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LOT 4041
Great Britain. Hanover Victoria AV Half Sovereign. Dated 1887. Royal Mint. 2nd portrait. No JEB. Joseph Edgar Boehm, engraver.
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRIT: REGINA F: D:, crowned and veiled Jubilee bust to left; no JEB on truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned and embellished shield-of-arms; date in exergue. Marsh 478B; SCBC 3869C. PCGS MS61-S3869C / 49916579, Without JEB.3 1/4 in. (33.78 grams total, 82 mm including case).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
The issues the mint encountered with the Jubilee coins are well documented and were exacerbated by the pressure for the coins to be ready for the Queen's Golden Jubilee on 20 June 1887. Records show that 1,771,425 half-sovereigns were struck in 1887, but only 871,770, less than 50% of the total, were fit for circulation. The Jubilee head series—in all denominations—provides collectors with a unique insight into the workings of the Mint. Due to time restraints the Jubilee head designer Joseph Edgar Boehm’s initials JEB were individually punched onto six master dies for each mint (London, Sydney and Melbourne) by Royal Mint employee William Poplett, creating no less than 23 varieties of 1887 Jubilee Head half sovereigns. It is unknown at which point in the process Jubilee coins without the JEB were struck. They were possibly the first coins struck before William Poplett punched in the JEB on six master dies. In any case, the 1887 half sovereign without JEB is extremely rare. In their publication 'The Jubilee Head Gold Half Sovereign 1887-1893' (Sovereign Rarities, 2019), David Iverson and Steve Hill estimate that no more than three dies were used with no JEB, indicating a production estimate of around 10,000 coins.
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LOT 4041
Great Britain. Hanover Victoria AV Half Sovereign.
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Great Britain. Jersey, Elizabeth II Proof AR Five Pounds. Dated 2015. Commemorative issue of the 50th Anniversary of the Death of Winston Churchill. Ian Rank-Broadley and David Cornell, engravers.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ELIZABETH II BAILIWICK OF JERSEY 2015, Queen Elizabeth II facing right / "NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW" £5, Sir Winston Churchill wearing military cap on the right. 174 grams total, 10.3 x 9.8 x 3.3 cm including case.
Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set with Certificate of Authenticity no.0369.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Sovereign. Dated 1871. London mint. Die number: 110. Shield type.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £450
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, second young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned shield within wreath; national emblems below. KM 736.2; Marsh 55; SCBC 3853B. 36.81 grams total, 82 mm including case.
PCGS MS61, certification number 50931715. PCGS population in this grade: 24. PCGS population in higher grade: 263.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 8,767,250. Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds. Dated 2018. Royal Mint. Commemorating 250 years since the first round-the-world voyage of Captain Cook. Designs by Jody Clark andGary Breeze.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £720
ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS ·, crowned bust of Elizabeth II to right / Cook's ship Endeavour set off-centre to left and superimposed on a map of Plymouth Sound with diagonal lines running through, 250 to right, Captain Cook's signature below; in outer ring the anniversary dates 1768 - 2018 above and CAPTAIN JAMES COOK below. Edge lettering: OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMVS. S K48. 365 grams total, 8.2-10.7 cm including case.
PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number: 35538627. PCGS population in this grade: 4, equal-finest graded.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Diameter: 28.4 mm. Thickness: 2.5 mm. Weight: 15.9761 g. (AGW=0.4711 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. Setting sail in August 1768 on HM Bark Endeavour, Cook would circumnavigate the world twice and fill in many gaps in the world map, including setting foot on Australia.
