Halfpennies18th Century (8) Cornwall (2) Falmouth 1797 Obverse: A spread eagle, Reverse: FALMOUTH INDEPENTENT VOLUNTEERS 1797 in four lines, Milled edge, DH3, About VF, scarce, Penryn 1794 Obverse: A shield of Arms PRO REGE ET POPULO, Exergue: LORD DE DUNSTANVILLE COLONEL in two lines, Reverse: A laureated bust, PENRYN VOLUNTEERS above, Exergue: FIRST INROLLD APRIL 3. 1794 in two lines, DH4, GEF/AU the obverse with some spots, Essex - Colchester 1794 Obverse: A view of Colchester castle, date below, Reverse: A loom SUCCESS TO THE BAY TRADE, Edge: PAYABLE AT CHARLES HEATHS BAY MAKER COLCHESTER, DH10, VF cleaned, Herefordshire - Hereford 1794 Obverse: An apple tree SUCCESS TO THE CIDER TRADE. HEREFORD HALFPENNY C.HONIATTS BIRMm WAREHOUSE, Reverse: Figure of Justice FOR CHANGE NOT FRAUD, Milled edge, DH5, NEF, Lincolnshire - Spalding 1794 Obverse: A figure of Britannia with a small lion below, SUCCESS TO THE COMMERCE OF BRITAIN, Reverse; A cypher T I in a shield, between sprigs of flowers, crest a demi-lion, Edge: PAYABLE AT T. IENNINGSS SPALDING & HOLBEACH, DH5, GVF with an edge nick, Staffordshire - Leek 1793 Obverse: A caduceus, supported by a large bale of goods, LEEK COMMERCIAL HALFPENNY 1793, Reverse: Two hands united, and a olive branch, ARTE FAVENTE NIL DESPERANDUM, berry on underside of first leaf, Edge: PAYABLE AT LEEK STAFFORDSHIRE, DH14 GVF, Wiltshire - Salisbury 1796 Obverse: View of a church CATHEDRAL CHURCH Exergue: OF SARUM, Reverse: The Grocer's arms and supporters, FINE TEAS &c. 1796 below, Edge: PAYABLE AT I & T SHARPES SALISBURY DH21, VF with some green patina, Shropshire - Coalbrook Dale 1792 Obverse: View of a bridge with a verrel sailing under ERECTED / ANNO 1779 / SPAN 100 FEET above, IRON BRIDGE AT COALBROOK DALE 1792, Reverse: A man working a machine, Exergue: INCLINED PLANE AT KETLEY 1789. Edge: PAYABLE AT COALBROOK - DALE AND KETLEY, DH14, VF
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard 5 Pounds No. A/B 9157 undated circa 1870's SPECIMEN For Robins, Foster, Goode & Bolitho's, punch hole cancellation twice at signature area (Outing 1195d; Grant 1680), a Scarce note in GVF with a faint pencilled annotation in the upper left corner and a roughly 8 by 5 centimetre oblong stain to lower centre with minor tears to it. Bearing the Charles Skipper & East London imprint and no watermark can be observed, this note displaying a Coat of Arms to upper left on obverse and an elaborate panel with value and bank title on reverse.
Preliminaries For The Peace of Amiens 1801 38mm in copper by H. Kettle, Obverse: Oval Shield on crossed swords, PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE BETWEEN GRETA BRITAIN AND FRANCE SIGNED OCTOBER 1st 1801, Reverse: Peace standing on a quay holding an olive branch and emptying a cornucopia, bales at her side, ships at sea, THEY SHALL PROSPER THAT LOVE THEE, ears of corn in exergue. BHM 516. 28.25 grammes, NEF, Peace of Amiens 1802 38mm diameter in Copper by J.G. Hancock, Obverse Bust left, uniformed MARQUIS CORNWALLIS BRITISH PLENIPOTENTIARY AT AMIENS. Reverse Britannia seated beside a cherub, holds a tablet inscribed AD (dington) H (awkesbury) COR (nwallis) BUO (naparte) A medallion of George III on her lap. POST NUBILA PHOEBUS. Exergue DEFINITIVE TREATY CONCLUDED 1802, BHM 539, 30.36 grammes, EF with some spots and contact marks, Death of Caroline 1731 Dassier’s “Kings and Queens of England” Series, 40mm diameter in bronze, CAROLINA · D · G · MAG · BR · FR · ET · HIB · REG ·, draped bust right, wearing stephane; J · DASSIER below / DILECTA DEO ET HOMINIBUS. (Beloved to God and men), Charity seated facing slightly right on knoll, head downward to left, holding nursing infant in lap and extending hand to child to right standing facing. reading from book; to left, child on knoll peering at Charity from behind; child seated right on ground, writing document with quill; I · D · in exergue. 31.09 grammes GVF
