Pennies to Farthings (6) comprising Penny 1853 Ornamental Trident, in an NGC holder and graded AU50 (label states Plain Trident in error), Halfpennies (3) 1853 3 over 2 NEF/GVF scarce, 1854 UNC with glossy surfaces, 1858 8 over 6 EF with colourful toning, Farthings (2) 1807 GVF, 1827 NEF/GVF
Sixpences (2) 1964 ESC 1838S, Bull 4549, Davies 2502 dies 2B VF/GVF a scarce die pairing, Mint Error - Mis-strike 1965 struck off-centre with around 1mm blank flan and a raised lip from 10 o'clock to 5 o'clock on the reverse ESC 1838T, Bull 4551, Davies 2504 dies 2C EF with some small spots, unusual, DecimalTen Pence 1975 Davies 2825 dies 4E Obverse: 1 of date points to a space, I of ELIZABETH points left of a bead, A of ELIZABETH points to a bead, Reverse: P of PENCE points right of a bead, First E of PENCE points to a bead, GVF a very rare die pairing and seldom seen, Decimal Two Pounds Mint Error - Mis-Strike a blank flan intended for the Two Pounds Brunel (2006) with edge SO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE VF
Twopences to Farthings (19) comprising Twopence 1797 Fine with a good edge, Pennies (3) 1797 VG or better, 1841 REG No Colon VF, 1855 Plain Trident, Near Fine, Halfpennies (5) 1694 (2) NVG and About Fine, 1772 GEORIVS error legend Good Fine with an edge bruise, 1772 NVF, 1806 Fine, Halfpennies Contemporary Counterfeits 1775 (2) VF/NVF and VG, Farthings (8) 1672 Fine, 1719 VG or better, 1773 Fine, 1826 First Reverse, About Fine, 1828 (2) the first NEF with some surface deposit, the second Good Fine, 1834 Fine/Good Fine, 1932 GVF
GB and World (20) GB Five Pound Crown 1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday SilverProof FDC in capsule, unboxed, DecimalFifty Pences (3) 2009 Kew Gardens NEF, 1984 Proof nFDC, 1978 About UNC, Decimal Twenty Pence 1987 Proof nFDC, Decimal Ten Pence 1987 Proof nFDC, Decimal Five Pence 1987 nFDC, Mint Error - Mis-strike Decimal Pennies 2014 (2) 3.53 and 3.57 grammes respectively both lacking the copper plating (removed?) both VF, St. Helena Fifty Pence 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday Proof UNC, British Virgin Islands One Dollar 2002 Queen Mother Memorial UNC, Fantasy Issues (9), Italy 20 Euros 1997 Leonardo da Vinci UNC, France 20 Euros 1997 Henri Matisse UNC, GB Lobel Fantasy Crown 1552 in base metal UNC, Gibraltar Fantasy Crown 1936 Edward VIII Reverse: Lion and Key, castle behind, UNC, GB Medallic issue 1997 100th Anniversary of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, Obverse: Victoria Young head with rim in the style of the British Trade Dollar, Reverse Three shields, 1897/1997 with vignettes of Victoria, William IV and George IV, 38mm diameter in base metal UNC, INA Fantasy Retro issues base metal issues (4) Ireland Crown 1808, Sierra Leone Two Dollars 1808 UNC, Wales Crown 1830 UNC, GB Crown 1836 in copper UNC
Florins (46) Victorian issues a good date run with very few gaps, comprising 1849 NVG, 1852 Near Fine, 1853 VG, 1855 VG with some scratches, 1857 VG, 1858 VG, 1859 VG, 1860 Poor, 1864 Die Number 55 VG, 1865 No stop after date Die Number 36 VG, 1866 Die Number 18, VG, 1867 Die Number 5, About Fine/Bold Fine, scarce, 1868 Top Cross does not overlap border beads, Davies 747 dies 3A, Die Number 1, VG/Fine, 1869 Top Cross does not overlap border beads, Davies 749 dies 3A, Die Number 3 VG, 1870 Top Cross overlaps border beads, Davies 752, dies 3B, Die number 11 VG, 1871 Top Cross does not overlap border beads, Davies 753, dies 3A, Die Number 35 VG, 1872 Top Cross overlaps border beads, Davies 756 dies 3B Die Number 97 NVG, 1873 Die Number 119 Near Fine/About Fine, 1874 Die Number26 VG, 1875 Die Number 74 VG, 1876 Die Number 27 VG Rare, 1877 Die Number 5 VG, 1878 Die Number 55 Fair, 1879 48 arcs VG, 1880 VG, 1881 xxri error legend, VG, 1883 NVG/VG, 1884 VG, 1885 VG/Near Fine, 1886 VG/Near Fine, 1887 Gothic VG, 1887 Jubilee Head NVF/About VF, 1888 VG, 1889 Davies 814, dies 3B Rare About Fine, 1890 VG scarce, 1891 VG/Near Fine, 1892 VG/Fine, Rare, 1893 Fine/NVF toned, 1894 Davies 833 dies 1B VG scarce, 1895 VG, 1896 VG, 1897 Fine, 1898 VG, 1899 VG, 1900 VG, 1901 VG/Near Fine
