The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
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# 463 - NGC AU58 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pound... »
NGC AU58 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pounds, 1887, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, rev. St George and Dra...
£3,000
# 464 - NGC MS61 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pound... »
NGC MS61 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pounds, 1887, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, rev. St George and Dra...
£3,500
# 465 - NGC MS61 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pound... »
NGC MS61 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pounds, 1887, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, rev. St George and Dra...
£3,800
# 466 - NGC PF60 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation 'Specimen... »
NGC PF60 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation 'Specimen' Matte Proof Five-Pounds, 1902, bare head right, rev. St. George...
£3,200
# 467 - NGC PF60 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof... »
NGC PF60 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1911, by Bertram Mackennal and Benedetto Pistrucci,...
£6,000
# 468 - NGC PF61 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof... »
NGC PF61 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1911, by Bertram Mackennal and Benedetto Pistrucci,...
£7,000
# 469 - NGC PF62 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen'... »
NGC PF62 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and...
£4,800
# 470 - NGC PF63 UCAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen'... »
NGC PF63 UCAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George an...
£5,800
# 471 - NGC PF65 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen'... »
NGC PF65 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and...
£10,500
# 472 - NGC PF66 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen'... »
NGC PF66 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and...
£22,000
# 473 - NGC PF64 UCAM - PF65BN | George IV (1820-1830), Proof Set, 1826 (11),... »
NGC PF64 UCAM - PF65BN | George IV (1820-1830), Proof Set, 1826 (11), Specimen Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, Crown to Sixpenc...
£155,000
# 474 - NGC PF63 UCAM | William IV (1830-1837), Pattern Proof Two-Pounds, 1831... »
NGC PF63 UCAM | William IV (1830-1837), Pattern Proof Two-Pounds, 1831, by William Wyon and Jean-Baptiste Merlen, bare head ri...
£22,000
# 475 - NGC PF64+ UCAM | William IV (1830-1837), Pattern Proof Sovereign, 1830... »
NGC PF64+ UCAM | William IV (1830-1837), Pattern Proof Sovereign, 1830, by William Wyon and Jean-Baptiste Merlen, second bare...
£25,000
# 476 - NGC PF65 CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Half-Sovereign, 1831, str... »
NGC PF65 CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Half-Sovereign, 1831, struck on the experimental small flan, by William Wyo...
£7,000
# 477 - NGC PF65 CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Pattern Crown, 1831, by William... »
NGC PF65 CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Pattern Crown, 1831, by William Wyon and Jean-Baptiste Merlen, GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRI...
£39,000
# 478 - NGC PF66 | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Halfcrown, 1831, by William W... »
NGC PF66 | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Halfcrown, 1831, by William Wyon and Jean-Baptiste Merlen, bare head right, block WW...
£11,000
# 479 - NGC PF66 CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Shilling, 1831, bare head... »
NGC PF66 CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Shilling, 1831, bare head right, block W. W. on truncation, rev. value in w...
£2,000
# 480 - NGC PF65 | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Sixpence, 1831, bare head rig... »
NGC PF65 | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Sixpence, 1831, bare head right, plain on truncation, rev. crowned denomination...
£550
# 481 - NGC PF65+ CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Fourpence, 1831, bare he... »
NGC PF65+ CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Fourpence, 1831, bare head right, rev. crowned mark of value, edge plain,...
£220
# 482 - NGC PF66 | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Threepence, 1831, smaller fir... »
NGC PF66 | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Threepence, 1831, smaller first bare head right, rev. crowned mark of value, ed...
£450
CELTIC COINS
NGC Choice VF | Gaul, Aulerci Eburovices, Electrum Hemistater, c. 225-175 BC, devolved head of Apollo right, rev. devolved charioteer driving chariot right, wolf below, pseudo-Menander pattern in front, 3.73g [57.56grns], 11h (cf. Delestrée & Tache 2387; cf. Sills 196-198; cf. De La Tour 7170), softness upon tops of devices, nonetheless a pleasingly centred strike, about very fine, in NGC 'Ancients' holder, graded Choice Very Fine [Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5] (Cert. #6290543-011)ProvenanceSRA 13, 29 May 2024, lot 29https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6290543-011/NGCAncients/Subject to 20% VAT on B...
Iron Age Britain, Atrebates and Regni, Uninscribed Issues (60-40 BC), 'Selsey Uniface' Type, AV Stater, uniface, rev. horse right, charioteer's arms above, wheel and crescent below, 5.54g [85.50grns] (Atrebatic B; VA 216-1; Hobbs 461-75; ABC 488; S.39), small striking fissures on an elliptical flan, an attractive silver gold fabric, some softness to the central devices, near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Iron Age Britain, Regini, Uninscribed Issues (60-20 BC), 'Ratham Dotty Wreath' Type, AV Quarter Stater, wreath motif, many dots around leaves, rev. three-tail horse right, large solar flower above, wheel below, 1.36g [20.99grns], 2h (VA -; BMC -; CCI 95.0440; ABC 578; S -), excessively rare, slightly domed flan, light wear but honey golden toned, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Iron Age Britain, Corieltauvi, Uninscribed Issues (45-10 BC), 'South Ferriby' Type, AV Stater, debased head of Apollo right, rev. disjointed horse left, star before, 5.47g [84.41grns], 1h (VA 811-1; ABC 1743; S.390), boldly struck with some minor flan splits, some slight softness about the edges but otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Iron Age Britain, Corieltauvi, Uninscribed Issues (45-10 BC), 'South Ferriby' Type, AV Stater, debased head of Apollo right, rev. disjointed horse left, star before, 5.46g [84.26grns], 3h (VA 811-1; ABC 1743; S.390), struck with worn obverse die, reddish-gold fabric with attractive toning, flan splitSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Iron Age Britain, North East Thames, Uninscribed Issues (late 1st Century BC), 'SS' Type, AV Stater, two reversed S-shapes, rev. annulet horse galloping right, beaded mane, wing motif above, wheel below, 5.59g [86.27grns] (VA 1509; BMC 350; ABC 2237; S.34), some friction to obverse fields, and softness above horse, otherwise pleasantly toned, almost very fine, very rareSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Iron Age Britain, Catuvellauni, Uninscribed Issues (c. 60-25 BC), 'Early Whaddon Chase' Type, AV Stater, wreath, crescents back to back at centre, rev. Celticized horse galloping right, solid crescent and pellets above, beaded sun rising below, sun on pole in front, 5.73g [88.43grns] (VA 1485; BMC 337; ABC 2347; S.32), striking fissures to an otherwise buttery gold flan, about very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Iron Age Britain, Catuvellauni, Tasciovanos (25 BC-AD 9), 'Pegasus' Type, AV Quarter-Stater, TASC in tablet over linear wreath, rev. Pegasus left, pellet and pelleted-annulet in fields, 1.24g [19.14grns], 3h (Mack 185; VA 1786-1; BMC 1647-50; ABC 2601; S.226), slight struck off centre, otherwise round, bold and of rosy gold hue, good very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
COINS CELEBRATING THE GREAT ENGRAVERS AND HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES III
Trial of the Pyx | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Platinum Piedfort Proof Five Pounds, 2018, On the 70th Birthday of the HRH Prince of Wales, fifth crowned bust right, rev. bare head of Charles right, edge plain, 94.20g, 12h (S.L19), handling marks and scuffs consistent with the Jury's assessment of the Standard of the Coin, otherwise brilliant, about extremely fine and extremely rare, but 70 issued, this one of the seldom few utilised in the Trial of the Pyx, in Royal Mint Tamper Proof case with accompanying PaperworkSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and...
(g) Great Engravers | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Commemorative Gold Proof 500 Pounds, 2019, On the 180th Anniversary of Wyon's "Una and the Lion", fifth crowned bust right, rev. Queen Victoria as the Faerie Quene guiding the British Lion, edge milled, 5 t/oz AGW, 12h, brilliant uncirculated, and extremely rare, but 65 specimens struck in this magnificent scale and never submitted for third-party assessment, in Royal Mint Presentation Case of Issue (Cert. 32 of 65)Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Platinum Piedfort Proof Five Pounds, 2022, Upon her Platinum Jubilee, commemorative portrait of Her Majesty The Queen, rev. sheild and mantle, edge inscribed: SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, 94.20g*, 12h, brilliant, as struck, comes in Royal Mint box, [No. 1 of 52]Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles III (2022-Present), Platinum Proof Fifty Pence, 2022, Celebrating the Life of Queen Elizabeth II, King's head left, rev. four sheilds about crown, edge plain, 19.10g*, 12h, brilliant, as struck, comes in Royal Mint boxSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF70 UCAM | *Top Pop* | Charles III (2022-Present), Gold Proof Effigy Set (2), 2023, £100, 'HM QE II Memorial - First UK Effigy Uncrowned'; 'King Charles III Coronation - First UK Effigy Crowned', all in gold, edge plain, 12h, brilliant, as struck, comes in Royal Mint box, [No. 69 of 75], both in NGC holders, graded PF70 ULTRA CAMEO *Top Pop* (Cert. #6786621-022 and 6786623-031) (2)Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Charles III (2022-Present), Gold Proof Definitives Coin Set, 2023, Two Pounds to One Pence, all in gold, edge plain, 12h, brilliant, as struck, comes in Royal Mint box, [No. 110 of 125]Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Charles III (2022-Present), Gold Proof Commemorative Coin Set, 2023, Capturing 1,100 Years of History, Five Pounds to Fifty Pence, all in gold, edge inscribed, 12h, brilliant, as struck, comes in Royal Mint box, [No. 13 of 150]Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Charles III (2022-Present), Brilliant Proof Coronation Five-Coin Set (5), 2023, crowned bust left, rev. St George and the dragon, 12h, brilliant, as struck (Set No. 17 of 1050) (5)Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Charles III (2022-Present), "Royal Mint Silent Auction" Coronation Specimen Matte Proof Five-Coin Set, 2023, Llantrisant (5), Proof Five-Pounds to Quarter Sovereign, crowned bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, 12h, a true Modern Day Numismatic Rarity, with only 25 Produced, and just 23 actually released to Private Collectors, this 'Snake Eyes' No. 11 Set, never certified and exactly as issued by the Royal Mint on 17 March 2024, choice as struck, with a specialist sandblasted finish, a wonderful opportunity to acquire what is destined to become amongst the rarest issue of His Majesty King...
ENGLISH HAMMERED COINS
Northumbria, Æthelwald Moll with Ecgberht (759-765), AR Sceat, + EDILhaLD around central saltire, rev. ECGBERhT AR around central cross pattée, 1.15g [17.75grns], 6h (SCBI -; EMC 2012.0036; 2018.0322; Naismith 2017, 117; cf. Abramson 2018, no.1036; North 192.5; S.853), a touch of green verdigris in the centre of obverse, otherwise of good metal, little to no porosity, a remarkable Northumbrian issue of the highest rarity, very fineProvenance~ Found at Rowley, East Riding (Yorkshire and the Humber) ~~ Recorded with the British Museum (ref. PAS-YORYM-64FBF9) ~https://finds.org.uk/database/artefa...
Archbishops of Canterbury, Jaenberht (765-792), with Offa as overlord (c.780-792), Penny, OF A RE X in angles of ornately decorated Celtic cross, rev. + IENB | +ERHTA | REP, the NB and the HT ligate, in three lines divided by two plain bars with botonnée ends, 1.25g [19.29grns], 1h (EMC 2019.0208; Chick 150b; North 225; S.883), slightly wavy flan, slight porosity otherwise very fine, very rareSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Cynethryth (wife of Offa) (757-796), 'Light Coinage', Penny. 757-796. Canterbury mint, Eoba, EOBA before Imperial [Faustina Senior (?)] female bust right, crucifix behind, pellets and trefoils in fields, beaded border, rev. •+• CFN•EÐRF•Ð • REGIN, around barred Mercian M in pelleted circle, 1.08g [15.43grns], 6h (SCBI 67 [BM], 654-8 (all monograms placed at 12h); North 339; S.909), flan slightly warped and edge chipped, seemingly unique variety with Mercian monogram at 9 o'clock, good fineProvenanceTimeline Auctions, Auction 162, 8 March 2025, lot 3495~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Mu...
Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Group II, 'Triple Aura' Type, Penny, c. 805-810, Canterbury, Sigebeorht, + COENVVLF REX M, diademed and draped bust right, breaking plain inner circle, rev. SIGBERHT MONETA, HT ligate, pellet in annulet on triangle over trefoil, 1.38g [21.20grns], 3h, (EMC 2025.0259 this coin; Naismith C27.2; BMA 78; North 349; S.915), a field find, with resulting light metal stressing resulting from previously bent surfaces, a small chip to edge otherwise pleasingly struck, very fine, an excessively rare typeProvenance~ Found near Shaftesbury, 30 June 2024 ~https://emc.fitzmuseum.c...
Mercia, Ludica (825-827), Penny, East Anglian mint, Werbald, + LVDICA REX ME, legend begins at 9 o'clock, diademed bust right, the beaded inner circle following the shape of the plain square truncation, rev. PER BALD MONE in three lines, 1.19g [18.36grns], 6h (Naismith E28, the third documented specimen; EMC 1994.0183 [Bradenham] = Spink 106, 12 October 1994, lot 385 = Allan Williams I, 35 same obverse die; North 398; S.931), chipped coin with flan splits and a near break in flan, incomplete and delicate, otherwise of good metal, toned, bold details, very fineProvenanceFound by S McEvoy in Met...
NGC UNC | East Anglia, Æthelstan I (c.825-845) Penny, 'Non-Portrait' Type, Ipswich[?], Torhthelm, + EDELSTA • N • I, around Alpha, flanked by two pellets all contained within linear circle, rev. + TORHTHELM, with stylised M, around cross pattée, with wedges in angles within linear circle, 1.38g [21.30grns], 12h (cf. SCBI 67 [BM], 850, 859, 872; cf. EMC 1982.0004, 2018.0089, 2021.0335 this coin, 2025.0025; Naismith E40.2 variant with inner circle on obverse; North 441; S.950), fully centred bold strike on good metal, lightly toned, about extremely fine for issue, a new variant, excessively rare...
Danish East Anglia (c.885-915), 'St Edmund Memorial Coinage', Asten, + SC EAIDMYND, capital A, rev. + ASTEN MON[ET], short cross pattée, 1.38g [21.40grns], 9h (North 483; S.960), peck mark to reverse and crimping to flan, with a dark and uniform tone, about very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Danelaw, Hiberno-Norse Kings of Northumbria and Dublin, Ánláf Guthfrithsson (939-941), 'Raven' Type, Penny, Jórvík [York], Æthelferth, + ANLAF CVNVN[C, Raven upwards, head left, wings outstretched, rev + AÐELFERD MINRTI, small cross pattée, 1.26g [19.56grns], 12h (Williams II, 238; EMC 2023.0306 this coin; SCBI 65 [Norwegian], 59 [same obverse die]; BMC 1092-96; North 537; S.1019), a field find, bent and hairlines cracks to somewhat ragged edges, nonetheless most pleasingly struck to raven and legends fully legible, about very fine and rare, an ever sought after Viking issueProvenanceFound Scu...
Wessex, Ecgberht (802-839), Penny, London, Rædmund, + ECGBERHT REX M around cross potent, rev. + REDMVD h, around TA, 1.22g [18.83grns], 8h (SCBI 67 [British Museum, II], 1069; North 585 var.; S.1037 var.), chipped, with flan split, wear, toned, very rare, near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Wessex, Æthelwulf (839-858), Penny, Phase 4, Inscribed Cross type, Canterbury, Hunbearht, + AEÐELVVLF REX, draped bust right breaking beaded inner circle, rev. + HVNBEA RHTMO on limbs of beaded cross, NETA in angles, NB and HT ligatured, 1.36g [20.99grns], 9h (SCBI 9 [Ashmolean], 236-237; SCBI 67 [British Museum], 1221, 1222 same dies, 1223; EMC 2019.0260; Naismith C144.i same dies; North 618; S.1051), good very fine, toned, rareProvenanceAllan Williams, Spink 18011, 27 March 2018, lot 51*Sotheby, 23 May 1988, lot 310* - very fine and toned, rarePurchased Baldwin, 20 February 1962Subject to 20...
Wessex, Æthelberht (858-865/6), Penny, Inscribed Cross type, Canterbury, Se(le)ferth, + AEÐELBERHT REX +, the HT ligate, legend begins at 7 o'clock, diademed and draped bust right, breaking beaded inner circle, rev. + SEFR: EÐ - MO on limbs of cross, NETA in angles, 1.24g [19.14grns], 12h (SCBI -; EMC -; cf. Naismith C199, this coin not listed; North 620; S.1053), very rare moneyer for this type, tiny edge crack at 8 o'clock, some verdigris on obverse, very fineProvenanceAllan Williams, Spink 18012, 3 July 2018, lot 133*Colonial Rare Coins, 21 November 1994, lot 128Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’...
Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, Third Coinage, 'Two Line' Type, Canterbury, Eadwald, + AELFRED REX DORO, small cross pattée, rev. EADV AL MO in two lines, 1.40g [21.61grns], 6h (SCBI 48 [Northern], 861; BMC 21; North 638; S.1069), slight smoothing about the edges of the coin, light wear, toned, rare, very fineProvenanceKeith Bayford, by private treaty [with his ticket]William Christian Boyd [with his ticket], Baldwin's, Auction 42, 26 September 2005, lot 785* - £680Dr Tomlinson, Puttick & Simpson, 7 April 1903 [Boyd]Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please...
Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Horizontal Type, Winchester, Beornhere, + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée, rev. BEORN | +++ | ERE MO, row of cross pattée between, 1.60g [24.69grns], 2h (SCBI -; EMC -; BM 314; North 649; S.1087), very scarce, no listings on the EMC for Winchester for this type, deeply toned, an impressive specimen, good very fineProvenanceKeith Bayford, by private treaty [with his ticket]Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Wessex, Æthelstan (924-939), Penny, London, Leofhelm, + ÆÐELSTAN REX, crowned head right, rev. + LIOFHELM MO LOND CI, small cross pattée within inner circle, 1.50g [23.15grns], 11h (SCBI 6 [Edinburgh], 186-187; SCBI 34 [British Museum, Part V], 134-136; EMC 2004.0220; North 675; S.1095), crimped, full flan, about very fineProvenanceSpink, Auction 17006, 25 September 2017, lot 693*Spink, Auction 17004, 29 March 2017, lot 322*Spink, Auction 14005, 25 June 2014, lot 521*Spink, Auction 13012, 26 March 2013, lot 506*Tim Owen, by private treaty, 23 November 2012 [Spink]Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s...
Eadmund (939-946), Penny, Crowned Bust Type, Cambridge[?], Nother, + EADMVND REX, legend begins at 7 o'clock, crowned bust right breaking solid inner circle, rev. + MOÐER MO [..]NCA[M?], around small cross pattée in solid inner circle, 1.42g [21.91grns], 9h (SCBI -; EMC -; cf. CTCE 268; North 697; S.1106), slight unevenness to the edges, some areas of softness but largely details remain clear, lightly toned, very rare, very fineProvenanceAllan Williams, Spink 18012, 3 July 2018, lot 144*Noble Numismatics, Auction 50, 21 March 1996, lot 2532 - "Very fine and inverted. Rare." - $1800Spink Austra...
Eadmund (939-946), Penny, Crowned Bust Type, Norwich, Eadgar, + EADMVND REX, crowned and draped bust right, rev. + EADGAR MO NORÐPT, small cross pattée, 1.44g [15.43grns], 12h (SCBI 20 [Mack], 786; EMC 1996.0208; North 698; BMC VI; S.1107), slightly chipped about edges, flan warped and small daylight crack present at 10 o'clock, otherwise evenly toned, boldly struck, all details clear, a charming example despite fabric, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Eadred (946-955), Penny, Crowned Bust Type, Reinferth, + EADRED REX, legend begins at 7 o'clock, crowned and draped bust right, breaking solid inner circle, rev. REINFERTH MONETA around small cross pattée in solid inner circle, 1.52g [23.46grns], 11h (SCBI -; EMC -; North 713; S.1115), flan slightly crinkled but good metal, near very fineProvenanceAllan Williams, Spink 18012, 3 July 2018, lot 146*Noble Numismatics Auction 50, 20 March 1996, lot 2534 - "Nearly very fine and rare." - $1800Glendining, 13 March 1974, lot 90* - Nearly very fine and extremely rare" - £420 [The introduction to this G...
Eadgar (959-975), Penny, Reform Type, Northampton, Mantat, + EADGAR REX ANGLOX, diademed and draped bust left, rev. + MANTAT M-O HAM, small cross pattée, 1.29g [19.91grns], 12h (SCBI 4 [Copenhagen], 771; Hildebrand 15; BMC VI; North 752; S.1141), previously creased, scuffed, otherwise toned, fine and rareProvenanceBaldwin's, Auction 13, 27 November 2017, lot 25**ex Baldwin's vaultSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Edward the Martyr (975-978), Penny, Southampton, Æthelweard, + EADPEARD REX ANGLO, diademed and draped bust left, rev. + ÆDELVEARD M¯O HAIP, small cross pattée, 1.48g [22.84grns], 12h (EMC 2020.0200 this coin; North 763; BMC I; S.1142), this moneyer is only previously known at Southampton under Aethelred II, not Edward the Martyr, unique, very fine or betterProvenanceFound near BromsgroveSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Æthelræd II 'Unræd' (978-1016), 'First Hand' Type, Penny, 979-985, London, Wulstan, +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX, diademed bust right with folds of drapery, within solid inner circle, rev. + PVLFSTAN M-O LVNDO, Hand of Providence (Manus Dei) issuing from clouds with double crescent sleeve, one pellet on sleeve, at either side, alpha and omega with contraction bar above each, within solid inner circle, 1.49g [22.99grns], 9h (SCBI 7 [Copenhagen, Part II], 969; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 208; North 766; BMC IIa; S.1144), boldly struck (evidence of double striking in areas of legend), deeply toned, centred, a bold...
Æthelræd II 'Unræd' (978-1016), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, 997-1003, London, Leofing, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO, bare head and draped bust left, rev. + LYFINC MO LYND, voided long cross, 1.69g [26.08grns], 6h (SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 906; North 774; BMC IVa; S.1151), peck marks to reverse, toned in parts to otherwise bright-silver surfaces, pleasing strike, good very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Æthelræd II 'Unræd' (978-1016), 'Last Small Cross' Type, Penny, 1009-1016, London, Wulfræd, diademed and draped bust left, rev. + VVLFRED ON LVDEN, small cross, 1.66g [25.62grns], 3h (SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 958; SCBI 42 [South Eastern], 1013; SCBI 50 [Hermitage, Part I], 1353 same dies-1355; SCBI 51 [Estonia], 455; SCBI 65 [Norway, Part I], 1413; SCBI 68 [Lyon], 887; EMC 1986.5036; North 777; BMC I; S.1154), slight creasing and rippling to the flan, peckmarks present, occasional softness, nicely toned, near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms an...
Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Cross in Quatrefoil' Type, Penny, Stamford, Brunstan, + CNVT REX ANGLORVM, crowned and draped bust left, in quatrefoil, rev. + BRVNSTAN O ST, voided long cross in pellet-tipped quatrefoil, pellet at each apex, 1.00g [15.44grns], 12h (EMC 2 [Glasgow], 906; North 781; BMC VIII; S.1157), softness to legends, otherwise well-struck to portrait and on a full round flan, about very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Quatrefoil' Type, Penny, 1016/17-1022/23, York, Bretakollr, + CNVT R.EX ANGLORV, crowned and draped bust left, in quatrefoil, rev. + BRETECOL O EO, voided long cross over pellet-tipped quadrilobe, 1.06g [16.36grns], 4h (SCBI 29 [Merseyside], 602-603; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 670; SCBI 37 [Poland], 210; SCBI 51 [Estonia], 642; SCBI 66 [Norway, Part II], 2463-2464; North 781; S.1157), slightly wavy flan, small flan split and daylight crack, a touch of softness but otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Condi...
Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035), 'Short Cross' Type Penny, London, Aelfwine, + CNVT REX:, diademed bust left, sceptre before, rev. +AELPINE ON LVND, voided short cross arms extending from central annulet, 0.97g [14.96grns], 5h (SCBI 36 [Berlin], 763; SCBI 45 [Latvia], 148; SCBI 51 [Estonia], 851-852; EMC 1994.0217, 2024.0014; North 790; S.1159), fresh metal, well struck, extremely fineProvenanceSpink 14006, 22 September 2014, lot 175*Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035), 'Short Cross' Type, Penny, 1029-1035, London, Beorhtmær, + CNV TRECX, diademed bust left with four horizontal folds and five vertical pellets to drapery; fleur de lys-tipped sceptre before, double-tie behind neck, rev. + BRIHTMÆR O LV, voided short cross with large pellet in centre within inner circle, 0.92g [14.20grns], 11h (SCBI 14 [Copenhagen, Part IIIB], 2191; SCBI 21 [Yorkshire], 1718; SCBI 37 [Poland], 273; SCBI 51 [Estonia], 853; SCBI 66 [Norway, Part II], 3460; EMC 2011.0249 same dies; North 790; BMC XVI; S.1159), worn dies, otherwise a full flan, lightly...
Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035), 'Short Cross' Type, Penny, 1029-1035, Lincoln, Svertingr, + CNVT .RE:CX, diademed bust left with five horizontal folds and nine vertical pellets to drapery; fleur de lys-tipped sceptre before, double-tie behind neck, rev. + SPEARTING ON LINC, voided short cross with large pellet in centre within inner circle, 1.18g [18.21grns], 4h (SCBI 17 [Midland], 342; SCBI 25 [Helsinki], 861; SCBI 27 [Lincolnshire], 509-517; SCBI 37 [Poland], 270; SCBI 51 [Estonia], 839-841; EMC 1991.0136; 2001.0700; North 790; BMC XVI; S.1159), ever so slightly warped, small scuffs, lightly t...
Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035), 'Short Cross' Type, Penny, 1029-1035, York, Crucan, + CNV • T RE•X, diademed and draped bust left, sceptre before, rev. + CRVCAN ON EOFE, voided short cross, 0.88g [13.64gns], 9h (EMC 2023.0333 this coin; SCBI 6 [Edinburgh], 681; North 790; BMC XVI; S.1159), a field find and thus with lightly pitted surfaces, minor spade mark to reverse, near very fineProvenanceFound near Brigg (Lincolnshire), 2019~ Record with EMC (Fitzwilliam Museum), ref.2023.0333 ~https://emc.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/full-record/20230333Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information...
Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035), 'Short Cross' Type, Penny, 1029-1035, York, Godman, + CNVT .RECX, diademed bust left with three horizontal folds and four vertical pellets to drapery; fleur de lys-tipped sceptre before, double-tie behind neck, rev. + GODMAN ON EOFE, voided short cross with large pellet in centre within inner circle, 0.98g [15.12grns], 5h (SCBI 2 [Hunterian], 959; SCBI 9 [Ashmolean], 734; SCBI 21 [Yorkshire], 203-208; SCBI 25 [Helsinki], 879; SCBI 29 [Merseyside], 661; SCBI 48 [Northern], 1014; SCBI 51 [Estonia], 924-925; SCBI 66 [Norway, Part II], 3490; North 790; BMC XVI; S.1159...
Harold I 'Harefoot' (1035-1040), 'Fleur-de-Lys' Type, Penny, 1038-1040, London, Godwine, HAR-OLD REC:., bust left diademed and in armour, in front a shield and sceptre, rev. + GODPINE ON LVN, voided long cross, limbs united at their bases by a circle enclosing a pellet, in each angle a fleur-de-lys between two pellets, 1.14g [17.59grns], 8h (SCBI 18 [Copenhagen, Part IV], 373-391; SCBI 25 [Helsinki], 889-890; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 808; SCBI 40 [Stockholm, Part IV], 1112-1130; SCBI 66 [Ashmolean], 3535; North 803; BMC VI; S.1165), well centred and toned, some small peckmarks occasional softness, ot...
Harthacnut (1035-1042), 'Arm and Sceptre' Type, Penny, with King's name 'CNVT', c. 1040-1042, Thetford, Ælfwine, + CNVT RECX AN, diademed and draped bust left, trefoil-tipped sceptre in left hand, rev. LFVINE ON DEOTVO, 1.21g [18.67grns], 9h (SCBI 15 [Copenhagen, Part III C], 3779-3780; SCBI 40 [Stockholm, Part IV], 1944-1947; EMC 1996.0240; North 799 'posthumous' type; S.1169), with residual, pale mercury gilding, since partially worn but without other traces of mounting, otherwise a good very fine, rareProvenanceArchbishop Sharp Collection, Morton & Eden, Auction 91, 7 December 2017, lot 42*...
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Expanding Cross' Type, Penny, 1050-1053, Bath, Godric, +EDD: PD RNX, diademed bust left, trefoil tipped sceptre before, three vertical folds and four vertical pellets on either side of drapery, dividing legend, rev. +GODRIC ON BAÐA, short voided cross with expanding limbs and pellet centre within twin annulet, pellet in one angle, all within linear circle, 1.10g [16.98grns], 6h (SCBI 24 [West Country], 683; Freeman 25; BMC type V; North 823; S.1176), the lettering style on the obverse somewhat blundered, otherwise toned, rare with extra pellet, very fineProve...
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Sovereign/Eagles' Type, Penny, York, Ulfketill, + EDPERD REX, King crowned and seated on throne facing, in right hand a long sceptre, and in left an orb, REV. + VLFCTEL ON EOFR, short cross voided with a bird in each angle, additional annulet in second and fourth quarter, 1.27g [19.72grns], 5h (SCBI 2 [Glasgow], 1119; Freeman 407; North 827; BMC IX; S.1181), occasional wear and the odd die flaw, otherwise bold and appealing, very fine (especially on reverse)Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers...
Harold II Godwinesson (5 January - 14 October 1066), 'PAX' Type with Sceptre, Penny, 1066, London, Aldgar, + HAROLD REX ANG, crowned head left, beard of two rows of small pellets, in front a sceptre tipped with a quatrefoil of pellets and a further pellet at bottom and middle of sceptre shaft, rev. + ALDGAR ON LVNDI, commencing at 1 o'clock, across field and between two pelleted lines, PAX, within beaded inner circle, 1.28g [19.75grns], 12h (Braintree Hoard 62 this coin, struck from the same dies as 63; Pagan, NM p.192 [seven examples noted]; SCBI 2 [Glasgow], 1198; SCBI 68 [Lyon], 1035; North...
William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Penny, 1083-1086, Lincoln, Ulfr, + PILLELMREX, crowned bust facing, with flat band and arches, cross-tipped and winged sceptre in right field, trefoil above left shoulder, rev. + VLF ON LINCOLN, short cross potent, P A X S in lobes in angles, commencing in third quarter, 1.37g [21.14grns], 6h (SCBI 11 [Reading], 589; North 848; BMC VIII; S.1257), softness to peripheries, otherwise a clear and pleasing portrait strike, with a dark cabinet tone, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Bu...
William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Penny, 1083-1086, Winchester, Leofweald, + PILLELM REX, crowned bust facing, with flat band and arches, cross-tipped and winged sceptre in right field, trefoil above left shoulder, rev. + LIOFPOLD ON PINC, short cross potent, P A X S in angles commencing in fourth quarter, 1.36g [20.99grns], 9h (SCBI 11 [Reading], 637-641; SCBI 12 [Ashmolean, Part II], 165-166; SCBI 17 [Midlands], 619-620; SCBI 18 [Copenhagen, Part IV], 1364-1367; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1465; SCBI 21 [Yorkshire], 1235-1237, 1757; SCBI 24 [West Country], 831-836, 1000; SCBI 26 [East Anglia],...
William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Penny, 1083-1086, unknown mint, unknown moneyer, + PILLELM REX, crowned facing bust, cross-tipped sceptre right, rev. + C[...]EO[...], short cross, P A X S in angles commencing in the second quarter, 1.36g [20.99grns], 3h (North 848; BMC VIII; S.1257), worn dies and some blundering to details, bold portrait however, toned, fine or slightly betterSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
William II 'Rufus' (1987-1100), 'Profile' Type, Penny, Southwark, Leofweard, +PILLELM REX, crowned bust right holding a sword, rev. LIFPARD ON SDEPR, 1.41g [21.76grns], 8h (SCBI 20 [Mack], 1475; SCBI 42 [South Eastern], 1884; SCBI 54 [Stockholm, Part V], 1320; BMC I; North 851; S.1258), obverse a touch double struck, attractively toned, good very fineProvenanceAMR Coins, by private treaty Spink Numismatic Circular, July 2009 (P.132, no. SP03) - "slightly off centre, otherwise toned, good VF, rare" - £2,250Spink Numismatic Circular, September 1971 (P.333, no. 8543), - "very rare, slightly mis-...
Henry I 'Beauclerc' (1100-1135), 'Full Bust/Cross Fleury' Type, Penny, c. 1117, York, unknown moneyer[?], + hENRICVS : REX . ANG, crowned bust facing, rev. + H[...], short cross fleury, 0.98g [15.12grns], 5h (EMC 2019.0144, this coin; North 866; BMC X; S.1271), flan somewhat crimped, with daylight crack at 10 o'clock, legends largely worn, mottled toning, fineProvenanceKeith Bayford, by private treatyFound in Lincolnshire, February 2019Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Henry I 'Beauclerc' (1100-1135), 'Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury' Type, Penny, c. 1125-1135, London, Rodger, crowned and draped bust three-quarters facing left, rev. + ROGERVS : ON : LVND, voided quadrilateral atop cross fleury, 1.38g [21.30grns], 12h (SCBI 27 [Lincolnshire], 1790; SCBI 68 [Lyon], 1042; EMC 1987.0192; 1988.0220; 1994.0251; 2012.0077; 2017.0315; North 871; BMC XV; S.1276), slightly irregular flan, areas where details are blundered, remaining features bolder, fine to very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Stephen of Blois (1135-1154), 'Voided Cross and Mullets' Type, Penny, Canterbury, Robert, crowned bust three-quarters left, holding sceptre in right hand, rev. [...]ERT : ON CA[NT], plain cross voided with a mullet in each angle, 1.39g [21.45grns], 3h (SCBI -; EMC -; North 878; S.1280), flan warped with bent rim, otherwise good very fine for the typeProvenanceKeith Bayford, by private treatySubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Stephen of Blois (1135-1154), 'Watford' Type, Penny, 1136-1145, Hastings[?], Sæwine[?], + ST[IEFNE : R]EX, crowned and draped bust right, sceptre before, rev. + S[...] ON [...]AS, voided octofoil with inward fleurs, 'annulet' touching second quarter, 0.92g [14.20grns], 9h (SCMB 12 [Ashmolean, Part II], 253; EMC 2007.0293; North 873; BMC I, 114; S.1278), jagged edges with flan splits, softness and blunder to be expected from this type, portrait double struck, only part of reverse inscription visible, fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Condition...
Henry II (1154-1189), 'Tealby' Penny, Class A, c. 1158-1163, Thetford[?], Sighvatr, + hENRI RE[X A]NGL, crowned bust facing, rev. + SIWATE : ON [...], 1.37g [21.14grns], 2 (SCBI 21 [Yorkshire], 1257; North 952/1; S.1337), some areas very bold and clear, others blundered or lost through worn dies, toned, about very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Henry II (1154-1189), 'Shortcross' Penny, 1180-1182, Class 1b, Worcester, Godwine, hENRICVS • R | EX, crowned bust facing holding sceptre, rev. GODWINE ON WIRI, short voided cross, quatrefoils in angles, 1.45g [22.38grns], 5h (North 963; S.1344), completed, deeply and evenly toned, very fine, scarceProvenanceBaldwin's, Auction 13, 27 November 2017, lot 78**ex Baldwin's vaultSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Richard I 'the Lionheart' (1189-1199), 'Shortcross' Penny, c. 1194-1200, Class 4a, London, Ricard, hENRICVS R | EX, bust facing, rev. + RICARD • ON • LVN, voided short cross pommée, cross pommées in angles, 1.40g [21.61grns], 4h (North 968/1; S.1348A), slightly off struck, areas of blunder, otherwise lightly toned, fineProvenanceSilbury Coins, by private treaty, 21 June 2021Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
John (1199-1216), Penny, 'Shortcross' Penny, Class 5b, Northampton, Adam, crowned bust facing holding sceptre, rev. ADAM ON NORh, short voided cross, quatrefoils in angles, 1.46g [22.53grns] (North 970; S.1351), slight wear and unevenness to the rim, otherwise toned, very fineProvenanceBaldwin's, Auction 13, 27 November 2017, lot 91* *ex Baldwin's vaultSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC VF30 | *Top Pop* | Edward I (1272-1307), New Coinage, Groat, c.1279-1281, Variety F, + EDWARDVS : DI : GRA : REX : AnGL, triple pellet stops, crowned large broad facing bust with short hair, drapery in two wedges and two pellets below, small flower either side, within quatrefoil of two lines, small flowers in spandrels, rev. : DN'S HBIN' EDVX AQVT' | LONDINIA CIVI, triple pellet stop, long cross, trio of pellets in angles, 5.45g [84.11grns], 6h (North 1006; S.1379F; Fox 2; SCBI 39, Variety G; Allen F6/R37; Stewartby p.170, Var.F), softness of strike in parts and slight ghosting to port...
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, "Pre-Treaty Period", Series G, Noble, 1356-1361, London, E|DWARD x DEI . GRA x REX x AIIGL x Z x FRAIIC D hY / B, saltire stops, King facing in ship, holding a sword and shield of arms, rev. + IhE x AVTEM x TRAIICIEIIS x P x MEDIVM x ILLORVM IBAT, saltire stops, floriate cross with lys at ends, small E in centre, surrounded by crowns and lions, additional pellets flanking lys of top limb, 7.67g [118.37grns], 4h, m.m. cross 3 (Schneider-; North 1182; S.1490), some slight clipping and a touch of softness to the highest points, otherwise about very fineProv...
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, "Pre-Treaty Period", Quarter Noble, 1351-1353, Series B, Tower, + EDWAR .' R . ANGL ' 7 FRANC .' D . hyBER, pellet below shield. rev. EXALTABITVR : IN : GhLORIA, closed E at centre, double annulet stops, 1.89g [29.17grns], 8h, m.m. cross 1 (Schneider I, 13; North 1141; S.1495), small daylight flan split, slightly clipped, otherwise sharp details, honey-golden colour, good very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Transitional Treaty Period, the so-called "Cursing" Half-Noble, 1361, Tower, E | DWARD •' DEI [• G •' REX •'] ANGL .' D, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, saltire stops, ornaments -1-1-, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 4/3, lys 3, rev. (m.m.) DOMINE • FVRORE • TVO : ARGVTVS : ME :, saltire stops, additional lys in second quarter, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, annulets to corners of central panel, large E at centre, 3.68g [56.79grns], 2h, m.m. cross potent (Schneider I, 61; North 1223; S.1500), slightly clipped, rubbed with edge knock,...
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth-Coinage, Transitional Treaty Period, Quarter-Noble, 1361, London, (m.m.) EDWAR .' DEI . GRA : REX : ANGL : D, double saltire stops, quartered shield of arms in tressure of eight arcs, trefoils on cusps, trefoils in spandrels, rev. (m.m.) EXALTABITVR : IN : GLORIA, double saltire stops, pellet in centre of ornate cross potent with lys terminals, pellets within each inner angle, lion within each outer angle, all within beaded and linear tressure of eight arcs, pellets in spandrels, 1.82g [28.09grns], 5h, m.m. cross potent (Schneider I, 73; North 1224; S.1501), clip...
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth-Coinage, Transitional Treaty Period, Quarter-Noble, 1361, London, (m.m.) EDWAR : DEI . G[...] : REX : ANGL : D, double saltire stops, quartered shield of arms in tressure of eight arcs, annulets on cusps, pellets in spandrels, rev. (m.m.) EXALTABITVR : IN : GLORIA, double saltire stops, pellet in centre of ornate cross potent with lys terminals, pellets within each inner angle, lion within each outer angle, all within beaded and linear tressure of eight arcs, pellets in spandrels, 1.83g [28.24grns], 3h, m.m. cross potent (Schneider I, 73; North 1224; S.1501), sli...
