Farthing 1691 About Fine for wear with some pitting, Peck 581/582/583 exact attribution not possible as the edge punctuation unclear in places, along with HalfpennyWilliam and Mary in Tin only Poor and with insufficient detail remaining to determine date or type
Penny 1897 with raised dot between O and N of ONE Gouby BP1897B VG with a scratch on the Queen's face VG Rare, Ex-London Coins Auction 17/3/2002 hammer price £220
Penny 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 6 dies 1+B GEF and nicely toned, a couple of small flan flaws barely detract , often found on the early part of this series, Ex-W.Nicholls 30/11/1997
Sixpence 1887 Jubilee Head Withdrawn type R over V in VICTORIA NEF, Pennies (2) 1897 Dot between O and N of ONE VF, scarce this nice, 1863 Low 3 in date GF/F, HalfpennyGeorge V uniface Obverse Fair, Farthings (2) 1754 NVF, 1822 NVF
Halfpenny 1848 unaltered date Peck 1533 NEF the obverse uneven with a small tone spot in the field, Very rare and still under-rated by the major catalogues
Penny 1863 Open 3 in date unlisted by Freeman, Gouby 1863B, Satin 46, the variety confirmed by the 3 having a curved downward diagonal stroke, the 2003 census in the Satin catalogue states 6 specimens recorded, VG with all major details clear, Ex-J.Workman sale September 2010 £250
Halfpenny 1691 Date in exergue and on edge, edge only partially readable but a star follows 1691, probably Peck 572, better than Fine for wear, with many surface blisters, but stable, Ex-Gregory collection, with ticket
Penny 1918 Freeman 182 dies 2+B Lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded CGS 80, the joint finest of 18 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Penny 1848 Unaltered Date Peck 1496 GVF with traces of lustre and some spots, Penny 1848 as Peck 1495, with what appears to be 8 over 7 over 8 on the last digit, VF with some contact marks, unusual
Penny 1862 variety with F for E in PENNY unlisted by Peck, Freeman, Gouby or Satin, About VF for wear but has clearly been in the ground with numerous surface marks, however the variety is very clear, Ex-London Coins Auction A115 3/12/2006 Lot 953 hammer price £130
Penny 1893 as Freeman 136 dies 12+N the 3 with a doubling underneath the top curve, GEF/EF with traces of lustre, the obverse with some dark toning in places, we note also that CGS have not recorded this type
Penny 1860 Toothed Border as Freeman 10 dies 2+D with the right hand upright of the Y of PENNY and the top of the first T in BRITT both very weak as to be practically missing, UNC and lustrous with some light hairlines, Ex-Ian Robinson 2/3/1996 £65
Penny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 15 dies 4+D NEF with a small spot by Britannia, some of the letters with breaks or weakness, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction 9/9/2003 hammer price £38
Penny 1860 as Freeman 10 dies 2+D but variety with the colon after D:G: pointing left of a tooth rather than directly at a tooth (see notes on page 14 Satin's 'British Bun Pennies and Their Varieties' 2003 edition), now listed as Gouby Obverse E with similar legend to edge alignments, GF/NVF once cleaned, Ex-London Coins Auction A123 7/12/2008 Lot 1243 hammer price £75
Penny 1860 Toothed Border as Freeman 15 dies 4+D, Satin 14 with central cut fish-tail, UNC or near so with subdued lustre and a darker toning area to the right of Britannia, Ex-KB Coins 2/7/1999 £70
Penny 1841 REG No Colon, F in DEF has an extra long upright stem, Bramah 2c, Good Fine with some surface marks and edge knocks, 1848 8 over 6 Peck 1494 VF with some surface marks
Penny 1861 Freeman 22 dies 4+D UNC the obverse with a slightly uneven by not attractive tone, the reverse with good subdued lustre and a tone spot by ONE, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction 30/11/1999 hammer price £50
Penny 1889 Narrow date also with narrower 9 Gouby BP1889B (Gouby states first referenced in 1986) GF/NVF darkly toned and scarce, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction 30/11/1999 hammer price £95
Penny 1861 Freeman 33 dies 6+G UNC or near so with traces of lustre, the reverse with some spots and some weakness on the shield, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction 18/2/1997 hammer price £55
Penny 1862 as Freeman 39 dies 6+G, with slanting 2 in date, UNC with traces of lustre and two tone lines on the obverse, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction 18/1/2000 hammer price £42
Farthings, varieties (4) 1730 No Stop on Reverse, VG, slabbed and graded CGS 10, 1732 2 over Large 2 over 1, the underlying 2 Halfpenny-sized, CGS Variety 02, VG bold and clear, slabbed and graded CGS 15, 1732 2 over 2 CGS Variety 04 Fine, slabbed and graded CGS 25, 1733 Last 3 over 3, CGS variety 03 Fine, slabbed and graded CGS 25
Penny 1858 8 over 2, this variety previously thought to be 8 over 3 with die cracks showing thinly through the bottom of all four digits of the date showing an earlier stage of the die break associated with this type, recent research has stated this is more likely to be 8 over 2, indeed this coin shows a tiny point at the bottom left of the 8 under magnification. Recent research suggest that this die only had a short working life (Source: Michael Gouby, article Spink Numismatic Circular May 2010 pages 72-73) EF/NEF, Ex-I.Robinson 2/10/1997 £55
Pennies (4) 1945 doubled date varieties. (3) The first slightly doubled outside the 9, NVF/VF, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction 18/1/2000 hammer price £40, the second doubled outside the 9 and outside the 5 VF, the third with slight doubling inside the 9 EF, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction 18/1/2000 hammer price £34, along with Penny 1946 with raised dot after ONE, Fine, Ex-KB Coins 5/12/1998 £24.40
Penny 1860 Copper with 60 over 59 Peck 1521 Unc with traces of lustre, Ex-Spink Auction 68 23/3/1989 Ex-Hopetoun House Collection, encapsulated and graded 78 by CGS and their finest recorded of 5 examples graded
Penny 1926 Modified Effigy Freeman 195 lustrous Unc extremely rare thus graded as 80 by CGS and in their holder the highest grade so far recorded by CGS for this rare type
Penny 1862 8 over 6 in date Freeman 39A dies 6+G VF or slightly better, toned, the obverse with some contact marks, Extremely rare, rated R18 by Freeman
Halfpenny 1869 Freeman 306 dies 7+G Unc with 20 - 30 % lustre graded and encapsulated by NGC as MS64BN a key date and very hard to find in this high grade
Halfpenny 1788 GiltPattern by DrozPeck 969 DH12 edge Guilloche, UNC/AU with light cabinet friction and some hairlines, listed as 'Rare' by Peck but we note that we have not sold another example of this type since 2003, other similar types listed as scarcer by Peck have appeared more often
Penny 1863 Freeman 42 dies 6+G Choice UNC the obverse with around 25% lustre, the reverse with around 75% lustre, slabbed and graded CGS 85, the joint finest known of 28 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Penny 1806 Bronzed ProofPeck 1323 KP30 UNC, the obverse with a scratch above the head, the reverse with minor scattered contact marks, otherwise the fields very attractive
Penny 1875 Freeman 80 dies 8+H, UNC and with good even lustre, slabbed and graded CGS 78, Ex-Roland Harris Collection London Coin Auction A124 Feb 28 2009 Lot 733
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