LOT 4063
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Shilling. Dated 1887. Royal Mint. Jubilee Head type.
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT : REGINA F: D:, crowned and draped bust head to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / Crowned square shield within Garter inscribed HONI ✿ SOIT ✿ QUI MAL ✿ Y ✿ PENSE ✿✿✿; date below. Bull 3137; ESC 1351; SCBC 3926. Good Very Fine. Toned.(5.64gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 4063
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Shilling.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Shilling. Dated 1900. Royal Mint. Old Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Designs by Sir Thomas Brock and Edward Paynter. VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / Three shields set in shape of a 'V' mostly within Garter, floral emblems between; crown above; date below; ONE SHILLING above. Bull 3165; ESC 1369; SCBC 3940A. 5.62gr, 24mm, 12h.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Windsor, George V AR Halfcrown. Dated 1919. Royal Mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Design by Bertram Mackennal. GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX, bare head to left; B.M. in small lettering on truncation / FID: DEF: IND: IMP:, crowned shield surrounded by the Garter; date and denomination below. Bull 3717; ESC 765; SCBC 4011. 14.09gr, 32mm, 12h.
Extremely 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. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Threehalfpence. Dated 1843. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Designs by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, diademed head to left / Crowned denomination above date; all within oak wreath. Bull 3468; ESC 2259; SCBC 3915. 0.69gr, 12mm, 6h.
Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
The standard weight of this coin was 1/44 troy ounce or 10.9 grains. Struck for colonial use in Ceylon, where it was worth 4 stivers (1 fanam) and the West Indies (Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad) where it was equivalent to 1/4 real.
