Halfpennies18th Century (6) Middlesex (3) Corresponding Society 1795 The Fable of the bundle of sticks, Reverse: A Dove flying with an olive branch, milled edge, DH286 NVF, Kilvington's 1795 Obverse: Laureate Bust left, Reverse: Figure of Britannia seated left, engrailed edge, DH346 Near VF, Richardson's DH471 Obverse: A Bluecoat boy preparing to draw from a lottery wheel, Reverse: Richardson Goodluck & Co. GVF holed, Gloucestershire - Newent 1796 Obverse: A shield against a tree/ Reverse: a spiral inscription with date in the centre, DH64 VF, Norfolk - Norwich 1792 Obverse : Shield of Arms of Norwich/ Reverse: Man in loom DH38 VF, Sussex - Chichester 1794 Obverse: Bust of John Howard left, Reverse: The Sun and Moon over a castle DH19 VF, along with Medals (7) The Venerable Order of the Druids 53mm diameter in white metal NVF holed with some edge knocks, Sunday School Centenary, Wales 1885 Thomas Charles of Bala 44mm diameter in white metal Obverse: Bust almost facing, draped Eimer 1713 Reverse: 8-line inscription in Welsh Eimer 1713 NEF holed, Reform Bill 1832 44mm diameter in bronze by D.Gibson, Obverse: REFORM IN THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMONS HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT 1832 within a wreath with the shield of London below, Reverse: Britannia with shield holding a spear alongside a crowned scroll inscribed THE FOUNDATION IS LAID BY JUSTICE, LET THE SUPERSTRUCTURE BR RAISED BY WISDOM AND HAPPINESS MUST BE THE RESULT, GVF, issued at the Bishopgate Ward Reform Dinner September 1832, Francis Henry Egerton undated (c.1850) 41mm diameter in bronze by F.Donadion , Obverse: Bust Right no legend, Reverse: FRANCIS HENRY EGERTON, EARL OF BRIDGEWATER VF, Lloyd's Medal 1839 a cast of the reverse of the 1839 medal (reverse type as Eimer 1333) 72 mm diameter by W.Wyon GVF, The Capture of the HMS Seripas by the USS Bonhomme Richard a uniface bronze cliché, VF cleaned, Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey 1678 after G.Bower a later cast copy 38mm diameter, unsigned with plain edge, in silver (?) Fine
Silver Medals (Covers) (3) China, Peoples Republic of China 1.1.1949 map of China reverse, obverse with Chairman Mao Tse-Tung silver and marked .999 and marked CHI (Val Cambi of Switzerland) Unc and starting to. Nepal Medal and Stamp Cover 25th Anniversary of the First Ascent of Mount Everest June 1 1978 by Franklin Mint and in their wallet of issues with Namche Bazar post mark 29.5.1978 and showing the signatures of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. The Centenary of Test Cricket 1977 crown sized silver commemorating the first test match which was at Melbourne cricket ground post mark 9 Mar 1977 Unc in The Birmingham Mint's Wallet of Issue
PenniesEdward I (2) Class 2b, N's in legend reversed, London MintS.1386, 1.38 grammes. VF nicely toned with some light deposit on the reverse, Class 10B Bury St. Edmunds Mint S.1418. 1.28 grammes. Fine
Penny18th CenturySuffolk - Bury 1794 Obverse: Charles Marquis Cornwallis/Reverse: Figure of Fame, lettered and dated edge DH4 NEF/GVF, along with Halfpennies 18th Century (9) Suffolk - Hoxne 1795 DH33a Obverse: Yeoman/Reverse: Castle within a garter NVF. Suffolk - Bury St. Edmundsundated Obverse: Shield of Arms/ Reverse: a cypher PD above a crown, between palm and laurel branches DHDH25 VF. Suffolk - Lowestoft 1795 Obverse: Bathing machines in the water/Reverse: Men in a boat fishing, DH37 About VF once cleaned. Essex - Colchester 1794 Obverse: Colchester Castle, design runs to the edge of the flan//Reverse: A loom DH10 Near VF. Hampshire - Southampton 1791 Obverse: Sr. Bevois Southampton/Reverse: Shield of Arms DH89 VF/GF. Shropshire - Shrewsbury 1794 Woollen Manufactory Obverse: Shield of Arms/ Reverse: Woolpack, Edge: Payable at London, Liverpool or Bristol DH25d GVF with some lustre. Middlesex 1795 Kilvington's, Obverse: Bust left, with top of wreath under J/ Reverse: Britannia seated left, BRUNSWICK HALFPENNY DH346 Good Fine, the reverse a little better. Middlesex - National Series undated - Obverse: Prince of Wales/ Reverse: Royal Arms with the Prince of Wales motto, edge Payable at London or Dublin DH953a NVF/GF. Middlesex - Mail Coach undated Obverse: A Mail coach travelling/ Reverse: legend in eight lines DH363 NVF
Maundy Presentation 2009 comprising Maundy Sets 2009 (8) and Maundy Threepence 2009 making up the 83 pence awarded by the Queen for this year, all the coins UNC and still sealed in the plastics, along with both Maundy Purses and including a Five Pound Coin 2009 and Fifty Pence 2009 Kew Gardens accompanied with the St Edmundsbury Cathedral programme 9th April 2009 and various letters of invitation and instruction to the recipient
Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678, 39mm diameter in silver by G. Bower, Eimer 257a Obverse:- bust right being strangled by his own cravat, MORIENDO. RESTITVIT. REM. E. GODFREY, Rev:-. TANTVM. RELIGIO. POTVIT., A man strangling a prone figure, Pope standing left blessing the event and holing a Bullo (decree) Edge: CERVICE. FRACTA. FIDEM. SVSTVLIT. ATLAS. XNS. 1678 Good Fine
Halfpennies18th CenturySuffolk (6) Blything 1794 Suffolk Yeomanry DH19 GEF with traces of lustre, Bungay 1795 Scroll/Figure of Justice DH21 UNC or near so and lustrous, Bungay 1794 Bigods Castle/Figure of Justice DH22 GEF, Bury, Shield of Arms of Bury St. Edmunds/PD cypher above crown DH26 GEF with traces of lustre, Bury undated, Michael Apsey's, milled edge DH28, GEF and lustrous, Sudbury 1793 DH39 GEF and lustrous
India Medal The 914 Naga Star taking the form of a Silver One Rupee Coin 1940 , with accompanying paperwork to Major A.F.Lockyer - Royal Engineers VF. Plaque 85mm x 15mm Edmund H.Oliver, Killed in France August 19th 1916 Age 20 Yrs., as part of a group of pins, buttons, badges and medals, a USA seal and a 90mm diameter FAO Technical Co-Operation medal 1982 uniface with the years calendar GVF (lot)
17th CenturySussex (7) Chichester William Fletcher 44, Thomas Godleman 48, Robert Wihither (Heart shape) 70, Cliff Mary Akehurst 73, Eastbourne John Ellphicke 81, Lewes Edmund Middleton 114, Midhurst John Shotter 137 Fair to About Fine
17th CenturyNorfolk (4) Norwich City Farthing 1670 W.228, Norwich City Farthings 1667 (2) W.225, each VG, Thornham Halfpenny W.259 VG holed, Suffolk (6) Ipswich 1670 Town Arms (2) W.158/9 VG and NF, Sudbury Richard West W.343 NVG, LowestoftW.224 Town Arms, Fine, Saxmundham Nicholas Shepherd, undated, Fine, Bury St. Edmunds 1669 Halfpenny Edward Barnbe Fine with a long flan crack
PennyStephen, Voided Cross and Stars type S.1280 Bury St.Edmunds Mint (EDM) moneyer Acel, About Fine for issue with some weak areas, but much stronger than usually seen for this normally poorly struck issue, Very rare, our archive database shows that this is the first of this type we have offered
Hammered (4) Including a Henry III short cross penny, RAVF ON SANTA, Rauf at Bury St. Edmunds mint, Henry III long cross penny NICOLE ON CANT, Nicole at Canterbury mint, Edward I long cross penny, London mint, no stops on reverse, and a James IHalfgroat mintmark lis. Possibly some rare classes among them, condition generally around NVF.
Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, silver, 48mm, obv. bust of Queen Elizabeth I, rev. heraldic shield surrounded by inscription "Scientiis Naturalibus Feliciter Excultis Edmundus F. Lawson 1907". In case of issue. GVF.
New ZealandProof Set 1992, Year Sets (14) 1972, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1994, 1996, 1996 Auckland, 1997 Christchurch, 1998 Dunedin, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, UNC in the wallets of issue, One Dollar Silver Proofs (2) 1979, 1982 Takahe, One Ounce Silver 2008 Sir Edmund Hillary Proof, Five Dollars Silver Proofs (2) 1997, 1993 40th Anniversary of the Coronation, One Dollar a 4-coin set Celebration of SportCommonwealth Games 1990 Silver Proofs, Five Dollars 1990 Proof FDC in the cases of issue many with certificates, Five Dollars (2) 1991 Rugby World Cup, 2005 Fiordland Crested Penguin, Lord of the Rings One Dollar a 3-coin set 2003, Ten Dollars 1996 Sinking of the General Grant, Ten Dollars Banknote 2000 UNC, Ten Cents Tuatara UNC, all in the wallets of issue, New Zealand Dollars 1969, 1970 (2), 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1983 Royal Visit, 1985, 1986 UNC in slide cases, Crowns (2) 1949, 1951 as part of a mixed New Zealand group (67) mostly post-1950 issues in mixed grades includes a few Cook Islands
Hammered (4) An interesting group which represents the transition from short cross to cross and pellets coinage in England during the 13th century, PennyJohn Class 5c SIMON ON CAN Canterbury mint (N,971, S.1352) GF, very slight flan loss but a clear portrait, Penny Henry III Class 5a RICARD ON LVND London mint (N.991/2, S.1367),VF and nicely toned, flan slightly crimped and the reverse a little off struck, Penny Edward I Class VI IOH ON SEINTED Bury St. Edmunds mint (N.1001, S.1377) Fine, the crude portrait mostly clear, probably from the Colchesterhoard, Penny Edward I Class 4d with pellet at beginning of Obv. and rev. legend Canterbury mint (N.1026, S.1419) GF and toned
Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey 1678, bronze, 38mm. Obv. Godfrey being strangled, rev. man on horseback supporting body with man advancing on foot. (Eimer 258). Cast, GVF
Henry II Tealby coinage pennies(1154-80), class A, Bury St Edmunds mint, moneyer Willem. S.1337. Fine for issue, but weak in centre. Class C x 2, moneyer Henri, Bury St Edmunds mint. S. 1339. Both very fine. (3)
Henry III short cross pennies (1216-47), class 7, moneyer Norman on SAN (Bury St. Edmunds). S.1356B. Very fine. Class 7, moneyer Simund on SANT (Bury St Edmunds). S.1356B. About very fine. (2)
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