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Group B, Noble, 1361-1369, Tower, . ED | WARD : DEI : GRA : REX : AnGL : DnS : hyB . Z . AQ | T, double saltire stops, King standing in ship, brandishing sword and shield, rev. (m.m.) IhC : AVTEM : TRAnSIEnS : PER : MEDIV : ILLORVM : IBAT, double saltire stops, floriate cross crowned leopards in angles, trefoil-tipped quatrefoil with E at centre, 7.55g [116.51grns], 11h, m.m. [?] (Schneider I, 86-87; North 1232; S.1503), chipped at 12 o'clock making mintmark impossible to read, otherwise only slightly clipped, slightly wavy flan and scuffs...
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Group A, Half-Noble, 1363-1369, Tower, x ED | WARD : DEI : G : REX : AnGL : D : hYB : Z . AQ/T, saltire before EDWARD, double-saltire stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/2, rev. + DOMINE : nE : In : FVRORE : TVO : ARGVAS : ME, double saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, E at centre, all in double tressure, 3.70g [57.10grns], 4h, m.m. cross potent (Schneider I, 77-78; North 1238; S.1506), small edge split, and scuff to the obverse by shield, the odd area of softness but otherwise very fine,...
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Group A, Half-Noble, 1363-1369, Tower, x ED | WARD : DEI : G : REX : ANGL : D : h[YB :] Z : AQT, double saltire stops, single before ED | WARD, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, rev. (m.m.) DOMINE : NE : IN : FVRORE : TVO : ARGVAS : ME, double saltire stops, ornate cross, lombardic E at centre, trefoils, lion and crown in each angle, double tressure, trefoils in spandrels, 3.83g [59.11grns], 7h, m.m. cross potent (Schneider II, 77-80; North 1238; S.1506), crimped and scuffed where soil found and subsequently straightened, ot...
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Quarter-Noble, 1361-1369, London, EDWARD : DEI : GRA : REX : AnGL, double saltire stops, shield in tressure of eight arcs, rev. + EXALTABITVR : In : GLORIA, lys in centre of floriate cross in tressure of eight arcs, lions and lys in angles, 1.84g [28.40grns], 2h, m.m. cross 3 (Schneider I, 83-84; North 1243; S.1510), slightly clipped, a touch of softness in places but otherwise with rosy toning, very attractive, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Quarter-Noble, 1361-1369, London, EDWARD : DEI : GRA : REX : AnGL, double saltire stops, shield in tressure of eight arcs, rev. + EXALTABITVR : In : GLORIA, lys in centre of floriate cross in tressure of eight arcs, lions and lys in angles, 1.90g [29.32grns], 8h, m.m. cross 3 (Schneider I, 81-82; North 1243; S.1510), a full flan with sharp details, a very small amount of wear in some areas of legend, but otherwise an impressive and bold good very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditio...
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Quarter Noble, 1361-1369, Tower, (m.m.) EDWARD : DEI : GRA : REX ANGL, annulet before, Royal shield in tressure of eight arches, trefoils on cusps, rev. floriated cross, lys at centre, double saltire stops, 1.90g [29.32grns], m.m. cross 3 (Schneider I, 90-91; North 1244; S.1511), slightly clipped, a touch of softness throughout but even, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Quarter Noble, 1361-1369, Tower, (m.m.) EDWARD : DEI : GRA : REX ANGL, annulet before, Royal shield in tressure of eight arches, trefoils on cusps, rev. floriated cross, lys at centre, double saltire stops, 1.82g [28.09grns], m.m. cross potent (Schneider I, 90-91; North 1244; S.1511), slightly clipped, a touch of softness throughout but even, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince (1362-1372), First Issue, Noble Guyennois à la rose (Pavillon d'Or), c. 1362-1363, Bordeaux, ED : PO : GNS : REG ANGL : PNCPS : A, double voided quatrefoil stops, Prince standing holding sword, beneath ornate portico, ostrich feathers at sides, lions at feet, rev. + DNS : AIVTO :Z: PTECTO : ME :Z: IIPO : SPAVI : COR : MEV : R :, double voided quatrefoil stops, cross quernée within ornamental quatrefoil, fleur-de-lys in second and fourth quarters, lions in first and third quarters, rosette at centre, trefoils in outer spandrels, 5.33g [82.25grns], 12h (Schn...
(x) NGC AU55 | Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince (1362-1372), First Issue, Noble Guyennois à la rose (Pavillon d'Or), c. 1362-1363, La Rochelle, ED : PO : GIT : REG : ANGL : PNPS : AQVI, double voided quadrilobe stops, Prince standing holding sword, beneath ornate portico, ostrich feathers at sides, lions at feet, rev. + DNS : AIVTO :Z: PTECTO : ME :Z: IIPO : SPAIT : COR : MEVM : R, double rosette stops, reversed S's, cross quernée within ornamental quatrefoil, fleur-de-lys in first and third quarters, lions in second and fourth quarters, rosette at centre, trefoils in outer spandrels, 5.3...
NGC UNC | Richard II (1377-1399), Type IIIa, Noble, London, RICA | RD . DI . GRA . REX . ANGL . Z : FRANC .' DnS .' hIB ' Z . AQT, saltire stops, King in shop holding a sword and shield, rev. (m.m.) IhC .' AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIV : ILLORVM: IBAT, saltire stops, ornate cross, lion and crown in each angle, all within tressure, trefoils in spandrels, R at centre, 7.74g [119.45grns], 5h (Schneider I, 182; North 1304; S.1658), some marks, double struck at 6-9 o'clock, uncirculated, about very fine, in NGC holder, graded UNC Details ~ Obv. Damage (Cert. #8222367-001)ProvenanceAMR Coins, by p...
Henry IV (1399-1412), Heavy Coinage, Penny, York, hENRIC .' REX : ANGL : Z : FRANC, Archbishop Scrope or Bowet, crowned bust facing, with 'fluffy' hair, rev. CIVITAS EBORACI, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, quatrefoil at centre, 1.04g [16.05grns], 6h (North 1350; S.1722), two small flan splits, wear with some blundered areas of details, very rare, near very fineProvenanceKeith Bayford, by private treatySubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Henry IV (1399-1413), Penny, Light Coinage, York, HENRIC REX ANGLIE, annulet and saltire stops, annulet on breast, rev. CIVI TAS EBO RACI, double annulet stops, quatrefoil and pellet at centre, mm. cross pattée, 0.90g [13.89grns], 8h (North 1364; S.1734), warped flan, clipped with areas of blundered detail, nonetheless portrait remains clear, lightly toned, fine or better in partsSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU58 | *Top Pop* | Henry V (1413-1422), Quarter Noble, Tower, Class A, + hENRIC : DI : GRA .' REX . AnG Z . F, large trefoils at points of tressure, lys above shield, trefoils beside, annulets beneath, rev. + EXALTABITVR : In : GLORIA, stars at angles of centre panel, m.m. pierced cross and pellet, 1.76g [27.16grns], 8h (Schneider I, 213; Brooke A(I); North 1381/1; S.1754), ever so slightly clipped, bold and detailed, good very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU58 *Top Pop* (Cert. #8222368-009) [*Single Finest Certified*]ProvenanceMark Rasmusen, by private treaty, 4 June 2016https://www.ngcco...
Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue, Quarter-Noble, 1422-1427, London, (m.m.) hENRIC '• DI •' GRA '• REX • ANGL ', trefoil stops, shield in tressure of eight arcs, lys above, rev. (m.m.) EXALTABIVR * In • GLORIA, mullet after EXALTABIVR, short cross fleury atop voided quatrefoil, trefoils on tips, lys in forks, leopards in angles, all in double tressure of eight arches, spandrels plain, 1.65g [25.46grns], 2h (Schneider I, 295; North 1420; S.1810), slight warping at the edges, light wear throughout, otherwise near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information...
Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue, Quarter-Noble, 1422-1427, London, (m.m.) hENRIC '• DI •' GRA '• REX • ANGL ', trefoil stops, shield in tressure of eight arcs, lys above, rev. (m.m.) EXALTABITVR * In • GLORIA, mullet after EXALTABITVR, short cross fleury atop voided quatrefoil, trefoils on tips, lys in forks, leopards in angles, all in double tressure of eight arches, spandrels plain, 1.68g [25.93grns], 7h (Schneider I, 295; North 1420; S.1810), slight warping at the edges, light wear throughout, otherwise near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more informati...
Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Groat, Rosette-Mascle Issue, Calais, crowned facing bust, rev. long cross pattée, trio of pellets in angles, 3.72g, [57.46gns], 3h (North 1446; S.1859), die flaw to bust and some hairline scratches, otherwise a pleasing and uniform strike, about very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Pinecone-Mascle Issue, Groat, Calais, +hEnIC . DI . GRA . REX . ANGL Z FRANC crowned facing bust, rev. VILLA CALISIE, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, m.m. cross patonce, 3.69g [56.95grns], 1h (North 1461; S.1875), slightly clipped, an unlisted error, rare, toned, very fineProvenanceKB Coins, by private treaty, 1 July 2020Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Light Coinage, Type V/VI, Rose Noble or 'Ryal', 1467-1468, Tower, (i.m.) E | DWARD • DI • GRA '• REX • ANGL •' Z • FRAnC •' DnS'I B, trefoil stops, King standing in ship holding sword and shield, rose on decking, E on standard beside, rev. (i.m.) IhC ' AVT • TRANSIENS • PERMEDIVM : ILLORV : I : BAT •, trefoil stops, rose-atop radiant sun over floriated cross, crowns and leopards in angles, large fleurs in spandrels, 7.324g [113.03grns], 9h, i.m. sun [both sides] (Schneider I, 346; North 1549; S.1950), removed from a four-clasp solder mount at 10, 2, 4 an...
Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Light Coinage, Rose Noble or 'Ryal', 1466-1469, London, ED | * WARD ' DI * GRA ' * REX * ANGL S * FRANC * * DNS ' I * B ' *, trefoil stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, rev. (i.m.) IhC ' * AVT ' * TRANISIENS * PER * MEDIVM * ILLORV * I * BAT, trefoil stops, ornate cross fleury, crowned leopards in angles, rose atop sun at centre, small trefoils in spandrels, 7.54g [116.36grns], 3h, i.m. crown (Schneider I, 367; North 1549; S.1951), some clipping, slightly double struck obverse, toned, bold, very fineProvenanceSpink, Auction 14006, 22 Sept...
Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Flemish Imitation Rose Noble or 'Ryal', c. 1585, Gorinchem, ED | WAR DI : GRA •' REX • AGL •' Z •' FRA ' DnS' I B', trefoil stops, King standing in ship holding sword and shield, rose on decking, E on standard beside, rev. (i.m.) : IhS •' AVT • TRANSIENS • PERMEDIVM : ILLORV : I : BAT :, trefoil stops, rose-atop radiant sun over floriated cross, crowns and leopards in angles, large fleurs in spandrels, 7.37g, 7h, i.m. sun (cf. Schneider I, 839; cf. North 1549; S.1952), small file mark to edge at 12 and 7 o'clock to rounded flan, hairline day-light crack thro...
(x) Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Light Coinage, Type VI, Rose Noble or 'Ryal', c. 1465-1466, Bristol, ED | WARD '* DI * GRA * REX * ANGL' * Z * FRANC * DNS' * I * B **, trefoil stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, E on standard, B in waves below, rev. (i.m.) IhC '* AVT '* TRANSIENS '* P '* MEDIVM : ILLORVM (rosette) IBAT *, trefoil and rosette stops, ornate cross fleury, crowned leopards in angles, large fleurs in spandrels, 7.65g [118.05grns], 9h, i.m. sun [reverse] (Schneider I, - [cf. 419]; Blunt & Whitton VI, variety 1; North 1550; S.1953), small edge chip at 10 o...
Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Quarter-Ryal, 1464-1465, Tower, EDWARD ' DI ' GRA ' REX ANGLO z, square-topped shield dividing rose and sun, lys below, E above, all inside quatrefoil, trefoils in cusps, rev. (m.m.) EXALTABITVR* IN * GLORIA * trefoil stops, floriate cross, leopards in angles, sun at centre, all in double-octofoil, cusps and spandrels plain, 1.88g [29.01grns], 7h (Schneider I, 394-397; North 1560; S.1965), warped flan, two small splits in flan, some slight clipping, even toned, good fine or betterSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms a...
Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Groat, Light Coinage, Tower, Type Va5, struck with 'heavy' obverse and 'new' reduced reverse dies, annulets at neck, fleur on breast, rev. eye after tas, m.m. rose/rose, 3.08g [47.53grns], 8h (Blunt & Whitton Va5; North 1562; S.1996), slightly clipped, worn in some areas, toned, near very fineProvenanceKeith Bayford, by private treaty, 3 May 2021Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Edward IV, Second Reign (1471-1483), Angel, 1480-1483, London, (m.m.) EDWARD .' DEI . GRA .' REX ANGL .' Z FRANC :, saltire stops, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) PERCRVCEM . TVA . SALVA . nOS . XPC .' REDEMT, saltire stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing E and Rose, 5.14g [79.40gns], 5h, m.m. cinquefoil (Schneider I, 467; North 1626; S.2091), clipped and with doubling to obverse legend, with pleasing detail to the Dragon upon honest surfaces, about very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Bu...
Edward IV or V (1483), Type XXII, Groat, c. 1483, London, EDWARD x' DI x' GRA x' REX x' ANGL x' Z FRANC, saltire stops, crowned bust facing, no pellet below, rev. CIVI TAS LON DON, long cross, trio of pellets in angles, 2.67g [41.20grns], 12h, m.m. dimidiated sun-and-rose (North 1631; S.2146A), clipped, areas of wear, fine to very fine, extremely rareProvenanceSilbury Coins, by private treaty, 17 January 2022Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, Type I, London, crowned bust facing, rev. CIVITAS LONDON, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 2.95g, 8h, m.m. halved sun-and-rose (North 1679; S.2154), slightly clipped and chipped on an otherwise round and darkly toned flan, some very marginal softness to higher devices, of good metal, a good very fine, scarceSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, Type IIIa, Tower, crowned bust facing, rev. long cross and pellets, 2.94g [45.37grns], 11h, m.m. SR1 (Stewartby IIIa; North 1679; S.2157), clipped, lightly toned, about very fineProvenanceKeith Bayford, by private treaty, 3 May 2021Baldwin's, Auction 9, 21 September 2017, lot 1170*Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Henry VII (1485-1509), Type IIIc, Angel, Autumn 1495 - Michaelmas 1498, 'New Dies', Tower, large lettering, (m.m.) hENRIC 'x DI 'x GRA 'x REX x ANGLI 'x Z x FRAn x', saltire stops, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) PER : CRVCE 'x TVA x SALVA : nOS : XPE x RED(E) 'x, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and rose, saltire stops, 5.07g [78.2grns], 8h, m.m. escallop (Schneider I, 515; North 1696; S.2183), a touch of softness to details, otherwise well centred, toned in the recesses, very fineProvenancePurchased by private treaty - May 2015Subject to 20% VAT on Buye...
NGC MS63 | Henry VII (1485-1509), Angel, 1504-1505, Tower, (m.m.) hENRIC ': DI ': GRA .' REX : AnGL ': Z ' FR .', large crook-shaped abbreviation after hENRIC, saltire stops, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) PER : CRVCE ': TVA ': SALVA ': nOS : XPE : RED, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and rose, double saltire stops, 5.12g [79.01grns], m.m. pheon, (Schneider I, 542; North 1698; S.2187), lightly crimped, softly struck in parts, reverse better, very fine or better, in NGC holder, graded MS63 (Cert. #8222399-007)ProvenanceBy private treaty - £1400 [with tic...
Henry VII (1485-1509), Tentative Issue, Groat, 1504-1505, Tower, (m.m.) hENRIC ': VII ': DI ': GRA ': REX : AGL ': Z : FR', crowned and draped bust right, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV ': ADIVTORE ': MEV ', square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 2.92g, [45.08grns], 2h, m.m. cross crosslet (North 1743; S.2254), scratched through portrait, otherwise on a pleasing full flan and rich cabinet tone, about very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Henry VIII (1509-1547), First Coinage, Angel, Tower, 1509-1526, (m.m.) hENRIC ' . VIII '. DI '. GRA '. REX . AGL . Z : FRA ', St Michael vanquishing the Dragon, saltire stops, rev. (m.m.) PER : CRVCE '. TVA ' : SALVA . nOS : XPE '. REDE., saltire stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and Rose, 5.14g [79.32grns], 11h, m.m. castle (Schneider I, 557; North 1760; S.2265), a field find, with crimping and resulting softness to edges, nonetheless pleasingly struck up in parts, near very fineProvenanceFound, Lincolnshire, 8 April 2023Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium....
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Half-Sovereign, 1544-1547, Tower, (m.m.) HENRIC '. 8 • D '. G '. AGL ' . FRANC • Z • HIB '. REX •, King enthroned, holding sceptre and orb, rev. (m.m.) IHS '. AVTE '. TRANSIE ' : PERMEDI '. ILLOR '. IBA, trefoil stops, crowned shield with supporters, 6.23g [96.14grns], m.m. pellet (Schneider I, 614-616; North 1827; S.2294), slightly clipped with a tiny flan crack at 6 o'clock, but no daylight comes through, characteristic softness but details largely clear, toned, near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms...
NGC AU | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Angel, 1544-1547, (m.m.) hENRIC ?' 8 • D '. G '. AGL '. FRA '. Z • HIB '. REX :, slipped trefoil stops, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, annulet behind head, rev. (m.m.) PER • CRVCE '. TVA '. SALVA • nOS • XPE '. REDE .', slipped trefoil stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and rose, annulet on decking, 4.98g [76.85gns], 6h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 622; North 1830; S.2299), some partial softness, yet with a light red tone and lustre, a bolder very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU Details (Cert. #8222399-006)ProvenanceSCM...
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Angel, 1544-1547, (m.m.) hENRIC ' 8 • D '. G '. AGL '. FRA '. Z • HIB '. REX •, trefoil stops, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, annulet behind head, rev. (m.m.) PER • CRVCE '. TVA '. SALVA • nOS • XPE '. REDE .', trefoil stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and rose, annulet on decking, 5.04g [77.84gns], 2h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 622; North 1830; S.2299), short of flan at 12 o'clock, peck mark and some hairline scratches to obverse, with a light golden-tone, very fineProvenancePurchased, by private treaty - £975Subject to 20%...
(x) Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Crown of the Double Rose, 1546-1547, Bristol Castle, (Under-Treasurer, William Sharrington), (m.m.) hEnRIC ? VIII + ROSA + SInE : + : SPInA + : saltire stops, crowned double Tudor Rose, dividing crowned h - R, rev. : WS : D .' G.' AnGL '. + : FRAnC '. Z : hIB '. REX + crowned squared-topped shield dividing h - R, double saltire stops, Lombardic lettering, 2.652g [40.9grns], 9h, m.m. -/WS (Schneider I, 640; North 1836; S.2310), bright cleaned, gilt and subsequently removed from a solder mount, otherwise a bolder very fine, especially to peripheriesSub...
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Groat, 1526-1544, Tower, (m.m.) hENRIC .' VIII .' D .' G .' R .' AGL .' Z .' FRANC', saltire stops, crowned and draped Laker bust D right, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV ' : ADIVTORE ' : MEV, saltire stops, shield over long cross fourchée, 2.70g [41.66grns], 8h, m.m. lys (North 1797; S.2337E), partially clipped, some hairlines and softness in legends, otherwise a pleasing portrait upon dark-glossy surfaces, about very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU55 | *Top Pop* | Henry VIII († 28 January 1547), Posthumous Issue, under Edward VI, Half-Sovereign, Tower II, HENRIC 8 . DEI . GRA '. AGL .' FRA .' Z . HIB .' REX, lozenge stops, King enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, rose at feet, rev. IHS · AVTEM · TRANSIENS · PERMEDI · ILLOR · IBAT · lozenge stops, crowned square-topped shield flanked by supporters, K below, 6.07g [93.67grns], 11h, no m.m. (Schneider I, 656; North 1865; S.2392), modest flan splits at 4 and 6 o'clock, the usual sporadic striking softness for issue, approaching very fine and rather wholesome, in NGC holder, graded AU5...
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, Second Issue, Half-Sovereign, January 1549 - April 1550, Southwark, (m.m.) • EDWARD .' VI : D .' G .' AGL .' FRA .' Z : HIB .' REX •, small square stops, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EVM, rosette stops, crowned and garnished oval shield dividing E-R, 5.06g [78.09grns], 6h (Schneider I, 687; North 1911; S.2438), hairline scratch running behind neck, softly struck and with a hint of red toning to reverse recesses, fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for...
Edward VI (1547-1553), First Period, Penny, 1547-1549, Tower, crowned and draped bust right, rev. CIVITAS LONDON, shield over long cross fourchée, 0.55g [8.49grns], 1h, m.m. arrow (North 1902; S.2460), some porosity and ragged edges, slightly creased and warped, toned, near very fine, rareSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU53 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine Silver Issue, 'Horseman' Crown, 1551, Southwark (Under-Treasurer, Sir John Yorke), (m.m.) : EDVVARD ': VI : D ': G ': AGL ': FRANC ': Z : hIBER ': REX •, armoured boy King on horseback right, brandishing sword, rev. : POSVI : DEVM : AD IVTOR E ': MEVM .' : (m.m.) : square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 30.85g [476.09grns], 7h, m.m. y (North 1933; S.2478), some discolouring and softness to reverse, otherwise a most handsome portrait of the boy King, pleasing very fine / very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU53 (Cert. #8222355-002)Proven...
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine Silver Issue, Halfcrown, 1551-1553, Tower, : (m.m.) : EDWARD ': VI : D :' G :' AGL .' FRANCI '. Z : hIB ': REX :, 'Boy King' in armour, resting sword on right shoulder, feet in stirrups with protruding spurs, riding Berber horse dressed in caparison and crupper, curvetting right, date below, rev. (m.m.) : POSVI DEV .' ADIVTORE :' mEV :', square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 30.19g [465.90grns], 2h, m.m. tun (North 1934; S.2479), flatness to central devices and legends, with a largely uniform tone in blue and ochre, bolder fineSubject to 20% V...
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine Silver Issue, Shilling, 1551-1553, Tower, (m.m.) . EDWARD .' VI : D .' G .' AGL .' FRA .' Z : hIB .' REX ., crowned bust facing, Tudor rose to left, denomination to right, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' ADIVTORE .' MEV ., square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 6.07g [93.67grns], 9h, m.m. tun (North 1937; S.2482), a few very minor surface marks, small flan splits about the edge, otherwise toned, very fineProvenanceDNW, Auction 178, 8 July 2020, lot 109*Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buy...
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine Silver Issue, Shilling, 1551, Southwark (Under-Treasurer, Sir John Yorke), (m.m.) . EDWARD '. VI : D ' G '. AGL '. FRA '. Z : hIB '. REX ., crowned bust facing, Tudor rose to left, denomination to right, rev. POSVI DEV .' ADIVTORE .' MEV '., square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 5.91g [91.21grns], 9h, m.m. y (North 1937; S.2482), contact marked to obverse and with a dark-burnished tone, a pleasingly struck portrait, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mary, Solus (1553-1554), Class I, Angel, Tower (London), MARIA . (m.m.) . D '. G .' ANG .' FRA .' Z : hIB .' REGI .', annulet stops, St Michael vanquishing the Dragon, rev. A : DNO .' FACTV .' EST : ISTVD (m.m.) Z . EST .' MIRABI '.', annulet stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing M and rose, 5.19g [80.09grns], 2h, m.m. pomegranate (Schneider I, 710; North 1958; S.2490), softly struck to obverse from a lightly rusted die, reverse pleasing in parts and with a residual lustre, on a full flan, about very fine / good very fineProvenanceK Bayford, by private treaty, 30 Dec...
Mary, Solus (1553-1554), Groat, Tower, crowned bust left, wearing simply-jewelled plain bodice and pearl necklace, rev. square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 1.84g [28.44grns], 6h, m.m. pomegranate (North 1960; S.2492), chipped to flan at 6 o'clock and to R in legend, hairline scratches to reverse, doubling to the portrait, nonetheless a uniform strike, with toning within legends, strict very fineProvenance~ Found by R. Morgan, whilst metal detecting at Porthcawl, Wales, 4 April 2022 ~Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buye...
Mary, Solus (1553-1554), Groat, Tower, crowned bust left, wearing simply-jewelled plain bodice and pearl necklace, rev. square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 1.77g, 7h, m.m. pomegranate (North 1960; S.2492), small area of furling to edge at 9 o'clock and with old hairlines, softness through the shield otherwise with a mostly pleasing portrait, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mary, Solus (1553-1554), Groat, Tower, crowned bust left, wearing simply-jewelled plain bodice and pearl necklace, rev. square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 2.13g [32.87grns], 10h, m.m. pomegranate (North 1960; S.2492), soft to the portrait, on a pleasingly full flan and old cabinet toned in legends, strict very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mary, Solus (1553-1554), Groat, Tower, crowned bust left, wearing simply-jewelled plain bodice and pearl necklace, rev. square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 1.86g [28.70grns], 8h, m.m. pomegranate (North 1960; S.2492), some small edge chips and wear, some areas very boldly struck, with inky blue toning to the fields, good fineProvenanceT. R. Hardaker, Baldwin's, Auction 48, 24 September 2020, lot 756 (pt)*Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mary and Philip (1554-1558), Shilling, Undated [1554], Tower, PHILIP • ET • MARIA • D • G • R • ANG • FR • NEAP • PR • HISP • crowned busts vis-a-vis, rev. POSVIMVS • DEVM • ADIVTOREM • NOSTRVM •, crowned and garnished oval shield, dividing X-II above, 6.07g [93.67grns], 8h (North 1967; S.2498), small scratch to reverse and occasional flan flaw through shield, soft in parts and with a uniform dark tone, about very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mary and Philip (1554-1558), Groat, Tower, crowned and draped bust left, rev. square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 2.05g [31.64grns], 12h, m.m. lys (North 1973; S.2508), some peripheral softness, otherwise with a uniform dark-silver tone, pleasing portrait, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mary and Philip (1554-1558), Groat, Tower, PHILIP • ET • MARIA • D : G • REX • ET • REGINA • crowned and draped bust left, rev. POSVIMVS • DEVM • ADIVTO : NOS, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 1.92g [29.63grns], 2h, m.m. lys (North 1973; S.2508), creased in two places, chipped edge about 6 o'clock, otherwise toned, very fineProvenanceT. R. Hardaker, Baldwin's, Auction 48, 24 September 2020, lot 756 (pt)*Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC VF | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Issue, Double Rose Noble of 30-Shillings or Fine Sovereign, 1 January 1561 - 31 October 1562, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D'. G'. ANG'. FRA'· ET HIBE'· REGINA :· Queen seated on ornamented throne, adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars decorated with five larger pellets, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis with chains below, breaking ornate tressure, rev. (m.m.) A ·. DNO'. FACTV.' EST · ISTV.' ET · EST .· MIRA'· IN : OCVL'· NRIS, ET over Z, Royal arms in centre of full-blown Tudor Rose, spandrels plain, 14.970g [231.02grns], 6h, m.m...
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Tentative Issue, 'Crown Gold', Half-Pound, 1 January 1561 - 31 August 1565, Tower, + ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET . HI .' REGINA, crowned bust 3C left, wearing decorated bodice, rev. + SCVIVM : FIDEI : PROTEGET : EAM ., crowned square-topped shield, dividing E-R, 5.59g, [86.27grns], 10h, m.m. cross-crosslet (Schneider I, 738; Brown & Comber G5/G6; North 1982; S.2520), creased and straightened, bold strike for legends, a few small nicks but otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for...
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Fine Gold], Double Rose Noble or 'Fine Sovereign' [of 30-Shillings], 1584-1586, Tower, ELIZABETH • D .' G.' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGINA • (m.m.) •, Queen seated on ornamented throne with lattice work and pellet in annulet backing, holding orb and sceptre, flanked by pillars, Portcullis below atop ornate tressure through which it and only her crown breaks, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO '• FACTV .' EST • ISTVDET • EST • MIRAB •' INOCVLISNRS •', shield of arms at centre of full-blown rose, 15.18g [234.34grns], 4h, m.m. escallop (S.252...
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, Double Rose Noble of 30-Shillings or Fine Sovereign, 1 February 1590 - 31 January 1592, Tower, ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' | FRA '. ET • HIB '. REGINA (m.m.), Queen seated on ornamented throne, adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars plain, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis with chains below, breaking ornate tressure, rev. (m.m.) A•DNO'•FACTV•'EST•'ISTVD'ET•EST•MIRAB'•IN•OCVLIS•NRS ' Royal arms in centre of full-blown Tudor Rose, 15.311g [236.28grns], 3h, m.m. hand over crescent (Brown & Combe...
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, Double Rose Noble of 30-Shillings or Fine Sovereign, 14 February 1585 - 30 May 1587, Tower, ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' | FRA '. ET • HIB '• REGINA • (m.m.) • Queen seated on ornamented throne, adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars decorated with annulets and colon stops, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis with chains below, breaking ornate tressure, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO '• FACTV •' EST • ISTVD • ET • EST • MIRAB'.IN.OCVLIS.NRS, Royal arms in centre of full-blown Tudor Rose, 15.345g [236.81gr...
(x) NGC XF45 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, Double Rose Noble of 30-Shillings or Fine Sovereign, 1 June 1587 - 31 January 1590, Tower, ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' | FRA '. ET • HIB '• REGINA • (m.m.), Queen seated on ornamented throne, adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars plain, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis with chains below, breaking ornate tressure, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO '• FACTV •' EST '• ISTVD '• ET • EST '• MIRAB'.IN.OCVLIS.NRS '. Royal arms in centre of full-blown Tudor Rose, 15.273g [235.70grns], 11h, m.m. crescent [over...
(x) NGC XF | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, Double Rose Noble of 30-Shillings or Fine Sovereign, 20 April 1584 - 13 February 1585, Tower, ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' | FRA '. ET : HIB '. RE[G]INA : (m.m.) : Queen seated on ornamented throne, adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars decorated with five larger pellets, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis with chains below, breaking ornate tressure, rev. (m.m.) • A • DNO '• FACTV •' EST • ISTVD • ET • EST • MIRAB'.IN.OCVLIS.NRS • Royal arms in centre of full-blown Tudor Rose, 15.224g [234.9...
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Issue, Shilling, 1558-1560, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' Z . HIB .' REG .', crowned and draped bust 1A right, within wire line, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' ADIVTOREM . MEVM, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 5.97g [92.13grns], 9h, m.m. lys (North 1985; S.2548), some crimping to flan and doubling within the reverse legend, light scratches to face, otherwise with a light tone, about very fineProvenanceThe Collection of Graham Slater, Bonhams, Auction 31402, 15th April 2025, lot 39Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more informa...
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Issue, Shilling, Spring - 8 November 1560, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA, narrow beaded border, crowned bust 1A left, with plain dress and beaded straps, wire line, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' ADIVTOREM • MEVM, long cross fourchée over smaller square shield, 5.88g [90.74grns], 5h, m.m. lys (Brown & Comber 1A; North 1985; S.2549 var.), the better of only two traced specimens with bust 1A with beaded circles, slightly double struck on bust, beautifully toned with blue and purple hues, extremely rare, good very fineProvenanceChristopher Comber, Part...
(x) NGC AU55 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh Issue, Crown, 1601, Tower, ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET : HIBER .' REGINA : (m.m.) :, crowned half-length bust left, wearing decorated dress and wide ruff, holding orb and sceptre, rev. : (m.m.) : POSVI : DEVM : ADIVTOREM : MEVM :, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 29.90g [461.43grns], 6h, m.m. 1 (North 2012; S.2582), minor metal stressing as is common for type and a small contact mark before the sceptre, nonetheless a most pleasing strike, especially to the portrait, thus better than commonly encountered, with a pleasing b...
(x) NGC VF | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh Issue, Crown, 1601, Tower, ELIZABETH : D : G : ANG : FRA : ET : HIBER : REGINA : 1 : crowned half-length bust left, wearing decorated dress and wide ruff, holding orb and sceptre to I, rev. : 1 : POSVI : DEVM : AD IVTORE M : MEVM : square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 29.26g [451.55grns], 8h, m.m. 1 (North 2012; S.2582), some minor rim bruising and with rub to fields, otherwise richly cabinet toned, a bolder fine to almost very fine, in NGC holder, graded VF Details ~ Rev. Damage (Cert. #8222386-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/82223...
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Sixpence, 1562, Tower [Upper House], (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D • G • ANG • FRA • ET • HIB • REGINA, tall and narrow crowned bust left, with ornately decorated bodice, large rose behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEVM • ADIVTOREM • MEVM, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, • 1562 • above shield, 2.93g [45.22grns], 6h, m.m. star (North 2023; S.2595), small hairline flaw to left arm of cross fourchée, softness to tops of devices, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Sixpence, 1562, Tower [Upper House], (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D • G • ANG • FRA • ET • HIB • REGINA, broader crowned bust left, with ornately decorated bodice, small rose behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEVM • ADIVTOREM • MEVM, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, • 1562 • above shield, 3.11g [47.99grns], 6h, m.m. star (North 2027; S.2596), some light hairlines, otherwise with a pleasing cabinet tone and lustrous, extremely fineProvenanceSimon Willis Coins, by private treaty - £1,725Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information pl...
(x) NGC AU55 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Portcullis Money, Eight-Testerns, undated (1600-1601), ELIZABETH. D.' G.' ANG.' FR.' ET. HIB.' REGINA., toothed borders and inner circles both sides, crown over plain square topped shield dividing crowned E-R, rev. POSVI . DEVM . ADIVTOREM . MEVM., crown over portcullis, 27.55g [425.16grns], 10h, m.m. O both sides (Prid.1; S.2607A), some metal flaws otherwise a handsome example, almost extremely fine, very rare, in NGC 'Waterbird' holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #4861777-004)ProvenanceSlaney II, Spink auction 229, 14 May 2015, lot 321Capt. H E G Paget, Glendi...
James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Unite, 1612-1613, Tower, .' IACOBVS .' D .' G .' MA .' BRI .' FRA .' ET .' HI .' REX, crowned and armoured fourth bust right, holding orb and sceptre, rev. (m.m.) • FACIAM • EOS • IN • GENTEM • VNAM •, crowned and lightly garnished shield, dividing I-R, 9.92g [153.09grns], 6h, m.m. cinquefoil (Schneider II, 27; North 2084; S.2619), very slight waves to the flan, some flan stress and edge smoothing, details mostly clear, lightly toned, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Unite, 1613-1615, Tower, • (m.m.) • IACOBVS .' D .' G .' MA .' BRI .' FRA .' ET .' HI .' REX, fourth crowned bust right, wearing plain armour, holding orb and shouldering sceptre, rev. (m.m.) • FACIAM • EOS • IN • GENTEM • VNAM • crowned and garnished shield, dividing I-R, 9.81g [151.39grns], 2h, m.m. cinquefoil (Schneider II, 28; North 2085; S.2620), flan stress with daylight hole behind the sceptre, worn dies and clipped edges, some discolouration, reverse much bolder, a good fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Term...
James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Double-Crown, 1618-1619, Tower (m.m.) • IACOBVS .' D '. G '. MA '. BRI '. FRA '. ET '. HI '. REX • fifth crowned bust right, rev. • (m.m.) • HENRICVS • ROSAS • REGNA • IACOBVS, crowned shield, dividing I-R, 5.04g [77.78grns], 7h, m.m. book on lectern (cf. Schneider II, 31-42, this mintmark not listed; North 2089; S.2623), uneven edges with areas of blundered detail, otherwise with a rich honey-golden tone, a rare mintmark, good fine to very fineProvenanceBaldwin's, by private treatySubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Term...
James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, 'Crown Gold' Issue, 1612-1613, Double-Crown, . IACOBVS .' D .' G .' MAG.' BRIT .' FRAN .' ET .' HIB .' REX., fifth crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. . HENRICVS : ROSAS . REGNA . IACOBVS, crowned square shield dividing I-R, 4.81g [74.23grns], 10h, m.m. tower (Schneider II, 35-39; North 2088; S.2623), quite harsh scuffs on the obverse, clipped edges, graffito X on the reverse, otherwise bold details, good fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Britain Crown, Tower, • (m.m.) • IACOBVS D .' G .' MAG BRIT .' FRA .' ET • HIB • REX, first crowned and armoured bust right, rev. (m.m.) • HENRICVS • ROSAS • REGNA • IACOBVS, crowned square-topped shield, dividing I-R, shield with four strings, 2.34g [36.11grns], 10h, m.m. grapes (Schneider II, 47; North 2090; S.2624), areas of softness throughout the coin, slightly clipped, and just wrinkled, otherwise good fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Britain Crown [of 5 Shillings and Sixpence], 1615-1616, Tower, (m.m.) • IACOBVS .' D .' G .' MA .' BRI .' FRA .' ET .' HI .' REX, fifth crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. (m.m.) HENRICVS • ROSAS • REGNA • IACOBVS, crowned square-topped shield dividing I-R, 2.47g [38.12grns], 3h, m.m. tun (Schneider II, 52-54; North 2092; S.2626), clipped and worn edges, a softness throughout, light contact marks, otherwise good fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Thistle Crown [of 4-Shillings], 1611-1612, Tower, (m.m.) IA .' D .' G .' MAG .' BR .' F .' ET .' H .' REX, crowned rose dividing I-R, rev. (m.m.) TVEATVR • VNITA • DEVS •, crowned thistle dividing I-R, 1.99g [30.71grns], 3h, m.m. mullet over bell/mullet (Schneider II, 60; North 2096; S.2627), some occasional areas of softness or blunder but otherwise bold details, toned, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
James I (1603-1625), Third Coinage, Crown Gold Issues, Half-Laurel, 1624, Tower, (m.m.) IACOBVS D : G : MA • BRI • FRAN : ET HI : REX, laureate, draped and cuirassed fourth bust left, X behind, rev. HENRI 9 ROSAS REGNA (m.m.) IACO 9, hook shaped (9) abbreviation marks after HENRIC and IACO, no stops, long cross fleury over large crowned square-topped Royal shield, harp, 4.46g [68.83grns], 8h, m.m. trefoil (Schneider II, 92; North 2117; S.2641A), a few small flan splits, uneven and worn edges and some small areas of blunder to detail, otherwise lightly toned, pleasing portrait, good fineSubject...
James I (1603-1625), Third Coinage, Crown Gold Issues, Gold Crown or Quarter-Laurel, 1621-1623, Tower, (m.m.) IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET HI : REX, laureate and draped bust left, V value behind, rev. HENRIC VS ROSAS REGNA (m.m.) IACOBVS, long cross fleury over large crowned square-topped Royal shield, harp with four strings, 2.17g [33.49grns], 12h, m.m. thistle (Schneider II, 95-96; North 2119; S.2642), jagged edges above bust, and smoothed edges elsewhere, otherwise toned, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers...
James I (1603-1625), Third Coinage, Shilling, Shilling, 9 June 1621 - 3 July 1623, Tower, (m.m.) IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA • ET HIB : REX, sixth crowned and armoured bust right, XII behind, rev. (m.m.) QVÆ DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET, square-topped shield, bird-headed harp, 5.51g [85.03grns], 9h, m.m. thistle (North 2124; S.2668), slight softness of strike to portrait, otherwise a most pleasing strike elsewhere, especially so to shield, with an old cabinet tone, very fine / extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buye...
James I (1603-1625), Presentation Striking[?] Farthing in Silver, Harington type 2, c.1613-1615, IACO · D · G · MAG · BRIT, crown over sceptres centrally with legend around, rev. FRA : ET · HIB : REX ·, crowned harp centrally with legend around, m.m. cinquefoil, [Spink XRF, Obverse: 91.02% Ag, 3.41% Fe, 4.19% Cu, 1.01% Au, 0.37% Pb; Reverse: 80.21% Ag, 13.89% Fe, 4.42% Cu, 0.99% Au, 0.49% Pb], 0.92g [14.20grns], 6h (T. Everson, A Newly Discovered Silver Farthing of James I (2018); BMC [Peck] -; cf. S.2676A), the only silver example known, UNIQUE and likely a presentation piece to the King, har...
James I (1603-1625), Pattern Halfpenny[?] or Trial Striking in Copper, undated, BEATI PACIFICI, small tun between each word, in centre a crown with small tun below, rev. HOC OPUS DEI., small tun between each word, in centre a thistle and rose dimidiated, edge plain, 4.54g [70.06grns], 7h (North 2139; BMC [Peck], -; S.-), more usual to find these pieces on a rectangular copper blank, but this one has been cut, softness to the central devices but otherwise very fine, extremely rareBEATI PACIFICI - 'Blessed are the peacemakers'HOC OPUS DEI - 'This is the work of God'Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s...
