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LOT 4113
Great Britain and Other. Group of Twenty Six [26] Mixed Coins. 1933-2002.
Comprising: various rules, issues and reverse types including three Elizabeth II £5 coins, a South African 1 pence dated 1933, and two USA Half Dollars dated 1971 and 1976. As shown.(208gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 4113
Great Britain and Other. Group of Twenty Six [26] Mixed Coins.
Estimate £10 - 20€12 - 23 (for guidance only)$14 - 27 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Great Britain. Hanover, George I 'Thin Wide Flan' AE Halfpenny. Dated 1723. Second issue.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
GEORGIVS • REX • with laureate bust facing right / BRITANNIA with Britannia seated left. SCBC 3660, Peck 797. 7.50gr, 29mm, 11h.
About Fine. Listed in SCBC as extremely rare thin wide flan.
Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman collector. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds. Dated 2016. Royal Mint. Commemorating 350 years since the Great Fire of London. Designs by Jody Clark and Aaron West.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
ELIZABETH II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · FID · DEF ·, fifth crowned bust of Elizabeth II to right / THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON, burning cityscape of London; flames and smoke filling the air above, escaping boats in river Thames in foreground, date below, anniversary dates 1666 and 2016 above. Edge lettering: THE WHOLE CITY IN DREADFUL FLAMES. S K42. 351 grams total, 8.2-10.7 cm including case.
PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number 38055951. PCGS population in this grade: 1, single finest graded.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 341. Diameter: 28.4 mm. Thickness: 2.5 mm. Weight: 15.9761 g. (AGW=0.4711 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. The fire that started in a bakery on Pudding Lane and destroyed large parts of the city gave architechts such as Christopher Wren the task of reshaping the cityscape. Many famous structures seen in London today were built in the years after. -
Great Britain. Hanover Victoria AV Half Sovereign. Dated 1887. Royal Mint. 2nd portrait. No JEB. Joseph Edgar Boehm, engraver.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRIT: REGINA F: D:, crowned and veiled Jubilee bust to left; no JEB on truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned and embellished shield-of-arms; date in exergue. Marsh 478B; SCBC 3869C. 33.78 grams total, 82 mm including case
PCGS MS61-S3869C / 49916579, Without JEB.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
The issues the mint encountered with the Jubilee coins are well documented and were exacerbated by the pressure for the coins to be ready for the Queen's Golden Jubilee on 20 June 1887. Records show that 1,771,425 half-sovereigns were struck in 1887, but only 871,770, less than 50% of the total, were fit for circulation. The Jubilee head series—in all denominations—provides collectors with a unique insight into the workings of the Mint. Due to time restraints the Jubilee head designer Joseph Edgar Boehm’s initials JEB were individually punched onto six master dies for each mint (London, Sydney and Melbourne) by Royal Mint employee William Poplett, creating no less than 23 varieties of 1887 Jubilee Head half sovereigns. It is unknown at which point in the process Jubilee coins without the JEB were struck. They were possibly the first coins struck before William Poplett punched in the JEB on six master dies. In any case, the 1887 half sovereign without JEB is extremely rare. In their publication 'The Jubilee Head Gold Half Sovereign 1887-1893' (Sovereign Rarities, 2019), David Iverson and Steve Hill estimate that no more than three dies were used with no JEB, indicating a production estimate of around 10,000 coins.
