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Victoria (1837-1901), Proof set, 1839, comprising gold Five Pounds, edge tertio, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign; silver Crown, Halfcrown, Shilling, Sixpence, Britannia Groat and Maundy set; copper Penny, Halfpenny and Farthing [15]. Gold with minor hairlines and marks, especially on reverse of Five Pounds and obverse of Half-Sovereign, Crown, Halfcrown and Maundy set brilliant and attractively toned, Shilling cleaned in the past and re-toned, Sixpence and Britannia Groat with minor marks, coppe...
Hammer Price: £16,000
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fifth issue, Fine Sovereign, mm. escallop, reads nrs, 14.83g/4h (Brown/Comber A17, this coin listed; cf. SCBI Schneider 780; N 2003; S 2529). Possibly removed from a mount at some time (?), light file marks at 12 o’clock, otherwise very fine, rare (£3,500-4,000)
Hammer Price: £6,000
Charles II (1660-1685), Milled coinage, Five Guineas, 1676, first bust, elephant and castle below, edge vicesimo octavo (MCE 14; S 3330). Minor rim nick on reverse at 11 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, rare (£7,000-7,500)
Victoria (1837-1901), Proof set, 1887, comprising gold Five and Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign, silver Crown to Threepence [11]. Brilliant and almost as struck, silver toned; contained in red fitted leather case of issue [this damaged] (£5,000-6,000)
Hammer Price: £5,000
Victoria (1837-1901), Proof set, 1893, comprising gold Five and Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign, silver Crown to Threepence [10]. Brilliant, gold with surface marks, silver with matching olive-grey tone but obverse of Halfcrown lightly spotted; contained in red fitted leather case (£5,000-6,000)
James II (1685-1688), Five Guineas, 1687, edge tertio (MCE 117; S 3397A). Somewhat scuffed, otherwise about extremely fine with some brilliance (£2,500-3,000)
Hammer Price: £3,500
William IV (1830-1837), Pattern Sovereign, 1830, by W. Wyon, in gold, bust right, rev. crowned arms, edge plain, 7.71g/6h (WR 260; Douglas-Morris 178; Montagu 1083; S 3829). Obverse scuffed and reverse with light marks in field, otherwise extremely fine, very rare (£2,500-3,000)
Hammer Price: £3,300
Australia, Victoria, Sovereign, 1862, Sydney (M 367; KM. 4; F 10). Slightly scuffed with a few surface marks, otherwise extremely fine, some original brilliance (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £2,900
Charles I (1625-1649), Pontefract, Shilling, 1648, Charles II, type I, obv. from a Charles I die, rev. carolvs secvndvs (n reversed) and date around gateway, obs to left, pc above, cannon protruding to right, 4.78g/11h (Hird 279-81, same dies; N 2648; S 3150). Legends weak in places and cannon smoothed, otherwise good very fine, very rare (£2,500-3,000)
Hammer Price: £2,700
Charles II (1660-1685), Hammered coinage, Halfcrown, mm. crown on obv. only, 15.27g/4h (ESC 448; N 2759; S 3307). Two small cuts in obverse field otherwise very fine, reverse better, with attractive even light grey tone, very rare (£3,000-3,500)
Hammer Price: £2,600
Victoria (1837-1901), Young Head, Sovereign, 1841 (M 24; S 3852). Good fine, reverse better, very rare (£900-1,200)
Hammer Price: £2,500
George II (1727-1760), Five Guineas, 1738, edge dvodecimo (MCE 283; S 3663a). Minor tooling within 3 of date and some rim knocks, otherwise very fine, reverse better (£2,500-3,000)
Hammer Price: £2,400
Charles II (1660-1685), Milled coinage, Halfcrown, 1676, fourth bust, edge vicesimo octavo (ESC 478; S 3367). Tiny pinprick on neck, otherwise good extremely fine, very rare (£2,500-3,000)
Hammer Price: £2,350
Victoria (1837-1901), Young Head, Pattern Halfpenny, 1859, in cupro-nickel, after W. Wyon, bust left, double plain fillet, within inner circle, date below, rev. Britannia seated right, value expressed as a fraction in field, rose, thistle and shamrock below, edge plain, 5.59g/12h (BMC – [cf. 2019]; Freeman – [cf. 727]). Circular die flaw in reverse field, otherwise very fine and of the highest rarity, previously unpublished (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £2,200
Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, diademed bust right, rev. londonia monogram, cross potent above, rosette of pellets below, 1.53g/2h (N 644; S 1061). Slightly bent and with two minor hairline surface cracks on obverse, otherwise very fine with attractive portrait and dark tone (£2,000-2,500)
Hammer Price: £2,100
Charles, Prince of Wales, 1616, an oval silver portrait plaque by S. de Passe, bare headed bust three-quarters right, wearing ruff, armour, sash and lesser George, rev. arms within Garter, crowned, titles around, 56 x 43mm, 10.53g (MI I, 216/66). Good very fine with attractive grey tone, rare (£3,000-3,500)
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third period, Fine issue, Crown, 1551, mm. y, 31.00g/11h (Lingford dies A-1; N 1933; S 2478). Some light scratches, otherwise good very fine and attractively toned (£1,800-2,000)
Hammer Price: £1,800
Mary (1553-1554), Fine Sovereign of 30 Shillings, 1553, mm. pomegranate, 15.05g/11h (SCBI Schneider 704-6; N 1956; S 2488). Made round, gilt and with traces of mounting, otherwise fine (£500-700)
Hammer Price: £1,700
