LOT 4066
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Cu-Ni 5 Pounds. Dated 2001. Royal Mint. Commemorative issue of centenary of the death of Queen Victoria.
Ian Rank-Broadley and Mary Milner-Dickens, engravers. ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D · 2001, fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara; IRB in small lettering beneath truncation / Representation of Crystal Palace within the value 5 POUNDS, stylised railway lines in the shape of a V incorporating portrait of Queen Victoria, remnant of the words ONE PENNY and anniversary dates of 1901 and 2001. KM 1015. Brilliant Uncirculated.(28.14gr, 38mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 4066
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Cu-Ni 5 Pounds.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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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 2021. Royal Mint. Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott. Designs by Jody Clark and Stephen Raw.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £720
ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS ·, fifth crowned bust of Elizabeth II to right / SIR WALTER SCOTT NOVELIST HISTORIAN POET in centre; 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH 2021 around; depiction of Walter Scott. Edge lettering: THE WILL TO DO THE SOUL TO DARE. S K64. 42.94 grams total, 82 mm including case.
PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number 42016756. PCGS population in this grade: 3, equal-finest graded.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 175. Diameter: 28.4 mm. Thickness: 2.5 mm. Weight: 15.97 g. (AGW=0.4709 oz.) Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold. -
Great Britain. Elizabeth II Piedfort Proof AR 3-Coin Collection. Dated 2004. Manufactured by The Royal Mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The 2004 UK Proof AR Piedfort 3 Coin Collection contains an example of each of the UK's Proof AR Piedfort Coins issued in 2004: -Proof AR Piedfort 50p coin celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Four-Minute Mile -Proof AR Piedfort £2 coin celebrating the 200th anniversary of the steam locomotive -Proof AR Piedfort £1 coin. 28.15gr, 38mm, 12h.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. With certificate of authenticity.
