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Auction: 24124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 36: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1651

Various British (89) | George II (1727-1760), 'Old Head' Shilling, 1758, old head left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, plain in angles, eight strings to harp, 6.01g, 5h (ESC 1213; Bull 1734; S.3704), rub to hair, otherwise toned and residually lustrous, good very fine; and Halfpenny, 1751, laureate bust left, rev. Britannia stead left, plain edge, 9.92g, 5h (S.3719), rub to high points, more so to the reverse, otherwise bolder very fine / very fine; also George III (1760-1820), Shilling, 1787, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, no hearts, obliquely milled edge, 5.99g, 6h (ESC 1216; Bull 2125; S.3743), previously wiped and with some hairlines, nevertheless now retoning, very fine, the reverse better; another, seven strings to harp, with semée of hearts, obliquely milled edge, 6.01g, 6h (ESC 1225; Bull 2129; S.3746), nailmark to eye and some rub to high points, otherwise toned in places, very fine; also Middlesex, Thomas Erskine, AE Political Halfpenny Token, 18th Century, HON. T. ERSKINE, draped bust left, rev. A FRIEND TO FREEDOM & RIGHTS OF MAN., 29mm, 8.01g (D&H 1010 - Middlesex), some light contact marks and carbonised marks, otherwise very fine; and Edward VII (1901-1910), Penny, 1902; 1906 (S.3990); George V (1910-1936), Penny, 1922; 1928; 1929; 1935 (S.4051, 4055); George VI (1936-1952), Penny, 1937; 1938 (S.4114), some with a touch of rub and darkly toned, the 1922 with a die flaw to the eye, yet others with areas of mint red to surfaces, in conditions from fine to extremely fine; Halfpenny, 1902; 1903, bare head right, rev. Britannia seated right, plain edge, 5.77g; 5.65g (S.3991), the first richly toned, extremely fine, the second with hints of original mint red, extremely fine; Collection of Sixpences (44) | George V (1910-1936), 1911; 1920; 1923; 1924; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1910; 1932; 1934; 1935; 1936 (S.4014, 3024, 4034, 4040-41); George VI (1936-1952), 1937 Proof, 1937 (2); 138; 1939; 1940; 1941 (2); 1942 (2); 1943; 1944 (3); 1945 (2); 1946 (2); 1947 (2); 1948 (2); 1949 (2); 1950 Proof; 1950 (2); 1951 (3); 1952 (S.4084, 4105, 4110), the 1937 proof with some faint friction marks, otherwise brilliant, the 1950 proof toned to brilliant surfaces, many of the circulation strikings with full lustre, yet in conditions from fair to extremely fine; George VI (1936-1952), Halfcrown, 1937 (3); 1939; 1941 (2); 1942; 1944 (2); 1945; 1946; 1948; 1949, bare head left, rev. shield dividing cyphers, milled edge (S.4080, 4101, 4106), in mixed conditions, some wiped, yet mostly with lustre and lightly toned, from very fine to near extremely fine; Florin, 1944; Proof 1951, bare head left, rev. crowned rose, milled edge, 11.33g, 12h; 11.31g (S.4081, 4107), the first with some friction marks to obverse, otherwise residually lustrous, extremely fine, the second some light contact marks to obverse, otherwise brilliant underneath frosted surfaces, extremely fine; and 'Scottish' Shilling, 1937, bare head left, rev. Scottish reverse, milled edge, 5.67g, 12h (S.4083), obverse with some bagmarks, otherwise lightly toned, bolder very fine / extremely fine; and 'English' Shilling, 1944, bare head left, rev. English reverse, milled edge, 5.64g, 12h (S.4082), obverse lightly contact marked and bright, very fine; and Sixpence, 1950, bare head right, rev. crowned GR, milled edge, 2.77g (S.4110), very fine; and 'English' Shilling, 1946, bare head left, rev. English reverse, milled edge, 5.70g; 12h (S.4082), some light friction marks, otherwise practically as struck; and Threepence, 1944 (2), bare head left, rev. thrift plant, plain edge, 6.75g; 6.71g (S.4112), very fine; also Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Crown (3), 1953, Queen on horseback, rev. crown in centre of emblematical cross, incuse lettered edge, 29.40g, 12h (S.4136); 1965, laureate head right, rev. Churchill right, milled edge, 28.35g, 12h (S.4144); and 1972, diademed head right, rev. EP crowned, milled edge, 28.35g, 12h (S.LL1), all with some light contact marks, less so to the 1972, all fully lustrous, very fine, the 1972 extremely fine; and Halfcrown, 1957; 1967 (2), young laureate head right, rev. crowned shield, milled edge, (S.4145); and Shilling, 1953; 1962, young laureate head right, rev. crowned English shield, milled edge (S.4139; 4147); and Threepence, 1966, young laureate head right, rev. crowned portcullis, plain edge, (S.4153), all lightly bagmarked, yet with some lustre, good very fine to extremely fine (89)

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