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.
World Crown-sized (73) many in silver includes Falkland islands Fifty Pence 2002 Golden Jubilee Proof issues (19), Congo (5) Ten Francs 2003 Victoria Falls Silver Proof with hologram reverse, Ten Francs 2003 Turtle Silver Proof with hologram reverse (2), Ten Francs 2003 Dolphin Silver Proof with hologram reverse, Five Francs 2003 Orque Cupro-Nickel Proof with hologram reverse, Australia (1) 50 Cents 2002 50th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II Silver Proof, Canada (1) One Dollar 1977 Throne of the Senate Prooflike UNC, Ascension Island (1) Fifty Pence 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday Prooflike UNC, Mongolia 500 Tugrik 2003 Grey Wolf Silver Proof with coloured reverse, Tristan da Cunha Fifty Pence undated (2000) Princess Anne 50th Birthday Silver Proof, Ghana 500 Sika 2003 Prince William 21st Birthday Silver Proof, Zambia 4000 Kwacha (2) 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday Oval Silver Proof with coloured reverse, 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Oval Silver Proof, Thailand 10 Baht 1993 (BE2536) Centenary of the Thailand Red Cross Cupro-Nickel Proof, Solomon Islands Five Dollars (6) 2000 SydneyOlympics - Cycling Silver Proofs with coloured reverse (2), 2000 Sydney Olympics - Tennis Silver Proofs with coloured reverse (4), Solomon Islands Dollar 2000 Sydney Olympics - Swimming Cupro-Nickel Proofs with coloured reverse italic obverse legend (2), plain obverse legend (16), Solomon Islands Dollar 2000 Sydney Olympics - Sailing Cupro-Nickel Proofs with coloured reverse italic obverse legend (2), plain obverse legend (14) nFDC to FDC in the boxes of issue
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 Crown-sized (73) many in silver includes Falkland islands Fifty Pence 2002 Golden Jubilee Proof issues (19), Congo (5) Ten Francs 2003 Victoria Falls Silver Proof with hologram reverse, Ten Francs 2003 Turtle Silver Proof with hologram reverse (2), Ten Francs 2003 Dolphin Silver Proof with hologram reverse, Five Francs 2003 Orque Cupro-Nickel Proof with hologram reverse, Australia (1) 50 Cents 2002 50th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II Silver Proof, Canada (1) One Dollar 1977 Throne of the Senate Prooflike UNC, Ascension Island (1) Fifty Pence 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday Prooflike UNC, Mongolia 500 Tugrik 2003 Grey Wolf Silver Proof with coloured reverse, Tristan da Cunha Fifty Pence undated (2000) Princess Anne 50th Birthday Silver Proof, Ghana 500 Sika 2003 Prince William 21st Birthday Silver Proof, Zambia 4000 Kwacha (2) 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday Oval Silver Proof with coloured reverse, 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Oval Silver Proof, Thailand 10 Baht 1993 (BE2536) Centenary of the Thailand Red Cross Cupro-Nickel Proof, Solomon Islands Five Dollars (6) 2000 SydneyOlympics - Cycling Silver Proofs with coloured reverse (2), 2000 Sydney Olympics - Tennis Silver Proofs with coloured reverse (4), Solomon Islands Dollar 2000 Sydney Olympics - Swimming Cupro-Nickel Proofs with coloured reverse italic obverse legend (2), plain obverse legend (16), Solomon Islands Dollar 2000 Sydney Olympics - Sailing Cupro-Nickel Proofs with coloured reverse italic obverse legend (2), plain obverse legend (14) nFDC to FDC in the boxes of issue
Holborn Restaurant 1874 (struck around 1895) 69mm diameter and weighing 236 grammes, struck in lead with a bronzed finish Eimer 1640, BHM 2990. Obverse: A group of figures congregated around a grand entrance HOLBORN. In exergue: RESTAURANT ESTd. 1874, Reverse: Couples dancing on a large ballroom floor. Below PRESENTED BY THE PROPRIETORS, to Mr. J.E. Thorpe Esq. July 7th 1897, VF with some edge bruises. A total of 34 inscriptions are so far recorded of the recipients of the medal between 1893 and 1897. Established in 1874, the restaurant was the grandest establishment of its kind in London and held a unique position in London social life. Many of its facilities were available for private hire, with the King's Hall capable of accommodating 500 diners. The room is described as the 'Home of Golf, Hockey and Tennis clubs holding Annual Reunions'. The restaurant operated until 1954. It was demolished in 1955.
