LOT 4019
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Sixpence. Dated 1787. London mint. No semée of hearts.
GEORGIVS • III • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E •, cruciform arms and crowns in angles (no hearts); date below. Bull 2187; ESC 1626; SCBC 3748. Good Extremely Fine.(3.00gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceSpink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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England. Stuart (Orange), William III and Mary AR Threepence. Dated 1689.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
GVLIELMVS • ET • MARIA • D • G •, jugate busts to right / MAG • BR • FR • ET • HIB • REX • ET • REGINA I6-89, crowned denomination. Bull 920; SCBC 3441. 1.45gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Threehalfpence. Dated 1839. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Designs by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, diademed head to left / Crowned denomination above date; all within oak wreath. Bull 3464; ESC 2255; SCBC 3915. 0.70gr, 12mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
The standard weight of this coin was 1/44 troy ounce or 10.9 grains. Struck for colonial use in Ceylon, where it was worth 4 stivers (1 fanam) and the West Indies (Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad) where it was equivalent to 1/4 real. -
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Group of Thirteen [13] Elizabeth II Commemorative Coins. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Various types. 480gr total.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
