Fourpence-HalfpennyElizabeth ICountermark Portcullis on an Edward VI Base issue Shilling, S.2546, weight 3.80 grammes, Countermark Near Fine, host coin Fair, short of flan between 11 and 1 o'clock, an excessively rare issue and rarely seen in any grade, amongst the rarest of all Elizabeth I silver issues
HalfpennyHenry VILondon Mint, Annulet Issue, S.1848, 0.39 grammes, Fine with pleasing portrait, struck on an irregularly shaped flan, the legend partially off the flan
ShillingEdward VI Second Period, Durham House Mint, Obverse: IMNICOS legend, Reverse: EDWARD VI legend, S.2470 mintmark Bow, 4.58 grammes, Bold Fine with two edge cracks, along with 17th Century Tokens (2) FarthingCambridgeshire - Soham, 1658 Hovell Ioanes, Reverse: Grocer's Arms, W172, Fine with green patina, Farthing Cambridgeshire - Ely 1664 Thomas Lensley W110, Fine/Near Fine with green patina, and a group of GB - Farthing Charles I, Florin 1929, Threepence 1877 Good Fine, Pennies (2) 1886, 1918, in mixed lower grades, a group of Crown-sized (15) Five Pound Crown 1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday UNC on the card of issue, Crowns (14) 1965, 1977 (6), 1980 (5), 1981 (2) these A/UNC to UNC, Halfpenny Token Middlesex Masonic in low grade, a RomanDenarius in low grade, and a Cap badge Royal Army Service Corps
HalfpennyHenry VIII Second Coinage, London Mint, S.2356, mintmark not legible, 0.35 grammes, VF, struck off-centre, the obverse with a rough surface from 10 to 2 o'clock
Groats to Halfpennies (6) comprising Groats (2) Edward IV Light Coinage, London Mint, Quatrefoils at Neck S.2000 mintmark Crown, Near Fine/About Fine with grey tone, Groat Henry VI Annulet issue, Calais MintS.1836 Fine with grey tone, Halfgroats (3) Henry VI Annulet Issue, Calais Mint S.1840 VG, Henry VI Pinecone-Mascle issue, Calais Mint S.1877 Fine with grey tone, on an irregularly shaped flan, Henry VII Facing bust issue, type III, King and Archbishop jointly, type (b) Canterbury MintS.2210, mintmark Tun, About Fine, short of flan in the lower half of the coin, Halfpenny Henry VI Annulet issue S.1849 Fine, on an irregularly shaped flan, all detector finds
HalfpennyEdward IV Second Reign, Durham Mint, Bishop Booth, B to left of crown and crosses by neck, Reverse with D in centre S.2142B, North 1659, 0.5 grammes, About Fine with some shortage of flan, a rare issue, comes with Portable Antiquities Scheme Report
HalfpennyHenry VI Leaf Trefoil issue, London Mint, leaf on breast, S.1905 Fine, Penny Henry IV or Henry V York Mint, much of legend not visible, so exact attribution not possible, reverse with quatrefoil in centre, Fair, along with a SilverDenier a continental imitative piece in the style of a British silver Penny, Fine with a long edge crack
Shillings to HalfpennyElizabeth I (5) Shilling Elizabeth I Second Issue Large Bust with pearls on bodice S.2555A mintmark Cross Crosslet, 6.06 grammes, Good Fine with pleasing portrait, on a slightly wavy flan, Sixpence Elizabeth I Small Bust 1F, Smaller Flan with inner beaded circle of 17.5mm, S.2561 mintmark Portcullis, 2.71 grammes, Bold Fine/Good Fine the obverse with an old scratch, Sixpence Elizabeth I Milled issue 1562 Tall Narrow Bust with Plain dress S.1594 Mintmark Star, 2.79 grammes, Good Fine, Groat Elizabeth I Second Issue S.2556 mintmark Martlet, 2.11 grammes, NVF and pleasing, Halfpenny Elizabeth I Sixth Issue S.2581 mintmark Key, 0.25 grammes, VF and nicely centred on a full flan
HalfpennyRichard IIIS.2171, North 1688, struck off-centre so mintmark not visible Obverse: R [ICAR] D D[I] GRA REX, with edge crack by DON of LONDON and a surface stress crack. Near Fine/Fine and very rare, comes with two tickets
Penny CommonwealthS.3222 reverse brockage Fine or better, unusual, HalfpennyHenry V Type C. Ordinary Bust, broken annulets by crownS.1794 Fine or slightly better with some edge chips, Ireland Penny Edward IV Second Reign, with large pellets by neck, Reverse with quatrefoil in centre, on a small flan as often, mint name not visible, parts of some letters off the flan on the reverse, Near Fine for issue
