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. S.LOGS11, Proof nFDC, we note very minor contact marks on the Boxing, Sailing, Canoeing and Taekwondo coins, all in the original Royal Mint packaging, so this as released from the Mint. Set with certificate number 13 (NO. 13 embossed in gold on the wooden lid) housed in a quality cabinet style wooden presentation box with a separate drawer 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. The certificate on this set states 13/29, 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, Triathlon 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. We have only offered one previous set, this back in June 2019, we note a tennis coin being recently advertised online for over £7500.
Medals and related (10) Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee 1887 39mm diameter in bronze, by Heaton, Reverse: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTIETH YEAR OF H.G.M. QUEEN VICTORIA within a wreath, Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 25mm diameter in silver, The Official Royal Mint issue VF toned, Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 56mm diameter in bronze, The Official Royal Mint issue GVF, Coronation of Edward VII 1902 31mm diameter in silver, The Official Royal Mint issue, GVF cleaned, Coronation of George V 1911 31mm diameter in silver, The Official Royal Mint issue, NEF, Lusitania Medal 1915 NEF with a rust spot, boxed, World War II 1939-45 miniature medal GVF, Astor County Shooting Festival 1860 39mm diameter in bronze, Reverse: Archer standing left with bow, Rifleman standing right with rifle. NEF, Cap Badge West Riding Royal Horse Artillery, with clip, 'Bow For The Use of Ladies' with suspension pin on ribbon, from which is attached a lenticular image of the Queen and Prince Philip, the reverse titled CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABTH II JUNE 2ND 1953, boxed
Romania Fantasy 100 Lei (499) 1996 (337) Tennis player (115) Aluminium Piedforts, Plain edge with 100 Lei on edge (60), Aluminium, Plain edge with 100 Lei on edge (55), Equestrian (115) Aluminium Piedforts, Plain edge with 100 Lei on edge (60), Aluminium Plain edge with 100 Lei on edge (55)Shooting (52) Aluminium , Plain edge with 100 Lei on edge, Basketball (55) Aluminium, Plain edge with 100 Lei on edge, Romania Fantasy 100 Lei 1998 (162) Alpine Skiing Aluminium Piedforts, Plain edge with 100 Lei on edge (55), Figure Skating Aluminium, Plain edge with 100 Lei on edge (54), Ice Hockey Aluminium, Plain edge with 100 Lei on edge (53), all lustrous UNC
World (18) Samoa (3) Tala 1974 10th BritishCommonwealth Games, KM#18 Lustrous UNC, 1976 MontrealOlympics - Weightlifter SilverProof KM#22a, FDC boxed, 1978 Commonwealth Games - Athletes Silver Proof KM#30a FDC boxed, South Korea (2) 5000 Won 1978 World Shooting Championships - Marksman KM#22 UNC and attractively toned, 5000 Won 1978 World Shooting Championships - Archer on horseback KM#23 unfrosted Proof FDC boxed, Singapore (2) Five Dollars 1973 7th Southeast Asia Peninsular Games KM#10 (2) both Lustrous UNC, Malaysia (2) 25 Ringgit 1977FM 9th South East Asian Games KM#23 Proof FDC on the blue card of issue, One Ringgit 1977 South East Asian Games KM#22 Lustrous UNC with a subtle and colourful tone, Japan (3) 1000 Yen 1964 (Year 39) Y#80 Lustrous UNC, 1000 Yen 1972 Sapporo Olympic Games Y#84 Lustrous UNC, 100 Yen 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games Y#79 UNC, New ZealandOne Dollar 1974 Silver Proof KM#44 FDC in the box of issue, Thailand (5) Baht (4) BE2509 (1966) 5th Asian Games - Bangkok Y#87 UNC, BE2513 (1970) 6th Asian Games - Bangkok Y#91 UNC, BE2518 (1975) 8th SEAP Games - Bangkok Y#105 UNC, BE2521 (1978) 8th Asian Games - Bangkok Y#130 Lustrous UNC, 5 Baht 1978 8th Asian Games - Bangkok Y#131 Lustrous UNC
