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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.
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Fifty Pence. Dated 2020. Royal Mint. Commemorative issue of The Dinosauria Collection. Jody Clark and Robert Nicholls. engravers.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £900
ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·F·D·50 PENCE·2020·J.C, fifth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the George IV State Diadem / MEGALOSAURUS RN BUCKLAND 1824, image of a Megalosaurus. SCBC H82; KM 1812c. 323 grams total, 11 x 10.8 x 5 cm including case.
Uncirculated.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
The Dinosauria Collection begins with Megalosaurus, the first coin in the 2020 series. Developed in conjunction with the Natural History Museum, this is the first time a dinosaur has featured on an official UK coin. Issue Limit: 360. -
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.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
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. -
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Great Britain. Set of Seven [7] Victoria AR Coins. Dated 1887-1889.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Containing coins from 1987 with the Double Florin from 1889. 312gr inc. box, 18.5 x 7.7cm.
Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
