Ancient, British & World Coins, Commemorative Medals and Books

Engraved coins: George III, Penny, 1797, obv. engraved with heart and hand, Halfpenny [1806-7], stamped with churchwarden’s pipes; FRANCE, Third Republic, 2 Francs [1898-1920], rev. planed flat and engraved with the portrait of a young man in uniform, Franc [1898-1920], rev. planed flat and engraved with heart and clasped hands, ‘Jim to Doris, France, 1918’; ITALY, Victor Emanuel III, Lire, 1916, obv. planed flat and engraved ‘Nellie Laney, Italy’ around military crest; a thin silver disc, engraved with an image of the battleship HMS Cochrane, rev. ‘Father to Mother, Sep: 20: 1916’ [6]. Generally very fine, the silver competently engraved £80-100

HMS Cochrane, built at Govan and launched in 1905, was present at the battle of Jutland although her guns were not fired in action during the engagement. Subsequently the vessel was stationed in North America, the West Indies and at Murmansk, but was accidentally beached in the Mersey estuary 3 days after the Armistice and subsequently scrapped