LOT 4045
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Half Sovereign. Dated 1894. London mint.
VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND· IMP, older crowned and veiled bust to left / St George on horseback slaying the dragon; date in exergue. Fr 397; KM 784; Marsh 489; SCBC 3878. Near Very Fine. Boxed.(300 grams total, 16.2 x 11.5 x 2 cm including case.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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Great Britain. Stuart (Orange), William III AR Shilling. Dated 1696. London mint. First bust.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
GVLIELMVS • III • DEI • GRA •, laureate and draped bust to right, B below / MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HIB • REX • 1696 •, crowned cruciform shields around central Nassau lion. SCBC 3498. 6.04gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds. Dated 2018. Royal Mint. Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the First World War. Designs by Jody Clark and Stephen Raw.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,083
ELIZABETH II · DEI · GRA · REG · FID · DEF · 2018 ·; fifth crowned bust of Elizabeth II to right / THE FIRST WORLD WAR · ARMISTICE · 1918 above; fve-line inscription in handwritten typeface The truth untold, the pity of war, set on a rugged surface reminiscent of mud, TWO POUNDS below. Edge lettering: WILFRED OWEN KILLED IN ACTION 4 NOV 1918. S K49. 42.93 grams total, 82 mm including case.
PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number 38055958. PCGS population in this grade: 6, 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: 917.0/1000 Gold. As part of a five-year series from outbreak to armistice, this fifth and final coin celebrates the Armistice in 1918. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II CU-NI 50 Pence. Dated 2009. Royal Mint (Llantrisant). Commemorative issue of 250th anniversary of Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Fourth portrait.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Ian Rank-Broadley and Christopher Le Brun, engravers. ELIZABETH·II D·G·REG·F·D, fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara; IRB in small lettering and value below / The pagoda, a building associated with the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, encircled by vine; dates flanking, Kew below. KM 1114; SCBC H19. 7.82gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
The featured Great Pagoda at Kew was built in 1762 as a gift for Princess Augusta.

