LOT 4019
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Double Florin. Dated 1887. London mint.
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. Good Very Fine.(22.59gr, 36mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Great Britain. Windsor, George V AR Maundy Money Set. Dated 1924.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising: Set of Four, Three, Two and One Penny denominations in a Maundy coin box. SCBC 4027. 51.80gr total.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1752. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GEORGIVS • II • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / BRITAN-NIA •, Britannia seated to left on globe, holding olive branch and sceptre; Union shield to right, date below. SCBC 3719. 9.96gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria CU Penny. Dated 1866. Royal mint. 'Bun head' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :, laureate and draped bust to left / ONE PENNY, 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. SCBC 3954. 9.16gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
