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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
05/03/2023 Auction 180	English Coins	Lot 1976	Third Farthings (2) 1835 Peck 1477 UNC or near so, attractively toned, the obverse with some contact marks on the forehead, 1844 Large G in REG Peck 1606 AU/GEF nicely toned with a trace of lustre More coins like this	£80
06/03/2022 Auction 176	English Coins	Lot 2223	Third Farthings (2) 1827 Peck 1453 Fine/Good Fine with some flan flaws and surface residue, 1844 Peck 1606 GVF with some gold tone More coins like this	£48
05/12/2021 Auction 175	English Coins	Lot 3047	Third Farthings (2) 1827 Peck 1453 Fine/Good Fine with some flan flaws and surface residue, 1844 Peck 1606 GVF with some gold tone More coins like this	£50
05/03/2017 Auction 156	English Coins	Lot 2511	Penny 1864 Crosslet 4 Peck 1664 with 239/136 scratched in the obverse field, toned UNC with traces of lustre and a few small spots. The numbers were scratched into the field during the mastership of Professor Thomas Graham (1855-1869) have been shown by G.P.Dyer to represent overall output in tons of bronze coin minted since 1860 (the higher figure) and output in tons of that particular denomination since 1860 (the lower figure) This is not the example pictured in Michael Gouby's 'The British Bronze Penny' - Specialised Edition (Page 49) but displays a superb sharp strike. A highly desirable piece of Victorian bronze coinage history, as stated by Gouby there are only 2 examples known, this, Ex-D.W.Grey 20/10/1971, Lot 111, Ex-Seaby Bulletin, September 1974, item K162, Ex-Sotheby Auction 9/10/1979 Lot 257, Ex-Michael Freeman, and one other, the other example illustrated in Gouby's book being the Ex-Norweb, Ex-A.H.F.Baldwin example, described by Spink as 'Extremely Fine and attractively patinated'. A total of 34 'scratched field' bronze coins are recorded of all dates and denominations, made up of 20 Pennies, 7 Halfpennies and 7 Farthings. Of the 20 Pennies, 12 are known to be in the British Museum Collection, this being one of the remaining 8 available to commerce. An extremely rare opportunity to bid on a piece of Victorian numismatic history. We note a standard currency 1864 Crosslet 4 Penny in UNC sold in our March 2014 auction (Lot 1844) for £3978 inclusive of buyers premium. More coins like this	£9,000
05/12/2016 Auction 155	English Coins	Lot 852	Farthings (2) 1844 Peck 1565 Peck VF with a couple of small spots, 1849 Peck 1570 GF/NVF	£140
06/12/2015 Auction 151	English Coins	Lot 2410	Farthings (3) 1844 Peck 1565 VG, 1875H Freeman 532 dies 5+C GVF, 1895 Bun Head Freeman 570 dies 7+F VF with some edge nicks	£48
02/06/2013 Auction 141	English Coins	Lot 1621	Half Farthings (2) 1843 Peck 1593 Toned UNC with traces of lustre, Ex-Colin Cooke 13/6/1997, 1844 Peck 1594 Ex-Colin Cooke 13/6/1997 More coins like this	£30
06/06/2008 Auction 121	English Coins	Lot 403	Farthings (3) 1771, 1842, 1844, the 1771 pitted, all scarcer dates VG-NF More coins like this	£38
06/06/2008 Auction 121	English Coins	Lot 448	Half Farthings (2) 1844 as Peck 1594 O in VICTORIA is broken at the bottom resembling an inverted U EF with lustre, 1847 as Peck 1596 but appears to read RRITANNIAR with the tops of the first two letters broken NVF with some corrosion More coins like this	£30
05/06/2006 Auction 113	English Coins	Lot 865	Half Farthings (5) 1839, 1842, 1844, 1847, 1851 GVF-GEF More coins like this	£80
05/06/2005 Auction 109	English Coins	Lot 919	Half Farthings 1844 (2) EF or better and both with traces of lustre More coins like this	£15
06/03/2005 Auction 108	English Coins	Lot 739	Farthings 1844 (2) one near VF some minor edge nicks, the other bold Fine w	£85

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