LOT 3581
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Halfpenny. 1760-1820.
Uncertain date. Contemporary counterfeit BRITANNIA issue of George III. GEORGIVS • III • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / BRITANNIA •, Britannia seated to left, holding trident and olive branch; date in exergue. Cf. SCBC 3774. Near Fine.(4.43gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Blank Error One Pound. Dated 2017.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
ELIZABETH II D. G. REG . F . D, fifth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, with holographic image below and denomination as incuse micro-legend around the edge / ONE POUND, English rose, Welsh leek, Scottish thistle and Northern Irish shamrock emerging from one stem within royal coronet, with the minting year as incuse micro-legend around the rim. For prototype cf. KM 1378. 8.57gr, 23mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous, extremely rare and exceptional. Apparently unique.
Property of a Wiltshire, UK, collector.
This One Pound coin of the new type (issued 2017) has been struck on a metal error blank, rather than on the bi-metallic flan that should have been used; such occurrences are extremely rare. -
Great Britain. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Edward VII AE Farthing. 1901-1910.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
London mint. Dated 1903. Design by George William de Saulles. EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:, bare head to right / FARTHING, seated figure of Britannia facing to right, trident in left hand, shield with Union flag in right hand, sea behind; date below. SCBC 3992. 2.91gr, 20mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Double Florin. 1837-1901.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
London mint. Dated 1887. Jubilee Coinage. Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITT: REG: FID: DEF:, crowned cruciform shields around Star of the Garter, sceptres in angles; date with Roman I above. Bull 2695; ESC 394; SCBC 3922. 22.53gr, 36mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
