface Hairlines, Sixpences (4) 1928 PCGS AU55, 1935 NGC AU55, 1939 NGC AU58, 1952 NGC AU58, Halfpenny 1942 NGC MS64 RB
World (28) Canada Dollars (7) 1939 (2), 1952, 1958 BritishColumbia, 1959, 1965, 1967, IndiaRupee 1900, Essequibo and Demerara Half Stuiver 1813, GB (2) Trade Dollar 1909B, Farthing 1775 Contemporary Counterfeit, IrelandShillingGunmoney 1689 Feb: Morocco 4 Falus AH1288 Fes, India GoldFanam, a small group (7) of Ancient bronzes, in mixed grades, also Mis-Strikes (8) all GB Halfcrown weak strike with FID missing, Sixpence 1967 Off-centre with around 1mm blank flan, plain edge, with a raised lip, Decimals (5) Ten Pence 1968 with G.REG weak almost missing, 1973 with planchet clip, Five Pence 1969 with straight cut on the edge, Two Pences 1971 (2) with planchet clips, One Penny 1971 with planchet clip, in mixed grades
Ireland (3) Halfpenny 1723 Woods Fine, 1769 Fair with the obverse dramatically double struck with each striking 8mm apart the lower striking with half the bust off the edge of the coin, Halfpenny Evasion 1796 GOD SAVE THE KING/BE AS YOU SEEM TO BE Atkins 314 NVF, Scarce
Australia and New ZealandPenny Token issues (4) Australia Holloways Pills and Ointments 1858 KM TN278.1, Hide and De Carle Melbourne 1858 KM TN104, New Zealand George McGanl Grahamstown 1874 KM TN44, Auckland Licensed Victuallers Association 1871 KM TN6 average VF
Australian Canteen Tokens (3) Defence Force Canteen Tokens (2) ADFC New South Wales One Penny Bottle Token undated (1940) in Brass VF, One Penny Bottle Token in aluminium undated (1940) VF, BritishCommonwealth Occupation Force BCOF One Unit undated (1950) in aluminium NVF, Canada Ration Meat Token in blue fibre undated UNC, Italy, Naples Allied Officers 5 Cent token undated VF
USA Cents a collection, (338) Large Cents (44) 1798, 1802, 1810, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1826, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 (2), 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, Small Cents an almost complete set (294) in Whitman Folders to 2011 (without 1877, 1908S, 1909S, 1909 S-VDB, 1951S, 1960 Small Date, 1960D Small Date, 1970S Small Date and a few modern dates) Woods Halfpenny 1723, Washington 1783 United States Halfpenny, Washington Cent Double Obverse, North America Token 178- , Earl Howe 1795, Wellington Halfpenny 1812 Cuidad Rodrigo, New YorkCopper token 1863 in mixed grades
Guernsey a comprehensive collection 1830 onwards (260), in an album thoroughly researched for minor varieties 8 Doubles to 1 Double comprising 1 Double (34), 2 Doubles (26), 4 Doubles (58), 8 Doubles (78), Ten Shilling (1), Threepence (4), Decimal Coinage Two Pounds (1), One Pound (5), Fifty Pence (7), Crown 25 Pence (6), Twenty Pence (7), Ten Pence (10), Five Pence (7), Two Pence (6), Penny (9), Half Penny (1), the majority in lustrous high grade includes numismatic literature relating to the series. A full list of the collectors notes is available by clicking a link which follows the lot description (on the London Coins web site) grades, authenticity and values are the collectors not ours so are not guaranteed correct or accurate by us, and please note our terms and conditions regarding bulk lots which states they are not subject to return, buyers should satisfy themselves before bidding that they are happy to purchase if they win the lot.
