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LOT 4037
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Sovereign. Dated 1855. London mint. WW incuse.
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, second young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; WW incuse on truncation; date below truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned shield within wreath; thistle, rose and shamrock below. Fr 387e; KM 736.1; Marsh 38; SCBC 3852D. PCGS AU58, certification number 50920606. PCGS population in this grade: 20. PCGS population in higher grade: 36.3 1/4 in. (36.89 grams total, 82 mm including case.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 8,448,482.
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.
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LOT 4037
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Sovereign.
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Great Britain. Windsor, Charles III AV Sovereign Set of Four Coins. Dated 2026. Royal mint.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £1,350
CHARLES III·DEI·GRA·REX·FID·DEF · MJ., uncrowned portrait of King Charles III to left / St. George slaying the dragon to right, date and designer's initials in exergue. 793 grams total, 23.7 x 10.9 x 5.8 cm including case.
Brilliant Uncirculated. Boxed.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Hanover Victoria AV Half Sovereign. Dated 1887. Royal Mint. 2nd portrait. No JEB. Joseph Edgar Boehm, engraver.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £225
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. 33.78 grams total, 82 mm including case
PCGS MS61-S3869C / 49916579, Without JEB.
Acquired 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. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds. Dated 1996. Royal mint. Commemorative issue of the European Football Championship, England 1996. Design by Raphael David Maklouf. John Mills, engraver.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £720
ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRATIA·REGINA·F·D RDM · TWO POUNDS ·, third crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the George IV State Diadem / JWM, gently concave surface representing a football, with the date 1996 in two lines in the centre. KM 973b. 97 grams total, 81 x 86 x 26 mm including case.
Uncirculated. Boxed with Certificate no.2014.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
