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James II (1685-1691), Sixpences (2), both 1689, Jun, July (S 6583A, 6583B; DF 449, 450) [2]. First about fine, second fine but dent on obverse (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £40
George V (1910-1936), Shillings (2), 1916, 1926, Sixpence, 1932, Penny, 1929, Halfpence (2), 1921, 1924 (S 4013, 4033, 4041, 4055-6); George VI, Crowns (2), both 1937 (S 4078) [8]. Generally extremely fine or better (£50-60)
Early Uninscribed issues, Units (2), both Danebury type, head left, two pellets in annulets, quatrefoil of pellets and ex in front, rev. horse right, estoile above, two lyres below, pellets in annulets and annulets around, 1.12g/10h, 0.76g/12h (BMC 614; VA 292; S –) [2]. Obverses fair, reverses fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £50
Eisv, Unit, head right with pellets in annulets and scroll, rev. triple tailed horse left, ei above, 1.32g/5h (BMC 3043; VA 1110; S 382); unidentified silver-plated Unit, head right, rev. horse left, 0.79g/3h [2]. Latter corroded, otherwise fine (£40-60)
£40–£60
Robert II (1371-1390), Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, similar, 3.80g/7h (SCBI 35, 449-50, 452-6; B 3; S 5131). Some surface corrosion, otherwise fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £75
Uninscribed issues, Unit, boar right, pellets below, rev. horse right, pellets above, star below, 1.00g/5h (BMC 3455-72; VA 657-3; S 431). Part flat, otherwise very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £45
Unit, two crescents back-to-back in centre of wreath pattern, rev. horse right, trefoil on shoulder, ece below, 1.26g/12h (BMC 4360-4430; VA 760; S 445). Obverse nearly very fine, reverse extremely fine (£40-60)
Danubian Celts, Tetradrachm, head right, rev. Hercules, 16.20g/12h (cf. de la Tour 9668-9681); Spain, Danusia, bronze, head right, dolphins around, rev. lancer right, 5.61g/6h (de la Tour –) [2]. Very fine and nearly so, second lacquered (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £60
Elizabeth II (1952-, Pound [1983+], a blank with plain edge inscribed decus et tutamen in larger than normal lettering, 9.52g. Surfaces scuffed, edge very fine, very rare and especially unusual without edge graining (£40-60)
Elizabeth II (1952-, One Penny [1982+], a uniface rev., edge plain and rim partly raised, 3.54g. Virtually as struck with full original colour, unusual (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £25
British West Africa, George VI, Trial Shilling, 1952, in chromised mild steel, crowned bust left, trial in front, rev. palm tree divides date, trial horizontally at right, edge plain, 23mm, 4.84g/12h (Vice 326; KM. TS3; cf. R.J. Ford Sale, 112). Usual file marks on edge and two scrape marks on portrait, otherwise extremely fine, flan ‘dished’ (£40-60)
Ceylon, Commonwealth Republic, Trial 10 Cents, 1965, in nickel-brass, armorial ensign, trial stamped at left, rev. value, trial stamped at left, plain scalloped edge, 23mm, 4.15g/12h (KM. Pn11). Extremely fine and very rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £70
Ceylon, Commonwealth Republic, Trial 5 Cents, 1968, in nickel-brass, armorial ensign, trial stamped at left, rev. value, trial stamped at left, plain edge, 18mm, 3.26g/12h (KM. Pn12). Extremely fine and very rare (£40-60)
Miscellaneous, Size Trials (2), for the New Penny [1971+], in bronze, Tower Mint logo on both sides, edge plain, 20mm, 3.59g/12h; Tower Mint logo on one side, other blank, edge plain, 20.5mm, 5.74g [2]. First virtually as struck with full original colour, second extremely fine, the latter particularly rare (£40-60)
Miscellaneous, Proving piece for Martin & Co on behalf of H.H. Abdul Rahman, Amir of Afghanistan, in copper, ornamental g&b cypher, sir t. salter pyne, c.s.i. above, martin & co below, rev. crossed flags of Great Britain and Afghanistan, h.h. abdul rahman above, ameer of afghanistan below, edge finely grained, 38.5mm, 33.56g/6h (Bullmore, SNC 1979, p.439, no. 1A). Good fine, very rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £30
Miscellaneous, The Mint, Birmingham Ltd: Checks (4), similar, revs. manufacturers of non-ferrous alloys around in sheets strip wire blanks tubes stampings, etc and coinage, in nickel, edge plain, 25.5mm, 5.29g/6h (Sweeny 28); cupro-nickel (2), edge indepencia y libertad, 25.5mm, 8.22g/12h (Sweeny –), edge plain, 25.5mm, 9.24g/12h (Sweeny 31); aluminium, edge coarsely grained, 25.5mm, 6.22g/12h (Sweeny 32) [4]. Extremely fine and better, an attractive group (£40-60)
Miscellaneous, Sir Josiah Mason, Birmingham: Cupro-nickel checks (2) [c. 1875], mermaid, revs. specimen of alloy for coinage around made from sir j. mason’s nickel, edges plain, both 26mm, thick flan, 7.74g/12h, thin flan, 5.83g/12h; H.B. Sale Ltd, Birmingham: Brass spinner, h.b. sale ltd b’ham for service & skill dies, tools, moulds, engraving, presswork etc in eight lines, rev. arrow dividing you pay, edge plain, 30mm, 9.71g/5h [3]. First extremely fine, others very fine, the Mason...
