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A mahogany cabinet by Edgar Lincoln, 21 x 16 x 8cm, comprising 6 stacking trays variously single-pierced to hold a total of 99 coins, single ivory pulls [one missing], sliding front, lock and key, brass carrying handle at top. In excellent order, but lacking three felts (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £25
Dowle, A., and Finn, P., The Guide Book to the Coinage of Ireland from 995 AD to the present day, London, 1969, 127pp, illustrations in text; Seaby, P.J., Coins and Tokens of Ireland, London, 1970, 168pp, illustrations in text; together with other miscellaneous references, sale catalogues, etc, almost all on English coins (16), by North, Cullimore Allen, Rayner, Linecar, Liddell, etc [17]. Mostly fine copies (£60-80)
Italy, Venice, Antonio Venier (1382-1400), Soldini (4) (B 2856); Michele Steno (1400-13), Soldino, 0.40g/9h (B 2860) [5]. About very fine and better (£40-50)
Syria, Sumeria, shell ring money (11), c. 3000 BC (Quiggin –) [11]. Very fine for this material (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £30
Victoria (1837-1901), 1897, dies Vw, low sea, normal date, 9.29g/12h (Gouby A; F 145 [dies 1+B; Sale, lot 83]; Adams 316; BMC 1943; S 3961). Brilliant mint state, an early strike (£30-40)
Victoria (1837-1901), 1874h, dies Jg, young portrait, rev. large date, 9.40g/12h (Gouby H; F 66 [dies 6+G; Sale, lot 46]; Adams 249; BMC 1694; S 3955). About very fine (£10-20)
Volusian (251-253), Antoninianus, 252, Rome, radiate bust right, rev. Juno seated left, holding corn-ears and globe, 3.85g/12h (RIC 177; Sear 9749); Probus, Antoninianus, 276, Ticinum, military bust left, rev. Emperor receiving globe from Jupiter, 3.93g/12h (RIC 386; Sear 11988) [2]. First about very fine, second extremely fine and fully tinned (£30-40)
Del Mar, A., History of Monetary Systems, Chicago, 1895, 444pp, coloured table and engraved plate; Del Mar, A., The Science of Money, 2nd edn, New York, 1896, xxvii + 205pp; Del Mar, The History of Money in America…to the Establishment of the Constitution, New York, 1899, xxiv + 121pp; Angell, N., The Story of Money, Garden City, NY, 1929, xiv + 411pp; Quiggin, A.H., The Story of Money, London, 1956, 73pp, dj; Seaby, H.A., and Rayner, P.A., The English Silver Coinage from 1649, 2nd edn,...
Hede, H., Danmarks og Norges Mønter 1541-1841-1963, Copenhagen, 1964, xiv + 222pp, illustrations in text; Divo, J.-P., and Tobler, E, Die Münzen der Schweiz im 18. Jahrhundert, Zurich, 1974, 437pp, illustrations in text, dj; Sobin Jr, G., The Silver Crowns of France 1641-1973, Teaneck, 1974, viii + 259pp, illustrations in text, dj; together with other references, mostly on European coins (12), by Vaz, Schulman, Beresford-Jones, etc [15]. Publishers’ bindings; second a mint example,...
Jess Peters [Los Angeles], Auction 78, [Catalogue of] Coins and Tokens of the Caribees by Ray Byrne, 13-14 June 1975, 1,457 lots, mostly illustrated (2 copies) [2]. Both fine copies of this important sale (£30-40)
Seaby’s Coin & Medal Bulletin, 1950-89, complete [Lot]. 1950-78 in publishers’ soft card, others in green rexine binders (£30-40)
Spasskii, I.G., Talery v Russkom Deneznom Obrashchenii 1654-1659 godov: Svodnyj Katalog Efimkov, Leningrad, 1960, 72pp, 14 plates; Severin, H.M., The Silver Coinage of Imperial Russia 1682 to 1917, 1st edn, Basle, 1963, 276pp, 48 plates; Harris, R.P., A Guidebook of Russian Coins 1725 to 1972, 2nd edn, Amsterdam, 1974, 160pp, illustrations in text [3]. First very fine and scarce, others working copies (£50-70)
Early Uninscribed issues, Potin, class I, head left, rev. bull right, 1.94g/2h (BMC 712; VA 108-1; S 63). Obverse very fine, reverse extremely fine (£50-70)
Henry III (1216-1272), Long Cross coinage, Penny, class IIIa, London, Nicole, 1.32g/5h (N 986; S 1362); Edward II, Penny, class XIa, Bury St. Edmunds, 1.32g/10h (SCBI North 780; N 1060/1; S 1465) [2]. First very fine, second nearly so (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £35
Victoria (1837-1901), 1861, dies Fd, 9.36g/12h (Gouby D; F 22 [dies 4+D; Sale, lot 15]; Adams 216; BMC 1639; S 3954); 1870, dies Jg, normal date, 9.30g/12h (Gouby A; F 60; Adams 244; BMC 1686; S 3954) [2]. Fine, the second with trident shaft missing, probably due to a clogged die (£10-20)
India, Magadha Empire (5th-4th century BC), punchmarked coins (4), period II, period III (2), period IV [4]. Very fine; with detailed identification tickets (£30-40)
Michaïlovitch, G., Monnaies de l’Empire de Russie 1725-1894, the 1973 Quarterman reprint, xxxvi + 657pp incorporating plates. Virtually as new (£70-90)
Newman, E.P., and Bressett, K.E., The Fantastic 1804 Dollar, Racine, 1962, 144pp, illustrations in text; Taxay, D., Counterfeit, Mis-Struck and Unofficial U.S. Coins, 1st edn, New York, 1963, xvi + 221pp, dj, illustrations in text; Bolender, M.H., The United States Early SIlver Dollars from 1794 to 1803, 2nd edn, Omaha, nd [1969], 71pp, 9 plates, 1969 valuation sheet tipped-in; Lee, K.W., California Gold Dollars, Half Dollars [and] Quarter Dollars, 1st edn, Los Angeles, 1970, xii + 138pp,...
