Mint Errors Mis-Strikes (2) Sixpence William III 1697 struck off-centre with around 1.5mm blank flan Fine, Half farthing 1844 Struck Off-centre with around 3.5mm blank flan EF
Farthings (10) 1694, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1698 Date in Legend, 1698 Date in exergue, 1699 Date in Legend, 1699 Date in Exergue, 1700 (2) in mixed grades to Fine
Farthings (101) 1860-1956 includes 1863, 1875 Large and small dates, 1895 Bun Head some Victorian dates NEF-EF, with some 20th century issues in lustrous grades
Halfcrowns 1923 (7) VF-EF as part of a group of mostly Pennies to Farthings Victoria to Elizabeth II along with a few cupro-nickel Halfcrowns, also Provincial Mint Pennies (60) 1912H (38), 1918H (7), 1919H (13), 1918KN (2) in mixed circulated grades
Five Pound Crowns (6) 1996 Queen Elizabeth II 70th Birthday, 1997 Golden Wedding, 2000 Millennium, 2000 Queen MotherCentenary, 2003 Coronation 50th Anniversary, 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday, Two pounds 1986 Commonwealth Games, Fifty Pence (2) 1994 D-Day Landings, 1995 Peace Dove, Royal MintTwo PoundsTrial Pack showing the four stages of production, Queen Elizabeth II Crown Collection an 8-coin set 1953-1990, Last £sd set 8-coin sets (2), 'First and Last' set Decimal and Pre-Decimal Elizabeth II, Crown and £5 Crown set ' Equestrian Crowns ' a 3-coin set comprising Crown 1953, 1977 and Five Pound Crown 2002, UNC in the wallets of issue, The KingGeorge VI Collection Halfcrown to Farthing 1938-1949 in mixed grades in the wallet of issue, European Community Coin Collection a 12-coin set comprising a pre-Euro coin from each member state UNC in the wallet of issue, Britain's First Decimal Coins 1968/71 (2) UNC in the wallets of issue
Mint Errors Mis-Strikes Charles II Farthings (2) 1675 off-centre with 2mm blank flan VG, 1674 double struck with the second strike rotated by around 45 degrees VG
Farthing 1687 Tin Peck 554 or 558 with a five pointed star between NVMMORVM and FAMVLVS and a star after the date edge partly readable so exact attribution not possible, both extremely rare NF/NVG with some blistering
Farthing 1713 a forgery cast in silver on a small flan as Reverse A type (Peck states that no genuine silver or brass pieces are believed to exist from this die) VG the reverse slightly better
Model Money 1848-1902 (13) a mixed group includes many in EF, plus Royal Mintmedallions from Proof sets (11) EF-UNC, and modern Farthing museum tokens (2) UNC
Halfpennies (1029) Victoria Bun Head (106) Clear dates, Victoria Veiled Head (42), Edward VII (97), George V (762) mostly average circulated, George VI EF or better (22), Farthings (60) Victoria Veiled Head (27) Fine to GVF, Edward VII (33) Fine to GVF, plus Farthings an additional bag Victoria to Elizabeth II (200) many later dates lustrous
Farthings - Pattern Farthings or medalets William and Mary in copper undated (2) The first with Obverse GVLIELMVS III.DEI.GRA Reverse MARIA.II.DEI.GRA. VG, the second Obverse MARIA.II.DEI.GRA Reverse Rose EX CANDORE DECVS VG
Farthing 1737 Large Date unlisted by Peck but known to be very rare. (There was no specimen in Norweb, Westbrook, Debens, Foster or Bowers collections) GF/NVF a pleasing piece without problems
Halfpennies (4) 1731 Fine, 1731 No stop after REX unrecorded by Peck and absent from the Nicholson collection with a different obverse die to the previous coin Good Fine with some corrosion spots, 1734 Crosslet 4 NF, 1806 GVF bent, Farthings (6) 1830 VF/NVF, 1831 NF/F, 1839 DEF. GF, 1843 Fine, 1847 Fine/Near Fine, 1880 Near Fine with a die flaw running along the letters to the left of the head, all Ex-Michael Freeman
SixpenceElizabeth I 1575 Good Fine with a piece missing 2 to 3 o'clock on the obverse to the inner circle. FarthingEdward I VG/Fine struck off-centre. Farthing James I Harrington 1613-1614 VG on a ragged flan, holed in centre. Farthing Charles I Rose Fine
