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LOT 4079
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds. Dated 2018. Royal Mint. Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the First World War. Designs by Jody Clark and Stephen Raw.
ELIZABETH II · DEI · GRA · REG · FID · DEF · 2018 ·; fifth crowned bust of Elizabeth II to right / THE FIRST WORLD WAR · ARMISTICE · 1918 above; fve-line inscription in handwritten typeface The truth untold, the pity of war, set on a rugged surface reminiscent of mud, TWO POUNDS below. Edge lettering: WILFRED OWEN KILLED IN ACTION 4 NOV 1918. S K49. PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number 38055958. PCGS population in this grade: 6, equal-finest graded.3 1/4 in. (42.93 grams total, 82 mm 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: 917.0/1000 Gold.
As part of a five-year series from outbreak to armistice, this fifth and final coin celebrates the Armistice in 1918.
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LOT 4079
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,083
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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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Piedfort AR Five Pence Coin amd Mensa 50th Anniversay AR Medal. Dated 1990 and 1996.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The silver medal has been issued in 1996 on the occasion of MENSA'S 50th anniversary and strictly limited to 5,000 pieces. ELIZABETH II D·G·REG·F·D·1990 RDM, third crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem / FIVE PENCE 5, the Badge of Scotland, a thistle royally crowned. KM P12; SCBC D4. 162 grams total, 66 x 67 - 76 x 77 mm including case.
Uncirculated. Offered in the original box sets with Ceritificate of Autheniticity.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,161
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. 365 grams total, 8.2-10.7 cm including case.
PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number: 35538627. PCGS population in this grade: 4, equal-finest graded.
Acquired 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.
