GB and World Sets (2) and singles (8) comprising GB One Pound 1983 Silver Proof nFDC in capsule, Fifty Pences a 2-coin set 2006 The Victoria Cross - The Award, and Victoria Cross - The Heroic Acts Silver Proofs, nFDC the obverses with some toning, in the Royal Mint box of issue with certificate, GB Numismatic Cover Queen - Rock legends, comprising One Pound 2020 Half Ounce Silver Proof and set of stamps, on the commemorative envelope of issue with 'We Will Rock You' Truro 9.7.2020 postmark, in the Royal Mail box of issue, Guernsey One Pound 1977 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipGolden Wedding Silver Proof FDC in capsule with certificate, New Zealand Five Dollars 1996 Queen Elizabeth II 70th Birthday Silver Proof FDC in the 'Coin and Banknote' issue box with certificate (no banknote), Gibraltar a 4-coin set Halfcrowns 2016 1) 'You Saved The Land, Or Died To Try To Save', 2) 'Unrecognized, You Put Us In Your Debt', 3) 'Whether Your Land Remember Or Forget', 4) 'Unthanked, You Enter Or Escape The Grave' each with a different reverse, Silver Proofs FDC boxed, no certificate, Gibraltar 20 Pounds 2016 The battle of the Atlantic For All Seafarers (4) Silver Lustrous UNC to BU, three in the 6-coin London Mint Office folders, the fourth in a capsule
GuernseyFive Pounds 2010 National Service, a 6-coin set Silver Proofs FDC in a Westminster box, no certificate, GibraltarHalfcrowns (4) 2016 Whether Your Land Remember or Forget, 2016 You Saved The Land, or Died To Try To Save, 2016 Unrecognized, You Put Us In Your Debt, 2016 Unthanked, You Enter Or Escape The Grave, Silver Prooflike UNC boxed with no certificate, Gibraltar Twenty Pounds 2016 Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945 For All Seafarers Silver Lustrous UNC, Guernsey Numismatic Covers 2008 90th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force - The Battle of Britain (9 covers) comprising Five Pounds 2008 History of the RAF Silver Proof FDC and First Class stamp, on the commemorative envelopes of issue, in Westminster folder with their certificates, Jersey Numismatic Cover 2009 Operation Overlord comprising Five Pounds 2009 Normandy Landings Silver Proof and set of 4x Stamps 23p, 27p, 47p and 68p on the commemorative envelope as issued in a Westminster folder with their certificate, Gibraltar Halfcrown 2016 Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday Silver plated UNC in the 7-coin folder of issue, GB One Pound 1983 Silver Proof FDC in capsule, with no certificate, GB Numismatic Covers (3) Great Britain At War each containing a set of 5 coins Halfcrown, Florin, Shilling, Sixpence and Silver Threepence, mixed wartime dates 1939-1944 with the reverse designs selectively gold plated, in mixed circulated grades, with set of 8x Stamps First Class (2), 60p (2), 67p (2), and 97p (2) on the commemorative envelopes as issued, each in a Westminster folder with certificate, GB a 5-coin set Halfcrown to Silver Threepence 1940-1945 each coin with the reverse design selectively gold plated in mixed grades along with reproductions of World War II advertising literature, cigarette cards and other Wartime memorabilia, in a Westminster box, along with two empty Westminster boxes and some unrelated certificates
Crown 1818 LIX as ESC 214, Bull 2009 Last 8 over defective 8. Note: shows as an extra 'horn' at top right of the 8. In addition the 8 is doubled in the lower part of each loop and the top right of the outer lower loop, EF with some hairlines and fine scratches, We note an example described as A/UNC and lightly toned sold for £550 hammer price in London Coins Auction A155 December 2016 (Lot 703)
Gold CoastHalf Ackey 1818 KM#8 NVF toned, Ex-London Coins Auction A162 September 2018, Lot 1207, hammer price £420, we note this is only the second example we have offered in 15 years, the previous piece being in Auction A153 5/6/2016 which was described as 'Good Fine and bold' and realised £300, this a very pleasing example of this scarce and desirable issue
Halfcrown 1823 First Reverse ESC 633 VF even grey tone with some faint old scratches obverse field decent eye appeal Extremely Rare especially in this collectable grade (Ex LCA 155 Dec 2016 realised £2,800)
Sovereign 1887M Young Head, Shield Reverse, Marsh 68, a superior and highly lustrous example, GEF/UNC and prooflike, Very Rare and desirable, especially so in the high grade, rated R3 by Marsh and fully justified, the finest example we have offered in 17 years, we note an example described as EF in London Coins Auction A155 4/12/2016 (Lot 1527) realised £3000 hammer price, this coin considerably superior