Victoria (1837-1901), Sixpences, 1887 (2), one with r of victoria over v (ESC 1752, 1752C; S 3928) [2]. First extremely fine, second very fine and rare, the corrected error very clear (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £35
Early Uninscribed issues, Thames and South, potin Unit, Thurrock type, head left, rev. bull right, ma above, 3.34g/3h (BMC 660; VA 1402; S 62); bronze Stater, Whaddon Chase type, obv. blank, rev. horse right, ornaments around, 3.85g/12h (cf. BMC 345; VA 1505; S 33) [2]. First nearly very fine, second fine (£40-60)
China, Republic, Yuan Shih-Kai, Dollar (KM. Y329); Sun Yat-Sen, Dollar (KM. Y345) [2]. Both extremely fine or better (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £55
Tincomarus, Unit, laureate head right, rev. bull running right, tin above, co below, 1.28g/10h (BMC 911; VA 381-1; S 85). Fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £110
Eppillus, Unit, verica commi f around pellet in annulet on cross, rev. lion right, crescent above, rex below, 0.82g/8h (BMC 1356; VA 505; S 132). Fine, rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £80
Alexander III (1249-1286), Sterling, type III, Perth, Ion Cokin, ion · cok[in o]n p, rev. four stars of six points, 1.31g/9h (cf. SCBI 35, 129-30; cf. B 39. fig. 112; S 5043). Part flat, fine (£40-50)
Uninscribed issues, Unit, similar, rev. horse right, pellets above, 1.00g/10h (BMC 4297-4323; VA 752; S 436). Obverse extremely fine, reverse nearly very fine (£40-50)
James VI (1567-1625), Half-Merk or Noble, 1572, six pellets on fillet of crown, 6.31g/3h (cf. SCBI 35, 1218-19; cf. B 2; S 5478). Fine (£40-50)
James VI (1567-1625), Half-Merk or Noble, 1573 (?), 6.67g/10h (SCBI 35, 1221-2; B 5; S 5478). Fine (£40-50)
Miscellaneous, Special Trial Design, 10 Units, c. 1970, in aluminium or white metal, special trial design around 10, units below, rev. similar, but c inside the loop of the 0, edge plain, 23.5mm, 4.28g/12h. Very fine and extremely rare, believed the only specimen extant outside the Royal Mint (£40-50)
Miscellaneous, The Mint, Birmingham Ltd: Checks (2), in aluminium, similar, rev. manufacturers of non-ferrous alloys around in sheets strip tube water fittings blanks and coinage., edge finely grained, 26mm, 6.24g/12h (Sweeny –); in nickel-brass, similar, rev. manufacturers of non-ferrous alloys around 20th century coins, edge finely grained, 26mm, 5.77g/12h (Sweeny 36 var) [2]. First practically as struck, second extremely fine, both rare (£40-50)
Early Uninscribed issues, Bronze, Chichester Cock type, diademed head right, rev. cock right, rosette above, 1.57g/12h (BMC 657; VA –; S 61). Some corrosion, otherwise fine, very rare (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £65
Early Uninscribed issues, Thames and South, potin Unit, class II, head left, rev. bull left, 1.15g/3h (BMC 715; VA 136; S 64). Good very fine (£40-50)
Tincomarus, Unit, laureate head left, rev. bull running left, tin above, c below, 1.04g/2h (BMC 906; VA 396; S 84). Fine, rare (£40-50)
£40–£50
Tincomarus, Unit, six-pointed star, rev. boy on a dolphin, tinc below, 1.12g/12h (BMC 946; VA 371; S 88). Obverse very fine, reverse fine (£40-50)
Eppillus, Minim, similar but line through viric and pellet above, 0.30g/5h (cf. BMC 1519-20; cf. VA 485; cf. S 144). Fine, rare (£40-50)
Dubnovellaunus, Bronzes (2), horse right, rev. lion left, dvbn on tablet below, 2.72g/3h (BMC 2504; VA 166; S 181); boar left, [dvbno] above, rev. horseman right, 1.74g/5h (BMC 2507; VA 181; S 182) [2]. Reverse of latter very fine, otherwise fair, both very rare (£40-50)
Alexander III (1249-1286), Cut Halfpenny, class II, Berwick, Wales and Robert jointly, wal [rob on b]er, 0.54g/10h (SCBI 35, –; B 2, fig. 78; S 5042). Very fine, very rare (£30-50)
Elizabeth II (1952-, Twenty-Five Pence, c. 1981, a struck cupro-nickel blank, edge plain, 4.91g. Virtually as struck, extremely rare (£30-50)
Elizabeth II (1952-, Twenty Pence, 1993, in bronze, edge plain, 3.49g/12h. Flan with ‘rounded’ effect, extremely fine and virtually as made, rare (£30-50)
Miscellaneous, Ten Tokens, 1965, in bronze, flower, r.c.m. ten tokens and date around both sides, edge plain, 19mm, 3.24g/12h; Test Tokens (2), in brass, maple leaf, ball below, test token royal canadian mint around, revs. similar, but epreuve monnaie royale canadienne around, edges plain, both 19mm, 2.58g/6h, 2.56g/6h (cf. BDW 8, 476) [3]. First extremely fine with original colour, others brilliant, all rare (£30-50)
Hammer Price: £20
Miscellaneous, Maudslay Sons & Field, London: Copper check, 1852, symmetrical pattern of arabesques, maudslay sons & field around, rev. similar pattern, engineers london and date around, edge plain, 20.5mm, 5.02g/9h (Hawkins p.841, no.4; cf. Noble II, 1151); L. Schuler, London: Copper check, 1906, a souvenir of the machinery and engineering exhibition olympia around london and date, rev. stamped on a schuler compensating press around l. schuler 138 southwark st. london s·e·, edge plain,...
Alexander III (1249-1286), Sterling, type III, Glasgow, Walter, walter on g, trefoil of pellets after signature, rev. four stars of six points, 1.33g/2h (cf. SCBI 35, 119-20; cf. B 53a, fig. 118a; S 5043). Pierced, otherwise very fine, rare (£30-40)
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