Accessories - An Abafil Dealer's stock box containing 23 red trays with 24 spaces in each, in good second-hand condition, along with Lindner trays (3) for 24 coins (2) and for 30 coins (1) as new condition
Accessories including Westminster boxes with trays, Coin Library Albums, Royal Mint boxes, small albums and boxes, £1,000,000 Money Bag (empty sadly) (over 20 items)
Books - a large, and comprehensive retired Ex-Coin Dealer's Library covering many aspects and areas of numismatics, includes many key reference works such as 'The Gold Sovereign' (2) 1999 Edition and Golden Jubilee Edition by Michael Marsh. 'The Gold Half Sovereign' by Michael Marsh, 1982 edition. Spink Standard Catalogue - Pre-Decimal Issues 2017. 'English Silver Coinage Since 1649' 1992 Edition by P.A.Rayner. 'British Silver Coins Since 1816' by Peter J. Davies 1982 Edition. Gold Coins of the World 5th Edition by Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg. Krause World Coins 17th Century 1601-1700 3rd Edition (2 copies). Krause World Coins 1801-1900 2nd Edition. Krause World Coins 1701-1800 3rd Edition. Krause World Coins 1901-2000 39th Edition. The Banknote Yearbook 8th Edition 2013 by Token Publishing. 'World Paper Money General Issues 1368-1960 Volume 2 by Pick. 'World Paper Money Modern Issues 1961-date' 9th Edition. 'Paper Money of the United States' 6th Edition by Robert Friedberg. 'The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain' by Michael J. Freeman 1985 Edition. (2 copies) 'English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum 1558-1958' by C. Wilson Peck 1964 Edition. 'English Hammered Coinage' by J.J.North (3) Volume 1 (1) and Volume 2 (2). 'The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century ' by Dalton & Hamer 1990 Edition. 'Price Guide to 18th Century Tokens' by Siegfried E. Schwer. 'The British Bronze Penny' by Michael Gouby. 'Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values' by David R. Sear 1997 Edition. 'Greek Coins and Their Values - Volume 2 Asia and Africa' by David R. Sear. 'Byzantine Coins and Thier Values' by David R. Sear 2002 Edition. 'Roman Coins and Their Values' by David R. Sear 1970 Edition. 'Roman Coins and Their Values 'Volumes 1 (2001 Edition) , 2 (2002 Edition) and 3 (2005 Edition). 'English Paper Money' (2 copies) 6th and 7th Editions 2002 and 2006 by Vincent Duggleby. 'Tradesmen's Tickets and Private Tokens' by R.C.Bell 1966 Edition. Coincraft Standard Catalogues (5) 1995 (2), 1997 1999 and 2000 Editions. 'Scottish Banknotes 1695-2000' by Richard Dennett. 'English Proof and PatternCrown-Size Pieces 1658-1960, by Howard W.A Linecar and Alex G. Stone. 'Canadian Coins' by W.K Cross 59th Edition 2005. 'European Crowns and Thalers since 1800' by John S. Davenport. 'The Silver Token Coinage 1811-1812' by R.Dalton 1968 Edition. US Red Books (3) by R.S.Yeoman 1985, 2000 and 2004 Editions. 'Roman Silver Coins' by H.A.Seaby 1967. 'Greek Coins and Their Values' 1966 Edition by H.A.Seaby 1966 Edition (2 copies). Krause 'Standard Catalogue of World Gold Coins' 5th Edition. Coincraft Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1999 Edition. 'British Commemorative Medals' by Christopher Eimer 2010 Edition. Other titles include works covering Ancient Coins, Trade Tokens, Greek Coins, World Coins, Mexican Coins, Finnish Coins, Italian Copper Coins, Medals, Coin Hoards, War Medals, and other related titles covering Antiques Silver, Postcards, Pocket Watches, Gold and Silver Hallmarks, Military and Air Force Badges, Medals and Decorations, Gemstones and Postcards. All in good second-hand condition, the Standard references alone would cost new hundreds of Pounds (total weight over 150 Kilos)
Coin Cabinet Professionally made, 30 trays, and an additional three drawers with all felts, and space for books, lockable with key 445mm x 445mm x 300mm in very good second-hand condition
Coin Cabinet Professionally made, 30 trays, and an additional three drawers with all felts, and space for books, lockable with key 450mm x 480mm x 300mm in very good second-hand condition
Coin Cabinet Professionally made, by Peter Nichols of St. Leonards, 'Annulet' design 8 trays, with all felts, lockable, the key missing, 250mm x 125mm x 200mm in excellent second-hand condition.