Ireland a high grade group (18) Shilling 1928, Sixpences (3) 1942, 1948, 1949, Threepences (2) 1942, 1946, Penny 1949, Halfpennies (2) 1942, 1943, Farthings (9) 1928, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946 A/UNC to UNC many with good or full lustre, a pleasing group
USAGold Dollar 1853, Penny 1723 Rosa Americana, Cents 1852, 1870 as part of a group of USA (33) Half Dollars to Cents 1846-1964 in mixed grades, some later dates UNC
World and GB including GB 1860 Penny E over E and Half Penny 1773 no stop after REX these in lower grades, IrelandHalfpenny 1769 contemporary forgery crude and interesting as the obverse is double struck so the king has two heads, others some in silver such as BWA 6d 1917 and GB 3d 1911 these bright VF- EF
Ireland Curragh Internment Camp Tokens (2) Sixpence 1940 and Penny 1940 both in brass GVF and scarce, Ireland Communion Token Presbyterian Church oval in base metal VF, Ireland McLeer and Kelly Drapers Farthings (2) National Woollen House, quay, Waterford19th Century J.W.Delhunty Draper and Hatter Waterford. Fine, Ireland Farthing 1879 Tea Token The London and Newcastle Tea Company 4 Broad Street Waterford Fine
USA (3) Halfpenny 1760 Voce Populi NF/VG with some corrosion on the reverse, Farthing 1723 Woods VG, Foster and Parry MichiganGrand Rapids Token VF with some light scratches on the reverse
Ireland (4) Gunmoney (3) Halfcrown Large Size 1689 Sept Good Fine, Halfcrown Small Size 1690 May. About VF but green through having been underground, Shilling 1690 MAY VF, Ireland Halfpenny 1691 Limerick S.6594 F/NVF, with some of the details of the underlying coin apparent on the reverse
World in high grade estimated by weight to be over 2,500 a small number of types with duplication Isle of man Penny 1984 Shag bird reverse, 5 Pence Gibraltar 1989 Barbary Ape reverse, 2 Pence Isle of Man 1984 Falcon reverse these three types predominate and these generally BU some others including a roll of Canadian 5c 1967 and some GB a few of these tarnished
Ireland (3) SixpenceJames I First Coinage mintmark Bell, Sixpence James I second Coinage mintmark Rose, Sixpence James I Second coinage mintmark Martlet, ScotlandPennyAlexander III VG-Near Fine
Southern RhodesiaProof Set 1937 6 coin set KM PS2 (40 sets only issues) FDC with some toning and each coin graded by CGS - UK as follows Penny KM8 graded 92, Threepence KM9 graded 90, Sixpence KM10 graded 91, Shilling KM11 graded 92, 2 Shillings KM12 graded 91, and Halfcrown KM13 graded 91, a choice set and seldom offered
USA Cent 1842, Woods Halfpenny 1723, GB Halfpenny 1751 probably a contemporary forgery these in low grades, Turks and Caicos SilverProof 10 Crowns 1979, world silver coins 450 grams aprox., others in bags and album pages including German States silver minors (lot)
Ireland (8) an interesting mixed group includes Edward I Dublin Penny, Limerick Halfpenny 1691, Counterfeit Halfpenny 1769 and Farthing 1760, in mixed grades the 1760 Farthing GVF
Isle of Man (3) Penny 1786, Halfpennies (2) 1786, 1798 Fine as part of a group of tokens and medals (18) a varied group generally in mixed grades includes 18th and 19th Century issues some VF-EF
Ireland a mixed group (7) Shilling Token 1804 Dublin Davis 7 gap between PRO and BONO GVF, Penny Token 1813 Stephens Dublin NF, Farthings (2) 1928 EF cleaned 1937 NEF, Weights (2) 1757 9d 5 1/4g Fine, another 9d 5g the obverse worn, UK Penny 1862 countermarked KELLY & SON KILKENNY on both sides the obverse also having a P counter stamped below VG
Guernsey and Jersey (1,200) Guernsey Threepences 1956 and 1959 (200), Guernsey 8 Doubles 1949 (200) , 1956 and 1959 (200), Jersey Threepences 1964/1966 (200), Jersey Penny 1945 Liberation (200), plus an additional 200 Channel Islands coins, in mixed circulated grades
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