LOT 4214
South Africa. George VI AV Proof Half Sovereign. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. Thomas Humphrey Paget and Coert Laurens Steynberg, engravers.
GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; HP in small lettering beneath truncation / SOUTH AFRICA ✦ 1952 ✦ SUID-AFRIKA, springbok running to right, denomination below, CLS (engraver's initials) to lower right. KM 42; Hern S329. Brilliant Uncirculated.(3.99gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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New Zealand. Elizabeth II Copper-Nickel Dollar. Dated 1970. Second Portrait Commemorative issue of the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the Cook Islands by Captain James Cook in 1770 and the Royal visit to New Zealand in 1970.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Designs by Arnold Machin and George James Berry. ELIZABETH II NEW ZEALAND 1970, crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara / COOK ISLANDS JAMES COOK, image of Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour sailing to right, 1/4 left facing portrait of Cook himself to right, denomination below. KM 43. 132gr inc. box, 34mm.
Billiant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
United States of America. Commemorative AV Five Dollars. Dated 1987. United States Mint of West Point. Commemorative issue to the 200th Anniversary of United States Constitution. Marcel Jovine, engraver.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
LIBERTY IN GOD WE TRUST, linear stylised flying eagle with a quill pen in his talons / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SEPT 17 1787 E PLURIBUS UNUM FIVE DOLLARS BICENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION, quill pen positioned vertically, with “We The People” written in calligraphy and an arc of thirteen stars. KM 221. 113 grams total, 15.5 x 8.9 x 2 cm including case.
Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set with Certificate of Authenticity.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
United States of America. Proof AR Dollar and AV Five Dollar. Dated 1988. Denver mint and United States Mint of West Point. Commemorative issues of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Patricia Lewis Verani, Sherl Joseph Winter, Elizabeth Jones and Marcel Jovine, engravers. OLYMPIAD LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST to left, 1988 above S to right, one hand holding the Statue of Liberty’s torch and the other holding an Olympic torch, with the two flames merging together with olive branches framing the scene / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around, 1 DOLLAR E PLURIBUS UNUM in the centre, the Olympic rings appear centrally with “USA” above and another pair of olive branches framing the scene. KM 222. LIBERTY, Nike, goddess of Victory, in a wreath of olive leaves / USA E PLURIBUS UNUM FIVE DOLLARS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the Olympic flame, with the Olympic rings above. KM 223. 195 grams total, 15.5 x 8.9 x 2.1 cm including case.
Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set with Certificate of Authenticity.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