Coin Cabinet Professionally made, by Peter Nichols of St. Leonards, 'Crozier' design 28 trays, with all felts, lockable with key 325mm x 325mm x 330mm in excellent second-hand condition.
Coin Cabinet Professionally made, by Rob Davis, Swadlincote, 28 trays, with all felts, lockable with key 325mm x 365mm x 260mm with carrying handles, in excellent second-hand condition
Coin Cabinet Professionally made, by Rob Davis, Swadlincote, 28 trays, with all felts, lockable with key 325mm x 365mm x 260mm with carrying handles, in excellent second-hand condition
Coin Cabinet Professionally made, by Rob Davis, Swadlincote, 29 trays, with all felts, lockable with key 325mm x 390mm x 260mm with carrying handles, in excellent second-hand condition
Coin Cabinet Professionally made, by Rob Davis, Swadlincote, 29 trays, with all felts, lockable with key 325mm x 390mm x 260mm with carrying handles, in excellent second-hand condition
Coin Cabinet, wooden glass-fronted, lockable with key, with 10 small trays, with carry handle, would suit medals or artefacts as no slots cut 195mm x 225mm x 160mm in good second-hand condition
Countermarked (2) Crown 1821 SECUNDO with L countermarked within serrated edge circle on the obverse, countermark Fine, host coin Fair. Penny 1806 with two countermarked on the obverse IL and RB, the RB raised within a serrated edged square, countermarks Good Fine, host coin Fair. Farthing Charles I Richmond a contemporary forgery with CARO - BRIT legend, mintmark horizontal Key, Fine with a planchet clip from 2 to 4 o'clock. Shilling 1949 English, with brass coloured appearance weight 5.58 grammes, Good Fine with some scratches
Enamelled (5) Crown 1822 in 2 colours, Crown 1895 7 colours, the 5 of the date appears re-attached or re-engraved, Halfcrown 1741 Roses (7 colours), Halfcrown 1817 Bull Head (7 colours), Halfcrown 1834 (6 colours) varying quality workmanship, the 1741 and 1834 Halfcrowns have the pins attached, the other three coin have had the pins removed
Enamelled Crown William III 1695 reverse tastefully enamelled, predominantly blue shades though several other colours used in the detail, obverse coin VG, enamelling EF or better
Engraved Mexico 8 Reales Mo FM, undated (1778-1795) Fine, the obverse engraved with the ship HMS Sybil, the reverse with a monogram inscribed upon the lower half of the shield (possibly C F). The Sybil was a 28 gun Enterprise class sixth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, first commissioned in 1778. The ship was renamed Garland in 1795
Halfpenny 1775 George III Contemporary Counterfeit, Coleman CH-1775B-9 'Ugly' Bust with triangle bow, crude plain lettering, VF/Good Fine, and well struck for this series
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimal Two Pence 1999 Struck around 5% off centre with around 1.5mm of blank flan from 7 to 11 o'clock, the obverse with a raised 'lip' in this area, UNC or near so with around 80% mint lustre
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeFarthing 1775 George III Contemporary Counterfeit a spectacular off-centre strike with 8mm blank flan on either side, the striking that remains is bold and collectable
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (2) British West Africa Penny 1943 the central hole double punched and resembling a figure 8 in shape, lustrous UNC with a light golden tone, India 50 Paise 1990 struck off-centre with a round 2.5mm blank flan, the coin also has 3 planchet clips UNC and highly unusual to find multiple mis-strike errors on the same coin, along with Gaming Counters with Chinese Characters (6) most in China or porcelain, with different coloured inks, one octagonal, also Penny Token 19th Century Gloucester - Cheltenham 1812 John Bishop & Co. Good Fine, cleaned
Misstrikes - Errors (3) each with some of the flan missing in an eclipse shape Ten Pence 1971, Brass 3d 1967, Five Pence 1988 GEF- Lustrous Unc along with The Queen's 80th Birthday Minting Error Coin Set by London Mint Office contains two crown sized Five Pounds one in sterlingsilver the error being an inverted die alignment BU and cased with certificates (3 sets 6 coins)