Gibraltar -The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945 a 6-coin set comprising Gold Quarter Crown 2016 In Gratitude to the Merchant Navy, 7.78 grammes of .999 gold Proof FDC, Twenty Pounds 2016 For All Seafarers 7.77 grammes of .999 Silver Lustrous UNC, Halfcrowns 2016 in .999 silver (4) , The War Sailor - You Saved the Land Or Died to Try to Save; The Fatal Voyage - Whether Your Land Remember of Forget; Attack From Above - Unrecognized, You Put Us In Your Debt; Horrors From Beneath - Unthanked, You Enter Or Escape The Grave, the silver pieces struck from the silver recovered from the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa, Proofs nFDC-FDC in the original folder of issue with all certificates, comes with Book: Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945
JerseyTen Pounds 2016 5oz. SilverProof 'Masterpiece' with high relief Coloured Poppy on the reverse, FDC in the large Westminster box of issue with certificate. Numismatic Cover Jersey Five Pounds 2017 We Will Remember Them Silver Proof along with 4x First Class stamps, UNC on the cover of issue, in a Westminster folder. Gibraltar -The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945 a 6-coin set comprising Gold Ten Pounds 2016 Proof , IN GRATITUDE TO THE MERCHANT NAVY 3.11 grammes of .999 gold, Twenty Pounds 2016 FOR ALL SEAFARERS Silver Proof, Halfcrowns 2016 Proofs in silver (4) UNRECOGNIZED, YOU PUT US IN YOUR DEBT. UNTHANKED, YOU ENTER, OR ESCAPE THE GRAVE. WHETHER YOUR LAND REMEMBER OR FORGET. YOU SAVED THE LAND, OR DIED TRYING TO SAVE types, all but the Twenty Pounds with certificates, all the silver coins bear the '4700 MBSL' mintmark confirming they were minted from the World War II Silver from the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa, nFDC to FDC in the folder of issue
Crown 1675 5 over 3, with overstruck T in ET, the underlying letter unclear, certainly not a G as quoted by Bull, 5 strings to Harp, ESC 50A, similar to Bull 396, rated R3 by the 1992 ESC. VG or better with some haymarking, Very Rare. We note an example describe as 'Fine and thus far the finest we have handled' sold for £1100 hammer in London Coins Auction A155 4/12/2016 (Lot 554)
Westminster Limited Edition presentation boxes of The First Polymer 5 Pounds and 10 Pounds notes and Great British Philatelic Legends collection of stamps in holders (26). The 5 Pounds Sir Winston Churchill B414 issue 2016 FIRST series serial number AA44 178712 and comes along with a 1st class stamp. 10 Pounds Jane AustenB415 issue 2017 Polymer serial number CA09 010878 and comes along with a 1st class stamp. Along with Philatelic Legends collection of stamps in holders and in 3 presentation boxes (24) ranging from Victoria to modern and all with descriptive text on the reverse of the holders.
Crown 1820LX ESC 219, Bull 2016 UNC or near so, minor contact marks barely detract, the obverse with light toning, the reverse with prooflike fields and exceptional eye appeal
Crown 1820 LX ESC 219, Bull 2016 GVF the obverse once cleaned, now retoning, the coin with an overall silver tone from long term storage in an old cabinet, Halfcrown 1817 Bull Head ESC 616, Bull 2090 GVF with grey and gold tone
World Proof Sets (4) Ceylon 1971, Falkland Islands 1974, Swaziland 1974, Russia 1983 nFDC to FDC in the cases of issue, Canada 1979 'Double Struck' Set FDC in the black wallet of issue, GB Five Pound Crown 2016 Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday Silver Proof nFDC in the box of issue with certificate, Gambia 10 Dalasis 1975 10th Anniversary of Independence Silver Proof nFDC boxed, Medals (2) Queen Mother 1985 85th Birthday Silver Prooflike UNC, one boxed, both with certificates, Israel 10 Lirot 1967 VictoryCommemoratives (2) both UNC in the black folder, France 100 Francs (18) 1983 Pantheon, 1984 Marie Curie (3), 1985 Emile Zola (5), 1986 Statue of Liberty (3), 1987 Lafayette, 1988 Fraternity, 1989 Human Rights, 1990 Charlemagne, 1991 Descartes, EF to UNC, Medal General Election 1974 45mm diameter in bronze UNC in a slide case, Jersey Five Pounds 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Proof with colour photo of the Queen on the reverse, China 5 Yuan 1993 Copper issues KM#469 (3) Reverse: Two Pandas Lustrous UNC
Shilling 1879 No Die Number ESC 1334, Davies 912a, dies 7B, only the second example recorded, the previous example was sold by us in June 2016 for £300 hammer price
Gold CoastHalf Ackey 1818 KM#8 NVF toned, we note this is only the second example we have offered in 15 years, the other being in Auction A153 5/6/2016 which was described as 'Good Fine and bold' and realised £300
