Five Guineas 1701 Fine Work DECIMO TERTIO edge S.3456 VF/NVF plugged at the top of the obverse, the surfaces otherwise undamaged, and vastly superior to most ex-jewellery pieces that we see. the Fine Work coin marking a giant stride in minting quality at the time and very popular in today's Gold market. This represents a chance to own this type at a fraction of cost of a high grade example.
Crown 1746 LIMA ESC 125 UNC or very near so and deeply tone, the edge with a small impression between REGNI and DECIMO, a tiny spot below DEI and below the D of L.D. otherwise with excellent quality fields and very minor cabinet friction, a most attractive example with a lot of eye appeal, Ex-London Coins Auction A159 Lot 687 realised £3800 hammer price
Halfcrown 1741 Roses, unaltered date, DECIMO QVARTO edge, ESC 601, Bull 1681 GVF with some lustre and golden tone in places, light haymarking barely detracts
Halfcrown 1746 LIMA DECIMO NONO edge, ESC 606, Bull 1688 EF the reverse slightly better with old grey toning and hints of gold in the legend, a most attractive piece
Halfcrown 1745 Roses DECIMO NONO edge, ESC 605, Bull 1687 GVF/NEF with touches of gold toning and underlying mint lustre. A small edge crack barely detracts, Ex-Lord Stewartby Collection.
Crown 1667 DECIMO NONO Diagonally spaced stops on the edge ESC 35A, Bull 372 Fine, a little weak on the hair and correspondingly so on the edge of the French shield, of overall pleasing appearance for the grade
Crowns to Sixpences a small group (7) Crowns (2) 1821 SECUNDO, 1822 TERTIO Halfcrowns (2) 1696y Large Shields and Early Harp, 1698 DECIMO with 4 countermark on the bust, Shilling 1696 GRA overstruck possibly GRA over GAR, Sixpences (2) 1696 First Bust, Early Harp, Large Crowns, 1696E First Bust, Early Harp, Large Crowns NVG to Fine
Crown 1847 Gothic UNDECIMO ESC 288, Bull 2571 NVF/VF the obverse once cleaned with some scratches, now retoned, in a London Mint Office box with certificate
Halfcrowns (22) 1676, 1677, 1681, 1686 6 over 5 SECVNDO, 1689 Second Shield, Caul Only frosted, 1696 , 1703 VIGO, 1707E, 1709, 1712 UNDECIMO Roses and Plumes, 1816, 1817 Small Head, 1818, 1819, 1820 George III, 1820 George IV, 1821, 1823 Second Reverse, 1825, 1826, 1828, 1829 Fair to Fine
Crown 1700 DVODECIMO ESC 97, Bull 1010 About EF/EF with an overall grey tone with touches of red and gold in the devices, the reverse in particular has excellent eye appeal
Crown 1679 Fine/Good Fine, Halfcrown 1700 DECIMO TERTIO NVF, Shilling 1697 First Bust Good Fine with some light tooling on the obverse, Sixpence 1698 Third Bust, Plain in angles Good Fine, all Ex-Wreck of 'The Association' with certificate.
World (14) a varied group, includes some more unusual and scarcer items: Colombia - Cartagena Siege Coinage Half Real 1812 KM#D2 Good Fine with date full and bold, France 30 Sols 1820 Aniche Mining Company Token, Reverse: MD 1820 within wreath (Maz.779) GVF and very scarce, Lithuania Six Groszy 1652 Johann Casimir KM#44 VF/GF, a rare one-year type, South AfricaFlorin 1928 VF/GVF, Guatemala Quarter Quetzal 1926 KM#243.1 GVF, Ecuador Decimo 1902 LIMA with JF on reverse KM#50.3 UNC and lustrous, TunisiaOne Franc AH1335 (1916)A Muhammad Al-Nasir KM#238 UNC or near so and lustrous, New GuineaShilling 1935 KM#5 EF, Cyprus Nine Piastres 1901 KM#6 Bold Fine, Ireland Shilling 1930 S.6627 GVF, Greenland25 Ore 1926 (h) HCM GJ with central hole KM#6 Good Fine, Finland One Markka 1874S KM#3.2 Fine, Spain Real 1733 VG, Portugal 60 Reis undated (1683) KM#139 GVF
Halfcrown 1698 DECIMO ESC 554, Bull 1034 UNC or near so and lustrous, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 75, Ex-London Coins Auction A118 2/9/2007 Lot 1709
Halfcrown 1712 Roses and Plumes, UNDECIMO, the V's in DECVS and TVTAMEN are inverted A's, ESC 582, Bull 1374 GVF and nicely toned with a few scattered haymarks
Halfcrowns (2) 1689 First Shield, Caul only frosted, with pearls, ESC 505, Bull 831 Fine or slightly better, 1698 DECIMO ESC 554, Bull 1034 NVF/GF the obverse with adjustment lines
Halfcrown 1713 Plain in angles DVODECIMO ESC 584, Bull 1376 VF/About VF with some adjustment lines, the reverse with some weakness in the corresponding area