Ireland and World a collection early financial instruments, Waterford Bill of Exchange 5th March 1798 black on white No 236 for £60-5-6 pleasing fine two pinholes, Letter pf Credit Donnell, Lawson and Co. New York undated 18xx L10 Sterling, DIX LIVRES VF adhesive stain at centre, another this The National Bank of Orange Colony LTD National Bank of South Africa LTD with National over written Standard, Circus Place London Wall SPECIMEN in red across the face VF and bold undated 19xx, hand drawn scrip or fantasy note Ulster Bank 1909 Good along with a hand written ledger of rental income Cornwall Brady Hartstonge Estate 1898 County Carlow
Pennies19th CenturyCornwall (2) 1812 West Wheal Mine, Obverse: View of St. Michael's Mount, Reverse: Prince of Wales feathers, Davis 16, VF with some contact marks, Rare, 1812 County Penny Obverse: Crowned Arms with supporters, Reverse: PENNY PIECE in centre, SUCCUSS TO THE CORNISH MINERS 1812, Davis 12, Good Fine with some thin scratches and some small verdigris spots
Cheques (98) includes 19th Century types (64) The County of Gloucester Bank (4), Messrs. Coutts & Company (5), Coventry Union Banking Company (1), Messrs. Cox & Co. and related (4), The Craven Bank Limited (1), Messrs. Crickett, Bacon & Wood (1), Crompton & Evans Union Bank Ltd (2), Messrs. Cunliffes, Brooks & Co (2), The Cumberland Union Banking Co. Limited (2), Messrs. Roger Cunliffe, Sons & Co. (1), Messrts. Currie & Co. (1), Messrs. Curteis, Pomfret & Co. Bankers, Rye (1), Kington & Radnorshire Bank (2), Messrs. Davison, Noel, Templer, Middleton & Wedgwood, London (1), Derby & Derbyshire Banking Company (2), Devon & Cornwall Banking Company and related (2), Mesrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, Barnard & Dimsdale (1), Messrs. Dingley, Pethybridge, White & Dingley (1), District Bank Limited and related (7), Messrs. Dixon, Langdale, Dixon & Brooks (1), Messrs. Dixon, Son, & Brooks (1), Messrs, Drake, Gribble, Marshall & Co. (1), Messrs. Drummond (5), Dudley & West Bromwich Banking Company (1), Douglas and Isle of Man Bank - Dumbells Banking Company Limited (2), East of England Bank (1), Messrs. Willm & Saml Evans & Co. (1), Messrs. Farley, Wakeman, Lavender & Owen (1), Farrow's Bank Limited (2), Mr. Thomas Ferguson (1), Messrs. Fincham, French & Simpson (1), First Direct (1), Fox, Fowler & Co. (3), Leek Bank - Messrs. Fowler, Gaunt & Co. (2), Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, Nix & Mathieson (1), Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, Nix & Co. (1), Messrs. Gillett & Co. (2), The Glamorganshire Banking Company, Swansea (1), The County of Gloucester Bank (1), The Gloucestershire Banking Company (3), Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills & Co and related (16, with almost all different), Messrs. Goslings & Sharpe (3), Messrs. Grant, Gillman & Long (1), Grant & Maddison's Union Banking Company (1), Messrs. Greaves, Greenway & Smith (1) and Messrs. Greenway, Smith & Greenways (1) some a little faded, a couple damaged, the vast majority unwritten and in high grades most with counterfoils
GB and World, GB includes Halfcrowns to Sixpences, part collections in Whitman folders includes plenty of silver issues, also BrassThreepences, Pennies and HalfpenniesVictoria to Elizabeth II, Decimal and Pre-Decimal issues in bags, Crowns (20) 1951, 1953, 1960, 1965, 1972 (2), 1977 (8), 1980 (4), 1981 (2), A/UNC to UNC, Five Pound Crowns (5) 1993 Coronation 40th Anniversary, 1998 King Charles III (as Prince of Wales) 50th Birthday, 1999 Diana Memorial, 2002 Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, 2004 Entente Cordiale Centenary, A/UNC to UNC, Decimal Two Pounds to Half Penny in bags, Halfcrowns (23) 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 mostly NEF to UNC many lustrous, Britain's First Decimal coins 1968/71 UNC in the wallet of issue, a gold £50 Lowther UNC in a display case, Tristan da Cunha Crown 2005 King Charles III (as Prince of Wales) and the Duchess of Cornwall (now Queen consort Camilla) UNC boxed, USA Dollars, Half Dollars, Quarter Dollars, Dimes, 5 Cents, and Cents in bags will be around 40 Dollars face, Washington State Quarters 1999-2003 (52 coins), Washington Quarters State Collection 2004-2008, an almost complete collection (42 coins) these EF to UNC in folders, USA Uncirculated Set 1976 Bicentennial a 3-coin set in silver One Dollar, Half Dollar and Quarter Dollar UNC in the red envelope of issue, USA Uncirculated Set 1976 Bicentennial a 3-coin set One Dollar, Half Dollar and Quarter Dollar UNC in the case of issue (total weight over 14 Kilos)
