LOT 4059
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Halfcrown. Dated 1887. London mint. Jubilee Head type.
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned arms within Garter inscribed HONI • SOIT • QUI MAL • Y • PENSE •• and wreath; date below. Bull 2771; ESC 719; SCBC 3924. Extremely Fine.(14.15gr, 32mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Sixpence. Dated 1787. With semée of hearts.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
GEORGIVS • III • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E •, cruciform arms and crowns in angles (with hearts); date below. Bull 2190; ESC 1629; SCBC 3749. 2.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
England. Hanover, George II AR Halfcrown. Dated 1745 LIMA and RY 19. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Designs by John Tanner and Johann Ochs. GEORGIUS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate bust to left, LIMA below / M • B • F • ET • H • REX F • D • B ET • L • D • S • R • I A • T • ET • E • J7-45 •, crowned cruciform arms. Edge inscription: DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • ANNO • REGNI • DECIMO • NONO •. Bull 1687; ESC 605; SCBC 3695. 15.03gr, 34mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
LIMA pieces were struck from a large hoard of silver captured from the Spanish by Admiral Anson's squadron operating in the Pacific Ocean. The word "Lima" engraved under the bust is a reference to the fact that the Spanish silver was being shipped from Lima, Peru back to Spain when it was intercepted by Anson. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II AV Half-Sovereign First Day Cover. Dated 21 May 2002. Royal mint. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Designs by Ian Rank-Broadley and Timothy Noad. ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · FID · DEF, fourth crowned head of Elizabeth II to right; IRB in small lettering below / Crowned Royal Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom, laurel wreaths around, monogram of TN to right, date below. S-SB5 (was 4441); KM-1025. 3.99gr, 19.30mm, 12h.
Uncirculated. Coin sealed in card and cellophane slip.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
