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Bulgaria. Alexander I CU 10 Stotinki. Dated 1881. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
✶БЪЛГАРИЯ✶ СЪЕДИНЕНИЕ-ТО ПРАВИ СИЛА-ТА (Александър I), crowned and mantled coat-of-arms with supporters / 10 СТОТИНКИ 1881 in three lines within wreath; HEATON below. KM 3. NGC graded UNC DETAILS - ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE (#8220117-003).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bulgaria. Ferdinand I CU 10 Stotinki. Dated 1913. Vienna mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
* БЪЛГАРИЯ * СЪЕДИНЕНИЕТО ПРАВИ СИЛАТА (Фердинанд I), coat-of-arms of the Tsardom of Bulgaria / 10 СТОТИНКИ 1913 in three lines within wreath. KM 25; Schön 25.2. NGC graded MS 64 (#6475659-003).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bulgaria. Boris III NI 10 Leva. Dated 1943. Vienna mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
КРУМЪ 814, (Борис III) Krum the Fearsome (Khan of Bulgaria in 803-814) on horseback to right hunting lion; dog behind / 10 ЛЕВА 1943 БЪЛГАРИЯ in four lines within wreath. KM 40b; Schön 40b. NGC graded UNC DETAILS - OBV SPOT REMOVED (#8220117-002).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bulgaria. People's Republic AR 25 Leva. Dated 1986. Sofia mint. Commemorative issue of 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Dies by Marko Markov.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
СВЕТОВНА КУПА ПО ФУТБОЛ, griffin flying to left with soccer ball; denomination above date in left field / НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ, coat-of-arms of People's Republic of Bulgaria. KM 156.2. NGC graded PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO (#8536637-001).
Very rare variant without date in field above griffin's head (only 254 minted).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bulgaria. People's Republic AR 25 Leva. Dated 1989. Commemorative issue of 16th Winter Olympic Games, Albertville (France), 1992: Figure Skating. Engraver Rosana Alexandrova.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
XVI ЗИМНИ ОЛИМПИЙСКИ ИГРИ 1992, two skaters / НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ, coat-of-arms of People's Republic of Bulgaria; denomination and date below. KM 190. NGC graded PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO (#8221825-001).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bulgaria. Republic CU 2 Leva. Dated 2016. Sofia mint. Commemorative issue of 150 Years since the Birth of Pencho Slaveikov. Dies by Plamen Chernev.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
150 ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ПЕНЧО СЛАВЕЙКОВ in two lines in left field, bust of poet Pencho Slaveikov slightly to left, his signature below / БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА, coat-of-arms, date and denomination below. KM 338. NGC graded PF 69 RD ULTRA CAMEO (#8221825-003).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bulgaria. Boris III AR 100 Leva. Dated 1934. London or Belgrade mint. Designs by Percy Metcalfe.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ на БЪЛГАРИТѢ (Борис III), bare head of Boris III to left; PM below / 100 LEVA 1937 in three lines above rose flower with grain sprigs flanking; P M below. KM 45; Schön 47.1-2. 19.90gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Tristan da Cunha. Elizabeth II AR Pound. Dated 2015. Commemorative issue of the Longest Reigning Monarch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II • TDC, crowned head of Elizabeth II to right, date below / 6th FEBRUARY 1952 • LONGEST REIGNING MONARCH • 9th SEPTEMBER 2015, the Queen's Royal Coat of Arms, denomination below. N#452837 10.11gr, 22mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. With Certificate of Authencity from the Jubilee Mint. -
Ceylon. Victoria AE One Cent. Dated 1870.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
VICTORIA QUEEN with bust facing left / CEYLON FIVE CENTS with palm tree in centre and date below. KM# 92. 4.78gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near UNC.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Cyprus. Windsor, George V AR Forty-Five Piastres. Dated 1928. Royal mint. Commemorative issue of 50 Years of Cyprus under British Rule.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Designs by Edgar Bertram MacKennal and George Kruger Gray. GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND: IMP:, crowned bust of King George V to left; B.M. in small lettering on truncation / 1878 CYPRUS 1928 FORTY FIVE PIASTRES, two lions in centre; K·G below. KM 19. 28.24gr, 39mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AR Medallet. Dated L'An 13 (AD 1804). Commemorative issue of Coronation of Napoléon I. Dies by Jeuffroy. Denon, director.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head to right; DEN. JEUFF in two lines beneath truncation / LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE, mantled figure of Napoléon standing facing, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, being carried by a senator to left and a solider to right; to left, book, plowshare to right; in exergue, D AN XIII J. Bramsen 330. 1.34gr, 13mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
France. Third Republic AR 2 Francs Folding Magnifier. Dated 1915.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, female figure to left, sowing seed "La Semeuse"; O. Roty below / LIBERTE · EGALITE · FRATERNITE, denomination above branch; date below. KM 845.1. 16.43gr, 31mm including loop.
Fine. Loop detached from one side.
Ex Coincraft, London, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.