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Australia (British Colonies). Hanover, Victoria AV Half Sovereign. Dated 1859. Royal Mint of Sydney. Leonard Charles Wyon, engraver.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £450
VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REG : F : D :, young head to left, hair tied in plait and crowned with wreath of Banskia; date below / AUSTRALIA, crowned within wreath; SYDNEY MINT above; HALF SOVEREIGN below. Marsh 384; McD 006. 3.97gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Austria. First Republic AV 100 Shilling. Dated 1926. Austrian Mint of Vienna. Engraved by Arnold Hartig.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £1,300
REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH, eagle holding sickle and hammer / 100 SCHILLING between two branches; 1926 and HARTIG below. KM 2842; Fr 520. 23.49gr, 33mm, 12h.
Mint State.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Austria. First Republic AV 25 Shilling. Dated 1927. Vienna mint. Arnold Hartig, engraver.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £270
REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH, crowned eagle facing, head to left and with wings spread, with coat of arms on breast, holding sickle and hammer / 25 SCHILLING flanked by edelweiss sprays; below, date divided by sprigs and engraver's name. KM 2841; Fr 521; Schön 45. 5.87gr, 21mm, 12h.
Mint State.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
British West Indies. George IV AR 1/16 Dollar. Dated 1822. Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London. William Wyon, engraver.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
GEORGIVS IV D:G: BRITANNIARUM REX F:D:, coat of arms on ornate shield / COLONIAR: BRITAN: MONET: XVI XVI 1822, crown over anchor. KM 1; Pr 13-14. 1.64gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Belgian States. County of Flanders, Charles I the Bold AR 2 Stivers (Patards). 1467-1474. Bruges mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ SIT ⵓ NOMEN ⵓ DOMINI ⵓ BENEDICTVM ⵓ (Firesteel), short floriate cross with flour-de-lis in centre, within inner circle / ✠ KAROLVS ⵓ DEI ⵓ GRA ⵓ DVX ⵓ BVRG ⵓ CO ⵓ FLA, shield with quartered arms of Burgundy. Gelder Hoc 23-3; Boudeau 2267; Vanhoudt Ned. 32-BG. 2.83gr, 27mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Belgium. Leopold I AV 25 Francs. Dated 1848. Royal Mint of Belgium, Brussels. Léopold Wiener, engraver.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £750
LEOPOLD PREMIER ROI DES BELGES, head of King Leopold I to right, L. WIENER below / L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE 25 Fcs 7,915 1848 900/M, coat of arms of Belgium with grand collar of the Order of Leopold on crowned hermine mantle; two sceptres with hand of justice and lion behind. KM 13.1; Fr 405; Delmonte G 1260. 7.87gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Denmark. Christian IX AV 10 Kroner. Dated 1900. Royal Danish Mint, Copenhagen. Wilhelm Buchard Poulsen, Mint Master. Harald Conradsen, engraver.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £180
CHRISTIAN IX KONGE AF DANMARK HC ♥ 1900 VBP, bare head of King Christian IX to right; H C in small lettering on truncation / 10 KRONER, woman seated on wheat to left holding royal shield with dolphin on the bottom left. KM 790.2; Fr 296; SIEG 18; Hede 9; DNF 11.2. 4.47gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Denmark. Christian X AV 20 Kroner. Dated 1916. Royal Danish Mint (Copenhagen). Andreas Frederik Vilhelm Hansen, Harald Salomon and Knud Gunnar Jensen, engravers.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £360
CHRISTIAN X KONGE AF DANMARK AH ♥ 1916 VBP, bare head to right / 1916 20 KRONER ♥ VBP, crowned greater coat of arms of Denmark. KM 817.1; DNF 12.4; Fr 299. 8.93gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
France. Napoleon I AV 20 Francs. Dated 1812. Paris mint. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, General coin engraver. Charles-Pierre de l'Espine, Mint Master. Jean-Pierre Droz, engraver.
Estimate: £400 - 500 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £380
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head of Napoleon I to left; DROZ F in small lettering on truncation; mark below / EMPIRE FRANÇAIS •, value within wreath; date between mintmarks below. Edge inscription: * DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Franc 516.22; KM 695.1. 6.36gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
France. Napoléon III AV 5 Francs. Dated 1859. Monnaie de Paris mint. Small head type. Jacques-Jean Barre, Engraver. Charles-Louis Dierickx, Mint Master.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head to right; BARRE below between marks of Mint Master and Engraver / EMPIRE FRANÇAIS, denomination above date; all within laurel wreath, A (mintmark) below. Franc 2014 501; Gad 1789 1001; KM 787. 1.62gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
France. Napoleon II AV 100 Francs. Dated 1864. Paris mint. Désiré-Albert Barre, engraver.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £1,000
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, laureate head right, BARRE below / EMPIRE FRANÇAIS, crowned arms within mantle and crossed sceptres, above, value split to sides, mintmark and date below. Edge inscription: DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Fr 580; Gad 1136; KM 802; F 551. 32.29gr, 35mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
France. Napoléon III AV 20 Francs. Dated 1865. Monnaie de Paris mint. Désiré-Albert Barre, engraver. Alfred Renouard de Bussière, Mint Master.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £225
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, laureate head to right; BARRE and mark of Mint Master below / EMPIRE FRANÇAIS, Coat of Arms of France; denomination in fields; below, date between mintmark and mark of Engraver. Franc 2014 532/11; KM 801.1; Fr 585; Maz 1450; Gad 1789 1062. 6.45gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