Hammered a small group Edward I to James I (9) Groats (2) Henry VII and Henry VIII, Threepence (1) Elizabeth I 1582, Halfgroats (4) Henry VIII and James I (2) the other clipped with much of the legend missing, Penny (1) Edward I, Halfpenny (1) Edward I, VG to Fine
Pennies (2) Edward III Third Coinage London Mint, Pre-Treaty Period with annulet in each quarter of the reverse, Class C, S.1584, Good Fine, Henry VIII Second Coinage, Sovereign type, Durham Mint, Bishop Tunstall , CD beside shield S.2354 mintmark Star Good Fine, Ex-Stewartby Part 4 Lot 1627 (part), Farthings Edward III London Mint (3) VG to Fine, Ex-Stewartby Part 4, part 1627 Halfpenny Edward III Fine with some flan cracks, Penny Third Coinage London Mint, Pre-Treaty Period with annulet in each quarter of the reverse, Class C, S.1584, Good Fine
Edward III (2) Penny Third Coinage London Mint, Pre-Treaty Period with annulet in each quarter of the reverse, Class C, S.1584, Good Fine, Halfpenny London Mint, EDWARDVS REX legend S.1557 Good Fine
Hammered a small group (5) SixpenceElizabeth I 1575 mintmark Eglantine, NVG/VG, Halfgroat Elizabeth I mintmark Escallop Near Fine, Pennies (2) Edward IIIYork mint, with Quatrefoil in the centre of the reverse, Fine, Henry III Long Cross, Fine with some discolouration, Cut Halfpenny Henry II Long Cross Good Fine
Groat Henry VIII Second Coinage S.2337E Laker Bust D Mintmark Rose NVF with a couple of old scuffs, Halfgroat Henry VIII First Coinage, York Mint, S.2326 mintmark Radiant Star, Fine, Halfpenny Henry VIII First Coinage, London MintS.2334 Mintmark Portcullis Good Fine with some of the legend off the flan
Edward III (2) Penny Third Coinage London Mint, Pre-Treaty Period with annulet in each quarter of the reverse, Class C, S.1584, Good Fine, Halfpenny London Mint, EDWARDVS REX legend S.1557 Good Fine
Henry V (2) Penny Mullet to left and broken annulet to right, mint uncertain About Fine, clipped and off-centre with most of the legend missing, HalfpennyLondon Mint with broken annulet either side of the hair S.1795 NVF
Pennies (3) Henry II London Mint, moneyer Pieres, Henry III Short Cross London Mint, moneyer Ledvlf, Henry III Long Cross London Mint, moneyer Henri, Cut HalfpennyJohn London Mint VG to Fine
Elizabeth I a small group (5) Shillings (2) Sixth Issue S.2577 mintmark Tun VG scratched, Sixth Issue S.2577 mintmark O VG/NF, Halfgroats (2) Sixth Issue S.2579 mintmark Escallop F/GF with some scratches on the obverse, Sixth issue S.2579 mintmark Woolpack, Fine, toned, Halfpenny Sixth issue S.2581 mintmark Key, Fine
Hammered a small group (6), Groat Henry VI Pinecone-Mascle Calais MintS.1875 Good Fine, toned, Groat Elizabeth I Second Issue mintmark Cross Crosslet S.2556, Halfgroat Henry VI Annulet issue, Annulets at neck S.1840, Fine, Penny John, moneyer ALEIN, Durham Mint Fine with a thin crack above the head and an edge crack, overall Good Fine, Cut Halfpenny John moneyer Adam VF, along with Italy - Venice Soldino Doge Leonardo Loredan (1501-1521) VG
HalfgroatJames IS.2659 mintmark Mullet EF double struck, as part of a group of Hammered (11) Sixpences to Cut Halfpenny includes Ireland John Penny, Dublin Mint, in mixed grades
GroatEdward IV Second Reign London Mint, Fine, Groat Edward IV Light Coinage Good Fine, toned, Halfpenny Edward IV Fine, on a ragged and incomplete flan, Cut Halfpenny Henry III London Mint Fine, all detector finds with the accompanying paperwork
British, Celtic hammered and milled a collection (59) in Gold (3), Silver (29) and base metals (27) Hammered to 20th Century with many useful pieces including Gold Staters (2) Chute and Domino types both VF, a Gold Angel of Henry VII S.2187 Mintmark Pheon GF, GroatHenry VIII Wolsey type VF, Penny William I PAXS type, Shillings (9) including 1651 Commonwealth NVF full and round, Newarksiege piece, reverse worn, Philip and MaryS.2498 Fine, plugged, the milled includes Crowns (4) 1672 Good Fine with obverse flan flaw, 1692 Good Fine, 1819LIX VF, 1893 LVI VF, Three ShillingBank Token 1813 A/UNC, Pennies (2) 1826 Thin Line on saltire EF/NEF, 1841 REG No colon NEF, Halfpenny 1771 EF, most are comprehensively attributed, in mixed grades many scarce or rare, come in a Lindner carrying case in 4 trays
