Coins, Tokens & Banknotes Wednesday 31 July 2013 – 12.00noon Viewing: Tuesday 30 July 9am – 5pm and morning of sale
ANCIENT AND HAMMERED COINS
1 India, Mughal Empire Gold Mohur of Emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658), square area type, AH104(4?), 10.82g, GFIne/Fine £200 - 300
2 Ottoman Empire, Gold Altin of Sultan Suleyman I (1520-1566), mint Misr (Egypt), 3.42g, GFIne £80 - 120
3 Kushan Empire (Ancient Bactria) Gold Dinar of Vasudeva I (circa 190-230 AD), obv. king sacrificing over fire-altar, rev. god Shiva holding trident, bull Nandi behind, legends in Bactrian, 7.88g, full flan, good detail both sides VF £180 - 250
4 Umayyad Caliphate (Syria) Gold Dinar, AH95 (713-714AD), 4.25g, full flan, clear & well struck legends both sides VF+ £100 - 150
5 3 x English Hammered Coins: Charles I shilling MM eye, Briot's bust with stellate lace collar & double-arched crown, rev. square-topped shield, irregular flan, 5.8g, Fine to GFine; Henry VIII halfgroat, Canterbury Mint with Uncertain MM, WA beside shield (Archbishop Warham), small hole in field to right of bust o/wise full flan with mostly clear legends AFine & Charles I halfgroat, 4
th bust with inner circles
both sides, oval shield without CR, clipped (including MM) from 12 to 3 o'clock, holed below denomination, Fair/VG, together with James II shilling 1685, holed at 12 o'clock o/wise AFine £40 - 60
6 Edward VI Crown 1551, MM Y, clear date & legends & full, round flan, generally good edge & surfaces, king & horse weak, dark grey/blue tone, VG to AFine £300 - 400
7 Charles I Shilling, Tower Mint, MM worn, large 'Briot's' bust with stellate lace collar, double-arched crown, rev. square-topped shied over cross Moline, irregular flan with parts of legends missing but full weight at 6.1g & quite good portrait & shield detail, overall AFine to Fine & Charles I penny MM worn, obv. bust with '1' behind, inner beaded circle, rev. oval shield, no inner circle or CR; portrait & 2 quarters of shield flat o/wise AFine & an Edward I penny, London Mint, Poor/VG £30 - 50
8 Peru, Colonial Cob Coinage Silver 8 Reales 172(0?), obv. Cross of Jerusalem, lions & castles in quarters, rev. pillars, PLVS VLTRA etc, outer legends worn both sides; holed at 12 o'clock, .931 silver, 26.5g, visible details AFine for issue; France Louis XII (1498-1515) billon douzain au porc-epic (porcupine douzain), obv. LVDOVI(CVS) FRANCORVM RE(X) around crowned shield, porcupine below, rev. (SIT N)OMEN (DN)I BENEDICTVM around plain cross, fleurs de lis in angles, scarce, Fair to VG; Ptolemaic Egypt, Ptolemy IV AE38, obv. head of Zeus Ammon, rev. eagle on thunderbolt, VG £50 - 70
9 Elizabeth I, 5 x Silver Coins (different denominations) comprising: shilling 7
th
issue MM 2, full, round flan, bold legends, obv. some surface crackling & light scratches, shield & portrait detail weak o/wise Fine, legends better; sixpence 1570 3
rd/4
th issues MM
coronet, intermediate bust, lightly clipped & flat spots in legends AFine; threepence 1575 3
rd/4
th issues, MM
eglantine, digs both sides o/wise full, round flan Fine or+; halfgroat 7
th issue,
London Mint MM 1, light obv. scratches but some portrait & shield detail VG & penny 6
th issue, London Mint, MM A,
VG £80 - 120
10 4 x English Hammered Silver Coins comprising: Edward II penny, London Mint, portrait detail weak o/wise AFine; Edward III halfgroat, London Mint MM cross 1, Pre-Treaty period with French title, Lombardic M & R with wedge-shaped tail (S1565), portrait flat & edge faults, clear legends, portrait Fair o/wise Fine; Henry VIII halfgroat, 2
nd coinage, Canterbury Mint, MM cross
patonce, W A beside shield (Archbishop Warham), parts of shield & portrait weakly struck but full, round flan, with full, clear legends, nicely toned GFine to AVF & James I sixpence 1605 3
rd bust (MM worn),
obv. scratches & corroded surfaces, edge chip below bust between 5 & 7 o'clock, flat spots in legends but good portrait detail AFine £60 - 80
11 Mary, Groat MM lis, rev. POSVIMVS etc, slightly ragged edge at 12 o'clock but most of legends clear & some detail in bust & shield, AFine to Fine £80 - 120
12 Elizabeth I, 10 x Silver Coins comprising: 2 x threepences: 1575 MM eglantine & 1573 MM acorn, holed in field at 10 o'clock; 4 x half groats: MM 2, MM escallop, holed at 6 o'clock, MM woolpack, scratches & MM cross crosslet; 4 x pennies: MM crescent, MM Greek Cross & two with worn mintmarks; generally low grades Fair to VG £40 - 60
13 16 x English Hammered Silver Coins including: Richard II penny, MM cross pattee, York Mint, King's name clear but no portrait detail; Henry VIII 'sovereign' penny, Durham Mint, Bishop Tunstall, C D beside shield; Elizabeth I threehalfpence 1561 MM pheon, James I, 3 x pennies (rose & thistle type), one holed & Charles I, 2 x halfgroats & 3 x pennies; various grades, generally Fair to AFine, a couple Poor £50 - 70
14 Charles I Gold Crown, MM lis, 1
st bust,
king in Coronation robes, double-arched crown & square-topped shield, good portrait, 2.3g, VF £300 - 350
15 8 reales silver cob, salvaged from the Spanish fleet which sank off the coast of Florida in 1715; Mexico City Mint, obv. Royal Shield of Philip V, rev. floriated cross with lions & castles; .93 silver (tested & verified) underweight at 21.95g (normal weight 27-28g), some surface corrosion, with certificate of authenticity, AFine for issue £30 - 40
16 Elizabeth I Shilling, 6
th issue, MM bell,
obv. faint capital 'E' scratched in field behind bust, minor flat spots in legends o/wise full flan, toned Fine to GFine; James I shilling, 2
nd coinage, 3
rd bust,
MM lis, obv. scratches & light pitting both sides, very lightly clipped between 9 & 10 o'clock o/wise clear legends & quite good shield detail Fine to GFine & Elizabeth I sixpence 1561, 3
rd/4
th
issue, MM pheon, crease from 10 to 4 o'clock & 3 quarters of shield flat, bust worn Poor o/wise VG £50 - 70
17 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 11x English Silver Coins: Henry II short cross penny, Worcester Mint, Osbern on Wi(ric), moneyer's name clear o/wise creased & cracked Poor, Edward I, 2 x pennies London Mint, Edward II, 5 x pennies, London Mint(x3) & Canterbury Mint(x2), Edward III penny York Mint chipped Fair, a Commonwealth penny, an Edward III halfgroat York Mint, together with a continental imitation (esterling) of an Edward I penny York Mint, generally VG to Fine unless o/wise graded & Roman: 15 x AE3/4 including Probus, Claudius Gothicus, Tetricus, Helena, Crispus etc, all identifiable, generally Fine or+ & 2 x 15
th century lead tavern
tokens £50 - 70
18 Commonwealth Gold Crown 1653, MM sun, full round flan, 2.24g, small dig in obv. field o/wise AVF to VF £1500 - 2000
19 Edward III Quarter Noble, MM cross 3, London Mint, Treaty Period, lis in rev. centre & curule-shaped X, full round flan, 1.88g, VF £400 - 450
20 James I Quarter Laurel, 3rd coinage MM lis, bust with two loose tie-ends; irregular edge in parts, good portrait & shield detail, 2.26g, VF (S2642) £450 - 550
21 Edward IV Ryal (Rose Noble), MM sun, slightly crimped but full round flan, 7.68g, (118.6 grains) GVF £1500 - 1800
22 Henry V Noble MM pierced cross, 6.97g (107.2 grains), broken annulet on side of ship & quatrefoil in one angle of rev. cross, saltire stops, full, perfectly round flan, very attractive, virtually EF £1800 - 2500
23 Edward III Noble, Pre-treaty Period with French title, MM cross 3, Lombardic M & N, tiny lis by one lion on rev, saltire stops, 7.66g (118.4 grains), E in centre of rev, EF £1800 - 2500
24 Charles I Unite MM castle, group B, 2
nd
bust in ruff, armour & mantle, single-arched crown, minor marks, full round flan & lightly toned in legends, 9.06g, VF or+ £1200 - 1500
25 Henry VIII Angel, 1
st coinage, MM
castle, rev. h & rose, 5.19g (79 grains), full round flan, very attractive, virtually EF £1800 - 2500
26 Henry VIII Angel, 1
st coinage, MM
castle, h & rose on rev. 5.06g (78 grains) AVF to VF £1000 - 1500
27 Charles II Hammered Gold Unite, MM crown, 2
nd issue with mark of value
(XX), 9.01g, a few trivial marks & minor die flaw at top of shield o/wise full round flan, lustrous VF VERY RARE £3500 - 4000
28 Commonwealth Gold Unite 1653, MM sun, 9.12g, trivial marks & slightly irregular flan in parts o/wise lustrous VF to GVF £3800 - 4500
29 Charles I Gold Crown, MM lis, 1
st bust,
King in Coronation robes, double-arched crown & square-topped shield, full flan, GVF £450 - 550
30 James I Laurel, MM rose, wider ties, full round flan with very good detail in bust & especially in shield, very good edge & surfaces, 9g, lustrous AEF £1200 - 1500
31 Edward III Half Noble, Transitional Treaty Period (1361), rev. annulets at corners of central Panel, 3.81g, AVF/VF+ £800 - 1200
32 James I, Quarter Laurel, MM thistle (MM after REGNA), 2 loose tie-ends, flat spots in legends but good portrait & very good shield detail, 2.25g, GFine/VF £250 - 300
