A mixed group with crowns including Victoria, a parcel of Halfcrowns, Shillings Victoria 3 different heads, and a bag of Farthings with examples dating back to Charles II mixed grades
A mostly unsorted parcel from a former corner shop owner, generally being items put by at the time prior to decimalisation, strength in pre 47 silver issues, with some paper money, plenty of bronze issues and some 1971 decimal issues in BU rolls (lot in 11 boxes over 90 KG gross weight)
BrassThreepences (26) 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, Pennies (18) 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, Halfpennies (32) 1937-1967 with 1957 Calm Sea (2) and Farthings (48) 1910-1956 inclusive with both bright and dark finish 1918 coins, EF to UNC the majority of the coins with at least 50% lustre, many with 70-90% lustre, contained in a collector's album
BrassThreepences (4) 1937 (2), 1939, 1946, Halfpennies (5) 1736, 1751, 1901, 1937 (2), Farthings (5) 1724, 1834, 1837, 1936, and a curious 1806 appears to have been made into a weight on a very thick flan, Half Farthing 1844, in mixed grades some lustrous UNC, along with World a small group (4) Mexico 8 Reales 1778 Good Fine, India Rupee 1904 EF, France Silver Jetton EF, India Two Annas 1862 Good Fine
Copper and Bronze a collection in a Lindner tray (45) Pennies (11) 1797 (3), 1806, 1807, 1858 Large Date WW, 1889, 1894, 1896, 1902, 1953, Halfpennies (8) 1736, 1754, 1806, 1854, 1855, 1877, 1963, 1967, Farthings (24) 1679, 1697, 1723 R over sideways R in REX, 1730, 1732, 1736, 1739, 1754 (4), 1821, 1822, 1827, 1834, 1837, 1860 Toothed Border (2), 1866, 1879, 1882H,1884 (2), 1891, Half Farthing 1843, Third Farthing 1902, in mixed grades with plenty in EF some including pre-Victorian issues with lustre
Copper and Bronze a collection in an album (213) Charles II to Elizabeth II comprising Pennies (17), Halfpennies (109, includes 3 George III counterfeits, plus 1865 5 over 3, 1871, 1874 and 1878), Farthings (87) includes some useful items and some scarcer dates, in mixed grades, a few lustrous
Crowns (4) 1820LX, 1821 SECUNDO, 1953, 1960, Double Florins (3) 1887 Arabic1, 1890 (2), Halfcrowns (17) 1689 Second Shield, 1819, 1820 George IV, 1834, 1887 Jubilee Head, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1939 (2), 1940, 1941 (2), 1942, 1945 (2), Florins (6) 1873 Die Number 187, 1887 Jubilee Head, 1903, 1931, 1932, 1936, in mixed grades some VF to EF grades generally in line with age
Crowns (4) 1821 SECUNDO approaching Fine with a dig on the obverse, 1889 GF/NVF, 1894 LVII Fine/Good Fine, 1897 LXI Bright GF/NVF, Three Shilling Bank token 1811 VF, Shillings (2) 1881 NEF the obverse with a couple of scratches, 1912 GEF, Sixpences (2) 1829 VF, 1900 UNC, Pennies (3) 1806 (2) VF and NEF, 1901 UNC, Farthings (3) 1825 GVF, 1893 Lustrous UNC, 1897 Fine
Crowns (4) 1844 Star Stops Fine, 1847 Young Head Near Fine, 1935 EF, 1937 EF, Double Florins (4) 1887 Roman I NEF toned, 1887 Arabic 1 GEF and lustrous, 1888 GVF, 1889 GEF toned
Crowns (5) 1696 VG/Fair, 1819 LIX VG, 1820 LX VG, 1821 SECUNDO VG, 1822 TERTIO VG, Halfcrowns (9) 1697 VG, 1887 Jubilee Head (2) both Fine, one ex-mount, 1902 VG, 1904 NF/VG, 1915 NVF/VF, 1926 First Head About VF, 1930 Good Fine, 1932 About VF, Sixpences (2) 1697 First Bust VG, 1697 Third Bust NF
Crowns (7) 1845 Cinquefoil stops (2) both about Fine, 1847 Young Head Good Fine, 1888 Bright Good Fine, 1895 LVIII Fine, 1897 LX Good Fine, 1902 VF the reverse with some scratches
Crowns (72) 1935, 1951 boxed (3), 1953 (9), 1960 (5), 1965 (17), 1972 (7), 1977 SilverProof (1), 1977 (14), 1980 (9), 1981 (6), along with Jersey Fifty Pences 2011 (6) in Gold plated cupro-nickel with certificates, Five Pound Crown 1990 UNC in case, and a Medal Kings and Queens of Britain 1936 a modern fantasy strike, Year of the Three Kings in Gold-plated cupro-nickel UNC
