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LOT 4093
Great Britain. Ascension Island, Charles III Set of Five [5] Proof PT Sovereign Coins Collection. Dated 2024. Harrington & Byrne.
Containing the Quintuple Sovereign, the Double Sovereign, the Sovereign, the Half Sovereign, and the Quarter Sovereign. Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set with Certificate of Authenticity. Set Edition Limit of 30.(304 grams total, 14.4 x 11.7 x 3 cm including case.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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LOT 4093
Great Britain. Ascension Island, Charles III Set of Five [5] Proof PT Sovereign Coins Collection.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Sovereign. Dated 1888. Melbourne mint. Second Legend type.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £450
VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D:, Jubilee bust left, J.E.B. with angled J on base of truncation; second legend position / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, horse with short tail; mintmark M in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. SCBC 3867B; Marsh 132B; DISH M10; McD 177b. 47.26 grams total, 86 mm including case.
NGC MS 62, certification number 2148848-005. NGC Census in this grade: 24. NGC Census in higher grade: 6.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 2,802,306. Diameter: 22.05 mm. Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. -
Great Britain. Hanover Victoria AV Half Sovereign. Dated 1887. Royal Mint. 2nd portrait. No JEB. Joseph Edgar Boehm, engraver.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £225
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. -
Great Britain. Falkland Islands, Charles III Proof AR Sovereign Set. Dated 2025. Commemorative issues of the 80th anniversary of the VE-Day. Designs by Glyn Davies and Adam Taylor.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Containing a coin of Five Sovereigns, a coin of Double Sovereign, and a coin of a Sovereign. Edition limit: 995. 819 grams total, 22.2 x 17.5 x 5.4 cm including case.
Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set with Certificate of Authenticity.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