Penny18th CenturySuffolk - Bury 1794 Obverse: Bust left in a cocked hat CHARLES MARQUIS CORNWALLIS, Reverse: Figure of Fame, standing between implements of war. HIS FAME RESOUNDS FROM EAST TO WEST, Edge: VALUE ONE PENNY AT P. DECKS POST OFFICE 1794, DH4, UNC with glossy fields and traces of lustre
Halfpennies18th CenturySomerset (6) Bath 1794 Obverse: The Arms and supporters of the city of Bath, date below, W.GYE PRINTER & STATIONER BATH, Reverse: A female seated, instructing a boy with a key to unlock the prison doors, GO FORTH radiated, REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN ILCHESTER GOAL, Edge: PAYABLE AT W.GYE'S PRINTER BATH, DH34, EF with a planchet clip obscuring most of BATH on the edge, Bath undated, Obverse: Bust left IOHN HOWARD F.R.S. HALFPENNY, Reverse: A female seated, instructing a boy with a key to unlock the prison doors, GO FORTH radiated, REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN GOAL, Edge: PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL, DH36c,NEF, Bath undated, Bust left IOHN HOWARD F.R.S. HALFPENNY, Reverse: A female seated, instructed a boy with a key to unlock the prison doors, GO FORTH radiated, REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN GOAL, Edge: PAYABLE AT LONDON OR DUBLIN, DH6d,GVF/NEF, Bath undated, Bath City Token, Obverse: View of a chapel, KENSINGTON CHAPEL, Reverse: The Arms and supporters of Bath, in a sunken oval, Plain edge, DH76, NEF, Bristol undated, Obverse: Arms of Bristol within a circle, PROSPERITY TO THE CITY OF BRISTOL, Reverse: A Figure of Galen, I. CHESTER. DRUGGIST AND CHYMIST, Plain edge, DH90, About VF, Bristol 1795 date over weak higher date, Obverse: A large bale marked N H B No.1 , leopard above, GENERAL COMMIDSION & PUBLIC SALE ROOM BRIDGE STREET BRISTOL, no stop at end of legend, Reverse: Figure of Justice standing, dividing date, PAYABLE AT NIBLOCK & HUNTER'S, DH100, VF, Cornwall - Penryn 1794 Obverse: A shield of Arms, PRO REGE ET POPULO, Exergue: LORD DE DUNSTANVILLE COLONEL in two lines, Reverse: A laureated bust, PENRYN VOLUNTEERS Exergue: FIRST INROLLD APRIL 3. 1794, DH4, About EF
Pennies to Fractional Farthingscopper issues (113) comprising Pennies (15), Halfpennies (33), Farthings (58) includes 1675, 1694, 1825 D over U in DEI, 1846, 1849, Half Farthings (4), in mixed grades Fair to Fine, Halfpenny Contemporary Counterfeit 1776 VG, Halfpenny 18th Century Token - Anglesey 1791 Near Fine, and Penny 19th Century Token Cornwall - Penny 1812 Scorrier House VG
Birth of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales 1841 49mm diameter in White Metal, by J.Taylor, Obverse: Busts of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert left, conjoined, HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA ANDPRINCE ALBERT OF SAXE COBURG & GOTHA. Reverse: Britannia with attendants, holds the infant Prince, In Exergue: PRINCE OF WALES AND DUKE OF CORNWALL BORN NOV:9.1841 GVF/NEF on a slightly wavy flan
Commemorative Plates (16) includes Wedgwood (11) includes Royal Family (6) 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, 2002 Queen Mother Memorial, 2003 50th Anniversary of the Coronation - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip portrait, 2003 Coronation 50th Anniversary Queen Elizabeth II portrait, 2004 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - Queen on horseback, 2005 The Marriage of the Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, Calendar plates (2) 2003 with floral design, and 2004 with garden design, 2005 60th Anniversary of VE Day (3) each with World War II Aircraft designs, Spitfire, Hurricane and Avro Lancaster, Spode 2013 The Birth of Prince George of Cambridge, Worcester 2013 The Birth of Prince George of Cambridge, Diana- Princess of Wales England's Rose undated, in porcelain, undated World War II - This Is You Hour -Winston Churchill , by Timothy Noad, 2006 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday calendar plate with 12 different colour pictures of the Queen , by Timothy Noad, Danbury Mint Manchester United 100 Glorious Years with pictures of George Best, Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, Billy Meredith, Bryan Robson and David Beckham, most in the boxes as issued and in excellent condition
