Five Pound Crown 2019 Tower of London - Legend of the Ravens Silver Proof PiedfortS.L73 in an NGC holder - First Releases - graded PF69 Ultra Cameo, comes with Royal Mint certificate and booklet detailing the History of the Tower Ravens, and the role of the Ravenmaster
Fifty Pence 2017 375th Anniversary of the Birth of Sir Isaac NewtonS.H39GoldProof FDC in the Royal Mint box of issue with certificate and booklet. The booklet described Newton's achievements and his time at the Royal Mint in his roles as Warden and later Master of the Mint, and details his involvement with the branch mints in the Great Recoinage of 1696. Certificate number 137 of only 634 issued with just 500 in this presentation format
Proof Set 2017 Premium Set 13 coins with Royal Mint medal, Five Pound Crowns (2) Centenary of the House of Windsor, 1000th Anniversary of King Canute, Two Pounds (3) World War I The War in the Air, Jane Austen 200th Anniversary of her Birth, and Britannia, Fifty Pence Sir Isaac Newton 300th Anniversary of becoming Master of the Mint, along with the standard One Pound to One Penny Proofs nFDC to FDC in the box of issue with certificate
JerseyTen Pounds 2016 5oz. SilverProof 'Masterpiece' with high relief Coloured Poppy on the reverse, FDC in the large Westminster box of issue with certificate. Numismatic Cover Jersey Five Pounds 2017 We Will Remember Them Silver Proof along with 4x First Class stamps, UNC on the cover of issue, in a Westminster folder. Gibraltar -The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945 a 6-coin set comprising Gold Ten Pounds 2016 Proof , IN GRATITUDE TO THE MERCHANT NAVY 3.11 grammes of .999 gold, Twenty Pounds 2016 FOR ALL SEAFARERS Silver Proof, Halfcrowns 2016 Proofs in silver (4) UNRECOGNIZED, YOU PUT US IN YOUR DEBT. UNTHANKED, YOU ENTER, OR ESCAPE THE GRAVE. WHETHER YOUR LAND REMEMBER OR FORGET. YOU SAVED THE LAND, OR DIED TRYING TO SAVE types, all but the Twenty Pounds with certificates, all the silver coins bear the '4700 MBSL' mintmark confirming they were minted from the World War II Silver from the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa, nFDC to FDC in the folder of issue
German States - Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Thaler 1626 Goslar Mint, with HS mint master initials after the date, Crossed Keys mintmark at the commencement of the obverse legend, V's for U's in legend. KM#52.4, 26.19 grammes, Bold VF
Proof Set 2017 Premium Set 13 coins with Royal Mint medal, Five Pound Crowns (2) Centenary of the House of Windsor, 1000th Anniversary of King Canute, Two Pounds (3) World War I the war in the Air, Jane Austen 200th Anniversary of her Birth, and Britannia, Fifty Pence Sir Isaac Newton 300th Anniversary of becoming Master of the Mint, along with the standard One Pound to One Penny Proofs FDC in the box of issue with certificate
Fifty Pence, The London 2012 50p Gold Proof Piedfort Olympic Gold Medal Winners Set, a spectacular 11 coin set featuring the 11 sports that Team GB won their 29 medals in. Proof FDC with certificate number 2 (NO. 02 embossed in gold on the wooden lid) housed in a quality cabinet style wooden presentation box with a separate draw for the certificate and CD (unopened), and a CHIEF ENGRAVER MASTER PROOFS presentation card which shows the engraver's master proofs embossed in gold, the whole with outer card box. This is a rare set and must be The Holy Grail certainly of 50p sets and perhaps of the entire Royal Mint modern series since 1979. Some ambiguity has surrounded the mintages of these coins as the first time they appeared in The Coins of England reference book by Spink it was stated that just two of each coin had been struck one for the designer the other for the gold medallist. Here at London Coins we have offered four individual coins since 2012 all different sports (athletics, cycling, triathalon and tennis). The certificate on this set states 2/29, however the vendor has provided us with actual sales figures (rather than mintage limits) that he has obtained from The Royal Mint which indicate that just 15 of these 11 coin sets exist and states the additional coins issued separately so giving the following total mintages for each sport as Athletics 26, Boxing 18, Rowing 26, Cycling 26, Equestrian 22, Sailing 17, Shooting 17, Tennis 25, Taekwondo 15, Traithalon 22, Canoeing 17 (therefore no Taekwondo coins exist other than in these 15 sets). These are excessively low figures and anyone with an eye to wealth creation should reflect on the current values of Royal Mint proof sets that include gold from yesteryear, sets with mintages of 150 (10 times more than these 50p sets) can realise six figure sums. As far as we could tell this is the first example of this set offered so preparing an estimate can not be done on past results, what we can say is that the 4 individual coins we have sold totalled £20,800 or over £5,000 per coin.
