LOT 4083
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds. Dated 2020. Royal Mint. Commemorating issue of the 250 years since Captain James Cook's first round-the-world voyage. Designs by Jody Clark and Gary Breeze.
ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS ·, fifth crowned bust of Elizabeth II to right / Maori canoe, HM Bark Endeavour and 250 superimposed on maps of part of New Zealand and Australia, including BOTANY BAY; CAPTAIN JAMES COOK around left, anniversary dates 1770-2020 below right. Edge lettering: OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMVS. PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number 39739928. PCGS population in this grade: 7, equal-finest graded.3 1/4 - 4 1/4 in. (350 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.
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LOT 4083
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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Great Britain. Hanover, George I 'Thin Wide Flan' AE Halfpenny. Dated 1723. Second issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
GEORGIVS • REX • with laureate bust facing right / BRITANNIA with Britannia seated left. SCBC 3660, Peck 797. 7.50gr, 29mm, 11h.
About Fine. Listed in SCBC as extremely rare thin wide flan.
Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman collector. -
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. Stuart (Orange), William III AR Shilling. Dated 1696. London mint. First bust.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
GVLIELMVS • III • DEI • GRA •, laureate and draped bust to right, B below / MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HIB • REX • 1696 •, crowned cruciform shields around central Nassau lion. SCBC 3498. 6.04gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
