Penny 1864 Crosslet 4 Freeman 48 dies 6+G UNC and lustrous with very minor cabinet friction and a couple of small rim nicks visible under magnification, this date probably the hardest Bun Penny to find in lustrous grade
Penny 1874 as Freeman 65 dies 6+G sharply struck with some reflectivity in the fields, unlisted as a Proof with this die pairing, possibly a specimen striking, UNC and lustrous, Ex-Michael Freeman
HalfpennyCharles IIundated copper pattern CAROLVS A CAROLO left facing bust, reverse QVATVOR.MARIA.VINDICO around seated Britannia with BRITANNIA in exergue both sides within raised linear circle 32 mm diameter plain edgePeck 404 About EF with a couple of spots by Britannia, a pleasant and well-struck example of this type
Halfpenny 1719 Obverse 2 Peck 793 listed as rare by Peck, from the same dies as the Peck plate coin in having the weak linear circle around the IVS.RE area of the legend on the obverse VF and pleasing, lists at £195 VF in Spink, our archive shows we have not offered one for sale for more than 10 years
Halfpenny 1837 Peck 1465 with the 37 of the date having smaller digits struck over normal sized digits UNC/GEF and lustrous with a few small spots and small rim nicks
Penny 1854 Plain Trident Peck 1506 UNC with traces of lustre and graded 80 by CGS, the second finest of 20 examples thus far graded on the CGS Population Report
Maundy Odds (4) Fourpence 1706 NVF, Threepence 1707 Good Fine with a flan crack on the reverse, Twopence 1704 Near Fine, Penny 1709 Fine with a die flaw on the head as often seen on this series
Halfpenny 1860 Beaded Border, Ex-Michael Freeman who states 'Restrike Proof, a later strike from old, badly-worn dies, dies which had been polished', EF about as struck
Halfpenny 1861 with the 8 struck over a faulty 8 and 6 of the date double struck Freeman dies 5+E, Fine, highly unusual and the first one seen by us. Cataloguer's Note: the overstruck 8 is similar in style to the 1880 Penny variety Gouby BP1880Af but differs by having the lower loop visible to the right
Penny 1909 Freeman 169 dies 2+E 1 of date points to a rim tooth, a strong VG and problem-free, rated only R9 by Freeman, known to be excessively rare with only a few examples known, only the second of this variety we have handled, the previous example described as Near Fine and problem-free realised £1600 in our March 2013 auction
Penny 1860 Pattern in Aluminium by Weyl. Obverse Young Head of VictoriaPlain edge, Reverse UNITED KINGDOM AND GREATER BRITAIN ONE PENNY Freeman 872, Peck 2146 weighs 10.36 grammes, UNC and lustrous with some raised imperfections in the field possibly caused in striking, Extremely Rare, rated R19 by Freeman and the first we have offered
PennyEdward VII undatedtrial c.1902 produced by the Kings Norton Metal Co. Birmingham, on a thin flan weighing 8.43 grammes, Obverse: Bust of the King, right, within a raised inner circle, no legend, with a toothed border, Reverse: Toothed border, no legend, a design of 20 groups of four interlinked circles, within, four further groups of 25 interlinked circles, these groups interlinked with a further four separate circles within each ring, GVF, the obverse weakly struck, of extreme rarity, possibly the only known example, we note similar in style to the lots 383 and 384 in the J.Tansley Collection DNW 28/9/2005 (realised £460 and £800 hammer price respectively), these two pieces on flans of 10.12 grammes and 10.25 grammes
Penny 1874H Bronze ProofFreeman 74 dies 7+H nFDC toned with a few small spots, we note a similar coin in CGS 88 realised £2800 hammer price in our Auction A129 in June 2010
Penny 1860 Pattern by J.Moore in Bronzed Copper Obverse 1, Reverse D, Freeman 856, Peck 2129 UNC or near so with a couple of spots on the portrait, Britannia weakly struck as always on this die, rated R18 by Freeman, formerly in an NGC holder and graded PF63 BN by them
Penny 1860 Toothed Border Bronze ProofFreeman 12 dies 2+D Ex-James Workman Collection Part 2 November 2010 Lot 6, Ex-Spink Numismatic Circular October 1997 nFDC with subdued lustre
Penny 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 7 dies 1+C NEF with some light surface marks and with traces of lustre, Ex-London Coins Auction A133 5/6/2011 Lot 672 hammer price £550
MaundyPenny 1689 ESC 2298 the date is half off the flan as usually found with Pennies of this date, all examples with the legend continuous over the bust are dated 1689, as with this piece EF with some adjustment lines and a flan flaw on the reverse, very rare in any grade
Penny 1797 Bronze Proof Restrike in Copper Peck 1148 R56 nFDC with a couple of small spots, and a most attractive tone, Very Rare and the first we have handled of this type
Penny, Model Coinage by Joseph Moore undated (1844) with PENNEY error in the obverse legend. Now listed in Krause 'Unusual World Coins' as X#10 with no prices given, our research has uncovered that 7 examples are known to exist, examples selling in the £200-£900 range according to grade, this example NVF, previously unseen by this cataloguer
Penny 1860 Pattern Restrike in Bronzed Copper by Joseph Moore, Obverse 4,Reverse D, Freeman 861, Peck 2133 the obverse showing many rust spots on the neck, jaw and low down on the neck, the reverse showing many rust spots in the field, rated R18 by Freeman, Ex-Magnay collectionGlendinings November 1979, Ex-DNW 3/2/99
Halfpenny 1862 Die Letter B Freeman 288 dies 7+E LCW on rock (R18) Fine or near so with a crease mark across the reverse, Very rare, Ex-London Coins Auction A133 5/6/2011 Lot 619 hammer price £550
Penny 1861 Freeman 32 dies 6+F, die axis misaligned by approximately 20 degrees, VG once cleaned with all major details clear, Very Rare, rated R16 by Freeman
Penny 1862 Small Date Figures from the Halfpenny die Freeman 41 dies 6+G. Rated R18 by Freeman. Only Poor but the variety very clear and very few examples known
Penny 1831 .W.W on truncation Peck 1458 NEF/EF toned, unevenly so on the obverse, much rarer than stated by Peck, our research indicates this is only the third example we have handled
Penny 1858 Large Rose Ornamental Trident, Small Date with WW unlisted by Peck, believed to be only a few examples in existence, VF with some contact marks and rim nicks, we note an example described as CGS Fine 35 sold in our June 2012 auction for £600 hammer price
Penny 1858 Large Rose, Large Date with 8 over struck the underlying figure unclear, the overstrike similar to Gouby CP1858Ga, unlisted by Peck, NVF/VF, believed to be only a few examples in existence, the companion piece to the Large Rose, Small Date coin in CGS 35 which sold in Auction A137 Lot 478 hammer price £600, Very Rare
Halfpenny 1861 ProofFreeman 285 dies 7+G, weight 6.81 grammes EF with some tone spots in the fields. Rated R18 by Freeman, Very Rare, Cataloguers Note: Listed as a Proof by Freeman, examination of this piece and a recent examination of the Ex-Norweb piece (weight 6.87 grammes) confirm that they were struck from 7+G currency dies
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