Cheque - Falmouth Bank Cornwall for £70 Oct 8th 1864 with £3 per centum per annum payable white uniface with allegorical female figures top right and left, the uniface reverse has various penned and stamped transaction and interest payment records
Halfpenny18th CenturyCornwall - Penryn 1794 Obverse: Shield of Arms, Reverse: A Laureate Bust on a shield, PENRYN VOLUNTEERS on a ribbon, DH4 About EF with some edge nicks
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard 5 Pounds No. A/B 9157 undated circa 1870's SPECIMEN For Robins, Foster, Goode & Bolitho's, punchole cancellation twice at signature area (Outing 1195d; Grant 1680), a Scarce note in GVF with a faint pencilled annotation in the upper left corner and a roughly 8 by 5 centimetre oblong stain to lower centre with minor tears to it. Bearing the Charles Skipper & East London imprint and no watermark can be observed, this note displaying a Coat of Arms to upper left on obverse and an elaborate panel with value and bank title on reverse.
World (21) in mixed grades good/VG to UNC. Comprises a few interesting issues such as an EnglandProvincial Andover Old Bank 1 Pound dated 20th August 1824 No. 8385 For Joseph Wakeford, William Wakeford and Robert Wakeford (Outing 36f) with bankruptcy inked passage on reverse Manuscript signed Entered Wm. W (presumably William Wakeford) and Jos. Wakeford. And a British Caribbean Territories 1 Dollar young QE2 portrait Pick 7c dated 2nd January 1961 series T3 - 525390. Includes a selection of Experimental test notes as De La Rue Giorgi Test Die Note with Queen Elizabeth I on pink paper (3) along with a white paper note of the same type with a serial number IBNS 000000. Also Thomas De La Rue & Co. Limited 500th Anniversary of Columbus Epic Crossing of the Atlantic, IBNS London Congress 8th & 9th October 1994 and a 100 Hundred note with Thomas De La Rue's portrait IBNS annual European Congress 5th & 6th October 1996. Also a Cornwall Stannary Parliament set of the 1985 Private issues 50 Dynar (Pence) and 1 Pounds with matching serial numbers (6) each denomination in consecutively numbered trios numbers 1448, 1449 and 1450 and comes with an article clipping and original informative cards. A fantasy limited edition copy of the famous movie 1 Million Pound note with the original envelope serial No. 0176/2500. A Royal Bank of Scotland European Summit Commemorative 1 Pound in the original plastic presentation holder. Along with a few issues from Brazil, Greece and Iraq
Pennies19th Century (3) Staffordshire 1812 Cheadle Copper & Brass Company Withers 667 GVF with uneven tone and some unevenness to the surfaces, Suffolk - Bury (2) Charles Marquis Cornwallis (2) undated DH4 VF and GVF, along with Augustus Cove, Londonmedalet in the style of an 18th CenturyHalfpenny Token 27mm diameter and in copper, die axis upright, Augustus Cove a dealer in China and Glass, was criminally and unjustly treated by the Grand Junction Canal Company. The sorry tale began when Cove took a lease on a wharf at Paddington basin. What followed is told in Cove's book which is named on the medalet. The second edition of the book ran to 185 pages. Obverse: BEWARE OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMP.Y SOME OF WHOSE FRAUD, OPPRESSION, PERJURY, FORGERY, & ROBBERY &Ca, ARE SET FORTH IN ...Reverse: .AUGUSTUS COVE'S PUBLICATIONS. ENTITLED THE TOCSIN SOUNDED OR THE BULL TAKEN BY THE HORNS &c TO BE HAD OF THE BOOKSELLERS Lustrous About UNC toning, with a few spots
