Proof Set 1982 nFDC to FDC cased, Royal Mint Year Sets (5) 1982 (3), 1983, 1994 UNC in the wallets of issue, Five Pound Crown 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday UNC in the wallet of issue, One Pound 1983 UNC in the wallet of issue, Unofficial Year Sets (6) 1963 (8 coins) Halfcrown to Halfpenny, 1964 (8 coins) Halfcrown to Halfpenny, 1965 (9 coins), Crown to Halfpenny, 1966 (8 coins) Halfcrown to Halfpenny, 1967 (2 sets) (6 coins) Halfcrown to Halfpenny, no Shillings, VF to Lustrous UNC, Farewell to £sd Coinage (11 coins) comprising Crown 1965, Halfcrown 1967, Florin 1966, Shilling 1964E, Shilling 1965S, Sixpence 1967, Brass Threepence 1967, Silver Threepence 1933, Penny 1967, Halfpenny 1967 and Farthing 1954 EF to UNC in a slide case, Last £sd/First Decimal Set (11 coins) comprising Halfcrown 1967, Florin 1967, Sixpence 1967, Brass Threepence 1967, Penny 1967, Halfpenny 1967, Decimals Ten Pence 1968, Five Pence 1968, Two Pence 1971, One Penny 1971 and Half New Penny 1971 Lustrous UNC in a slide case, Crowns 1951 (3) UNC boxed, one with a thin scratch, Decimal Fifty Pence 1973 Lustrous UNC boxed, Ireland Year Set 1968 (5 coins) Florin, Shilling, Sixpence, Threepence and Penny UNC, Ireland Decimal Sets (6 coins) (2 sets) each comprising Fifty Pence 1970, Ten Pence 1969, Five Pence 1970, Two Pence 1971, One Penny 1971 and Half Penny 1971, both sets UNC in the folders of issue, Ireland Decimal Coins (7 coins) a mixed date set comprising Fifty Pence 1988, Twenty Pence 1988, Ten Pence 1985, Five Pence 1982, Two Pence 1988, One Penny 1988 and Half Penny 1982 Lustrous UNC in a slide case, United Kingdom Ecu Set 1992 (7 coins) Five Ecu to One Tenth Ecu Lustrous UNC on the card of issue, Modern Replicas and Reproductions (2 sets) the first an 8-coin set William I to Elizabeth I Penny to Noble, as made, boxed, the second a 6-coin set includes William I, Henry III, Henry VII, Henry VIII types, and Spain 8 Reales and Escudo types, as made, with accompanying tickets, Reproduction Cornish Halfpenny 1985 Poldark Mine UNC, Pre-Decimal and Decimal gold-plated and painted coins, (3 sets) The Pre-Decimals of George VI (9 coins) Halfcrown to Farthing, The Pre-Decimals of Elizabeth II (9 coins) Halfcrown to Farthing, and Decimals (8 coins) One Pound to Half Penny with red, white and blue painted reverses in mixed grades, presentation trays with all certificates
Florins Elizabeth II Florin Engraver's Trial pieces undated c.1961 (5) each with TRIAL DIE on the reverse, the obverses with the standard early Elizabeth II portrait, the legend on each coin with a different typeface, with the type face abbreviated name raised in the field, i.e. Albertus (TRIAL ALB.) Albertus Light (ALB.L), Poliphilus (Pol.). Baskerville (BAS.), and Ionic (ION.) each coin UNC, comes with booklet and copy of original handwritten notes detailing each type face and the experiments conducted by the Deputy Master of the Mint into the suitability of certain styles of lettering for use in the design and minting of coins and medals, The set is accompanied by an additional handwritten note stating that there were originally seven sets made, these sets were then presented to the Queen for her consideration. One set had the handwritten note and typed manuscript, the other six sets, rather than having TRIAL DIE on the reverse, had plain reverses. This set is the original set, with a photostat copy of the folder from one of the six other sets which became detached from the coins. Comes in a large and impressive hard black case, originally purchased from the London Mint Office for £18,000, a wonderful documented insight into the processes involved in development of pre-decimal coinage in the early Elizabethan era
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