LOT 4025
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1747. London mint. Roses in angles.
GEORGIVS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E • J7-47 •, four crowned shields cruciform, roses in angles. Bull 1728; ESC 1209; SCBC 3702. Near Very Fine.(5.86gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds. Dated 2017. Royal Mint. Commemorating 200 years since the death of Georgian-era British author Jane Austen. Designs by Jody Clark and Dominique Evans.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
ELIZABETH II · DEI · GRA · REG · FID · DEF · 2017 ·, fifth crowned bust of Elizabeth II to right / Silhouette of Jane Austen to right, her hand-written signature across, set within several concentric lines creating the impression of a Regency style miniature portrait with hanger above, outer circle with vertical textured stripes, TWO POUNDS below, JANE AUSTEN above left, anniversary dates 1817 - 2017 above right. Edge lettering: THERE IS NO DOING WITHOUT MONEY. S K45. 332 grams total, 8.2-10.7 cm including case.
PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number 38906605. PCGS population in this grade: 5, equal-finest graded.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 295. Diameter: 28.4 mm. Thickness: 2.5 mm. Weight: 15.9761 g. (AGW=0.4711 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. Jane Austen, world-famous today, for works such as Pride and Prejudice, she was all but famous during her own lifetime. She rose to fame over 50 years after her death, in 1870, when her nephew, James Edward Austen-Leigh, released "A Memoir of Jane Austen" in 1870 which hit the spot with a Victorian public. -
Great Britain. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Edward VII AV Sovereign. Dated 1909. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT: OMN: REX F:D: IND: IMP:, bare head right / St George slaying the dragon right; date in exergue. Fr 400; KM 805; Marsh 181; SCBC 3969. 36.68 grams total, 82 mm including case.
PCGS MS63, certification number 50931535. PCGS population in this grade: 75. PCGS population in higher grade: 20.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 12,157,099. Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Sixpence. Dated 1758. London mint. Designs by John Tanner and Johann Ochs.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
GEORGIVS · II · DEI · GRATIA ·, laureate and draped bust to left / M · B · F · ET H REX · F · D · B ET · L · D · S · R · I · A · T · ET · E · J7-58, crowned cruciform shields, garter star at centre. Bull 1763; ESC 1623; SCBC 3711. 2.95gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