33 Edward VI Half Sovereign, London Mint MM Y, crowned bust, rev. SCVTVM etc, bust & shield weakly struck & a few light hairlines but full round flan & full clear legends, 4.42g, overall Fine (legends better), RARE £1200 - 1500
34 Elizabeth I Gold Half Pound, 2
nd
issue, MM cross crosslet, young crowned bust, beaded inner circles, very light vertical crease through bust o/wise good edge & surfaces, 5.6g, VF RARE (S2520) £3000 - 3500
35 Elizabeth I Gold Pound, MM obv. lion & tun/rev. tun, old bust, elaborate dress, 10.88g, trivial hairlines o/wise lustrous virtually EF, VERY RARE (S2534) £7000 - 9000
36 Ancient Greece Silver Diobol, Thracian city of Ainos, obv. head of Hermes, rev. AIN above goat facing right, club to right of goat, circa 425BC, slightly underweight at 1.28g, 0.975 silver, AFine/Fine £30 - 40
37 Venice, 2 x Gold Zecchini: Alois Mocenigo (1570-77), 3.47g, small hole at 2 o'clock & Leonardo Donato (1606-12), 3.51g, .999 gold, VF to GVF £100 - 150
38 Malta, Knights of St John Gold Zecchino, Martin Garzes, Grand Master 1595-1601, rev. traces of solder at 10 o'clock, 3.3g, .986 gold, VF+ £60 - 80
39 Egypt, Fatimid Period Gold Dinar in the name of Caliph al-Mustansir Billah AH427-487 (1036-1094AD), full, slightly crimped flan, 4.1g, AVF £100 - 150
ENGLISH AND FOREIGN MILLED COINS
40 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 2 x 1oz Britannia £2: 1997 (cased proof) & 1999 (bullion), 3 x RM proof sets: 1992, 1997 & 1998 with certs, in CofI, FDC, a CuNi £5 1996, 5 x crowns: 1977(x2, in plastic cases), 1980 & 1981(x2) in presentation packs, £1 1996 in a presentation pack, Isle of Man £1 1983, Jersey £1 1983 & Guernsey £1 1983, all in plastic cases £40 - 60
41 Maundy Set 1920, 4d, 3d, 2, & 1d all with matching blue/gold tone, in original octagonal red leatherette CofI with gilt tooling, AFDC £80 - 120
42 Proof Half Sovereign 1980, with cert, in wallet of issue, FDC together with 2 x crowns: 1951, with cert, in BofI, BU & silver proof 1980, with cert, in CofI, FDC £100 - 120
43 Proof Half Sovereign 1989 '500
th
Anniversary of the Sovereign' no cert or CofI, FDC £120 - 150
44 4 x Half Sovereigns: 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003, all BU £380 - 400
45 Prussia Gold 5 Marks 1877A, 1,98g, .900 gold EF & Austria proof restrike gold ducat 1915, 3.48g, .986 gold, virtually BU £100 - 150
46 2 x Sovereigns: 1980 & 1981 AUNC to UNC £380 - 400
47 3 x Sovereigns: 1958, 1963 & 1964 surface marks/scratches, AEF to EF £570 - 600
48 3 x Gold Coins comprising: Isle of Man proof 1/10oz angel 1989, obv. hairlines o/wise GEF, Britannia proof £10 (1/10oz) 1992 BU & USA 5 dollars 1990 1/10oz, scratches & hairlines both sides o/wise EF £200 - 250
49 3 x Half Sovereigns, all 1982, one with obv. scratches o/wise BU £270 - 300
50 Turkey, Gold 100 kurus AH1327/9 (1917), 7.21g, .917 gold GVF & gold 25 kurus AH1277 (1860) 1.72g, .917 gold VF & Egypt gold 5 qirsh AH1277, 0.43g, .875 gold, VF £200 - 22
51 Mexico, Gold 50 Pesos 1957, medallic issue 'Centenary of Constitution' 41.6g, .900 gold, AEF £700 - 800
52 James II Guinea 1688, 8.1g, contact marks, mount removed at 12 o'clock, Fair to VG £180 - 220
53 Edward VIII, Fantasy Gold Proof Crown 1936 by D R Golder, obv. left-facing bust of Edward VIII, rev. Royal Arms & supporters, 'ANNO 1936' below, 39.8g, 18ct gold; trivial marks/scuffs o/wise BU & a 9ct gold medalet, hallmarked Birmingham 1990, obv. bust of Edward VIII, rev. 'Straits Settlements' & standing Britannia (as rev .of Britannia series trade dollar), 1936 below, 22mm, 4.74g, faint hairlines o/wise EF £600 - 650
54 Italy, Fantasy Gold 20 Lire 1928, 10
th
Anniversary - End of WWI, obv. helmeted bust of Vittorio Emanuele III, rev. fasces, lion's head & legend 'Meglio Vivere un Giorno da Leone ..etc' ('Better to Live One Day as a Lion…etc'), 32.17g, .900 gold; trivial marks/hairlines, marks in edge milling o/wise AEF £600 - 650
55 Columbia, Gold Escudo 1777SF MM P, 3.25g, .917 gold, traces of mount at 12 o'clock & flan very slightly dished o/wise VG/Fine & Saudi Arabia commemorative gold medalet, obv. King Faisal (1906-1975), rev. palm tree & crossed swords in wreath, stamped .917, 3.94g, EF+ £100 - 150
56 No Lot
57 Switzerland 11 x Coins 1850 - 1902 comprising: 2 francs 1860B AFine/Fine, 2 x 1 franc 1861B Fine & 1900B VF, 4 x half francs 1850A(x3) VG to Fine, one with obv. scratches & 1898B VF, 20 rappen 1901B AEF, 10 rappen 1901B EF, 2 x 5 rappen 1877B VF & 1902B AEF; silver coins all with patchy toning £80 - 120
58 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: £4.67½ face value pre-47 silver, £0.35 pre-20 silver, 25 x silver threepences, £3.10 face value pre-decimal CuN & a quantity of pre-decimal bronze (weight 5.1kg), together with 400+ foreign coins of which 22 x silver (weight 84.8g) including Australia florin 1913 VG to AFine & a few low grade banknotes & other coins £100 - 150
59 William III Shilling 1696 with GVLIEMVS error, good edge & surfaces, blue/gold tone with underlying lustre, bust VG+ o/wise Fine+, VERY RARE £250 - 350
60 Miscellaneous Lot including: 3 x proof sets 1970, 5 x year sets (1965, 1967), 25 x crowns: 1951(x4) with certs, in BofI, BU, 1953(x2), 1965(x5), 1972(x7), 1977(x5) & 1981(x2), a 'plastic' set 1953, Jamaica 6 x 5 shillings 1966 (Kingston Commonwealth Games), 13 x foreign silver coins: South Africa crown 1958, Canada 2 x dollars 1965, Mexico 8 x 25 pesos 1968, Germany 10 marks 1972J & Switzerland 2 francs 1931 & Mexico 5 x 1 peso (low grade silver) 1962(x2) & 1966(x3) £100 - 150
61 Half Sovereign 1903, minor marks VF £100 - 120
62 Mexico Gold 10 Pesos 1959 (restrike), 8.38g of .900 gold, GVF £180 - 200
63 Miscellaneous Coins & Shooting Medals comprising: 3 x crowns: 1889 rev. minor edge nicks/scratches Fine, 1935 contact marks GVF, 1951 no cert or BofI BU, 4 x £5 coins 1990(x2), 1993 & 2002, sixpence 1952 VF, 'cartwheel' penny 1797 contact marks o/wise AVF, an evasion halfpenny 1797 obv. 'Duke of Bedford' rev. 'British Tars' VG, 2 x brass coin weights, a lapel badge 'For Loyal Service,' 3 x sterling silver pistol shooting medals (combined weight 67.3g) & Ireland a multicolour enamelled shooting medal with ribbon & with bars 1931 & 1935 £80 - 120
64 Sovereign 1889M, contact marks, good edge, S3867B, GFine/AVF & half sovereign 1894 GFine or + £300 - 330
65 Sovereign 1910 & Half Sovereign 1907 AVF to VF £270 - 300
66 2 x Sovereigns: 1910M & 1909 VF to GVF £380 - 400
67 2 x Half Sovereigns: 1911 & 1914 GVF £180 - 200
68 Maundy Set 1897, 4d, 3d, 2d & 1d, matching blue/gold tone, faint scratch in obv. field of 4d, in original red leatherette CofI with gilt crown & 'Diamond Jubilee' on lid, UNC £100 - 150
69 Maundy Set 1904, blue/gold tone, handling marks on 4d & 3d, in CofI, UNC £80 - 120
70 3 x Sovereigns: 1906 & 1910(x2), patchy toning, Fine to AVF £570 - 600
71 3 x Half Sovereigns: 1906, 1907 & 1908, Fine to GFine £270 - 300
72 2 x Sovereigns: 1912 AVF & 1913 VF & half sovereign 1913 obv. toning streaks o/wise AVF £450 - 500
73 2 x Sovereigns: 1913 & 1915 VF & half sovereign 1911 VF £450 - 500
74 Miscellaneous English Coins comprising: 2 x crowns: 1889 AFine & 1893 LVI contact marks GFine or+, Gothic florin 1878 die 92 AFine, 34 x silver threepences Victoria YH to George VI; 5 x very worn, holed or o/wise damaged silver coins comprising: a William IV groat (date worn) & 4 x shillings 1816, 182(6?) & 1887JH(x2), a 'cartwheel' twopence 1797 contact marks & edge bumps GFine to AVF together with a South Africa florin 1897 GFine to AVF, a Roman AE3/4 of Constantine II & a Sinking of the Lusitania medal dated 5 May 1915, very good condition £50 - 70
75 Sovereign 1913 GVF & Half Sovereign 1902 contact marks Fine+ £300 - 350
76 Miscellaneous English Silver Coins comprising: double florin 1889 Fine, 3 x halfcrowns: 1825 good edge, lustrous GFine to AVF, 1898 VG, 1899 VG, Gothic florin 1872 Fair, 2 x shillings both 1887JH AVF & 1906 AFine, sixpence 1787 no hearts, small scratch in obv. field o/wise toned VF to GVF, a BofE bank token eighteenpence 1812 draped & laureate bust in armour, rev. metal flaw, bust Fair to VG o/wise AFine, together with 2 x hammered coins: Elizabeth I sixpence 1567 3
rd/4
th issues, MM lion,
portrait & obv. MM worn smooth o/wise AFine & James I sixpence 1603 1
st
coinage, 2nd
bust MM thistle, portrait flat apart from crown o/wise Fine or+ £80 - 120
77 £8.55 Face Value Pre-47 Silver in two albums & 3 x pre-20 halfcrowns: 1880 AVG, 1887JH VG & 1919 GFine £100 - 120
78 Miscellaneous Lot including: a quantity of pre-decimal bronze (weight 2.8kg) & pre-decimal CuNi, 5 x CuNi crowns 1951 in BofI, 1953 & 1977(x3), 2 x £5 coins 1998 & 1999, 2 x £2 1986 & 90+ foreign coins of which 16 x silver (weight 190.8g) including Yugoslavia 1000 dinars 1980 'Death of Tito' BU, Ireland 10 shillings 1966, Canada dollar 1966 & South Africa shilling 1895 together with a few tokens & other coins £60 - 80
