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Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Sixpence, 1644, mm. book on obv. only, rev. from the Groat die, 2.32g/7h (Morr. A-1; SCBI Brooker – [from same obv. die as 951-2]; N 2460; S 2982). Flan chipped and cracked between 8 and 9 o’clock, a few light obverse scratches, otherwise good fine, reverse very fine, extremely rare £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £2,200
George I, Accession, 1714, a silver medal, unsigned [by G. Vestner], laureate and draped bust right, star below, rev. Hanoverian horse leaps from Germany to England, chronogrammatic date, 44mm, 28.53g (MI II, 422/5; E 465). Minor marks in fields, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, rare £600-£800
Charles I and Henrietta Maria, a cast silver badge, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], laureate and draped bust of Charles left, rev. bust of Henrietta Maria left, wreath border, 38 x 27mm, 7.76g (MI I, 355/218; E 170a). Good very fine, rare; with loop for suspension £600-£800
Peace of Breda, 1667, a silver medal by C. Adolfszoon, English and Dutch warships sailing side by side, each with an olive wreath atop the main mast, rev. shields of Britain and Holland suspended from an olive wreath within festoon of flowers, 45mm, 30.86g (Pax 267; MI I, 534/184; E 242). About extremely fine and toned, scarce £1,000-£1,200
Victoria to Elizabeth II, Sovereigns (7), 1901s, 1908, 1918p, 1931p, 1968, 1978, 2000 [7]. Very fine or better; in ‘Sovereign Collection’ case of issue with certificate £2,000-£2,400
Hammer Price: £2,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Newark, Halfcrown, 1645, 14.73g/12h (Bull 686; Hird 245 and SCBI Brooker 1221, same dies; N 2638; S 3140). Very fine £1,500-£1,800
25th Anniversary of the Peace of Utrecht, 1738, a silver medal by N. van Swinderen, Belgium seated in front of Temple of Janus, captive to right, Fame flying left above, blowing two trumpets, rev. seven crowned shields, 56mm, 62.53g (Pax 514; MI II, 525/85; E 543). Extremely fine and toned, rare £600-£800
United States of America, Twenty Dollars, 1896. Minor surface marks, otherwise about as struck [slabbed PCGS MS 64] £1,600-£1,800
Hammer Price: £1,900
France, Napoleon (Hundred Days), 20 Francs, 1815a, Paris (VG 1025a; KM. 705.1; F 522). About extremely fine £800-£1,000
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, ‘Military’ Guinea, 1813, sixth bust (MCE 404; S 3730). Removed from a mount and has been gilt, otherwise about very fine £500-£600
Charles I, Memorial [1649], a silver medal signed F, armoured and draped bust three-quarters left, rev. King’s severed head, crown and sceptre below a rampant seven-headed monster, 47mm, 34.30g (MI I, 352/210; E 163). Extremely fine and toned £800-£1,000
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [London], Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Coins and Medals, the property of the late John G. Murdoch, Parts I to VIII [complete], 31 March 1903 to 16 December 1904, 6,056 lots, 103 plates, hand priced and with buyers’ names throughout, bound in 2 vols [Lot]. Half-leather, marbled endpapers; spines rubbed, otherwise internally fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,800
Russia, Peter I, Rouble, 1725, Krasny, ‘Seaman’ type, 27.38g/12h (Diakov 39ff; Sev. 680ff). About extremely fine £1,600-£2,000
William and Mary (1688-1694), Half-Guinea, 1692, second busts, plain below (MCE 165; S 3430). Very fine and very rare £1,400-£1,800
George II (1727-1760), Crown, 1739, roses, edge dvodecimo (ESC 1665 [122]; S 3687). About extremely fine, toned £1,200-£1,500
Edward VII, Sovereign, 1904 (S 3969); George V, Sovereign, 1912 (S 3996); Elizabeth II, Sovereigns (3), 1957, 1959, 1962 (S 4124-5) [5]. Last three extremely fine, others very fine £1,200-£1,500
Battle of Lowestoft, 1665, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], laureate and draped bust of Charles II right, rev. King dressed as a Roman general standing at right, watching battle from the shore, 62mm, 91.69g (MI I, 503/139; E 230). Once cleaned but now re-toned, some marks in obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine £600-£800
Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Eleven Bitts, a Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1791fm, Mexico City, transitional type, centrally pierced from the rev. with a circular hole with 15 crenations, 23.06g (Prid. 21; KM. 3.3). Good fine, toned, rare £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,700
Peace of Breda, 1667, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], a silver medal by J. Roettiers, laureate bust of Charles II right, legend reads bri, rev. Britannia seated on rocky shore, contemplating her navies, edge carolvs secvndvs pacis et imperii restitutor avgvstvs, 56mm, 77.90g (Pax 271; MI I, 535/186; E 241). Some minor marks, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £600-£800
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, a trial striking of puncheons (without legends) for a Shilling, in silver, Gp G, type 4.4, Briot bust with stellate lace collar, rev. shield, 4.94g/5h (cf. Sharp G1/2; cf. SCBI Brooker 1268). Bluntly struck on a lozenge-shaped flan, very fine and superior to the Brooker specimen, excessively rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,600