Accessories a large group includes a quantity of Abafil Display Trays, also Coin Albums, Westminster and Promoters-style boxes, coin boxes, a carrying box and more, varied state (lot)
Accessories a mixed group includes a large Wooden medalcabinet with 6 drawers, total size 575mm x 375mm x 290mm, Storage boxes, Westminster-style or similar (13), Lindner carrying boxes (2) , each containing 4 Lindner trays, both lockable with keys, a Leuchtturm Aluminium case containing 4 display trays, lockable with key, Mini Coin Albums (2), Albums (2) a Whitman Album for a GB type set Edward VII to Elizabeth II and a USA Washington Quarter Album, Books (2) Coins of the World by Richard G.Doty, and Check Your Change by Rotographic Ltd and certificates (12) for the Concorde Milestones Coin Collection, all in good second-hand condition (total weight over 25 Kilos)
Accessories Display trays (7), Lindner Trays (2), Presentation boxes (2), capsules and a carrying case with 3 Lindner trays includes (one with no outer plastic slide), in mixed used condition
Books (10) includes English Milled Coinage by Cope and Rayner, 1975, The Gold Sovereign by Michael Marsh 1980, The Gold Half Sovereign by Michael Marsh 1982, English Proof and PatternCrown-Size Pieces by Linecar and Stone 1968, Seaby's Coin and Medal Bulletin (3) 1952, 1953 and 1971, in Fair condition
Coin Cabinet professionally made 290mm x 295mm x 170mm lockable with key, takes 14 trays, only 9 are present, these to take varying coin sizes, almost all felts are present, in very good second hand condition
Engraved Crown William and Mary the obverse engraved :- M.Hughes Llwinglaes, the reverse engraved:- A Gift of my Revered father 1805, Fair, unusual to see engraving on a high denomination coin of this period
GB and World Counterstamped Coins and Tokens (21) 18th and 19th Century in mixed grades along with a Bronze 24mm token with C on reverse, in mixed grades, worthy of further research
National Rifle Association Life Member's Pass (c.1900) 44mm diameter in ivory, holed at the top, Obverse: Two figures - an archer and a rifleman standing, below SIT PERPETUUM, within an inner circle, NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOICIATION FOUNDED 1860. Reverse: T Wright / and a handwritten 'E.Military 3' below, LIFE MEMBER'S PASS NOT TRANSFERABLE VF holed a the top, an unusual piece
Political Engraved Penny 1806 obverse engraved To Perpetuate Royalty £50,000 a Year to a German Whelp Leopold. Obverse 1833 Machinery the Order of the Day Hamburg
Proof Set boxes (12) Boxes for 1937 4-coin Gold Sets (2), 1887 4-coin Gold Set, 1902 13-coin Long Matt set, 1927 Card boxes (3), 1927 Hard boxes (5), in Fair to Good Second-hand condition
Proof Set boxes (6) for 1887 set (11 coins), 1902 Long Set (2), 1902 Short set, 1927, 1951, a box for a set of 9 Edward VII Sovereigns, along with a large group of empty boxes for coins and medals, various sizes, many for sizes 50mm diameter or larger (108), in varied condition
Proof Set cases for 1887 Long sets (4) two are square Seaby cases, another has the wording 'JUBILEE COINAGE ISSUED ON THE COMPLETION OF THE FIFTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA 1837-1887, in fair condition
Royal Mint Trial Designs compiled by a Mr.A.Wiseman, who was paid by the Royal Mint to make these designs, which include the original hand drawn sketches. The Mint subsequently chose not to use them, apart from the Gateshead Millennium Bridge idea, which was then used on a similar design on the One Pound coin. Some design ideas are included which were used on the Queen's Beasts series. The subjects cover Heraldic, Fauna, Sir Christopher Wren, Castles and Palaces and other supplementary designs. There are a total of 28 designs with 2-5 drawings and photos of each in a large book. This is a unique book purchased by the Vendor from the artist. The drawings depict many elegant designs and would make an interesting addition to any Numismatic Library
The World's Great Historic Seals a 50-piece set in sterlingsilver each 37mm diameter from Magna Carta (1215) to the Establishment of the State of Israel (1948) Lustrous UNC each on descriptive page of historical background, in the large brown Franklin Mint album of issue with promotional literature
