LOT 4060
Great Britain. Windsor, George V AR Shilling. Dated 1926. Royal Mint. Design by Bertram Mackennal.
GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX, bare head of King George V to left; B.M. on truncation / FID: DEF: IND: IMP:, lion standing on St Edward's crown (the 'Royal crest'); date split to sides of crown; ONE SHILLING below. SCBC 4023A. Very Fine.(5.43gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4060
Great Britain. Windsor, George V AR Shilling.
Estimate £10 - 20€12 - 23 (for guidance only)$14 - 27 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Group of Seventy Three (73) Mixed Coins of Great Britain. 20th century AD.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed monarchs, issues, denominations and reverse types. 621gr total.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Sovereign. Dated 2004. Royal mint. Designs by Ian Rank-Broadley and Benedetto Pistrucci.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £450
ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · FID · DEF, fourth crowned head of Elizabeth II to right; IRB below / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. SCBC SC4 (was 4430); KM 1002. 111 grams total, 12.5 x 9.3 x 3.1 cm including case.
Uncirculated. Comes with the original box as issued by the Mint.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 10,175. Diameter: 22.05 mm. Thickness: 1.52 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. -
Great Britain. Hanover Victoria AV Half Sovereign. Dated 1887. Royal Mint. 2nd portrait. No JEB. Joseph Edgar Boehm, engraver.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £225
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRIT: REGINA F: D:, crowned and veiled Jubilee bust to left; no JEB on truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned and embellished shield-of-arms; date in exergue. Marsh 478B; SCBC 3869C. 33.78 grams total, 82 mm including case
PCGS MS61-S3869C / 49916579, Without JEB.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
The issues the mint encountered with the Jubilee coins are well documented and were exacerbated by the pressure for the coins to be ready for the Queen's Golden Jubilee on 20 June 1887. Records show that 1,771,425 half-sovereigns were struck in 1887, but only 871,770, less than 50% of the total, were fit for circulation. The Jubilee head series—in all denominations—provides collectors with a unique insight into the workings of the Mint. Due to time restraints the Jubilee head designer Joseph Edgar Boehm’s initials JEB were individually punched onto six master dies for each mint (London, Sydney and Melbourne) by Royal Mint employee William Poplett, creating no less than 23 varieties of 1887 Jubilee Head half sovereigns. It is unknown at which point in the process Jubilee coins without the JEB were struck. They were possibly the first coins struck before William Poplett punched in the JEB on six master dies. In any case, the 1887 half sovereign without JEB is extremely rare. In their publication 'The Jubilee Head Gold Half Sovereign 1887-1893' (Sovereign Rarities, 2019), David Iverson and Steve Hill estimate that no more than three dies were used with no JEB, indicating a production estimate of around 10,000 coins.
