LOT 3591
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Double Florin. 1837-1901.
London mint. Dated 1890. 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. Bull 2703; ESC 399; SCBC 3923. Good Very Fine. Beautifully toned.(22.53gr, 36mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George IV AE Third-Farthing. 1820-1830.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
London mint. Dated 1827. Design by William Wyon. GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to right, date below / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, seated figure of Britannia to right, holding trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in left; national flower emblems in exergue. SCBC 3827. 1.50gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
Struck for use in Malta where the farthing was already circulating at a face value of three Maltese grani. The third farthing was made to be 1/3 of the weight of a farthing, providing Malta with a coin valued at one grano. Third-farthings were never legal tender in the United Kingdom. -
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Group of Seventy-Six [76] AE Coins. 18th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Various dates. 442gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria, AR Shilling. 1837-1901.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
London mint. Dated 1895. Old Head Coinage. Small rose type. Design by Sir Thomas Brock and Edward Paynter. VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·, crowned and veiled bust to left / Three crowned shields set in shape of a 'V' mostly within Garter, floral emblems between; date below; ONE SHILLING above. Bull 3158; ESC 1364A; SCBC 3940. 5.63gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
