Engraved and countermarked (7) Saudi Arabia Riyal the reverse smoothed and engraved 'PRESENTED BY H M KING IBN SAUD of ARABIA 20.2.46, Good Fine, holed, GB Halfcrown William III the reverse engraved with an ornate HJC monogram, Fair/VG, GB Shilling 1820 the reverse inscribed R Tebbutt P/Kx 85658 C of E, GB SilverThreepence George V, the reverse inscribed with the Lord's Prayer, Good Fine with some scratches in the obverse fields, France Ten Centimes (2) 1856B countermarked PEARS' SOAP, VG, 1853B countermarked BORTHWICK'S BAKING POWDER Fine, GB Farthing 1865 the reverse engraved with a crude design of a standing animal figure in a series of dots, along with an Unofficial Farthing Egyptian Hall Museum 1860 Fine, unevenly toned with an edge nick and some pitting
Engraved Halfcrown 1885 EF nicely toned and with loop mount at the top, engraved with 'Sir W.T.Lewis' on the obverse, Note: William Thomas Lewis was the First Baron of Merthyr' a coal mining magnate, and was created Baronet of Nantgwyne in 1896, and in 1911 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Merthyr of Senghenydd in the County of Glamorgan. One of the pits owned by Lewis was the Senghenydd Colliery. Following a failure to implement a safety plan in early 1913, an explosion in the mine on 14 October of that year killed 439 miners and one rescuer. This remains the worst mining accident in the United Kingdom
Engraved (6) Halfcrown William III Bristol, Pennies 1797 (2), Penny Victoria Bun Head, Threepence Token Birmingham Workhouse, and an unidentified Penny-size, an interesting and varied group, in mixed grades
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