Charles I (1625-1649), Group B, Class Ia, Unite, 1628-1629, Tower (under King), (m.m.) CAROLVS D .' G .' MAG .' BR .' FR .' ET HI .' REX, second crowned bust left, wearing picardil, value behind, rev. FLORENT CONCORDIA REGNA (m.m.), no stops, crowned and garnished square-topped shield, 8.80g [135.81grns], 8h, m.m. anchor (Brooker 44-52; Schneider II, 124-125; North 2148; S.2687), wiped and evidence of mounting, deep crimp through bust, soft in parts nonetheless pleasing to shield, good fine / very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions...
NGC AU58 | *Top Pop* | Charles I (1625-1649), Group B/C Mule, Unite, 1630-1631, Tower (under King), (m.m.) • CAROLVS • D : G : MA : BR : FR : ET • HI : REX, second crowned and draped bust left, value behind, rev. : FLORENT • CONCORDIA • REGNA (m.m.), crowned and garnished shield, dividing C-R, harp with six strings, 9.01g, 10h, m.m. plume (Schneider II, 132; North 2149/2150; S.2689A), ever so slightly clipped, some areas of wear but otherwise wholesome and of honey-gold fabric, very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU58 *Top Pop* (Cert. #8534300-002) [*Joint Finest Certified*]ProvenanceSpink, by pr...
Charles I (1625-1649), Group C, Class IIa, Unite, 1631-1632, Tower (under King), (m.m.) • CAROLVS • D .' G .' MAG .' BRI .' FR .' ET • HI .' REX •, third crowned and draped bust left, value behind, rev. FLORENT • CONCORDIA • REGNA (m.m.), crowned and garnished shield, dividing C-R, harp, 9.01g [139.05grns], 11h, m.m. rose (Schneider II, 141; North 2754; S.2690), smoothed edges, areas of blundered detail, flattened portrait, unfortunate scuff on the reverse over the shield, otherwise near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for B...
Charles I (1625-1649), Group B, Class I, Double-Crown, 1627-1628, Tower (under King), : (m.m.) : CAROLVS D: G: MAG: BR: FR: ET HI: REX, colon stops, second crowned bust, wearing picardil, rev. CVLTORES SVI DEVS PROTEGIT no stops, crowned and lightly garnished square-topped shield, 4.44g [68.52grns], 10h, m.m. castle (Schneider II, 178-180; North 2161; S.2699), uneven edges, scuff of gold beneath bust so small piece of gold lipped up, worn, lightly scuffed and discoloured to the reverse, fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles I (1625-1649), Group A, Class I, Crown, 1625, Tower (under King), (m.m.) CAROLVS D : G : MAG : BR : [FR : ET : HI : REX], crowned and draped bust, wearing coronation robes, value behind, rev. (m.m.) CLVTORES SVI DEVS PROTEGIT, no stops, crowned and garnished shield, 2.29g [35.34grns], m.m. lys (Schneider II, 219-222; North 2179; S.2709), slight warp in the flan, clipped edges, worn and blundered in some areas, unfortune scuffs, otherwise fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles I (1625-1649), Group B, Gold Crown, 1625, Tower (under King), (m.m.) CAROLVS . D . G . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HI . REX ., beaded inner circle, second crowned and mantled bust left, value behind, rev. CVLTORES SVI DEVS PROTEGIT (m.m.), no stops, crowned square-topped shield, 2.17g [33.49grns], 3h, m.m. lys (Schneider II, 219-222; North 2181; S.2711), clipped edges, cleaned, slightly flattened detail, otherwise good fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles I (1625-1649), Group B, Gold Crown, 1625-1626, Tower (under King), (m.m.) CAROLVS : D : G : MAG BRI FR . ET . HI . REX, beaded inner circle, second crowned and mantled bust left, value behind, rev. CVLTORES SVI DEVS PROTEGIT (m.m.), no stops, crowned square-topped shield, 2.22g [34.0grns], 5h, m.m. cross calvary (Schneider II, 225; Brooker 193; North 2181; S.2711), jagged edges, some scuffs, fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles I (1625-1649), Group B, Gold Crown, 1626-1627, Tower (under King), (m.m.) CAROLVS D G MAG BR . FR . ET . HI . REX, beaded inner circle, second crowned and mantled bust left, value behind, rev. CVLTORES SVI DEVS PROTEGIT (m.m.), no stops, crowned square-topped shield, 2.23g [34.41grns], 1h, m.m. African head (Schneider II, 227; North 2181; S.2711), areas of softness and some dark deposits, but otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles I (1625-1649), Group B, Class II, Gold Crown, 1638-1639, Tower (under King), smaller single-arched third crowned bust left, wearing ruff, mark of value behind, rev. crowned square-topped shield, 2.25g [34.72grns], 12h, m.m. plumes (Schneider II, 236; North 2182; S.2712), smoothed edges, cleaned, worn reverse die, fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
PCGS AU53 | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, Three Pound Piece of Triple-Unite, 1643, New Inn Hall, (p.m) CAROLVS • D : G • MAGN : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX • :, crowned tall and larger fine style bust without scarf left, holding long sword and olive branch, plume without band behind, rev. EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI • : •, RELIG : PROT | LEG : ANG | LIBER : PAR in three-lined wavy continuous scroll, three even plumes bands and • III • above, 1643 below, 26.64g, p.m plume (B-J VI/S9; Schneider II, 296 same dies; Brooker 838A same dies; North 2834; S.27...
NGC AU58 | *Top Pop* | Charles I (1625-1649), Group 1, Type 1a, Crown, 1625-1626, Tower (under King), (m.m.) : • CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRA : ET : HIB : REX : first horseman left, ornately decorated caparison, sword over right shoulder breaking inner circle, plume on headdress and on housing, rev. CHRI STO • AV SPICE • REGNO • (m.m.), square-topped and garnished shield over long cross fourchée, 30.53g [471.15grns], 8h, m.m. lys (Francis 1A; Hawkins 1A; Brooker 229-235; North 2190; S.2753), double striking on the obverse, slight unevenness to the edges, occasional softness, some light f...
Charles I (1625-1649), Briot's Second Milled Issue, Halfcrown, 1638-1639, Tower (under King), King on horseback right, pebbly ground below, rev. crowned oval garnished shield, dividing crowned C-R, lozenge stops, 15.07g [232.57grns], 6h, m.m. anchor and B (Brooker 724; North 2304; S.2858), small lamination flaw to horse, slight softness to the tops of devices, otherwise with a lustre to pleasing and uniform grey surfaces, good very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Shrewsbury, 'Declaration' Crown, 1642, • CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT • FRAN • ET • HIBER • REX, King on horseback left, ground line below, plume behind, rev. •:•:• EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI | RELIG • PROT • LEG | ANG • LIBER • PAR in two lines, value and three Shrewsbury plumes above, 1642 below, 29.46g [454.64grns], 8h, i.m. pellet / seven pellets (Morrieson B-5; Brooker 809; North 2370; S.2926), striking crack in flan at 2 o'clock and areas of softness to legends where lightly doubled, otherwise with a pleasant uniform tone, very fine, a...
Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, 'Declaration' Half-Pound of 10-Shillings, 1642, (m.m.) CAROLVS : D : G : MAG N : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX ·, Shrewsbury horseman riding left, holding upright sword, trampled arms below, plume behind, rev. EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI : | RELIG · PROT · LEG | ANG · LIBER · PAR in two lines, three even Oxford plumes and · X · above, date below, 60.31g [930.74grns], 2h, m.m. plume (Morr. A-1; Brooker 866; North 2404; S.2944), striking-split to flan at 6 o'clock and lightly graffitied X in obverse field, doubling to legends an...
NGC MS62 | *Top Pop* | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, 'Declaration' Half-Pound of 10-Shillings, 1643, (m.m.) CAROLVS : D : G : MAG N : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX ·, Shrewsbury horseman riding left, holding upright sword, trampled arms below, plume behind, rev. EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI ·:· | RELIG : PROT : LEG | ANG : LIBER : PAR in two lines, three even Oxford plumes and · X · above, date below, 58.30g [899.92grns], 6h, m.m. plume (Morr. A-1; Brooker, Appendix I, 15; North 2404; S.2945A), metal stressing to an otherwise pleasingly full-flan, doubling...
Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, Groat, 1644, Aberystwyth die, rev. Shrewsbury plume and two lys, 1644 OX, 2.11g [32.56grns], 11h, m.m. book (Brooker 956; North 2462; S.2985), crease through the top of head, now straightened, uneven edges, otherwise nicely toned, very fineProvenanceT. R. Hardaker, Baldwin's, Auction 48, 24 September 2020, lot 772*Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Issues, Bridgnorth-On-Severn, Groat, 1646, crowned and draped bust left, value behind, plumelet before, rev. declaration in three lines, 2.07g [31.92grns], 9h, i.m. plume (Morr. A-1; Brooker 1133; North 2525; S.3042), some doubling to reverse legend, nonetheless on a mostly full flan and uniformly struck, with a dark silver tone, very fineProvenanceBaldwin's, by private treaty, CM001215 - £925Noonan's [DNW], Auction 124, 16 September 2014, lot 2524 - £580Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Cornwall and Devon, Exeter (under Sir Richard Vyvyan), Halfcrown, 1644, (m.m.) CAROLVS • D G • MA • BR • FR • ET • HI • REX, horseman King trotting left, sword upright, sash in bow, with "twisted" tail, rev. (m.m.) CHRISTO AVSPICE • REGNO 1644, oval garnished shield, 13.92g [214.8grns], 3h, m.m. rose (Brooker 1052; North 2568; Spink 3075), scuffs below horse's body, with typical striking softness in parts, otherwise a most pleasing example of this scarce Provincial issue, the King's armour particularly well-defined, the 'Twisted' tail wonderful...
Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Unattested Royalist Mint, Worcester or Shrewsbury [Salopia ?], Threepence, 1644, crude tall crowned bust left, III behind, rev. crowned shield, even garniture, 1.33g [20.62grns], 10h, m.m. lys (Brooker 1177-1178; North 2624; S.3117), pierced and subsequently filled, lightly pitted to an irregular flan, about very fine, very rareSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Newark Besieged, Halfcrown, 1646, large crown dividing C-R, rev. OBS : | NEWARK | 1646 in three lines, 13.46g [207.72grns], 12h (Brooker 1222; Bull 687; North 2638; S.3140A), cleaned and subsequently retoned to peripheries, light bagmarks to reverse, otherwise a uniform strike and well-centered, very fine, a fine example of this fabled lozenge Siege coinageProvenancePurchased, by private treaty - £975Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC VF30 | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Newark Besieged, Ninepence, 1646, crowned mark of value, dividing cypher, rev. OBS . NEEWARK 16646 (Brooker 1226; North 2641; S.3144), extra metal as part of flan, double struck on reverse creating doubling of legend, otherwise very fine, in NGC holder, graded VF30 (Cert. #8219695-013)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8219695-013/30/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Newark Besieged, Sixpence, 1646, struck in gilt-silver, high-arched crown with jewelled band, dividing C-R, rev. OBS : | NEWARK | 1646 in three lines, 2.67g [41.20grns], 12h, (Brooker 1228; North 2642; S.3146), residual gilding in recesses as originally struck from gilt-silver as sometimes encountered on 1646-dated specie, with some irregularity to flan thickness and soft through the central devices, otherwise edge beading pleasing, good fine, yet rareProvenanceBaldwin's, by private treaty - £1,950Randolph Zander, List 186, February 1968, 217Su...
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Crown, 1653, Tower, · THE • COMMONWEALTH • OF • ENGLAND • Ns over inverted Ns in legend, shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev. • GOD • WITH • VS • inverted A for V in VS, conjoined shields of England and Ireland, mark of value above, 29.13g [449.54grns], 5h, i.m. sun [on obverse only] (ESC 7 {6A} [R3]; North 2721; S.3214), some small areas of flan stress, otherwise deeply toned, very fineProvenanceD Tisbury, Spink, Auction 17006, 25 September 2017, lot 826* Bt. Baldwins, 30 November 1983, £750Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information...
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Halfcrown, 1653, Tower, • THE • COMMONWEALTH • OF • ENGLAND •, English shield within palm and laurel wreath, rev. • 1653 • GOD • WITH • VS, large • II •, small VI • above conjoined shields of England and Ireland, 15.20g, 10h, m.m. sun [on obv. only] (Bull 30; ESC 431; North 2722; S.3215), usual irregularity to flan, softly struck in parts, otherwise with a pleasing tone and residual lustre, good very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) PCGS PR53 | *Top Pop* | Commonwealth (1649-1660), Proof Pattern Shilling, 1651, by Pierre Blondeau, (i.m.) THE • COMMONWEALTH • OF • ENGLAND • shield of England in wreath of laurel and palm, rev. • GOD • WITH • VS • 1651, value over shields of England and Ireland in beaded circle, 6h, i.m. sun [obverse] (ESC 1002 [R3]; Bull 173), softness to the tops of devices, otherwise with a uniform dark-silver tone, bold very fine, an ever sought after milled pattern of the Commonwealth series, in PCGS holder, graded PR53 (Cert. #46276678) [*Single Finest Certified*] ProvenanceHeritage, ANA Signature...
ENGLISH MILLED COINS
(x) NGC AU | Oliver Cromwell, Crown, 1658 over 7, Tower, by Thomas Simon, OLIVAR • D • G • R • P • ANG • SCO • HIB &c PRO, laureate and draped bust left, rev. PAX • QVÆRITVR • BELLO, crowned shield of the Protectorate, • HAS • NISI • PERITVRVS • MIHI • ADIMAT • NEMO • downwards on edge, 30.117g [464.78grns], 7h (L&S 1; ESC 10; Lessen E12; Bull 240; S.3226), lightly wiped with a small metal flaw to rim at 11 o'clock, otherwise cabinet toned and lustrous fields, a most pleasing balanced example of this famous Protectorate issue, almost extremely fine, an evidently early striking with scant evide...
Oliver Cromwell, Crown, 1658 over 7, Tower, by Thomas Simon, OLIVAR • D • G • R • P • ANG • SCO • HIB &c PRO, laureate and draped bust left, rev. PAX • QVÆRITVR • BELLO, crowned shield of the Protectorate, • HAS • NISI • PERITVRS • MIHI • ADIMAT • NEMO • upwards on edge, 29.33g, 6h (L&S 1; ESC 10; Bull 240; S.3226), cleaned and heavily smoothed to central devices, occasional contact mark, yet now lightly retoned, fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Oliver Cromwell, Halfcrown, 1658, Tower, by Thomas Simon, OLIVAR • D • G • R • P • ANG • SCO • HIB &c PRO, laureate and draped bust left, rev. PAX • QVÆRITVR • BELLO, crowned and garnished shield, + • HAS • NISI • PERITVRVS • MIHI • ADIMAT • NEMO • downwards on edge, 14.90g [229.94grns], 6h (ESC 447; Bull 252; Lessen 126; S.3227A), couple of minor edge bruises and softness to devices, with a residual lustre to uniform surfaces, about very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) PCGS AU50 | Oliver Cromwell, Shilling, 1658, by Thomas Simon, OLIVAR . D . G . R . P . ANG . SCO . HIB &c PRO, laureate and draped bust left, rev. PAX QVÆRITVR . BELLO, crowned shield of the Protectorate, edge milled, 6h (Lessen J28; ESC 1005; Bull 254; S.3228), usual flawing before portrait, touch of softness to the tops of devices, nonetheless with a uniformly grey tone, bold very fine, in PCGS holder, graded AU50 (Cert. #36006385)https://www.pcgs.com/cert/36006385Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Charles II (1660-1662), Second Hammered Issue, Unite [of 20-Shillings], April - October 1662, CAROLVS • II • D • G • MAG • BRIT • FRAN • ET • HIB • REX, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, XX behind, rev. • FLORENT • CONCORDIA • REGNA •, crowned and oval-garnished shield dividing C-R, 8.55g [131.98grns], 4h, m.m. crown (EGC [O7/R14] 141; Schneider II 406, North 2754; S.3304), previously repaired and with resulting hairlines, more so to the reverse and with a resulting smoothing, nonetheless the portrait still pleasing, bolder very fine / about very fineProvenanceK Bayford, by private tre...
NGC AU55 | Charles II (1660-1685), Guinea, 1679, fourth laureate bust right with rounded truncation, rev. crowned cruciform emblematic shields, sceptres in angles, date either side of crown over English shield, edge grained, 8.32g, 6h (EGC 267; MCE 80; S.3344), light adjustment marks across the bust and at centre of reverse, otherwise lightly toned with underlying brilliance, very fine, reverse even better, in NGC holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #8222368-008)ProvenanceBaldwin's, Auction 93, 5 May 2015, lot 163* https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222368-008/55/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium....
(x) Early Milled Crowns (3) | including, Charles II (1660-1685), Crowns (2); 'Rose' Issue, 1662, first draped and laureate bust right, rose below bust, stop above, rev. stop after HIB, crowned shields cruciform, eight strings to harp, undated and downwards lettered edge, letters widely spaced, 29.51g, 5h (ESC 15; Bull 339 but with stop after HIB; S.3350), rubbed and lightly toned, strictly good fine; another, 1676 VICESIMO OCTAVO, third bust right, six strings, upwards lettered edge, 29.58g, 6h (ESC 51; Bull 397; S.3358), metal flaw through AT of GRATIA and corresponding area of reverse, other...
Charles II (1660-1685), Halfcrown, 1671 V. TERTIO, third laureate and draped bust variety right, rev. no not after HIB, crowned cruciform shields, interlinked C's in angles, ten strings to harp, upwards lettered edge, 14.98g, 6h (ESC 468; Bull 457; S.3366), flan flaw through reverse, lightly contact marked and softness to hair, otherwise with a pleasing blue-silver tone and a residual lustre, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU50 | *Top Pop* | Charles II (1660-1685), "Welsh Plumes" Shilling, 1674, CAROLVS • II • DEI • GRATIA, second laureate and draped bust right, plume below bust, rev. no stop after HIB, crowned shields cruciform, seven strings to harp, interlocking Cs in angles, plume at centre, edge obliquely milled, 5.96g, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 63; ESC 1040 [R2]; Bull 526 [R2]; S.3376), light wear to the higher points, toned, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded AU50 *Top Pop* (Cert. #8222355-005) [*Joint Finest Certified*]ProvenanceThe Heron Collection of English Silver Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlook...
Charles II (1660-1685), Silver Pattern Farthing, 1665, by John Roettier, CAROLVS . A . CAROLO ., laureate and armoured bust left, with short hair, rev. QVATVOR . MARIA VINDICO, Britannia seated left, with loose drapery, holding spear and branch, BRITANNIA in exergue below, edge milled, 6.81g, 12h (BMC [Peck] 407), bagmarked and smoothed to devices, more prominent hairlines scratches to face, with toning to peripheries, bold fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles II (1660-1685), Pattern Farthing, 1665, by John Roettier, CAROLVS . A . CAROLO ., laureate and armoured bust left, with short hair, rev. QVATVOR . MARIA VINDICO, Britannia seated left, with loose drapery, holding spear and branch, BRITANNIA in exergue below, edge plain, 6.33g, 6h (BMC [Peck] 412), some faint hairline flawing, spots of verdigris and deposits to dark brown surfaces, lightly toned to reverse, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Charles II (1660-1685), Silver Pattern Farthing, 1676, CAROLVS . A . CAROLO ., laureate and armoured bust left, with long hair, rev. QVATVOR . MARIA VINDICO, Britannia seated left, with loose drapery, holding spear and branch, BRITANNIA in exergue below, edge plain, 6.15g, 12h (BMC [Peck] 492), touch of softness to highest points, faint hairline through LO in obverse legend, richly and pleasingly toned to flashy and near brilliant fields, good very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU55-VF | Charles II (1660-1685), Maundy Set, 1682, Penny, 1682/1, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned value, edges plain (ESC 2378; [Penny, ESC 2290]; Bull 605; S.3392) Fourpence, Threepence and Penny soft to portraits, the Fourpence with some staining, bolder fine to very fine, the Twopence toned and with lustre, extremely fine, in NGC holders, graded XF40 [Fourpence] (Cert. #8464067-044) / VF DETAILS ~ Environmental Damage [Threepence] (Cert. #8464067-043) / AU55 [Twopence] *Top Pop* (Cert. #8464067-042) / VF25 [Penny] *Top Pop* (Cert. #8464067-041) (4)https://www.ng...
NGC XF-F15 | Charles II (1660-1685) Incomplete Maundy Set, 1682, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned value, edges plain, including, VF25 | Threepence, 1682 (ESC 1855; Bull 636; S.3384), fine, in NGC holder, graded VF25 (Cert. #8464067-010); G6 | Threepence, 1682 (ESC 1855; Bull 636; S.3384), toned, fair, in NGC holder, graded G6 (Cert. #8464067-055); XF DETAILS | Twopence, 1682 (ESC 2185; Bull 698; S.3388), fair, in NGC holder, graded XF DETAILS ~ Damaged (Cert. #8464067-054); NGC F15 | Penny, 1682/1 (ESC 2290; Bull 720; S.3390), toned, fine, in NGC holder, graded F15 (Cert...
(x) James II (1685-1688), Five-Guineas, 1688 QVARTO, first laureate bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, eleven strings to harp, raised letters | •+• DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • | • ANNO • REGNI • QVARTO •+• downwards on edge, 41.426g [639.30grns], 7h (MCE 119; EGC I, 316; Stratos - [cf. 189]; S.3397), small rim bruise at 10 o'clock, the hair craftily and convincingly re-worked in antiquity, otherwise struck details fine to very fineProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSeaby, by private treaty (ref. 742576), 4 September 1974 - £2,235Glendining,...
NGC MS62 | James II (1685-1688), Crown, 1687 TERTIO, second laureate and draped bust left, rev. four crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, upwards large lettered edge, 29.22g [450.93grns], 6h (ESC 79; Bull 745; S.3407), a few light surface scuffs and friction to the reverse, and pinmarks, but otherwise lightly toned, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8222361-008)ProvenanceThe Heron Collection of English Silver Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222361-008/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU53 | James II (1685-1688), Crown, 1688 QVARTO, second laureate and draped bust left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, six strings to harp, upwards lettered edge, 29.73g, 7h (ESC 80; Bull 746; S.3407), occasional areas of wear to the highest points, bagmarked, otherwise lightly and evenly toned, good very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU53 (Cert. #8222361-011)ProvenanceThe Heron Collection of English Silver Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222361-011/53/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC AU | William and Mary (1688-1694), Five-Guineas, 1694 SEXTO, conjoined laureate busts right, plain below, rev. crowned and garnished shield, raised letter •+• DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • • ANNO • REGNI • SEXTO •+• downwards on edge, 41.554g, 6h (Murdoch II, 720; Schneider II, 462/-; MCE 142; EGC I, 353; S.3422), lightly wiped and with smoothing on neck, but residually lustrous, a pleasing and bolder very fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, generously graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534311-012)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Seaby, by private treaty (ref. 741468),...
(x) NGC AU | William and Mary (1688-1694), 'Royal African Company', Five-Guineas, 1691 TERTIO, Elephant and Castle, conjoined laureate busts right, E&C below, rev. crowned and garnished shield, 41.689g [643.36grns], 6h (King - [cf. 124-125 for date]; MCE 137; EGC I, 345; GH 48; S.3423), a minor rim bruise at 11 o'clock, and the fields lightly wiped but with much residual lustre, an attractive and really bold very fine, the variety unrepresented in the famous Samuel King collection, scarce thus, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534311-010)ProvenanceThe "Pallas"...
William and Mary (1688-1694), Guinea, 1694, stop after GRATIA, conjoined laureate busts right, rev. crowned shield, edge obliquely milled, 8.24g [127.8grns], 6h (MCE 159; EGC 375; S.3426), areas of softness, light wear, bagmarks, otherwise good fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC XF | William and Mary (1689-1694), Shilling, 1693, no stop after GRATIA, conjoined laureate and draped busts right, rev. crowned cruciform shields, WM in angles, six strings to harp, obliquely milled edge, 5.99g, 6h (ESC 1075A; Bull 867; S.3437), removed from mount and with soft portrait, otherwise with some light haymarking, toned, very fine, in NGC holder, graded XF Details ~ Mount Removed (Cert. #8222369-001)ProvenanceAMR Coins, by private treaty, 31 July 2020 https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222369-001/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please vi...
(x) William III, Solus (1694-1702), 'Fine Work' Five-Guineas, 1701 DECIMO TERTIO, 'Plain Sceptres' Variety, under Mint Master Sir Isaac Newton, second laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, plain sceptres in angles, Irish harp without strings, edge lettering upwards, 41.44g [639.5grns], 5h (MCE 172; Schneider II, 480; EGC I, 398; Duveen 118; S.3456), removed from a brooch mount on obverse with resultant smoothing and tooling to design, the fields lightly brushed, otherwise struck details bolder than very fine, an affordable entry-level example of this recognisable one-year typeSu...
(x) William III, Solus (1694-1702), Guinea, 1700, second laureate head right, rev. six strings to late harp, semi-ornate emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, edge obliquely milled, 8.24g, 5h (MCE 184; Farey 430; EGC I, 423 [Type C/13]; S.3460), fine / very fineSubject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
NGC AU58 | William III, Solus (1694-1702), Half-Guinea, 1698, first laureate head right, rev. large crowned shields cruciform, four strings to harp, seven billets, sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, 4.16g, 6h (EGC 434; MCE 193; S.3468), light haymarks, but otherwise residually lustrous, very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8222368-007)ProvenanceAMR Coins, by private treaty, 31 July 2020 https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222368-007/58/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC MS63 | *Top Pop* | William III, Solus (1694-1702), Shilling, 1700, fifth laureate bust, rev. crowned cruciform shields, no stops, 5.98g, 5h (ESC 1121; Bull 1150; S.3516), some slight rub to the higher points of the obverse but otherwise practically uncirculated, cartwheel lustre remains, near extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS63 *Top Pop* (Cert. #8222369-002) [*Single Finest Certified*]ProvenanceT. R. Hardaker, Baldwin's, Auction 48, 24 September 2020, lot 803*https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222369-002/63/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Term...
(x) NGC MS62 | William III, Solus (1694-1702), Sixpence, 1697, third laureate and draped bust right, rev. crowned cruciform shields, four strings to late harp, large crowns, edge obliquely milled, 2.85g, 6h (ESC 1566; Bull 1233; S.3538), light flecking, with a pleasing cabinet tone to lustrous surfaces, good extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534309-002)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534309-002/62/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(x) NGC AU | Anne (1702-1714), Post-Union, Five-Guineas, 1709 OCTAVO, first diademed and draped bust left, rev. crowned broader shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, six strings to harp, raised letters + • DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • • ANNO • REGNI • OCTAVO • upwards on edge, 41.735g [644.07grns], 6h (King 146; MCE 201; EGC I, 450; GH 70; S.3567), the fields smoothed where formerly graffitied on obverse, and with a small bruise to obverse 3 o'clock, otherwise with much natural lustre and an honest uniform strike, a bolder very fine / extremely fine but with some unfortunate dragmark...
NGC AU | Anne (1702-1714), Post-Union, Guinea, 1710, third laureate and draped bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, 8.35g, 5h (MCE 222; Farey 530; EGC 474; S.3574), a few light surface knocks, toned, very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU Details (Cert. #8222399-004)ProvenanceSpink, by private treaty[?] [with envelope]Hardiman, by private treaty - £1050 [possibly with his ticket]Very likely to be: Glendining, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, 14 July 1977, lot 277 - slight surface and edge knocks, otherwise a goo...
(x) NGC XF | Anne (1702-1714), Post-Union, Guinea, 1710, 'Wide Date', third diademed and draped bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, 8.245g, 6h (MCE 222; Farey 530; EGC I, 474; Ellerby 166; S.3574), historic gouges in second quarter of reverse, and scratches behind head, otherwise strictly a bolder fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, generously graded Extremely Fine (Cert. #8534315-009)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsGlendining, 14 April 1964, lot 19 - "almost very fine" - £35.0.0 https://ww...
Anne (1702-1714), Post-Union, Guinea, 1711, third draped bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.34g, 5h (MCE 223; EGC 475; S.3574), ex mount[?], slight rub but residual lustre, the occasional scuff, but otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Anne (1702-1714), Post-Union, Guinea, 1714, third draped bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.33g, 6h (MCE 226; EGC 479; S.3574), scuff in front of the portrait, softly flattened portrait, reverse much better, fine to very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU58 | Anne (1702-1714) Half Guinea, 1710, draped bust left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, 4.15g, 6h (EGC I, 489; MCE 233; S.3575), with a residual cartwheel lustre, brilliant surfaces, about extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8222368-006)ProvenanceBaldwin's, Auction 13, 27 November 2017, lot 184* https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222368-006/58/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Anne (1702-1714), Half-Guinea, 1714, third draped bust left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, six strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 4.11g, 6h (MCE 237; EGC II, 494; S.3575), small edge bruise at 12 o'clock and some hairline scratches, otherwise with a residual lustre and a rich orange-gold tone, very fineProvenanceGEF CollectionBaldwin's, by private treaty, 28 October 2010 - £2,000Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
NGC UNC | Anne (1702-1714), Pre-Union, VIGO Crown, 1703 TERTIO, draped bust left, VIGO below, rev. crowned shields cruciform, angles plain, seven strings to harp, lettered edge downwards, 29.99g, 5h (Pywell-Phillips 210; ESC 99; Bull 1340; S.3576), friction marked, evidence of haymarking, otherwise pleasingly toned to the peripheries, an impressive level of detail, extremely fine and categorically not cleaned in the cataloguer's opinion, in NGC holder, graded UNC Details ~ Cleaned (Cert. #8222361-010)ProvenanceThe Heron Collection of English Silver Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/822236...
(x) NGC MS61 | Anne (1702-1714), Post-Union, Shilling, 1708, third draped bust left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, plain in angles, six strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 5.97g, 6h (ESC 1147; Bull 1399; S.3610), haymarked, otherwise with a pleasing flashy lustre, light toning in parts, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS61 (Cert. #8222388-001)ProvenanceJohn Newman Coins, by private treaty https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222388-001/61/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
NEWTON'S NEMESIS: A FINE RUN OF QUEEN ANNE FARTHINGS
Anne (1702-1714), Silver Pattern Farthing, 1713, ANNA . DEI . GRATIA ., draped bust left, rev. BRITANNIA . 1713 ., Britannia seated left, double exergue line, holding spear and branch, within thick linear circle, edge plain, 4.43g, 12h (BMC [Peck] 746 [4+B]), a couple of old hairlines to obverse, with a pleasing and uniform dark silver tone to glossy and lustrous surfaces, extremely fine, rareSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Anne (1702-1714), Silver Pattern Farthing, 1713, ANNA . DEI . GRATIA ., draped bust left, rev. BRITAN NIA, Britannia seated left, holding spear and branch, within portico, edge plain, 4.68g, 12h (Montagu 12; Cooke 485; Pywell-Phillips -; BMC [Peck] 747 [4+D]), usual flawing to reverse stop and right arch, hairlined to obverse and small mark to neck, otherwise with a handsome grey cabinet tone and with a flashy lustre to fields, extremely fine, rareSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Anne (1702-1714), Copper Pattern Farthing, 1714, ANNA DEI . GRATIA ., draped bust left, rev. BRITAN NIA ., Britannia seated left, holding spear and branch, date in exergue, edge plain, 5.53g, 6h (BMC [Peck] 741 [2+E]), some small contact marks to cheek, otherwise with a dark brown uniform tone, with a flashy lustre in fields, reverse toned, extremely fine, scarceSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Anne (1702-1714), Copper Pattern Farthing, 1714, ANNA DEI . GRATIA ., draped bust left, rev. BRITAN NIA ., Britannia seated left, holding spear and branch, date in exergue, edge plain, 4.60g, 6h (BMC [Peck] 742 [2+E]), soft to tops of devices, with uniform brown surfaces, a faint residual lustre, bolder very fine, scarceSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Anne (1702-1714), Copper Pattern Farthing, 1713, ANNA AVGVSTA, draped bust left, rev. PAX . MISSA . PER . ORBEM, Pax driving a chariot right, holding branch and spear, date in exergue, edge plain, 5.42g, 12h (Cooke 492; BMC [Peck] 764 [5+G]), obverse cleaned and with resulting faint hairlines, small scratch to reverse, nonetheless toned, with chocolate brown surfaces, bolder very fine, rareSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George I (1714-1727), Guinea, 1715, second laureate head right, hair curl below truncation, rev. crowned shields cruciform, nine strings to harp, eight hearts to Hanoverian shield, edge obliquely milled, 8.33g, 5h (MCE 246; Farey 590; EGC 503; S.3629), softness to the higher devices but with residual lustre, especially to the reverse, very fineProvenanceFound on Penmachno Farmland, Sunday 14/15 June 2025Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George I (1714-1727), Guinea, 1715, third laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, eight strings to harp, seven hearts to Hanoverian shield, edge obliquely milled, 8.40g, 5h (MCE 247; EGC 504; S.3630), edge nick, light bagmarking, otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George I (1714-1727), Guinea, 1715, third laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, eight strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.26g, 5h (MCE 247; EGC 504; S.3630), flattened portrait, occasional light scuffs and smoothing, otherwise good fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George I (1714-1727), Guinea, 1715, third laureate bust right, rev. crowned cruciform shields, [eight?] strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.10g, 5h (MCE 247; Farey 595; EGC 504; S.3630), previously mounted and heavily sweated, some hairline scratches to fields, fair to fineProvenanceCheffins Auctions, 4 March 2015 - £240Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC AU | George I (1714-1727), Half-Guinea, 1725, second laureate bust right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, five strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 4.202g, 6h (MCE 274; Schneider II, 552; EGC I, 546; King 158; Stratos 35; Ellerby 92; S.3637), somewhat bright but residually lustrous with attractive orange-purple hueing in recesses, a bolder very fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534314-002)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins SCMB, April 1975, G209 - "good VF" - £325 Ex 'SOL' Collection, purchased in tranches by Seaby, from 1974...
NGC MS64 | George I (1714-1727), Quarter-Guinea, 1718, laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, five strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 2.09g, 6h (MCE 277; Schneider II, 554; EGC I, 550; S.3638), lustrous surfaces, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS64 (Cert. #8222368-005)ProvenanceMorton & Eden 93, 27 June 2018, lot 191* https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222368-005/64/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC MS62 | George I (1714-1727), Quarter-Guinea, 1718, laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, five strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 2.074g, 6h (MCE 277; Schneider II, 554; EGC I, 550; S.3638), small mark before eye and a trace of flecking to lustrous, original fields, almost extremely fine, and a thoroughly pleasing example of this popular diminutive issue struck in answer to the great national silver shortage, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534314-003)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins SCMB, Octob...
George I (1714-1727), Quarter-Guinea, 1718, laureate bust right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, 2.64g, 6h (EGC 550; MCE 277; Schneider II, 554; S.3638), a light edge knock at 6 o'clock, otherwise lustrous, a pleasing little specimen, good very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC VF20 | George I (1714-1727), 'Roses and Plumes', Crown, 1716, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned cruciform shields, roses and plumes in angles, eleven strings to harp, 6h (ESC 110; Bull 1540; S.3639), some bruising to edges and largely rubbed to devices, with a dark and uniform tone, bold fine, in NGC holder, graded VF20 (Cert. #3808886-006)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/3808886-006/20/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU58 | George II (1727-1760), Five-Guineas, 1729 TERTIO, younger laureate head left, plain below truncation, rev. crowned garnished shield, eleven strings to harp, edge lettering upwards, inverted Ns in ANNO, 41.84g, 6h (MCE 278; King 160; Stratos -; EGC I, 552; GH 80; S.3663), light sporadic surface marks in otherwise lustrous original fields, near extremely fine, a most presentable and pleasing specimen, in NGC holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8220557-001)ProvenanceSJA 15, 30 September 2010, lot 154 - "extremely fine, very scarce" - £9,000 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8220557-001/58/Su...
NGC VF | George II (1727-1760), Guinea, 1741/39, intermediate laureate head left, rev. crowned shield of arms, 8.29g, 6h (EGC 602 [R4]; MCE -; S.3676), extremely rare, with rub to the portrait but otherwise near very fine, very harshly graded in the opinion of the cataloguer, in NGC holder, graded VF Details ~ Cleaned (Cert. #8222368-004)ProvenanceBaldwin's, Auction 22, 27 September 2018, lot 1099*Found by a metal detectorist https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222368-004/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) George II (1727-1760), 'Old Head' Half-Guinea, 1756, older laureate head left, rev. crowned garnished shield, six strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 4.16g, 6h (EGC 658; MCE 364; S.3685), some smoothing to the edge and evidence of previous mounting, lightly contact marked and wiped, toned to reverse, very fineProvenanceGEF CollectionArgentum, Baldwin's, 1 February 2014, lot 107J. F. Pilkington, Glendining, 20 December 1927, lot 296 (part)Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
George II (1727-1760), 'Old Head' Half-Guinea, 1760, seven strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 4.10g, 6h (MCE 366; EGC 662; S.3685), slight crease in flan, and wavy edges, areas of softness, scuffs and contact marks, fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC MS62 | George II (1727-1760), Crown, 1741 DECIMO QVARTO, young laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, rev. four crowned shields cruciform, roses in angles, eight strings to harp, seven hearts, downwards lettered edge, 29.970g, 5h (Bull 1666; ESC 122; S.3687), lightly wiped and retoned, with much original lustre, a most attractive extremely fine, bolder still in parts, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8220537-002)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220537-002/62/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
NGC XF45 | Mint Error | George II (1727-1760), 'Old Head' Sixpence, 175[-], older laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, angles plain, 6h (S.3711), double struck, the second strike off centre, light wear, good fine, in NGC holder, graded XF45 ~ Mint Error ~ Double Struck (Cert. #6031701-001)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6031701-001/45/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC VF20-AU58 | George II (1727-1760), Maundy Set, 1729, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, rev. crowned value, edges plain (ESC 2402; [Threepence, ESC 2019; Twopence, ESC 2226; Penny, ESC 2331]; Bull 1765; S.3716) the Fourpence rubbed to devices, yet toned, fine, the others all toned to dark-silver surfaces, good very fine to about extremely fine, in NGC holders, graded VF20 [Fourpence] (Cert. #8464067-063) / AU58 [Threepence] (Cert. #8464067-011) / AU55 [Twopence] (Cert. #8464067-061) / AU53 [Penny] (Cert. #8464067-062) (4)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8464067-063/20/https://www.n...
NGC MS63-UNC | George II (1727-1760), Maundy Set, 1746, Penny 1746/5, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, rev. crowned mark of value, edges plain (ESC 2410; [Penny, ESC 2341]; Bull 1773; S.3716), Fourpence with cleaning to reverse field, otherwise toned and lustrous, extremely fine, the Threepence darkly toned and lustrous, extremely fine, the Twopence as before, extremely fine, Penny, with flecking otherwise as before, extremely fine, in NGC holders, graded UNC Details ~ Rev. Cleaned [Fourpence] (Cert. #8464067-058) / MS62 [Threepence] (Cert. #8464067-057) / MS63 [Twopence] (Cert. #8464...