Books (6) Seaby English Silver Coinage 1949 (2) one an interesting interleaved copy, Greek Coins and Their Values 2nd Edition 1966 by Seaby, The Coinage of Roman Britain by Gilbert Askew 1951, The Seventeenth Annual Report of the Deputy Master of the Mint 1886 (1887), Humphreys Coin Collectors Manual 1853, Bohn's Illustrated Library, in mixed second-hand condition
Proof Set 2017 Premium Set 13 coins with Royal Mint medal, Five Pound Crowns (2) Centenary of the House of Windsor, 1000th Anniversary of King Canute, Two Pounds (3) World War I The War in the Air, Jane Austen 200th Anniversary of her Birth, and Britannia, Fifty Pence Sir Isaac Newton 300th Anniversary of becoming Master of the Mint, along with the standard One Pound to One Penny Proofs FDC in the box of issue with certificate
Proof Set 2017 Premium Set 13 coins with Royal Mint medal, Five Pound Crowns (2) Centenary of the House of Windsor, 1000th Anniversary of King Canute, Two Pounds (3) World War I the war in the Air, Jane Austen 200th Anniversary of her Birth, and Britannia, Fifty Pence Sir Isaac Newton 300th Anniversary of becoming Master of the Mint, along with the standard One Pound to One Penny Proofs FDC in the box of issue with certificate
The Royal Mint Britannia Masterpiece 10oz Gold Medal 2011 by Robert Evans 313 grams of fine gold (999.9) as issued in The Royal Mint's wooden presentation box with certificate with an issue limit of just 25 rare and desirable thus and listed by internet retailers at £18,000
The 2010 Mintmasters GoldProof Sovereign 5-coin collection comprising Gold Five Pounds 2010 Proof, Two Pounds 2010 Proof, Sovereign 2010 Proof, Half Sovereign 2010 Proof and Quarter Sovereign 2010 Proof all in NGC holders and each graded PF70 Ultra Cameo, along with Royal Mintmedal, in the impressive box of issue with certificate, only 250 sets assembled in this format
The 2010 Mintmasters GoldProof Sovereign 4-coin collection comprising Gold Five Pounds 2010 Proof, Two Pounds 2010 Proof, Sovereign 2010 Proof, Half Sovereign 2010 Proof all in NGC holders and each graded PF70 Ultra Cameo, in the box of issue with certificate, only 175 sets assembled in this format
The 100 Greatest Masterpieces series (71) Numbers 1-64 and 94-100 each medal depicting Iconic Works of Art, issued 1973-1980 by Franklin Mint each medal 51mm diameter in gold plated sterling silver UNC to FDC in the large display cabinet of issue with all certificates
USA Postmasters of America 1970s Medallic First Day Covers (26) Franklin Mint issues with sterling silver Crown-sized medals and stamps, UNC in the wallets of issue, along with Postmasters of America Pewter Medal 1975 Benjamin Franklin Medallic cover
Penny 1864 Crosslet 4 Peck 1664 with 239/136 scratched in the obverse field, toned UNC with traces of lustre and a few small spots. The numbers were scratched into the field during the mastership of Professor Thomas Graham (1855-1869) have been shown by G.P.Dyer to represent overall output in tons of bronze coin minted since 1860 (the higher figure) and output in tons of that particular denomination since 1860 (the lower figure) This is not the example pictured in Michael Gouby's 'The British Bronze Penny' - Specialised Edition (Page 49) but displays a superb sharp strike. A highly desirable piece of Victorian bronze coinage history, as stated by Gouby there are only 2 examples known, this, Ex-D.W.Grey 20/10/1971, Lot 111, Ex-Seaby Bulletin, September 1974, item K162, Ex-Sotheby Auction 9/10/1979 Lot 257, Ex-Michael Freeman, and one other, the other example illustrated in Gouby's book being the Ex-Norweb, Ex-A.H.F.Baldwin example, described by Spink as 'Extremely Fine and attractively patinated'. A total of 34 'scratched field' bronze coins are recorded of all dates and denominations, made up of 20 Pennies, 7 Halfpennies and 7 Farthings. Of the 20 Pennies, 12 are known to be in the British Museum Collection, this being one of the remaining 8 available to commerce. An extremely rare opportunity to bid on a piece of Victorian numismatic history. We note a standard currency 1864 Crosslet 4 Penny in UNC sold in our March 2014 auction (Lot 1844) for £3978 inclusive of buyers premium.
