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LOT 4078
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.
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. PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number: 35538627. PCGS population in this grade: 4, equal-finest graded.3 1/4 - 4 1/4 in. (365 grams total, 8.2-10.7 cm including case.).
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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LOT 4078
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,161
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Group of Twenty [20] English and Continental Jettons, and Later Milled Coins. 13th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: two English Jettons, four continental Jettons, and later mixed issue bronze milled coins; all dug condition. 149gr total, 18-36mm.
As shown.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Penny. Dated 1806. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Design by Conrad Heinrich Küchler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
GEORGIUS III • D : G • REX ., laureate and draped bust to right, K• on truncation, date below / BRITANNIA, Britannia seated to left, holding trident and olive branch; shield resting on rock at right; SOHO on right end of rock; ship to left. SCBC 3780. 18.35gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AV Half Guinea. Dated 1804. Royal Mint. Design by Lewis Pingo.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, laureate head of King George III to right / BRITANNIANUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, crowned shield within Garter; date below. Bull 849; Fr 364; KM 651; MCE 442; SCBC 3737. 32.51 grams total, 82 mm including case.
PCGS MS62, certification number 37953469. PCGS population in this grade: 9. PCGS population in higher grade: 5.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Weight: 4.175 g. (AGW=0.1231 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.