Penny18th CenturySuffolk - Bury 1794 Obverse: Charles Marquis Cornwallis/Reverse: Figure of Fame, lettered and dated edge DH4 NEF/GVF, along with Halfpennies 18th Century (9) Suffolk - Hoxne 1795 DH33a Obverse: Yeoman/Reverse: Castle within a garter NVF. Suffolk - Bury St. Edmundsundated Obverse: Shield of Arms/ Reverse: a cypher PD above a crown, between palm and laurel branches DHDH25 VF. Suffolk - Lowestoft 1795 Obverse: Bathing machines in the water/Reverse: Men in a boat fishing, DH37 About VF once cleaned. Essex - Colchester 1794 Obverse: Colchester Castle, design runs to the edge of the flan//Reverse: A loom DH10 Near VF. Hampshire - Southampton 1791 Obverse: Sr. Bevois Southampton/Reverse: Shield of Arms DH89 VF/GF. Shropshire - Shrewsbury 1794 Woollen Manufactory Obverse: Shield of Arms/ Reverse: Woolpack, Edge: Payable at London, Liverpool or Bristol DH25d GVF with some lustre. Middlesex 1795 Kilvington's, Obverse: Bust left, with top of wreath under J/ Reverse: Britannia seated left, BRUNSWICK HALFPENNY DH346 Good Fine, the reverse a little better. Middlesex - National Series undated - Obverse: Prince of Wales/ Reverse: Royal Arms with the Prince of Wales motto, edge Payable at London or Dublin DH953a NVF/GF. Middlesex - Mail Coach undated Obverse: A Mail coach travelling/ Reverse: legend in eight lines DH363 NVF
Pennies19th Century (12) Cornwall 1811 Cornish Penny Withers 700 VF, Devon 1811 Tavistock - Devon Mines Withers 1130 VF or better with old lacquering, Somerset (2) Bath 1811 Withers 22 Good Fine, Bristol 1811 Bust of George III Withers 416 GVF with a few small spots, Gloucestershire - Cheltenham 1812 J.Bishop and Co. Withers 673 Good Fine, Northumberland - Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1811 Bewicke Main Colliery Withers 885 NVF, Worcestershire (2) Worcester 1811 T.Wood and Co. Withers 860 VF, Lye 1811 J.Forrest and Co. Obverse draped bust of George III Withers 855 GVF, Surrey - Weybridge 1812 Weybridge Mills, I.Bunn & Co. Withers 1200 EF stained on the obverse. Staffordshire - Walsall 1811 Fletcher & Sharratt Withers 1150 VF the reverse with scratches. Suffolk - Lowestoft 1811 I.Chaston Withers 850 NVF with some spots. Durham - Stockport 1813 Christopher & Jennett, Tees Bridge Withers 1115 GF/NVF, an interesting and varied group
CornwallPenny Tokens 1811 (2) County issue, Scorrier House, copper with PAYABLE IN CASH NOTES legend VG, another in white metal ? Weighing only 13.39 grammes Fine, France 5 Francs Aluminium 1947 KM#888.b1 Fine, BristolPenny Token 1811 NEF, as part of a group of mixed tokens includes 18th and 19th Century, machine tokens and some Greece pre-Euro issues, and a set of Queen Mother cupro-nickelCrowns (6) these in mixed grades
World War I (12) World War I Medals (5) awarded respectively to 7403 Pte.J.Watkins 2nd South Lancashire Regiment VF. Killed in action France 24/10/1914. He is buried at Le Touret Memorial. Panel 23., to 7759 Pte.G.M.Fairfax 1st East Yorkshire Regiment, GVF. Killed in action France 24/3/1915, He is buried at Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension II. E.22, to 4986 Sergt. C.Atkinson 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment. He was killed in action in France 21/3/1918. He is buried at Arras Memorial Bay 8., to 1928 Dvr. Piran Ditta R.A. GVF. Killed in action in Mesopotamia 1-31 Oct. 1916, to Pte. N.CF.Fredericks. 1st Cape Corps. NVF. Pte. Fredericks was washed overboard off H.M.S.Tuna in the Indian Ocean 11/7/1917. 1914-1915 Stars (3) awarded respectively to 4030 Pte.W.Murray 11th Lancashire Fusiliers. EF. Killed in action in France 25/9/1917, he is buried at Arras Memorial Bay 5., to Pte. A.P.Stock Machine Gun Detachment. NEF. Pte. Stock was discharged unfit ex- East Africa 30/10/1917, he died 19/11/1925, to Sgt.F.V.Harris 11th Mounted Rifles (Patchefstroom Ruiters, a part of South Africa's Active Citizen Force.) EF. Sgt. Harris was awarded this for service in German S.W.Africa. Wounded East Africa April 1916 and died of malaria 29/1/1917 as Sergt.Major. World War I pair awarded to 2550 Rfmn.Nawab Din 1at.125th Rifles (Napier's Rifles) 1914-15 Star and World War I