Books (7) English Silver Coinage 1974 edition by H.A.Seaby and P.A. Rayner. Seaby Standard Catalogue 1980, Spink Standard Catalogue 2015 Pre-Decimal Issues, Spink Standard Catalogue 2015 Decimal Issues, Coin Year Book 1981, English Coinage 600-1900 by C.H.V.Sutherland, Coins For Pleasure and Investment by Anthony Dowle and Patrick Finn, all in good second-hand condition, along with a small group of accessories, flips ,album pages and a stock box
Coin Blanks (94) a mix of sizes and metals, plus two uniface pieces, one with George VI Crowned bust and a Netherlands Machine token, in mixed circulated grades
Coin Cabinet professionally made 245mm x 200mm x 145mm with trays, with all felts, lockable with key in good second-hand condition with a few scratches to the top
Coin Cabinet professionally made 330mm x 330mm x 180mm with 14 trays, with all felts, lockable with key in good second-hand condition with some scratches to the top
Coin Cabinet Professionally made, 14 trays, lockable with key 295mm x 295mm x 170mm, in excellent second-hand condition, similar cabinets new cost in the region of £250
Medals, Tokens, Machine Tokens, Fantasies and Replica Items, along with an additional group of plastic gambling tokens, in mixed grades (lot, over 4 Kilos)
Millionaires CollectionFantasyGold Double Leopard 4 grammes of 22 carat gold, a modern restriking of one of Britain's most famous coins, Lustrous UNC, with promotional literature
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1973 struck off centre with 3mm blank flan from 8 to 2 o'clock the excess with a straight edge between 10 and 12 o'clock, no edge milling present, Lustrous A/UNC and unusual
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence struck way off-centre (date off-flan) with around 17mm blank flan only 3 legs of the lion are visible with no body, the remainder off the flan, the obverse has no part of the Queen's head visible above the neck VF and highly unusual to see any coin struck this far off-centre
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimal Two Pence 2006 struck off centre on a 21mm diameter flan, most of the legend missing between 10 o'clock and 5 o'clock on the obverse and correspondingly from 7 o'clock to 12 o'clock on the reverse, Lustrous UNC, the obverse with a few small spots
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeShilling 1839 No WW a double striking with part of another similar coin with clear obverse, overstruck from 12 to 3 o'clock, the edge milling intact other than on the overstruck part of the coin, VF and bold, holed at the top
Mint Errors - Mis-strikes (2) Livonia Solidus 17th Century struck off-centre with the date off the flan, one side showing two part-coins on the same flan EF, German States - Wurttemberg medal? 1605 Obverse brockage WIRTEMBE FRI.D.G.DVX Crowned figure standing, in Coronation robes Fine, ex-mount
Mint Errors Mis-Strikes (6) Grenada 4 Dollars 1970 FAO KM#15 struck slightly off-centre with a small raised lip from 11 o'clock to 4 o'clock. The milling only shows on the raised lip, with the remainder of the edge plain A/UNC and unusual, Nigeria Halfpennies 1959 (2) KM#1 both struck without collars, off-centre with the central holes misaligned, struck on 22mm and 23mm flans respectively both lustrous UNC, Jersey 1/12 Shilling (3) 1960 Restoration Tercentenary struck without a collar on a 32.5mm diameter flan UNC with some lustre, 1966 (2) both struck slightly off-centre and on 33mm flans, EF cleaned and UNC with partial lustre
Pocket Watches (2) one by HeritageCollection, one by W.Gregory of Exeter, along with a selection of tie-pins, buttons, clips and a pair of ear-rings, along with a sheet of 1p stamps (25)
Prize Medals and Badges (10) Prize Medals (5) Sparkbrook & District Football League Prize Medals (2) 1932-33 Birmingham Cup Finalist in silver with blue enamel, Division 2 Runners-up 1933-34 with WLM makers mark in silver with blue enamel, Cycling Prize Medals (3) London - Woolwich 1949 in silver with light and dark blue enamel, 1st prize presented to E.Gagen Bromley R.C, Hampshire - Gosport Cycling club First prize presented to T.Dougal, Manchester Abbotsford Park Road Club undated, in bronze with green enamel. Badges (5) Gordon Smith Institute of Seamen, Nation Union of Railwaymen, The Edward Shelley Central School, Walsall, W.M.B.A enamelled badge with daffodil, The League of Ovaltineys in mixed condition
