Auction Catalogue

9 & 10 December 2003

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1770

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10 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£25

Humphreys, H.N., The Coin Collector’s Manual, 2 vols, London, 1880, xxiv + 726pp, 9 engraved plates; Crowther, G.F., A Guide to English Pattern Coins…from Edward I to Victoria, London, nd [1887], 60pp, engraved illustrations in text; Walters, F.A., Some remarks on the last silver coinage of Edward III, London, 1902, 8pp, 1 plate; Walters, F.A., The gold coinage of the reign of Henry VI, London, 1903, 25pp, 2 plates; Bramah, E., A Guide to the Varieties and Rarity of English Regal Copper Coins…1671-1860, London, 1929, viii + 128pp, signed by Bédat Smythe on first title page, copy letter dated September 1949 tipped-in; Newman, W.A.C., British Coinage, its history and technology, London, 1953, 37pp, 5 plates [7]. Publishers’ bindings; working copies (£30-40)

Provenance:
Humphreys ex libris Hubert F. Lowe; Bramah ex libris Vivian du Bédat Smythe