LOT 3512
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AE Farthing. 1837-1901.
London mint. Dated 1886. 'Bun Head' issue. VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :, laureate bust to left / FARTHING, Britannia seated to right, holding trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand, date in exergue; sea behind with lighthouse on left and ship on right. Freeman 557; SCBC 3958. Near Extremely Fine.(2.81gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria CU Farthing. 1837-1901.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Royal (Tower Hill) mint. Dated 1881. 'Bun Head' type. VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REG: F: D:, laureate and draped bust to left / F A R T H I N G, Britannia seated to right, holding transverse trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand, date in exergue; sea behind with lighthouse on left and ship on right. SCBC 3958; cf. Freeman 545/6. 2.62gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From a Berkshire, UK, private collection. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria CU Farthing. 1837-1901.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Birmingham (Heaton) mint. Dated 1875. 'Bun Head' type. VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REG: F: D:(half stop), laureate and draped bust to left / F A R T H I N G, Britannia seated to right, holding transverse trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand, date and mintmark in exergue; sea behind with lighthouse on left and ship on right. SCBC 3959. 2.60gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From a Berkshire, UK, private collection. -
Great Britain. Stuart (Orange), William III AR Shilling. 1694-1702
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
London mint. Dated 1697. First bust. GVLIELMVS • III • DEI • GRA •, laureate and draped bust to right / MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HIB • REX • 1697 •, crowned cruciform shields around central Nassau lion. Bull -; ESC -; cf. SCBC 3497 (variety not recorded). 5.97gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Unpublished variety with lowered G on GVLIELMVS.
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