Five Pound Crowns (8) 1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday, 1997 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipGolden Wedding (2), 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday, 2007 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Diamond Wedding, 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee, 2012 London Olympic Games, 2013 Coronation 60th Anniversary, UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue, Royal Mint Year Set 2012 Annual set (8 coins) comprising Five Pound Crown and One Pound to One Penny UNC in the wallet of issue, Numismatic Covers (2) 1997 Golden Wedding Anniversary comprising Five Pound Crown and 26p stamp, UNC on the envelope of issue (2). Fifty Pence coin and stamp sets (2) comprising Fifty Pence 2011 Table Tennis UNC and First Class Table Tennis stamp UNC, and Fifty Pence 2011 Gymnastics and First Class Gymnastics stamp, both UNC in the packs of issue, Australia Five Dollars 1990 Anzac 75th Anniversary UNC in the Royal Australian Mint pack of issue, Tristan da Cunha One Pound 2016 Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday Silver Proof, Alderney One Pound 2017 Platinum Wedding Silver Proof both FDC in the soft cases of issue with certificates, GB Five Pound Crowns (8) 1993 Coronation 40th Anniversary (2), 1999 Millennium, 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday, 2002 Queen Mother Memorial, 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, 2003 Coronation Golden Jubilee, 2004 100th Anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, Two Pounds (2) 1989 Bill of Rights, 1995 United Nations 50th Anniversary, EF to UNC, Fifty Pence 1973 EEC UNC, Crowns (16) 1965 (2), 1972, 1977 (5), 1980 (3), 1981 (5), EF to UNC. Medal - Makers of the Millennium 2000 Mother Teresa 1910-1997 UNC
Hankow Race Club and Recreation Ground, First Mortgage debenture for $100, 1923, no.2203, black and red on buff paper, embossed seal depicts horse and jockey. Company registered in Hong Kong and became one of the best clubs in the world for horse racing, football, tennis and grand social events, GVF some ink marks show through from the reverse
Five Pound Crowns (8) 1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday, 1997 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipGolden Wedding (2), 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday, 2007 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Diamond Wedding, 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee, 2012 London Olympic Games, 2013 Coronation 60th Anniversary, UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue, Royal Mint Year Set 2012 Annual set (8 coins) comprising Five Pound Crown and One Pound to One Penny UNC in the wallet of issue, Numismatic Covers (2) 1997 Golden Wedding Anniversary comprising Five Pound Crown and 26p stamp, UNC on the envelope of issue (2). Fifty Pence coin and stamp sets (2) comprising Fifty Pence 2011 Table Tennis UNC and First Class Table Tennis stamp UNC, and Fifty Pence 2011 Gymnastics and First Class Gymnastics stamp, both UNC in the packs of issue, Australia Five Dollars 1990 Anzac 75th Anniversary UNC in the Royal Australian Mint pack of issue, Tristan da Cunha One Pound 2016 Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday Silver Proof, Alderney One Pound 2017 Platinum Wedding Silver Proof both FDC in the soft cases of issue with certificates, GB Five Pound Crowns (8) 1993 Coronation 40th Anniversary (2), 1999 Millennium, 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday, 2002 Queen Mother Memorial, 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, 2003 Coronation Golden Jubilee, 2004 100th Anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, Two Pounds (2) 1989 Bill of Rights, 1995 United Nations 50th Anniversary, EF to UNC, Fifty Pence 1973 EEC UNC, Crowns (16) 1965 (2), 1972, 1977 (5), 1980 (3), 1981 (5), EF to UNC. Medal - Makers of the Millennium 2000 Mother Teresa 1910-1997 UNC
Fifty Pence 2012 London Olympic Games - GoldMedal Winners Coin - Tennis, Gold ProofPiedfort FDC NGC PR69, in June 2019 (LCA 165 Lot 1510) we sold a full set of 11 of these Gold Proof Piedfort 2012 Fifty Pences and the vendor of that set had obtained from The Royal Mint mintage figures (actual rather than issue limits which may be smaller) which showed just 25 of these Tennis Piedforts exist