SilverIngot One Kilo .999 silver by Johnson Matthey, London, and Gold Ingot One gramme of .999 gold by Swiss Bank Corporation, this in a sealed pack, EF to UNC
Sovereign holder in brass, 32mm diameter, in the form of a small fob watch, the base of the interior with the Bust of Edward VII facing right, in the style of the De Saulles portrait of the King, with decorative lid, in good condition
The Stamps of Royalty Stamp Replicas by Hallmark a 25-piece set in sterlingsilver 1970s issues total weight 484.1 grammes UNC, unboxed comes with certificate and booklet and three original invoices from 1975 of £24.50 each
A small box the lid showing a view of Windsor castle 23mm diameter containing Royal Family medalets Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Princess Alice, Prince Alfred and the Princess Royal GVF to EF
Accessories - a carrying case by SAFE containing 10 trays, smaller Lindner-style trays, in a black carrying box, lockable with two keys, in good second-hand condition
Accessories - a carrying case by SAFE containing 8 small Lindner-style trays, to hold mostly small size coins in a black carrying box, lockable with key, along with a further 7 display trays of similar size, all similar to Lindner trays to hold various size smaller coins, in good second-hand condition
Accessories - Lindner boxes (2), cabinet style each with 6 trays for different sizes of coin, both lockable with keys, in excellent condition, would cost in the region of £150 for the pair new
Blank flan Bronze Penny sized 30.5mm diameter each side with a raised rim, no signs of design or borders, Good Fine, along with Halfpenny Victoria Bun head VG made into a weight, unusual
Books - English Copper, Tin amd Bronze Coins in the British Museum 1558-1958 by C.Wilson Peck, Second Edition 1970 in excellent second-hand condition, Coins of England Standard Catalogues 1990, 2015 and Decimal Issues 2015 in good second-hand condition as part of a group of Books (18) includes some interesting titles over a range of coinage covering Ancient, World, GB and Gold, generally in good condition
Coin Weights (2) 1821 Royal Mint for Half Sovereign, Obverse: Lion on Crown, Reverse: 2Dw. 13 1/8 Gr: Near VF the obverse with some scratches, 1843 Obverse: Young Head of Victoria left, ROYAL MINT, Reverse 2Dw 13 1/8 Gr, GVF
Countermarked (8) an interesting group comprising 'To Hanover' Token 1837 countermarked G (crown) R, Fine. Halfpenny-size on an octagonal copper flan Crowned Crescent-star-crescent with V within a heart shape on either side, reversed L countermarked in the field, Penny 1797 countermarked HH 29 Good Fine and bold, stated by the vendor to be colliery-related, Penny 1797 countermarked D.B, Halfpenny 1826 countermarked Crowned VR and other possibly MO this partially worn, Halfpenny 1799 countermarked T.R, Halfpenny 1831 countermarked LM above 5-lobed flower above VR, Halfpenny George II countermarked 3 1 on the obverse and with an additional countermark on the reverse R.C within a serrated heart-shape, with 1791 above a Sun below, in mixed grades VG to NVF, an eclectic mix of unusual types and worthy of further study
Enamelled Coins (62) Crowns (36) 1965, 1972 (3), 1977 (32), Halfcrowns (2) 1951, 1966, DecimalTen Pence 1976, Shillings (2) 1964E, 1965S, SilverThreepences (12) 1937, 1938 (3), 1939 (2), 1940 (5), 1941, Farthing 1932, Gibraltar Crown 1968, Guernsey Ten Pence 1970, Cyprus 10 Mils 1955, East Africa Shilling 1952, Hong Kong Two Dollars 1975, Australia Sixpence 1963, New Zealand (2) 50 Cents 1967, Sixpence 1963, all are enamelled on both sides, an interesting selection many with very good workmanship, in mixed grades, along with Mint Error - Mis-Strike Decimal Five Pence 2002 the reverse very weakly struck with signs of lamination under magnification VF/NF, and a Halfpenny Token 1972 F.J.Jeffery Melksham, Wiltshire, 'England's Leading Provincial Coin Dealer' EF