(x) George III (1760-1820), 'Rose' Guinea, 1767, third young laureate bust right, rev. crowned shield, seven strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 8.29g, 6h (MCE 372; EGC I, 677 [R3]; Farey 1061; S.3727), a scratch on neck, and rubbed but residually lustrous, a bolder fine / very fine, a scarcer yearSubject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
George III (1760-1820), 'Rose' Guinea, 1773, third laureate head, no stop after III, rev. crowned garnished shield, seven strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.13g, 6h (MCE 378; Farey 1130; EGC I, 684; S.3727), previously mounted and with sweated surfaces, fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Rose' Guinea, 1777, fourth laureate head right, rev. crowned garnished shield, nine strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 8.29g, 6h (MCE 382; EGC I, 695; S.3728), slightly flattened details, bagmarks, otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Rose' Guinea, 1779, fourth laureate head right, rev. crowned garnished shield, eight strings to harp, chevron milled edge, 8.30g, 6h (MCE 383; Farey 1190; EGC 698; S.3728), hairline scratch in legends and soft to devices, bolder fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC MS61 | George III (1760-1820), 'Rose' Guinea, 1785, 'Arabic 1', fourth laureate bust, rev. crowned garnished shield, seven strings to harp, chevron milled edge, 8.73g, 7h (MCE 389; Farey 1240; EGC 708; Stratos 108; S.3728), some light fingermarking and small surface scuffs but otherwise lustrous, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS61 (Cert. #8222399-003)ProvenanceSpink, by private treaty [with ticket]https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222399-003/61/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1787, fifth laureate head right, rev. crowned 'spade' shield, seven strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 8.33g, 11h (MCE 391; Farey 1260; EGC I, 711; S.3729), lightly wiped and scratched, otherwise residually lustrous, with a hint of reddish tone, very fine or marginally bolder for strikeSubject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1787, fifth laureate head right, rev. crowned shield, seven strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 8.23g, 6h (Bull 711; MCE 391; S.3729), ex-mount with resultant crimp at 12 o'clock, cleaned, otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1787, fifth laureate head right, rev. crowned 'spade' shield, [seven?] strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 8.05g, 12h (MCE 391; Farey 1260; EGC 711; S.3729), previously mounted and resulting smoothing to edge, heavily sweated and lightly dished, fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1790, 'Small 90', fifth laureate head right, rev. crowned shield, edge chevron milled, 8.34g, 12h (MCE 394 variety; Farey 1290; EGC 718; S.3729), potentially ex-mount with some edge evidence, previously cleaned, details slightly flattened, some hairlines, otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1791, fifth laureate bust right, rev. crowned shield, seven strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 8.33g, 12h (MCE 395; EGC 719; Farey 1300; S.3729), lightly contact marked and with softness to the tops of devices, with a hint of red tone, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1792, 'Large 92', fifth laureate bust right, rev. crowned shield, seven strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 8.37g, 12h (MCE 396; EGC 720; Farey 1315; S.3729), lightly contact marked, otherwise lustrous, good very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1792, 'Large 92', fifth laureate bust right, rev. crowned shield, seven strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 8.36g, 12h (MCE 396; EGC 720; Farey 1315; S.3729), toned, especially to the recesses, slight rub to higher devices, nonetheless lustrous, good very fineProvenanceSeaby, by private treaty [with envelope]Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1793, fifth laureate head right, rev. crowned shield, seven strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 7.72g, 12h (MCE 397; EGC 722; S.3729), ex-mount, heavily worn and cleaned, fairSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1794, fifth laureate head right, rev. crowned shield, eight strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 8.37g, 12h (MCE 398; EGC 725; S.3729),softness to the higher devices, near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1795, fifth laureate bust right, rev. crowned shield, six strings to harp, edge chevron milled, 8.35g, 12h (MCE 399; EGC 726; Farey 1340; S.3729), light haymarking, toned in the legend, lustrous, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1796, fifth laureate head right, rev. crowned Spade shield, seven strings to harp, chevron milled edge, 8.40g, 12h (MCE 400; Farey 1350; EGC 729; S.3729), light hairlining with a couple of small surface nicks, lightly toned, very fine, a scarce dateProvenanceSeaby, by private treaty - £580 [with ticket]Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU | George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Guinea, 1798, fifth laureate head right, rev. crowned 'Spade' shield, seven strings to harp, edge milled, 8.33g, 12h (MCE 402; Farey 1370; EGC 732; S.3729), cleaned with tooling present on obverse, otherwise very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU Details ~ Cleaned (Cert. #8222368-003)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222368-003/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC MS63 | *Top Pop* | George III (1760-1820), Half-Guinea, 1775, third laureate bust right, rev. crowned shield (MCE 416; S.3733), lustrous, very rare, in NGC 'Waterbird' holder, graded MS63 *Top Pop* (Cert. #4632935-006) [*Joint Finest Certified*]https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/4632935-006/63/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Half-Guinea, 1787, fifth laureate bust right, rev. crowned shield, seven strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 4.15g, 12h (EGC 829; MCE 427; S.3735), lightly hairlined and some small scuffs, but otherwise with residual lustre, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) George III (1760-1820), 'Garter' Half-Guinea, 1801, sixth laureate bust right, rev. crowned shield in Garter, four strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 4.21g, 12h (EGC 845; MCE 439; S.3736), old hairline scratch to obverse, otherwise lustrous and pleasingly so to the reverse, good very fine / extremely fineProvenanceGEF CollectionSNC, April 2005, MG1443, 'light scratch on bust, EF' - £275Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(x) NGC AU58 | George III (1760-1820), Third-Guinea, 1797, Type 1, first laureate head right, rev. crown, date in legend, edge obliquely milled, 2.798g, 12h (MCE 449; EGC I, 867; S.3738), lightly flecked but lustrous, a pleasing extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8534314-007)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins SCMB, December 1975, G953 - "EF, some light flecking" - £125Purchased by Seaby [ticketed for stock, ref. 751202/G730], October 1975 - £67https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-007/58/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VA...
(x) George III (1760-1820), Third-Guinea, 1804, Type 2, second laureate head right, rev. crown, edge obliquely milled, 2.79g, 12h (MCE 456; EGC I, 874; S.3740), some contact marking, otherwise with a slight lustre, very fineProvenanceGEF CollectionSt James's, Auction 2, 11 May 2005, lot 366 - £105Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(g) George III (1760-1820), Third-Guinea, 1808, second laureate bust right, rev. crown, edge obliquely milled, 2.76g, 12h (EGC 877; MCE 458; S.3740), bruised to edge at 3 and 9 o'clock, with some contact marks, otherwise with a residual lustre, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC MS61 | George III (1760-1820), Third-Guinea, 1810, Type 2, second laureate head right, rev. crown and date, edge obliquely milled, 2.80g, 12h (MCE 460; Schneider II, 626; EGC I, 879; Selig 1077; S.3740), some light hairlining but otherwise good very fine, in NGC holder, graded MS61 (Cert. #8222399-005)ProvenanceSpink, by private treaty [with envelope]https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222399-005/61/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC MS63 | George III (1760-1820), Quarter-Guinea, 1762, laureate head right, rev. crowned and garnished shield, seven strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 2.09g, 7h (Schneider II, 627; MCE 463; EGC I, 886; Stratos 25-26; S.3741), pleasingly lustrous, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS63 (Cert. #8222399-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222399-001/63/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU53-MS63 | George III (1760-1820), Maundy Set, 1800, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned mark of value, edge plain (Bull 2239; ESC 2421; S.3764), all lightly haymarked, with some softness to the hair, otherwise toned, especially so to Penny, extremely fine, in NGC holders, graded AU53 (Cert.#8464067-049) [Fourpence] / NGC MS61 (Cert. #8464067-050) [Threepence] / NGC MS62 (Cert. #8464067-051) [Twopence] / NGC MS63 (Cert. #8464067-052) [Penny] (4)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8464067-049/53/https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8464067-050/61/https://www.ngccoin.uk/certl...
(x) George III (1760-1820), Emergency Issues (1797-1799), Oval-Countermarked Dollar (8-Reales), struck over Charles IV, 8-Reales, 1795-PTS PP, Potosi, CAROLUS · IIII · DEI · GRATIA · laureate and draped bust right, oval countermark of George III in centre, rev. · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · PTS · 8R · P · P · crowned square-topped shield dividing pillars, security edge, 26.59g, 12h (Bull 1857; ESC 131; S.3765A), attempted piercing in reverse legend, otherwise lightly cleaned and rubbed, the host coin very fine, the countermark bolder still, a scarcer prototype for the infamous 'Head of a Fool on...
George III (1760-1820), Emergency Issues (1797-1799), Octagonal-Countermarked Dollar (8-Reales), 1799, Mexico City, laureate and draped bust right, octagonal countermark of George III in centre, rev. crowned square-topped shield dividing pillars, security edge, 26.95g, 12h (Bull 1868; ESC 138; S.3766), previously cleaned and with light contact marks, roughness to reverse in correspondence to countermark, host coin and countermarks, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) George III (1760-1820), Pattern Proof Copper Dollar, 1804, Type A/2, first laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right, leaf to upright of E of DEI, : C . H . K ., in relief on truncation, rev. Britannia seated facing left, K in relief, edge plain, 22.57g, 12h (ESC 146; Bull 1927; D.18; L&S 55; S.3768), FT graffitied to right of date, light contact marks to, including to shield, otherwise flashy fields and with a handsome red beneath darkened surfaces, good extremely fineProvenanceBaldwin's, Fixed Price List, Summer 2012, BM052 - £1,250 St. James's, Auction 18, 27 September 2011, lot 290 -...
George III (1760-1820), Bank of England, Dollar, 1804, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, leaf to upright of E in DEI, rev. Britannia seated with crowned, oval band, plain edge, 26.91g, 12h (ESC 144; Bull 1925; S.3768), previously cleaned and with a resulting glossy-lustre to darkly blue-silver toned surfaces, some contact marks, the undertype evident within legends, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George III (1760-1820), Bank Tokens (4), Three Shillings, 1811 (2), first laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. value in wreath, edges plain, 12h, 14.63g (ESC 408; Bull 2065; S.3769), lightly hairlined to glossy and toned surfaces, good very fine; 12h, 14.67g (ESC 408; Bull 2065; S.3769), lightly hairlined, glossy and toned surfaces, very fine; Three Shillings, 1814, second laureate bust right, rev. value in wreath, edge plain, 14.61g, 12h (ESC 422; Bull 2083; S.3770), light contact marks and softness to tops of devices, very fine; Eighteenpence, 1816, as before, edge plain, 7.29g, 1...
(g) NGC MS63 | George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage' Sovereign, 1817, laureate head right, rev. St George and Dragon within Garter, edge milled, 7.98g, 6h (Marsh 1; MCE 464; EGC 895; Stratos 114; S.3785), light pinmark scuffing to otherwise handsomely lustrous surfaces, with a hint of red tone, good extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS63 (Cert. #8534337-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534337-001/63/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC XF | George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage', Sovereign, 1817, laureate head right, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.914g, 6h (Marsh/Hill 1; MCE 464; EGC II, 895; Stratos 114; S.3785), rubbed but residually lustrous, the centres bolder than fine, the peripheries very fine or better, the supremely popular seminal year of issue, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded Extremely Fine (Cert. #8534314-008)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-008/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Ter...
(g) George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage', Sovereign, 1817, laureate head right, rev. St George and Dragon within Garter, edge milled, 7.94g, 6h (Marsh 1; MCE 464; EGC 895; Stratos 114; S.3785), light hairlining, some rub to higher devices, otherwise near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage', Sovereign, 1817, laureate head right, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.91g, 5h (Marsh 1; MCE 464; EGC 895; Stratos 114; S.3785), sweated and soft to devices, fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage', Sovereign, 1818, laureate head right, with ascending colon, rev. St George and Dragon within Garter, edge milled, 7.90g, 6h (Marsh 2A; MCE 465; EGC 900; S.3785A), bruise at 12 o'clock, cleaned and lightly bagmarked, near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) PCGS AU55 | George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage', Sovereign, 1820, 'Large Date' 'Open 2', laureate head right, rev. St George and Dragon within Garter, edge milled, 7.99g*, 6h (Bentley 7; MCE 466; Marsh 4; EGC 906; S.3785C), with a scattering of hairlines and light contact marks to otherwise pleasingly lustrous surfaces, really bold very fine to near extremely fine, in PCGS holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #83753761)https://www.pcgs.com/cert/83753761Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George III (1760-1820), 'New-Coinage', Sovereign, 1820, Large Date, 'Open 2', laureate head right, rev. St George and Dragon within Garter, edge milled, 7.84g, 6h (Bentley 7; MCE 466; Marsh 4; EGC 906 [R2]; S.3785C), tooled to horse's head and rubbed to devices, bold fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage', Sovereign, 1820, 'Closed 2', laureate head right, rev. St George and Dragon within Garter, edge milled, 7.94g, 6h (Bentley 8; MCE 466; Marsh 4B; EGC 908; S.3785C), small punch mark behind bust, wiped and lightly contact marked, softness to the tops of devices, yet with a residual lustre to the reverse field, strict very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage', Sovereign, 1820, 'Closed 2', laureate head right, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.84g, 6h (EGC II, 908; MCE 466; Marsh 4B; Stratos 118; S.3785C), wiped and contact marked, with a hint of red tone in recesses, near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) PCGS MS65 | George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage', Half-Sovereign, 1817, laureate head right, rev. crowned shield, edge milled, 6h (Marsh 400; MCE 467; EGC II, 928; Selig 1083; S.3786), minor pinmarking before chin, nonetheless with a most pleasingly mint fresh example, a gem, practically as struck, in PCGS holder, graded MS65 (Cert. #21737924)ProvenanceHeritage, Auction 3089, 21 January 2021, lot 32747https://www.pcgs.com/cert/21737924Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George III (1760-1820) 'New Coinage', Half-Sovereign, 1817, laureate head right, rev. crowned shield, edge milled, 3.99g, 6h (Marsh 400; MCE 467; EGC II, 928; S.3786), small tooling mark behind neck and a scattering of light contact marks, nonetheless lustrous and pleasing to hair, nearing extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George III (1760-1820) 'New Coinage', Half-Sovereign, 1817, laureate head right, rev. crowned shield, edge milled, 3.94g, 6h (Marsh 400; MCE 467; EGC II, 928; Selig 1083; S.3786), light edge knock, flatness to higher devices, otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George III (1760-1820) 'New Coinage', Half-Sovereign, 1817, laureate head right, rev. crowned shield, edge milled, 3.93g, 6h (Marsh 400; MCE 467; EGC II, 928; Selig 1083; S.3786), cleaned, dimpled surface, flatness to higher devices, otherwise good fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC AU55 | George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage' Crown, 1820 LX, laureate head right, rev. St George and Dragon within Garter, edge lettered upwards, 28.198g, 5h (ESC 219; Bull 2016; S.3787), colourfully cabinet toned with underlying lustre, some surface marks, otherwise a pleasingly bold very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #8222386-002)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222386-002/55/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(g) NGC MS64 | George IV (1820-1830), Two-Pounds, 1823 IV, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge lettered DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNO IV. upwards, 15.98g, 6h (MCE 470; Marsh T6; EGC II, 945; Stratos 171; S.3798), deft bagmarks in lustrous, original fields, the portrait with handsome 'blooming', good extremely fine, a delightful example, in NGC holder, graded MS64 (Cert. #8220537-003)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220537-003/64/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC AU53 | George IV (1820-1830), Two-Pounds, 1823 IV, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge lettered DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNO IV. upwards, 15.940g, 6h (MCE 470; Marsh T6; EGC II, 945; Stratos 171; S.3798), rubbed, but residually lustrous, a really bold very fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded AU53 (Cert. #8534314-011)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSCMB, April 1976, G432 - "nearly EF" - £350Purchased by Seaby [ticketed for stock, ref. 760436], 1976 - £250https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-011/53/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more...
(g) NGC AU | George IV (1820-1830), Two-Pounds, 1823 IV, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge lettered DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNO IV. upwards, 15.916g, 6h (MCE 470; Marsh T6; EGC II, 945; Stratos 171; S.3798), rubbed and lightly wiped, otherwise a bolder very fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8532314-012)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Credit Suisse (Zurich), by private treaty (ref. 08272), 1 July 1974 - CHF3,000https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-012/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more informati...
(g) George IV (1820-1830), Two-Pounds, 1823 IV, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge lettered DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNO IV. upwards, 15.457g, 6h (MCE 470; Marsh T6; EGC II, 945; Stratos 171; S.3798), removed from a solder mount at reverse 12 o'clock, the fields heavily sweated, struck details scarcely very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1821, Type 1, laureate head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.96g, 6h (Marsh 5; MCE 471; EGC II, 959; Bentley 12; Stratos 119-120; S.3800), small reverse edge bruise and light scattering of contact marking to otherwise pleasingly lustrous surfaces, about extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC XF | George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1821, Type 1, laureate head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.912g, 7h (Marsh 5; MCE 471; EGC II, 959; Bentley 12; Stratos 119-120; S.3800), residual lustre, a bolder fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded Extremely Fine (Cert. #8534315-010)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534315-010/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC AU | George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1821, Type 1, laureate head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.957g, 7h (Marsh 5; MCE 471; EGC II, 959; Bentley 12; Stratos 119-120; S.3800), some rim marks and evidence of past wiping, otherwise very fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534315-011)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534315-011/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) PCGS AU50 | George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1822, Type 1, laureate head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 7h (Marsh 6; MCE 472; EGC II, 961; Bentley 13; S.3800), scattered with light contact marking, nonetheless lustre to reverse field, bold very fine, in PCGS holder, graded AU50 (Cert. #36727524)https://www.pcgs.com/cert/36727524Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1824, Type 1, laureate head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.96g, 6h (Marsh 8; MCE 474; EGC II, 964; Bentley 15; S.3800), hairlined and with hairline scratches before the face, nonetheless with lustre, near extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC MS62 | George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1825, bare head left, rev. crowned shield of arms (EGC 966; Marsh 10; Bentley 18; S.3801), a touch of pinmarking and a smattering of light scuffs but otherwise with cartwheel lustre, near extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8222370-001)ProvenanceBaldwin's, Auction 13, 27 November 2017, lot 255* https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222370-001/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC AU55 | George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1826, bare head left, rev. crowned garnished shield, edge milled, 7.99g, 7h (Marsh 11; MCE 477; Spink 3801), some minor surface marks, otherwise a bold very fine, in NGC 'Apollo Collection' holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #5880293-018)ProvenanceSpink, Apollo Collection, Auction 20005, 15 September 2020, lot 126https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5880293-018/55/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George IV (1820-1830), 'Chantrey's' Sovereign, 1827, Type 2, bare head left, rev. crowned garnished shield, edge milled, 7.98g, 6h (Hill 12; EGC II, 971; cf. Bentley 20; S.3801), light scattering of contact marks, with a residual lustre beneath and a hint of red tone, about extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC AU50 | George IV (1820-1830), 'Chantrey's' Sovereign, 1827, Type 2, bare head left, rev. crowned garnished shield, edge milled, 7.93g, 7h (Hill 12; EGC II, 971; cf. Bentley 20; S.3801), slightly wiped and rubbed, otherwise residually toned, almost very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU50 (Cert. #8534334-009)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534334-009/50/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George IV (1820-1830), 'Chantrey's' Sovereign, 1829, Type 2, bare head left, rev. crowned garnished shield, edge milled, 7.89g, 6h (Marsh 14; MCE 480; EGC II, 973; Bentley 22; S.3801), wispy hairlines before the bust, some minor contact marks and a touch of softness to hair, yet with a residual lustre to the legends, more so to reverse, very fine, reverse betterSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George IV (1820-1830), 'Chantrey's' Sovereign, 1829, Type 2, bare head left, rev. crowned garnished shield, edge milled, 7.97g, 6h (Marsh 14; MCE 480; EGC II, 973; Bentley 22; S.3801), some dimpling to the surface suggesting previously cleaning, some spots of green deposit, otherwise very fine or betterSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George IV (1820-1830), 'Chantrey's' Sovereign, 1829, Type 2, bare head left, rev. crowned garnished shield, edge milled, 7.73g, 6h (Marsh 14; MCE 480; EGC II, 973; Bentley 22; S.3801), smoothed and scuffed, about fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC AU58 | George IV (1820-1830), 'Chantrey's' Sovereign, 1830, Type 2 bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 6h (Marsh 15; MCE 481; EGC II, 974; S.3801), light hairlines and contact marks, otherwise with a pleasing lustre, especially to reverse, good very fine / extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #4862965-007)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/4862965-007/58/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC MS65 | George IV (1820-1830), Crown, 1821 SECUNDO, laureate head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge lettered downwards, 28.18g, 6h (ESC 246; Bull 2310; S.3805), friction marks on the obverse, otherwise toned, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS65 (Cert. #8222361-001)ProvenanceThe Heron Collection of English Silver Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222361-001/65/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC PF60 | George IV (1820-1830), Pattern Proof Crown, 1826 SEPTIMO, by Wyon after Chantrey, bare head left, rev. crowned shield with elaborate garnish, lettered edge downwards, 28.18g, 7h (L&S 28; Bull 2336; ESC 257; S.3806), a few small areas of staining, otherwise brilliant surfaces, deeply toned, uncirculated, in NGC holder, graded PF60 (Cert. #8222355-003)ProvenanceThe Heron Collection of English Silver Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222355-003/60/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC PF64 CAM | *Top Pop* | George IV (1820-1830), Proof 'Garter' Halfcrown, 1823, Type 2, laureate head left, B.P. below truncation, rev. crowned shield within Garter, edge milled, 6h (ESC 635; Bull 2366 [R3]; S.3808), small area of hairline scratches around the O of ANNO, otherwise with splendidly brilliant fields, vibrantly toned with hues of ochre and blue and with a handsomely crisp cameo definition, much as struck, in NGC holder, graded PF64 CAMEO (Cert. #6671166-001) [*Single Finest Certified*]https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6671166-001/64/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For mor...
George IV (1820-1830), Uniface Trial Strikings for Sixpence, Obverse and Reverse (2), 1821, laureate head left, rev. crowned garnished shield, 2.64g; 7.15g (Pywell-Phillips 511; Bull 2421; ESC 1654; S.3813), delicately done, extremely fine (2)Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC MS64 | George IV (1820-1830), Sixpence, 1826, Type 3, by William Wyon, bare head left, rev. lion atop crown, edge milled, 2.82g, 6h (Bull 2433; ESC 1662; S.3815), hairline scratch behind hair, otherwise with pleasingly toned and choice surfaces, about uncirculated, in NGC holder, graded MS64 (Cert. #8534309-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534309-001/64/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(g) NGC MS62 | William IV (1830-1837), Sovereign, 1832, second bust right, top of ear broad and flat, rev. crowned shield, 7.99g, 6h (EGC 1024; Bentley 28; MCE 490; Marsh 17; S.3829B), lustrous, choice, about uncirculated, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8222367-002)ProvenanceBaldwin's, by private treaty, 26 May 2017https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222367-002/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) William IV (1830-1837), Sovereign, 1832, second bare head right, rev. crowned shield in mantle, edge milled, 7.97g, 6h (Marsh 17; MCE 490; EGC II, 1024; S.3829B), obverse lightly contact marked, nonetheless with a handsome mint lustre, more so to reverse, extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) William IV (1830-1837), Sovereign, 1832, second bare head right, rev. crowned shield in mantle, edge milled, 7.92g, 6h (Marsh 17; MCE 490; EGC II, 1024; S.3829B), some wear, good fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) William IV (1830-1837), Sovereign, 1833, second bare head right, rev. crowned shield in mantle, edge milled, 7.98g, 6h (EGC II, 1026; Marsh 18; MCE 491; S.3829B), light bagmarking to obverse and rub to portrait, with some lustre and a rich golden-red tone, good very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) William IV (1830-1837), Sovereign, 1835, first bare head right, nose to second I in BRITANNIAR, rev. crowned shield on mantle, milled edge, 7.97g, 6h (Marsh 19; MCE 492; EGC II 1028; Bentley 30; S.3829B), lightly cleaned and with some bagmarks, nonetheless with lustre to the peripheries, very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) PCGS AU55 | William IV (1830-1837), Sovereign, 1836, first bare head right, nose to second I in BRITANNIAR, rev. crowned shield on mantle, edge milled, 5h (Marsh 20; MCE 493; EGC II 1029; Bentley 31; S.3829B), lightly bagmarked, more so to obverse, with lustre, very fine / about extremely fine, in PCGS holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #36727527)https://www.pcgs.com/cert/36727527Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC PF62 CAM | *Top Pop* | William IV (1830-1837), Gold Pattern Groat, 1836, bare head right, rev. Britannia seated right dividing value 4-P, date below, edge plain, 3.38g, 12h (ESC 2529 (1928) R5; WR 271), extremely rare, only 5-10 known, in NGC 'Waterbird' holder, graded PF62 CAMEO *Top Pop* (Cert. #4861777-013) [*Single Finest Certified*]https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/4861777-013/62/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Shieldback' Sovereign, 1838, first young head left, with two plain fillets, raised W.W. on truncation, rev. 'normal' shield in wreath, edge milled, 7.93g, 6h (EGC II, 1054; Bentley 36; Marsh 22; S.3852), wiped and lightly bagmarked rubbed to the hair, very fine, reverse better, he sought-after first year of issue, rare thusSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Shieldback' Sovereign, 1839, first young head left, raised W.W. on truncation, rev. crowned 'normal' shield in wreath, edge milled, 7.93g, 6h (EGC II, 1058; Marsh 23; MCE 500; Bentley 400; Stratos -; S.3852), edge bruised, scratched through the truncation and with other surrounding bagmarks, very fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), Type IA, Shieldback Sovereign, 1849, London, second young head left, W.W. in relief on truncation, rev. crowned 'normal' shield in wreath, edge milled, 7.94g, 6h (MCE 510; Marsh 32; EGC 1090 [R]; Bentley 57; S.3852C), a touch of softness to the portrait and some light scuffing present, otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC MS61 | Mint Error | Victoria (1837-1901), A Remarkable Obverse Brockage 'Shieldback' Sovereign, 1855, London, second young head left, WW incuse on truncation, rev. incuse impression of obverse design, edge milled, 8.00g, [12h] (cf. MCE 516; Marsh/Hill -, cf. 38; cf. Bentley 73; cf. EGC II, 1117; cf. S.3852D), small pinmark scuff to the cheek, evident die flaws on the obverse, otherwise a bold and enlarged brockage, good very fine, in NGC holder, very conservatively graded MS61 ~ Mint Error ~ Reverse Struck through Capped Die (Cert. #8222366-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222366...
(g) NGC MS63 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Shieldback' Sovereign, 1864 [Die 49], 'Stub-top 4', Type IB, second young head left, W.W. incuse on truncation, rev. crowned normal shield in wreath, edge milled, 7.985g, 5h (MCE 525; Bentley 1038; Marsh 49; S.3853), usual die flaw through 4 of date, otherwise attractively choice with playful cartwheel lustre accentuated by peripheral orange hues, a pleasingly good extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS63 (Cert. #8534334-003)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534334-003/63/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and...
(g) NGC MS63 | Victoria (1837-1901), Half Sovereign, 1853, Type A1, 4.00g, 7h (EGC 1248; MCE 575; Marsh 427; S.3859), lightly toned with underlying brilliance, just a few tiny hairline and surface marks, otherwise good extremely fine, hard to find a better example with wonderful eye appeal, in NGC holder, graded MS63 (Cert. #8222368-002)ProvenanceSovereign Rarities, by private treaty, 23 June 2018 https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222368-002/63/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC AU55 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Young Head' Half-Sovereign, 1861, Type A2, second larger 'young' head left, rev. crowned shield, edge milled, 3.98g, 6h (MCE 583; EGC II, 1259; Marsh 435; S.3859A), lightly contact marked and with hairline scratches, with lustre, good very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #8534339-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534339-001/55/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), Half-Sovereign, 1874, die number 33, young head left, rev. crowned shield, edge milled, 3.97g, 6h (ECG II, 1280, Marsh 449; S.3860D), edge knocks at 1 and 3 o'clock, otherwise lightly contact marked but otherwise very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC MS62 | Victoria (1837-1901), Half-Sovereign, 1885, London, Type A5, fifth young head left, rev. crowned shield, edge milled, 3.992g, 6h (Marsh 459; EGC II, 1292; S.3861), beautifully choice, much as struck, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534334-010)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534334-010/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Proof Five-Pounds, 1887, by J. E. Boehm and Benedetto Pistrucci, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, J.E.B. in relief on truncation, rev. St George and Dragon, small B.P. in field, edge milled, 39.58g, 12h (EGC II, 1308; L&S 72; Marsh F31; W&R 285; S.3864), hairlined and pinmarked to fields, evidence of a previous acid test before neck and behind veil, thus with subsequent smoothing and brushmarks to such areas, nonetheless with a handsome cameo definition and mint-brilliance to fields, extremely fine, one of only 797 issued and immensely sought after in com...
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pounds, 1887, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.98g, 12h (MCE -; EGC II, 1307; Schneider II, 653; Marsh F30; Stratos 203; S.3864), faint bagmarks in otherwise glorious "mint fresh" fields, a most pleasing and wholesome good extremely fine, and truly much as issued, scarce in this stupendous gradeSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC MS62 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pounds, 1887, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.98g, 12h (MCE -; EGC II, 1307; Schneider II, 653; Marsh F30; Stratos 203; S.3864), a few minor hairlines, but otherwise extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534300-003)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534300-003/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC AU | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pounds, 1887, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.975g, 12h (MCE -; EGC II, 1307; Schneider II, 653; Hill F30; GH 112; Stratos 203; S.3864), light bagmarks in otherwise bright and lustrous fields, with hints of orange hues in deepest recesses, a pleasing extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534314-016)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-016/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more in...
(g) NGC MS63 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Two-Pounds, 1887, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, small BP, edge milled, 15.99g, 12h (Marsh T26; EGC II, 1317; S.3865), cartwheel lustrous, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS63 (Cert. #8222399-002)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222399-002/63/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Two-Pounds, 1887, 'Small Date', 'Jubilee' bust left, 'doubled eye', rev. St. George and Dragon, small date and B.P., edge milled, 16.00g*, 12h (Dyer & Lubbock 2b/2; S.3865), light bagmarks, otherwise lustrous, choice and lightly toned, extremely fine or better for issueSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Two-Pounds, 1887, 'Small Date', 'Jubilee' bust left, 'doubled eye', rev. St. George and Dragon, small date and B.P., edge milled, 16.00g*, 12h (Dyer & Lubbock 2b/2; S.3865), light bagmarks, otherwise lustrous, choice and lightly toned, extremely fine or better for issueSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Two-Pounds, 1887, 'Small Date', 'Jubilee' bust left, 'doubled eye', rev. St. George and Dragon, small date and B.P., edge milled, 16.00g*, 12h (Dyer & Lubbock 2b/2; S.3865), heavier bagmarks, otherwise lustrous, choice and lightly toned, extremely fine or better for issueSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Two-Pounds, 1887, 'Small Date', 'Jubilee' bust left, 'doubled eye', rev. St. George and Dragon, small date and B.P., edge milled, 16.00g*, 12h (Dyer & Lubbock 2b/2; S.3865), heavier bagmarks, otherwise lustrous, choice and lightly toned, extremely fine or better for issueSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC AU58 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Two-Pounds, 1887, 'Jubilee' head left, rev. St George and Dragon, small BP, edge milled, 15.950g, 12h (Hill T26; EGC II, 1317; S.3865), pleasant orange cabinet tone overlying lustrous, original surfaces, a pleasing extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8534314-017)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-017/58/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC AU | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Two-Pounds, 1887, 'Jubilee' head left, rev. St George and Dragon, small BP, edge milled, 15.980g, 12h (Hill T26; EGC II, 1317; S.3865), small rim file at reverse 5 o'clock, and lightly wiped, otherwise lustrous, a bolder very fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded 'Almost Uncirculated' (Cert. #8534315-012)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534315-012/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Two-Pounds, 1887, 'Jubilee' head left, rev. St George and Dragon, small BP, edge milled, 15.946g, 12h (Hill T26; EGC II, 1317; S.3865), digs on bust and discolouration to rim where probably once mounted, otherwise subtly flashed but lustrous, a bolder very fineProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC MS62 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Sovereign, 1887, Jubilee bust left, normal J.E.B. on truncation, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.982g, 12h (MCE 547; DISH L7; Marsh 125D; S.3866), faint bagmarks in otherwise fully lustrous and mint frosted fields, much as issued, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534334-004)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534334-004/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC MS62 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Sovereign, 1887, Jubilee bust left, normal J.E.B. on truncation, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.997g, 12h (MCE 547; DISH L7; Marsh 125D; S.3866), faint bagmarks in otherwise fully lustrous and mint frosted fields, much as issued, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534334-005)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534334-005/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Sovereign, 1887, crowned and draped 'Jubilee' bust left, first legend, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.97g, 12h (EGC II, 1323; Bentley 323; Marsh 125D; S.3866), faint hairlining to obverse and scattering of light contact marks, nonetheless with a handsome mint lustre, extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC MS62 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Half-Sovereign, 1887, 'Jubilee' bust left, imperfect 'J. E. B.' on truncation, rev. crowned 'high' shield, edge milled, 3.989g, 12h (MCE 605; Marsh 478C; DISH L508; EGC II, 1359; S.3869), lustrous, a pleasing extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534334-011)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534334-011/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC MS61 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Half-Sovereign, 1887, 'Jubilee' bust left, imperfect 'J. E. B.' on truncation, rev. crowned 'high' shield, edge milled, 3.986g, 12h (MCE 605; Marsh 478C; DISH L508; EGC II, 1359; S.3869), lustrous, a pleasing extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS61 (Cert. #8534334-008)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534334-008/61/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old-Head' Five-Pounds, 1893, by T. Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci, veiled head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.95g, 12h (Stratos 205; MCE -; Hill F33; S.3872), scratch across the reverse from centre to 7 o'clock, also some pinmarking and hairlining, otherwise with a pleasing lustre and golden-red tone around the devices, about extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC AU53 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old-Head' Five-Pounds, 1893, by Thomas Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci, veiled head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.970g, 12h (Stratos 205; MCE -; Hill F33; GH 116; S.3872), lightly wiped and bagmarked, otherwise residually lustrous with wisps of orange tone, very fine or marginally bolder, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded AU53 (Cert. #8534314-018)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-018/53/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Condition...
(g) NGC AU | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old-Head' Five-Pounds, 1893, by Thomas Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci, veiled head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.910g, 12h (Stratos 205; MCE -; Hill F33; GH 116; S.3872), minor edge bruising, otherwise rubbed but residually lustrous, very fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded 'Almost Uncirculated' (Cert. #8534315-014)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534315-014/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC MS62 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old Head' Sovereign, 1899, London, veiled or 'widow' head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.986g, 12h (MCE 618; EGC II, 1397; Marsh 494; S.3874), faint bagmarks in otherwise fully lustrous and mint frosted fields, much as issued, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534334-006)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534334-006/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC PF60 | Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Proof 'Gothic' Crown, MDCCCXLVII [1847] UNDECIMO, by William Wyon and William Dyce, crowned 'Gothic' bust left, W.W. below truncation, rev. crowned shields cruciform, national emblems in angles, downwards lettered edge, 28.28g*, 6h (ESC 2571; Bull 288; S.3883), lightly wiped but peripherally retoned, with residual lustre in recesses, an imperiously bold and uniform technical striking of this vaunted Wyon masterpiece with a reported mintage of only 8,000 pieces, a covetable extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded PF60 (Cert. #6321113-001)https://www.ngccoi...
NGC PF58 | Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Proof 'Gothic' Crown, MDCCCXLVII [1847] UNDECIMO, by W Wyon, crowned 'Gothic' bust left, W.W. below truncation, rev. crowned shields cruciform, national emblems in angles, downwards lettered edge, 28.29g, 6h (ESC 2571; Bull 288; S.3883), colourful magenta and rainbow tones, light contact marking, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded PF58 (Cert. #8222355-004)ProvenanceThe Heron Collection of English Silver Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222355-004/58/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions fo...
(x) NGC PF | Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Proof 'Gothic' Crown, MDCCCXLVII [1847] UNDECIMO, by W. Wyon, crowned 'Gothic' bust left, W.W. below truncation, rev. crowned shields cruciform, national emblems in angles, downwards lettered edge, 28.27g, 6h (ESC 2571; Bull 288; S.3883), pinmarked and edge bruised, nonetheless with a brilliance beneath pleasingly cabinet toned surfaces, nearing extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded Proof Details (Cert. #8534338-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534338-001/NGCDetails/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Proof 'Gothic' Crown, MDCCCXLVII [1847] UNDECIMO, by W Wyon, crowned 'Gothic' bust left, W.W. below truncation, rev. crowned shields cruciform, national emblems in angles, downwards lettered edge, 28.28g, 6h (ESC 2571; Bull 288; S.3883), bruised to edge at 12 o'clock, hairlined and scratch behind bust, bright yet with a residual brilliance and ochre tone to peripheries, approaching extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Proof 'Gothic' Crown, MDCCCXLVII [1847] UNDECIMO, by W. Wyon, crowned 'Gothic' bust left, W.W. below truncation, rev. crowned shields cruciform, national emblems in angles, downwards lettered edge, 28.26g, 6h (ESC 2571; Bull 288; S.3883), heavily cleaned and with some smoothing to contact marked fields, previously mounted and smoothed to edge, nonetheless subsequently retoned, strict very fineSubject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Victoria (1837-1901), 'Godless' Florin, 1849 WW, Type A², crowned 'Gothic' bust left, WW after date, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblems in angles, edge milled, 11.30g, 6h (ESC 802; Bull 2815; S.3890), some pinmarks, yet with a near brilliance to fields, extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Gothic' Florin, 1880, crowned 'Gothic' bust left, rev. four crowned shields cruciform, edge milled, 6h (Bull 2900; ESC 854; S.3900), light contact marking and piercing to edge at 12 o'clock, with an irregular dark tone, otherwise very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU Details ~ Environmental Damage (Cert. #8464067-038)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8464067-038/NGCDetails/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC MS62 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old Head' Crown, 1900 LXIV, veiled bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge lettered upwards, 28.28g, 12h (ESC 319; Bull 2609; S.3937), faint bagmarks in otherwise frosty and lustrous original fields, good extremely fine and much as issued, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8220537-004)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220537-004/62/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(x) NGC MS63 BN | Victoria (1837-1901), Penny, 1853 OT, young filleted head left, W.W. incuse on truncation, rev. Britannia seated right, with ornamental trident, plain edge, 18.68g, 12h (BMC [Peck 1500; S.3948), some light and minor contact marks to otherwise pleasingly lustrous surfaces, flashes of mint red to red-brown fields, good extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS63 BROWN (Cert. #8534308-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534-308/63/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(g) Exclusive Royal Presentation Set for Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees and the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII (14) | including, 'Golden Jubilee', Currency Specimen Set, 1887 (11), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, Crown to Threepence (S.PS5), Five-Pounds to Sovereign struck from early dies and thus with a brilliance to fields, yet all with heavy hairlines, more so to higher two denominations, the Half-Sovereign with a pleasing lustre, extremely fine to as struck, the Crown and Double-Florin with softness to portraits, otherwise toned and flashy lustre to reverse, extreme...
Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Specimen Currency Silver Set, 1887 (7), Crown to Threepence, with friction marking, otherwise toned to flashy-lustrous fields, generally extremely fine, in custom made fitted case by R. Stewart of Glasgow (7)Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF64 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation 'Specimen' Matte Proof Five-Pounds, 1902, bare head right, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.76g, 12h (MCE -; W&R 404; EGC II, 1399; Hill F35; Holloway GH 120; S.3966), a hint of die wear to highest points, otherwise good extremely fine, a charming sandblasted Proof, in NGC holder, graded PF64 MATTE (Cert. #8220537-005)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220537-005/64/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Edward VII (1901-1910), Five-Pounds, 1902, bare head right, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.91g, 12h (Hill F35; S.3965), pinmarking on both sides, light edge knocks, some small scuffs otherwise near very fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF63 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Matte Proof Two Pounds, 1902, bare head right, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 15.98g, 12h (Hill T41; EGC II, 1403; S.3968), lightly fingermarked, otherwise a compelling matte proof, much as struck, in NGC holder, graded PF63 MATTE (Cert. #8220537-006)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220537-006/63/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation Matte Proof 'Short' Set, 1902, Sovereign to Sixpence and Maundy Set (S.PS12), including, NGC Proof Details ~ Cleaned | Matte Proof Sovereign, 1902, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464072-005); NGC Proof Details ~ Cleaned | Matte Proof Half-Sovereign, 1902, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464072-007); NGC PF64 MATTE | Matte Proof Crown, 1902, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464067-021); NGC PF63 MATTE | Matte Proof Halfcrown, 1902, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464067-022); NGC PF63 MATTE | Matte Proof Florin, 1902, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464067-023); NGC PF64 MATTE | Matte Proof Shilling,...
(g) NGC PF60-PF65 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation Matte Proof 'Short' Set, 1902, Sovereign to Sixpence and Maundy Set (Spink PS12), including, NGC PF60 MATTE | Matte Proof Sovereign, 1902, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464072-006); NGC PF60 MATTE | Matte Proof Half-Sovereign, 1902, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464072-008); NGC PF66 MATTE | Matte Proof Crown, 1902, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464072-012); NGC PF65 MATTE | Matte Proof Halfcrown, 1902, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464072-013); NGC PF64 MATTE | Matte Proof Florin, 1902, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464072-014); NGC PF65 MATTE | Matte Proof Shilling,...