79 10 x UK Silver Proofs comprising: 3 x crowns 1977, 1980 & 1981, 2 x £5 1990 & 1997, 4 x £2 1994, 1995, 1996 & 1999 'Rugby World Cup' (piedfort) & 50p 1998; with certs, in CofI, FDC £60 - 80
80 9 x UK Proof Sets: 1983, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, with certs, in CofI, FDC & RM Silver Anniversary Collection 1996 '25
th
Anniversary of Decimalisation' comprising 7 x silver proof versions of circulating UK coins (1p to £1), with cert, in CofI, FDC £60 - 80
81 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: UK proof set 1982 with cert, in CofI, FDC, a year set 1967 in a black leatherette folder, 2 x £5 coins 1996 & 1999 in presentation packs UNC, Jersey 2-crown proof set 1966, Guernsey proof set 1966, Barbados sterling silver proof dollar 1997 'Golden Wedding' with cert, in CofI, FDC & other coins £40 - 60
82 Miscellaneous English Silver Coins comprising: 2 x crowns: 1821 SECUNDO AFine/VG & 1889 edge nicks AFIne, double florin 1890 Fine to GFine, 3 x halfcrowns: 1888, 1892 & 1894 VG & shilling 1741 roses in angles, bust worn smooth o/wise AFine £50 - 70
83 15 x 18
th Century Halfpenny Tokens
including Rochdale 1791, John Kershaw edge (D140), York 1795 (D63), Gloucester 1797 (D63), Leeds 1791 rev. Cloth Hall (D29-41), Huddersfield 1793 Downings edge (D15), Coalbrookdale 1792 rev. inclined plane at Ketley (D6-16) etc, generally AFine or+, together with Anglesey penny 1788 VG, Isle of Man halfpenny 1831 obv. triskelis VF+ & a 'cartwheel' penny 1797 AFine £50 - 70
84 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: £0.55 face value pre-20 silver, 30+ foreign coins of which 9 x silver (weight 76g) including a Maria Theresa restrike thaler 1780X ABU, Denmark 5 kroner 1960, Australia sixpence 1910 etc together with CuNi crowns, various commemorative medals, 100+ low grade Roman bronzes majority very worn & 480+ museum quality uniface reproductions of Ancient Greek coins, mostly gold & silver types (approximately 320 mounted on black card) £60 - 80
85 George III Crown 1819 LX, trivial marks/hairlines o/wise good edge, lustrous prooflike EF £180 - 250
86 Victoria, 7 x Silver Coins comprising: 2 x crowns: 1845 V111, surface marks, edge bumps o/wise AFine/Fine & 1887 minor marks/edge imperfections Fine+, double florin 1889 edge knocks both sides, minor marks Fine, halfcrown 1845 light obv. scratches, bust Fair o/wise VG, 2 x florins: 1849 bust & shields Fair o/wise VG & 1887 (Gothic) minor marks, generally good edge & surfaces VG parts better & shilling 1875 die 30 GFine to AVF £70 - 90
87 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 7 x crowns: 1935 GVF, 1937 contact marks VF, 1951 with cert, in BofI, BU, 1953, 1965 & 1972(x3); halfcrown 1937 AEF, shilling 1887JH obv. scratch o/wise Fine, shilling 1826 & sixpence 1816 both very worn, a quantity of generally low grade pre-decimal copper & bronze (Victoria bunhead to QEII), 16 x farthings including 1754 & 1834(x2) & a few foreign coins including France 10 centimes 1854 with a Prussian helmet engraved on the bust of Napoleon III & SEDAN inscribed on his collar & rev. the eagle's head missing (filed down & polished smooth) - a wry contemporary comment on the Battle of Sedan 1870 when the French army commanded by Napoleon III was surrounded by the Prussians & forced to surrender £30 - 50
88 3 x Sovereigns: 1911, 1912 & 1913 VF to GVF £570 - 600
89 2 x Sovereigns: 1909 AVF & 1912 GVF £380 - 400
90 Miscellaneous Lot including: Britannia £2 1998 BU, Silver Jubilee 1935 official RM issue small silver medal by Metcalfe, toned UNC, Bermuda dollar 1986 rev. sea turtle, a quantity of foreign coins (weight 3.95kg), pre-decimal bronze & CuNi, 50 x low grade foreign banknotes, mostly European pre-euro & other coins £30 - 50
91 USA, 10 x Morgan Silver Dollars: 1880s, 1881o, 1883, 1883o, 1885o, 1891, 1896, 1897, 1901o & 1921, all with contact marks, generally VF or+ £80 - 120
92 Sovereign 1913 & Half Sovereign 1913 AVF £280 - 320
93 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 9 x crowns: 1822 TERTIO VG/Fair, 1890(x2) both with contact marks and/or edge imperfections VG & Fine, 1899 AFine, 1935 VF, 1960(x3) AEF to EF & 1965; 4 x florins: 1853 Fair, 1887JH GFine/AVF, 1904 contact marks Fine & 1909 VG together with 3 x low grade 18
th century halfpenny tokens
(Manchester & Rochdale) & a Prince Edward Island token 1855 'Self-Government and Free Trade' AVF, a brass tally & other coins £40 - 60
94 George II Guinea 1734, 2
nd young
laureate head, generally good edge & surfaces, 8.35g, lustrous VF to GVF £800 - 1200
95 Britannia 4-coin Silver Proof Set 2003 comprising: £2, £1, 50p & 20p, with cert, in CofI, FDC £80 - 120
96 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 5 x Britannia silver bullion £2 2003, sealed in RM folders BU, 5 x Maria Theresa restrike thalers 1780X in presentation packs BU, Jersey 2 x CuNi £5 2003 'Royal Navy' commemoratives & 13 CuNi crowns issued by Pobjoy Mint: Gibraltar 1994/96/98/99(x3) 2000/2001(x2) & Isle of Man 1990/97/98/2000, all BU £100 - 150
97 Miscellaneous Silver Coins comprising: £1.05 face value pre-20 including crown 1889 edge knocks & contact marks VG to AFine & shilling 1904 AFine, £1.17½ face value pre-47, 32 x silver threepences (one holed) & 4 x foreign silver coins: Australia crown 1937 obv. marks AVF, South Africa shilling 1894 Fine & halfcrown 1940 & Ireland halfcrown 1928 AVG £80 - 120
98 James II Crown 1688 QVARTO, 2
nd
draped bust, generally good edge & surfaces VG & George III crown 1820 LX, contact marks & edge imperfections VG £100 - 150
99 William & Mary Halfcrown 1692 QVARTO, 2
nd rev., good edge &
surfaces, attractive Fine £80 - 120
100 580+ Foreign Coins of which 69 x silver (weight 262g), including Poland (Grand Duchy) 30 kopecks (2 zloty) 1838 MW lustrous GVF, 15 kopecks (1 zloty) 1836 MW GFine, Russia 25 kopecks 1894 lustrous GVF & Bolivia 8 reales (Potosi Mint) 1806 PJ, small, partly plugged piercing at 12 o'clock o/wise AVF/VF & also including Westphalia 10,000 marks Notgeld coin 1923, 45mm, gilt bronze, obv. bust of Baron Heinrich von Stein GEF/EF & Russia 5 kopecks 1791 VG, parts better £150 - 200
101 Canada 4-Coin Sterling Silver Proof Set 1973 (Series 1, issued for Montreal Olympics 1976) comprising 2 x 10 dollars, with world map & Montreal skyline reverses & 2 x 5 dollars with map of Canada & sailboat 'Kingston' reverses, with cert, in CofI, FDC & USA Silver Proof Set 1976s 'Bicentennial' comprising 1 dollar (Eisenhower), half dollar (Kennedy) & quarter dollar FDC in CofI (CofI also contains CuNi dollar 1972D, half dollar 1972 & quarter dollar 1976, all with contact marks and/or scratches VF or+) together with Canada silver dollar 1935 'Silver Jubilee' commemorative, trivial marks, lustrous EF £60 - 80
102 Miscellaneous English Silver Coins comprising: 2 x crowns 1891 & 1893 LVI contact marks, both lightly cleaned VG to AFine, halfcrown 1893 AVG, florin 1910 Fine, 2 x shillings 1819 contact marks Fine & 1821 VG, 2 x sixpences 1826 obv. pitting, cleaned Fine & 1910 carbon spots GFine or+, a Maundy 4d 1902 obv. marks & scratches o/wise AEF/EF, 12 x silver threepences, £0.55 face value pre-20 silver & £0.32½ face value pre-47 silver £50 - 70
103 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 13 x crowns: 1935 VF to GVF, 1937 minor marks AEF, 1951(x2, with certs, in BofI), 1953(x2), 1972(x4) & 1977(x3) together with St Helena silver crown 1977 'Silver Jubilee' & Tristan da Cunha silver crown 1977 'Silver Jubilee' both with certs, in CofI FDC, a National Trust Life Member silver medal in CofI & a quantity of low grade pre-decimal bronze £40 - 60
104 Half Sovereign 1890, trivial contact marks o/wise Fine £100 - 120
105 France Gold 20 Francs 1865A, sometime cleaned, minor surface marks & rev. rim knock at 8 o'clock, 6.43g, .900 gold, VF to GVF £120 - 150
106 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 22 x crowns: 1935 VF, 1953(x2), 1960, 1965(x5), 1972(x2), 1977(x10) & 1981, halfcrown 1890 VG, pre-decimal bronze (weight 1.5kg) including 70 x worn OH pennies, farthing 1863 AFine, 80+ foreign coins of which 8 x silver (weight 45g) including Bolivia 4 soles 1859, France 1 franc 1867 GFine or+ & Russia 50 kopecks 1897 VG & other coins, together with a silver teaspoon hallmarked London 1860, a WWII Defence Medal 1939-45 in original OHMS delivery box & a few WM commemorative & prize medals (Silver Jubilee 1935 & Coronation 1911 etc) & a bracelet made from 7 x interlinked Australian silver coins, a florin, 2 x shillings, 2 x sixpences & 2 x threepences, all 1910 & each with the field chased out around the rev. arms, ground, scroll & date £60 - 80
107 Crown 1902, contact marks & edge nicks o/wise Fine £50 - 70
108 Crown 1902, light edge bumps/nicks & contact marks o/wise Fine £50 - 70