Engraved (2) Italy 2 Lire 1914 engraved Cpl.J.W.Hayward Royal Air Force Italy 1918. with logo, 51975, Good Fine, holed at 3 and 9 o'clock. France 2 Francs engraved M.MORRIS Q.A.I.M.N.S Crossed Flags and a Club logo Fine
Engraved Penny Edward VII the reverse a lady in period dress showing her bare backside and captioned 'My Word If I Catch You', the workmanship of good quality, Fine
Farthing 1713 Contemporary forgery in copper, reverse in the style of Peck 752, BRITANNIA . 1713 . reverse legend, weight 4.46 grammes, VG with an edge crack at 4 o'clock, we note an example described as Fine in London Coins Auction A147 7/12/2014, Lot 1460 realised £46 hammer price
Five Shillings And SixpenceBank Token 1811 Electrotypes or clichés (2 pieces) Obverse and Reverse both in copper and uniface, the Obverse 42mm diameter, type K, Bust left with the appearance of being cast, 36.80 grammes, Good Fine, The reverse 43mm diameter, type 5a with the wreath stem pointing slightly upwards, on a thin flan and weighing 12.04 grammes, NEF, viewing recommended. We note that Linecar & Stone lists a Reverse 5 uniface piece (L&S 141)
Halfpenny Token Anglesey engraved on the reverse as a Love Token 'Not Lost but gone before' Female seated right reaches towards a tombstone with cherub on top. 'Margret Heaterton Died Jan 9 1793 Aged 20 Years & 8 months Fine/Good Fine and unusual
Mint Error - Mis-strike Australia One Cent 1976 with an Australian 5 Cents having been misplaced on top in striking, the obverse showing a large incuse 5, GVF and unusual as part of a group of Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes GB and World (12) planchet clips, double strikings, in mixed grades to EF
Mint Error - Mis-strike Farthing George II 1733 a spectacular double striking, the obverse with the King's head double struck, the reverse with two dates, the two strikings around 3-4mm apart on both sides, VG and unusual
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeFarthing Victoria Young Head struck 15-20% off centre the obverse with WW Raised on truncation, Obverse 1 with Reverse type B (1838-1849) NEF/GVF with around 4mm blank flan, an unusual and attractive example
Mint error - Mis-StrikeHalfpenny 18th Century Middlesex Prince of Wales DH955/956 edge Payable at Lancaster, London or Bristol a spectacular mis-strike with two heads struck on the obverse the second around 90 degrees rotated NVF/VF
Mint Error - Misstrikes a small collection (9) 1950s to 1990s includes Australia Halfpenny 1953 20% off centre with up to 6mm blank flan protruding at an angle, Malaysia Ringitt 1991 the error almost identical, others being off centre, central hole out of position or wrong flans, mixed generally higher grades
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (10) Crowns (7) 1960, 1965, 1972 (2), 1980 a mix of metal flaws, weak striking, planchet clip and laminated flans, One Pound a very weak strike with little design remaining, on a thin flan and weighing 5.64 grammes, the edge milling weak but DECUS ET TUTAMEN bold, unusual, DecimalTen Pence 1973 with a planchet clip NEF, Iran 2000 Dinars (2 Kran) AH1310 Near Fine struck around 10% off-centre with around 4mm blank flan
Paranumismatic with a bag of (146) including Transport and Machine Tokens, Imitations and Fantasies, Tokens and more. Medals (6) including WW1. Along with a bag of earlier medals and tokens and Jettons (42) dating back to 1789, mixed grades
Pop Legends Bust - The Beatles, Ceramic Sculpture of Paul McCartney 'Artist's Original Proof' by Martin Thompson for Peggy Davies, with gold lettering on the base. A one-off example and a must for Beatles memorabilia collectors. In excellent condition. We note a similar original Proof item of the John Lennon Bust from 2007 currently for sale on the internet for £2,995
Pop Legends Busts - The Beatles (4) Ceramic Sculptures by Peggy Davies, modelled by Ray Noble, a limited edition of 500. Hand made and painted in Staffordshire, England. Not caricatures like many other sets. All numbered on the bases, Paul McCartney 57/500, John Lennon 129/500, George Harrison 24/500, Ringo Starr 51/500, each member of the band in their respective 'Sergeant Pepper' colours as on the cover of the album, in excellent condition. We note a similar set auctioned in the US in November 2019 realised $1500