New Zealand, Elizabeth II, Proof set, 1953, Crown to Halfpenny [8]. About as struck; in original case of issue (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £40
Ecen, Unit, two crescents back-to-back across wreath pattern, rev. horse right, pellets and ecen below, 1.14g/9h (BMC 4033-4215; VA 730; S 443A). Obverse very fine, reverse better (£50-70)
Miscellaneous, Guernsey, base metal coins, 1830-58 (107), mostly 1830 issues [107]. Varied state (£60-80)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First issue, Groat, mm. lis, bust 1F, beaded and wire line inner circles, 1.74g/7h (N 1986; S 2551); Second issue, Groat, mm. martlet, bust 1F, 2.01g/6h (N 1986; S 2557); Fifth issue, Halfgroat, mm. key, bust 6E, 0.93g/7h (N 2016; S 2579) [3]. First fair, others fine, first rare (£30-40)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third issue, Sixpence, 1567, mm. coronet, bust 4B, 2.62g/3h (N 1997; S 2562). Nearly very fine, light spademark on crown (£50-70)
Republic (1937-, Ten Pence, 1969, rev. boycott eire in large block capitals. Very fine (£30-40)
Victoria (1837-1901), 1860, dies Dd, 6 of date double-entered, 9.54g/12h (Gouby J; F 10 [dies 2+D]; BMC 1629; S 3954). Good very fine and retaining a little original colour (£40-50)
Early Uninscribed issues, Potin, class I, head right, rev. bull left, 2.04g/3h (BMC 686-95; VA 129; S 63). Good very fine, dark tone (£50-70)
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Annulet issue, Groat, Calais, mm. cross II, fleur on cusp below bust, 3.82g/9h (Whitton 4a; N 1424; S 1836); Halfpenny, Calais, mm. cross II, 0.40g/7h (W 2; N 1435; S 1849) [2]. Very fine, first spademarked on reverse (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £45
Victoria (1837-1901), 1887, dies Rr, 9.28g/12h (Gouby A; F 125 [Sale, lot 73]; Adams 291; BMC 1739; S 3954). Traces of handling both sides, otherwise extremely fine with almost full original colour, the obverse attractive (£50-70)
James I (1603-1625), Harington issue, Farthing, type 2, mm. lis on rev. only, 0.47g/6h (BMC 49; S 2676); Charles I, Maltravers issue, Farthing, type 3b, mm. bell, 0.62g/12h (BMC 235; S 3190) [2]. Very fine (£30-40)
Commodus (177-192), Denarii (2), 184, Rome, laureate bust right, rev. Æquitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiæ, 3.13g/6h (RIC 73; Sear 5669); 189, Rome, laureate bust right, rev. Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and spear, 3.48g/12h (RIC 192; Sear 5664) [2]. About very fine and better (£40-50)
Victoria (1837-1901), 1882h, dies Rr, first upright of h double-entered, 9.35g/12h (Gouby N; F 115 [dies 12+N]; BMC 1729; S 3955). Good very fine (£15-25)
Republic (1937-, Ten Pence, 1969, rev. ulster vanguard in small block capitals. Very fine (£30-40)
Miscellaneous, Ten Pence, 1969, ira in small block capitals. Very fine (£30-40)
Crosby, S.S., The Early Coins of America, the 1945 Chicago reprint, v + 381pp, 10 plates + engraved illustrations in text; Judd, J.H., United States Pattern, Experimental and Trial Pieces, 2nd edn, Racine, 1962, 260pp, illustrations in text; Vermeule, C.C., Numismatic Art in America, Cambridge, Mass., 1971, xix + 266pp, illustrations in text, dj [3]. Publishers’ bindings; clean copies, but first with some annotated highlights (£50-70)
South Africa, George VI, Proof set, 1947, Crown to Farthing [9]. Brilliant; in case of issue (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £50
Epaticcus, Unit, head of Hercules right, epati in front, rev. eagle holding snake, pellet-in-annulet above, 0.20g/10h (BMC 2024-2268; VA 580; S 356). Good very fine (£70-90)
Spain, Amadeo I, 5 Pesetas (2), both 1871 (KM. 666); Alfonso XII, 5 Pesetas (6), 1875 (2), 1877, 1878, 1883, 1892 (KM. 671, 676, 688-9) [8]. Fair to fine (£40-50)
Uninscribed issues, Bronze Stater, similar, 2.46g/11h (BMC 2924; VA 1345; S 372). Very fine (£80-100)
George VI (1936-1952), Farthings (59), all 1939 (S 4116); together with other miscellaneous Farthings (1,208), 1866-1953, various dates; other coins (27) [1,294]. The 1939 coins extremely fine, others in varied state (£60-80)
George VI (1936-1952), Farthings (111), 1942 (79), 1949 (32) (S 4116, 4119) [111]. Brilliant mint state (£70-90)
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