Zoological Society of London Prize Medal, 1826, in silver, by B. Wyon after T. Landseer, exotic birds, rev. African and Asian animals beneath tree, edge engraved (H.H. Sayid Burghash bin Said, Sultan of Zanzibar, 1875), 77mm (BHM 1272; E 1187). Extremely fine and toned, very rare; in original case of issue (£1,500-2,000)
Hammer Price: £1,600
George I (1714-1727), Guinea, 1726, fifth bust (MCE 261; S 3633). Light wear on the hair, otherwise extremely fine (£1,500-1,800)
Hammer Price: £1,500
Charles I (1625-1649), Pontefract, Shilling, 1648, type I, dvm spiro spero around cypher, rev. castle gateway, obs to left, pc above, hand and sword from window to right, date below, 5.48g/12h (Hird 271 and 275, same dies; N 2646; S 3148). Cut down from a (heavy?) lozenge-shaped flan and made round, otherwise nearly very fine, very rare (£1,000-1,200)
Charles I (1625-1649), Newark, Halfcrown, 1646, richly jewelled crown between cr, rev. obs: newark 1646, 15.10g/12h (Hird 246, same dies; N 2638; S 3140A). A few scratches on reverse, otherwise very fine, rare (£1,000-1,200)
Hammer Price: £1,450
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, 1555, English titles, mark of value above shield, 5.74g/1h (N 1968; S 2501). Very fine (£1,800-2,200)
Hammer Price: £1,400
Australia, Victoria, Sovereign, 1860, Sydney (M 365; KM. 4; F 10). Scuffed and surface marks, otherwise better than very fine (£250-300)
Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-796), Penny, Gp II, moneyer Winoth, offa rex in two lines divided by a beaded line with forked ends, rev. winod in angles of floriate cross with saltire and pellets in centre, 1.24g/5h (CEB 83; N 288; S 904). Very fine, rare (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £1,350
Charles I, a cast and chased silver-gilt badge, unsigned (by T. Rawlins), bare headed bust right, rev. crowned square topped shield within Garter, wreath and rose border around, 46 x 38mm, 16.87g (MI I, 360/231; E 167). Light wear on hair and shoulder, otherwise extremely fine, rare; with loop foir suspension (£1,200-1,500)
Hammer Price: £1,300
Victoria (1837-1901), Gothic Head, Crown, 1847, edge undecimo (ESC 288; S 3883). Trifling hairlines, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, attractively toned (£1,200-1,500)
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Unite, Gp A, class IIa, mm. lis, bust 1a, rev. shield 2, no stops, 9.08g/5h (SCBI Schneider 117; SCBI Brooker 26-7; N 2147; S 2689). Legends weak in places, otherwise very fine with crisply struck portrait (£1,500-1,800)
17th Century Tokens, Yorkshire, Scarborough, Peter Dale, heart-shaped Halfpenny, 1669, 2.36g/12h (N 6030b, this piece; D 295A). Very fine and extremely rare (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £1,250
Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy coinage, Penny, York, mm. cross pattée, bust of late style, rev. quatrefoil in centre, 1.10g/9h (N 1351; S 1722). Legends weak, otherwise very fine with clear portrait, rare (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £1,200
William I (1066-1087), Canopy type, Penny, Oxford, Ægelwine, ægelpi on oxenef, trefoil on King’s right shoulder, rev. beaded inner circle, 1.22g/4h (cf. BMC 208; N 843; S 1252). Nearly extremely fine, well-centred, very rare (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £1,150
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third period, Fine issue, Crown, 1553/2, mm. tun, 30.36g/4h (Lingford dies A-18; N 1933; S 2478). Nearly very fine with attractive grey tone, rare (£1,200-1,500)
Hammer Price: £1,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Unite, Gp A, class II, bust 1, mm. lis, r of carolvs over horizontal r, rev. shield 2, no stops, 8.95g/5h (SCBI Schneider 114-15; SCBI Brooker 22-5; N 2146 [a]; S 2688). Two fine hairline scratches on bust, otherwise very fine and well-centred, rare (£1,000-1,200)
Hammer Price: £980
South Africa, Paul Kruger, Pond, 1892, double shaft (KM. 10.1; F 2). Obverse field with several marks and scuffs and a small graze under motto on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with brilliant proof-like fields and sharp rims (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £950
Charles II (1660-1685), St Patrick’s coinage, Farthing, 6.70g/12h (S 6569; DF 342). Very fine (£600-700)
Ireland: Pre-1921 issues, Ballykinlar Internment Camp, Threepence, on light card, denomination and camp details on front and details of printers on back. Crease mark on back, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £920
George II (1727-1760), Two Guineas, 1738, edge graining A (MCE 291; S 3667A). Small knock on reverse rim at 8 o’clock, obverse nearly extremely fine, reverse better (£1,000-1,200)
Northern Ireland, Bank of Ireland, Twenty Pounds, 1983, A 000009, O’Neill signature, Bicentenary overprint (Pick 69). Uncirculated, very rare (£500-600)
Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty period, Noble, series E, mm. cross 2, ropes 3-2, no bowsprit, rev. es and cs broken at bottom, e of avtem appears formed of f over r, small e in centre, lis in second quarter, saltire stops both sides, 7.55g/5h (N 1160; S 1488). Nearly very fine (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £900
Charles I (1625-1649), Briot’s First Milled issue, Sixpence, mm. flower and b on obv. only, reads britan, 3.00g/6h (SCBI Brooker 718, same dies; N 2301; S 2855). A few adjustment marks and light hairlines in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine with attractive tone (£600-700)
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