Pennies (6) 1826 Reverse A Peck 1422 EF unevenly toned, 1848 8 over 7 Peck UNC toned with a hint of lustre, the odd small spots on the obverse barely detract, 1855 Plain Trident AU/GEF the obverse with some scratches and lamination in the field, 1856 Plain Trident VF/GF with several edge knocks, the obverse with a corrosion spot, Rare, 1857 Palin Trident AU/EF with some small spots, 1858 No WW EF
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.
Pennies 1855 (2) Ornamental Trident Peck 1508 Close and tilted last 5 VF, Plain Trident the 55 weakly struck and with a thin 1 in the date Fine with a scratch on the reverse
Pennies (2) 1855 Ornamental Trident with raised dot in the reverse field between the colon dots after FID giving the impression of a colon with three dots NVF, 1859 as Peck 1519 but with an additional dot after DEF directly above the colon thus giving the appearance of a colon with three dots NVF with some surface marks
Pennies (2) 1855 Ornamental Trident Peck 1508 GVF with a few small spots, 1858 Ornamental Trident as Peck 1518 Large Date No WW with 1 over smaller 1 in date NEF with a few small rim nicks and carbon spots
Halfpennies (2) 1855 with first 5 struck over a lower 5 A/UNC with lustre and a few light surface marks, 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 258 dies 1+A with some lustre and a few small spots
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