Victory medal. VF to GVF. Rfmn. Din was killed in action in Givenchy, France 20/12/1914, He is buried at Meerut Military Cemetery, St. Martin-les-Boulognei. A. 18. The heavy casualties suffered in the Battle of Givenchy caused a temporary ceasefire which led to the Christmas truce of 1914. World War I Victory Medals to two brothers (2) the first awarded to 10990 Pte.H.Cuthbertson 2nd. Scots Guards, GEF. Pte Cuthbertson died of wounds Neuve Chapelle, March 1915, the second awarded to 243077 Gnr.A.L.Cuthbertson, D.Battery 44 Brigade (Howitzers) R.F.A, (listed as Signaller on the CWGC website) GEF. Killed in action in Belgium 2/11/1918, and is buried at Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension V. K.10 along with a further group of World War I (13) 1914-1915 Stars (5) 14614 Pte.F.Hardy 7th Somerset Light Infantry, About EF, Pte.Hardy was killed in action in France 3/9/1916 and is buried at Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont XIV. I.4,2317 Pte.E.G.Burling (Lance Corporal on CWGC website) 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers. EF lacquered. He died of wounds in France 11/3/1915 and is buried at Wimereux Communal Cemetery I. D.21A, the second awarded to 1605 Pte. W.Armstrong, Durham Light Infantry. EF. Killed in action in Belgium 2/3/1916, he is buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) II B.24.273229 Pte.E.Grant 2nd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. NEF. He was present at the Battle of Tanga, German East Africa 4/11/1914, 8725 Pte.J.Friend 4th Royal Fusiliers, NEF, Pte. Friend was killed in action in France 3/12/1916 and is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery XX. D.14A, the 4th Battalion served on the Western Front at Mons and Le Cateau, World War I Victory Medals (2) 15463 Pte. H.Wilson 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps (L/Cpl on CWGC website), a P.C. in the Hong Kong Police until 1915, he was killed in action at Dellvile Wood 27/7/1916, and is buried at Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 13A and 13B, 203155 Pte.J.Millership, South Staffordshire Regiment EF, Pte. Millership was wounded 31/7/1917, then killed in action with 1st and 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment 20/1/1918. He is buried at Oxford Road Cemetery V.K.15, World War I Medals (6) 9665 Pte.C.H.Butler 1st Berkshire Regiment. NEF. He was killed in action in France 16/5/1915 and is buried at Rue-des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue II.F.4, (also entitled to the 1914 Star and bar). The second awarded to 28713 Pte.W.H.Cardew 2nd Light Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. NEF. Pte.Cardew was killed in action in France 5/12/1917 and is buried at Cambrai Memorial Louverval, Panel 7. The third awarded to 29947 Pte.E.G.Beer, 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, NEF. Pte.Beer died of wounds in France 20/4/1918 and is buried at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez VIII.H.12, 31633 Pte. F.Worthington, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. GVF. Died of wound in France 5/5/1918. He is buried at Arneke British Cemetery II. C.9. ,41468 Gnr.A Sale R.A. Z battery 5th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, NEF, Gnr.Sale was killed in action in France 24/4/1917 and is buried at Bois-Carre British
Royal Society of Arms, Mercury and Minerva Medal 1796 44mm diameter in gold by T.Pingo, Britannia seated left is conferred with honours by Mercury and Minerva standing before her, ARTS. AND. COMMERCE. PROMOTED. Exergue: SOCIETY INST. LONDON MDCCLIIII, Reverse:- TO Mr. RICHARD MOYLE MDCCXCVI / LAND GAINED FROM THE SEA Class 133. No.CCXXIII EF, Rare, The prize was award to Richard Moyle for his work in land drainage and reservoir systems in Penzance, Cornwall
Defeat of Sultan Tippoo 1792 48mm diameter in bronze by C.H.Kuchler Eimer 845 Obverse Bust left draped CAR. MARCHIO CORNWALLIS STRATEGUS ACERRIMUS Reverse Cornwallis, standing before his aides, receives Sultan Tippoo who presents his two sons. FAS SIT PARCERE HOSTI. Exergue: SULTANO TIPPOO DEVICTO RECIPIT MDCCXCII NEF with tiny rims nicks
