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LOT 4076
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds. Dated 2016. Royal Mint. Commemorating 350 years since the Great Fire of London. Designs by Jody Clark and Aaron West.
ELIZABETH II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · FID · DEF ·, fifth crowned bust of Elizabeth II to right / THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON, burning cityscape of London; flames and smoke filling the air above, escaping boats in river Thames in foreground, date below, anniversary dates 1666 and 2016 above. Edge lettering: THE WHOLE CITY IN DREADFUL FLAMES. S K42. PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number 38055951. PCGS population in this grade: 1, single finest graded.3 1/4 - 4 1/4 in. (351 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.
Mintage: 341.
Diameter: 28.4 mm. Thickness: 2.5 mm. Weight: 15.9761 g. (AGW=0.4711 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.
The fire that started in a bakery on Pudding Lane and destroyed large parts of the city gave architechts such as Christopher Wren the task of reshaping the cityscape. Many famous structures seen in London today were built in the years after.
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LOT 4076
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,081
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Sovereign. Dated 1878. Melbourne mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:, young head left, WW buried in truncation; mintmark M below / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, horse with long tail; date and small B.P. in exergue. SCBC 3857; Marsh 100; McD 155. 35.72 grams total, 82 mm including case.
PCGS AU58, certification number 37390918. PCGS population in this grade: 23. PCGS population in higher grade: 63.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 2,171,457. Diameter: 22.05 mm. Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Cu-Ni 5 Pounds. Dated 2001. Royal Mint. Commemorative issue of centenary of the death of Queen Victoria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 28.14gr, 38mm, 12h.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Sovereign. Dated 1871. London mint. Die number: 110. Shield type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, second young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned shield within wreath; national emblems below. KM 736.2; Marsh 55; SCBC 3853B. 36.81 grams total, 82 mm including case.
PCGS MS61, certification number 50931715. PCGS population in this grade: 24. PCGS population in higher grade: 263.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 8,767,250. Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.
