Halfcrown 1905 ESC 750, Bull 3571 NVF with grey tone, and a gentle edge bruise below the date, nevertheless with pleasing eye appeal, we have seen many examples of similar quality graded as better than VF online
Halfcrown 1908 ESC 753, Bull 3574 UNC and lustrous in an NGC holder and graded NGC MS64, Ex-Cheshire Collection, the NGC Census shows this to be the joint finest thus far graded
Halfcrown 1911 ProofESC 758, Bull 3710 nFDC retaining full mint brilliance, with a hint of gold toning, the surfaces excellent with very few contact marks or hairlines even under magnification
Halfcrown 1925 ESC 772, Bull 3727 UNC with minor contact marks and tiny rim nicks only, an outstanding example, with original colour and lustre. In our experience much rarer than the 1930 in this superb state, and on consulting our archive database, stretching back to 2003, the finest example we have offered
Halfcrown 1953 Proof, Obverse 1 Reverse A. Obverse 1 I of DEI point to a space. Weakly Struck first portrait. The Proof version of the early portrait, as used in the 1953 currency plastic set. Davies 2310, S.4137 in a PCGS holder and graded PCGS PR66 the attribution wrongly stated on the label to be S.4137A. Very Rare and now listed in Spink at £1700 FDC
Halfcrown 1953 Proof. Obverse 1 Reverse A. Obverse 1 :- I of DEI points to a space, weakly struck portrait, a Proof version of the early portrait as used in the 'plastic' set, of Davies 2310 (the standard proof is Davies 2311) this piece listed as 'to be confirmed' by Davies and extremely rare, UNC and lustrous with a few surface marks
Halfcrowns (2) 1818 ESC 621, Bull 2099 GEF with hints of gold toning the obverse with a scratch on the bust and some minor contact marks, 1819 ESC 623, Bull 2102 EF with some contact marks and a small tone spot by the Irish Harp
Halfpennies (3) 1861 Freeman 277 dies 6+G AU/GEF and nicely toned, 1861 Freeman 282 dies 7+G UNC with attractive original toning, 1885 Freeman 354 dies 17+S A/UNC with traces of lustre, the reverse with minor tone spots
Halfpenny 1745 Peck 875 UNC an extremely choice example, attractively toned with small traces of lustre, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, Ex-Andrew Wayne collection, London Coins Auction A113, 5/6/2006 (Lot 994). One of the first coins encapsulated by CGS (UIN 0000035). LCGS has now recorded over 42000 coins on its Population report and only one other coin of this date has been recorded. We note only 4 George II currency Halfpennies of all dates have attained the 85 grade, with none recorded higher, therefore a choice coin for the type collector
Halfpenny 1797 Pattern in copper with plain edge, Peck 1157 KH7 Obverse with 2 Berries in wreath, the Reverse with 3 stays from foremast to bowspirit Toned UNC with a tone spot on the obverse, Rare, probably rarer than Peck indicates
Halfpenny 1861 Freeman 269 dies 3+E UNC and lustrous, rated R17 by Freeman, comparable to the example in the Andrew Wayne and latterly the Roland Harris collection, we note that we have only offered two previous example in 15 years
Halfpenny 1862 Die Letter B, Freeman 288 dies 7+E, Fine or slightly better for wear, with some contact marks and some verdigris to the left of the lighthouse, Very rare, we note there was no example in the Nicholson, Norweb or Andrew Wayne collections
Halfpenny 1864 Freeman 295 dies 7+G UNC with practically full lustre, a few small tone spots visible under magnification barely detract, scarce in this high grade
Halfpenny 1877 Freeman 330 dies 13+J, rated R14 by Freeman, UNC nicely toned with a small handling mark on either side, we note this is only the fifth example we have offered in 15 years
Maundy Set 1953 ESC 2570, Bull 4559 A/UNC to UNC and lustrous, in a square red 'Maundy Money' box comes with original envelope headed "On His Majesty's' Service" and Royal Mint stamped, with compliments slip from 14/4/1953, an interesting early 1950's historical piece
One Pound 2015 12-sided Royal Mint Trial piece, Reverse with Crowned shield with decoration around, THE ROYAL MINT above and TRIAL PIECE below, EF with some contact marks
One Shilling and SixpenceBank Token 1811 GEF, Shilling 1825 Lion on Crown the 5 in the date double struck GVF, Sixpences (3) 1821 B of BRITANNIAR double struck, 1826 Lion on Crown the date double struck NVF, 1829 NEF, Groat 1888 GVF/NEF
Penny 1797 Proof in Bronzed Copper Peck 1115 KP15 UNC, struck on an imperfect blank with two flan flaws in the reverse field, and with thin scratches in the obverse field