World Medals (3) Argentina Queen VictoriaDiamond Jubilee 1897 Argentina issue 34mm diameter in silver by J.D (?) Eimer 1822 Obverse: Bust of the Queen, left, veiled, SEMPER HONOR, NOMENQUE TUUM LAUDESQUE MANEBUNT 1837-1897. Rev: Flags of Great Britain and Argentina, crossed, IN COM. LX ANN. ACC. VICTORIAE BRITT. REG. IND. IMP. BUENOS AIRES. 20.21 grammes, Lustrous GEF, Germany (2) 1927D Five Marks Medallic issue Paul von Hindenburg 80th Birthday X#1, in .900 silver, 24.75 grammes, VF, FrankfurtShooting Medal 1887 40mm diameter in silver by Lauer Obverse: NEUNTES . DEUTSCHES . BUNDS . & JUBILAUMSSCHEN * FRANKFURT * A/M, 25.92 grammes, NEF
GB and a few World (364) comprising GB (361) Five Pound Crowns to One Penny comprising Five Pound Crowns (9) 1997 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipGolden Wedding, 1998 Prince Charles 50th Birthday, 1999 Millennium, 2001 Centenary of the End of the Victorian Era (2), 2002 Queen Elizabeth IIGolden Jubilee (2), 2002 Queen Mother Memorial, 2009 500th Anniversary of the Accession of Henry VIII, EF to UNC, Two Pounds (14) 1986 Commonwealth Games (2), 1989 Bill of Rights (3), 1995 United Nations, 1996 Euro 96 Football, 1997 Technology, 2015 Britannia, 2015 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta, 2016 Shakespeare - Histories, 2016 World War I - The Army (3) EF to UNC, Fifty Pence (68) 1969 (7), 1973 (1), 1973 Proof (1), 1976 (2), 1977 (5), 1978 (2), 1979, 1980 (2), 1981 (2), 1983 (4), 1998 EEC/EU 25th Anniversary, 1998 NHS 50th Anniversary, 2000 150 Years of Public Libraries (2), 2004 4-Minute Mile, 2005 Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, 2006 The Victoria Cross - The Award (2), 2006 The Victoria Cross - The Heroic Acts, 2007 100 Years of Scouting (2), 2010 100 Years of Girlguiding (2), 2011 WWF, 2011 Olympics - Boxing, 2011 Olympics - Shooting, 2011 Olympics - Basketball, 2011 Olympics - Cycling (3), 2013 Benjamin Britten (2), 2013 Christopher Ironside (2), 2015 Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary, 2016 Battle of Hastings 950th Anniversary (2), 2016 Peter Rabbit (3), 2016 Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, 2016 Beatrix Potter (2), , 2016 Team GB, 2017 Benjamin Bunny (2), 2017 Peter Rabbit running (3), 2017 Tom Kitten, 2019 Paddington - At The Palace, in mixed grades with some in UNC, Crowns (46) 1965 (12), 1972 (4), 1977 (11), 1980 (12), 1981 (7), Five Pence Elizabeth II (124) mixed dates, all large size EF to UNC, Two Pence 1985 (50) UNC in a roll, One Penny (50) UNC in a roll both ends with the reverse showing, date not visible, World (3) Isle of Man Crown 1970 UNC in a slide case, Guernsey Fifty Pence 1980 VF, Fantasy CrownEdward VIII 1936 a modern restrike UNC in a slide case, Accessories - Books (4) Krause World Coins 1901-present 1998 edition, Coin Yearbook 2018, Wordsworth Colour Guide to Medals, and Trade Tokens - A Social and Economical History by J.R.S Whiting all in good second-hand condition, and a selection of cloth, paper and plastic bank bags
Sports Prize Medals (20) includes Wimbledon and District - South Wimbledon 1923/4/5 11.09 grammes in 9 carat gold, the remainder in silver, some with enamelling, covering a wide array of sports including Football, Bowls, Boxing, Shooting, Cycling and others dated 1905-1946, total weight of the silver items 189.6 grammes in mixed grades
GB and World Medals a mixed group in base metal (41) includes many Shooting prize medals, in mixed grades to UNC, along with a GB Crown 1951 UNC and Isle of Man Crown 1980 Proof UNC
Switzerland5 Francs (23) 1934B Freiburg Shooting Festival X#S18 (2), 1936B Confederate Armament Fund (5), 1939 Zurich Exposition (3), 1948 Constitution Centennial (4), 1944B 500th Anniversary of the Battle of St.Jakob An der Birs (4), 1941 650th Anniversary (5) all lustrous Unc - BU
The London 2012Sports CollectionFifty Pences Collector Album containing Fifty Pences 2011 (29) all the different issues, with completer medallion UNC in the Royal Mint packs of issue, along with additional Fifty Pences 2011 Shooting (2) these also UNC in the Royal Mint packs of issue
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.