Halfcrowns 1896, 1897, 1902 Matt Proof EF-UNC, Shilling 1848 VG as part of an accumulation in bags and tins (around 8 Kilos) Crowns to Farthings includes a few World items and tokens, in mixed grades
Farthing 1849 Peck 1570 UNC or near so with minor cabinet friction and a few contact light. A couple of small carbon spots on the portrait barely detract, Very Rare in this high grade, Ex-Colin Cooke collection, Ex-R.Heseltine collection,
Farthing 1849 Peck 1570PCGS MS63 BN we grade UNC with lustre traces, some contact marks and a small carbon spot on the exergue line, Very Rare in high grade
The Gillick Portrait Collection a 13-coin set comprising Sovereigns (2) 1957, 1968, Crowns (2) 1960, 1965, Halfcrown 1967, Florin 1967, Shillings English and Scottish 1966, Sixpence 1967, Brass Threepence 1967, Penny 1967, Halfpenny 1967 and Farthing 1956, the Sovereigns EF-GEF the others UNC, in the red case of issue with certificate, number 392 of 1500 issued
Farthings (19) 1675 (2) VG and Fine, 1690 VG, 1694 (3) VG-Fine, 1700 VG, 1719 (2) VG and Fine, 1720 VG, 1722 VG, 1723 VG, 1733 About Fine, 1735 About Fine, 1744 Good Fine, 1746 GVF, 1749 VF, 1773 Contemporary Counterfeit About Fine, 1806 Fine, plus Mary Medalet NF, South Wales Farthing token 1793 Fine and imitation Half Guinea 1801 in copper Good Fine
Proof Sets (6) 1953 10 coins Crown to Farthing, Flat Packs (2) 1970, 1971, Red Leather Deluxe (2) 1994, 1997, 1996 Silver Set (7 coins One Pound to One Penny), Two Pounds 1995 Peace Dove Silver Proof, Two Pounds 1995 UN Silver Proof, One Pound a 4-coin set 1994-1997 Silver Proof Piedforts all FDC in the cases of issue with certificates
Shillings (2), Pennies (21), Halfpennies (47) and Farthings (10) 17th, 18th and 19th Century in mixed generally lower grades although we noticed a couple in VF-EF
Farthings 1902-1956 in a Whitman Album complete with obverses GEF-Lustrous UNC the majority of the post 1918 issues with good or full lustre, a most pleasing group
Farthings (10) 1831 NEF/EF, 1834 EF, 1836 GVF, 1857, 1858 EF, 1882H (2) A/UNC and UNC, 1883 EF, 1884 GEF, 1896 A/UNC with varying degrees of lustre, some with a few spots
Florins to Farthings William IV to Elizabeth II includes some silver items (around 3.5 Kilos), mostly in circulated grades with some later dates in lustrous EF-UNC
James I (7) Twopence First Issue along with Twopence, Penny and Halfpenny Third issue, Farthings (3) Harrington small and normal size, Lennox, in mixed grades some VF to NEF, with attributions
A mixed group with Bronze including Provincial Mint Pennies, Farthings including Victorian types, a few cupro- crowns other base metal LSD some in higher grades, some world issues etc. |(lot)
Halfpenny 1699 Date in Exergue, No Stops on Reverse unlisted by Peck, listed as item no.128 in the Nicholson Collection catalogue VG, Extremely Rare, and weighing 8.9 grammes, lighter than the Nicholson example, Farthing 1699 Date in Legend First A unbarred in BRITANNIA Peck 685, listed as extremely rare by Peck, VG/NF and superior in appearance to the Cooke collection example
Pennies (8) 1864 Plain 4, 1864 Crosslet 4, 1865 holed and stamped 'E PICOTIN APERITIF', 1879, 1891 with '3' stamped on the reverse, 1919H, 1926 Modified Effigy, 1946 dot after ONE variety, Halfpennies (3) 1694, 1699 Date in legend, Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, 1775 contemporary counterfeit, Farthings 1860 Toothed Border (2), DecimalPenny date worn, in mixed grades VG-NVF
Farthing 1698 date in Exergue with B over G in BRITANNIA Peck 664 only Poor with pitted surfaces but the variety very clear, Extremely Rare, we note the example in the Cooke collection was only around Fine
Halfpenny 1876H Freeman 329 dies 14+M UNC with traces of lustre and minor cabinet friction, Farthing 1875H Freeman 532 dies 5+C UNC with traces of lustre and a toning spot on the reverse
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