Auction: 23050 - The Official Golden BNTA Anniversary Charity Auction
Lot: 26
19th-20th Century, Pennies (6): NGC MS63 BN | George III (1760-1820), Fourth Coinage, Penny, 1806, Soho, GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX . laureate and draped right, rev. BRITANNIA, Britannia seated left, with trident in left hand, olive branch in raised right hand, shield bearing Union flag resting at left, sea behind with ship to left, mint name on rock to right, edge milled, 6h (BM [Peck] 1321 [KP30]; Spink 3780), nearly full brown patina, a slightly weak strike with some die imperfections on the reverse, otherwise a pleasing extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS63 BN (Cert. #6134247-009); additionally, NGC MS63 BN | Victoria (1837-1901), Copper Penny, 1854 over 3, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, young head left, rev. BRITANNIAR : REG : FID : DEF : Britannia seated right, plain trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, legend around and national flower emblems in exergue, edge milled, 12h (BM [Peck] 1505; Spink 3948), an appealing coin with nearly full brown patina, a slightly weak strike, otherwise extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS63 BN (Cert. #4489858-209); also, NGC MS65 RB | 'Old Head' Penny, 1901, VICTORIA · DEI · GRA BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·, veiled head left, rev. ONE PENNY, Britannia seated right, with trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, sea behind, denomination above and date in exergue, 12h (BM [Peck] 1948; Spink 3961), a pleasing mint state example with a red-brown patina, in NGC holder, graded MS65 RB (Cert. #4489861-023); also, NGC MS63 RB | George V (1910-1936), Penny, 1912 H, Heaton, bare head left, rev. ONE PENNY, Britannia seated right, with trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, sea behind, denomination above and date in exergue, edge plain, 12h (Freeman 173; BM [Peck] 2244; Spink 4052), a pleasing example with a red-brown lustre, some discolouration, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS63 RB (Cert. #5878347-004); also, NGC MS67+ BN | *Top Pop* | Penny, 1934, small bare head left, rev. Britannia seated right, with trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, sea behind, denomination above and date in exergue, edge plain, 12h (Freeman 210; BM [Peck] 2280; Spink 4055), a sharply struck issue with few imperfections in mint state, lustrous brown patina, choice mint state, in NGC holder, graded MS67+ BN (Cert. #6135354-043) [*Single Finest Certified*]; lastly, NGC MS65 RD | Penny, 1936, small bare head left, rev. ONE PENNY, Britannia seated right, with trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, sea behind, denomination above and date in exergue, edge plain, 12h (BM [Peck] 2359; Spink 4055), well struck, full red lustre, mint state, struck posthumously during the reign of King Edward VIII, in NGC holder, graded MS65 RD (Cert. #6134247-026) (6)
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