Edward VII (1901-1910), Maundy Set, 1902, Fourpence to Penny, bare head right, rev. crowned mark of value in wreath, edges plain, 12h (ESC 2519; Bull 3609; S.3985), the Fourpence contact marked to obverse, darkly toned, very fine / extremely fine, the Threepence cleaned, yet with a remaining darker tone to peripheries, about extremely fine, the Twopence with softness to portrait, toned, good very fine, the Penny, toned, extremely fine, with case, in NGC holder, graded PF58 Matte (Cert. #8464067-045)/UNC Details ~ Cleaned (Cert. #8464067-046)/PF58 MATTE (Cert. #8464067-047)/PF61 MATTE (Cert. #8...
(g) NGC PF66 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1911, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.93g, 12h (W&R 414; Stratos 207; Marsh F38; EGC II, 1430; S.3994), mark free, brilliant uncirculated, in NGC holder, graded PF66 (Cert. #8220598-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220598-001/66/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF66 CAM | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Two-Pounds, 1911, bare head left, rev. St George and dragon, edges milled, 15.94g, 12h (W&R 415; Stratos 266; Marsh T44; EGC II 1431; S.3995), mark free, brilliant uncirculated, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 66 CAMEO (Cert. #8220598-002)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220598-002/66/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF65 CAM | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Sovereign, 1911, bare head left, rev. St George and dragon, edges milled, 8.00g, 12h (W&R 416; Marsh 213A; Bentley 356; MCE 639; EGC II 1433; S.3996), mark free, brilliant uncirculated, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 65 CAMEO (Cert. #8220598-003)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220598-003/65/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF65 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Half-Sovereign, 1911, bare head left, rev. St George and dragon, edges milled, 4.01g, 12h (W&R 418; Marsh 526A; MCE 647; EGC II 1443; S.4006), brilliant, as struck, in NGC holder, graded PF65 (Cert. #8220598-004)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220598-004/65/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC PF66-PF63 | George V (1910-1937), Coronation Proof Set, 1911, Halfcrown to Sixpence and Maundy Set (Spink PS13), including, NGC PF66 | Proof Halfcrown, 1911, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464067-001); NGC PF65 | Proof Florin, 1911, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464067-002); NGC PF65 | Shilling, 1911, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464067-003); NGC PF65 | Proof Sixpence, 1911, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464067-004); NGC PF64 | Proof Maundy Fourpence, 1911, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464067-005); NGC PF64 | Proof Maundy Threepence, 1911, in NGC holder (Cert. #8464067-006); NGC PF63 | Proof Maundy Twopence, 1911, in NGC h...
George V (1910-1936), Coronation Specimen 'Long' Silver Set, 1911 (7), Proof Halfcrown to Sixpence including Maundy Set, but missing the Maundy Penny, (S.PS11), in original Royal Mint Case of issue (7)Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC AU | George V (1910-1936), Halfcrown, 1916, bare head left, rev. crowned shield in Garter, edge milled, 12h (ESC 763; Bull 3715; S.4011), light bagmarking and with softness to the hair, otherwise lustrous and with patchy-speckled toning, very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #8464067-030); AU50 | Halfcrown, 1918, as before, edge milled, 12h (ESC 766; Bull 3718; S.4011), light bagmarking and with softness to the hair, otherwise lustrous and with patchy-speckled toning, very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU50 (Cert. #8464067-037); NGC AU | Halfcrown, 1918, as before, edge milled, 12h (...
George V (1910-1936), Halfcrown, 1925, bare head left, rev. crowned shield in Garter, milled edge, 14.15g, 12h (Bull 3727; ESC 772; S.4021A), rare, lightly toned, lustrous, uncirculated; and also, Proof Threepence, 1927, bare head left, rev. three oak springs, plain edge, 1.45g, 12h (Bull 3946; ESC 2141; S.4042), some dark spots but otherwise uncirculated (2)Provenancei) Keith Bayford, by private treatySubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) George V (1911-1936), Set of Christmas 'Wreath' Crowns, 1927-1936, including, 1927 Proof, bare head left, rev. crown within wreath, edge milled, 28.37g, 12h (ESC 367; Bull 3631), mottled tone to peripheries of brilliant fields, much as struck, one of only 15,030 struck; also, 1928, edge milled, 28.31g, 12h (ESC 368; Bull 3633), lightly wiped and bagmarked, otherwise lustrous, extremely fine, one of only 9,034 struck; and, 1929, edge milled, 28.21g, 1h (ESC 369; Bull 3636), lightly rubbed but lustrous, almost extremely fine, one of only 4,994 struck; and, 1930, edge milled, 28.23g, 12h (ESC...
NGC PF62 UCAM | George V (1910-1936), Commemorative Silver Jubilee 'Rocking Horse' Specimen Proof, 1935 XXV, in .925 Silver, by B Mackennal and P Metcalfe, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon left, in Art Deco styling, raised edge lettering in correct alignment, 28.32g, 12h (ESC 378; Bull 3655; S.4050), light cabinet friction across brilliant fields, the devices with compelling cameo definition, a pleasing extremely fine; a resurgent modern collectable, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 62 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #6321331-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6321331-001/62/Subject to 20% VAT on B...
NGC AU | George V (1910-1936), 'Rocking Horse' Crown, 1935 XV, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, incuse lettered edge, 12h (ESC 375; Bull 3651; S.4048), light scattering of contact marks and irregularly toned surfaces, good very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8464067-040); another, NGC AU | as before, incuse lettered edge, 12h (ESC 375; Bull 3651; S.4048), wiped and with speckled toning, good very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU Details ~ Cleaned (Cert. #8464067-033); and, NGC AU58 | George VI (1936-1952), 'Coronation' Crown, 1937, bare head left, rev. Royal Arms and supporte...
PCGS PR64 | George V (1910-1936), Proof Florin, 1927, bare head left, rev. four crowned shields in saltire, sceptres in angles (Bull 3779; ESC 947; S.4038), lustrous, extremely fine, scarce, in PCGS holder, graded PR64 (Cert. #34457732)https://www.pcgs.com/cert/34457732Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF66 STAR | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge plain, 39.99g, 12h (W&R 435; Marsh F40; EGC II, 1454; S.4074), an outstanding example of this popular Specimen Five-Pounds, choice brilliant uncirculated, with only one owner since striking; an heirloom ever-since Coronation and a righteously certified as 'GEM', in NGC holder, righteously graded PF66* (Cert. #8220597-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220597-001/66/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditio...
(g) NGC PF67 | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Two-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge plain, 16.02g, 12h (W&R 437; Marsh T46; EGC II, 1455; S.4075), a beautiful Specimen, choice brilliant uncirculated, a superlative gem, in NGC holder, graded PF67 (Cert. #8220597-002)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220597-002/67/ In January 2025, an NGC PF68* Two Pounds attained over £14,400 HP in JapanIn November 2022, an NGC PF67* Two Pounds attained over £9,500 HP in Texas.Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Cond...
(g) NGC PF64 | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Two-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge plain, 12h (W&R 437; Marsh T46; EGC 1455; S.4075), scattering of wispy hairlines and toning spot before V, otherwise brilliant, much as struck, in NGC holder, graded PF64 (Cert. #8464072-004)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8464072-004/64/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF63 UCAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Two-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge plain, 15.97g, 12h (W&R 437; Marsh T46; EGC 1455; S.4075), minor hairlines, otherwise about as struck, with brilliant fields, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 63 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8222368-001)ProvenanceDNW, Auction 178, 8 July 2020, lot 282*https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222368-001/63/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF67+ | *Top Pop* | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Sovereign, 1937, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge plain, 8.01g, 12h (W&R 439; Marsh 296B; EGC II, 1456; S.4076), an OUTSTANDING Coronation Specimen, choice brilliant uncirculated, a true Connoisseur's Coveted Gem, in NGC holder, graded PF67+ *Top Pop* (Cert. #8220597-003) [*Single Finest Certified*]https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220597-003/67/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF62 | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Sovereign, 1937, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge plain, 12h (Marsh 296C; W&R 439; EGC II, 1461; S.4076), wispy hairlines and friction upon the portrait, otherwise with a handsome brilliance, neat as struck, in NGC holder, graded PF62 (Cert. #8464072-003)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8464072-003/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Sovereign, 1937, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge plain, 7.99g, 12h (Marsh 296C; W&R 439; EGC II, 1461; S.4076), minor edge bruising and with hairlines, otherwise brilliant, extremely fineSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF66+ | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Half-Sovereign, 1937, bare head left, rev. St George and dragon, edges plain, 4.01g, 12h (W&R 442; Marsh 543A; EGC II, 1457; S.4077), brilliant, as struck, in NGC holder, graded PF66+ (Cert. #8220597-004)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8220597-004/66/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF62 CAM-PF64 | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Gold Proof Set, 1937 (4), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edges plain (S.PS15 = W&R 435, 437, 439, 442; S.4074-4077),, in NGC holders, 5SOV graded PF62 CAMEO, 2SOV graded PF63, SOV graded PF62 CAMEO, 1/2SOV graded PF64 (Cert. #8222374-001/002/003/004) (4)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222374-001/62/https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222374-002/63/https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222374-003/62/https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222374-004/64/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium....
(g) NGC PF62-PF | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Gold Proof Set, 1937 (4), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edges plain (S.PS15 = W&R 435, 437, 439, 442; S.4074-4077), the Five Pounds scratched but otherwise all brilliant, as struck, in NGC holders, graded PF62-PF [5SOV=Proof Details ~ Rev Scratched; 2SOV=PF62; SOV=PF61 CAMEO; 1/2SOV=PF62] (Cert. #8219900-001/002, 8219901-001/002) (4)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8219900-001/NGCDetails/https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8219900-002/62/https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8219901-001/61/htt...
NGC PF66-PF64 | George VI (1937-1952), Coronation Proof Set, 1937, Crown to Farthing and Maundy Set (S.PS16), including, NGC PF65 | Proof Crown, 1937, edge milled, 11h (ESC 393; Bull 4021; S.4078), toning spots to otherwise glossy-brilliant fields, uncirculated, in NGC holder, graded PF65 (Cert. #8464070-001); NGC PG66 | Proof Halfcrown, 1937, edge milled, 12h (ESC 787; Bull 4035; S.4080), some minor speckled-frosting to obverse legend, brilliant, choice uncirculated, in NGC holder, graded PF66 (Cert. #8464070-002); NGC PF65 | Proof Florin, 1937, edge milled, 11h (ESC 957; Bull 4077; S.4081),...
(g) NGC PF65 CAM | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 'VIP' Proof Sovereign, 1958, first laureate head right, M.G. on truncation, by Mary Gillick, rev. St George and Dragon, edge coarsely grained, 7.98g, 12h (EGC II, 1474; WR 450 [R4]; Marsh 298B; S.4125), some frosting to fields, nonetheless brilliant and with a distinctive cameo-definition, much as struck, a highly sought after Proof of Record issued during the early years of the late lauded Queen's reign, a true connoisseur's piece thus, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 65 CAMEO (Cert. #8222364-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222364-001/65/Subject...
(x) Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 'Coronation' Maundy Set, 1953, young laureate head right, rev. crowned denomination within wreath, plain edges (ESC 2570; Bull 4559; S.4126), light mottled tone overlying brilliant original fields, much as struck, the rare 'Coronation' set, in its original Royal Mint case of issue (4)Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
NGC MS65-AU58 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 'Coronation' Crown, 1953 (5), Queen on horseback left, rev. cruciform shields, incuse edge lettering, 12h (ESC 393F; Bull 4330; S.4136), all with a scattering of minor contact marks, the MS63 example with speckled darkly toned deposits to reverse, the AU58 with softness to devices, all pleasingly lustrous, about as struck to about extremely fine (5), in NGC holders, graded MS65 (Cert. #8464067-064) / MS64 (Cert. #8464067-066) / MS63 (Cert. #8464067-034) / MS62 (Cert. #8464067-065) / AU58 (Cert. #8464067-039) (5)Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. Fo...
NGC PL62 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 'Proof-Like' New York British Exhibition Crown, 1960, laureate head right, rev. cruciform shields, emblems in angles, edge milled, 12h (ESC 393K; Bull 4335; S.4143), light contact marking, more so to obverse, otherwise with a glossy near-brilliance, good extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded PL62 (Cert. #8464067-069); and NGC AU55 | New York British Exhibition Crown, 1960, as before, edge milled 12h (ESC 393K; Bull 4335; S.4143), light contact marking and softness to the portrait, with a hint of lustre, good very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #846...
NGC MS64 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), New York British Exhibition Crown, 1960, laureate head right, rev. cruciform shields, emblems in angles, edge milled, 12h (ESC 393K; Bull 4335; S.4143), light surface marking, with a cartwheel lustre, much as struck, in NGC holder, graded MS64 (Cert. #8464067-068); and NGC MS62 | New York British Exhibition Crown, 1960, as before, edge milled 12h (ESC 393K; Bull 4335; S.4143), light contact marking and hairline scratch to reverse, with lustre, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8464067-070) (2)https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8464067-068/6...
NGC MS63 | "The Decimals are coming. Let there be no doubt about that...in the next few years we shall all have to become accustomed to putting 'that damned dot' somewhere in the pound and of thinking in cents" | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Halsbury Committee of Inquiry on Decimal Currency (19 December 1961 - 23 September 1963), 'Una and the Lion' Pattern for a Fifty Cent Piece, 1961 [Struck 1962/1963], London, by Mary Gillick after William Wyon, in silver, struck under 'Jack' James, Deputy Master of the Royal Mint for Distribution to the Currency Board, laureate head right, M.G. buried on trunc...
(g) NGC PF67 UCAM | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Gold Proof Five Pounds, 1982, second crowned head right, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled (S.PGS03), the key date of the regular Sovereign series, brilliant uncirculated, as struck and highly sought-after, with original Royal Mint box, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 67 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8222373-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222373-001/67/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF68 UCAM | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Gold Proof Two-Pounds, 1985, crowned bust right, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 15.986g, 12h (S.SD3), brilliant as struck, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534336-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534336-001/68/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) Elizabeth II (1952-2022), "500th Anniversary of the Sovereign", Commemorative 4-Coin Gold Proof Set, 1989, Llantrisant, by Bernard Sindall (4), Gold Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign (4) (S.PGS10), some spotting to orange-toned and brilliant fields, uncirculated and beautifully original and without conservation, in Royal Mint Black Case of issue, with Certificate of Authenticity (#03102)ProvenanceRoyal Mint, by private treaty, 30 March 1989Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF69 UCAM | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), "500th Anniversary of the Sovereign", Commemorative Gold Proof Two-Pounds, 1989, by Bernard Sindall, edge milled, 15.998g, 12h (Marsh T56; S.SD3), brilliant, as struck, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534336-002)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534336-002/69/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF69 UCAM | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), "500th Anniversary of the Sovereign", Commemorative Gold Proof Sovereign, 1989, by Bernard Sindall, edge milled, 7.98g*, 12h (Marsh 313H; S.SC3), brilliant uncirculated, with original box, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8222373-002)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222373-002/69/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF70 UCAM | *Top Pop* | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Commemorative Gold Proof Two-Pounds, 2005, fourth crowned bust right, rev. St George and Dragon, by Timothy Noad, edge milled, 15.966g, 12h (S. SD6), brilliant as struck, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 70 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534336-003) [*Joint Finest Certified*]https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534336-003/70/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
PROOF SETS
(g) NGC PF64 UCAM - PF65BN | George IV (1820-1830), Proof Set, 1826 (11), Specimen Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, Crown to Sixpence, Penny to Farthing (S.PS1), a pleasingly honest and original set with glorious cabinet tone interspersed with mint brilliance on key pieces, a connoisseur's great opportunity!, with NGC Certification (Cert. #8534313) (11)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 25 April 1983 - £20,600 i) PF64 UCAM | Proof Five-Pounds, 1826 SEPTIMO, edge lettered downwards, 39.874g, 6h (L&S 27; W&R 213; Marsh F6; GH 98; EGC II, 940 [R3]), some...
(g) NGC PF63 UCAM | William IV (1830-1837), Pattern Proof Two-Pounds, 1831, by William Wyon and Jean-Baptiste Merlen, bare head right, rev. crowned shield in mantle, ANNO - 1831 below, edge plain, 15.938g, 7h (King 206; Stratos 172; W&R 258; Hill T20; EGC II, 1016; S.3828), some deft cabinet friction to neck and 'lint' artefacts in otherwise brilliant fields, a most attractive and original example, with arresting portrait cameo definition, a pleasingly good extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 63 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534312-001)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English...
(g) NGC PF64+ UCAM | William IV (1830-1837), Pattern Proof Sovereign, 1830, by William Wyon and Jean-Baptiste Merlen, second bare head right, nose to second I in BRITANNIAR, rev. coin alignment, crowned shield in mantle, ANNO - 1830 below, edge plain, 7.833g, 6h (Montagu 1083; Murdoch 440; Nobleman 203; Douglas-Morris 178; King -; Stratos -; Marsh 15C; W&R 260 [R5]; S.3829B), struck through scarcely perceptible lint artefacts in otherwise magnificently brilliant original fields, practically FDC, an extraordinary survivor; a covetable gem; and a supreme rarity, once erroneously included by Mess...
(g) NGC PF65 CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Half-Sovereign, 1831, struck on the experimental small flan, by William Wyon and Jean-Baptiste Merlen, bare head right, plain truncation, rev. coin alignment, crowned shield on mantle, ANNO - 1831 below, edge plain, 3.977g, 6h (Nobleman 205/6(b); Stratos 226; W&R 267 [R3]; Hill 409E; EGC II, 1038; S.3830), an evidently early or more probably original '1831 striking' with inverted die axes as customary for currency issues of the period, with a small toning spot on neck, otherwise brilliant, as struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, righteously gra...
(x) NGC PF65 CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Pattern Crown, 1831, by William Wyon and Jean-Baptiste Merlen, GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: bare head right, W.W. in relief on truncation rev. coin alignment, quartered Shield of Arms with a crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover, all within Order of the Garter upon crowned mantle, seven strings to harp, ANNO - 1831 below, edge plain, 27.375g, 5h (Stratos -; L&S 1; Bull 2462 [R2]; ESC 271; Davies 300; C&R 1293; S.3833), characteristically but stupendously die capped to reverse 12 o'clock, with playful cabinet iridescence overlying bri...
(x) NGC PF66 | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Halfcrown, 1831, by William Wyon and Jean-Baptiste Merlen, bare head right, block WW on truncation, rev. coin alignment, quartered Shield of Arms with a crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover, all within Order of the Garter upon crowned mantle, seven strings to harp, ANNO - 1831 below, edge plain, 13.717g, 7h (Stratos 227; ESC 658; Bull 2477; S.3834A), a beauteous gem, the outstanding cabinet tone fully accentuating the perfectly mint-frosted portrait, choice FDC and as fresh as the day Wyon removed it from the die!, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder,...
(x) NGC PF66 CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Shilling, 1831, bare head right, block W. W. on truncation, rev. value in wreath, edge plain, 5.650g, 7h (Stratos 228; ESC 1266; Bull 2488; S.3835), an evidently early or more probably original '1831 Striking' with inverted die axes as customary for currency issues of the period, with electrifying petroleum blue tone overlying brilliant and frosted surfaces, spectacularly choice, FDC, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, conservatively graded PROOF 66 CAMEO (Cert. #8534312-006)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Seaby, by private treaty...
(x) NGC PF65 | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Sixpence, 1831, bare head right, plain on truncation, rev. crowned denomination within wreath, edge plain, 2.802g, 5h (Stratos 229; ESC 1672; Bull 2501; S.3836), rich cabinet iridescent tone overlying brilliant fields, choice, FDC, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 65 (Cert. #8534312-007)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Seaby, by private treaty [as a composite set], 1975 [with Stock Ticket, Inventory ref. 750371] https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534312-007/65/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT o...
(x) NGC PF65+ CAM | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Fourpence, 1831, bare head right, rev. crowned mark of value, edge plain, 1.887g, 5h (Robinson 354; S.3841), carbon spot on hair, otherwise attractively cabinet toned and brilliant, with excellent portrait cameo frosting, much as struck, with a mintage of only 3,564 pieces, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 65+ CAMEO (Cert. #8534312-008)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Seaby, by private treaty [as a composite set], 1975 [with Stock Ticket, Inventory ref. 750371] https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534312-008/65/Sub...
(x) NGC PF66 | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Threepence, 1831, smaller first bare head right, rev. crowned mark of value, edge plain, 1.361g, 5h (Robinson 353; S.3842), remarkable die flaws through REX, otherwise gloriously brilliant with rich dark cabinet tone, the portrait perfectly frosted, choice FDC, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 66 (Cert. 8534312-009)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Seaby, by private treaty [as a composite set], 1975 [with Stock Ticket, Inventory ref. 750371] https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534312-009/66/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer P...
(x) NGC PF65 | William IV (1830-1837), Proof Twopence, 1831, bare head right, rev. crowned mark of value, edge plain, 0.943g, 6h (Robinson 352; S.3843), beautifully cabinet toned with perfect frosted portrait cameo contrast to brilliant original fields, much as issued, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 65 (Cert. #8534312-010)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Seaby, by private treaty [as a composite set], 1975 [with Stock Ticket, Inventory ref. 750371] https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534312-010/65/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer...
(x) NGC MS64 | William IV (1830-1837), Maundy Penny, 1832, bare head right, rev. crowned mark of value, edge plain, 0.472g, 6h (Robinson 359; S.3844), lustrous and pleasantly cabinet toned, choice, as struck, an evident 'stand-in' for the 1831 Proof Set, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded MS64 (Cert. #8534312-011); another, NGC MS62 | Maundy Penny, 1835, similar, 0.471g, 6h (Robinson 359; S.3844), some speckling to otherwise lustrous surfaces, with a rich dark blue cabinet tone, extremely fine or better, and an evident 'stand-in' for the 1839 Proof Set, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded M...
(x) NGC PF64 BN | William IV (1830-1837), Bronzed Proof Penny, 1831, bare head right, plain truncation, rev. coin alignment, Britannia seated right, edge plain, 19.007g, 6h (Stratos 231; BMC [Peck] 1457; S.3845), some uneven tone, otherwise attractive chocolate patina overlying bronzed original surfaces, choice, as struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 64 BROWN (Cert. #8534312-012)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534312-012/64/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(x) NGC PF65 BN | William IV (1830-1837), Bronzed Proof Halfpenny, 1831, bare head right, W. W. on truncation, rev. coin alignment, Britannia seated right, edge plain, 9.132g, 6h (Stratos 232; BMC [Peck] 1463; S.3847), attractive chocolate patina overlying bronzed original surfaces, choice, as struck, and on an unusually lightweight planchet wanting 10 grains of the standard striking, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 65 BROWN (Cert. #8534312-013)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534312-013/65/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(x) NGC PF64 BN | William IV (1830-1837), Bronzed Proof Farthing, 1831, bare head right, W. W. on truncation, rev. Britannia seated right, edge plain, 4.736g, 5h (Stratos 233; Cooke 243; BMC [Peck] 1468; S.3848), some irregular tone, otherwise attractive chocolate patina overlying bronzed original surfaces, choice, as struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 64 BROWN (Cert. #8534312-014)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534312-014/64/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
(g) NGC PF61 UCAM | Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Five-Pounds, 1839 TERTIO, "Una and the Lion", by William Wyon R.A., VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIARUM REGINA F: D: young diademed head left scroll-garnished fillet (5 / 2), one nine-leaved floral-garnished fillet, W. WYON R.A. on truncation, rev. en médaille, DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS. Queen Victoria leading the British Lion, wearing Mantle and Badge of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; an allegory of Edmund Spenser's 'Faerie Quene', DECUS ET TUTAMEN * ANNO REGNI TERTIO * in raised lettering upwards between 'wire-rims' on edge, 39.295g [606.415grns]...
(g) NGC PF61 CAM | Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Sovereign, 1839, young diademed head left, raised W.W. on truncation, rev. struck en médaille, crowned 'normal' shield in wreath, edge plain, 7.903g, 1h (W&R 302; Hill 23A; S.3852), an unfortunate pin scratch behind bun in otherwise brilliant fields, a hint of cabinet friction, otherwise glorious cameo definition to portrait, a most pleasingly bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, sympathetically graded PROOF 61 CAMEO (Cert. #8534320-002)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £1...
(g) NGC PF62 UCAM | Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Half-Sovereign, 1839, young diademed head left, with two plain fillets, no initials on truncation, rev. struck en médaille, crowned and lightly garnished shield, edge plain, 3.972g, 12h (MCE 562; W&R 344 [R3]; BMC 3587; S.3859), minor surface friction to otherwise brilliant and warmly orange-golden toned fields, a pleasingly good extremely fine, the rarer variety for issue, designated 'R3' by Wilson and Rasmussen, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 62 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534320-003)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink,...
(x) NGC PF62 | Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Crown, 1839, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, young diademed head left, with two ornate fillets, raised W. WYON R.A. on truncation, rev. BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID : DEF : crowned shield in wreath, national emblems entwined below, edge plain, 28.134g, 5h (L&S 38; ESC 279; Bull 2560; S.3882), pretty charcoal-gray uniform cabinet tone with arresting colourful tones to peripheries, a pleasingly good extremely fine, and the nicest to be seen in these rooms for at least a decade, and especially as struck in the unusual 'coin alignment' typically associated with 'origina...
(x) NGC PF62 CAM | Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Halfcrown, 1839, Type A1, young diademed head left, with one ornate, one plain fillet, raised W.W. buried in truncation, rev. struck en médaille, crowned shield in wreath, edge plain, 13.987g, 12h (ESC 670; Bull 2708; S.3885), bright and with patchier cabinet toning, otherwise brilliant, with handsome cameo definition to the Queen's visage, extremely or better for this popular type, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 62 CAMEO (Cert. #8534320-005)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 -...
(x) NGC PF61 | Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Shilling, 1839, young diademed head left, no initials on truncation, rev. struck en médaille, value in wreath, edge plain, edge plain, 5.580g, 12h (ESC 1284; Bull 2981; S.3904), traces of red wax in recesses from past plate illustration on both sides, otherwise sharply struck and neatly cabinet toned, a really bold extremely fine and with an interesting pedigree, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 61 (Cert. #8534320-006)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £1,250.0.0 [part]...
(x) NGC PF61 CAM | Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Sixpence, 1839, young diademed head left, with two plain fillets, rev. struck en médaille, value in wreath, edge plain, 2.772g, 1h (ESC 1685; Bull 3171; S.3908), light fingermarks to portrait and evidence of wiping on reverse in attempt to remove red wax of past illustration, otherwise sharply struck with intriguing peripheral tones, extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 61 CAMEO (Cert. #8534320-007)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £1,250.0.0 [part] http...
(x) NGC PF63 CAM | Victoria (1837-1901), Proof 'Britannia' Groat, 1839, young diademed head left, rev. struck en médaille, FOUR PENCE, Britannia seated right, edge plain, 1.881g, 12h (ESC 1933; Bull 3324; Davies 1203; S.3913), handsome peripheral tone in otherwise brilliant fields, the reverse devices remarkably cameo-defined, a most pleasing extremely fine thus in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 63 CAMEO (Cert. #8534320-008)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £1,250.0.0 [part] https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534...
(x) NGC PF-PF62 CAM | Victoria (1837-1901), Maundy Fourpence, Threepence and Twopence, 1839 (3), Proof 'Maundy' Fourpence, edge plain, 1.907g, 11h, scuffed to reverse, otherwise brilliant and lightly , in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder toned, extremely fine or better for strike, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, fairly graded PROOF Details ~ Reverse Damage (Cert. #8534320-009); additionally, NGC PF62 CAM | Proof 'Maundy' Threepence, 1839, edge plain, 1.438g, 12h, faint handling marks in otherwise brilliant and richly toned surfaces, carbon spots to obverse and distinctive red wax in recesses from past...
(x) NGC PF64 BN | Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Penny, 1839, in bronzed copper, young diademed head left, rev. struck en médaille, Britannia seated right, holding ornamental trident, edge plain, 18.780g, 12h (BMC [Peck] 1479; S.3948), significant traces of red wax in recesses from past plate illustration, otherwise light fingermarks in otherwise attractively bronzed fields, a pleasingly bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, generously graded PROOF 64 BROWN (Cert. #8534320-012)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £1,250.0.0 [...
(x) NGC PF65 BN | Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Halfpenny, 1839, in bronzed copper, young diademed head left, rev. struck en médaille, Britannia seated right, edge plain, 9.348g, 1h (BMC [Peck] 1523; S.3949), lightly fingermarked and with wisps of colourful tone in otherwise attractively bronzed fields, a pleasingly bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, generously graded PROOF 65 BROWN (Cert. #8534320-013)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £1,250.0.0 [part] https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534320-013/65/Subjec...
(x) NGC PF64 BN | Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Farthing, 1839, in bronzed copper, young diademed head left, rev. struck en médaille, Britannia seated right, edge plain, 4.561g, 1h (BMC [Peck] 1556; S.3950), some speckles of carbon in otherwise handsomely bronzed fields, a bolder extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, generously graded PROOF 64 BROWN (Cert. #8534320-014)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £1,250.0.0 [part] https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534320-014/64/Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to...
(g) NGC MS61-XF | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Composite Currency Long Set, 1887 (11), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, Crown to Threepence, the Five-Pounds with an edge bruise and the lesser Gold pieces more overtly circulated, otherwise the Silver colourfully toned, very fine or better all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (11)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) AU DETAILS~ OBVERSE RIM REPAIR - 5SOV - 8534317-001ii) MS61 - 2SOV - 8534317-002iii) XF45 - 1SOV - 8534317-003iv) AU55 - 1/2 SOV - 8534317-004v) MS61 - CROWN - 8534317-005vi) AU50 - 4 SHILLINGS - 8534317-006vii...
(g) NGC | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Currency Long Set, 1887 (11), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, Crown to Threepence, a choice composite set, the Gold sharply struck and lustre with occasional speckles of tone, extremely fine or better, the Silver more variable with vibrant colourful hues, otherwise these generally extremely fine, all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders, graded (Cert. #8534333-001/002/003/004/005/006/007/008/009/010/011/012)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for B...
(g) NGC PF62 UCAM | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Proof Five-Pounds, 1887, Jubilee bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, with BP, edge milled, 39.91g*, 12h (W&R 285; EGC II, 1308; Holloway GH 113; Hill F31; S.3864), light handling marks in otherwise brilliant fields, much as issued, and highly-prized in the present market place, with only 797 struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 62 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534322-001)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSeaby, by private treaty (ref. 792139), 13 November 1979 - £4,000 (pt) https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlo...
(g) NGC PF64+ UCAM | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Proof Two-Pounds, 1887, Jubilee bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 15.95g*, 12h (W&R 290; Hill T26; EGC II, 1317; S.3865), brilliantly choice, a stupendous Proof of Record, much as issued and truly rare in this laudable state, only 797 struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 64+ ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534322-002)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSeaby, by private treaty (ref. 792139), 13 November 1979 - £4,000 (pt) https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534322-002/64/Subject to 20% VAT on...
(g) NGC PF64 UCAM | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Proof Sovereign, 1887, Jubilee bust left, thirteen pearls to necklace, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.99g*, 12h (W&R 333; Hill 125E; Bentley 322; EGC II, 1324; S.3866B), supremely choice and the portrait sumptuously cameo, much as struck, with only 797 issued, rare in this glorious state!, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 64 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534322-003)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSeaby, by private treaty (ref. 792139), 13 November 1979 - £4,000 (pt) https://www.ngccoin.uk/certloo...
(g) NGC PF63+ UCAM | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Proof Half-Sovereign, 1887, Jubilee bust left, J.E.B. on truncation, rev. crowned 'high' shield, edge milled, 3.99g*, 12h (W&R 362; Hill 478D; EGC II, 1360; S.3869), faint handling marks in otherwise brilliant fields, much as struck, only 797 issued, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 63+ ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534322-004)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSeaby, by private treaty (ref. 792139), 13 November 1979 - £4,000 (pt) https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534322-004/63/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s...
(x) NGC PF64-PF62 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Silver Proof Set, 1887 (7), Specimen Proof Crown to Threepence, (S.PS6), colourfully toned and arrestingly brilliant as issued, generally as struck with only the deftest of cabinet friction, all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (7)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSeaby, by private treaty (ref. 792139), 13 November 1979 - £4,000 (pt) i) PF64 - CROWN - 8534322-005ii) PF64 - DOUBLE FLORIN - 8534322-006iii) PF63 - HALFCROWN - 8534322-007iv) PF64 - FLORIN - 8534322-008v) PF63 - SHILLING - 8534322-009vi) PF62 - SIXPE...
(g) NGC MS63+-UNC | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old Head' Currency Set, 1893 (10), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign (4), Crown to Threepence (6), all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holdersProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) UNC Details ~ Cleaned - 5SOV - 8534316-001ii) MS63 - 2SOV - 8534316-002iii) MS63+ - 1SOV - 8534316-003iv) MS63 - 1/SOV - 8534316-004v) UNC Details ~ Cleaned - CROWN - 8534316-005vi) UNC Details ~ Cleaned - 1/2CROWN - 8534316-006vii) UNC Details ~ Cleaned - FLORIN - 8534316-007viii) UNC Details ~ Obv. Cleaned - SHILLING - 8534316-008ix) AU55 - SIXPENCE - 8534316-009x) MS62...
(g) NGC PF62 UCAM | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old Head' Proof Five-Pounds, 1893, by T. Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci, older veiled or 'widow' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.98g*, 12h (W&R 287; EGC II, 1376; Holloway GH 117; Hill F34; S.3872), light speckles and cabinet friction in otherwise brilliant and handsome honey-golden fields, a pleasingly good extremely fine, and highly-prized given only 773 were struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 62 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534323-001)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 Septemb...
(g) NGC PF63 CAM | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old Head' Proof Two-Pounds, 1893, by T. Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci, older veiled or 'widow' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 15.98g*, 12h (W&R 294; S.3873), light speckles and cabinet friction in otherwise brilliant and handsome honey-golden fields, a pleasingly good extremely fine, and highly-prized given only 773 were struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 63 CAMEO (Cert. #8534323-002)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £700.0.0 [part] https://www...
(g) NGC PF62 CAM | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old Head' Proof Sovereign, 1893, by T. Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci, older veiled or 'widow' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.98g*, 12h (W&R 341; Hill 145A; S.3874), a small drag mark across cheek and below horse's tail, otherwise brilliant, with key devices further accentuated by compelling frosted definition, a pleasing and bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 62 CAMEO (Cert. #8534323-003)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £700.0.0 [part]...
(g) NGC PF63 UCAM | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old Head' Proof Half-Sovereign, 1893, by T. Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci, older veiled or 'widow' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 3.98g*, 12h (W&R 363; Hill 488A; EGC II, 1390; S.3878), some light cabinet friction in otherwise brilliant fields, with playful honey-golden hues, a pleasingly bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 63 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534323-004)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £700.0.0 [part] https://www.ngccoin.uk/c...
(x) NGC PF65 CAM - PF64 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old Head' Proof Silver Set, 1893 (6), Specimen Proof Crown to Threepence (S.PS8), sensationally and colourfully cabinet toned in hues of red-blue and ochre orange overlying brilliant mint fresh fields, a deeply attractive and highly original set, worthy of any 19th Century Connoisseur!, all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (6)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSpink, by private treaty, 26 September 1964 - £700.0.0 [part] i) PF64 - CROWN - 8534323-005ii) PF65 CAM - HALFCROWN - 8534323-006iii) PF65 - FLORIN - 8534323-007iv)...
(g) NGC PF64 MATTE-AU55 | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation Composite 'Long' Set, 1902 (13), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, Crown to Sixpence and Maundy Penny (S.PS9), the Two Pounds a Currency issue, and an additional Sixpence has been inserted to replace the Maundy Fourpence, otherwise generally extremely fine, all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (13)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coinsi) PF60 MATTE - 5SOV - 8534318-001ii) AU55 - 2SOV - 8534318-002iii) PF62 MATTE - 1SOV - 8534318-003iv) PF62 MATTE - 1/SOV - 8534318-004v) PF62 MATTE - CROWN - 8534318-005vi) PF62 MATTE - 1/2CROWN...
(g) NGC PF64-PF61 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation 'Specimen' Matte Proof 'Long' Set, 1902 (13), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, Crown to Sixpence and Maundy Penny (S.PS9), a fine sandblasted set, generally extremely fine to much as issued, all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (13)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF62 MATTE - 5SOV - 8534321-001ii) PF64 MATTE - 2SOV - 8534321-002iii) PF63 MATTE - 1SOV - 8534321-003iv) PF63 MATTE - 1/SOV - 8534321-004v) PF64 MATTE - CROWN - 8534321-005vi) PF63 MATTE - 1/2CROWN - 8534321-006vii) PF64 MATTE - FLORIN - 8534321-007viii) P...
(g) NGC PF65 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation 'Specimen' Matte Proof Five-Pounds, 1902, by G W de Saulles and Benedetto Pistrucci, bare head right, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.98g*, 12h (MCE -; W&R 404; EGC II, 1400; Hill F36; Holloway GH 120; S.3966), a few wisps in fields, otherwise an exquisite and practically flawless sandblasted GEM, choice FDC, a supremely difficult coin to acquire this 'Best in Class' grade!, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, stringently graded MATTE PROOF 65 (Cert. #8534324-001)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoi...
(g) NGC PF66 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation 'Specimen' Matte Proof Two-Pounds, 1902, bare head right, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 15.98g*, 12h (W&R 406; Hill T41; EGC II, 1403; S.3968), the deftest scuff behind head, otherwise practically as struck, the reverse especially 'fresh from the die', an EXCEPTIONAL RARITY in true 'GEM' state, especially from a mintage of only 8,066 pieces, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, stringently graded PROOF 66 MATTE (Cert. #8534324-002)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534324-002/66/Subj...
(g) NGC PF63 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation 'Specimen' Matte Proof Sovereign, 1902, bare head right, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.98g*, 12h (MCE -; Hill 174A; EGC II, 1406; Bentley 345; S.3969), small mark before nose and typical radial cabinet hairlines, otherwise handsomely choice for this notorious sandblasted issue, good extremely fine and truly much as issued, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, stringently graded PROOF 63 MATTE (Cert. #8534324-003)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534324-003/63/Subject to 20% VAT on...
(g) NGC PF63 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation 'Specimen' Matte Proof Half-Sovereign, 1902, bare head right, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 4.00g*, 12h (Marsh 505A; EGC II, 1418; S.3974A), slightly soft of strike, otherwise a handsome sandblasted Proof of Record, much as issued, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, stringently graded PROOF 63 MATTE (Cert. #8534324-004)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534324-004/63/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC PF64 - PF65 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation 'Specimen' Matte Proof Silver Set, 1902 (9), Proof Crown to Sixpence, and Maundy Set (cf. S.PS10), rich darker cabinet tone with playful colourful highlights to peripheries, a superb and well-matched original set, much as struck, all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (9)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF64 MATTE - CROWN - 8534324-005ii) PF64 MATTE - HALFCROWN - 8534324-006iii) PF65 MATTE - 2 SHILLINGS - 8534324-007iv) PF64 MATTE - SHILLING - 8534324-008v) PF63 MATTE - SIXPENCE - 8534324-009vi) PF64 MATTE - MAUNDY 4P...
(g) NCG PF63-PF61 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Set, 1911 (12), Proof Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign; and Proof Halfcrown to Sixpence including Maundy Set (Stratos 284; S.PS11), all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (12)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF61 - 5SOV - 8534328-001ii) PF62 - 2SOV - 8534328-002iii) PF63 - 1SOV - 8534328-003iv) PF63 - 1/SOV - 8534328-004v) PF62 - 1/2CROWN - 8534328-005vi) PF62 - FLORIN - 8534328-006vii) PF62 - SHILLING - 8534328-007viii) PF62 - SIXPENCE - 8534328-008ix) PF62 - 4P - 8534328-009x) PF62 - 3P - 8534328-010xi) PF61...
(g) NCG PF63-PF61 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Set, 1911 (12), Proof Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign; and Proof Halfcrown to Sixpence including Maundy Set (Stratos 284; S.PS11), all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (12)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) Pending - 5SOV - 8534319-001ii) Pending - 2SOV - 8534319-002iii) Pending - 1SOV - 8534319-003iv) PF62 - 1/SOV - 8534319-004v) PF63 - 1/2CROWN - 8534319-005vi) PF62 - FLORIN - 8534319-006vii) PF63 - SHILLING - 8534319-007viii) PF63 - SIXPENCE - 8534319-008ix) PF62 - 4P - 8534319-009x) PF62 - 3P - 8534319-010...