Crown 1746 LIMA ESC 125 UNC or very near so and deeply tone, the edge with a small impression between REGNI and DECIMO, a tiny spot below DEI and below the D of L.D. otherwise with excellent quality fields and very minor cabinet friction, a most attractive example with a lot of eye appeal
Crown 1847 Gothic UNDECIMO ESC 288 UNC or very near so with minor cabinet friction and a few very light hairlines on the obverse, some tiny rim nicks visible under magnification barely detract, attractive with grey and gold tone and a most pleasing example of the Gothic type, comes with old collector's ticket statin g 'From Spinks St. James's Jan 1969 £115'
Halfcrown 1700 DECIMO TERTIO, Inverted A for V in DECVS ESC 563 NVF, Very Rare, our archive database stretching back to 2003 indicates that this is the first example we have offered
Halfcrown 1700 or 1701 DECIMO TERTIO Fine with the last digit of the date weak, Proof Sets (2) 1970 FDC, 1971 nFDC, DecimalTwopence 2004 an off-metal strike EF, MaundyFourpence 1887 GVF toned, as part of a group of Sixpences to Farthings the vast majority coppers these in two Sandhill albums, in mixed grades includes some better types, some in VF to GEF
Halfcrown 1698 DECIMO ESC 554 with die clashes REX under the G of GVLIELMVS, 8 and M under GRA, and 6 under the bust, VF or better with old tone and some light haymarks, clear and unusual. EX-Taylors 6/2/2010 Lot 2055
Halfcrowns (2) 1700 DECIMO TERTIO ESC 562 VG with some surface pits and an edge knock by MAG, Ex-Carlisle 14/52/2013 Lot 183 (part), 1701 Plumes ESC 567 VG/NF with an even grey tone, Ex-DNW 18/3/2015 Lot 50 (part)
Five Guineas 1700 First Laureate Bust DVODECIMO edge S3454 nVF/VF (centre of portrait weak as often) a pleasant and collectable example graded 25 by CGS and this a very conservative grade in our opinion
Halfcrown 1698 UNDECIMO edge ESC 555 Near Fine/Fine, weak on the French shield, Excessively Rare, rated R5 by ESC (6-10 Examples believed to exist) Ex-Bateman, Bonhams 4/6/1998, Our archive database going back to 2003 shows that this is the first example we have offered
Halfcrowns (2) 1697 First Bust. Large Shields ESC 541 Good Fine with a light adjustment line by the date, 1698 DECIMO ESC 554 VF or better with some adjustment lines and light haymarking
Five Guineas 1701 Fine Work DECIMO TERTIO choice mint state with proof like fields, Ex Roderick Richardson and with his price ticket £75,000 "Choice Mint State" graded and encapsulated by CGS as 80 (UNC) so offered here having three companies (LCA, CGS and Richardson) concur on a mint state grade. In the 10 years since CGS has been grading coins only two other pre 1750 gold coins have an 80 grade those being a Half Guinea of 1725 and a Guinea of 1713, As for current market indicators Five Guineas in EF of George II can be seen on display at UK coin shows around the £45,000 marker and it was reported to us by the seller and an independent source corroborated that a Charles II 5 Guineas in NGC 61 sold at the March MSCF show for £78,000, the read across table compiled empirically by CGS collectors suggest that USA slabbed coins in MS61 average CGS 65 grade. Regardless of the technically grade and price this is a spectacular coin surely never to be matched for eye appeal and beauty.
Crown 1953 UNC, Double Florin 1887 Arabic 1 ESC 395 NEF/EF toned, Halfcrowns (3) 1698 DECIMO GVF with an edge repair by DEI, 1887 Jubilee Head EF/GEF, 1896 GVF, Sixpence 1887 Young Head VF toned, along with USA Half Dollar 1972 VF
Crown 1847 Gothic UNDECIMO edge ESC 288 GEF with much eye appeal and with a pleasing grey tone, only a few hairlines and an attractive example for the grade
Halfcrown 1745 LIMA DECIMO NONO but with the E of DECIMO an R an new unlisted variety, EF minor haymarking and adjustment marks a faint old scratch obverse field hardly detracts
Halfcrown 1698 DECIMO ESC 554 NEF the obverse with a haymark on the bust, the reverse with some double striking, a thin scratch in the reverse field barely detracts
Crown 1847 Gothic UNDECIMO ESC 288 About UNC/UNC the obverse with some contact marks on the portrait, with a subtle and attractive tone, the fields though are pleasing and relatively free from the usual bagmarks with only a few hairlines, a pleasing example
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