World Proof and Mint cased items a varied group (13) comprising China Medallic Bimetallic issues a 12-piece Fantasy set Crown-sized each depicting a different ChineseLunar Year, Proof nFDC-FDC in the red box of issue, no certificate. CanadaProof Set 1967 (6 coins with medallion) UNC to nFDC toned, in the box of issue. Ethiopia/Lesotho, Zambia and Mongolia a 4-coin set International Year of the Child issues comprising Mongolia 25 Tugrik 1980, Ethiopia 20 Birr 1979, Lesotho 10 Maloti 1979, Zambia 10 Kwacha Silver Proofs, UNC to nFDC in the Royal Mint blue box. Zambia 4000 Kwacha 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Oval Silver Proof with coloured portrait on the obverse. Cook Islands (3) Dollar 2002 with coloured portrait of the Queen Mother on the reverse, Proof, 50 Dollars 1990 Endangered World Wildlife UNC, Medal Raffaello Sanzio 54mm diameter Prooflike UNC with coloured reverse. Haiti INA Retro issue Fantasy Crown Set 1811 a 3-coin set comprising issues in Gilt, Bronze and Dark Copper, UNC in the box of issue. Euro Pattern sets (6) Denmark 2002 (4 sets) 5 Euro to 1 Cent, each set with 9 coins, all coins in silver, in the cases of issue, no certificates, Sweden 2003 (2 sets) 5 Euros to 1 Cent, each set with 9 coins, all in silver, Prooflike UNC, one set without certificate, the vast majority of the coins still in the plastic sleeves within the cases of issue, Solomon Islands Proof Set 2000 a 4-coin set comprising Five Dollars Silver (2) and One Dollar Cupro-Nickel (2) depicting Tennis, Swimming, Sailing and Cycling events, each with coloured reverses, UNC to BU to FDC
Holborn Restaurant 1874 (struck around 1895) 69mm diameter and weighing 209 grammes, struck in lead with a bronzed finish Eimer 1640, BHM 2990. Obverse: A group of figures congregated around a grand entrance HOLBORN. In exergue: RESTAURANT ESTd. 1874, Reverse: Couples dancing on a large ballroom floor. Below PRESENTED BY THE PROPRIETORS, Henri Gros Esq. Dec 17th 1895, VF. A total of 34 inscriptions are so far recorded of the recipients of the medal between 1893 and 1897. Established in 1874, the restaurant was the grandest establishment of its kind in London and held a unique position in London social life. Many of its facilities were available for private hire. The King's Hall could accommodate 500 diners. The room is described as the 'Home of Golf, Hockey and Tennis clubs holding Annual Reunions'. The restaurant operated until 1954. It was demolished in 1955.
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.
Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1887 Eimer 1733 77mm diameter in Bronze The official Royal Mint issue by J.E.Boehm/F Leighton, Obverse: Bust left Crowned and Veiled. VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX. Reverse Enthroned figure of Empire, facing, flanked by standing figures of Science, Letters and Art left, opposite those of Industry and Agriculture right, at their feet below Empire are Mercury reclining and Time Above two cherubs displaying shields inscribed MDCCCLXXXVII and MDCCCXXXVII and V.R.I in a wreath between . IN. COMMEMORATION. Exergue. Five linked shields inscribed ASIA AMERICA EUROPE AUSTRALASIA and AFRICA, chocolate Unc with a touch of verdigris. Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 (2) silver and bronze 56mm diameter in silver Eimer 1817 the official Royal Mint issue, both UNC. Coronation of Edward VII 1902 56mm diameter in silver the Official Royal Mint issues Eimer 1871 Unc and very nicely toned these 4 all in the official Royal Mint boxes of issue, along with The Lusitania (German) Medal 1915 55mm in base metal UNC boxed as issued, Albert Schweitzer 1875 - 1965 56mm silver L'AMBARENE reverse beneath jungle scene cased Unc, and Le Touquet Lawn Tennis Club 1922 in silver 40 mm uncased Unc
