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LOT 3478
Cyprus. Windsor, George V AR Forty-Five Piastres. Dated 1928. Royal mint. Commemorative issue of 50 Years of Cyprus under British Rule.
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. Good Very Fine.(28.24gr, 39mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Barbados. Eight [8] Coin Proof Set. 1976.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising: 1976 coinage of Barbados coin set dated 1976, boxed with certificate of authenticity dated Aug 24 1976 from the Franklin Mint. 365gr total, box: 18 x 10.8 x 2.2cm.
UNC.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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. -
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.
