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South Africa. George VI AR 5 Shillings. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. 300th anniversary of the founding of Capetown.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Designs by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Marion Walgate. GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; H P in small lettering beneath truncation / SUID-AFRIKA·1652-1952·SOUTH AFRICA, Jan van Riebeeck's three-master, Drommedaris, sails into Table Bay on 6 April 1652, to establish a new Dutch colony located at what is now Cape Town; Table Mountain is in the background; monogram of VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in right field, M.W. in small lettering to lower left field; denomination below. KM 41. 28.27gr, 39mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Thailand. Rama V One Fuang. 1876-1900.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
His Majesty King Chulalongkorn with uniformed bust facing left / Krung Siam, King Rama V Fuang one, around the state seal. Y# 32 3.75gr, 21mm, 6h.
Fine.
Ex Kunker elive, 43/1021. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
United States of America AR Half Dollar. Dated 1961. Denver mint. 'Franklin' type. Dies by John R. Sinnock and Gilroy Roberts.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
LIBERTY IN GOD WE TRUST, bust of Benjamin Franklin to right; JRS in small lettering on truncation, date to right / UNITED STATES oF AMERICA, Liberty Bell flanked by •E• PLURIBUS UNUM and small eagle; mintmark above, denomination below. KM 199. 12.51gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
United States of America AR Half Dollar. Dated 1953. Denver mint. 'Franklin' type. Dies by John R. Sinnock and Gilroy Roberts.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
LIBERTY IN GOD WE TRUST, bust of Benjamin Franklin to right; JRS in small lettering on truncation, date to right / UNITED STATES oF AMERICA, Liberty Bell flanked by ·E· PLURIBUS UNUM and small eagle; mintmark above, denomination below. KM 199. 12.46gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
United States of America AR 'Walking Liberty' Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1945. Denver mint. Adolph Alexander Weinman, engraver.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
LIBERTY, Liberty walking to left, IN GOD WE TRUST in two lines to right, date below / UNITED · STATES · oF · AMERICA, eagle with wings spread, E · PLURIBUS UNUM in two lines to left, D (mintmark) to lower left, monogram of AAW to lower right, denomination below. KM 142. 12.55gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near UNC.
Ex Stacks, USA. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
United States of America AR Dollar. Dated 1922. San Francisco mint. Peace type. Dies by Anthony de Francisci.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
LIBERTY, head of Liberty to left, wearing radiate headband, IN GOD WE TRUST across fields; monogram of AF and date below / UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA E • PLURIBUS UNUM, eagle standing to right on rock, wings closed, seen from rear, branch in talons, rays behind, PEACE below; ONE DOLLAR across fields; mintmark S in lower left field. KM 150. 26.78gr, 38mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. George III AE Medalet. 1818. Commemorative issue of death of Queen Charlotte.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
H • M • G • M • QUEEN CHARLOTTE., head of Queen Charlotte to right / BORN MAY 19. 1744. above, MARRIED SEPR. 9. 1761. DIED AT KEW NOVR. 17. 1818. AFTER A VIRTUOUS REIGN WITH HER BELOVED KING in seven lines, OF 57 YEARS below. BHM 968. 5.25gr, 25mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 1h.
Found Windsor and Maidenhead, UK. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Time of George III Restrike AE Medal. Struck after an 1849 original. Royal mint. Commemorative Medal of 175th Anniversary of The Battle of Waterloo. Designs by Benedetto Pistrucci.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Conjoined laureate and draped busts left of the allied sovereigns: George III, King of Great Britain, Franz II, Emperor of Austria, Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, and Wilhelm III, King of Prussia; around, allegorical and mythological allusions to the Treaty of Peace, which resulted from the Battle of Waterloo: above, Apollo driving quadriga to left, restoring the day; to upper right, the rainbow Zephyr and Iris following to right; to upper left, Gemini indicating the month in which the battle occurred; to right, Hercules seated to right upon rock, suppressing the Furies within the Cimmerian caverns below; to left, Themis, the protector of the Just, seated to left; to lower left, the Fates spinning the future, indicating that human actions will be governed by Justice alone; below, Night, the mother of the Fates, receding into darkness / Two equestrian figures, in classical attire and with the features of the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard von Blücher, being guided to the battle by Victory; around, the Battle of the Giants, being silenced from above by the thunder of Jupiter, driving facing quadriga. Cf. BHM 870; Eimer 2166 (not listed in AE); cf. Bramsen 2317. 131gr, 63mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV Silvered WM Medal. Dated 1821 (in Roman numerals). Birmingham mint. Commemorative issue of George IV Coronation July 19th 1821 at Westminster Abbey. Dies by Thomas Halliday. and P. Kempson & Son.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
GEORGIUS IV . D : G : BRITT : REX F : D :, laureate head to left; H on truncation, P.K. & S. DIREX. below / Coronation scene: George enthroned facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand and sceptre in left, resting right foot on stool, being crowned by two dignitaries, with two additional flanking; GEO : IV . CORONAT : MMDCCXXI. in two lines in exergue. BHM 1073; Eimer -; Fearon 272.2. 52gr, 48mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Medal. Dually dated 1837 and 20 June 1897. Royal mint. Designs by G.W. de Saulles after T. Brock and W. Wyon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN • MDCCCXCVII •, crowned and veiled bust to left / Head to left, wearing bandeau; LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERA EIVS in left field, ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA in right field; olive branch and date below. BHM 3506; Eimer 1817. 9.74gr, 26mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Edward VII AE Medal. Dated 1901. Birmingham mint (Arthur Fenwick Limited). Commemorative issue of Accession of Edward VII.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR above, ER 1901 across fields, GOD SAVE THE KING below, crowned bust to left / TO COMMEMORATE THE ASCENSION OF H.[G.] M. EDWARD VII TO THE BRITISH THRONE • JANUARY 1901 •, crown above the shields of Empire & Great Britain, joined by clasped hands, between flowers and olive branch; RD.. 355487 and LONG MAY HE REIGN OVER US on ribbon below. BHM 3696; W&E 4004A2. 15.04gr, 38mm, 12h.
Uncirculated. Pierced. In original circular red box.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward VII AR Coronation Medal. 9 August 1902. Royal mint. Dies by George William de Saulles.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
EDWARD VII CROWNED 9 AUGUST 1902, crowned bust to right / ALEXANDRA QUEEN CONSORT, crowned bust to right, date on ribbon below. Eimer 1871a; BHM 3737. 12.60gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.