Olympic Games, London, 1908, a bronze medal for Lawn Tennis Men's Doubles by B. Mackennal for Vaughton, two allegorical figures seated holding a wreath above a standing figure, rev. St George riding left over dragon, angel at left, un-named, edge stamped vaughton, 33mm (GV 62.1; BHM 3964; E 1905; Peers, The Medal 23, p.31, fig.3). VF and very rare, in a contemporary box by Fattorini (Skipton and Bolton), we note a similar Olympic bronze medal realised over £4000 in auction in 2015. Cataloguers Note: The Olympic bronze medals for Men's Lawn Tennis Doubles were won in the 1908 London Games by Clement Cazalet and Charles Dixon
Proof Set 2015 the last set with the Fourth Portrait, FDC in the case of issue, The London 2012Gold Medal Winners a 12-coin set comprising Five Pound Crown 2012 London Olympics and Fifty Pences (11) all the British gold medal winning Sports:- Athletics, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Equestrian, Rowing, Sailing, Taekwondo, Tennis and Triathlon UNC in a presentation box with booklet. Five Pound Crowns 2012 (3) London Olympics (2) and London Paralympics (1) UNC in the Royal mint wallets of issue, Two Pounds 2012 Handover to Rio UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue, Fifty Pence 2013 Benjamin Britten UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue, Queen Elizabeth II the Equestrian Crown set (3 coins) Crown 1953, Crown 1977 and Five Pound Crown 2002 UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue, Europe 1 Euro a 12-coin set comprising a 1 Euro coin 1999-2002 one each from each of the member states UNC as issued, plus First Day Covers and Numismatic First Day Covers (9) and a reproduction souvenir newspaper UNC as issued
World War I 1914-1915 Star Trio awarded to 2191 Pte. C.E.Simmons Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry About EF, World War I 1914-1915 Star Trio awarded to 1425 Pte. A.J.Ginn Lancashire Fusiliers EF, along with sport prize medals (3) in silver two for table tennis, one for the High Wycombe Cricket league, boxed, in mixed grades
Fifty Pence 2012 Olympics TriathlonGoldPiedfort 31 grams S 4984 Spink Coins of England 2014 states only 2 minted with one being in the Royal Mint Museum, Proof FDC in a Royal Mint presentation box so in a better grade than the two previously offered in our last sale when the Tennis realised £5,000 and the Veldrome Cycling realised £6,000
Fifty Pence 2012 Olympics Tennis Gold Piedfort 31 grams S 4983 one of only 2 minted the other in the Royal Mint Museum so this the only example available to commerce, Proof or prooflike UNC with some light contact marks, the obverse with a dull tone and a small flaw in the field. Seldom does an opportunity arise to acquire a coin of such low mintage, so perhaps has a fantastic investment potential.
Medallions, bronze and white metal (14) includes Great Exhibition 1851 Exhibitor's medal bronze, Jubilee 1937 silver, Hyde Town Hall 1885 w/m, Lusitania 1915, St. Georges Hospital Centenary 1933 bronze cased, Coronation 1911 w/m. and Jubilee 1937 bronze, Gardening and tennis medals, bronze (2). Together with World medals (5), bronze. Generally GVF (14)
Fifty Pence Silver Proofs (3) 2005 Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, 2009 Kew Gardens (2), Fifty Pence Silver Proof Piedforts (3) 2000 Public Libraries, 2005 Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, 2007 100 Years of Scouting, Fifty Pences a 2-coin set 2006 The Victoria Cross The Award and the Heroic Acts Silver Proofs, Guernsey Fifty Pence 2000 Silver Proof Piedfort nFDC-FDC in the cases of issue with certificates, Fifty Pence 2011 Olympic Issues in Silver (7) Cycling, Gymnastics, Aquatics, Tennis, Boxing, Rowing, Football and Basketball BU in the Royal Mint wallets of issue with certificates (originally issued at £35 each by the Royal Mint)
Hungary 500 Forint (2) 1981 Centennial of Bela Bartok KM#623 SilverProof nFDC in the box of issue with certificate, 1988 World CupFootball Silver Proof nFDC, Czechoslovakia 500 Korun (6) 1981 Ludovit Stur, 1983 National Theatre, 1987 Josef Lada, 1988 National Federation, 1988 Matica Sloveska Institute, 1989 100th Year of Czech Tennis UNC
Korea Mint Set 1986 Asian Games Seoul 5 coins 20,000 Won (2) in silver torch bearer and Pul Guk Temple KM44 and 45, 10,000 Won (2) in silver soccer and tennis KM42 and 43, 1000 Won cupro-nickel Lion Dance KM 41 BU in a brown velvet hard case
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