LOT 3517
South Africa. George VI AR 5 Shillings. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. 300th anniversary of the founding of Capetown.
Designs by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Marion Walgate. GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; H P in small lettering beneath truncation / SUID-AFRIKA·1652-1952·SOUTH AFRICA, Jan van Riebeeck's three-master, Drommedaris, sails into Table Bay on 6 April 1652, to establish a new Dutch colony located at what is now Cape Town; Table Mountain is in the background; monogram of VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in right field, M.W. in small lettering to lower left field; denomination below. KM 41. Almost Uncirculated.(28.27gr, 39mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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India. Mughal Empire, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar AR Rupee. Dated AH 984 (AD 1576/7). Dar al-Khalifat Agra(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The Kalima Shahada within wavy square; the four Caliphs' names in margins; all in Arabic / Persian legend cited the ruler and the date within linear square, mint name in margin. Cf. KM 80.1. 11.32gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Test mark on obverse.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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Lundy. Group of Two [2] AE Puffin Coins. 1945-1985.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: one penny and halfpenny each with Puffin to the reverse. 18gr total.
UNC.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Bulgaria. Republic CU 2 Leva. Dated 2016. Sofia mint. Commemorative issue of 150 Years since the Birth of Pencho Slaveikov. Dies by Plamen Chernev.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
150 ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ПЕНЧО СЛАВЕЙКОВ in two lines in left field, bust of poet Pencho Slaveikov slightly to left, his signature below / БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА, coat-of-arms, date and denomination below. KM 338. NGC graded PF 69 RD ULTRA CAMEO (#8221825-003).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