George II (1727-1760), Crown, 1741, roses, edge decimo qvarto (ESC 1666 [123]; S 3687). About extremely fine, some toning £1,200-£1,500
Æthelstan (924-939), Penny, Crowned Bust type, Norwich, Eadgar, bust right, ædelstan rex, rev. small cross, eadgar mo nordpic, 1.50g/12h (Blunt 282; BMC –; N 675; S 1095). Slight edge chip, otherwise very fine or better £1,000-£1,200
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [London], The Montagu Collection of Coins: English series, Parts I-V [complete], 18 November 1895 to 20 November 1897, 3,812 lots, 36 plates, interleaved with many annotations and notes in a contemporary hand, hand priced and with buyers’ names throughout, bound in 2 vols [Lot]. Green half-leather, ribbed and gilt spines, marbled endpapers; binding a little rubbed at extremities, otherwise internally fine and an attractive set £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,500
George III (1760-1820), Bank of England, Restrike Pattern Dollar, 1804, in copper, types K/3, laureate and draped bust left, rev. shield within Garter, edge plain, 30.14g/7h (ESC 1969 [–]; Selig 1247; Bushman 316). Some die-rust, otherwise about as struck, extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
William IV (1830-1837), Half-Sovereign, 1834 (M 410; S 3830). Obverse field scuffed, otherwise extremely fine, reverse retaining much mint bloom £1,400-£1,800
Morocco, al-Hasan II, 200 Dirhams, 1990/1411h, in gold, 15th Anniversary of the Green March (Schön 99a; cf. KM. Y90 [silver]; F –). Fields hairlined and some minor marks, otherwise good extremely fine, extremely rare [slabbed NGC UNC Details, Surface Hairlines] £1,500-£1,800
Charles I (1625-1649), Truro mint, Crown, mm. rose, 28.82g/10h (Besly A1; SCBI Brooker 1008-9, same dies; N 2531; S 3045). Some slight weakness in places, otherwise good very fine, horse better, toned, very rare £1,200-£1,600
Naval Action off Cadiz, 1781, a silver medal by J. Holtzhey, antiqua virtvte dvvm viri, three shields of arms on trident, rev. vis vi fortiter repulsa, view of the battle, 45mm, 31.67g (Betts 583; BHM –; E –). Small edge bruise, otherwise about extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £1,000-£1,200
Charles II (1660-1685), Guinea, 1678, fourth bust (MCE 78; S 3344). Fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,400
Victoria to George V, Florins (29), 1849 (3), 1855, 1860, 1868, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1884, 1887 (4), 1893, 1897, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1909, 1922, 1923 (2), 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1936 [29]. Varied state £300-£400
Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Halfcrown, 1642, mm. Oxford plume on obv. only, Shrewsbury horseman, no ground line below, Oxford plume in field, three Oxford plumes above Declaration, date below, 15.07g/11h (cf. Bull 594/3; Morr. F-3 var.; SCBI Brooker 882; N 2411; S 2952). Some slight obverse surface marks and weak in places, otherwise very fine or better, lightly toned, very rare £800-£1,000
Anne (1702-1714), Crown, 1703 vigo, edge tertio (ESC 1340 [99]; S 3576). Very fine, toned £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,300
George III (1760-1820), New coinage, Half-Sovereign, 1820 (M 402; S 3786). Good extremely fine [slabbed NGC MS 61] £1,200-£1,500
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Sixpence, 1630, Gp B, type 1a2, mm. heart, large bust, no cross fourchée over shield, 2.61g/3h (cf. SCBI Brooker 590A; N 2237; S 2808). Creased, otherwise good fine, very rare £200-£260
Medals, Proposed Coronation, 1937, a gold medal by W. McMillan for Spink, crowned bust left, rev. Royal arms with supporters, 33mm, 18.86g (Giordano CM260c; W & E 6720A/6; BHM 4302). About as struck, rare £700-£900
Congress of the Allies at The Hague, 1691, a silver medal by P.H. Müller, Jupiter presiding over council of seated gods, rev. Courage and Concord clasping hands over altar, Prudence standing behind, edge inscribed, 50mm, 44.58g (Pax 333; MI II, 16/182; E 334). Marks in obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, scarce £400-£500
Death of Matthew Boulton, 1809, a large bronze medal by P. Wyon after P. Rouw, bust right, rev. legend, 102mm (BHM 660; E 1000). Extremely fine and very rare £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,200
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Annulets type [BMC I], Colchester, Sveinn, [ – ]pign on colece, 1.34g/9h (Allen BNJ 2012, –; Allen BNJ 2016 –; Turner –; BMC –; N 857; S 1263). Bent, otherwise very fine and excessively rare; believed only the second known specimen £1,200-£1,500
James II (1685-1688), Guinea, 1687, second bust, elephant and castle (MCE 129; S 3403). Removed from a clasp mount and has been gilt, otherwise about very fine, rare £800-£1,000
George III, Guineas (3), 1769, 1788, 1789 (S 3727, 3729) [3]. Last fine, others better but both mounted and gilt £800-£1,000
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