LOT 4020
England. Stuart (Orange), William and Mary AR Twopence. Dated 1689.
GVLIELMVS • ET • MARIA • D • G •, jugate busts to right / MAG • BR • FR • ET • HIB • REX • ET • REGINA • I6-[8]9 •, crowned denomination. Bull 943; ESC 2196; SCBC 3443. Near Very Fine.(0.93gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds. Dated 2018. Royal Mint. Commemorating 250 years since the first round-the-world voyage of Captain Cook. Designs by Jody Clark andGary Breeze.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,161
ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS ·, crowned bust of Elizabeth II to right / Cook's ship Endeavour set off-centre to left and superimposed on a map of Plymouth Sound with diagonal lines running through, 250 to right, Captain Cook's signature below; in outer ring the anniversary dates 1768 - 2018 above and CAPTAIN JAMES COOK below. Edge lettering: OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMVS. S K48. 365 grams total, 8.2-10.7 cm including case.
PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number: 35538627. PCGS population in this grade: 4, equal-finest graded.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Diameter: 28.4 mm. Thickness: 2.5 mm. Weight: 15.9761 g. (AGW=0.4711 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. Setting sail in August 1768 on HM Bark Endeavour, Cook would circumnavigate the world twice and fill in many gaps in the world map, including setting foot on Australia. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Piedfort Sovereign. Dated 2022. Royal mint. Designs by Jody Clark and Timothy Noad.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,639
ELIZABETH. II. DEI. GRA. REGINA. FID. DEF, crowned head to right, JC below / Royal Coat of Arms, year below. SCBC SC12. 197 grams total, 83 x 83 x 50 mm including case.
Uncirculated. Proof state accompanied by Royal Mint box and Certificate of Authenticity no.1601.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AR Two Pounds. Dated 2005. Royal Mint, Llantrisant. Commemorative issue of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Ian Rank-Broadley and Robert Elderton, engravers.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRA·REG·FID·DEF ·IRB, fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara / TWO POUNDS 1945-2005, St. Paul's Cathedral illuminated by searchlights. KM 1056a; SCBC K19. 88gr inc. box, 77 x 77mm.
Brilliant Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set with Certificate of Authenticity.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. With certificate of authenticity.