109 Miscellaneous Lot including USA silver dollar 1883, contact marks VF & half dollar 1964, Germany 4 x silver 10 marks 1972 (D, F, G & J) rev. Aerial View of Olympic Stadium & 5 marks 1973J, 16 x silver threepences, pre-decimal CuNi including 1953 crown & other coins £30 - 50
110 Sovereign 1887s (Young Head), minor contact marks/edge nicks o/wise VF £220 - 250
111 Sovereign 1909 hairlines GFine to AVF & half sovereign 1912 VF £300 - 350
112 George III Half Sovereign 1817, generally good edge, contact marks, bust slightly better than Fair o/wise VG £100 - 150
113 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 4 x crowns: George III date worn (L1X) Poor, 1821 SECUNDO VG, 1889 edge knocks Fine & 1935 VF; double florin 1889 AFine/Fine, 40 x mixed silver threepences (a couple holed), 24 x CuNi crowns: 1951 with cert, in BofI, BU, 1953(x2), 1965(x8), 1977(x7), 1980(x2) & 1981(x4), pre-decimal bronze & CuNi & a few foreign coins, together with a set of Harrison's brass sovereign & half sovereign scales in original box, a chrome-plated spring-loaded sovereign & half sovereign holder, both in excellent condition, a Coronation Medal 1953 & 2 x WWI medals: War Medal & Victory Medal, with ribbons, both as issued £80 - 120
114 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 9 x crowns: 181(8?) L1X Fair to AVG, George III date & regnal year worn Poor to Fair, 1951 with cert, in CofI, BU, 1953, 1965, 1977(x2) & 1981(x2), a type set 10 coins crown(1965) to farthing (1956), remainder all 1967 except shillings(E & S) 1966, in a Sandhill case UNC & a 'plastic' set 1953 UNC, together with USA 2 x silver dollars: 1878s VF+ & 1922s Fine, Spain silver 100 pesetas 1966(66) VF & South Africa silver 1 rand 1966 GVF, all with uneven toning & a few Roman coins including: Nero billon tetradrachm VG, Lucius Verus copper as, rev. FORT RED (in ex.) TR POT 111 COS 11 S C, Fortune seated, holding rudder & cornucopia, holed at 3 o'clock, together with an Amateur Billiards Championship bronze medal 1910 awarded to 'H.A.Q. Lonsdale for a Break of 108' & a Diamond Jubilee commemorative medal 1897, rev. allegorical female figure holding shield & wreath, 60mm, 93.5g, silvered bronze, complete with a removable copper outer ring with two pinholes (a template for drilling pinholes in the edge of the medal) £60 - 80
115 George IV Halfcrown 1820, generally good edge & surfaces, lightly toned with underlying lustre AEF £100 - 150
116 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: crown 1889 contact marks/scratches AFine, florin 1887JH trivial marks, blue/gold tone AVF/VF, shilling 1887JH GFine/AVF, sixpence 1887JH withdrawn type, toned with underlying lustre AVF, sixpence 1834 contact marks, edge knock at 3 o'clock o/wise Fine, £0.90 face value pre-20 silver, a Diamond Jubilee 1897 silver medalet (26mm) by de Saulles with suspension loop at 12 o'clock & a halfpenny forgery 1772 Fair, together with South Africa halfcrown 1929 GFine, Australia shilling 1916 light scratches VG & Norway a silvered base metal medal 1884 by Thorndsen commemorating the bicentenary of the birth of Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754), a Norwegian essayist, historian & playwright, 50mm, silvering worn o/wise EF £60 - 80
117 Miscellaneous English & Foreign Coins comprising: 23 x crowns: 1951 with cert, in BofI, BU, 1953, 1965(x6) & 1977(x15) & an album containing pre-decimal bronze (pennies, halfpennies & farthings), CuNi & 15 x silver threepences, all from circulation, approximately 90 coins in total, together with 60 x foreign coins of which 12 x silver (weight 61.3g) including USA 2 x half dollars 1964 in ringmounts £30 - 50
118 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: £3.65 face value George V pre-20 silver, £0.75 face value pre-47 silver, approximately 290 x pennies (1966 & 1967), weight 2.76kg, in National Provincial Bank paper bags, all lustrous BU, a quantity of pre-decimal bronze & CuNi, 20 x £1 notes Somerset (DX) in 3 x consecutively numbered runs of 10, 7 & 3, various grades VF or+, 18 x 10 shilling notes Fforde including 16 x consecutively numbered (C98N), majority UNC, a WWI embroidered postcard & a few foreign coins, a couple silver (USA dimes) £100 - 150
119 Edward VII, 5 x Halfcrowns: 1907(x2), 1909(x2) & 1910 & 3 x shillings: 1906, 1907 & 1910, all with contact marks/scratches, VG to Fine £30 - 40
120 Miscellaneous English Silver Coins comprising: 2 x crowns 1889 & 1896 (regnal year worn), both with contact marks and/or edge imperfections AFine to Fine, 3 x halfcrowns: 1887JH lustrous VF or+, 1892 VG & 1935 VF, 3 x shillings: 1834 VG, 1887JH AVF & 1911 Fine, together with 5 x CuNi crowns: 1953, 1965, 1977(x2) & 1981, pre-decimal bronze, 150+ foreign coins, a few silver, including Australia shilling 1912(L) VG/Fine & 22 x low grade foreign banknotes (some duplication) & a few base metal commemorative medals: Coronation 1911, Silver Jubilee 1935 etc (municipal issues) £60 - 80
121 Proof Half Sovereign 1980, with cert, in wallet of issue, FDC £100 - 120
122 2 X Sovereigns: 1911 several rev. edge nicks & 1912, both AVF £400 - 450
123 George III 'Spade' Guinea 1789, light contact marks, possibly ex-mount at 12 o'clock but no trace of solder AVF £250 - 300
124 George III Third Guinea 1809, contact marks, mount removed at 12 o'clock, 2.77g, Fine £50 - 70
125 South Africa 1/10 Krugerrand 1980, 3.39g, dig on hair o/wise EF £70 - 80
126 4 x Maundy Pennies: 1732 AVF, 1758 GVF, 1800 EF & 1825 AEF & a Maundy 4d 1876 GFine /VF £60 - 80
127 Maundy Set 1937, 4d, 3d, 2d & 1d, not cased, lustrous FDC £80 - 120
128 5 x Miscellaneous Silver Coins comprising: 2 x Britannia bullion £2 1998 & 2004 BU, Solomon Islands proof 10 dollars 1992 '40
th Anniversary
of Coronation,' 31g, with cert, in CofI, FDC, a Maria Theresa restrike thaler 1780X, lightly toned AEF & USA half dollar 1944 VG £40 - 60
129 Miscellaneous Lot including: 2 x official small silver commemorative medals: Diamond Jubilee 1897 in ring mount with brooch pin & Coronation 1902, Charles II threepence 1679 AFine/Fine, groat 1840 edge nicks & surface digs o/wise lustrous GVF, 19 x low grade Victorian bronze pennies (12 x bunhead & 7 x OH), a Roman AE3 (follis) of Constantine 1 as Augustus, rev. IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter holding Victory on globe & resting on sceptre, eagle at feet, in ex. ANT, GEF, a long cross cut halfpenny & other coins £40 - 60
130 Russia Gold 5 Roubles 1898, contact marks & light scratches, cleaned, 4-23g, .900 gold, AFine £80 - 90
131 10 x Foreign Silver Coins comprising: German States: Baden 5 marks 1875G, edge nicks & contact marks Fine, Bavaria 5 marks 1913D edge imperfections AVF & Prussia 3 marks 1913A '100 Years Defeat of Napoleon,'GVF; Canada 2 x dollars 1958 'British Columbia' & 1962, contact marks VF to AEF, USA dollar 1922s AVF & 2 x half dollars 1965 & 1966 EF & Denmark 2 x 10 kroner 1967 'Marriage of Princess Margrethe' & 1968 'Marriage of Princess Benedikte' AUNC, together with £2.07½ face value pre-47 silver £80 - 120
132 Crown 1902, trivial contact marks, blue/gold tone, lustrous GVF, together with 39 x silver threepences including William IV 1836 bust VG o/wise Fine, £0,32½ face value pre-20 silver, mostly holed or o/wise damaged & Prussia 1/12 thaler 1765B corroded, ex-mount Poor £120 - 150
133 Australia, Sovereign 1864, rev. crowned AUSTRALIA in wreath, SYDNEY MINT above, numerous contact marks, minor edge imperfections, 7.87g, VG to AFine £220 - 250
134 Russia, Gold 5 Roubles 1897, small patches of adhesive residue, 4.29g, .900 gold, AVF/GVF £80 - 90
135 France, Gold 10 Francs 1865A, traces of adhesive residue, 3.21g, .900 gold, GFine to AVF £60 - 70
136 3 x Half Sovereigns: 1908 VF, 1910 AVF & 1911 AVF £270 - 300
137 Victoria, 2 x Sovereigns: 1889 & 1900P lustrous, both Fine/VF £400 - 450
138 Sovereign 1962 EF £190 - 210
139 Sovereign 1878M, minor contact marks, trivial edge imperfections, Fine to GFine £220 - 250
140 Sovereign 1913, loose in 9ct ringmount (total weight of coin & mount 9.63g), light obv. scratches o/wise GFine £200 - 220
141 Half Sovereign 1896 AFine/Fine £100 - 120
142 Miscellaneous English Silver Coins comprising: crown 1935 uneven tone VF, halfcrown 1945, florin 1945 & shilling 1945(E) VF or+, £4.00 face value pre-47 silver (George V) & £0.80 face value pre-20 silver including 2 x florins 1889 Fine & AFine, together with a few low grade Victoria bronze coins £80 - 120
143 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 2 x silver proof crowns 1980 & 1981 in CofI, with certs, FDC, 9 x RM proof sets: 1970(x2), 1977(x2), 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984 & 1986, 8 x CuNi crowns: 1953(x2) in plastic cases, 1977(x3) & 1981(x3) together with Switzerland year set 1980, 8 coins comprising 1, 5, 10 & 20 rappen, half franc & 1, 2 & 5 francs, card-mounted in sealed plastic envelope UNC £60 - 80