Pop Legends Character Jug The Beatles (4) Ceramic Sculptures by Peggy Davies, modelled by Ray Noble, a limited edition of 200. Hand made and painted in Staffordshire, England. All numbered on the bases, Paul McCartney135/200, John Lennon 70/200, George Harrison 65/200, Ringo Starr 79/200. Each with a musical instrument as the handle. In excellent condition
Stamps Promoters' lot of collectable stamps including Australia Kangaroo and Map red 1d 1913 (2), others more recent in covers, albums, frames and presentation boxes (lot)
The Coronation Collection comprising 6 SterlingSilverMedals 80 gramms each with bird, Osprey, Scottish Crossbill, Roseate Tern, Song Thrush, Red Kite, Blue Tit along with Five PoundsCrown 1993 Silver Proof FDC in capsule, medals BU as issued and all in the RSPB presentation box
The Legends of Pop Character Jug The Beatles - John Lennon, Ceramic Sculpture by Peggy Davies with a guitar for handle. A limited edition, this number 1 of 200 modelled by Ray Noble, Hand made and painted in Staffordshire, England. In excellent condition. Royal Doulton - The Beatles - John Lennon, modelled by Stanley James Taylor, New Colourway 1987, a special edition of 1000 for John Sinclair, Sheffield, in excellent condition. Royal Doulton Jug with legend 'The Jackdaw of Rheims. Come limping a poor little lame Jackdaw' the glaze with some stress cracking otherwise in good condition. 'The Bone Shaker' Bicycle picture with a framed pair of Halfpennies Elizabeth II UNC with some spots
China and Earthenware items, many crockery items, cups and saucers a mixed group with some matching items, mainly from three sets includes Alfred Meakin items (42 items) along with a large framed print : 'The Roman Army', from the Sunday Times 1969 and 1972 a very informative and detailed print describing weapons, ships, marches, soldiers, the various camps and a Time-line of historical events. Very good condition. To be removed by the buyer from the auction on sale day, no postal service
Enamelled Coins (4) Crown 1819 Reverse (7 colours), Crown 1887 Reverse (6 colours), Crown 1890 Reverse (7 colours), and Halfcrown 1826 Reverse (5 colours), all with very good workmanship, along with GB penny 1884 and Mexico Peso 1866 both with the designs having the field cut away, all are pin mounted and in good condition
Engraved (2) of Naval and Military interest, George V Pennies (2) the first engraved Sgt. H.Lawson 203722 C of E 4th K.O.Y.L.I, the second engraved '8.A.M. /18 DEC. 1942. / BRETWALDA . S.S./ 4N. 15. W./ J.A.LEECH. VG to Fine. Note:- The S.S.Bretwalda was sunk by a German U-boat on it's voyage from North Africa to Belfast on this date, along with Token Birmingham Taylor and Challen Minting Machinery Coining Press 1903 NVF with uneven tone
Engraved an unusual uniface piece on an irregular c.50mm diameter thin flan in silver, weight 10.99 grammes, Britannia seated left with shield, cornucopia and trident holds an olive branch, within a motto REGIMENT OF BANK OF ENGLAND VOLUNTEERS. In exergue below: EMBODIED MDCCXCVIII in two lines, in the basic style of a Bank of England Dollar of the period, VF toned, on close examination the flan has many straight lines to the edge, a most unusual piece and will appeal to collectors of engraved coin and collectors of Bank of England memorabilia alike
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeHalfpenny 1739 double struck the obverse showing two exergues and part of a duplicated date, the obverse with a doubled portrait profile and interestingly a long die-break, possibly the actual die-break piece, and thereby causing the doubling
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeHalfpenny 1872 obverse and reverse both double struck, two dates visible around 6mm apart, Fine/Near Fine the obverse with some old scratches, an unusual piece
