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Coins of the World, 18th to 20th century issues, in silver (33, including Australia, Florin 1910), base metal (17) [50]. Fine to very fine, many better £120-150
Hammer Price: £230
Coins of the World, sets, etc, in silver (58, mostly Crown-sized), base metal (139), the majority from the Caribbean [197]. Generally very fine or better £200-250
Hammer Price: £220
Mis-struck coins (38), UK and World, mostly base metal; together with other World coins, forgeries etc (17) [55]. Many of the recent coins about as struck, others in varied state; housed in a small album £200-250
Hammer Price: £170
The Queen Mother’s 80th Birthday Collection, 1980, set of silver and gold proof Crown-size coins [17]. As struck; in wooden case of issue £150-200
Seventieth Birthday of the Queen, 1996, silver Proof Crown-size coins [12]. As struck; in case of issue £90-120
Hammer Price: £75
Golden Wedding Anniversary set, 1997, silver Proof coins, mostly Crown-size [24]. As struck; in case of issue £200-300
The Millennium Masterpiece Collection, 2000, a set of silver Proof coins [24]. As struck; in case of issue £200-250
Hammer Price: £370
The Allied Forces Gold and silver Proof sets, 2005, gold, comprising France, 10 Euro; Russia, gold medal; United Kingdom, Two-Pounds; USA, 10 Dollars, silver Crown-size (6) [10]. As struck; in cases of issue £700-800
Hammer Price: £820
Diamond Wedding Anniversary set, 2007, silver Proof coins, mostly Crown-size [18]. As struck; in case of issue £150-200
Hammer Price: £190
The Precious Fine Gold collection, miniature gold coins [24]. As struck; in wooden case of issue £400-500
Hammer Price: £600
The Royal Heritage collection, silver Proof Crown-size coins [12]. As struck; in case of issue £90-120
Hammer Price: £150
The Queen and Queen Mother part set (21 of 24), mostly Crown-size Proof silver coins, various countries [21]. As struck; in fitted case £150-200
Hammer Price: £130
Coin First Day Covers, etc (29), various countries [29]. Mint, as issued; mostly in two albums £30-50
Hammer Price: £50
James II, Coronation, 1685, a silver medal by J. Roettier, laureate bust right, rev. hand from heaven about to place a crown on a cushion bearing a laurel, 34mm (MI I, 605/5; E 273). A couple of light scratches in obverse field, otherwise good extremely fine, attractively toned £300-400
Hammer Price: £530
Queen Mary, Coronation, 1685, a silver medal by J. Roettier, laureate bust right, rev. Queen seated right on a mound, 34mm (MI I, 606/7; E 274). Better than extremely fine, toned £300-400
Hammer Price: £400
SPANISH WRECK RECOVERED, 1687, a silver medal by G. Bower, conjoined busts of James II and Mary to right, he laureate, rev. the salvage operation, a small row-boat to the fore with Sir William Phipps’s ship, the Algier Rose, beyond, 55mm (MI I, 619/33; E 285; Betts 67). A few light marks and scratches in the fields, otherwise extremely fine or better, attractively toned £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,100
Prince James and the Legitimacy of Succession, 1699, a silver medal by N. Roettier, bust left, rev. rising sun dispersing clouds and demons over a calm sea, 27mm (Woolf 15:1; MI II, 204/519; E 381). Extremely fine or better, toned £200-250
Hammer Price: £250
Death of Princess Louisa, 1712, a cast gilt-bronze medal by J. O’Brisset after N. Roettier, bust of James III left, rev. bust of Louisa left, 49mm (Woolf 28:2; MI II, 388/241; E 454b). Spot of gilding missing from James’s cheek, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £720
The Legitimacy of Succession, c. 1712, a cast gilt-bronze medal by J. O’Brisset after N. Roettier, bust of Queen Anne left, rev. bust of James III left, 47mm (Woolf 28:3; MI II, 382/232; E 457). Scratch behind Queen’s head, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £400-500