Penny 1847 DEF Far Colon, No Colon after REG, the Reverse appears to be a sharper early strike, the shield having two distinct sharp raised lines, the rose also differing in that there are lines between the petals, in the style of the later Victorian Veiled Head Shilling reverses, About VF with many contact marks and several edge knocks, nevertheless a very rare and recently discovered variety, with few example believed to exist
Penny 1858 8 over 2, this variety previously thought to be 8 over 3 with die cracks through the top half and bottom half of all four digits of the date, recent research has stated this is more likely to be 8 over 2, indeed this coin shows a small part of the point of the 2 at the bottom left of the 8. Recent research suggest that this die only had a short working life (Source: Michael Gouby, article Spink Numismatic Circular May 2010 pages 72-73), UNC or near so, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 75
Penny 1860 60 over 59 Copper, Peck 1521, UNC with traces of lustre in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 78, the date shows complete figures 6 and 0, and traces of both the 5 and 9 of the underlying 59, this feature rarely seen and as clear an overstrike as we have seen for this rare type, the finest known of 5 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, Ex-Spink Auction 68 23/3/1989, Ex-Hopetoun House Collection
Penny 1860 Toothed Border, E of PENNY over P also with a die break right next to it. Unusually Freeman dies 2+D, this E over P variety normally found on the die pairing 4+D.On archive comparison of previous overstrikes of this type, this is closer to the Auction 152 Lot 2370 in style. Fine with some light corrosion and rare
Penny 1863 Die Number 2, Freeman 45, dies 6+G (Rarity 19), Gouby BP1863C, Satin 47, pleasant Fine with some old scratches consistent with a Fine grade, this is the first example we have offered. As a relative guide to rarity, in the past we have offered one Die Number 3 and five Die Number 4 Pennies and 6 1877 narrow dates the last of which realised £5500. We also note the Laurie Bamford example of this die number 2 described as VF sold for a hefty £4000 way back in 2006 since when many coin prices have risen by multiples. There was no example in the Workman 1, Workman 2, Alderley, Crocker or Roland Harris Collections
Penny 1890 Freeman 130 dies 12+N Choice UNC and lustrous, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, UIN 3195, now the Population Report has recorded a further 39000 coins this has still yet to be surpassed
Shilling 1724 WCC, ESC 1182, Bull 1595, Fine, with surface porosity through having been in the ground, very rare in any grade, we note that our archive database stretching back to 2003 states that, of the six previous example we have offered, five have been VG, the other Fine, all the VG examples have realised £420 or more hammer price, the Fine example realising £1050 hammer price
Shilling 1839 No WW on truncation, as ESC 1283, Bull 2979, but the A in VICTORIA with no left base serif, also the T in VICT has half an upright and only traces of a base, also the F in F:D: has part of the base missing. unusual, EF/GEF starting to tone
Shilling 1857 with italic 57 in date (tall 5 and 7) also with 7 over 7, and different to the 7 over 5 dies, (see illustrations in Bull, page 429) GEF and lustrous with some hairlines
Sixpence 1878 DRITANNIAR error, ESC 1735, Bull 3236, Die Number 6 with the Die number struck over a lower 6 as is normal for this type, Fine with a tone line on the obverse and rare
Sovereign 1842 Open 2 in date, unlisted by Marsh, now listed by Spink, S.3852, GVF, the obverse with some hairlines, listed at £1000 in VF in the Spink catalogue
Sovereign 1853 WW incuse, the 5 of the date with a broken upright stem and thus appearing as a clear flat-topped 3, and is also double struck. This giving an odd appearance as the figure is also narrower than the following 3. The 1853 overdate or double struck dates catalogued in the Bentley sale all occurred with the WW Raised portrait type. (In all 5 are listed by Bentley), this coin a bold Fine, and potentially very rare
Sovereign 1861 Narrow date, Open 6 in date, and the first 1 struck over a lower 1, EF, an unusual date configuration, Spink lists type date with F over V in DEF, this coin shows no overstrike in this area. EF and lustrous
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