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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
07/06/2020 Auction 169	English Coins	Lot 1786	Sixpence 1696 Second Bust Pattern. Obverse: Fine work, a more finely engraved rendition of the Second Bust. MVS lower in GVLIELMVS, the final S lower still. Reverse: Small Crowns with Later harp, die axis inverted, 7 strings to harp. The lower bar of the E of REX very weak (appears RFX unless under magnification), the 9 of the date blocked. Bull 1304, Rarity 6, not listed in the 1992 ESC, but referred to in a footnote on page 148 thus 'There is a Second Bust Sixpence of much finer style in the National Collection. This is undoubtedly a pattern together with the Crown and Halfcrown (ESC 93 and ESC 540) of similar style. This example is the plate coin in the Bull 'English Silver Coinage' 2015 edition. Only 3 examples exist, only 2 being in private hands. This example in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 30. A highly important piece and a rare opportunity to own such an important coin More coins like this	£5,500
03/12/2018 Auction 163	English Coins	Lot 633	Halfcrown 1853 Proof ESC 687, Bull 2736 UNC the obverse with some very minor contact marks and the coin has been cleaned. 14.12 grammes. Further research shows that PCGS and NGC have graded just 17 examples of this coin. Only issued as part of the 1853 Proof sets, which are of extreme rarity, this is a rare opportunity to obtain a key coin in the Victorian Halfcrown series. This last such coin offered by us was in February 2009.Our archive database indicates we have only previously offered one example, this being sold twice by us, as part of the Andrew Wayne and Roland Harris collections. More coins like this	£5,000
07/12/2014 Auction 147	English Coins	Lot 1993	Crown 1821 Plain edge Proof struck in copper ESC 249 nFDC, slabbed and graded CGS 82, Ex-NGC PF61 BN. Ex-Cheshire Collection, Extremely Rare, rated R6 by ESC, (3 or 4 examples known) Cataloguers note:- having had the opportunity to examine the coin before slabbing, it is apparent that traces of edge lettering remain in places so the note in ESC stating that this may be the SECUNDO edge coin with the lettering removed, would seem to be correct. More coins like this Signature Sale : The Maritime Collection of English Milled Crowns	£2,000
01/03/2009 Auction 124	English Coins	Lot 1022	Wreath Crowns a connoisseurs collection Roland Harris was forming six collections of Wreath Crowns and he had almost accomplished this task, this group reflects in the cataloguers opinion who compared them all the pick of the group for each date, 1927 ESC 367, 1928 ESC 368, 1929 ESC 369, 1930 ESC 370, 1931 ESC 371, 1932 ESC 372, 1933 ESC 373, 1934 ESC 374 ,1936 ESC 381 generally gEF or better and a rare opportunity to acquire a complete top grade group, a task that would normally take considerable time Signature Sale : The Roland Harris Collection	£5,600

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