144 Miscellaneous English Silver Coins comprising: 2 x crowns: 1820 LX contact marks, edge bump at 9 o'clock VG, 1820 LX numerous marks/scratches & edge knocks Fair; 3 x halfcrowns: 1887JH (x2) patchy toning, both VF to GVF & 1907 scratches on bust VG; florin 1887JH AVF, shilling 1898 VG, 2 x sixpences: 1887JH wreath rev. AVF & 1893 AVF/VF, together with £0.22½ face value pre-20 silver, (low grade and/or damaged) £50 - 70
145 Miscellaneous English Coins comprising: shilling 1874 GFine, penny 1901 GVF, £0.80 face value pre-20 silver, £0.55 face value pre-47 silver & a quantity of pre-decimal bronze & CuNi £40 - 60
146 George V, Raised Edge Proof Crown 1935, sterling silver, in red BofI, some uneven toning, UNC £350 - 450
147 George V, Raised Edge Proof Crown 1935, sterling silver, in red BofI, toning spots on rev. UNC £350 - 450
148 George V, 'Specimen' Crown 1935, with prooflike fields, in red BofI, trivial marks o/wise ABU £30 - 50
149 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: £12.55 face value pre-47 silver, £0.22½ face value pre-20 silver, £6.20 face value pre-decimal CuNi, a quantity of pre-decimal bronze (Victoria to QEII) weight 3.5kg, a few machine tokens & 180+ foreign coins, mostly post WWII Italian minors £180 - 250
150 USA Gold 20 Dollars 1887s, minor marks/scuffs, good edge, 33.49g, .900 gold, VF (rev. better) £700 - 800
151 USA Gold 10 dollars, minor contact marks, good edge, 16.7g, .900 gold, VF to GVF £350 - 400
152 7 x Sterling Silver Gilt Replica UK Stamps commemorating the 25
th
Anniversary of the Coronation 1978, all different, total weight 173g, all BU £40 - 60
153 Miscellaneous Coins & Commemorative Medals including: 4 x official small (31mm) silver Coronation medalets 1902 by de Saulles, all dated 9
th Aug, in original
paper envelopes UNC, International Exhibition 1862 bronze Services Medal, obv. diademed bust of Victoria, rev. 'For Services' in wreath, 'Peter Bender' engraved on edge, 55mm, in original CofI, virtually as issued; 4 x crowns: 1951 with cert, in BofI, BU, 1953(x2) & 1981, a £5 coin 1997, sixpence 1887JH shield rev., scratches AVF, 8 x silver threepences including 1902 GVF & other coins (a few silver), together with Russia 1000 roubles banknote 1917, creases, Fine £80 - 120
154 Half Sovereign 1913 VF £100 - 120
155 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: an album containing incomplete date runs of English silver, CuNi & bronze coins, farthings to halfcrowns, 365 coins in total, majority post-1920 from circulation & including £7.92½ face value pre-47 silver, £0.65 face value pre-20 silver (including a George III crown, date worn Poor/Fair), together with 2 x proof sets 1970 & 1981, a quantity of bronze pennies, 2 x proof 50p 1973 in CofI FDC & 10 x low grade banknotes £120 - 150
156 George III Crown 1819 L1X, some underlying lustre, numerous contact marks o/wise AVF & halfcrown 1817 'bull head' Fine £50 - 70
157 Victoria, 6 x JH Silver Coins comprising: 2 x crowns 1889 both Fine, 2 x double florins 1888 Fine & 1889 VG/Fair, halfcrown 1891 GFine & florin 1890 VG, together with YH shilling 1878 die 48 Fair, a George III crown 1820 LX worn Fair, a quantity of pre-decimal bronze & CuNi including crown 1953 & 90+ foreign coins of which 11 x silver (weight 54.7g) including Norway 50 ore 1877 VG & USA dime 1886 VF £60 - 80
158 South Africa Krugerrand 1974, loose in hallmarked 9ct ringmount with rolled gold chain; weight of coin & ringmount 39g AEF £800 - 850
159 Victoria £2 1887JH, good edge, trivial surface marks, VF to GVF £500 - 550
160 USA & Canada, an Accumulation of Silver Coins comprising: USA: 8 x half dollars including 1898 & 1906 (low grades), 17 x quarter dollars, various dates/grades 1925 to 1963, 34 x 'Mercury' dimes & 9 x Roosevelt dimes & Canada: 50 cents 1965, 38 x 25 cents, various dates/grades 1910 to 1967 (commemorative) & 7 x 10 cents - combined total weight of silver coins 550g, together with a large quantity of USA & Canada clad copper, nickel & CuNi coins: USA: 7 x dollars 1976, 1978(x6), 2 x half dollars 1976, 1979, 52 x quarter dollars, 52 x dimes, 82 x 5 cents (mostly Jefferson) & 45 x cents (mostly Lincoln) & Canada: 21 x 25 cents, 9 x 10 cents & 40 x 5 cents, together with 30 x mixed foreign coins including 2 x silver: Mexico 25 pesos 1968 & Maria Theresa restrike thaler 1780X AFine £150 - 180
161 USA, 3 x silver dollars: 1883s Good, 1896 blue/gold tone AEF & 1925 VF, dime 1876s VG, 3 x Proof Sets: 1958, 1969s & 1970s, all 5 coins 1 cent to half dollar, in CofI, FDC, 2 x 'Special Mint Sets' 1966 & 1967 & 2 x Uncirculated sets in pliofilm envelopes: 1974D 6 coins 1 cent to 1 dollar & 1974 7 coins 1 cent (x2, 1974 & 1974D) to 1 dollar £70 - 90
162 George III Half Sovereign 1820, trivial marks/edge imperfections o/wise AFine £120 - 150
163 Victoria, Half Sovereign 1859, scratch on Queen's cheek o/wise lustrous AVF £120 - 150
164 Victoria, 2 x Half Sovereigns: 1892 minor contact marks, good edge AFine/AVF & 1898 AFine/GFine, both sometime cleaned £180 - 200
165 Proof Sovereign 1987, with cert, in CofI, FDC £200 - 220
166 Proof Sovereign 1985, with cert, in CofI, AFDC £200 - 220
167 South Africa Half Pound 1952, obv. bust of George VI, rev. springbok, 3.99g, .917 gold; trivial hairlines o/wise BU £90 - 110
168 Victoria Sovereign 1885s, shieldback, minor contact marks o/wise AVF/VF £200 - 220
169 Victoria Sovereign 1880, contact marks o/wise GFine £200 - 220
170 Victoria Sovereign 1882s, St. George rev, no BP in ex., contact marks o/wise VF £200 - 200
171 Victoria 2 x JH Sovereigns: 1887 minor contact marks VF & 1890M, JEB at base of truncation, contact marks Fine to GFine £400 - 440
172 2 x Sovereigns: 1900 contact marks VF+ & 1908 AVF £360 - 400
173 George V, 2 x Sovereigns: 1912 & 1929SA, VF to GVF £360 - 400
174 2 x Half Sovereigns: 1906 GFine/Fine & 1911 GVF £180 - 200
175 3 x Sovereigns: 1967 AEF, 1978 GEF & 2006 BU (three different portraits) £540 - 600
176 2 x Sovereigns: 2002 Shield of Arms rev, 2005 Noad St. George rev, & half sovereign 2012 new rev. by Paul Day, all BU £450 - 500
177 Proof Quarter Sovereign 2009, with cert, in CofI, FDC & proof half sovereign 2002, with cert, in CofI, AFDC £130 - 150
178 2 x Half Sovereigns: 1983 & 2000 BU £180 - 200
179 5 x Crowns: 1820 LX Fine, 1821 SECUNDO AFine/VG, 1845 V111 Fine/GFine, 1892 AVF & 1897 LXI Fine, all with contact marks and/or edge bumps £80 - 120
180 3 x Crowns: 1902 light contact marks & edge imperfections VF, 1935 EF & 1937 toning spots & contact marks o/wise AEF, together with an Edward VIII fantasy crown 1936, rev. St. George facing left, date below, silvered base metal (19.8g) EF £100 - 150
181 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 2 x bullion Britannia £2 2009 & 2012 uneven obv. toning UNC, 4 x CuNi crowns 1960 AUNC, 1977(x2) & 1981, Jersey 2 x £5: 2003 'History of the Royal Navy' & 2012 with British Legion red poppy design on rev, BU & Greece crown-size 20 ecus 1994 'Alexander the Great' EF £30 - 50
182 Charles II, 5 x Silver Coins comprising: undated fourpence (S3383), MM crown (rev.), holed through centre o./wise Fine/GFine, undated threepence (S3385), MM crown VG, threepence 1680 uneven flan VG to AFine, hammered twopence, 3
rd issue, MM crown both sides GFine
or+ & hammered twopence, 3rd
issue, ragged edge o/wise AFine/Fine, together with William & Mary threepence 1689, no stops on rev., v-shaped edge chip at 2 o'clock o/wise Fine or+ £40 - 60
183 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: George II sixpence 1732 VG/Fine, 4 x low grade/damaged sixpences: William III 169?, Anne Poor, 1818, 1831, a quantity of low grade copper & bronze coins, a few tokens including Cambridgeshire county farthing 1795, obv. druid's head, rev. beehive Fine, together with 60+ foreign coins of which 10 x silver (weight 44.6g) including Prussia thaler 1859A, holed at 12 o'clock o/wise Fine/AVF & Mexico half real 1801FT VF, a few foreign banknotes & an Avery brass sovereign weight £30 - 40
184 Conservation Coin Collection comprising 47 out of 48 x foreign sterling silver proof crown-size coins 1974-78 from a variety of countries, issued by the World Wildlife Fund in conjunction with the Royal Mint; 38mm to 42mm, total weight 1488g (23 coins x 28.2g & 24 x 35g); in cabinet trays (but no cabinet), trays in need of repair, coins FDC £350 - 400
185 £7.00 Face Value Pre-47 Silver, all George V & George VI halfcrowns, various grades £70 - 90
186 George I, a Set of Maundy coins (not uniform dates) comprising: 4d 1723 AFine, 3d 1721 VF, 2d 1727 VF & 1d 1727 VF+ & 3 x Maundy odds: William & Mary 3d 1689 AVF & Victoria 2 x 2d: 1838 obv. scratch & marks GFIne & 1846 AVF/VF, together with George I sixpence 1723, 'G' stamped on bust, bust slightly better than Fair o/wise AFine £60 - 80
