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LOT 4101
Group of One Hundred and Seventy-Eight [178] English Milled and World Coins. 1866-1967.
Four coin trays and a metallic box containing Great Britain, Pennies, Halfpennies and Farthings (years 1866-1967) and five world coins. Condition as seen.2 3/4 - 12 x 9 3/8 in. (2.900gr total, 7-30.5 x 23.7 cm.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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LOT 4101
Group of One Hundred and Seventy-Eight [178] English Milled and World Coins.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Threehalfpence. Dated 1839. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Designs by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, diademed head to left / Crowned denomination above date; all within oak wreath. Bull 3464; ESC 2255; SCBC 3915. 0.70gr, 12mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
The standard weight of this coin was 1/44 troy ounce or 10.9 grains. Struck for colonial use in Ceylon, where it was worth 4 stivers (1 fanam) and the West Indies (Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad) where it was equivalent to 1/4 real. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Twopence. Dated 1797. Soho (Birmingham) mint. 'Cartwheel' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Design by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX., laureate and draped bust to right / BRITANNIA., Britannia seated to left, holding transverse trident in left hand and branch in her raised right hand; shield with Union flag resting on left; sea behind with ship on left; SOHO in small lettering and date below. Peck 1077; SCBC 3776. 56.89gr, 41mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Twopence. Dated 1797. Soho (Birmingham) mint. 'Cartwheel' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Design by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX., laureate and draped bust to right / BRITANNIA., Britannia seated to left, holding transverse trident in left hand and branch in her raised right hand; shield with Union flag resting on left; sea behind with ship on left; SOHO in small lettering and date below. Peck 1077; SCBC 3776. 56.69gr, 41mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