Pennies19th Century (21) a varied and useful group, Gloucestershire Sedbury undated Withers 970 Reverse Ironworks building, overstruck on another Penny token issue (underlying piece clearly shows an 1813 date) Fine, Shropshire 1813 Halesowen, The Workhouse Withers 748 EF with a trace of lustre, Surrey 1812 Weybridge I.Bunn & co. Withers 1200 VF, Worcestershire 1811 Lye Forge, Nail and Trace Manufactory Withers 855/6 VF/EF, Yorkshire 1812 Sheffield FOR PUBLIC ACCOMODATION Withers 170/1 GVF, Dublin (3) 1813 E.Stephens, 1816 Wellington and Erin Go Bragh, 1820 Withers 1941, Non-local 1815 Withers 1952 overstruck with traces of the 1813 date and harp on the understrike, VG to Good Fine, Somerset (2) Bath 1811 Withers 18 Good Fine, Taunton updated Withers 1125 Good Fine, Bristol (2) 1811 Patent Sheathing Nail Manufacturers Withers 464 Near Fine, 1811 Withers 522A VF, Devon (3) 1811 Withers 1130, 1811 Withers 1133, 1811 Withers 1135 VF to EF, Cornwall (3) 1812 Withers 675, 1812 Withers 677, undated Cornish Mount Withers 675/7 Near Fine to NVF, Warwickshire (2) Birmingham and Sheffield Copper Company 1812 Withers 172 GEF with an attractive underlying tone, 19th Century Warwickshire Rose Copper Company 1812 Withers 277 EF, Penny 19th Century Yorkshire Sheffield 1813 Withers 988 Overseers of the Poor, view of Workhouse NVF
Defeat of Sultan Tippoo 1792 48mm diameter in bronze by C.H.Kuchler Eimer 845 Obverse Bust left draped CAR. MARCHIO CORNWALLIS STRATEGUS ACERRIMUS Reverse Cornwallis, standing before his aides, receives Sultan Tippoo who presents his two sons. FAS SIT PARCERE HOSTI. Exergue: SULTANO TIPPOO DEVICTO RECIPIT MDCCXCII EF with some light contact marks and small rim nicks
William IV Coronation 1831 33mm diameter in copper the official Royal Mint issue Eimer 1251 GVF, Peace of Amiens 1802 Obverse Marquis Cornwallis, Reverse Britannia seated right, holds a tablet with an effigy of George III, a cherub holds an inscribed tablet Fine
A mixed group 18th and 19th Century (9) comprising Yorkshire 1813 Phoenix Ironworks EF, Halfpenny Yorkshire Sheffield 1812 Nelson/Victory VF, Staffordshire 1812 Job Wilkes Darleston Lustrous EF, Warwickshire 1796 Union Mills/Cornucopia F scarce, Suffolk Bury 1794 Bust of Cornwallis EF, also Pennies 19th Century New Zealand (2) S.Hague Smith Ironmonger Auckland undated KM#Tn63 VF, 1858 Professor Holloway KM#Tn278 Good Fine, Colliery Mine and Lime Kiln Tickets (2) Hensingham Crest of the Lawson and Brayton family, two arms supporting the sun, VF the first in copper, the second in brass with hole
Penny 19th CenturyCornwall 1811 FOR THE ACCOMODATION OF THE COUNTY /Fish a copy with 1947 in the field EF, HalfpennyIsle of Wight 1792 Robert Bird Wilkins VF, Tokens 17th Century (6) Lincoln 1666 William Kelsey NVF, Hitchin 1663 Joseph Baker Fine, Buckingham 1668 John Rennals About Fine, 1664 Henry Warner Fine, 1667 Sheffield name not visible VG, Rose Farthing VG holed
Penny 1811 Cornwall Scorrier House Davis 23 tin aligns to A, Good Fine with pitted surfaces, USA Half Dollars 1964 (14, one a Proof FDC) in mixed grades to GEF
Sight Bills Cornwall, Launceston Bank (Cudlipp, Browne, Harvey & Hill) unissued 18xx (1810-1811) Outing 1111 (2) one VF the other Fine and holed with evidence of adhesive mounting reverse corners
Specimen Sight Bills East Cornwall Bank Liskeard (Robins. Foster, Coode and Bolithos) 18xx (1829 -1846) Outing 1195 (2 pieces) Fine - VF along with a North Cornwall Bank cheque 26 January 1813 VG
Group of five Pte. L.C.J. Derrick Somerset Light Infantry, late Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry & Labour Corps, Queen's South Africa 1899, six bars Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3185 Pte. L.C.J.Derrick, 2nd. D. of C. L.Infy), King's South Africa two bars S.A. 1901 & S.A. 1902 (3185 Pte. L.C.J.Derrick, 2nd. D. of C. L.Infy), 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals (7514 Pte. L.C.J.Derrick, Som. L.I.) GVF. Sold with copied service papers confirming medals and bars & conduct.