Switzerland 5 Franc ShootingThalers (6) 1863 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchatel toned UNC, 1865 Schaffhausen lustrous UNC, 1876 Lausanne UNC, lightly toned, 1879 Basel Toned UNC, 1883 Lugano, Toned UNC, 1885 Berne, nFDC this sharp and choice with prooflike fields, a Specimen striking, in fitted Presentation box dated 1885 for the Berne Shooting Festival, an attractive and seldom seen item
Switzerland5 Francs (13) 1934B Freiburg Shooting Festival X#S18, 1936B Confederate Armament Fund (3), 1939 Zurich Exposition, 1941B 650th Anniversary of Confederation (3), 1944B 500th Anniversary of the Battle of St.Jakob An der Birs (4), all lustrous UNC
Switzerland5 Francs (10) 1934B Freibourg Shooting Festival X#S18, 1936B Confederate Armament Fund (3), 1939 Zurich Exposition, 1941B 650th Anniversary of Confederation (3), 1944B 500th Anniversary of the Battle of St.Jakob An der Birs (2), all lustrous UNC
Rifle Association Shooting medals (80), includes N.S.R.A. Bisley (13), Surrey County Small Bore Rifle Assoc. (24), assorted awards including cloth insignia (43). Issued from late 1970's till 1990's. Generally VF.
SwitzerlandShooting Thaler 1855 Solothurn KM S3 GVF with numerous surface nicks and scuffs and once cleaned, rare and seldom offered in any grade being the first issue of the Shooting Thaler series and a mintage of just 3,000
INA Retro Series Crowns (2) Edward VIII 1936 Reverse in the style of the pattern by Hearn in silver UNC, Edward VIII 1937 George and the Dragon Reverse with MODEL in the field in silver UNC, Medal Edward VIII 31mm diameter in silver obverse uniface (hallmarked on the reverse) UNC in the blue box of issue, Switzerland ShootingThaler 1849 a copy weighing 20.8 grammes EF, Australia 'Rickety Dick' Token undated (1873) New South Wales 'Struck at the Exhibition Mint' EF
Oxford & Cambridge University Rifle Clubs Chancellors VIII Awards (4, 3 bronze and I silver) in cases. English Twenty Club (Rifle Shooting) from 1960's (3). Public Schools veterans Challenge Trophy (2), Surrey County NRA Medals (5), Miniature Rifle Clubs Medals (5) EF. (18). Together with 25 assorted cloth Rifle Club badges
SwitzerlandShooting Thalers (2) 1883 Shooting Thaler X#S16, 1876 Lausanne Reverse TIR FEDERAL DE 1876 A LAUSANNE with city view surprisingly unlisted by Krause both UNC or near so and with some lustre
SwitzerlandShooting Festival Commemoratives 5 Francs 1881 Friburg and 1883 Lugano, Switzerland 5 Francs 1907 and 1923, along with Brazil 2,000 Reis 1888 VF- GEF
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