Escape of Princess Clementina Sobieski from Innsbrück, 1719, a bronze medal by O. Hamerani, bust left, rev. Princess riding towards Rome in a biga, 48mm (Woolf 36:1; MI II, 444/49; E 484). Extremely fine or better £300-400
Hammer Price: £300
Birth of Prince Charles, 1720, a silver medal by E. Hamerani, conjoined busts of James III and Clementina right, rev. Providence holding a child in her arms, pointing at globe, 41mm (Woolf 38:1; MI II, 452/60; E 488). Small edge bruise at 11 o’clock, otherwise nearly extremely fine, dark-toned, very rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £450
Appeal Against the House of Hanover, 1721, a silver medal by E Hamerani, bust of James III right, rev. Hanoverian horse trampling lion and unicorn, view of London behind, 49mm (Woolf 40:1; MI II, 454/63; E 493). A few light hairlines, otherwise extremely fine or better; in fitted shagreen case £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £900
The Jacobite Princes, 1731, a bronze medal by O. Hamerani, bust of Prince Charles right, star in field, rev. bust of Prince Henry left, edge lettered, 41mm (Woolf 43.1; MI II, 492/32; E 521). About extremely fine £250-300
TREATY of Aix-La-CHAPELLE, 1748, a bronze medal, unsigned (by C.N. or J.C. Roettier), bust of Prince Charles right, rev. Britannia standing at the shore regarding the approaching fleet, 41mm (Woolf 59.2; MI II, 600/251; E 595a). Nearly extremely fine £200-250
£200–£250
Death of Prince Charles, 1788, a bronze medal by G. Hamerani, bust of Cardinal York right, rev. figure of Religion with bible and cross, St Peter’s in the background, 53mm (Woolf 73:1a; BHM 282). Extremely fine £250-350
£250–£350
Geological Society of London, Bigsby Medal, 1876, a gold award by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, bust of John Bigsby left, rev. starfish superimposed on rocks, edge named (John Walter Gregory, FRS, 1905), 45mm, 65.79g (BHM 3033; E 1653). Minor surface marks, otherwise brilliant, very rare £1,000-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,050
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, a gold Jury award medal by H. Ponscarme, bust of Napoleon III left, rev. legend, 51mm, 72.79g (BDM IV, 656). Extremely fine £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,150
GERMANY, Peter Tesdorpf Appointed Burgermeister of Lübeck, 1715, a gold medal signed I.H.F. [perhaps by J.F. Hilcken], bust right, rev. crowned arms, 39mm, 17.42g. Mount removed from reverse and flan somewhat crimped, otherwise very fine, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £410
INDIA, Agricultural & Horticultural Society, Calcutta, a gold award medal, unsigned, Hindu farmer ploughing field with two bullocks, palm-tree and temples in background, rev. wreath, named (Presented to Captn. Charlton as the first person to establish, to the Satisfaction of the Tea Committee and its Secretary, that the Tea Tree was indigenous in Assam, voted at a General meeting of the Society held Septr. 8th 1841). 62mm, 73.45g (Pudd. 824.1.1). Minor rim nicks and surface marks, with small...
Hammer Price: £3,300
Baldwin’s Auctions [London], Nos. 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 26, 28, others (13, including FPLs); Spink Coin Auctions [London], Nos. 1, 3, 4, 7-17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27-9, 32-4, 36, 38-40, 42, 43, 46-8, 52, 55, 60, others (6); other auction catalogues (62), mostly London sales of the 1980s [Lot]. Many with PRLs £40-50
Ciani, L., Les Monnaies Royales Françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI, Paris, 1926, 502pp, engraved illustrations in text; Schembri, H.C., Coins and Medals of the Knights of Malta, London, 1966, xii + 262pp, 80 plates; Boudeau, E., Catalogue Général Illustré…de Monnaies Françaises (Provinciales), Maastricht, 1970, 313pp, engraved illustrations in text; Smith, R.B., The Anglo-Hanoverian Coinage, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1970, 98pp including 11 plates; Cresswell, O.D., Chinese Cash,...