187 Henry VII Groat, facing bust type, London Mint, MM anchor, crown with one plain & one jewelled arch, full round flan, grey tone, GFine to AVF & Elizabeth I, 2 x sixpences: 1(5)6(1), 3
rd & 4
th issue MM pheon, small bust;
full round flan & full clear legends both sides, bust worn smooth Poor, legends & shield AFine to GFine & 1580 5
th
issue, MM Latin Cross, obv. scratches across bust, some letters in legends flat, very good shield, bust VG o/wise Fine to GFine £50 - 70
188 Anne, 2 x Shillings: 1707E 3
rd bust,
plain in angles, flecking on bust o/wise good edge & surfaces, bust VG, remainder Fine & 1711 4
th bust, plain in
angles, trivial surface marks, good edge, bust slightly better than Fair o/wise AFine & William III sixpence 1697, scarcer 2
nd bust, Fair
£60 - 80
189 George IV, Crown 1822 TERTIO, contact marks, good edge VG, halfcrown 1825, obv. trivial contact marks o/wise good edge & surfaces (virtually flawless rev. surfaces), lightly toned with underlying lustre GVF & William IV halfcrown 1836 obv. edge nicks & scratches across bust VG to AFine., shilling 1834, good edge & surfaces, lightly toned, slightly prooflike GVF & groat 1837 AFine £80 - 120
190 Miscellaneous Lot including: £0.57½ face value pre-20 silver, a quantity of pre-decimal copper & bronze & various tokens, mostly worn, including 'cartwheel' pennies & a 'cartwheel' twopence; 34 x foreign coins of which 15 x silver (weight 82.8g) including South Africa halfcrown 1896 Fine & shilling 1897 AVF, Spain 2 reales 1711 Barcelona Mint & Mexico 2 reales 1756, both with suspension loops, both Fine or+ & other coins including New Brunswick halfpenny token 1854 AVF/VF & Ireland Wood's halfpenny 1723 corroded surfaces Fair/AVG £40 - 60
191 Victoria, Silver & Bronze Coins comprising: 2 x double florins: 1889 trivial contact marks, lustrous AEF, & 1890 minor marks, lustrous AVF, 3 x shillings 1883 dig in obv. field Fair/VG, 1887JH light hairlines VF, 1889 large head AFine, 2 x sixpences 1887JH withdrawn type VF, 1900 Fine, 7 x groats 1838 VF, 1843(x2, one with marks both sides) both Fine, 1844 Poor/Fair, 1854(x2) Fair to VG, 1855 Fair, 3 x pennies: 1874H contact marks both sides, small dig in obv. field AFine, 1876H light scratches both sides o/wise good lustre VF, 1882H peripheral lustre VF, together with George IV shilling 1826 grey tone GFine or+ & Edward VII shilling 1902 minor marks AVF/VF & Diamond Jubilee 1897 small silver medal by Brock EF £100 - 150
192 197 x Silver Threepences, of which 134 x pre-20, various dates/grades £60 - 80
193 George III PROOF Halfpenny 1799, ship with raised line on hull, flawless edge & surfaces, attractive colour with much underlying lustre, barely discernible trace of wear on Britannia's breast o/wise FDC, RARE £180 - 250
194 Miscellaneous Lot including: 2 x crowns 1889 AFine & 1890 Fine, both with contact marks & edge faults, shilling 1895 blue/gold tone VF or+, 22 x silver threepences, 2 x 'plastic' sets 1953, 11 x CuNi crowns: 1951(x2, one with damaged BofI & no cert), 1953(x2), 1960, 1965, 1977(x3), 1980 & 1981, together with 5 x foreign silver coins (total weight 78.48g) including Netherlands 2½ guilders 1932 & France 5 francs 1877A, edge knocks & other coins £70 - 90
195 2 x Sovereigns: 1889 dull reddish tone AVF & 1890s VF+ £400 - 440
196 3 x Sovereigns: 1909(x2) & 1910 Fine to AVF £570 - 600
197 2 x Sovereigns: 1912 & 1913 AVF £380 - 400
198 3 x Half Sovereigns: 1908, 1909 & 1910 Fine to GFine £270 - 300
199 2 x Half Sovereigns: 1906 & 1908 Fine to GFine £180 - 200
200 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 4 x English Silver coins: shilling 1787 no hearts, cleaned GFine, shilling 1819 contact marks & rim faults AVF, 2 x sixpences: William III 1696 early harp, large crowns AFIne & George II 1758 AVF, together with 200+ foreign coins (loose & in an album) including 18 x silver (weight 76.97g), a cased Falkland Islands year set 1982, a few medalets, 30+ low grade foreign banknotes & other coins including farthing 1737 AFine & Ireland halfpenny 1769 VG £50 - 70
201 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 25 x foreign coins including USA cent 1847 VG, 3 x silver: Australia florin 1947, Morocco quarter rial AH1320 (1902AD) & India quarter rupee 1916, low grade English copper/bronze coins including William & Mary halfpenny 1690 Fair/Poor, 8 x commemorative medals including Coronation 1902 issued by Bridlington Council, J F Kennedy Inauguration 1961 (bronze) & Germany, Neukirchen-Vluyn Internationaler Volkswandertag (International Public Hiking Day) hexagonal medal with ribbon, & other coins & medals £30 - 40
202 Charles II Crown 1679 T. PRIMO, 3
rd
bust, bold edge lettering, very good edge & surfaces, lightly toned, bust VG to AFine o/wise nice Fine to GFIne £100 - 150
203 British India, Bengal Presidency gold mohur AH1202, frozen regnal year 19, in the name of Shah Alam II, milled issue with oblique left milling, named as Murshidabad Mint type but with MM for Calcutta; 12.17g, .936 gold, contact marks & most of edge milling worn o/wise attractive reddish tone VF £400 - 500
204 William & Mary Halfcrown 1689 PRIMO, first busts, first crowned shield, rev. crown with caul & interior frosted, with pearls; adjustment marks at '16' of date, good edge, minor contact marks o/wise attractively toned with underlying lustre, VF to GVF £150 - 200
205 4 x English Silver Coins comprising: William IV halfcrown 1836, trivial hairlines o/wise good edge & surfaces, blue/gold tone with underlying lustre GVF; crown 1819 LX, contact marks, good edge AFIne, shilling 1739 good edge & surfaces, dark tone Fine & shilling 1826 sometime gilded, scratch on rev, AFIne/VG, together with halfpenny 1826, corroded surfaces & verdigris patch on obv. o/wise Fine/VG £80 - 120
206 Bank of England Dollar 1804, top leaf to left of E & upright K to left of shield, no stops in CHK on truncation; obv. scratches & small punch mark in field & edge fault at 3 o'clock, rev. small scratch near Britannia, overall Fine £80 - 120
207 Victoria, 8 x Silver Coins comprising: crown 1890 Fine, halfcrown 1877 VG, florin 1888 ex-mount & several scratches in obv.field o/wise AVF , 2 x shillings 1884 hairlines, rev. 'ONE' worn VG & 1887JH AFine to Fine, sixpence 1879 Fair, groat 1846 Poor & threepence 1886 rev. scratches Fair/VG £30 - 40
208 Crown 1902, virtually flawless edge & surfaces, blue/grey tone, EF or+ & halfcrown 1902, trivial contact marks, good edge, similar tone to crown GEF/AUNC £180 - 250
209 9 x 1oz Silver Britannia £2, 1998 to 2006 inclusive, BU £80 - 120
210 USA, a Collection of 21 x 1oz 'Silver Eagle' Dollars, 1986 to 2006 inclusive, some with light toning o/wise UNC £150 - 180
211 South Africa, 8 x Silver Crowns: 1947/48/49/52/53/54/57/58, minor contact marks & some light toning, generally GVF or+ £80 - 120
212 16 x Crown-Size Foreign Silver Coins comprising: South Africa crown 1960 & 4 x 50 cents 1961, 1962, 1963 & 1964; France 50 francs 1974; Canada 2 x dollars 1965, 1966 & 10 dollars 1975 (Montreal Olympics; Mexico 5 pesos 1948, 25 pesos 1968 & 100 pesos 1978; China 3 x dollars 1914(x2) Yuan Shih-kai, vertical milling, 6 characters above head & 1933 'Junk dollar' no birds or rising sun & Maria Theresa restrike thaler 1780X; various grades, generally VF or+ £120 - 160
213 A Date Run of 56 x Halfcrowns 1911 to 1967 Inclusive and 1970 proof, generally Fine or+ (1925 VG, 1930 Fine/AVF, 1934 AVF/VF) £120 - 150
214 700+ Mixed 19
th & 20
th Century
Foreign Coins, including 63 x silver (weight 436g) together with a quantity of pre-decimal bronze & various tokens £100 - 150
215 An Album Containing a Collection of Pennies 1895 to 1967, all dates except 1950 & 1951 (& 1933 & 1952!) & including H & KN issues, together with halfpennies 1902 to 1967 inclusive & 1970 proof & farthings 1937 to 1956 inclusive (except 1952); various grades from circulation but several higher grade with lustre including 1900 EF+ & 1903 AEF £50 - 70
216 A Collection of 60 x Foreign Crowns & Crown-Size Coins from various countries including: New Zealand: 1949 VF, 1953 contact marks AEF, 1974/75/76/78/79/83/85/86(x2)/89(x4, different revs) & 1990; Falkland Islands: 1977/80/81/82/83/90; St Helena: 1977/78/80/84; St Lucia: 1986 (5 dollars), Tristan da Cunha: 1977/78/80/87 together with Isle of Man(x13), Samoa, Tonga, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ascension Island etc; all CuNi except New Zealand 1949 (.500 silver) UNC £60 - 80
217 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 8 x crowns: 1935 GVF, 1937 GVF, 1951/53/60/65/72/77, 3 x £5 coins 1990/96/99, 20 x florins including: 1849 Fine, 1874 die 28 Fair, 1936 to 1951 inclusive (1950 proof) VF or+, a quantity of pre-decimal bronze & CuNi, old 10p & 5p coins & 10 x old 50p including proofs, approximately £0.75 face value pre-47 silver & foreign coins including USA dollar 1972D, Guernsey crown 1980, Ukraine sterling silver 200,000 karbovantsy 1995 (33.8g), Australia 6-coin UNC set 2003, 5 cents to 2 dollars in presentation pack & other coins £60 - 80