Crowns in cupro-nickel 1965 - 1981 (mostly 1965) (108), Crowns 1951 boxed (5), 1953 (1), 1960 (4), Five Pound Crown 2000,, £2 Britannia 2011 BU, Cook Islands One Pound 2002, Concorde Medal 1976 in silver Guernsey Five Pounds 2000 and One Pounds SilverProof 1996 plus other world cupro issues (4) generally Unc - FDC
Decimal Coinage Five Pound Crown to Half Penny (over £298 face) also includes Pre-Decimal Crowns to Farthings in albums (lot) the Decimals largely in mint state, the pre-decimal, includes some silver minors, in mixed grades, plus Spink catalogue and Coins Market values catalogues (2) total weight over 14 Kilos
Edward VII Set 1902 (9 coins) an unusual set comprising Crowns 1902 (2) GVF and VF, Halfcrown 1902 GEF nicely toned, Florin 1902 Matt Proof GEF, Shilling 1902 NEF/EF colourfully toned, Sixpence 1902 A/UNC toned, Threepence 1902 About EF, Halfpenny 1902 About UNC and lustrous, Third Farthing 1902 EF/AU comes with handwritten note to the recipient, this sewn to the inner lid
Farthings (10) 1823 I for 1 in date VG, 1844 Fair, 1849 Fine, 1860 Beaded Border GVF, 1861 5 Berries NEF, 1863 Good Fine, some corrosion, 1867 GVF,1873 NEF, 1875 Large Date Fine, 1881 3 Berries NEF with traces of lustre
Farthings (4) 1665 Pattern in Copper, Bust with long hair, Straight grained edge, Peck 424 Poor, Ex-C.Cooke, 1684 Charles II edge only partially visible and exact attribution not possible, 1690 Poor, 1691 Poor, useful space fillers for these scarce earlier types
Florins (38) 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937-1949 inclusive, 1950 Proof, 1951 Proof, 1953 Proof, 1954-1967 inclusive, 1970 Proof, EF to nFDC some of the Elizabeth issues choice
GB and World an interesting mixed group (10) GB (2) Farthings 1825 First Reverse GF, 1831 Fine, China Sycee ingot 38 grammes in silver 29mm diameter weight approximately 1 Tael, uniface domed on the reverse, Good Fine, Ancient Greece - Carthage (2) AE15 100-200 BC Head of Tanit VG, AE24 100-200BC Head of Tanit Fair, Greece Drachma 1873A VF, British West Africa Two Shillings 1936KN GEF/EF, Spain 100 Pesetas 1982 edges mis-struck and with a planchet clip EF, Halfpenny Southern Rhodesia 1944 with central hole around 3mm off-set Fine, Royal Mint Trial Piece for One Euro Cent, 16.5mm diameter in cupro-nickel, VF
George VI Currency set 1937 to 1952 Crown to Farthing a complete set in the red collectors album, the 1946, 1949 and 1951 BrassThreepences Fine to VF, 1950 Penny and 1952 Sixpence EF, others mostly NEF to UNC with plenty of lustrous pieces, scarce to see this set in such high grade
Half Farthings (15) 1828 Reverse A, 1830 Reverse A, 1837, 1839, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1844 E over N in REGINA, 1847, 1851 First 1 over 5 (2), 1852, 1853, 1854, in mixed grades About Fine to VF, the 1839, one 1851 and 1852 NEF to GEF
Halfcrowns (5) 1887 Jubilee Head, 1897, 1914, 1915, 1916, Florins (6) 1849, 1884, 1887 Jubilee Head, 1906, 1909, 1914, last three Fine to Good Fine others VF to GEF
Halfpennies and Farthings a retired dealers ex stock Fractional Farthings (5), Farthings (156), Halfpennies (86) ranging from Charles II to QE II mixed grades some lustrous
Halfpennies in 2 album pages (84) 1886-1967 inclusive a complete date run includes both types of 1925 and an additional 1967 GEF to UNC all lustrous many with 75% lustre or more
Maundy Sets (5) 1887 ESC 2501 GEF to UNC, in a contemporary undated case, 1897 ESC 2512 EF to GEF with matching tone, in a contemporary undated case, 1898 ESC 2513 GEF to A/UNC toned, in a dated case, 1908 ESC 2524 A/UNC to UNC, in a maroon octagonal dated case, 1904 a 3-coin set Fourpence, Threepence and Twopence UNC with matching tone, the Twopence with an edge nick, along with Penny 1881 GEF, in a dated 1904 case
