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Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D . G. BRITANNIAR . REGINA F . D., crowned head to left, seven pointed star and mintmark below / STATES OF JERSEY, arms of Jersey within heater-shaped shield dividing date; denomination below. KM 6. 2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine.

From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

This issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces. (McCammon states that 38,240 pieces remained, but this is not in agreement with the Royal Mint documents.) The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista).

Crowned bust right / King on horseback to right, holding a whip. MIG 4, Choresmia type 500. 5.18gr, 28mm, 9h.

Very Fine. Chipped.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

+ CONFIDENS + DNO + NON + MOVETVR + 1626, lion rampant to left / (Mintmark) MO · ARG · PRO · CONFOE · BELG · TRAI ·, armored knight standing to left with head to right, holding ribbon in right hand, behind coat of arms of Holland, within dotted inner circle. Delmonte, Argent 843; Davenport 4863; KM 13. 26.73gr, 40mm, 10h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

Inscription in three lines in Arabic within square and in margin / Inscription in three lines in Arabic within square and in margin. 2.93gr, 21mm, 4h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Title; regnal year in left field / Name and titles over mint and date. KM 402. 26.15gr, 42mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

Title; regnal year in left field / Name and titles over mint and date. KM 391.1. 13.95gr, 35mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

٩سنه (Year 7), Toughra; "el-Ghazi" to right / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية ١٣٢٧ (May he be victorious.Struck in Constantinople. 1327) in four lines. KM 772. 11.98gr, 27mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Toughra / Mint and date. KM 139.1. 0.36gr, 14mm, 12h.

Good Fine. Edge chipped.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

SIGIS III D : G : REX • POL • M D L R PR •, crowned bust to right, wearing ruffled collar; 1-6 across fields / • MONETA CIVIT : GEDANENSIS •, oval arms between two rampant lions, date above. Kopicki 7505. 6.69gr, 28mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Horseman with spear on galloping horse to right; [mintmark below] / [...]ВЕЛИК [...]ИГДРЬ[...]СЕЯР[...] in Cyrillic. 0.64gr, 15mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

✤ 1725 ✤ HISPANIARUM ✤ REX, coat of arms of Castile and Leon in octolobe / ✤ PHILIPPUS ✤ V ✤ D ✤ G ✤ around, R II and S J across field, crowned coat of arms of Spain with rounded bottom. KM 307; Cal. 1427; Aureo 983. 5.33gr, 27mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Spear blade in the form of a long leaf, used as currency until the use of coins in the 19th century, issued by the local cultures. Cf. National Museum of American History, ID Number: NU.79.112.OC133. 1.55gr, 54mm.

Condition as seen.

From the collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman; formed from the early 2000s.