Mint Error - Mis-Strike India 1/12 Anna 1877, KM#483 the 1 of the date and the 1 of the fraction both barely visible under strong magnification GVF, along with a normal example in NEF for comparison, a highly unusual striking error
Mint Errors - Mis-strikes (2) Penny 1868 with a minting flaw obliterating the first 8 of the date and part of the 6, VG and unusual, Decimal Five Pence 2006 weak strike with much of the legend partly or completely missing, the Queen's head also weak though oddly the tiara seems struck normally, About Fine and extremely unusual
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (4) Shilling 1839 a spectacular double strike with a section of another similar coin overstruck between 12 and 3 o'clock on the reverse, the additional piece being 12mm across, and extending beyond the rim of the original coin, showing part profile of the Young Head. GVF and holed at the top. DecimalTen Pence 1973 struck off centre on a 29mm diameter flan with around 3mm blank flan excess around the edge in parts. The additional excess also having a straight cut top edge which does not obstruct the edge of the coin, UNC and lustrous with some odd scuffs, these probably occurring at the time of minting. Decimal Ten Pence undated Large size a spectacular off-centre strike with just 11mm of the coin visible on the 28mm diameter flan, unusually some edge milling remains, this being on the part of the coin that shows part of the Lion, in an area that would normally be in the centre of the coin, GVF and highly unusual. Decimal Two Pence 1971 with a large planchet clip from 8 o'clock to 11 o'clock on the obverse, thus only the R of REG remains and the last 1 and lower tip of the 7 of the date NEF/EF with some scratches, and retaining some mint lustre
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (93) misshapen flans, Spread flans, damaged flans, weak strikes and more, along with a further group of blank flans (15) in mixed grades
Mint Errors (2) Penny 1967 struck off-centre on a 28mm flan UNC with traces of lustre, Decimal One Penny 1999 struck off-centre and with 4mm blank flan between 7 o'clock and 1 o'clock on the obverse
Mint Errors, Mis- strikes (15) includes GothicFlorin two reverses joined together, other laminations, planchet flaws and clips and an aluminium calendar medal in mixed grades
Ornamental and decorative China and Earthenware items, includes Royal Doulton Disney 101 Dalmatians figurines, Carltonware, Hamilton Collection 'Country Kittens' an 8-piece set of decorative plates. Hamilton Collection Cameo Kittens a 6-piece set of decorative plates, this set in the boxes of issue, also some Delftware items (62 pieces in lot)
The Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 1977 Stamp Replicas in Sterling Silver a 25-piece set by Hallmark Replicas Ltd, over 482 grammes of silver nFDC to FDC with light toning, in the locking wooden box of issue with certificate and booklet, along with book ' A Portrait of Royalty' by F.Marcus Arman FRSA' and an additional 3 small stamp ingots Victoria 1840 (0.81 grammes), Victoria 1865 (0.67 grammmes) and Edward VII (0.75 grammes) Lustrous UNC
Twopence Commonwealth as ESC 2160, Bull 224, a contemporary counterfeit struck on a generous larger flan, the design rendered crudely, evenly struck and weighing correctly at 1.0 grammes, Fine, an interesting study piece
Accessories a large group includes a wooden cabinet, Lindner Trays, a wooden display box, capsules, albums, folders, display boxes and more (Total weight over 52 Kilos)
Accessories a large group includes two aluminium cases, Lindner Trays (13) , and a quantity of mixed size coin capsules, along with some coin boxes including 10-Sovereign boxes (3), in good second-hand condition
Accessories a mixed group includes Aluminium cases (4), Coin albums and pages, Lighthouse storage boxes, Coin envelopes, in mixed condition, and three Krause Catalogues 1985, 2004 (1901-present) 31st Edition, and 1901-2000 37th Edition, these in good second-hand condition (total weight around 20 Kilos)
Books (2) English Hammered Coinage Volume 2 by J.J.North 1960 Edition, The John Brooker Collection - Coins of Charles I (1984) both in very good second-hand condition
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