One Shilling and SixpenceBank Tokens (2) 1811 Bust type ESC 969 GEF, comes with Spink envelope and ticket, 1812 Head type ESC 971 GEF and lustrous with some light contact marks, comes with Spink envelope and ticket
Pennies (43) 1854 Plain Trident, 1858 Small date WW, 1858 Large Date No WW GVF to NEF, with bronze issues, some scarce, Victoria to Elizabeth II includes many in collectable grades
Pre 1920 silver £0.77 face, in mixed grades plus medals (4) George VI Coronation 1937 EF, Queen VictoriaDiamond Jubilee 1897 Bright GVF, these both in silver, George V and Queen Mary Silver Jubilee 1935 Daily Despatch Birthday Club, in base metal VF and Coronation of George VI 1937 in White Metal a local issue EF with ribbon, along with Guernsey and Jersey a mixed group (76) includes Decimal issues in mixed grades some later coins lustrous
Shillings (9) 1817 IIONI GVF, 1820 EF, 1825 Lion on Crown EF toned, 1826 EF toned, 1829 VF, 1837 Fine with some old scratches, 1853 NEF/EF toned, 1902 EF toned, 1902 Matt Proof nFDC toned
Shillings in LCGS holders (9) 1874 Crosslet 4 Davies 903 Die Number 9 GEF with deep tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 70, 1897 ESC 1366 UNC and colourfully toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, 1911 ESC 1420Davies 1791 dies 2A Lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, 1911 ProofDavies 1792P nFDC and attractively toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 88, 1912 ESC 1422Davies 1794 dies 3A Lustrous UNC and choice, easily the scarcer of the two die types, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, 1914 ESC 2114 UNC with an attractive colourful tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, 1919 ESC 1429 UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, Ex-Cheshire collection formerly in an NGC holder and graded MS64, 1928 ESC 1441 Choice UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 85, the second finest known of 24 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, 1935 ESC 1448 Choice UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 85, the joint finest known of 23 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
SilverThreepences (90) Victoria - George VI but many in higher grades including a quantity of better date 1942 issues these too containing higher grade examples
Sixpences (5) 1746 LIMA ESC 1618 VF with some light haymarks, slabbed and graded LCGS 45, 1750 ESC 1620 GVF with a dark grey tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 50, 1757 ESC 1622 VF, slabbed and graded LCGS 40, 1758 ESC 1623 Good Fine, slabbed and graded LCGS 35, 1897 ESC 1767 Choice UNC with colourful tone, Ex-Cheshire collection, in an NGC holder and graded NGC MS65
Sixpences (5) 1758 8 over 7 ESC 1624 Fine or better for wear , the obverse with scratches, slabbed and graded LCGS 30, 1787 No Hearts ESC 1626 EF toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 65, 1787 Hearts ESC 1629 A/UNC toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 75, 1816 ESC 1630 GEF and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 70, 1887 Young HeadESC 1750 EF toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 65
Third Farthings (9) 1827, 1835, 1844, 1866, 1876, 1881, 1885, 1902, 1913 last three EF to UNC and lustrous, others VG to NVF, Half Farthings (6) 1828, 1830, 1843, 1844 (2), 1851 First 1 over 5, these NVF to GEF a couple with lustre
Third Farthings 1902 (229) all lustrous UNC a few with toning, now listing at £55 UNC in the latest Spink Catalogue would be a total retail book price of over £12,500
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