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LOT 4027
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AV Half Guinea. Dated 1804. Royal Mint. Design by Lewis Pingo.
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, laureate head of King George III to right / BRITANNIANUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, crowned shield within Garter; date below. Bull 849; Fr 364; KM 651; MCE 442; SCBC 3737. PCGS MS62, certification number 37953469. PCGS population in this grade: 9. PCGS population in higher grade: 5.3 1/4 in. (32.51 grams total, 82 mm including case.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Weight: 4.175 g. (AGW=0.1231 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.
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Mixed Group of Five [5] Early English Milled Coins. 17th-18th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: mixed rulers, denominations and reverse types including two farthings of Charles I, and a halfpenny anf farthing of William & Mary. 34.11gr total, 22-28mm.
As shown.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
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. -
Great Britain. Hanover Victoria AV Half Sovereign. Dated 1887. Royal Mint. 2nd portrait. No JEB. Joseph Edgar Boehm, engraver.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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.
