One Penny 1844 Model, dated on both sides, the 1 with vertical lines within, Freeman 798, Peck 2088, bronzed with a nickel-zinc centre, 3.34 grammes VF, rated R20 by Freeman, thought to be one only a handful of examples known, we note the Foster/Peck/Freeman example was auctioned for £400 (Christie's 1984 Lot 252)
Penny and Halfpenny Models (2) Penny Model undated by Joseph Moore, bimetallic (c.1844) NVF, Halfpenny Model undated by Joseph Moore, bimetallic (c.1844) Fine/Good Fine
Penny 1844 Model by Joseph Moore, dated on the obverse only, mule Freeman dies N+Q (see plate XV in the 1985 edition of Michael J. Freeman 'The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain') this die pairing unlisted by Freeman, NEF and presumably Very Rare
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.
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, this example VF, superior to the example sold in our Auction A142 (Lot 2731) which realised £643 inclusive of buyers premium
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
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