218 George VI Half Sovereign 1937, a couple of very faint obv. hairlines & a few trivial rev. rim faults o/wise FDC £400 - 450
219 Anne Guinea 1714, 8.36g, minor flecking o/wise lustrous VF+/AEF £800 - 1200
220 William III Guinea 1701, 2
nd bust,
narrow crowns & ornate sceptres, a few hairlines on bust o/wise good edge & surfaces, light toning in legends, Fine to GFine £450 - 550
221 Victoria Gold £2 1887, minor obv. scuffs o/wise good edge & surfaces, 16g, AEF £500 - 600
222 George IV Gold £2 1823, trivial scuffs o/wise lustrous EF £1200 - 1500
223 George II, 2 Guineas 1739, minor contact marks, edge pinholes at 9 & 3 o'clock VF/GVF or+ £700 - 900
224 George IV Gold £2 1823, lustrous EF+ £1500 - 1800
225 Victoria Gold £5 1887, a few faint hairlines, o/wise good edge & surfaces, lustrous GEF/AUNC £1500 - 2000
226 Charles II Gold Touchpiece or Angel, officially pierced at 12 o'clock, obv. three-masted sailing ship, rev. SOLI DEO GLORIA St Michael & dragon, a few small edge knocks & surface digs, 3.4g, AFine £300 - 400
227 Provincial Banknote, Durham Bank £1, 20 Oct 1813 for Mowbray, Hollingsworth, Wetherall, Shields, Boulton & Co; numerous pinholes, edge damage & ingrained dirt, very limp Fair £30 - 40
228 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 7 x crowns: 1935 AVF, 1937 AEF, 1953(x2) & 1960(x3), £20.40 face value pre-47 silver, £1.25 face value pre-20 silver, 160+ foreign coins including 18 x silver (weight 181g) & a Notgeld 10,000 marks 1923 with bust of Baron Heinrich von Stein, 45mm, gilt bronze, AVF together with a few low grade bronze coins & various tokens £350 - 400
229 155 x Silver Threepences of which 126 x pre-20 (Victoria YH to George V), a few holed £50 - 70
230 Victoria Sovereign 1896M, minor contact marks, good edge, some lustre VF, half sovereign 1893 contact marks Fine/GFine & crown 1889 edge bumps & numerous surface marks AFine £230 - 250
231 Danzig 10 Gulden 1935, obv. Town Hall tower, rev. arms & supporters; light contact marks & a few minor toning spots o/wise GVF, RARE £400 - 500
232 Miscellaneous Lot including: 2 x crowns: 1900 LXIV scratches & contact marks Fine, 1937 contact marks VF; 7 x UK proof sets: 1971/73(x2)/79/81/82/85 (1973 with very dark toning on bronze); Jersey silver proof crown 1977 in CofI FDC, 5 x proof 50p in CofI FDC; £1 1988 & 2 x £2 1986 & 1995 in presentation packs BU; 22 x Britain's First Decimal Coins sets, various CuNi crowns including: Isle of Man 1977(x2), 1978, 1979, Tristan da Cunha 1978, Ascension 1978, Malawi 1966, Falkland Islands proof set 1980 (no outer cover), various commemorative medals/medallions including Prince of Wales Investiture 1969, official RM gilt bronze 58mm issue in CofI, together with 1070+ foreign coins of which 22 x silver (weight 120g) & other coins £80 - 120
233 7 x English Silver Crowns: 1820 LX VG, 1889(x2), 1894 LVIII, 1898 LXII cleaned, all with surface marks AFine to Fine, 1935 GVF & 1937 VF, together with a double florin 1887A blue tone in legends, lustrous VF to GVF £80 - 120
234 6 x Shillings: Anne 1711 4
th bust, obv.
adjustment marks & scratch on rev. o/wise AFine/Fine. 1817 AFine, 1824 AFine/VG, 1826 VG/Fair, 1887 Young Head, lustrous AEF & 1887JH VF; 2 x sixpences 1818 VG & 1887JH withdrawn type, blue/gold tone VF & groat 1845 attractive blue/gold tone GVF or+ £70 - 90
235 William III Shilling 1697 1
st bust, Irish
arms at date; bust Fair, remainder Fair to VG, VERY RARE £180 - 250
236 USA Miscellaneous Silver & Other Coins comprising: quarter dollar 1874 Good, half dime 1863s VG/Fine, 2 x 5 cents 1897 VG & 1900 Fine, 'Flying Eagle' cent 1858 VG, 6 x Indian Head cents: 1859, 1864, 1881(x2), 1882 & 1894 Good to VG, 5 x Lincoln cents: 1909, 1909s(x2) scarce & 1910s(x2), varying degrees of lustre AVF or+, together with Canada 2 x silver 25 cents: 1883H VG & 1910 AFine/Fine £100 - 150
237 USA Lincoln Cent 1909s VDB initials on rev. at 6 o'clock, lustre traces, VERY RARE, AVF/VF £150 - 200
238 Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 110+ foreign coins of which 14 x silver (weight 61.5g) including Ireland halfcrown 1928 lustrous GVF, £0.32½ face value pre-20 silver (holed or o/wise damaged), a £5 coin 2000, Diamond Jubilee 1897 small silver medal by Brock, a quantity of pre-decimal bronze (George III to QEII) including twopence 1797, various 19
th century English &
Canadian bronze tokens (average grades) & a bronze medal, 38mm, obv. head of Queen Victoria by J Carter(?), crowned & partly draped, rev. 'Brown Muff & C
o Outfitters & Drapers,
Bradford,' faint hairlines EF £40 - 60
239 Sovereign 1913 AVF & Half Sovereign 1914 VF £220 - 240
240 Crown 1897 LXI, minor rim faults & contact marks o/wise slightly prooflike VF, Maundy Twopence 1899 blue/gold tone EF & £3.37½ face value pre-47 silver £50 - 70
241 Edward VII Part Set 1902, Sovereign to Maundy Penny: 9 coins (sovereign & Maundy twopence missing) comprising: half sovereign, crown, halfcrown, florin, shilling, sixpence & Maundy 4d, 3d & 1d; scratches on rev. of sixpence; all the silver coins with matching deep blue/gold tone & with only a trace of wear on the high points; these coins are possibly slightly impaired matt proofs (but in a red card box (worn & scuffed) not a red leatherette case); half sovereign AEF, silver GEF to AUNC £350 - 400
242 3 x Sovereigns: 1897s, minor edge bumps Fine/AVF, 1914 GVF & 1963 EF & half sovereign 1908, light scratches o/wise AVF £500 - 550
243 £3.80 Face Value Pre-47 Silver & £1.00 Face Value Pre-20 Silver, together with 2 x crowns 1951, with certs, in CofI, BU £50 - 70
244 Miscellaneous Foreign Coins comprising: Mexico gold 2 pesos 1945, 1.6g, .900 gold, loose in 9ct gold ringmount (total weight of coin & mount 2.43g) together with 14 x 19
th & 20
th
century silver coins (weight 103.2g) including USA dollar 1886 VF to GVF £60 - 80
245 Elizabeth I Milled Sixpence 1562 MM star, small rose & elaborate dress, edge mount removed at 12 o'clock (no trace of solder), cleaned & sometime creased & straightened AVF, Charles II hammered threepence 3
rd issue with inner circles
MM crown, creased & straightened & attempted piercing in obv. centre, bust Fair, remainder VF, George I threepence 1723, flecking & contact marks, creased & straightened o/wise Fine & Roman: Constantius II (as Caesar) AE3/4 , rev GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing either side of two standards, GFine £40 - 60
246 Anne Halfcrown 1712 UNDECIMO, roses & plumes, trivial marks, good edge, lightly toned with peripheral lustre, VF £150 - 200
247 2 x Halfcrowns: George III 1817 'Bull Head', minor marks, good edge GFIne to AVF & George IV 1828 (scarce date), trivial hairlines, good edge, lightly toned with underlying lustre, nice VF or+ £180 - 220
248 USA Barber Half Dollar 1892s, good edge & surfaces, lustrous, SCARCE AVF/VF £80 - 120
249 Austrian States, Salzburg Silver Thaler 1686 (Rudbertusthaler), Archbishop Maximilian Gandolf von Kuenberg; obv. Madonna & Child, rev. St Rupert (Rudbertus), trivial contact marks, good edge, attractively toned with lustre in legends, 43mm, 28.38g, .875 silver, GVF or+ £80 - 120
250 £3.75 Face Value pre-47 Silver, all halfcrowns (mostly George V), together with a 'plastic' set 1953, 9 coins farthing to halfcrown & a CuNi crown 1977 £60 - 80
BANKNOTES, MEDALLIONS ETC
251 'The Genius of Rembrandt' a collection of 49 out of 50 hallmarked sterling silver medals, each depicting a different work by Rembrandt in high relief, each 51mm with an average weight of 66g; housed in a large, 5-drawer wooden display cabinet with brass fittings & side handles, issued by Franklin Mint 1972-76, all BU £900 - 1200
252 5 x 19
th Century Silver Tokens
comprising: York 2 x shillings 1811 'Cattle & Barber' AVF & lustrous GVF, Leeds shilling 1811 'John Smallpage & S Lumb' AVF, Bridlington shilling 1811 'Cook & Harwood' obv. & rev centres weak AFIne & Leeds Workhouse shilling 1812 obv. shield worn o/wise VG to Fine, together with 4 x 18
th
century halfpenny tokens: Leeds 1793 rev. Cloth Hall, light rev. scratches, lustre traces VF, Leeds 1791, Hull 1794 & Liverpool 1791, generally AFine or+ £80 - 120
253 A Collection of Silver & Bronze Medals including: Investiture of Prince Charles 1967 official RM silver medal by Rizzello, 70.95g, in CofI BU, Silver Jubilee 1935 official RM small silver medal, in CofI, UNC, Coronation 1902 small silver medal by de Saulles, silver Royal Humane Society Life Saving Medal 1894, 36mm, 34.15g, City & Guilds Technological Examination 1
st Prize 1906, 75.9g,
51mm (WM), 2 x large bronze medals: 'New Charter of the Order of St John 1926' obv. bust of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, Grand Prior of the Order, rev. medieval sailing ship, 149g, 70mm, in CofI, & International Exhibition 1862 Prize Medal, rev. 'Londini Honoris Causa' 76mm, 221.8g, some verdigris stains o/wise AEF together with various attendance & Bisley shooting medals etc & a Belgium Gallantry Medal, 2