(g) NCG PF65-PF62 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Set, 1911 (12), Proof Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign; and Proof Halfcrown to Sixpence including Maundy Set (Stratos 284; S.PS11), all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (12)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF62 - 5SOV - 8534326-001ii) PF63 CAM - 2SOV - 8534326-002iii) Pending - 1SOV - 8534326-003iv) PF65 - 1/SOV - 8534326-004v) PF64 - 1/2CROWN - 8534326-005vi) PF64 - FLORIN - 8534326-006vii) Pending - SHILLING - 8534326-007viii) PF64 - SIXPENCE - 8534326-008ix) PF63 - 4P - 8534326-009x) PF64 - 3P - 8534326-01...
(g) NCG PF64 CAMEO-PF61 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen; Proof Set, 1911 (12), Proof Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign; and Proof Halfcrown to Sixpence including Maundy Set (Stratos 284; S.PS11), all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (12)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF64 - 5SOV - 8534327-001ii) PF64 CAM - 2SOV - 8534327-002iii) PF66 - 1SOV - 8534327-003iv) PF66 - 1/SOV - 8534327-004v) PF62 - 1/2CROWN - 8534327-005vi) PF62 - FLORIN - 8534327-006vii) PF62 - SHILLING - 8534327-007viii) PF62 - SIXPENCE - 8534327-008ix) PF62 - 4P - 8534327-009x) PF62 - 3P - 8534327-01...
(g) NGC PF65 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1911, by Mackennal and Pistrucci, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.89g*, 12h (W&R 414; Stratos 207; Marsh F38; EGC II 1430; S.3994), brilliant uncirculated, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 65 (Cert. #8534325-001)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534325-001/65/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF66 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Two-Pounds, 1911, by Mackennal and Pistrucci, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 15.96g*, 12h (W&R 415; EGC II, 1431; Hill T44; Stratos 266; S.3995), brilliant uncirculated, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 66 (Cert. #8534325-002)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534325-002/66/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF66 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Sovereign, 1911, by Mackennal and Pistrucci, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.98g*, 12h (EGC II, 1433; S.3996), brilliant uncirculated, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 66 (Cert. #8534325-003)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534325-003/66/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF65+ | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Half-Sovereign, 1911, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 3,99g*, 12h (Hill 526A; MCE -; EGC II, 1443; S.4006), brilliant uncirculated, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 65+ (Cert. #8534325-004)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coinshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534325-004/65/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC PF64-PF65 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Silver Proof Set, 1911 (8), Proof Halfcrown to Sixpence, and Maundy Set (S.PS13), toned and brilliant uncirculated or very near so, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders (8)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF64 - 1/2CROWN - 8534325-005ii) PF62 - FLORIN - 8534325-006iii) PF62 - SHILLING - 8534325-007iv) PF63 - SIXPENCE - 8534325-008v) PF65 - 4P - 8534325-009vi) PF64 - 3P - 8534325-010vii) PF64 - 2P - 8534325-011viii) PF65 - 1P - 8534325-012https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534325-005/64/https://www.ngccoin.uk/certloo...
(g) NGC PF62 | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Gold Proof Set, 1937 (4), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edges plain, 12h (W&R 435, 437, 439, 442; S.4074-4077 [S.PS15]), faint cabinet friction in otherwise brilliant fields, some surface speckling, good extremely fine or better, all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders, universally graded PROOF 62ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF62 - 5SOV - (8534329-002)ii) PF62 - 2SOV - (8534330-003)iii) PF62 - SOV - (8534331-003)iv) PF62 - 1/2 SOV - (8534332-003)https://www.ngccoin.uk/ce...
(g) NGC PF62 CAM - PF65 | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Gold Proof Set, 1937 (4), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edges plain, 12h (W&R 435, 437, 439, 442; S.4074-4077 [S.PS15]), faint speckling to brilliant fields, the Five-Pounds with more pleasing Cameo definition, otherwise all approaching as struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holdersProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF62 CAM - 5SOV - (8534329-004)ii) PF65 - 2SOV - (8534330-001)iii) PF64 - SOV - (8534331-001)iv) PF64 - 1/2 SOV - (8534332-001)https://www.ngccoin.uk/ce...
(g) NGC PF63 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Gold Proof Set, 1937 (4), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edges plain, 12h (W&R 435, 437, 439, 442; S.4074-4077 [S.PS15]), some peripheral hazing and cabinet fricton in otherwise brilliant and lightly toned fields, the Sovereign with a colourful toning spot to reverse, good extremely fine to much as issued, all in in NGC Black 'Pallas' holders, universally graded PROOF 63 CAMEO ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF63 CAM - 5SOV - (8534329-001)ii) PF63 CAM - 2SOV - (853...
(g) NGC PF62-PF64 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Gold Proof Set, 1937 (4), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edges plain, 12h (W&R 435, 437, 439, 442; S.4074-4077 [S.PS15]), faint cabinet friction in otherwise brilliant fields, good extremely fine or better, the Half-Sovereign with playful Cameo definition and much as struck thus, all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holdersProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF63+ - 5SOV - (8534329-003)ii) PF63 - 2SOV - (8534330-002)iii) PF62 - SOV - (8534331-002)iv) PF64 CAM - 1/2 SOV - (853...
(g) NGC PF65 CAM - PF67 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Gold Proof Set, 1937 (4), Five-Pounds to Half-Sovereign, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edges plain, 12h (W&R 435, 437, 439, 442; S.4074-4077 [S.PS15]), a delightful set, a toning spot on horse's hoof of Five-Pounds, otherwise choice as struck, all in NGC Black 'Pallas' holdersProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins i) PF65 CAM - 5SOV - (8534329-006)ii) PF66 - 2SOV - (8534330-006)iii) PF66 CAM - SOV - (8534331-006)iv) PF67 CAM - 1/2 SOV - (8534332-006)https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534329-006...
THE 'MASKIROVKA' COLLECTION OF MODERN MINT ERROR COINS
NGC MS62 | Mint Error | George VI (1936-1952), 'English' Shilling, 1946, milled edge, 12h (ESC 1474; Bull 4183; S.4103), broadstruck, otherwise with only very light contact marks, good very fine in NGC holder, graded MS62 ~ Mint Error, Broadstruck (Cert. #6029787-001)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6029787-001/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF69 UCAM | Mint Error | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Gold Proof Half-Sovereign, 1992, third crowned head right, RDM incuse on truncation, ELIZABETH II DEI. GRA. REG. F: D, rev. St. George and Dragon, date in exergue, B.P. to upper right of exergue, edge milled, 3.99g*, 12h (S.SB2), uncirculated with brilliant fields, as struck, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO ~ MINT ERROR ~ "Reverse Struck Through" (Cert. #5879607-013)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/5879607-013/69/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information...
(g) NGC PF70 UCAM | *Top Pop* | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Proof Two-Pounds, 1994, Double-Sovereign Error Mule, Commemorating "300 Years of the Bank of England", third head right, by Raphael Maklouf, rev. Corporate Seal of the Bank of England featuring Seated Britannia, crowned monogram of William and Mary above, Bank of England in hand-written font below, edge milled, 15.98g*, 12h (S.K4), uncirculated with brilliant fields, as struck, in NGC holder, graded PF70 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #5879304-002) [*Joint Finest Certified*]ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/...
(g) NGC PF69 UCAM | Mint Error | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 'Flat Face' Gold Proof Two-Pounds, 1996, the so-called 'Non-Curved Obverse' Double-Sovereign Error, Commemorating 10th European Football Championship, also known as the UEFA 1996 Euro Cup, third head right, by Raphael Maklouf, rev. stylised representation of a football, date in centre, edge plain, 15.98g*, 12h (S.K7), uncirculated with brilliant fields, as struck, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #5879304-001)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/5879304-001/69/Subject to...
(g) NGC PF69 UCAM | Mint Error | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Gold Proof Sovereign, 2014, the "Unfrosted Obverse Die Error", fourth crowned head right, IRB below truncation, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 3.99g*, 12h (S.SB7A), uncirculated with brilliant fields, as struck, in NGC holder, graded PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #5879305-001)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/5879305-001/69/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC MS67 DPL | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Silver Two-Pound, 2014, Britannia Obverse - Mule, commemorating 'The Year of the Horse', portrait crowned head right, IRB below truncation, rev. Britannia facing left, edge milled, 12h (S.BSF12/CLBB1), uncirculated, deep proof-like, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS67 DEEP PROOF LIKE ~ Britannia Obverse - Mule (Cert. #6027487-005); also NGC MS66 DPL | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Silver Two-Pound, 2014, Lunar Horse Obverse - Mule, commemorating 'Britannia, portrait crowned head right, IRB below truncation, rev. Britannia facing left, edge milled, 12...
NGC MINT ERROR MS64 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Bimetallic Two-Pound, 2015, 'Die Chip on Mast' Error, commemorating The First World War, fifth portrait crowned head right, JC below truncation, rev. Royal Navy battleship, edge incuse lettered, 12h (S.K35), uncirculated with just a few light contact marks, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS64 (Cert. #6027487-008); and another, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS63 (Cert. #6027487-009) (2)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6027487-008/64/https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6027487-...
NGC MINT ERROR MS63 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Bimetallic Two-Pound, 2015, 'Rotated Dies' Error, commemorating Britannia, fifth portrait crowned head right, JC below truncation, rev. Britannia facing left, edge incuse lettered, 3h (S.K37), uncirculated with just a few light contact marks, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS63 ~ Rotated Dies (Cert. #6027487-010); and another, NGC MS63 | Bimetallic Two-Pound, 2016, Edge Lettering Mule - For King and Country, commemorating Shakespeare Tragedy, fifth portrait crowned head right, JC below truncation, rev. skull and rose, edge incus...
Mint Error 50ps (4) | including, NGC MINT ERROR MS63 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 50 Pence, 1997, Struck on Foreign Planchet (5g) Mint Error, edge plain, 1h (cf. S.H4), ex. Beeston Collection, uncirculated, lustrous, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS63 ~ Struck on Foreign Planchet (5g) (Cert. #5841464-040); also NGC MINT ERROR MS65 | 50 Pence, 2000, Struck on Foreign Planchet (5g) Mint Error, edge plain, 1h (cf. S.H8), ex. Beeston Collection, uncirculated, lustrous, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS65 ~ Struck on Foreign Planchet (5g) (Cert. #5841464-038); al...
NGC MINT ERROR MS69 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 50 Pence, 2009, 'London Olympics, 2012 Blue Peter', Obverse Struck Thru Mint Error, edge plain, 12h (S.LO1), uncirculated, lustrous, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS69 ~ Obverse Struck Thru (Cert. #6028007-028)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint ErrorsThe Coin Cabinet, Auction 35, 28 February 2021, lot 242https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6028007-028/69/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC MS68 DEEP PROOFLIKE | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 50 Pence, 2009, Gibraltar, COVID-19, "Commemerate" Mint Error, edge plain, 12h, uncirculated, lustrous, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS68 DPL (Cert. #6031410-001)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6031410-001/68/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC MS65 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Commemorative 50 Pence, 2011, "Aquatics", 'Lines over Face' Variety, crowned bust right, rev. Swimmer with water lines over face, 12h (S.LO2A), brilliant uncirculated, one of only 600 believed struck before the dies were modified, the fabled rarity of the modern 50-Pence collector's market., in NGC holder, graded MS65 (Cert. #6027487-002)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6027487-002/65/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Term...
NGC PF68 UCAM | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 50 Pence, 2018, 'Blue Hat / Scarf', edge plain, 12h (S.H60), uncirculated, extremely fine, as struck, in NGC holder, graded PF68 ULTRA CAMEO ~ Blue Hat / Scarf (Cert. #6027487-001); and also NGC PF69 ULTRA CAMEO | 50 Pence, 2020, 'Reverse Offset Coloring' Mint Error, edge plain, 12h (S.H91), uncirculated, extremely fine, as struck, in NGC holder, graded PF69 ULTRA CAMEO ~ Reverse Offset Coloring (Cert. #6133584-001); and also NGC PF65 ULTRA CAMEO | 50 Pence, 2020, 'Offset Coloring' Mint Error, edge plain, 12h (S.H91), uncirculated, extremely fine, as s...
NGC MS65 | *Top Pop* | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 20 Pence, 2008, Obverse Undated Mule, edge plain, 12h (S.G4), uncirculated, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS65 (Cert. #6027487-004) [*Joint Finest Certified*]; and NGC MINT ERROR MS65 | 20 Pence, 2011, Struck on a Foreign Planchet Mint Error, edge plain, 2.8g, 12h (S.G4), uncirculated, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS65 ~ Struck on a Foreign Planchet (Cert. #6028823-002) (2)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6027487-004/65/https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6028823-002/...
NGC MINT ERROR MS64 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 10 Pence, 2006, Struck on a Foreign Planchet Mint Error, edge plain, 4.4g, 12h (S.F5), ex. Beeston Collection, uncirculated, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS64 ~ Struck on a Foreign Planchet (Cert. #5841466-012); also NGC MINT ERROR MS65 | 10 Pence, 2011, Struck on a Foreign Planchet Mint Error, edge plain, 4.5g, 12h (S.F7), ex. Beeston Collection, uncirculated, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS65 ~ Struck on a Foreign Planchet (Cert. #5841466-017) (2)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps:/...
NGC MINT ERROR MS64 BN | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 5 Pence, 1988, Struck on a 1C Blank Mint Error, edge plain, 3.6g, 1h (S.D3), uncirculated, residual lustre, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS64 BROWN ~ Struck on 1C Blank Mint Error (Cert. #6029788-005); and also NGC MINT ERROR AU58 | 5 Pence, 2012, Partial Collar Mint Error, edge milled/plain, 12h (S.D7), uncirculated, near extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR AU58 ~ Partial Collar (Cert. #2653072-018) (2)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6029788-005/64/https://...
NGC MINT ERROR AU58 BN | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 2 Pence, 1971, 'Curved Clip @ 8:00' Mint Error, edge plain, 12h (S.C1), almost uncirculated, near extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR AU58 BROWN ~ Curved Clip @ 8:00 (Cert. #6029788-003); and also NGC MINT ERROR PF69 RD CAM | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Proof 2 Pence, 1989, Reverse Struck Thru Mint Error, edge plain, 12h (S.C3), uncirculated, extremely fine, as struck, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR PF69 RED CAMEO ~ Reverse Struck Thru (Cert. #6319382-010) (2)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin....
NGC MINT ERROR MS62 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 2 Pence, 1979, 'Struck on 5p Planchet' Mint Error, edge plain, 5.7g, 12h, (cf. S.C4), light edge knock, otherwise slightly off flan, otherwise good very fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS62 (Cert. #6029788-004)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6029788-004/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
The Fabled 1983 'Martini' Set & Regular Issue (16) | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Royal Mint 'Martini Set', 1983, One Pound to Halfpenny (8), including Mule 'NEW PENCE' Two Pence (S.C2A), sealed annual set in original Royal Mint presentation case and with Martini compliments slip, as struck; alongside the regular 1983 Coin Collection Set without the error coin, reading 'TWO PENCE' (16)Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC MS68 RD | *Top Pop* | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 2 Pence, 1983, 'Muled with 1982 2 Pence' Mint Error, NEW PENCE, edge plain, 12h, (cf. S.C1/C2), light edge knock, otherwise slightly off flan, otherwise good very fine, in NGC holder, graded MS68 RED (Cert. #6028653-001) [*Single Finest Certified*]ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6028653-001/68/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC MINT ERROR MS65 RD | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 2 Pence, 1992, 'Struck 5% Off Centre' Mint Error, edge plain, 12h (S.C4), almost uncirculated, reddish toned, near extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS65 RED ~ Struck 5% Off Centre (Cert. #6031699-001); and also NGC MINT ERROR UNC | Penny, 1992, 'Struck 10% Off Centre' Mint Error, edge plain, 12h (S.B3), ex. Beeston Collection, some damage to the obverse, light knocks and contact marks but otherwise with residual lustre, uncirculated, very fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR UNC Details ~ Struck 5% Off Centre ~ Obv. Damage (C...
NGC MINT ERROR MS66 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 2 Pence, 1992, 'Struck on Unplated Planchet' Mint Error, edge plain, 6.6g, 12h, (cf. S.C3), uncirculated, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS66 (Cert. #6031699-002)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Collection of Mint Errorshttps://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6031699-002/66/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
NGC MINT ERROR MS66 BN | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 2 Pence, 1971, Broadstruck with Curved Clip at 12 o'clock, edge plain, 12h (S.C1), uncirculated, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS66 BROWN ~ Broadstruck with Curved Clip at 12 o'clock (Cert. #6029788-001); and also NGC MINT ERROR MS62 | 2 Pence, 1993, Struck on a Foreign Planchet, edge plain, 5.0g, 1h (S.C4), uncirculated, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS62 ~ Struck on a Foreign Planchet (Cert. #6319542-002); and also NGC MINT ERROR MS65 | 2 Pence, 2008-2015, Struck on a Foreign Planchet, edge plain, 4.4g,...
NGC MINT ERROR MS65 | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Penny, 2006, 'Struck on a Foreign Planchet' Mint Error, edge plain, 3.3g,12h (S.B5), ex. Beeston Collection, uncirculated, deeply toned, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS65 ~ Struck on a Foreign Planchet (Cert. #5841463-015); and also NGC MINT ERROR MS64 | Penny, 2010, 'Struck on a Foreign Planchet' Mint Error, edge plain, 3.3g,12h (S.B6), ex. Beeston Collection, uncirculated, deeply toned, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS64 ~ Struck on a Foreign Planchet (Cert. #5841463-007) (2)ProvenanceThe "Maskirovka" Coll...
THE CARRINGTON COLLECTION OF EXCEPTIONAL NUMISMATIC ARTISTRY: ANGLO-SAXON, MEDIEVAL, ANGLO-GALLIC AND TUDOR GOLD COINS
(x) NGC AU53 | Early Anglo-Saxon England, Crondall Types (c. 630-650), Gold Shilling, 'Substantive Gold' Phase, London derived, crude bust right, with large features and hair swept back, striated halo forms border, rev. blundered legends, cross in beaded circle, 1.270g, [19.58gns] (SCBI 69 [Abramson], 1; Sutherland 52 same dies; North 22; S.754), slightly smoothed to portrait and of a pale gold fabric, otherwise a richer cabinet tone, a most pleasingly good very fine, rare and with a prestigious provenance, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded AU53 (Cert. #8536701-001)ProvenanceThe "Carrin...
(x) "A quaint echo of Roman work, debased into sheer absurdity" [Sir Charles Oman, Numismatic Chronicle, 1929, p. 169] | Early Anglo-Saxon England, Post-Crondall Phase (c. 655-675), Pale Gold Shilling, 'Two Emperors' type, in the style of a Imperial 4th Century Solidus, VAE | N, pearl diademed and cuirassed bust right, cross-on-step before, rev. Victory (or Angel) spreading wings over two seated Emperors, 0.898g [13.85grns] (Montagu I, 146; Oman [NumChron, 1929], no. 2; Sutherland 33; SCBI 20 [Mack], 308 = EMC 1020.0308 this coin; SCBI 69 [Abramson], 12; North 20; BMC, Pl. I, no. 2; S.767), st...
(x) NGC AU | Early Anglo-Saxon England, Post-Crondall Phase (c. 655-675), Pale Gold Shilling, 'Two Emperors' type, in the style of a Imperial 4th Century Solidus, VAE | N, pearl diademed and cuirassed bust right, cross-on-step before, rev. Victory (or Angel) spreading wings over two seated Emperors, 1.248g [19.28gns], 6h (Montagu I, 146; Oman [NumChron, 1929], no. 2; Sutherland 33; SCBI 20 [Mack], 308; ; North 20; BMC, Pl. I, no. 2; S.767), light scratches to portrait of very pale gold fabric, otherwise a really good very fine, with a most unusual pedigree, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, ha...
(x) NGC AU | Anglo-Frisia, Gold Solidus, c. 825-850, imitating Louis the Pious , c. 816, D N LVVDOVS INII AVG, laureate and draped bust right with long vertical bar for nose, hair represented in fine lines and an inverted trefoil for eye, rev. NIVNIVIO IVNVM, suspended wreath containing a large cross pattée linked to wreath on vertical axis, 4.447g [68.62grns], 8h (Grierson, Group III -, cf. Prou 1075 different dies), of paler fabric but with a high gold content, with tiny excavation scuffs and stress marks in otherwise residually lustrous fields, a most pleasingly bold very fine, very rare, i...
(x) Henry III (1216-1272), Gold Penny of 20-Pence, authorised 16 August 1257, Tower (London), Willem FitzOtto of Gloucester (The King's Goldsmith), h | ENRIC ' REX •I•I•I'• King seated on ornate throne, holding orb and sceptre, rev. WILL | EM : O | N LV | NDE: pellet-barred Ns, voided long cross with lobed terminals, five-leafed petals and trio of pellets in angles, 2.951g [45.54grns], 5h, no m.m. (Evans [NumChron, 1900], Pl. XI, no. 3 this coin mentioned; Lawrence, [BNJ IX, 1912], pp. 145-179, Type I this coin mentioned; Schneider I, 1 same dies [Rome]; North 1000; BMC GHB 238 same dies; S.1...
(x) NGC UNC | Edward III (1327-1377), Third Coinage, Second Period, Quarter-Noble, 1344-1346, struck after his 18th Year, Tower (London), :+: EDWAR x R x AnGL x S FRAnC x D x n x h, chevron-barred A, double saltire stops, Royal Shield quartered with the Arms of France and England, all within a double tressure of six arches, with trefoils in spandrels, and pellets on angles, rev :+: EXALTABITVR : IN : GLORIA : double saltire stops, floriated cross, leopards in angles, L [for London] at centre, all within tressure of eight arches, 2.219g [34.22grns], 10h, i.m. cross pattée (Kenyon, pl. I, 5; Gr...
(x) NGC MS63 | *Top Pop* | Edward III (1327-1377), Third Coinage, Third Period, Noble, 1346-1351, struck for his 20th Year, Tower (London), ED | WAR : D : GRA : REX : ANGL : Z : FRANC : DNS : hYB, large, taller lettering, double saltire stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/2, ornaments 11-11-11--, quatrefoils 4/4, rev. + : IhC : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORVM : IBAT : chevron-barred A, double saltire stops, bifoliate floriate cross with lys at limbs, large E at centre, 8.287g [127.9grns], 3h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider I, 4; Potter 2a, dies 9/13; Norweb 126 thi...
(x) NGC AU | Edward III (1327-1377), Third Coinage, Third Period, Quarter-Noble, 1346-1351, struck for his 20th Year, Tower (London), :+: EDWAR x R x AnGL x Z x FRAnC x D x hYB, chevron-barred As, single saltire stops, Royal Shield quartered with the Arms of France and England, all within a double tressure of six arches, with trefoils in spandrels, rev. :+: EXALTABITVR : In : GLORIA :, chevron-barred As, double saltire stops, floriate cross, trefoil and leopard in each angle, large E at centre, 2.014g [31.08gns], m.m. cross pattée (Schneider I, 8; Doubleday 5-8; North 1112; S.1483), tiny graff...
(x) Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty Period, Series E/G Mule, Noble, 1356-1361, Tower (London), E • | DWARD •' DEI . GRA • REX AIIGL . Z . FRAnC D hYB, annulet stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/1, ornaments -11-11-, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. + IhC x AVTEM x TRAIICIEIIS : P x MEDIVM x ILLORVM x IBAT, saltire stops, unbarred Ns, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, small E at centre, additional lys in second quarter, and annulets flanking uppermost lys, 7.581g [117.02gns], 2h, m.m. cross 3 (Schneider I, 34; LAL E/Gb or c, dies AJ/88 (=13); Doubleday 85 same die...
(x) NGC AU53 | Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty Period, Series G, Quarter-Noble, 1356-1361, Tower (London) + EDWAR R AnGL x' Z x FRAnC x D x hY, saltire stops, Royal Shield quartered with the Arms of France and England, all within a double tressure of eight arches, rev. + EXALTABITVR x IN x GLORIA, saltire stops, floriate cross, leopards in angles, pellet at centre, 1.874g [28.94gns], 6h, m.m. cross pattée (Schneider I, 49; North 1191; S.1498), on a fuller flan, lightly cabinet toned and residually lustrous, an attractive and bolder very fine, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded AU53 (C...
(x) NGC MS62 | Edward III (1327-1377), Transitional Treaty Period, Half-Noble, 1361, the so-called "Cursing" Type, Tower (London), E | DWARD : DEI x G REX x ANGL D : hIB, saltire stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/3, ornaments 1-1-1-1, quatrefoils 4/3, lys 3, rev. + DOMINE : IN : FVRORE : TVO : ARGVTS : ME, saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, annulets to corners of central panel, large E at centre, additional lys in second quarter, 3.916g [60.44grns], 2h, i.m. cross pattée (LAL dies k/5; Doubleday 184 this coin; Schneider I, -; North 1223; S....
(x) NGC AU58 | Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Transitional Treaty Period, Quarter-Noble, Tower (London), + EDWAR .' DEI : GRAC : REX : AnGL : D, double saltire stops, Royal Shield quartered with the Arms of France and England, all within a double tressure of eight arches, annulets on cusps, trefoils in spandrels, rev. + EXALTABITVR : In : GLORIA :, double saltire stops, pellet in centre of ornate cross potent with lys terminals, annulets within each inner angle, lion within each outer angle, pellets in spandrels, 1.900g [29.34gns], 4h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider I, 69; North 1224(ii...
(x) NGC MS62 | Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Noble, 1363-1369, Group A, Tower (London), x ED | WARD : DEI : GRA : REX : AnGL : DNS : hYB • Z • AQ | T, saltire stops, including before EDWARD, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/2, ornaments -11-11, quatrefoils 4/4, rev. + IhC : AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIV : ILLORVM : IBAT, unbarred As, double saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, large E at centre, 7.665g [118.26grns], 4h, i.m. cross potent (LAL, Group A, no. 1; Lockett 1245 same dies; Doubleday -; Norweb 854 this coin; Nort...
(x) NGC MS64 | Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Noble, 1363-1369, Tower (London), . ED | WARD : DEI : GRA : REX : AnGL : DnS : hyB, annulet before EDWARD, double saltire stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/1, ornaments [11]-11, quatrefoils 4/4, rev. + IhC : AVTEM : TRAnSIEnS : PER : MEDIV : ILLORVM : IBAT, double saltire stops, floriate cross crowned leopards in angles, E at centre, 7.708g [118.96gns], 10h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider I, 86-87; North 1232; S.1503), a trace double-struck with aged dies, otherwise handsomely cabinet toned and lu...
(x) NGC MS63 | Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Post-Treaty Period, Noble, 1369-1377, Group III, Calais, EDW | ARD x DI x GRA x REX x AnGL x Z x FRANC : DnS x hIB 'x Z x AQVIT '. saltire stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, flag on stern-castle, ropes 3/1, ornaments 1-1-1-1, quatrefoils 5/4, rev. + IhC : AVTEM : TRAnSIENS : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORVM : IBAT x, double saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, large E• at centre, 7.625g [117.68gns], 11h, i.m. cross pattée (cf. Schneider I, 115: North 1281; S.1521), struck from an overtly rusted obverse die...
(x) NGC UNC | Richard II (1377-1399), Noble, Type IB, Tower (London), RIC | [ARD x' D] : G : REX : AnGL x' Z x FRAnC x' D : hIB : Z x AQ, saltire stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ornaments 1-1-1-1, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 5/4, lys 4, annulet above sail, rev. + Ih'C : AVTEM : TRAnSIENS : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORVM : IBA [sic], double saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, R at centre, 7.702g [11.888gns], 4h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider I, 126/-, cf. 131 same obverse die; North 1302; S.1654), mysteriously smoothed in right field and lightly clipped, otherwi...
(x) Richard II (1377-1399), Half-Noble, Type IIa, Tower (London), RIC | ARD x' D x GRA x REX : AnGL x' DnS x hIB x Z x AQ, saltire stops, incuse saltire in circle at end of legend, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/1, ornaments -1-1-, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. + DOMINE : nE In : FVRORE : TVO : ARGVAS : ME, double saltire stops, floriate cross, R at centre, trefoils in spandrels, 3.124g [48.22gns], 10h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider I, 148; Stewartby IIa; North 1311; S.1666), clipped and bright, otherwise uniform for strike, approaching very fine, extremely rare, in NGC Black...
(x) Richard II (1377-1399), Quarter-Noble, Type IA, Tower (London), + RICARD : DI : GRA : REX : AnG x double saltire stops, Royal Shield quartered with the Arms of France and England, all within a double tressure of eight arches, plain above shield, rev. + EXALTABITVR : In : GLORIA., floriate cross, leopards in angles, R in centre [rotated at 90 degrees clockwise to i.m.], 1.776g [27.42gns], 6h, i.m. cross pattée (Webb Ware 1a; Stewartby Ia; Schneider I, 140/125 same obverse die [reused in 1B]; North 1317; S.1672), lightly clipped and scratched, otherwise soft cabinet tone, almost very fine,...
(x) Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy Coinage, Noble, c. 1399-1405, Type Ic, Tower (London), hEN | RIC x DI x GRA x REX : ANGL 'x S : FRANC 'x D 'x hIB ' S AQ | T' King standing in ship, holding broad sword and Lancastrian shield repunched with three lys (2/1) of the 'Ancien Régime', ornaments 1-1-1-1, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 4/4, crescent on rudder, rev. + IhC : AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIV 'x ILLORVM : IBAT, double saltire stops, floriate cross with crowned 'small' leopards in angles, h at centre, voided trefoils on cusps, larger trefoils in spandrels, 6.995g [107.94gns], 11h, i.m. cross pattée...
(x) NGC AU58 | Henry IV (1399-1413), Light Coinage, Noble, current 12 April 1412 - 1413, Type V, Tower (London), hEN | RIC x DI 'x GRA 'x REX 'x AnGL 'x Z x FRAnC 'x DnS : hIB 'x Z 'x A-C, King standing in ship, holding broad sword and Lancastrian shield, trefoil and annulet on side of ship, ropes 3/1, ornaments 1-11-1, quatrefoils 3/4, rev. + IhC : AVTEM : TRANSIEnS : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORV : IBAT, double saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, large h and pellet, additional trefoil in first quarter, 6.935g [107.04gns], 4h, i.m. cross pattée (Raynes 27 same obverse die; Fish...
(x) NGC AU | Henry IV (1399-1413), Light Coinage, Half-Noble, current 12 April 1412 - 1413, Type IV, Tower (London), hE | NRIC x DI x GRA x REX x AnGL x FRAC x D x hYB, saltire stops, King standing in ship, holding broad sword and Lancastrian shield, ropes 3/1, ornaments 1-1-1, quatrefoils 3/3, with pellet-topped castles, slipped trefoil on stern, rev. + DOM[InE] : In : FVRORE : TVO : ARGVAS : [ME :], double saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, pellet and large h at centre, trefoils in spandrels, 3.380g [52.16grns], 11h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider I, -, cf. 203 [Type IV...
(x) NGC AU | Henry IV (1399-1413), Light Coinage, Quarter-Noble, current 12 April 1412 - 1413, Tower (London), + hEnRIC x DI x GRA x REX x ANGL, Royal Shield in double tressure of eight arches, lys above, trefoils and annulets flanking in fields, rev. + EXALTABITVR : In : GLORIA : floriate cross, leopards in angles, lys at centre, all in double tressure of eight arches, 1.395g [21.50grns], 10h, i.m. cross pattée (F A Walters, "The Coinage of Henry IV", (Numismatic Chronicle IV, 1905), p. 298, no. 4 this coin; Schneider I, 212; North 1357; S.1717), a scarcely perceptible scratch across shield...
(x) NGC AU58 | Henry V (1413-1422), Noble, Class C, Tower (London), h | EnRIC x' DI x' GRA x' REX x AnGL x' S x' FRAnC x' DnS x hyB, single saltire, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, mullet by sword, ropes 3/2, ornaments 11-11, quatrefoils 3/3, and quatrefoil above sail, rev. + IhC x' AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIV x' ILLORV x' IBAT, single and double saltire stops, floriate cross, trefoils and crowned leopards in angles, large h at centre, additional quatrefoil in second quarter, 6.980g [107.70grns], 9h, i.m. cross pattée (Brooke IVa/IV; Schneider I, 227; North 1371; S.1742),...
(x) NGC XF | Henry V (1413-1422), Half-Noble, Class C, Tower (London), h | ENRIC x' DI x' GRA x' REX x ANGL x' Z ' FR D x' hyB, saltire stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, mullet above shield, ropes 3/1, ornaments 11-11, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. + DOMInE : nE : In : FVRORE : TVO : ARGVAS ' ME, double saltire stops, floriate cross, h at centre, crowned leopards in angles, broken annulet in second quarter, 3.374g [52.08grns], 6h, i.m. pierced cross (Schneider I, 237-239; N 1377; S.1750), a small scratch in upper left field and a trace of crimping, otherwise residually lustrous w...
(x) NGC AU55 | Henry V (1413-1422), Class G, Quarter-Noble, Tower (London), + hEnRIC (mullet) DI •' GRA •' REX •' AnGL', annulet stops, lys above Royal Shield in double tressure of eight arches, rev. + EXALTABITVR * In • GLORIA, floriate cross, leopards in angles, lys at centre, all in double tressure, 1.727g [26.68grns], 6h, m.m. pierced cross (Evelyn Rashleigh [1909], 708b this coin [Henry VI, Annulet Issue]; Lockett 4294; Schneider I, 266; North 1384; S.1758), the deftest hints of peripheral striking softness, otherwise a truly sublime coin, sumptuously ochre cabinet-toned and uniformly cri...
(x) NGC MS62 | Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue, Noble, 1422-1427, Tower (London), h | ENRIC '(lys) DI . GRA '. REX . AnGL . Z ' FRAnC '(lys) DNS . hyB, trefoil stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, annulet at right arm, ropes 2/1, ornaments 1-1-1, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. (m.m.) Ih'C * AVT '. TRAnSIEnS . PER . MEDIVM . ILLORV'. IBAT, annulet stops, floriate cross, annulet in first spandrel of second quarter otherwise trefoils in spandrels, 6.959g [107.36grns], 6h, i.m. lys (Schneider I, 274-290; North 1414; S.1799), a trace of ghosting to legends and some bright...
(x) NGC AU | Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue, Half-Noble, 1422-1427, Tower (London), h | ENRIC (lys) DI .' GRA .' REX . ANGL . Z ' FRAn, trefoil stops, King standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 2/1, ornaments -11-1, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. (m.m.) DOMInE * nE . In FVRORE . TVO . ARGVAS . ME, annulet stops, floriate cross, large h at centre, annulet in first spandrel of second quarter otherwise trefoils in spandrels, 3.448g [53.22grns], 3h, i.m. lys (Schneider I, 293; North 1417; S.1805), the deftest crease to flan and some brightness, otherwise lustrous and on...
(x) NGC AU55 | Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue, Quarter-Noble, 1422-1427, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC ' (lys) DI •' GRA '• REX • ANGL ', trefoil stops, lys above Royal Shield in double tressure of eight arches, rev. (m.m.) EXALTABITVR * In • GLORIA, annulet stop, mullet after EXALTABITVR, floriate cross, leopards in angles, lys at centre, all in double tressure of eight arches, spandrels plain, 1.722g [26.56grns], 7h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 295; North 1420; S.1810), on a pleasingly full round flan, with a subtle but natural tone with much underlying lustre, a really good ver...
(x) NGC AU58 | Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Rosette-Mascle Issue, Half-Noble, 1430-1431, Tower (London), h | ENRIC * DI * GRA * REX * AnGL * Z * FRAnC *, rosette stops, King standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 2/1, ornaments 1-1-1, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. (m.m.) DOMINE * nE In * FVRORE * TVO * ARGVAS . ME, rosette stops, mascle after nE. floriate cross, large h at centre, additional lys in second quarter, 3.466g [53.50grns], 9h, m.m. lys (Montagu II, 918 [UNIQUE, 53grns] = Richard Manley-Foster 1903, 35; Bruun 1925, 421* = Ryan 52 = Schneider I, 310 same dies; Bliss [...
(x) NGC MS66 | Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Heavy Coinage, Noble, EDWARD ' | DI | . GRA .' REX AnGL '. Z FRAn ' DnS . hB, king standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 4/2, ornaments 1-1-1, quatrefoils 3/3[?], rev. (m.m.) Ih'C ' AVT .' TRANSENS PER MEDIVM ILORV .' IBAT, saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, large E• in centre, trefoils in spandrels, 6.978g [107.70grns], 4h, i.m. lys (Blunt & Whitton -; Schneider I, 338; North 1527; S.1946), a faint trace of die shirt, nevertheless a SENSATIONAL Numismatic Treasure, practically flawless in the strike...
(x) NGC AU | Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Rose Noble or Ryal, 1466-1469, Tower (London), ED | WARD • DI • GRA •' REX • ANGL •' Z • FRAnC •' DnS'I B, trefoil stops, King standing in ship holding sword and shield, rose on decking, E on standard beside, ropes 3/1, ornaments 1--1, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. (i.m.) IhC • AVT • TRANSIENS • PERMEDIVM : ILLORVM IBAT, unbarred As, trefoil stops, rose-atop radiant sun over floriated cross, crowns and leopards in angles, large fleurs in spandrels, 7.684g [118.60grns], 8h, m.m. crown (Schneider I, 346; North 1549; S.1950), a small metal flaw by shield a...
(x) NGC AU55 | *Top Pop* | Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Light Coinage, Half-Ryal, York (Royal), 1466-1469, ED | WARD DI ' GRA .' REX . ANGL ' Z .. | . FRAnC, trefoil stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, standard with letter E at stern castle, rose on ships, E below, trefoil stops, ropes 3/1, ornaments 1-|-1, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. (m.m) DOMINE • NE • IN • FVRORE • TVO : ARGVASME [sic], rose over a radiate sun over royal cross, crowned leopards in angles, small trefoils in spandrels, trefoil stops, double after TVO, 3.857g [59.50grns], 4h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 425; No...
(x) NGC AU | Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Quarter-Ryal, Tower (London) [or York], Group VII, (m.m.) EDWARD . DI . GRA ' REX ANGL Z FR, trefoil stops, E above Royal Shield in double tressure of eight arches, dividing rose and sun,all inside quatrefoil, trefoils in spandrels, rev. (m.m.) EXALTABITVR . IN . GLORIA, large trefoil stops, quatrefoil after GLORIA, floriate cross, leopards in angles, expanding sun at centre, all in double-octofoil, cusps and spandrels plain, 1.862g [28.68grns], 6h, m.m. lys (B&W 17; North 1560; S.1965), subtly creased and lightly clipped, otherwise uniformly st...
(x) Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Angel, Type 1, 1464-1469, EDWARD .' DI . GRA : REX ANGL .' Z FRANC DnS hI BER, saltire stops, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. * PER CRVCEM TVA .' SALVA . nOS . XPISTE . REDEMTOR ', trefoil stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing Rose and Sun, trefoils in fields, 5.012g [77.34grns], 10h, m.m. rose (Blunt & Whitton, Type V; Webb-Ware, English Gold Coinage: 1465-1485, p. 121, Pl. 2, no. 1, die 1 this coin [Type 1]; cf. Schneider I, 417-418; cf. Davis 309 = Brice = Montagu II, 592 = Sir John Evans = Lo...
(x) NGC AU | Henry VI, Readepted (1470-1471), Angel, Tower (under Sir Richard Tunstall), hENRIC '. DI GRA . BEX . AnGL . Z . FRAnC : trefoil stops, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, ropes 2/1, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. + PER | CRVSE TVA ' SALVA • nOS • XPC •' REDE'T • pellet stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and large lys, 5.020g [77.47grns], 6h, m.m. restoration cross (Schneider I, 429-433; North 1613; S.2078), some stress marks, otherwise lustrous and lightly honey-golden cabinet toned, a most pleasing very fine, the reverse bolder still, a superb cabinet example o...