Crowns (2) 1821 SECUNDO ESC 246, Bull 2310 VF with some contact marks, Ex-Reeves Auction 2/7/1976 Lot 889, 1820 LX ESC 219, Bull 2016 GVF toned with some scratches and surface marks
Groat 1853 ProofESC 1951A, Bull 3348 nFDC with attractive gold and olive toning and much eye appeal, retaining underlying original mint brilliance, an extremely rare piece, seldom seen, far scarcer than the R2 assigned by Bull, we note that an example described as 'EF with a few minor hairlines, realised £1800 in London Coins Auction A154 4/9/2016 Lot 2023, this example comfortably superior to that piece
Florins in LCGS holders (7) 1849 WW Obliterated by linear circle ESC 802A, Bull 2816, VF toned, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 45, 1900 ESC 884, Bull 2971, Lustrous UNC in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80, 1887 Jubilee Head Large J in J.E.B, Davies 810 UNC and lustrous in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 78, 1887 Jubilee Head Small J in J.E.B Davies 811 A/UNC in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 75, 1922 Dull Finish ESC 941, Bull 3769, Davies 1748, GEF in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 65, 1923 ESC 942, Bull 3774, Davies 1751 Toned UNC in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 78, 1931 ESC 951, Bull 3787 UNC and lustrous, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 78, USA Silver Eagle 2016 Choice UNC in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 98
GroatHenry V Frowning Bust, Class C, mullet on right shoulder S.1765 Good Fine with some light surface marks, we note a VF example sold in our Auction A153 June 2016 (Lot 2100) for £515 hammer price, the description there noting that most examples of this type appear in Fine or below; this also shown to be the second finest recorded on our archive database, which stretches back to 2003
Halfcrown 1676 Retrograde 1 in date ESC 478A About VF with some double strike to the legends and date, Ex-DNW 21/3/2016 Lot 103, Property of a Cambridge Scholar, Ex-Downies (Melbourne) February 2010 Lot 2274
Halfcrowns (2) 1821 heavier garnishing on reverse ESC 631Davies 172 dies 1B NVF Rare, 1836 6 over 5 ESC 606A GF toned, the obverse with some surface marks, Ex-Baldwins 6/2/2016 Lot 102 (part)
Halfcrown 1690 TERTIO edge, No frosting, no pearls ESC 515, the scarcer of the two edge types for this date, Near Fine/Fine, Ex-Warwick and Warwick 15/9/2016 Lot 367
Crown 1834 ESC 275 the John Jay Pittman example (David Akers sale Numismatic Inc 6-8 August 1999 Lot 3864) choice FDC pleasing old grey tone with orange and gold hues in places, free of contact marks and hairlines a choice coin. Rated R5 by ESC 5 - 10 examples known, and in today's buoyant and international market a difficult piece to estimate. Heritage of Dallas sold a high grade example in 2011 which realised $69,000 (£44,000 at 2011 exchange rates, £56,000 at todays) but key date rarities in choice grades have surged forward since then. For example the sister coin to this the 1831 crown with a mintage 10 to 15 times greater than the 1834 would have realised £8000 - £10000 in 2011 or put another way the 1834 could expect to realise 4 - 5 times more than the 1831 in a like for like grade, but an 1831 Crown in MS65 just realised £61,000 hammer price in St James Coinex sale September 2016. As this piece is choice and has been graded 88 by LCGS one could predict an MS65 could be given if submitted to the US graders and could argue that a £200,000 - £300,000 price ticket would not be absurd. However we have estimated it more conservatively and will await the results of the bidding. All William IV crowns are rare and sought after by collectors ESC lists three varieties of the 1831 in silver these were made for inclusion in the 1831 Proof Sets which had a mintage of just 225, a gold example is known dated 1831, a trial strike in lead dated 1832 and rated R7 (one or two in existence) and the 1834. This is the first 1834 example we have offered and the only example graded by LCGS whilst we have previously offered 11 examples of the 1831 crown and LCGS have graded three 1831s. Our research has found no other 1834 crowns sold since 2011 and this Pittman example to our knowledge has not been offered at auction since 1999 so if you are interested in choice rarities of the sort offered globally once or twice a decade this is the lot for you.
Penny 1875 as Freeman 80 dies 8+H but with a raised dot below the first I in VICTORIA, Gouby BP1875Cd. GVF, we note a similar coin described as UNC or near, sold for £702 in London Coins March 2016 sale for £702 inclusive of buyers premium
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