GB and World Hammered to 20th Century, an accumulation includes GB unofficial sets (23) 1953 UNC, 1967 (7) EF to UNC, Last £sd sets (12), Royal Silver Wedding Sets comprising 1970-1973 mixed dates (2, one missing the 50p), Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Silver Wedding collection a mixed date set 1972-1983 One Pound to Half New Penny UNC cased as issued, The Queen's Diamond JubileeCollection comprising GB (8) a mix of pre-decimal and decimal types along with stamps (4) 4d to 1/2d , a Hong Kong One Cent wartime Banknote, and Commonwealth coins (4) one example each from Australia, Canada, Isle of Man and the Falkland Islands, EF to UNC in the wallets of issue (2 sets), GB £sd and Decimal Sets (15) some incomplete, in mixed grades, World War II collection coin, banknote and stamp set comprising GB coins (5) Crown 1965, BrassThreepence 1943, Penny 1937, Halfpenny 1945, Farthing 1943, USA One Cent (2) 1943 Steel and 1944, and Italy Lira 1940R , Banknote (1) Burma under Japanese Occupation Ten Rupees 1942-1945 issue, and stamps (5) GB 2 1/2d blue, USA 5 Cents (2) Luxembourg and Netherlands flag issues, GB Liberation of the Channel Islands issues (2) 2 1/2d and 1d issues, in mixed grades, in the wallet of issue, USA World War II Coinage a 6-coin set comprising 5 Cents (3) 1943D, 1943P and 1944S, One Cent (2) 1943 Steel and 1944 in mixed grades VG to Fine along with a Belgium Two Francs 1944 Steel EF. Russia Silver Kopeks 16th and 17th Century issues (14) VG to Fine. GB £sd Halfcrowns (38, all but one 1967), Florins (12), and Halfpennies (101) these Elizabeth II issues, many EF to UNC, GB Provincial Mint Pennies (12) 1912H (9), 1919H (3), VG to Fine, World base metal issues 19th and 20th Century (493) in mixed lower grades, a few holed, Spain 2 Maravedis 16th Century issues (14) Fair to VG, Jettons (7), Weights (2), these in low grade, modern tokens and medalets (118), USA Five Cents (9) 1920, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1936 VG to Near Fine, USA One Cent (22) 1895 (2), 1905, 1910, 1911, 1916, 1917, 1918D, 1941, 1943 (2), 1945S, 1946 (2), 1947S, 1949D, 1950D, 1951S, 1952D, 1954S, 1955D, 1987D, World 20th Century issues includes Canada Five Cents 1922-1968 (63) in mixed grades, Canada One Cent (21) all but one Elizabeth II issues, a few with minor errors, in mixed grades, Gaming Counters (32) George III and Victoria types, VG to VF, Shell Medallic issues 'Man in Flight' and Historic Cars' both complete on the cards of issue, also includes some paranumismatic items
United Kingdom 5 Euros 2002 INA Fantasy SilverPatterns (9) three examples struck on thin silver flans, weights 21.62 grammes, 22.21 grammes and 22.20 grammes respectively, and six examples struck on thick silver flans of ranging from 34.3 to 34.8 grammes respectively, four with minor edge errors UNC with lustre
Crowns (4) 1844 Cinquefoil stops on edge, 1889, 1892, 1900 LXIV, VG to Fine, 1951 (2) EF to UNC, one boxed, Shillings (16) 1887 Jubilee Head EF, 1959 S (4), 1961 S (11), Fine to VF, Groats (2) 1836 VG, 1888 VG/NF, Threehalfpence 1843 VF, Farthings (11) 1899, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948 in mixed grades, the 1942 in Lustrous UNC, Pre-1920 Silver £1.17 1/2 face, Pre-1947 Silver £2.30 face, Mint Error Mis-Strikes (11) Fifty Pence 1969, Ten Pences (2) 1969, 1980, Two Pences 1971 (5), Shilling 1960S, Sixpence 1967, all with planchet clips VF to A/UNC, Decimal Half Penny 1971 with flattened edge between 4 and 6 o'clock VF possibly has happened after striking, Five Pound Crowns (4) 1993, 1996, 2001 A/UNC, 2004 Entente Cordiale UNC, Two Pounds (2) 1997, 1998 EF to GEF, One Pound (8) 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, VF to GEF, Fifty Pences 1982 (2) NEF and GEF, Twenty Pence 1982 UNC, Five Pences (19) 1968 (1), 1969 (18) EF to UNC, Half New Penny 1980 VF, INA Retro PatternTwopences 1798 (3) in darkened bronze, copper and goldine UNC, only 600 minted of each metal, Pre-DecimalHalfcrowns (10), Florins (7), Sixpences (8), BrassThreepences (16) includes 1948 (7), 1950 (1) in mixed circulated grades, Pennies (147) mostly 1967 includes 1912H, 1919H (2) and 1926 First Head (2), Halfpennies (131) mostly 1967, in mixed grades, some later coins UNC, and a group of mixed World (27) mostly European 20th Century base metal in mixed grades, and a Croatia Banknote 100000 Dinar Ruder Boskovic UNC