(x) NGC AU | Henry VI, Readepted (1470-1471), Angelet, Tower (London),. HENRIC . DI GRA ' REX . ANGL Z FR | A', trefoil stops, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, ropes 2/1; quatrefoils 3/3, rev. + O : | CRVX . AVE . SPES : V . nICA, double trefoil stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and small lys, 2.530g [39.04grns], 9h, m.m. none/cross pattée (Schneider I, 444 same dies; North 1615; S.2080), tiny excavation scurss and a subtle wave to a surprisingly full round planchet, a most pleasing and wholesome very fine, bolder still to the buffeting waves, a sensational exam...
(x) NGC MS63 | Edward IV, Second Reign (1471-1483), Angel, 1480-1483, Tower (London), (m.m.) EDWARD .' DEI . GRA .' REX ANGL '. Z FRANC, saltire stops, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, ropes 2/1; quatrefoils 3/4, rev. (m.m.) PER CRVCEM TVA ' SALVA nOS XPC ' REDEMT, no stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing E and Rose, 5.122g [79.04grns], 1h, m.m. heraldic cinquefoil (Schneider I, 468; North 1626; S.2091), clipped but otherwise a sensationally uniform and fresh striking, with an appealing honey-golden and lustrous cabinet tone, practically mint state, a stunning jewel of...
(x) NGC AU | Edward IV, Second Reign (1471-1483), Angelet, Tower, EDWARD ' DI GRA REX AnGL 'x, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) : O | CRVX * AVE : SPES* VnICA : ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing E and Rose, 2.453g [37.85grns], 7h, m.m. cinquefoil (Schneider 479; North 1630; S.2093), on an irregular but fuller flan and with a hint of die wear to highest points, otherwise lightly cabinet toned, very fine, scarce, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534366-019)ProvenanceThe "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and An...
(x) NGC AU58 | Richard III (1483-1485), Angel, struck c. 1485, Type 3, the remarkble RICAD error, Tower (London), RICAD .' DI . GRA . REX ANGL . Z FRANC : [sic], St. Michael vanquishing the Dragon, rev. (m.m.) PER | CRVCE x' TVA x' SALVA nOS XPC x REDEDMT [sic], saltire stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing R and Rose, 5.10g [78.7grns], 5h, m.m. rose (Kenyon [1884], p. 73, no. 5; Schneider I, 498; SCMB, March 1983, EG22 same obverse die; Glens, 14-15 April 1970, lot 29 same dies; Lockett 3178; North 1677; S.2152), a scuff at 1 o'clock, and with a trace of die softnes...
(x) NGC AU | Richard III, in the name of Edward IV or V (1483-1485), Gold Angel, (m.m.) EDWARD .' DI .' GRA : REX : AnGL . Z FRANC :., saltire stops, St. Michael vanquishing the Dragon, rev. (m.m.) PER | CRVCEM TVA ' SALVA nOS XPC ' REDEMPT ', ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing E and Rose, 5.19g [80.09grns], 9h, m.m. boar's head / dimidiated sun-and-rose (Lord Thurlow [1851], 365 = Evelyn Rashleigh [1909], 741 ['broken and repaired']; C E Blunt, "The Coinage of Edward V" [BNJ, 1937], p. 224, no. 2 & Plate, no. 4 same obverse die [Richard III]; Schneider I, 483; North 167...
(x) NGC AU | Anglo-Gallic, Edward III (1327-1377), Écu d'Or à la chaise, after 11 March 1349, + EDWARDVS : DEI . . GRA . . AGL : FRAnCIE : REX, pellet stops, king crowned and holding sword, seated facing on ornate throne, rev. + XP.'C VINCIT : XPC : REGNAT : XPC : IMPERAT, pellet stops, ornamental cross within quatrefoil, 4.476g [69.07grns], 6h, m.m. cross pattée (Schneider III, 3-4; Elias 33 [Sale, lot 61]; B.-J. 13/17; Fb. 340; S.8035), some partial striking softness above King, otherwise lightly cabinet honey-golden toned and lustrous, a bolder very fine, scarce, in NGC Black 'Carrington' h...
(x) NGC MS61 | Anglo-Gallic, Edward III (1327-1377), Florin d'Or, 1354-1355, Bordeaux, under Bernard de la Brète, (m.m.) S. IOh'A’NNUS B, Saint John the Baptist standing facing, rev. + DVX : A | QiTAniE, large fleur-de-lys, 2.738g [42.25grns], 12h, m.m. lion's head and crown / cross pattée (Schneider III, 6; Ainslie, Pl. I, 1; O'Hagan [1907], 650 same dies; Poey d'Avant 2832; Hewlett, pp. 44-45, no. 2 & Pl. III, I; Beresford-Jones 4/5; Elias 36d; S.8036), die striations in mint-fresh fields, handsomely lustrous and boldly struck up for this extraordinarily short-lived and commensurately rare '...
(x) NGC MS64 | *Top Pop* | Anglo-Gallic, Edward III (1327-1377), Third Issue, Leopard d'Or, + EDVVARDVS : DEI : GRA : ANGLIE : FRANCIE : REX, rosette stops, crowned leopard passant left, rev. + XP'C : VINCIT : XP'C : REGNAT : XP'C : IMPERAT, rosette stops, ornate cross fleury, beaded inner tressure, voided quatrefoils in spandrels, 3.625g [55.94grns], 11h, m.m. cross pattée (Schneider III, 14; Elias 39 variety; S.8039), lightly clipped and with slight doubling to obverse, nonetheless lustrous, a bolder very fine for strike, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded MS64 (Cert. #8536700-015) [*S...
(x) NGC UNC | Anglo-Gallic, Edward III (1327-1377), Leopard d'Or, Bourdeaux, + EDWARDVS : DEI : GRA : AnGLIE : FRANCIE : REX, rosette stops, crowned leopard passant left, rev. + XPC : VINCIT : XPC : REGNAT : XPC : IMPERAT, ornate cross fleury, beaded inner tressure, voided quatrefoils in spandrels, 4.211g [64.98grns], 6h, m.m. cross pattée (Schneider III, 8; Elias 38a variety), some tiny planchet flawing, nonetheless a pleasing uniform strike to a neat full flan with much original lustre, almost extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Uncirculated (Cert. #8536700-019)Provenanc...
(x) NGC AU | Anglo-Gallic, Edward III (1327-1377), Leopard d'Or, + EDVVARDVS : DEI : GRA : ANGLIE : FRANCIE : REX, rosette stops, crowned leopard passant left, rev. + XP'C : VINCIT : XP'C : REGNAT : XP'C : IMPERAT, rosette stops, ornate cross fleury, beaded inner tressure, voided quatrefoils in spandrels, 3.588g [55.37grns], 3h, m.m. cross pattée (Schneider III, 14; Elias 39 variety), a trace off-struck with weakness to Lion's rump, otherwise residually lustrous and with a hint of tone, almost very fine, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534368-010)Provenanc...
(x) NGC MS61 | Anglo-Gallic, Edward III (1327-1377), Guiennois d'Or, ED | D | GRA REX A | G | LI | DO AQVIT | A | IE, Edward standing right, holding sword and shield, within Gothic arch; below, opposed leopards; R to upper right, rev. + GLIA : In EXCELCIS : DEO : ET : In TERRA : PAX · hOIBVS, double and single pellet in annulet stops, cross fleurée and chênée with central quadrilobe; lis and leopard in alternating quarters; all within tressure of nineteen arches; pellet at end of each arc, 3.853g [59.46grns], 5h, m.m. cross pattée (Schneider III, 26; Elias 48), a trace of ghosting in fields, o...
(x) NGC AU | Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince (1362-1372), Leopard d'Or, + ED : P'mO : GnS : REGIS : ANGLIE : PnCEPS : AQITAnIE •, crowned lion walking left, within tressure of eleven arcs, pierced quatrefoils in spandrels and on cusps, beaded circles and legend surrounding, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding with double pierced quatrefoil stops, i.m. cross pattée, rev. + XP'C : VInCIT : XP'C : REGNAT : XP'C : IMPERAT., six pellets in central compartment of floreated ornamental cross, lions over pierced quatrefoils in angles, all within cartouche, voided quatrefoils in spandrels,...
(x) NGC AU | Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince (1362-1372), Guyennois d'Or, ED | P Gn'S REGIS A | n | GLI | E P'InCPS ACIT| A | nIE, armoured crowned figure of King walking right, holding quartered shield and sword, standing over opposing lions, all within Gothic portico, rev. +GLIA : In EXCELCIS : DEO : ET In : TRA : PAX : hOmInIBVS, lis and lion in opposing angles, all within sixteen arc tressure, B in centre, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding, double pellet in annulet stops, 3.624g [55.92grns], 10h, m.m. cross pattée (Schneider III, 32 BJ 90 or 91/95; Elias 141a), a trace of c...
(x) NGC AU | Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince (1362-1372), Chaise d'Or, (i.m.) ED * PO * GNS * REGIS * ANGLIE * PNS * AQITANIE, Prince seated on throne, ornamented with gothic arches, holding sceptre, rev. + DEVS * IVDEX * IVSTVS * FORTIS * Z * PACIENS * B, rosette at centre of cross colarino over floriate cross, alternating lis and leopard in angles, 3.457g [53.24grns], 6h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider III, 33; Elias 143), uniformly struck on an elliptical planchet, with hints of residual lustre across buttery-golden fields, a wholesome and pleasingly bold very fine, very rare, in NGC Bl...
(x) NGC UNC | Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince (1362-1372), Pavillion d'Or, .ED : PO : GNS : REG | ANGL PNCS : AQ ., Prince standing beneath Gothic portico, sword in right hand, left hand raised, two leopards at his feet, two ostrich feathers at each side, all curved to right, all within a plain inner circle, rev. + DNS : AIVTO : Z : PTECIO : ME : Z : IIPO : SPAVIT : COR : MEVM : B, cross quernée within ornamental quatrefoil, E in centre, leopards in first and fourth angles, 4.461g [68.84grns], 6h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider III, 50-55; Elias 154 b/c), bright and lustrous with a trace o...
(x) NGC MS63 | Anglo-Gallic, Edward the Black Prince (1362-1372), Hardi d'Or, + ED * PO * GnS * REGIS * AnGLIE * PnS * AQVITA, half-length robed figure of Prince, pointing finger and holding upright sword, flowers in hair, within tressure of 16 arcs, legend and beaded border surrounding with cinquefoil stops, rev. + AVXILIVm * mEVm * A * DOMInO * R, voided quatrefoil at centre of cross quernée, lis and lion in angles, all within tressure of 16 arcs, legend and beaded border surrounding, 3.990g [61.57grns], 5h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider III, 66; Elias 164; Beresford-Jones 272/278; Fb. 347),...
(x) NGC UNC | Anglo-Gallic, Richard II (1377-1399), Hardi d'Or, + RICARD : D ': GRA : AGLE : FRACIE : RX : D ': AQIT, facing half-length standing figure of King, holding upward sword and pointing finger with his left hand upward, surrounded by treasure of eight full arches, legend and toothed border surrounding, rev. + : AVXILIVM * MEVm * A * DOMINO * B *, quatrefoil at center of long cross quernée, lion in first and fourth quarters, lis in second and third quarters, tressure of twelve arcs surrounding, legend and toothed border surrounding, 3.728g [57.53grns], 6h, m.m. cross pattée (Schneider...
(x) NGC MS62 | Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI (1422-1461), Salut d'Or, Rouen, (m.m.) hEnRICVS : DEI : GRA : FRACORV : Z : AGLIE : REX, Virgin Mary (on left) and Archangel Gabriel (on right) standing behind shields of France and England, respectively, scroll with AVE (written downwards) in between, rays above, rev. (m.m.) XPC *' VINCIT * XPC ,* REGNAT * XPC *' ImPERAT, Latin cross within tressure, lys to left, lion to right, h below, 3.489g [53.84grns], 10h, m.m. Lion Passant Guardant (Schneider III, 109-117 variety; Elias 270b), a splendidly uniform and attractively cabinet toned and lustrous specimen...
(x) Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI (1422-1461), Salut d'Or, Rouen, (m.m.) hENRICVS : DEI : GRA : FRACORV : Z : AGLIE : REX., Virgin Mary (on left) and Archangel Gabriel (on right) standing behind the shields of France and England, respectively, scroll bearing AVE in between, rays above / (m.m.) XPC * VINCIT * XPC * REGNAT * XPC *' IMPERAT,Latin cross within tressure, lis to left, lion to right, h below, 3.079g [47.51grns], 10h, m.m. leopard [lion passant] (Schneider III, 109; Elias 270 [Sale, lot 383] this coin; S.8164), removed from a ring mount with resultant brightness to fields, otherwise struck d...
(x) NGC VF | Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI (1422-1461), Angelot d'Or, Paris, (m.m.) HENRICVS : FRANCORV : ET : ANGLIE : REX, Archangel Gabriel at half-length facing, the shields of France and France-England below, rev. (m.m.) XPC : VINCIT : XPC : REGNAT : XPC : IMPERAT, Latin cross in centre, lys to the left, lion to the right, 2.271g [35.04grns], 2h, m.m. crown (Schneider III, 132; Elias 274), crimped and rubbed, otherwise on a neat round flan, the devices strictly fine, the peripheries bolder, rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Very Fine (Cert. #8534368-012)ProvenanceThe "Carrington" Co...
(x) NGC MS61 | Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI (1422-1461), Angelot d'Or, St Lo, (m.m.) hENRICVS : FRANCORV : ET: ANGLIE: REX, Archangel Gabriel standing facing with outstretched wings supporting the arms of France (on left) and England (on right), rev. (m.m.) XPC': VINCIT : XPC ': REGNAT : XPC': ImPERAT, Latin cross with lys to left and leopard to right, 2.326g [35.89grns], 10h, m.m. lys (Schneider III, 134; Elias 277; S.8165), an outstanding example of this celebrated fractional rarity, with subtle honey-golden tone overlying lustrous original fields, extremely fine and much as struck, very rare thus...
(x) NGC AU | Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI (1422-1461), Angelot d'Or, St Lô, (m.m.) hENRICVS : FRANCORV : ET: ANGLIE: REX, Archangel Gabriel standing facing with outstretched wings supporting the arms of France (on left) and England (on right), rev. (m.m.) XPC': VINCIT : XPC ': REGNAT : XPC': ImPERAT, Latin cross with lys to left and leopard to right, 2.304g [35.55grns], 6h, m.m. lys (Schneider III, 134; Elias 277; S.8165), a hint of cabinet friction in otherwise handsomely toned and lustrous original fields, the strike sumptuously crisp and uniform for issue, near extremely fine and equally rare, es...
(x) NGC AU | Henry VII (1485-1509), Sovereign, Type III, Spring 1493 - Autumn 1495, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRICVS : DEI : GRACIA : REX : ANGLIE : ET : FRANCIE : DNS : IBAR, crowned robed figure of King sitting facing on throne, holding orb and sceptre, greyhound and dragon supporters on throne pillars, ten fleur-de-lys around throne, Latin legend with inner and outer beaded borders surrounding, initial mark dragon both sides, mullet colon stops both sides, rev. (m.m.) *IhESVS* AVTEM* TRANSIENS: PER: MEDIVM: ILLORVM: IBAT: :, quartered shield of arms upon blooming rose, within ten arc double...
(x) NGC AU55 | Henry VII (1485-1509), Sovereign, Type IV, c. 1502-1504, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRICVS x DEI x GRA' x REX x AnGL' x ET x FRAN' x DnS' x HIB'n', King enthroned holding orb and sceptre, throne with high canopy, elaborate back and broad seat, crown, single-arched, rev. (m.m.) : IhESVS : AVTEM : TRAnSIEnS : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORVM : IBAT : x : double saltire stops, Royal shield on Tudor rose, all in tressure of ten arches, leopards and lys in alternate arches, 15.327g [236.53grns], 7h, m.m. lys/dragon (Ruding, Pl. IV, 4; Kenyon 3, and, Pl. VII, 47; Grierson, class D; Potter & Wins...
(x) NGC VF25 | Henry VII (1485-1509), Sovereign, Type IV, c. 1502-1504, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRICVS x DEI x GRA' x AnGL' x ET x FRAN' x DnS' x HIB'n', King enthroned holding orb and sceptre, throne with high canopy, elaborate back and broad seat, crown, single-arched, rev. (m.m.) : IhESVS : AVTEM : TRAnSIEnS : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORVM : IBAT : x : double saltire stops, Royal shield on Tudor rose, all in tressure of ten arches, leopards and lys in alternate arches, 15.250g [235.34grns], 2h, m.m. lys/dragon (Schneider I, 550; North 1692/1; S.2175), edges made round, with moderate rub to othe...
(x) NGC XF | Henry VII (1485-1509), Ryal of 10-Shillings, current October 1489 - 1492, Tower (London), hENRIC ' DI . GRA . REX . ANGL . Z . FRANC . DNS . IBAR, trefoil stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and Tudor shield, lombardic h on standard on forecastle, ropes 3/2, rev. + IhC .' AVTEM . TRANSIENS . PER MEDIV . ILLORV IBAT, trefoil stops, French shield in centre of Tudor rose, trefoil stops on both sides, 7.431g [114.67grns], 2h, i.m. cross fitchée [on reverse only] (Snelling, Pl. 2, 1 ['Noble']; Ruding Pl. IV, 6; Kenyon 49; Lawson 1921, = Ryan 1950, 108; Pembroke 1848, 106 [£105....
(x) NGC MS61 | Henry VII (1485-1509), Old Type, Angel, Class II, 1489-1493, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC . DI . GRA . REX . ANGL . Z . FRAnC . Z | ., trefoil stops, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. PER | CRVC .' TVA .' SALVA nOS . XPC : REDE'TOR, trefoil stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and Rose, 5.118g [78.98grns], 9h, m.m. cinquefoil (Schneider I, 513-514; North 1695; S.2181), struck with aging dies hence softness to Archangel's legs and corresponding area of reverse, otherwise pleasantly toned and lustrous, an imposing very fine, in NGC Black 'Carringto...
(x) NGC VF35 | Henry VII (1485-1509), Type V, Angelet, 1505-1509, Tower (London), (m.m.) hEnRIC': DI': GRA': REX: AGL'. Z, double saltire stops, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) O: CRVX: AVE: SPES: VnICA:, double saltire stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and Pansy, 2.429g [37.48grns], 5h, m.m. pheon (Schneider I, 547; North 1702; S.2192), softly waterworn but with engraver's preparation lines clear in fields, on a full round flan and residually lustrous, approaching very fine, rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded VF35 (Cert. #8534366-020)Pro...
(x) NGC UNC | Henry VIII (1509-1547), First Coinage, Angel, 1509-1526, Tower (London), (m.m.) hEnRIC ?x VIII ?x DI 'x GRA 'x REX x AGL 'x Z x FR ' | : saltire stops, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) PER x CRVCE ' x TVA 'x SALVA x nOS x XPE' x REDE 'x, saltire stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and Rose, 5.061g [78.103grns], 2h, m.m. castle (Schneider I, 558; North 1760; S.2265), scratch below waves and scuffs to wings, with a slight flan crease through legs, otherwise uniformly struck up and toned, a bolder very fine to almost extremely fine in parts,...
(x) NGC AU | Henry VIII (1509-1547), First Coinage, Angelet, 1509-1526, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x DI x GRA.' REX . AL | ', saltire stops, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) O : CRVX : AVE : SPES : VnICA :, double saltire stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and Rose, 2.518g [38.859grns], 3h, m.m. crowned portcullis (Schneider I, 567; North 1761; Bruun 539; S.2266), somewhat bright and with peripheral softness, otherwise on an attractively full round planchet further accentuated by underlying lustrous recesses, a really pleasingly bold very...
(x) NGC AU | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Second Coinage, 'Double Ryal' or Sovereign, 1541, [Tariffed at 22s6d], Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRICVS : DEI : GRACIA : REX | + ANGLIE : ET : FRANC .' DNS : hIB .' ., double saltire stops, dies refurbished with re-punched legends, King enthroned, holding sword and sceptre, throne with fretted back, rev. (m.m.) : IhESUS : AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORVM : IBAT ., Royal shield set on Tudor Rose inside ornate floral tressure, alternating leopards and lys in inner spandrels, plain in outer spandrels, 15.398g [237.627grns], 2h, m.m. lys 3 [over sunbur...
(x) NGC MS63 | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Angelet, (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x D .' G .' R .' AGL .' Z x FR', saltire stops, St Michael vanquishing dragon, rev. (m.m.) O : CRVX : AVE : SPES : VnICA :, double saltire stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and Rose, 2.566g [39.599grns], 7h, m.m. lys (Whitton Pl. XII, 8 same dies; Spink 15004, 25 March 2015, lot 577 same dies; Schneider I, 575 same dies; North 1784; S.2269), some partial striking softness to Archangel's breastplate, otherwise lustrous and more sharply struck to key devices, a really good ve...
(x) Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon (1509-1547), Second Coinage, George Noble [of 6-Shillings and 8 Pence], struck 5 November 1526 - 1529, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC?x DI 'x G 'x R '+ AGL '+ Z + FRAnC 'x DnS '+ hIBERnI, Ship surmounted by rose and crucifix mast dividing H and K, twisted rigging 2/1, with bowsprit, waves lapping below, rev. (m.m.) TALI : DICA : SIGnO : MES 'x FLVCTVARI : nEQVIT ', St George lancing Dragon, 4.601g [71.004grns], 6h, m.m. rose (Murdoch I, 415 = Hird 32 same dies; Schneider I, 576; North 1785; BM E.38 same dies; S.2270), a wisp of crimping to otherwise attr...
(x) NGC AU | Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon or Katharine Howard (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Crown of the Double Rose, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x RVTILANS : ROSA : SINE : SPINA, double saltire stops, Roman Ns, crowned rose dividing h-K, rev. (m.m.) DEI : G' : R' : AGL' : Z : FRANC 'x DNS : hIBERNIE :, crowned shield, 3.655g [56.405grns], 6h, m.m. rose (Whitton i; Schneider I, 579-583; North 1788; S.2273), creased but on a full round flan, with pleasant cabinet tone overlying lustrous original and die-striated fields, an attractively bold extremely fine, truly rare in this e...
(x) NGC XF | Henry VIII, with Jane Seymour (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Crown of the Double Rose, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x RVTILANS x ROSA x SINE x SPIA, crowned rose dividing h-I, rev. (m.m.) DEI ': G ': R ': AGLIE ': Z : FRANC ': DNS '. hIBER ', crowned shield, dividing h-R, 3.602g [55.587grns], 9h, m.m. arrow (Schneider I, 595; North 1791/1788 S.2276), minor graffito in reverse field and with typical peripheral striking softness, otherwise with rich honey-golden and lustrous residual cabinet tone, a bolder very fine, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Extremely Fine (C...
(x) NGC AU53 | Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon or Katharine Howard (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Crown of the Double Rose, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x RVTILANS x ROSA x SINE x SPIA, crowned rose dividing h-R, rev. (m.m.) DEI ': G ': R ': AGLIE ': Z : FRANC ': DNS '. hIBER ', crowned shield dividing h-K, 3.687g [56.899grns], 1h, m.m. arrow (Schneider I, 595; North 1791/1788 S.2276), some peripheral striking softness, otherwise a beautifully wholesome and original specimen, a really bold very fine, presumably very rare with only two other specimens of this muling known to the co...
(x) NGC MS62 | Henry VIII, with Anne Boleyn (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Crown of the Double Rose, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x RVTILAnS : ROSA x SINE x SPIA' crowned rose dividing h-A, rev. (m.m.) DEI : G ': R ': AGLIE '. Z .' FRANC '. DNS '. hIBERI ', crowned shield dividing h-R, 3.655g [56.405grns], 10h, m.m. arrow (Schneider I, 593; North 1789/1791; S.2278), bright and with a hint of peripheral striking softness, otherwise splendidly choice for issue, good extremely fine and truly much as issued, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534367-007)ProvenanceThe "...
(x) NGC AU53 | Henry VIII, with Jane Seymour (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Crown of the Double Rose, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x RVTILAnS x ROSA x SINE x' SPIA, crowned rose dividing h-I, rev. (m.m.) DEI : G ': R ': AGLIE ': Z : FRANC '. DnS '. hIBERnIE ', crowned shield dividing h-I, 3.631g [56.035grns], 2h, m.m. arrow (Whitton iv, 6; Schneider I, 592; North 1790; S.2279), lightly toned, a pleasing and bolder very fine, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded AU53 (Cert. #8534367-008)ProvenanceThe "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins M Amstel...
(x) NGC UNC | Henry VIII, Solus (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Crown of the Double Rose, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x RVTILAnS : ROSA : SIE x' SPIA, crowned rose dividing h-R, rev. (m.m.) DEI : G ': R ': AGLIE ': Z : FRANC .' DnS '. hIBERIE ', crowned shield dividing h-R, 3.681g [56.807grns], 12h, m.m. arrow (Schneider I, 597; North 1791; S.2282), minor scuffs to fields, otherwise bright and lustrous, and superbly uniform for strike, a most pleasing and bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Uncirculated (Cert. #8534367-009)ProvenanceThe "Carrington" Collection...
(x) NGC AU58 | Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon or Katharine Howard (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Gold Halfcrown of the Double Rose, Tower (London), (m.m) hENRIC ?: 8 : DI ': G ': R ': AGL ': Z : FRA', single and double saltire stops, crowned shield, fields plain, rev. (m.m) RVTILANS : ROSA : SINE : SPINA :, double saltire stops, crowned double Tudor rose, dividing h-K, 1.835g [28.20grns], 9h, m.m. rose (Drabble I, 133 same dies; Schneider I, 600; North 1794; S.2285), bright and lustrous, a most pleasingly bold very fine, rare thus, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8534...
(x) NGC MS61 | Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon or Katharine Howard (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Gold Halfcrown, Tower (London), (m.m.) hEnRIC? x 8 x DI' x G' x R' x AGL' x Z x FRA', crowned coat-of-arms, dividing uncrowned h and K [over R], rev. (m.m.) RVTILAnS : ROSA : SInE : SPInA x, crowned double rose, dividing uncrowned h and K, 1.849g [28.534grns], 2h, m.m. lys/lys over rose (cf. Schenider I, 602; cf. North 1794; S.2286/2288), a deft wave in flan, otherwise a most beautiful and richly ochre-red toned specimen, approaching extremely fine, a true connoisseur's cabinet specimen, in NGC...
(x) NGC MS62 | *Top Pop* | Henry VIII, with Jane Seymour (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Gold Halfcrown, Tower (London), (m.m.) hEnRIC ' x 8 x D 'x GRA 'x REX 'x AGL 'x Z x FR', single saltire stops, crowned shield dividing h-I, rev. (m.m.) : RVTILAnS : ROSA : SInE : SPInA :, Lombardic lettering, double saltire stops, crowned Tudor Rose dividing h-I, 1.798g [27.747grns], 8h, m.m. arrow (Norweb 902 this coin; Lockett 4346; Whitton IV, 2; Schneider I, 606; North 1795; S.2287), a small scratch in obverse right field, and of a paler gold fabric that is slightly short of flan, otherwise superbly unifo...
(x) NGC AU | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Type IIb, Sovereign of 20-Shillings, 1544-1547, Southwark (London), (m.m.) hEnRIC : 8 : DI .' GRA .' AGL ' FRAnCIE : Z : hIBERn .' REX, trefoil stops, King enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, rose below, rev. (m.m.) IhS '. AVTEM : TRAnSIEnS : PER MEDIVM : ILLOR '. IBAT ', trefoil stops, crowned square topped shield with Royal supporters, HR below, 12.563g [193.877grns], 9h, m.m. S (Schneider I, 611 same dies; North 1825; S.2291), typical softness and peripheral die breaks to areas of strike, otherwise an impressive all-round survivor with sum...
(x) NGC XF45 | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Half-Sovereign, 1544-1547, Southwark (London), (m.m.) hENRIC .' 8 D G AGL' | FRANCIE . Z . hIB ': REX, quatrefoil stops, King enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, Tudor Rose below, rev. (m.m.) [IhS :] AVTE : TRANSIENS : PER MEDI '. ILLOR .' IBAT, crowned shield with lion and griffin supporters, E below, HR in exergue, 6.057g [93.474grns], 7h (Brooke II; VJE Ryan 144; Schneider I, - [cf. 621]; North 1828; S.2297), light wave through flan, with typical softness of strike to peripheries, otherwise of excellent metal and the key devices superbly...
(x) NGC AU53 | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Angel, 1544-1547, Tower (London), (m.m) hENRIC ' 8 • D '. G '. AGL '. FRA Z • HIB '. REX ', saltire stops, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, annulet behind head, rev. (m.m.) PER • CRVCE '. TVA '. SALVA • nOS • XPE '. REDE '., saltire stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and Rose, annulet on decking, 4.983g [76.899grns], 10h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 622; North 1830; S.2299), a most delightful and well-balanced coin, uniformly struck up and lustrous with accentuated hues of honey golden tone, a thoroughly pleasing v...
(x) NGC AU58 | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Quarter-Angel, (m.m.) hENRICVS . VIII . DI . GRA . AGLIE ., slipped trefoil stops, gothic lettering excepting the Roman N, St Michael wearing armour vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) FRANCIE x ET x hIBERNIE x REX., slipped trefoil stops, gothic lettering excepting the Roman N, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and Rose, 1.297g [20.016grns], 4h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 628-629; North 1832; S.2304), crimped and with striking softness to peripheries, but with a glorious and rich old cabinet tone the devices bolder and mo...
(x) NGC UNC | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Crown of the Double Rose, Bristol Castle, William Sharrington, hENRIC ? VIII * ROSA SINE : SPInA *, crowned double-rose dividing crowned h-R, rev. (m.m.) : D:' G .' AnGLIE .'*: FRAnC .' Z . hIB .' REX *, crowned square topped shield dividing crowned h-R, 3.053g [47.115grns], 3h, m.m. -/WS (Schneider I, 640; North 1836; S.2309), a small graffito mark in reverse field, otherwise a most pleasingly uniform strike with fiery gold toning in recesses, a really attractively bold very fine to about extremely fine and truly much as issued, scarce thus...
(x) NGC VF35 | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Gold Halfcrown, 1544-1547, Tower (London), RVTILAnS .' ROSA : SINE .' SPInA, crowned-double rose, dividing h-R, rev. (m.m.) HENRIC '• 8 : D '• G '• AGL : FR '• Z • hIB '• REX, single saltire stops, crowned shield, dividing h-R, 1.349g [20.818grns], 8h, m.m. pellet in annulet (Schneider I, 638; North 1837; S.2311), on a short, irregular flan, otherwise handsomely and honestly cabinet toned, a really bold fine to almost very fine in parts, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded VF35 (Cert. #8534367-014)ProvenanceThe "Carrington" Collection...
(x) NGC AU | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Gold Halfcrown, 1544-1547, Tower (London), (m.m.) RVTILAnS : ROSA : SINE ? SPInA, double saltire stops, crowned-double rose, dividing h-R, rev. (m.m.) HENRIC '• 8 • D '• G '• AGL : FR '• Z • hIB '• REX, single saltire stops, crowned shield, dividing h-R, 1.492g [23.025grns], 12h, m.m. pellet in annulet (Schneider I, 638; North 1837; S.2311), some rim filing at 11 o'clock, and subtly creased across a shorter flan, otherwise uniformly bold for strike, an attractive and bolder very fine and rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost U...
(x) NGC XF | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Gold Halfcrown, 1546-1547, Bristol Castle, Under-Treasurer William Sharrington, hENRIC ? 8 • D .' G .' AnG .' FR .' Z • hIB .' REX, crowned shield, dividing h-R, rev. (m.m.) RVTILAnS : ROSA : SInE . SPI '., pellet stops, crowned double rose, dividing h-R, 1.506g [23.241grns], 10h, m.m. -/WS (Schneider I, 641; North 1839; S.2315), slight wave to an otherwise perfectly round flan, of a paler, baser gold fabric as typical for issue, otherwise largely uniform for strike, very fine or better and equally rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, grad...
(x) NGC VF | Edward VI, in the name of Henry VIII (1547-1553), Posthumous Issue ["Fourth Coinage"], Sovereign, 1547-1549, struck in 20ct Gold, Tower (London), (m.m.) HENRIC '* 8 * D '* GRA '* AGL '* FRANC '* Z * HIBER '* REX *, roman lettering, rosette stops, crowned King seated facing on throne, holding sceptre to left and orb to right, rose below, rev. (m.m.) IHS '* AVTE '* TRANCIENS * PER MEDIV '* ILLORV '* IBAT *, crowned shield with supporters, HR monogram in cartouche, 12.240g [188.892grns], 1h, m.m. lys ['with feelers'] (Whitton Pl. 1/2; Schneider I, 642; North 1863; S.2389), pierced an...
(x) NGC VF35 | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Posthumous Issue, Half-Sovereign, 1547-1549, Tower (London), (m.m.) HENRIC .' 8 . DEI . GRA . AGL .' FRA .' Z . HIB .' REX ', lozenge stops, King enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, rose at feet, rev. (m.m.) IHS . AVTEM . TRANSIENS . PER . MEDIVM . ILLOR . IBAT ., saltire stops, crowned shield flanked by supporters, 5.906g [91.082grns], 11h, m.m. arrow (Schneider -; North 1865; S.2391), partially clipped and evenly circulated, otherwise residually lustrous and uniform, almost very fine for issue, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, strictly graded VF35 (Cer...
(x) NGC XF | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Posthumous Issue, Gold Crown, 1547-1549, Southwark (London), (m.m.) HENRIC '. 8 : RVTILANS .' ROSA .' SINE SPI, crowned square-topped shield dividing crowned H-R, rev. (m.m.) DE '. GRA . AGL .' FRA Z .' HIB .': REX ::: crowned double rose, dividing crowned H-R, 3.105g [47.91grns], 4h, m.m. E (Schneider I, 666; North 1866; S.2397), slight wave through flan with resultant doubling to strike and scratches in antiquity, nonetheless with a honest golden tone, a really bold fine to almost very fine, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Extremely Fine (Cert. #...
(x) NGC VF | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Posthumous Issue, Gold Crown, 1547-1549, Southwark (London), HENRIC ' 8 .' RVTILANS .' ROSA SINE .' SPI, crowned double rose, rev. (m.m.) DEI : GRA .' FRA . Z .' HIBER . REX :, lozenge stops, crowned square-topped shield dividing crowned roman H-R, 2.945g [45.44grns], 2h, m.m. -/E (Schneider I, 667; North 1868; S.2398), softly struck as usual for issue, and with subtle traces of flan crimping, otherwise naturally toned, strictly fine or marginally bolder, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Very Fine (Cert. #8534367-019)ProvenanceThe "Carrington" Colle...
(x) NGC XF | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Posthumous Issue, Gold Halfcrown, 1547-1549, Tower (London), (m.m.) RVTILANS : ROSA . SINE .' SPI', crowned rose dividing h-R, rev. (m.m.) HENRIC .' 8 . D .' G .' AG .' FR '. Z . HIB .' REX, lozenge stops, Roman letters, crowned shield dividing H-R, 1.550g [23.92grns], 9h, m.m. grapple (Schneider I, 655, North 1869; S.2399), subtly crimped on a shorter flan, otherwise naturally cabinet toned and playfully lustrous, a most wholesome very fine, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Extremely Fine (Cert. #8534367-020)ProvenanceThe "Carrington" Collection of...
(x) NGC AU50 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Coinage, Pattern for a Gold Crown, 24 January 1549 - 12 April 1549, Tower (London), (m.m.) EDWARD ?. VI . REX . ANGL FRAN .' HIBE .' Z C, bare headed and cuirassed bust right, rev. + SCVTVM * FIDEI . PROTEGET . EVM ., large crowned 'full blown' Tudor rose on ascending vine with floral spray below, dividing E-R, 3.11g [48grns], 1h, m.m. cinquefoil ['rose'] (Snelling, Pl. III, 3 [Pattern]; Rud. Pl. VII, 12; MI, I 56/6 ['Coronation Pattern for a Half-Sovereign']; National Museum of Scotland A.1911.506.148; Hocking 886 = Royal Mint Museum 5209; British...
(x) NGC AU | Edward VI (1547-1553), First Coinage, Half-Sovereign, 1547-1549, Tower (London), (m.m.) EDWARD .' 6 .' D .' G .' AG .' FRAN ': Z . HIB ': REX '.', lozenge stops, King enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, rose at feet, rev. (m.m.) . IHS .' AVTE '. TRANSIE .' PER MED : ILLOR '. IBAT, saltire stops, crowned shield flanked by supporters, 5.999g [92.57grns], 9h, m.m. arrow (Sir John Evans [NumChron 1886], Pl. VI, 8; Whitton BNJ XXVI, p. 88, no. 1 and Pl. V, 12 same dies; Brooke, Pl. XXXVIII, 5; Lockett 1855 = Norweb 337 this coin; North 1892; S.2429), hairline flan split at 11 o'clock,...
(x) NGC AU | Edward VI (1547-1553), First Period, Gold Crown, 1547-1549, Southwark (London), (m.m.) EDWARD .' 6 : D .' G .' AG .' FR .' Z : HI .' REX :• crowned Royal Shield of Arms, dividing crowned E-R, rev. (m.m.) : RVTILANS : ROSA : SINE : SPINE :, voided lozenge colon stops, crowned Tudor rose, dividing crowned E-R, 2.806g [43.20grns], 8h, m.m. -/E over arrow (Norweb 910 this coin; North 1894 [ER]; S.2431), slightly crimped and edges ragged as usual for series, with striking splits to legends, otherwise a most pleasing bold and uniform striking, very fine or bolder in parts, but OF THE H...
(x) NGC VF30 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, Sovereign, January 1548/9 - June 1549 [OS], Tower (London), Under-Treasurer, Sir Martin Bowes, (m.m.) EDWARD .' VI : DEI : GRA '. AGL '. FRAN .' ET : HIB ': REX :, Edward seated facing on decorated throne, holding upraised sword and orb, small square stops, rev. (m.m.) IHS .' AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER MEDIVM : ILLOR .' IBAT : Royal coat-of-arms with crowned leopard and griffin supporters; all set on ornate frame with central titulus inscribed E-R, small square stops, 10.846g [167.1grns], 1h, m.m. arrow / arrow over inverted arrow (Snelling, Pl...
(x) NGC VF | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, First Issue, Half-Sovereign, 24 January 1549 - 12 April 1549, Tower (London), (m.m.) EDWARD .' VI : D : G : AGL : FRA : Z : HIB : REX, crowned and garnished shield, dividing E-R, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM * FIDEI * PROTEGET [*] EVM *: rosette stops, bare cuirassed bust right, 5.383g [83.07grns], 9h, m.m. arrow [both sides] (Schneider I, 670; North 1908; S.2435), lightly crimped and with hairline scuffs to obverse field, nonetheless struck on a handsomely full flan, with hints of residual and colourful honey-orange tone, almost very fine / a bolder f...
(x) NGC XF40 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, Second Issue, Half-Sovereign, 12 April 1549 - April 1550, Tower (London), (m.m.) . EDWARD.' VI : D.'G.' AGL.' FRA.' Z: HIB.' REX ., small square stops, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM* FIDEI* PROTEGET* EVM, rosette stops, crowned oval shield dividing E-R, 5.316g [82.03grns], 12h, m.m. arrow (Schneider I, 672; North 1911; S.2438), deft traces of crimping and tiny scuffs above crown, otherwise on a handsomely full flan and largely uniform for strike, with playful hues of honey-orange tone, an attractive very fine, in NGC B...
(x) NGC AU | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, First Issue, Gold Crown, or 'Quarter-Sovereign', 24 January 1549 - 12 April 1549, Tower (London), EDWARD : VI : D : G : AGL : FR • Z • HIB : REX, crowned oval and elaborately garnished shield, dividing E-R, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEGET : EVM :, youthful bare head and cuirassed bust right, double lozenge stops, 2.656g [41.0grns], 2h, m.m. -/arrow (HCN 48; Potter 1(b); Montagu II, 796 same dies; Lord Hastings = Hilton-Price 113 = Moon = Bruun 600 = Drabble 142 same dies; Ryan 240 this coin; Lockett 1863 same dies; Schneider I, 676 same...
(x) NGC XF45 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, Second Issue, Gold Crown, or 'Quarter-Sovereign', 12 April 1549 - April 1550, Tower (London), (m.m) · EDWARD : VI · D : G : AGL : FRA · Z : HIB : REX, lozenge stops, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. (m.m) SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEG : EVM :, lozenge stops, crowned and garnished oval shield dividing E-R, 2.610g [43.55grns], 2h, m.m. Y (Schneider I, -; North 1914; S.2442), overtly creased through crown and with ghosting in fields, otherwise a natural and honest example with hints of golden-orange tone in peripheries, almost very fine, and eq...
