ScotlandSixty ShillingsJames VI Eighth Coinage, After Accession to the English throne, Obverse: King on horseback, wearing Scottish Crown, Thistle on housings, Reverse: Arms of England in First and Fourth quarters, legend commences QVAE DEVS, S.5501, mintmark Thistle (with stalk), 29.68 grammes, Near Fine/Fine and bold, the obverse with some old scratches in front of the King and slight weakness at 9 o'clock, a scarce issue
Australia Tokens, Pennies (2) Sydney, New South Wales and Brisbane, Queenslandundated, Flavelle Bros. & Co, Obverse Legend and Denomination, Reverse: Kangaroo and Emu, Thick foliage behind Kangaroo's tail; KM#Tn69.1 Good Fine with some surface deposit, London, England - Professor Holloway 1858 8 over 7 KM#Tn278.1 Good Fine, Halfpenny - London, England Professor Holloway 1858 KM#277.1 Fine
Ethiopia Matona EE1923 (1930) KM#27 struck by ICI in Birmingham, England, in a PCGS holder and graded SP66RD, Ex-King's Norton Mint Collection, superior to another example graded SP66 RB sold at Heritage in September 2016 (also King's Norton Collection) for $470
USAThreepence 1652 Large Pine Tree Issue Breen 50, Noe 34, Two Pellets flank trunk, NEW ENGLAND .. D of ENGLAND correctly aligned, III more widely spaced, reverse with the distinctive die flaw on the lower arc of the 6, this directly above the middle I of III, the obverse off-centre towards 12 o'clock as often with this die pairing, the reverse off-centre with the legend off flan between 6 and 9 o'clock, 1.00 grammes, NEF/GVF for issue with some scratches above the 52 of the date, a small edge crack at 7 o'clock on the reverse barely detracts, not visible from the obverse of the coin, a rare opportunity to obtain an early US colonial piece in collectable grade, we note examples in similar grades have been realising upwards of $5400 in US auctions]
Scotland Forty Shillings 1687 James VII (II of England) S5636 EF with original brilliance, probably about as struck for this weakly struck issue rare thus
Henry VI (1422-1461), Anglo GallicSalut d’or, Rouen mit, mm. Lion passant, The Annunciation above conjoined shields of France and England, rev. latin cross between lis and leopard, 3.50g, VF with a small edge flaw at 8 o'clock
USA, Engraved 1693 on a flan of similar size and metal to a GunmoneyCrown Obverse inscribed ABRAHAM CATER ANNO 1693, Reverse Hand issuing from a cloud holds the scales of justice 44mm diameter NVF, we note that an internet search reveals the Birth of an Abraham Carter in 1693 in Newton, New England USA
Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI (As King of France 1422-1453), Salut d'Or, 3.46g., Rouen mint, mintmark Leopard, HENRICVS DEI GRA FRACORV Z AGLIE REX, a plain annulet under the X of REX, around inner circle, the shields of France and England with the scene of the Annunciation above, the archangel Gabriel right, the Virgin Mary left, a radiate sun above from which the word AVE springs (reads upwards), all within, rev., XPC VIHICT XPC REGNAT XPC IMPARAT, a Latin cross dividing a lis and leopard, h below, all within a tressure of 10 double arches, EF or near so
USA Oak Tree Sixpence 1652 Obv MASATHVSETS IN, Rev NEW ENGLAND ANO VF possibly slightly clipped (weight = 2.1 grams) or struck a little off centre on a wavy flan
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