LOT 4072
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.
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. Good Very Fine.(7.82gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesThe featured Great Pagoda at Kew was built in 1762 as a gift for Princess Augusta.
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Great Britain. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Edward VII AV Sovereign. Dated 1902. Melbourne mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £793
EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:, bare head right, DeS. below / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right; mintmark M in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. SCBC 3971; Marsh 186; McD 211. 49.61 grams total, 86 mm including case.
NGC MS 63, certification number 3701083-010. NGC Census in this grade: 9. NGC Census in higher grade: 1.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 4,267,157. Diameter: 22.05 mm. Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AR Two Pounds. Dated 2005. Royal Mint, Llantrisant. Commemorative issue of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Ian Rank-Broadley and Robert Elderton, engravers.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRA·REG·FID·DEF ·IRB, fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara / TWO POUNDS 1945-2005, St. Paul's Cathedral illuminated by searchlights. KM 1056a; SCBC K19. 88gr inc. box, 77 x 77mm.
Brilliant Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set with Certificate of Authenticity.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. With certificate of authenticity. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV AE Farthing. Dated 1826. Royal (Tower Hill) mint. Second issue. Designs by William Wyon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to left, date below / BRITANNIAR : REX FID : DEF :, Britannia seated to right, holding transverse trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand; shamrock, rose, and thistle in exergue. SCBC 3825. 4.74gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