Helston Banking Company, Cornwall £5 dated 1873 series No.780, For the Company, manuscript signature of Thomas Rogers, Outing 924b, ink cancelled, about Fine
Proof Sets (2) 1970 FDC cased, 1982 FDC cased, Crown 1977 Silver Jubilee Silver Proof FDC cased with certificate, Five Pound Crown 1993 UNC, Crowns (2) 1953 UNC in slide case, 1965 UNC in slide case, Fifty Pences (2) 1973 Cupro-Nickel Proof nFDC boxed, 1994 D-Day A/UNC, Twenty Pence 1982 Silver Proof Piedfort FDC cased with certificate, Britain's First Decimal Sets 1968/1971 (2) UNC in the wallets of issue, Two Pounds (3) 1986 Commonwealth Games A/UNC, 1994 Bank of England (2) A/UNC, MedallionTower of London 1979 in nickel silver boxed UNC, Isle of Man Crowns 1977 (4) Silver Proofs nFDC boxed as issued, Isle of Man One Pound 1979 Silver Proofs (2) FDC cased with certificates, 1979 Virenium Proof FDC cased with certificate, Isle of Man One Pound (2) 1978, 1979 UNC, Barbados10 Dollars 1974 Silver Proof FDC boxed as issued with certificate, Cornwall Halfpenny Token 1985 Poldark Mine UNC
Music & Academic Prize medals (5): Handel Centenary Festival 1859 (Miss A Madot, performer), bronze (Eimer 1527), Royal Academy of Music medal to Ernest Fowles, Harmony 1884, in case. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 1833, bronze to Anna Maria Fox (Eimer 1272), Cambridge University winning Company medal, bronze 1904, bronze. Hampshire Public Schools Sports award, silver oval plaque rev engraved "1912 hurdles senior won by S.C. Alexander". EF (5).
Gardening (3) R.H.S. Southport Flower Show silver gilt medal 1951, Bridport Horticultural & Cottage Garden Improvement Society prize medal 1859, Royal Horticultural Society of Cornwall 1832,by Wyon, in case. VF or better. (3).
Institute of Quarrying Long Service Medal to Ernest Bowden for 40 years service at Menheniot Quarry, hallmarked silver, 44mm. in case. A quarry in Cornwall. EF.
Great Britain, Mount's Bay Steam-Ship Co. Ltd., certificate No.303 for one share, 1881, company based at Penzance, Cornwall, black, very minor damage to left edge, folds, otherwise AVF. (1).
Visit of KingGeorge V and Queen Mary to India 1911-12, silver, in 15ct gold glazed mount and chain, rim of mount engraved "H.M.S. Renown 1905-6 S. Bryant. Together with an attractive colour certificate to Stephen Bryant to commemorate the presentation of Boer War Medals by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall & York in New Zealand on 22nd June 1901.
Peace of Amiens 1802 38mm diameter in White Metal Eimer 942 Obverse Bust left, uniformed MARQUIS CORNWALLIS BRITISH PLENIPOTENTIARY AT AMIENS. Reverse Britannia seated beside a cherub, holds a tablet inscribed AD (dington) H (awkesbury) COR (nwallis) BUO (naparte) A medallion of George III on her lap. POST NUBILA PHOEBUS. Exergue DEFINITIVE TREATY CONCLUDED 1802 About UNC with a few tone spots
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall 2005 London Mint Prototype 31.4 grammes of .375 Gold Prooflike UNC with a few small tone spots on the obverse, in the black box of issue
Great Britain, 6 certificates relating to Cornwall, Central Cornwall China Clay Co. Ltd., 1919, East Pool and Agar Ltd., 1918, Wheal Reeth Tin Ltd., 1936, Dolcoath Mine Ltd., 1927, Great Work Tin Mines Ltd., 1935, and Wheal kitty Tin Ltd., 1926, mostly VF. (6).
Great Britain, CornwallRailway, certificate No. 6634 for one £50 share, and certificate No.7152 for one £25 share, both 1846, black on green and black on white respectively, both VF. (2).
Great Britain, 3 railway certificates, Great Northern Railway Co., 1846, vignette of coat of arms, black on pink, Northern Counties Union Railway Co., 1846, black, Cornwall Railway Co., 1846, black on green, all VF. (3).
19th Century, Cornwall (9) Pennies including Scorrier House (D18 & 25A), Cornish Mines, W.Wheal Mine (D.17), County Penny together with D.14, 20. Good fine and better.
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