Hammer Price: £55
Demole, E., Visite au Cabinet de Numismatique…sur l’Histoire de Genève, Geneva, 1914, 95pp, illustrations in text; Hofer, P.F., Die Münzprägungen der Helvetischen Republik, Bern, 1936, 20pp, 2 plates; Cahn, E.B., and others, Catalogues des Monnaies Suisses, vols. I-VIII inclusive, Bern, 1959-83, all with plates, the first two Johnson reprints; Divo, J.-P., Die Taler der Schweiz, Zurich, 1966, 94pp, 36 plates, dj, 1966 valuation sheet tipped-in; Geiger, H-U., Der Beginn der Gold- und...
Eklund, O.P., Copper Coins of Austria-Hungary, np [Salina, Kansas], 1962, 15pp, illustrations in text; [Anon], Oesterreichische Nationalbank 1816 1966, np, 1966, 49pp, 31 plates; Herinek, L., Österreichische Münzprägungen von 1740-1969, Vienna, 1970, 374pp, illustrations in text (2 copies, one with dedicatory inscription by the author to Dr Roland Maly on first free endpaper and errata sheet tipped-in); Jaeckel, P., Die Münzprägungen des Hauses Habsburg 1780-1918 und der Republik...
Hammer Price: £35
Fliessbach, F., Münzsammlung…seit dem Westphälischen Frieden bis zum Jahre 1800, Leipzig, 1856, 101 embossed colour plates + accompanying text; Luschin von Ebengreuth, A., Kleine Beiträge zur Österreichischen Münzkunde des 15 Jahrhunderts, np, nd [1891], pp.459-80, 1 engraved plate; Hazlitt, W.C., The Coinage of the European Continent, London, 1893, xviii + 554pp, illustrations in text; von Schrötter, F., Wörterbuch der Münzkunde, Berlin, 1930, xvi + 777pp, 28 plates; Nau,...
Hammer Price: £45
Folkes, M., English Coinage, Silver and Gold, London, nd [1762], 4pp, 67 engraved plates. Rebound in half-tan and blue boards, ribbed spine; internally very fine and fresh £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Grimshaw, Margaret E., Silver Medals, Badges and Trophies from Schools in the British Isles 1550-1850, Cambridge, nd [1981], 64pp, illustrations in text; Grimshaw, Margaret E., Pre-Victorian Silver School Medals awarded to Girls in Great Britain, Cambridge, 1985, 42pp, illustrations in text; together with other references (27), by Wollaston, Purvey, Jewitt, etc [29]. Publishers’ bindings £30-40
Hammer Price: £20
Habich, G., and others (eds), Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft, vols. 38/39, 40, 42-6, 48-9, 51-2, Munich, 1921-34, all with plates; Berliner Numismatische Zeitschrift, nos. 25-33 [1959-72], all with plates [20]. Publishers’ bindings; all very fine and clean copies £40-50
Hammer Price: £30
Hawkins, E., The Silver Coins of England, 3rd [Kenyon’s] edn, London, 1887, viii + 508pp, 54 engraved plates; Grueber, H.A., Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1899, lxxi + 272pp, 64 plates; Brooke, G.C., English Coins, 3rd [Whitton’s] edn, London, 1950, xii + 300pp, 72 plates; Dyer, G.P., The proposed coinage of King Edward VIII, London, 1973, ix + 31pp, plates in text, photocopies of unsuccessful designs submitted by D. Gilbert, Madge Kitchener, P. Metcalfe, R....
Hoberman, G., The Art of Coins and their Photography, London, 1982, 397pp including fine colour plates, dj. Publishers’ buff cloth; new £30-40
Hammer Price: £25
Jaeger, K., Die neueren Münzprägungen der deutschen Staaten vor Einführung der Reichswährung, 1, Würrttemberg und Hohenzollern…2, Anhalt [und] Baden…5, Köningreich Bayern 1806-1871…6, Frankfurt, Hessen und Isenburg…7, Herzogtum Nassau…Westfalen…Waldeck und Pyrmont…8, Hannover und Braunschweig nach 1813…9, Königreich Preußen 1797-1873, Stuttgart/Basel, 1951-67, all with illustrations; Davenport, J.S., German Talers 1700-1800, 2nd edn, London, 1965, 416pp, illustrations...
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