(x) NGC VF35 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, First Issue, Gold Halfcrown (or Eighth Sovereign), 24 January 1549 - 12 April 1549, Southwark, (m.m.) SCVTVM . FIDEI . PROTEGE . EVM, lozenge stops, bare-headed bust right, rev. EDWARD . VI . D . G . AG . FR . Z H . RE, lozenge stops, crowned and garnished oval shield, 1.470g [22.70grns], 4h, m.m. -/y (Schneider I, -; Norweb 340 this coin; Stewartby 1; North 1915; S.2443), crimped and with resulting flatness to portrait, otherwise a delightfully natural and honest example, with wholesome cabinet tone and lustre to recesses, the centres only...
(x) NGC XF40 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, Second Issue, Gold Halfcrown (or Eighth Sovereign), 12 April 1549 - April 1550, Tower (London), (m.m.) EDWARD : VI : D : G : A : F : Z : HI : REX, young crowned bust right, with plain breast armour, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM . FIDEI . PROTEGET . EVM, crowned oval garnished shield, small square stops, 1.296g [20.00grns], 11h, m.m. arrow [both sides] (Rud. VII, 6; Sir Henry Russell [1850] = Brice = Murchison [1864], 160 = Bergne [1873], 551 = Brice = Montagu [1896], 802 = Roth 265* = Lockett 4363* = Norweb 912* same dies; Lord Grantley 1514* same die...
(x) NGC VF35 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine Gold, Angel, 1551-1553, Tower (London), (m.m.) EDWARD .? VI : D : G : AGL : FRA : Z . hIB : REX ., saltire stops, St. Michael slaying dragon, rev. (m.m.) PER : CRVCE .' TVAM : SALVA : NOS : XPE : REDE, double saltire stops., final E inverted, shield on ship, E (Lombardic) and rose beside mast, 5.044g [77.84grns], 2h, m.m. ostrich head (Ruding VIII, 4; Ryan 256 = Roth I, 259 = Montagu [1888], 193 = Addington this coin; Evans 2496; Lockett 1881; Schneider II, 702-703; North 1931; S.2448), an inconsequential flan split at 10 o'clock and mod...
(x) NGC XF45 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Sovereign, struck from 5 October 1551, Tower (London), (m.m.) : EDWARD '. VI : D ': G '. AGL ': FRA '. Z : hIBER ' : REX : half-length figure of King right, holding orb and sceptre, rev. (m.m.) • IhS .' AVTEM . TRANSIE '. PERMEDI '. ILLORV .' IBAT •, crowned square topped shield with Priapic Royal Supporters, ER in cartouche below, 11.127g [171.71grns], 8h, m.m. tun (Schneider I, 692; North 1927; S.2450), subtle crimping and ghosting in fields, otherwise on a broader, rounder and more uniformly struck flan, with sporadic hints of cabinet tone...
(x) Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Half-Sovereign, 1551, Southwark (London), under Sir John Yorke, (m.m.) : EDWARD '. VI : D '. G '. AGL ': FRA '. Z : hIB '. REX ., half length figure of King in armour right, carrying sword and orb, rev (m.m.) . IHS .' AVTE .' TRANCI .' PER MED '. ILLO '. IBA, crowned square shield with E-R at sides, crown not frosted, large lettering, double pellet/pellet stops, 5.569g [85.94grns], 10h, m.m. y (VJE Ryan 252 = King 39; Schneider I, - cf. 693; North 1928; S.2451), lightly gilt and the edges made round from past lunette-mounting, otherwise uniformly struck...
(x) NGC AU | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Gold Halfcrown or 'Half-Quarter' (Eighth of a) Sovereign, 1551-1553, Tower (London), (m.m.) EDVVARD ' VI • D '. G ' A '. FR '. Z • hIB .' REX •, lozenge stops, half-length figure of King right, holding orb and sceptre, rev. (m.m.) • SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGE • EVM •, crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, 1.416g [21.8grns], 8h, m.m. tun (Tyssen 1660(c); Murchison = Shepherd = Montagu I, 813 = Murdoch I, 489 = Hilton-Price 116 same dies; Vaughan-Morgan = Raynes 105 same dies; Glendining, 21 July 1911, lot 69 = SNC, October 1911, 91874* = Virg...
(x) NGC AU | Mary, Solus (1553-1554), Fine Sovereign, MDLIII, [1553], Tower (London), •°MARIA : (m.m.) : D .'° G .'° ANG .' FRA | Z °. hIB '.° REGInA : M : D : LIII, Queen seated on ornamented throne with very fine latice work and pellet backing, holding orb and sceptre, flanked by pellet-adorned pillars, Portcullis below atop ornate tressure through which it and only her crown breaks, rev. : A : DnO '(m.m.) FACTV .' EST : ISTV .' Z : EST : MIRA '. IN : OCVL ': nRIS, annulet stops, Royal Shield set atop Tudor Rose, spandrels plain, 15.413g [237.85grns], 2h, m.m. pomegranate (Schneider I, 704;...
(x) NGC AU | Mary, Solus (1553-1554), Ryal of 15-Shillings, MDLIII [1553], Tower (London), mARIA . (m.m.) . D . G . ANG . FRA . ANG . S . hIB . REGINA . M . D . L | III., three-quarter length figure of queen in centre of ship to right, high fore and stern castles, the queen crowned, standing to front, holding sword and supporting royal shield, a rose on ship’s side and flag with M at stern, A : DNO .' FACTV .' EST : ISTVD . Z . EST . MIRABI '. IN : OCVL '. nRI '., annular stops, ornamental cross with radiate rose in centre; between arches of octafoil panel crowned lion or lys, alternately, 7.0...
(x) NGC MS62 | Mary, Solus (1553-1554), Angel, Class I, Tower (London), annulet stops and large Gothic lettering, MARIA . (m.m.) . D '. G '. ANG '. FRA '. Z : hIB '. REGI '., St Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. A . DNO '. FACTV '. EST : ISTVD (m.m.) Z . EST : MIRABI .', ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing M and Rose, 5.188g [80.06grns], 7h, m.m. pomegranate (Schneider I, 710; North 1958; S.2490), struck from lightly rusted dies and with partial doubling to legends, nonetheless on a pleasingly full flan, lightly cabinet toned with accentuations of lustre in darkest recesse...
(x) NGC AU55 | *Top Pop* | Mary, Solus (1553-1554), Half-Angel or Gold Angelet, Tower (London), MARIA (m.m.) D .' G .' A .' FR .' Z . hIB .' REGI', St Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. A . DnO '. FACTV .' EST (m.m.) ISTVD : Z '., ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing M and Rose, 2.556g [39.4grns], 8h, m.m. pomegranate (Rev. Joseph William Martin 189 = Murchison 177 = Addington = Royal House of Tudor, 105 = Montagu III, 5 = Murdoch I, 543* = Leslie-Ellis = Brand = Lockett = Norweb 918 this coin; Schneider I, 719; North 1958; S.2491), a beautifully balanced and uniform example...
(x) NGC AU | Mary and Philip (1554-1558), Old Style, Angel, Tower (London), (m.m.) PHILIP • Z • MARIA • D • G • REX • Z • REGINA, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, with long wings, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO FACTVM • EST • ISTVD • Z • EST MIRABI •, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing P and M, wire line inner circles both sides, 5.033g [77.62grns], 12h, m.m. lys (Scheider I, 726; North 1965; S.2496), light scuffing and subtle crimping to an otherwise broad round planchet, with much lustre adorning the unfurled Angelic wings, a bolder very fine, rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder...
(x) NGC AU55 | Mary and Philip (1554-1558), New Style, Angel, authorised 26 December 1554, Tower (London), (m.m.) PHILIP • Z • MARIA • D : G : REX • Z • REGINA, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, with long wings, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO • FACTVM • EST • ISTVD : Z • EST • MIRABI •, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing P and M, wire line inner circles both sides, 5.058g [78.05grns], 7h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 726-728; North 1965; S.2496A), some partial striking softness across an otherwise broad and full flan, with attractive natural cabinet tone across residually lustrous fields, a...
(x) NGC VF25 | Mary and Philip (1554-1558), Half-Angel or Gold Angelet, authorised 26 December 1554, Tower (London), (m.m.) PHILIP • Z • MARIA • D : G : REX • Z • REGI, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) A '• DNO •' FACTVM • EST • ISTVD : Z • EST • MIR, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing P and M, wire line inner circles both sides, 2.498g [38.55grns], 4h, m.m. lys (Ruding, pl. IX, 6; Kenyon, fig. 82; S.2497), a minor flan split at 7 o'clock and subtly crimped, with a trace of doubling to obverse legend, otherwise uniform and even for strike, with an attractive bu...
(x) NGC AU58 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Third and Fourth Issue [Fine Gold], Half-Angel or Gold Angelet [of 5 Shillings], (Pyx Period: 29 May 1574 - 30 July 1578), Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D : G : ANG : FR : ET HI REGINA, beaded inner circles, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) A : DNO '. FACTVM : EST • ISTVD .' ET EST .' MIRA, Ship surmounted by square-topped shield and crucifix mast dividing E and Rose, twisted rigging 2/1, with bowsprit, waves lapping below, 2.588g [39.93grns], 7h, m.m. eglantine (Schneider I, 771; North 1992/1; S.2517), with...
(x) NGC AU58 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Third and Fourth Issue [Fine Gold], Quarter-Angel [of 2.5 Shillings], (Pyx Period: 29 May 1574 - 30 July 1578), Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D : G ANG : FRANCIE, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) ET : HIBERNIE : REGINA : FIDEI : Ship surmounted by square-topped shield and crucifix mast dividing E and Rose, twisted rigging 2/1, with bowsprit, waves lapping below, 1.279g [23.93grns], 6h, m.m. eglantine (Schneider I, 775; North 1993; S.2518), a delightful little numismatic gem, with glorious and natural honey-go...
(x) NGC AU55 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second Coinage, Gold Halfcrown, 1561-1565, Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' AN .' FR .' ET • HI .' REGINA, crowned bust 1G left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTAM • FIDEI • PROTEG EAM, inverted V in SCVTVM, pellet stops, crowned shield of arms, dividing E-R, 1.401g [21.62grns], 11h, m.m. cross crosslet (AHH Virtual 148 this coin; Brown & Comber J4; cf. Schneider I, 753, North 1984; S.2524), a delightful cabinet specimen with hints of natural honey-golden tone cloaking lustrous original surfaces, a really good very fine / extremely fine, rare thus and with...
(x) NGC AU55 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Fifth Issue [Fine Gold], Quarter-Angel [of 2.5 Shillings], (Pyx Period: 1 June 1580 - 31 December 1581), Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D : G : ANG : FRANCIE, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) ET • HIBERNIE • REGINA FIDEI, Ship surmounted by square-topped shield and crucifix mast dividing E and Rose, twisted rigging 2/1, with bowsprit, waves lapping below, 1.282g [19.78grns], 7h, m.m. Latin cross (North 1993; Schneider I, 776; S.2528), subtly crimped but with a handsome honey-golden cabinet tone, a pleasing ver...
(x) NGC AU55+ | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Fine Gold], Double Rose Noble or 'Fine Sovereign' [of 30-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 1 February 1590 - 31 January 1592), Tower (London), ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' | FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGINA (m.m.), Queen seated on ornamented throne with very fine latice work and pellet backing, holding orb and sceptre, flanked by pillars decorated with annulets and double pellets, Portcullis below atop ornate tressure through which it and only her crown breaks, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO .' FACTV .' EST •' ISTVD ET • EST • MIRAB •' I...
(x) NGC AU58 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Fine Gold], Rose Noble or 'Ship Ryal' [of 15-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 14 February 1585 - 30 May 1587), Tower (London), ELI | ZAB .' D .' G .' AnG .' FR .' ET .' hI | B REGINA ., Queen holding orb and sceptre, seated three-quarters facing in Tudor Galleon, set with double-rose, ornaments -1 | 1-1, ropes 3/3, sails 2/4, E on standard and sails on bowsprit, calm waters lap below, rev. (m.m.) IhS .' AVT .' TRAnSIEnS • PER • MEDIV .' ILLORVM • IBAT •, rose upon radiant sun, alternating crowned Leopards and floriate c...
(x) NGC AU58 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Fine Gold], Angel, (Pyx Period: 1 June 1587 - 31 January 1590), Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET • HI REGINA •, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO : FACTVM : EST : ISTVD : ET : EST : MIRABI•' ship with bowsprit, surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing E and Rose, 5.105g [78.78grns], 8h, m.m. crescent (Schneider I, 790; North 2005; S.2531), obverse struck from slightly juddered die, otherwise with a pleasant cabinet tone on a full round flan, an attractive...
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Fine Gold], Half-Angel or Gold Angelet, (Pyx Period: 14 February 1585 - 30 May 1587), Tower (London), (m.m.) • ELIZAB .' D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET • HIB .' REGI '•, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) A : DNO : FACTVM : EST : ISTVD : ET : EST · MIRA•, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing E and rose, 2.510g [38.73grns], 9h, m.m. escallop (Schneider I, 791-792, albeit this m.m. unrepresented; North 2006; S.2532), lightly creased, otherwise on a delightfully full round flan, a most wholes...
(x) NGC MS62 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Crown Gold], Halfpound [of 10-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 9 May 1594 - 13 February 1596), Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG . FRA '. ET HI .' REGINA • elaboratedly decorated and crowned bust left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM •, crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, 5.662g [87.37grns], 10h, m.m. woolpack (Schneider I, 810; North 2009; S.2535A), an extraordinary coin, beautifully, naturally and arrestingly toned, with much underlying lustrous 'warmth', practically as struck, and un...
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, Gold Crown [of 5-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 10 June 1593 - 8 May 1594), Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZAB '• D '. G '• ANG •' FRA •' ET • HIB REGI', crowned and elaborately decorated bust left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEGET : EAM • crowned square-topped and lightly garnished shield dividing E-R, 2.822g [43.55grns], 6h, m.m. tun (Schneider I, 815; North 2010; S.2536), a scarcely perceptible hairline scratch behind crown, otherwise a most handsome strike accentuated by golden and lustrous hues, extremely fine, a sp...
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, Gold Crown [of 5-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 1 May 1600 - 20 May 1601), Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZAB '. D '. G '• ANG •' FR •' ET • HI •' REGIN[A] • crowned and elaborately decorated bust left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EA '• crowned square-topped and lightly garnished shield dividing E-R, 2.769g [42.73grns], 4h, m.m. O (Schneider I, 815; North 2010; S.2536), pierced for suspension at 12 o'clock and previously wiped, otherwise with rich dark ochre tone in recesses and pleasingly uniform for strike, very...
(x) NGC AU53 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Crown Gold], Halfcrown [of 2.5 Shillings], (Pyx Period: 10 June 1593 - 8 May 1594), Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZAB .' D .' G •' ANG •' FR .' ET : HIB .' REGI •', crowned bust left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEGET : EAM •, crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, 1.274g [19.66grns], 5h, m.m. tun (Schneider I, 818; North 2011; S.2537), lightly creased but carefully straightened in antiquity, with delectably uniform reddish-brown overlying cabinet tone on a neater round flan, a pleasing very fine, scarce in a...
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Medium Module, Half-Pound, 1560-1561, Upper House, Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGINA, plain Z, crowned bust E left, with flowing hair, wearing elaborate bodice, rev. (m.m) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM, crowned square-topped shield, dividing E-R, 5.548g [85.61grns], 5h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 760; North 2019/4; S.2543), minor crimping through flan and with a touch of resulting softness to hair, nonetheless with a richer ochre-blue cabinet tone to lustrous surfaces, almost extremely fi...
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Gold Crown, [1561], Upper House, Tower (London), struck from the Groat obverse die, (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D • G • ANG • FRA • ET • HIB • REGINA, crowned bust A left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM •, crowned arms dividing ER, 2.777g [42.5grns], 6h, mm. star (Borden & Brown 7 [O1/R1] / OR M1 CHECK; Schneider I, 761 same dies; North 2020/1; S.2544), lightly creased and bright, nonetheless a most beautifully uniform strike, especially sharp to bodice, almost extremely fine, and very rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder,...
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Gold Halfcrown, Upper House, Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D • G • ANG • FRA • ET • HIB • REGINA, crowned bust left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM • FIDEI PROTEGET • EAM, crowned shield of arms, E-R at sides, edge plain, 1.401g [21.62grns], 6h, m.m. lys (Schneider 764; North 2021/2; S.2545), some field disturbance above crown where probably carefully removed from a mount, otherwise with an appealing ochre-orange tone, a pleasing very fine, the reverse bolder and very rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (C...
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Seventh Issue, Pound [of 20-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 29 July 1601 - 14 May 1602), Tower (London), (m.m.) : ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGINA •, crowned bust left, rev. (m.m.) : SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM • pellet stops, crowned shield of arms, E-R at sides, 11.088g [171.11grns], 9h, m.m. 1 (AHH Virtual 122 this coin; Schneider I, 805; North 2008; S.2539), partially soft of strike to base of portrait otherwise sumptuous and thoroughly pleasing, with a rich and colourful golden tone with much underlying...
(x) NGC AU58 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Seventh Issue, Pound [of 20-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 14 May 1602 - 24 March 1603), Tower (London), (m.m.) : ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGINA •, crowned bust left, rev. (m.m.) : SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM • pellet stops, colon before SCVTVM, crowned shield of arms, E-R at sides, 11.088g [171.11grns], 11h, m.m. 2 (Schneider I, 806; North 2008; S.2539), some brightness and with overt doubling to reverse shield resulting in softly struck hair, nevertheless a beautifully 'fresh' strike with appealing hon...
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Seventh Issue, Gold Crown [of 5-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 14 May 1602 - 24 March 1603), Tower (London), (m.m.) : ELIZAB .' D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGI.', crowned bust 8C left, rev. (m.m.) : SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EA .', pellet stops, crowned shield of arms, E-R at sides, 2.656g [40.98grns], 10h, m.m. 2 (Bergne 603 = Rostron 158 = Clark 163 = Murdoch 598 = Huth 80 = Clarke-Thornhill 95 = Raynes 160 = Slaney 6 = Comber I, 42; Schneider I, 817 same dies; Brown & Comber H24; North 2010; S.2541), hairline split and...
(x) NGC AU55 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Seventh Issue, Gold Halfcrown [of 2.5-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 14 May 1602 - 24 March 1603), Tower (London), (m.m.) : ELIZAB .' D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET • HIB .' REGI .', crowned bust 7D left, rev. (m.m.) : SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EA, pellet stops, crowned shield of arms, E-R at sides, 1.352g [20.86grns], 5h, m.m. 2 (Stewart Thorburn [1887], 102 = Montagu III [1896], 62 = Watters [1917], 325 = Cassal [1924], 295 = Clarke-Thornhill [1937], 100 = Raynes [1950], 165 = J L Dresser [1987], 1763 = Lovejoy [1997], 1403 = Adams...
THE PALLAS COLLECTION OF ENGLISH GOLD COINS (1558-1937)
(x) NGC AU58 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Issue, Double Rose Noble of 30-Shillings or Fine Sovereign, 1 January 1559 - 31 July 1560, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D'· G'· ANG'· : FRA'· Z : HIB': REGINA · Queen seated on ornamented throne, adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars decorated with five smaller pellets, holding orb and sceptre, unchained portcullis below, breaking ornate tressure, rev. (m.m.) A : DNO'. FACTV.' EST : ISTV.' Z : EST : MIRABI'· IN : OCV·' NRIS.' Royal arms in centre of full-blown Tudor Rose, 15.152g [233.83grns], 10h, m.m. lys (Montagu III, 31 diffe...
(x) NGC AU53 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, Double Rose Noble of 30-Shillings or Fine Sovereign, 1 February 1592 - 8 May 1594, Tower, ELIZABETH • D •' G •' ANG ' | FRA '. ET • HIB •' REGINA . (m.m.), Queen seated on ornamented throne, adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars decorated with five smaller pellets, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis with chains below, breaking ornate tressure, rev. (m.m.) A'•DNO'•FACTV•EST•ISTVD ET•EST•MIRAB'•IN.OCVL'•NRS. Royal arms in centre of full-blown Tudor Rose, 15.539g [239.80grns], 10h, m.m. tun (Br...
(g) NGC PF61 | Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern for a Quarter-Sovereign, 1853, under Sir John Herschel, Royal Mint [London], struck from the Maundy Twopence die, by Leonard Charles Wyon after William Wyon, VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, small young head left, rev. struck en médaille, QUARTER - SOVEREIGN, crowned quartered Shield of Arms, dividing 18-53 across field, edge plain, 1.986g [30.649grns], 12h (Hocking 2205; BMC E.3589; W&R 365 [R4]; Douglas-Morris 186 this coin; Montagu 1590; Murdoch 522-523; Nobleman 288-289; Norweb 614; King 214 = Peh 1171 [PCGS SP63]; Baumhauer IV 1886 [NGC...
(g) NGC PF63+ UCAM | George IV (1820-1830), Proof Half-Sovereign, 1826, bare head left, with extra tuft, rev. crowned garnished shield, edge milled, 4.007g, 7h (Douglas-Morris -, cf. 153; Stratos 217; W&R 249 variety; Hill 407C; EGC II, 999; S.3804), some haziness in otherwise brilliant fields, the portrait with playful cameo definition, a pleasingly good extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 63+ ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534315-001)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Seaby, by private treaty (ref. 792015), 13 November 1979 - £715SCMB, December 1979, A1332* - "n...
(g) NGC PF63+ UCAM | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Old Head' Proof Half-Sovereign, 1893, by Thomas Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci, old head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 3.974g, 12h (W&R 363; Marsh 488A; EGC II, 1390; S.3878), light speckling and haziness, otherwise brilliant uncirculated, a delightful specimen, only 773 pieces struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder graded PF63+ ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534314-019)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Seaby, by private treaty (ref. 792015), 13 November 1979 - £410SCMB, December 1979, A1338* - "nearly FDC, brilliant" - £430Purch...
(g) NGC PF66 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Half-Sovereign, 1937, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge plain, 3.99g, 12h (Marsh 543A; W&R 442; EGC II, 1457; S.4077), a small toning spot behind cape, and with toning striations across brilliant fields, much as struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 66 CAMEO (Cert. #8534332-005)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC MS61 | Cromwell, Pattern Broad, 1656, by Thomas Simon, OLIVAR • D • G • R P • ANG • SCO • ET • HIB & PRO •, laureate head left, rev. PAX • QVÆRITVR • BELLO • 16 56 •, crowned shield, edge straight milled, 9.046g [139.60grns], 6h (Lessen A2; Schneider II, 367; W&R 39; Stratos 72; S.3225), some cabinet friction and smoothing to remove light graffito in otherwise brilliant fields, a pleasing and bolder extremely fine, a truly imposing specimen of this celebrated one-year type with handsome peripheral accentuating tone, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, sympathetically graded MS61 (Cert. #8534...
(x) NGC MS62 | Anne (1702-1714), Post-Union, Guinea, 1708, third diademed and draped bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, six strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.360g, 6h (MCE 218; EGC I, 470; S.3572), tiny flecking to lustrous fields, and a die flaw before nose, otherwise a wholesome and honest example, about extremely fine and highly sought-after in the present market place, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, generously graded MS62 (Cert. #8534314-001)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins SCMB, October 1975, G722*- "EF, some flecking" -...
(x) NGC AU58 | George III (1760-1820), Guinea, 1761, by Richard Yeo, first laureate head right, two leaves at top of wreath, no stop and broad space after GRATIA, rev. crowned garnished shield, seven strings to harp, six hearts to Hanoverian shield, edge chevron milled, 8.374g, 6h (MCE 367; Farey 1020; EGC I, 671 [R3]; Selig 1001; S.3725), small dimple on cheek and traces of flecking in otherwise lustrous, original fields, almost extremely fine, very rare as a currency issue, especially in this exemplary state, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8534314-004)ProvenanceThe "Pallas...
(g) NGC AU58+ | George III (1760-1820), 'Military' Guinea, 1813, by Nathaniel Marchant, sixth laureate head right, rev. crowned shield within Garter, edge chevron milled, 8.422g, 12h (MCE 404; Farey 1390; EGC I, 737; Douglas-Morris 118; Selig 1037-1038; King 184; Schneider II, - [cf. 611]; Stratos 113; St. Albans 29 [NGC MS63]; S.3730), some minor die wear to laurel wreath, otherwise handsomely original with playfully lustrous fields cloaked in an arresting fiery red-orange tone, almost extremely fine, but with sumptuous eye-appeal, a true numismatic delight thus, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder,...
(g) NGC MS64 | George III (1760-1820), 'Military' Guinea, 1813, by Nathaniel Marchant, sixth laureate head right, rev. crowned shield within Garter, edge chevron milled, 8.375g, 12h (MCE 404; Farey 1390; EGC I, 737; Douglas-Morris 118; Selig 1037-1038; King 184; Schneider II, - [cf. 611]; Stratos 113; St. Albans 29 [NGC MS63]; S.3730), minor reddish toning spots in mint 'fresh' fields, choice FDC, a SENSATIONAL example of this popular one-year "Redcoat" issue, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, conservatively graded MS64 (Cert. #8534314-005)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins SCMB,...
(g) NGC PF64 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Sovereign, 1911, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.982g, 12h (Stratos 148; Marsh 213A; W&R 416; EGC II, 1433; S.3996), light speckles otherwise with handsome orange peel toning, brilliantly choice, as struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PF64 (Cert. #8534315-006)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Seaby, by private treaty (ref. 791975), 13 November 1979 - £345SCMB, December 1979, A1343 - "FDC" - £350Purchased by Seaby (ref. 791975), 1979 - £275https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534...
(g) NGC PF66 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Sovereign, 1937, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge plain, 7.98g*, 11h (Marsh 296C; W&R 439; EGC II, 1461; S.4076), a small toning spot behind cape, and with toning striations across brilliant fields, much as struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 66 CAMEO (Cert. #8534331-005)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC AU58 | George IV (1820-1830), Two-Pounds, 1823 IV, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge lettered DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNO IV. upwards, 15.999g, 6h (MCE 470; Hill T6; EGC II, 945; Stratos 171; S.3798), speckles of orange tone on horse's rump, otherwise lustrous, a pleasing extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8534314-010)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSeaby, by private treaty, 1979 - £700Purchased by Seaby [ticketed for stock, ref. 792033], 1979 - £550https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-010/58/Subject to 20% VAT on Buy...
(g) NGC MS64 | George IV (1820-1830), Two-Pounds, 1823 IV, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge lettered DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNO IV. upwards, 15.978g, 6h (MCE 470; Hill T6; EGC II, 945; Stratos 171; S.3798), faint wisps in otherwise gloriously honest and lustrous original fields bathed in a subtle overlying green-orange tone, a pleasingly good extremely fine, a true connoisseur's piece!, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded MS64 (Cert. #8534314-009)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSCMB, April 1976, G431 - "proof-like, good EF" - £625Purchased by Seaby [ticketed...
(g) NGC PF63 UCAM | William IV (1830-1837), "Lightweight" Pattern Proof Two-Pounds, 1831, by W Wyon and Merlen, bare head right, rev. crowned shield in mantle, edge plain, 14.775g [228.01grns], 6h (W&R 258; Murdoch III, 438; King 206; Stratos 172; Marsh T20; EGC 1016; S.3828), struck on a curiously thin planchet; an overt metal flaw to drapery of mantle and an unfortunate rim bruise at 1 o'clock, with wisps in otherwise brilliant fields; otherwise possessing an attractive and natural overlying cabinet tone, traces of red wax on reverse shield, a most pleasingly bold and honest extremely fine,...
(g) NGC PF63+ UCAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Two-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge plain, 15.98g*, 12h (W&R 437; Marsh T46; EGC II, 1455; S.4075), light speckling in otherwise brilliant fields, much as struck, the portrait distinctly cameo, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 63 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534330-004)Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF67+ CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Two-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge plain, 15.98g*, 12h (W&R 437; Marsh T46; EGC II, 1455; S.4075), a glorious mint GEM, choice FDC, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 67+ CAMEO (Cert. #8534330-005)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NGC AU | Charles II (1660-1685), Five-Guineas, 1673 VICESIMO QVINTO, first laureate head right, with lovelock of hair and pointed truncation, plain below, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, raised letters * * DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • ANNO REGNI • VICESIMO QVINTO downwards on edge, 41.406g [638.99grns], 6h (Garside, SNC November-December 1925, p. 497, no. 9; MCE 8; Schneider II, -; EGC I, 176 [R3]; Holloway GH 10 [R3]; Montagu V, 440 = Murdoch II, 504; Duveen 85; King 96; S.3328), some minor cabinet friction, scratches and superficial scuffs in otherwise residu...
(x) NGC AU53 | William and Mary (1688-1694), 'Royal African Company', Five-Guineas, 1694 SEXTO, Elephant and Castle, conjoined laureate busts right, E&C below, rev. crowned and garnished shield, raised letter •+• DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • • ANNO • REGNI • SEXTO •+• upwards on edge, 41.750g [644.30grns], 6h (MCE 143; EGC I, 352 [R4]; S.3423), lightly toned and lustrous, a pleasingly good very fine / near extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded AU53 (Cert. #8534311-011)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English CoinsSeaby, by private treaty, 13 September 1967 - £285.0.0SCMB, Septemb...
(x) NGC AU | William and Mary (1688-1694), 'Royal African Company', Five-Guineas, 1694 over 3 SEXTO, Elephant and Castle, conjoined laureate busts right, E&C below, rev. crowned and garnished shield, raised letter •+• DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • • ANNO • REGNI • SEXTO •+• upwards on edge, 41.516g [640.69grns], 6h (MCE 143; EGC I, 352 [R4]; S.3423), unfortunate scratches by crown of King's head and contact mark on his cheek, otherwise handsomely lustrous with a hint of cabinet tone, an attractively bold and honest example, almost extremely fine, scarce thus, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, fairly gra...
(x) NGC VF35 | William III, Solus (1694-1702), Five-Guineas, 1699 UNDECIMO, GVLIELMVS III DEI GRA, laureate head right, plain below by truncation, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, raised letter +• DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • • ANNO • REGNI • UNDECIMO • upwards on edge, with a lower case U in UNDECIMO; an inverted N in TVTAMEN; and blocked Vs resembling "inverted As", 41.583g [641.72grns], 5h (Schneider II, 478; King 134-135; Stratos -; MCE 169; EGC I, 394; GH 58; S.3454), lightly bagmarked with rub to portrait, residually lustrous, about very fine, the reverse bol...
(x) NGC MS63+ | William III, Solus (1694-1702), 'Fine Work' Five-Guineas, 1701 DECIMO TERTIO, 'Plain Sceptres' Variety, second laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, plain sceptres in angles, •+ DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • ANNO • REGNI • DECIMO • TERTIO +, downwards on edge, 41.779g [644.75grns], 5h (Stratos -; MCE 172; Schneider II, 481; EGC I, 399; GH 61; S.3456), overt but largely unobtrusive haymarks before truncation and in second quarter of reverse, otherwise with glorious mint bloom, handsomely original and with playful cartwheel lustre, a most imposing extremely fine, a wond...
(x) NGC AU | Anne (1702-1714), Post-Union, Five-Guineas, 1711 DECIMO, 'J type 1' in date, second 'coarser' diademed and draped bust left, rev. crowned broader shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, eight strings to harp, raised letters + • DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • • ANNO • REGNI • DECIMO [•] irregularly spaced upwards on edge, 41.739g [644.13grns], 6h (Schneider II, 531; King 147; Stratos -; MCE 202; EGC I, 451 albeit ten strings not noted; S.3568), a small rim bruise at 12 o'clock, otherwise lightly flecked and residually lustrous, further accentuated by attractive orange-red fla...
(x) NGC AU | Anne (1702-1714), Post-Union, Five-Guineas, 1713 DVODECIMO, 'J type 1' in date, second 'coarser' diademed and draped bust left, rev. crowned broader shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, eight strings to harp, raised letters + • DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • ANNO • REGNI • DVODECIMO [•] downwards on edge, 41.800g [645.07grns], 6h (Murdoch II, 839; Schneider II, 531/-; King 148; Stratos 195; MCE 203; EGC I, 452 [R2]; S.3568), lightly haymarked and wiped across otherwise lustrous fields, with hints of residual orange hue, a supremely crisp and uniform striking, a pleasingly...
(x) NGC XF40 | George II (1727-1760), Five-Guineas, 1735 NONO, GEORGIVS II DEI GRATIA, younger laureate head left, rev. crowned garnished shield, nine strings to harp, raised letter DECVS ET TVTAMEN ANNO REGNI NONO downwards on edge, 41.713g [643.73grns], 6h (MCE 282; Schneider II, 559; King 165 [7 Listed]; EGC I, 556; GH 85; S.3663A), rubbed but residually lustrous with hints of attractive reddish tone, about very fine, the reverse better, an exceptionally rare date, the first to be offered in these rooms since the fabled Samuel King sale of 2005, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded XF40 (Ce...
(g) NGC PF60 | George IV (1820-1830), Pattern Five Pounds, 1826 SEPTIMO, 'Wide 6' in date, struck in ternary 22ct "Red Gold" Alloy, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, bare head left, rev. BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, crowned shield in mantle, seven semée of hearts, DECUS ET TUTAMEN * ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO * in raised lettering downwards on edge, 39.905g [615.8grns], 6h (L&S 27; W&R 213; Hocking 1906; S.3797), light cabinet friction in otherwise brilliant original fields, some minor contact points on cheek and a toning spot by G of GRATIA, otherwise a pleasingly bold extremely fine, presumed only 400 struck,...
(g) NGC PF61 UCAM | Mint Error | George IV (1820-1830), Pattern Five Pounds, 1826 SEPTIMO, 'Narrow 6' in date, struck in ternary 22ct "Red Gold" Alloy, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, bare head left, rev. BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, crowned shield in mantle, seven semée of hearts, DECUS ET TUTAMEN * ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO * in raised lettering downwards on edge, 39.970g [616.8grns], 6h (L&S 27; W&R 213; Hocking 1906; S.3797), struck with a defective planchet with resulting rim manufacturing flaws at 11 and 4 o'clock and an annealing flaw through NO of ANNO on edge, otherwise with light cabinet friction t...
(g) NGC PF62 | George IV (1820-1830), Pattern Five Pounds, 1826 SEPTIMO, 'Wide 6' in date, struck in ternary 22ct "Red Gold" Alloy, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, bare head left, rev. BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, crowned shield in mantle, seven semée of hearts, DECUS ET TUTAMEN * ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO * in raised lettering downwards on edge, 39.964g [616.7grns], 6h (L&S 27; W&R 213; Hocking 1906; S.3797), the faintest cabinet friction in otherwise brilliant fields, magnificent, practically FDC, and worthy of the highest attention!, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, exceptionally harshly graded PF62 ULTRA CA...
(g) George IV (1820-1830), Specimen Plain Edge Five Pounds, 1826, 'Low 6', hot-struck in Experimental 22ct Binary "Yellow Gold" Alloy from Refurbished Proof Dies [c. 1827], GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, bare head left, rev. BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, crowned shield in mantle, seven semée of hearts, edge plain, 39.797g [614.16grains], 12h (Hill F7; L&S 26; Hocking -; Douglas-Morris 170 [46.515g]; May 277 = Murdoch 363 = Nobleman 117 = Newcomer = "Traveller" 2151 [39.89g]; W&R 214 [R6]), minor wisps in otherwise sumptuously brilliant fields, with characteristic "orange-peeling" from Mint annealing pr...
(g) NGC PF60 CAM | Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Five-Pounds, 1839 TERTIO, "Una and the Lion", by William Wyon, VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIARUM REGINA F: D: young diademed head left scroll-garnished fillet (6 / 3), one eleven-leaved floral-garnished fillet, W. WYON R.A. on truncation, rev. en médaille, DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS. Queen Victoria leading the British Lion, wearing Mantle and Badge of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; an allegory of Edmund Spenser's 'Faerie Quene', DECUS ET TUTAMEN * ANNO REGNI TERTIO * in raised lettering upwards between 'wire-rims' on edge, 39.282g [606.21grns], 12h...
(g) NGC PF63 UCAM | Victoria (1837-1901), Pattern Five-Pounds, 1839 TERTIO, "Una and the Lion", by William Wyon, VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIARUM REGINA F: D: young diademed head left scroll-garnished fillet (6 / 3), one eleven-leaved floral-garnished fillet, W. WYON R.A. on truncation, rev. en médaille, DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS. Queen Victoria leading the British Lion, wearing Mantle and Badge of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; an allegory of Edmund Spenser's 'Faerie Quene', DECUS ET TUTAMEN * ANNO REGNI TERTIO * in raised lettering upwards between 'wire-rims' on edge, 38.631g [596.17grns], 12...
(g) NGC AU58 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pounds, 1887, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.884g, 12h (MCE -; EGC II, 1307; Schneider II, 653; Hill F30; GH 112; Stratos 203; S.3864), small scratch before nose, with spots of tone, otherwise lustrous, an attractively bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, conservatively graded AU58 (Cert. #8534314-015)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-015/58/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and...
(g) NGC MS61 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pounds, 1887, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.895g, 12h (MCE -; EGC II, 1307; Schneider II, 653; Hill F30; GH 112; Stratos 203; S.3864), light handling marks in otherwise attractively flashy and lustrous original fields, good extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, conservatively graded MS61 (Cert. #8534314-014)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-014/61/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and...
(g) NGC MS61 | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Golden Jubilee' Five-Pounds, 1887, crowned 'Jubilee' bust left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.940g, 12h (MCE -; EGC II, 1307; Schneider II, 653; Hill F30; GH 112; Stratos 203; S.3864), light handling marks in otherwise attractively flashy and lustrous original fields, a pleasingly bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, conservatively graded MS61 (Cert. #8534314-013)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-013/61/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please v...
(g) NGC PF60 MATTE | Edward VII (1901-1910), Coronation 'Specimen' Matte Proof Five-Pounds, 1902, bare head right, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.852g, 12h (MCE -; W&R 404; EGC II, 1399; Hill F35; GH 120; S.3966), lightly wiped, otherwise a pleasingly bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PF60 MATTE (Cert. #8534314-020)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534314-020/60/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF60 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1911, by Bertram Mackennal and Benedetto Pistrucci, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.909g, 12h (Stratos 207; W&R 414; Hill F38; EGC II 1430; S.3994), light bagmarks in otherwise brilliant fields, a pleasingly bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PF60 (Cert. #8534315-004)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534315-004/60/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF61 | George V (1910-1936), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1911, by Bertram Mackennal and Benedetto Pistrucci, bare head left, rev. St George and Dragon, edge milled, 39.917g, 12h (Stratos 207; W&R 414; Hill F38; EGC II 1430; S.3994), much brilliance, good extremely fine and much as issued, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PF61 (Cert. #8534315-005)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534315-005/61/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF62 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge plain, 39.966g, 1h (L&S 1; W&R 435; Schneider II, 670; Hill F40; GH 125; EGC II, 1454; S.4074), some faint cabinet friction and hairlines to portrait, otherwise brilliant, with pleasing cameo definition, a really bold extremely fine, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 62 CAMEO (Cert. #8534315-007)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534315-007/62/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more informa...
(g) NGC PF63 UCAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge plain, 39.98g*, 12h (L&S 1; W&R 435; Schneider II, 670; Hill F40; EGC 1454; S.4074), some patchiness to otherwise sharper cameo portrait, a choicer example of this Modern scarcity, much as struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 63 ULTRA CAMEO (Cert. #8534329-007)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF65 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge plain, 39.98g*, 12h (L&S 1; W&R 435; Schneider II, 670; Hill F40; EGC 1454; S.4074), faint speckling in otherwise brilliant fields, much as struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, graded PROOF 65 CAMEO (Cert. #8534329-005)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(g) NGC PF66 CAM | George VI (1936-1952), Coronation 'Specimen' Proof Five-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge plain, 40.000g, 1h (L&S 1; W&R 435; Schneider II, 670; Hill F40; GH 125; EGC II, 1454; S.4074), a hint of haze to peripheries, otherwise brilliant, FDC, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, righteously graded PROOF 66 CAMEO (Cert. #8534315-008)ProvenanceThe "Pallas" Collection of English Coins https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534315-008/66/Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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