Penny and Halfpenny Varieties - Pennies (2) 1843 REG: Peck 1486, Bramah 3b DFF error the error E not having the top or base serifs, VG Rare, the obverse with long thin scratches and an edge nick, Rare, 1880 8 over 8 to left Gouby BP1880Af, an attempt has been made to repair the second 8 in the date. The preliminary test strike was inaccurate and shows to the left of the second 8 with a small piece of that test strike also visible in the bottom centre of the lower original 8, About Fine with some, unusual with very few examples recorded, Halfpenny 1699 Date in legend, Unbarred first A in BRITANNIA the second unclear, Peck 684/685 About VG on a pitted flan, both types are rare, along with Halfpennies (56) 1694, William III date worn, 1721, 1753, 1806 (3), 1838, 1843, 1853 (2), 1854, 1855 (2), 1856, 1860 Toothed Border, 1861, 1862 (2), 1870, 1888, 1925 Modified Effigy, 1937 (8), 1938, 1948, 1949 (3), 1950 (2), 1952 (2), 1953 (3), 1955, 1956 (3), 1957 (2), 1958 (5), 1959 (3) in mixed grades with many 20th Century lustrous, along with a further group of Pennies Victorian Bun Heads (90) these include 1871 VG, Penny 1917 EF and Italy 10 Centesimi 1866 VG
Sixpence 1698 Plumes Fine/Good Fine, MaundyPenny 1753 About VF, Pennies (3) 1898 A/UNC, 1900 GEF, 1940 double reverse (two coins machined together) Fine, Halfpennies (11) 1772 GEORIVS error Fine, 1773 VG, 1856 VF/GVF, 1901 (2) both EF with lustre, 1936 UNC, 1943 UNC, 1944 GEF, 1848 A/UNC, 1952 GEF, Farthings James I Lennox VG, Charles I Rose Fine with an edge clip, Charles I Richmond NVG with a long flan crack
HalfpenniesWilliam III (22) 1695, 1696, 1697 No Stop after TERTIVS (Ex.Rare), 1698 date in Exergue, 1698 Date in Legend, 1699 GVILELMVS error, 1699 Date in Legend, unbarred First A in BRITANNIA, 1699Date in Legend, stop after Date, 1699 Date in Exergue, 1699 Date in Exergue, Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, 1699 Date in Exergue, No Stops Obverse, 1699 Date in Exergue, No Stop after GVLIELMVS, 1700 BRIVANNIA, 1700 (4), 1700 No Stop after GVLIELMVS, 1700 Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, 1701 (2) Fair to Fine an interesting group for the die variety specialist
Farthings (17) 1690, 1694, 1694 No Stop after MARIA, 1694 No Stop after BRITANNIA, 1694 No stops on obverse, 1694 Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1699 Date in Exergue, 1699 Date in Legend, 1700, 1700 RRITANNIA error, 1719 (3) in mixed grades to VG to About Fine
Farthings (10) 1700 Fair R/B in BRITANNIAR, 1736, 1754,1826, 1839, 1841 (2), 1843, 1850 5/7, 1853 WW Raised, Third Farthings (2) 1866, 1878 many with minor errors in the legend in mixed grades some VF-EF
Halfcrown 1836 VG, Florins (3) 1853 F/GF, 1855 NF/F, 1856 GF these each with ONC for ONE in ONE TENTH, Shillings (2) 1825 VG, 1836 VG, Sixpence 1819 NEF, most coin with minor errors or die flaws
Pennies (6) 1860 Freeman 16 dies 5+D (2) GF/Fine and Fine, 1860 Freeman 16 dies 5+D variant with ONF for ONE error Fair, Rare, 1861 Freeman 22 dies 4+D Fine, 1861 Freeman 26 dies 5+D VG, 1861 Freeman 29 dies 6+D VG
Farthings (9) 1839 Two Pronged Trident, 1848, 1853 WW Incuse, 1860 Toothed Border, 1864, 1868, 1869, 1886, 1890, in mixed grades VF-UNC, Halfpenny 1893 Good Fine with a planchet clip error between 6 and 8 o'clock on the reverse
Halfpennies (10) 1807 About UNC cleaned, 1827 NEF porous, 1841 DF.I error VF, 1853 (2) VF, EF with uneven tone, 1854 EF with some stains on the obverse, 1855 UNC/EF with uneven tone, 1857 GEF, 1858 8 over 7 VF, 1859 GF/NVF cleaned
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