Groats Henry VICalais (2) both Fine, one heavily clipped, Halfpenny Token Anglesey 1791 Fine, Plastic Set 1953 UNC, Britain's First Decimal Coins 1968-71 UNC in the blue wallet, Crowns (11) 1953 (2), 1965, 1977 (2), 1980 (2), 1981 (3) AU-UNC
HalfpennyEdward IV/V m.m. Sun & Rose, Tower mint (Blunt & Whitton Type XXII, Withers 11a, Stewartby p.450, N.1667, S.2148) Fair with light flan split but extremely rare. From the most sought after reign of the medieval series and only struck for a very short period in early 1483.N.B. The cataloguer believes the last Sun & Rose halfpenny in the name of Edward to come to auction was in 2009 (St.James' Auction 12, Lot.1131)
Hammered (12) Group covering the reigns of Henry III, Edward I, Edward III and Edward IV. Denominations range from a halfpenny to Halfgroats, various mints, Fair to NVF, a couple chipped
Hammered (5) A date run of hammered halfpennies from 1327-1461 taking in the whole Lancastrian blood-line from Edward III onwards, Halfpenny Edward III Florin coinage (N.1131, S.1557) Fine, Halfpenny Richard II Type I (N.1331, S.1698) NVF and on a full, round flan, Halfpenny Henry IV Heavy coinage (N.1352, S.1723) AF, strictly a fragment but the atypical bust style of this rare coinage still clear, Halfpenny Henry V Class D with annulets by hair (N.1410, S.1795) Fine, Halfpenny Henry VI Leaf-trefoil? Issue (N.1492, S.1905) Fine, slightly crimped
HalfpennyHenry IV Heavy Coinage c.f. W.J.W. Potter, BNJ 1960, Plate X, No.20 S.1723 GF on an oval flan and with striking crack at 9 o' clock. Beginning of regnal name visible. Rare. Ex. Stephen Mitchell
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
Hammered and Ancient a small group (6) Ancient to James I (includes Charles IHalfcrown base metal counterfeit) plus USA Halfpenny 1783 Washington, Victoria Penny 'double brockage' on a thick flan possibly manufactured, Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border, Fiji Penny 1934 in mixed grades to VF
ShillingElizabeth I Sixth Issue mintmark Tun Good Fine as part of a group of hammered (18) Sixpence to Halfpenny, plus ancients (2) in mixed grades to Good Fine, a couple holed
Hammered group (28) SixpenceEdward VI About Fine, Groats Mary S.2492 Poor, Elizabeth I Second issue Good Fine, Threepence Elizabeth I 1569 mintmark Coronet Near Fine, Halfgroats (2) Elizabeth I mintmark Cross Crosslet Fine on an uneven flan, CommonwealthS.3221 Fine on an uneven flan, Pennies (16) William I PAXS About Fine with a large fragment about 20% missing, JohnCanterbury issue VG, Henry III London (2), Henry III Canterbury, Edward I Fine, Edward II NVF, Edward III Post Treaty Durham, Edward III Pre-Treaty 25% of flan missing Fair, Henry V York About Fine with missing fragment, Richard II York Near Fine, Henry VII Sovereign type Durham mint facing bust Good Fine, Henry VIII Sovereign type Durham Mint Bishop Wolsey TW beside shield Fine with some clipping, Henry VIII Posthumous issue fair, Elizabeth I without rose or date About Fine, clipped, Charles II Third issue About Fine, Halfpennies (4) Edward I London Mint Fine, Henry II Cut HalfpennyS.1344 Fine, Edward III Second Coinage VG, Henry VI Leaf-Trefoil issue Fine/Good Fine, Farthings (2) Edward I London Mint Good Fine, Edward II London Mint Fine
Hammered Group (12) James I (5) Sixpence 1604 Second Bust mintmark Thistle VG/NF, 1604 Third Bust mintmark Lis VG/NF, Halfgroat worn, Penny First Coinage Second Bust mintmark Lis GF/NVF, Farthing mintmark Fusil both sides Fine, Charles I (7) Sixpence Tower Mint under the King worn, Halfgroat Tower Mint under Parliament Seventh Head Near Fine creased, Penny S.2845 Fine with some flan stress, HalfpennyS.2851 Rose either side Fine, Farthings Rose type (2) VG-Fine, Farthing Maltravers Counterfeit mintmark Martlet Good Fine
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