nd
class with ribbon & palm, rev. monogram of King Albert (1919-34) good condition £100 - 150
254 Provincial Banknote: Huddersfield Commercial Bank 5 guineas dated 13 May 1810, Benjamin & Joshua Ingham & Co, edge stains & tears, AVG to VG £30 - 50
255 30 x different 18
th Century Halfpenny
Tokens comprising: 4 x Middlesex: 1793 (D1034), 1794 (D354),1794 (D1044a), 1795 (D977); 8 x Suffolk: 2 x Ipswich: 1794 (D35) & undated (D34), 2 x Bungay: 1794, Lancaster London or Bristol edge (D22d) & 1795 (D21), 2 x Sudbury: 1793 (D39) & 1793 (D40), Haverhill 1794 (D31), Hoxne 1795 (D33a); 3 x Sussex: Brighton 1794 Brighton Camp edge (D2), Chichester 1794 (D20 & Winchelsea (D41); Warwickshire: Birmingham Mining & Copper Co. (D85); Kent: Dimchurch 1794 (D15); Cheshire: Macclesfield 1790 (D61c); 7 x Scotland: Perth 1797 (D5), Gatehouse (Kirkcudbrightshire) 1793 (D1), 2 x Inverness: 1793 (D1a) & 1796 (D5), Glasgow 1791 Lancaster London or Bristol edge (D2), Leith 1796 (D58) & Edinburgh 1790 (D24) & 5 x Ireland: 2 x Dublin 1795 Lancaster London or Bristol edge ((D352b) & 1794 (D308a), 2 x Cronebane (Wicklow) undated, Dublin Cork or Derry….edge (D42) & 1789 Lancaster London or Bristol edge (D43c) & Cork 1794 (D14); various grades, a couple Fine but majority VF or+, several with good lustre £180 - 250
256 130 x Foreign Banknotes including: German inflation notes, various denominations/grades, 13 x Notgeld notes: Naumburg (x9) & Wartburg (x4) UNC, Canada 2 x 25 cents 2.7.23 (P11): McCavour/Saunders VF & Hyndman/Saunders VG; Greece 5 drachmai NEON issue 29 Oct 1918 AUNC; Russia 2 x 100 roubles 1898 & 1910 both with edge tears & creases Good £100 - 150
257 A Complete Set of 24 x Churchill Centenary medals, each 25.5g sterling silver, hallmarked London 1973 (issued 1974) & each depicting a different event in Churchill's life & career; struck by Pinches & housed in a de-luxe leather-bound album with gilt tooling & historical notes on each medal, FDC £200 - 250
258 24 x Sterling Silver Medals (2 x identical complete sets of 12) depicting famous 18
th to 20
th century racehorses
(Arkle, Mill Reef, Brigadier Gerard, Hyperion etc) & portraits of their jockeys (Pat Taaffe, Steve Donoghue, Lester Piggott etc); each medal 40mm, with an average weight of 35g & hallmarked Birmingham 1976; in two fitted glazed frames (suitable for wall-mounting), one frame displaying the obverses (the jockeys), the other displaying the reverses (the racehorses), each frame 10” x 8” (25cm x 20.5cm), issued by Slade Hampton, all BU £250 - 350
259 Banknotes: BofE White £5 Beale, 21 Feb 1951, creases & ingrained dirt o/wise Fine together with 3 x £1: Peppiatt blue (H11H) AFine, O'Brien (Britannia) H87K Fine & Somerset DY10 in a presentation pack UNC £30 - 50
260 Bank of England £1 note, London 10 June 1815, with printed date & serial numbers, payable to Henry Hase (Chief Cashier) & countersigned A Consett(?); pieces of note missing, particularly in top left corner, in Poor condition but EXTREMELY RARE £100 - 150
261 Treasury Note, 10 shillings Bradbury 2nd issue (Jan 1915) C2/52, light vertical & horizontal creases through centre & tiny tear at centre of bottom edge o/wise VF £100 - 150
262 Treasury Note £1 Warren Fisher J1/93 (2
nd issue), some staining & ingrained
dirt o/wise Fine+, together with BofE 10 shillings Fforde C97N, light creases VF, Clydesdale Bank £1 1968 (C/O)), vertical centre crease VF, RBS £1 1961 sellotape at centre of top edge o/wise Fine & 23 x mixed foreign notes, various grades £30 - 50
263 USA, 5 x Sets of 'Silver Certificate' dollars, each set comprising 10 x consecutively numbered 1 dollar notes, blue seal, 1957, 1957A(x3) & 1957B, all mint state £60 - 80
264 USA, an Accumulation of Banknotes with a total face value of 396 dollars comprising: Federal Reserve Notes: 1 x 100 dollars 1934A, 6 x 20 dollars 1934(x2), 1934A(x3) & 1963, 4 x 5 dollars 1934(x3) & 1934A, 31 x 2 dollars 1976 including 2 x consecutively numbered pairs & 2 x sets of 3 consecutively numbered UNC & 1 dollar 1963A; Silver Certificates: 65 x 1 dollar: 1935(x38) A to H & including a set of 3 (1935F) & a set of 4 (1935A) consecutively numbered, 1957(x26) & 1 x 1928B; & United States Notes: 2 x 5 dollars 1928 & 1963, 9 x 2 dollars: 1928D(x3), 1928G, 1953(x2), 1953A(x2) & 1963; various grades but approximately 50% EF to UNC; together with Canada, banknotes with a total face value of 31 dollars including 5 x consecutively numbered 1 dollar 1967 mint state (remainder various grades) & USA 13 x cheques, mostly 19
th
century, various banks (National Union Bank of Maryland, National Bank of Lacrosse, 2
nd National Bank of Lansing
etc), a State of Ohio Probate Court Guardian Bond 1867 virtually as issued (attested with a 1 dollar Internal Revenue stamp), 2 x unredeemed Savings Bonds 50 dollars 1953 & 25 dollars 1952 AUNC, 11 other foreign notes & a packet of silver crystals issued by the U.S. Assay Office £280 - 320
265 2 x Treasury Notes: 10 shillings Warren Fisher 2
nd issue, J/16, red serial
number (6 figures) & £1 Warren Fisher, 3
rd issue, X
1/19, round dot, both UNC
£180 - 220
266 2 x Treasury Notes: 2 x consecutively numbered £1, Warren Fisher 2
nd issue,
A1/76, N
o 490585-490586, both UNC
£120 - 150
267 Treasury Note: 10 shillings Bradbury, 2
nd issue J/58 followed by 5 serial
numbers, some ingrained dirt & tiny pinholes to left of 'TEN SHILLINGS' o/wise AVF £50 - 70
268 Bank of England White £5 Peppiatt, London Nov 20 1945, K82, thicker paper & metal security thread, UNC £80 - 120
269 Bank of England White £5 Peppiatt, London May 29 1947, M30, thinner paper & metal security thread, slight wrinkling in a couple of places, AUNC £60 - 80
270 Bank of England, 2 x £1 Notes: Mahon, Series 'A' Britannia Issue (Nov 1928), AO6, light centre crease o/wise EF or+ & Catterns H48 (July 1930), light centre crease, EF or+ £60 - 80
271 Bank of England, 3 x 10 Shilling Notes: Catterns, Series 'A' Britannia issue, V68, faint corner fold & light centre crease EF; Peppiatt O1T (1934), stamped '4J 877 Oundle 54-21-22' in three lines on rev. watermark o/wise EF+ & Peppiatt mauve YO6D, centre crease o/wise EF £50 - 70
272 Provincial Banknotes: Warwick & Warwickshire Bank £5 1886 W28047, for Greenway, Smith & Greenways & £10 1886 W5504, for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, pinholes & ingrained dirt, both with cashier's marks on rev. VG to AFine together with two Warwick & Warwickshire Bank cheques 1887 (£150 & £155.17 shillings) for Kelynge, Greenway & Edward greaves £40 - 60
273 A Collection of BofE Banknotes comprising: £20 Gill AEF, 2 x £10 Kentfield KN87 & A75, 3 x £5: O'Brien K24, Gill SB69 EF & Somerset RC40, 5 x £1: Peppiatt R41E, Beale W27B & Somerset(x3) BY54, BT22 & DX55, 10 shillings Fforde GVF, together with 3 x Welsh promissory notes 1 punt, 10 swllt & 5 swllt 1969, a private issue by Richard Williams, each with 2p stamp duty; AUNC to UNC unless o/wise graded £80 - 120
274 Provincial Banknotes: Birmingham Bank £1 1805, William Dickenson, Thomas Goodall, Michael Goodall & William Dickenson Jr, pinholes, AFine, Warwick Old Bank £5 1820, cancelled with a circular hole at signature, Fair to VG, Bank of Henley three pence, June 23 1792, pieces missing along top edge Fair, together with two cheques 'Fox, Fowler & Co' 1897, one unused & a National Westminster Bank specimen cheque 19.. £40 - 60
275 Professionally Made Wooden Coin Cabinet, 12¾” x 11¾” x 5¼ “, containing nine trays with felt-lined double-holed spaces for 344 coins (space sizes 50mm to 25mm), brass fittings, lockable (with key) drop-down front, a few felts missing, excellent condition £40 - 60
276 A Large Home-Made Free-Standing Coin Cabinet, 18” x 18” x 17½ “ (46cm x 46cm x 44.5cm), containing 19 trays with spaces for 1778 coins, most lined with green felt or paper roundels & two drawers together with 4 x spare trays with spaces for 408 coins; lockable drop-down door (with key), brass fittings; cabinet stands on 4 legs (height of cabinet including legs 27” (68.5cm)), well constructed & in good condition £80 - 100
277 2 x Consecutively Numbered White £5 Beale, London Nov 27 1950, T21 080154 - T21 080155 UNC £140 - 160
278 8 x Different Scottish £1 notes comprising: Clydesdale Bank Ltd 1966, British Linen Bank 1955, National Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd 1963, RBS 1957, Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Ltd 1952, Bank of Scotland 1951, Union Bank of Scotland Ltd 1948, Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd 1957, together with Canada 5 dollars 1937 (Coyne/Towers); generally AFine to VF (RBS) £30 - 40
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