Florins Elizabeth II Florin Engraver's Trial pieces undated c.1961 (5) each with TRIAL DIE on the reverse, the obverses with the standard early Elizabeth II portrait, the legend on each coin with a different typeface, with the type face abbreviated name raised in the field, i.e. Albertus (TRIAL ALB.) Albertus Light (ALB.L), Poliphilus (Pol.). Baskerville (BAS.), and Ionic (ION.) each coin UNC, comes with booklet and copy of original handwritten notes detailing each type face and the experiments conducted by the Deputy Master of the Mint into the suitability of certain styles of lettering for use in the design and minting of coins and medals, The set is accompanied by an additional handwritten note stating that there were originally seven sets made, these sets were then presented to the Queen for her consideration. One set had the handwritten note and typed manuscript, the other six sets, rather than having TRIAL DIE on the reverse, had plain reverses. This set is the original set, with a photostat copy of the folder from one of the six other sets which became detached from the coins. Comes in a large and impressive hard black case, originally purchased from the London Mint Office for £18,000, a wonderful documented insight into the processes involved in development of pre-decimal coinage in the early Elizabethan era
Britannia Gold Proof Set 2009 in a 4-coin set 'The Mint Master Series' comprising Britannia Gold £100, £50, £25 and £10 Proof issues in NGC holders each slabbed and graded PF70 Ultra Cameo in the wooden box of issue with certificate, number 007 of 150 sets issued in this format
Chief Engraver Master Proofs Set 2013 16 coin set in the Royal Mints wooden box, Silver Proof Coin Sets 2009 (12 coin set) and 2011 (14 coin set), 2008 Silver Proof Sets (2) Emblems and Royal Shield
Proof Set 2015 8 coin silver set The Fourth Circulating Coinage Portrait Final Edition (Royal Mint issue price £240), Proof Set 2014 the a 14 coin set with the 8 regular issues along with a second set of 6 Chief Engraver Master Proofs both FDC in elaborate Royal Mint presentation cased with paper work
GB and World Proof items (8) GB Blue Proof Sets (4) 1996, 1997 (2), 1998 FDC in the cases of issue. Royal Australian Mint issues Accession Set 2002 3 coin set Australia 50c, Canada $1 UK £5 Silver Proofs FDC in the purple case of issue. Singapore Dollar 2003 in gold 7mm diameter in .999 gold UNC on the card of issue. End of World War II Silver Proof Collection a 6-coin set comprising Canada 5 Dollars 2005, GB Two Pounds 2005, Russia 3 Roubles 2005, USA Silver Eagle 2005, France 1 1/2 Euros , Australia Dollar 2005 Hologram all nFDC-FDC in the wooden case of issue with certificate. Australia 'Masterpieces in Silver 2000 a 5 coin Proof set Two Dollars, Fifty Cents, Twenty Cents (3) depicting British Monarchs Victoria to Elizabeth II. All cased FDC with certificate
The Masterpiece Millennium Collection 2000 a 24-coin set with one Silver Crown-sized example from a variety of countries, many different shaped coins represented all FDC in the blue Royal Mint box with certificates
RoyalAustralian Mint issues Accession Set 2002 3 coin set Australia 50c, Canada $1 UK £5, Royal Ladies 4 coin set, and Master Pieces of the 20th Century Monarchs all silver Proof issues and cased with certificates
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