Auction: 24126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 38: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 2133
'Young Head' Halfcrowns (20) | Victoria (1837-1901), 'Young Head' Halfcrown, 1840, young head left, rev. crowned shield in wreath, straight milled edge, 13.98g, 6h (ESC 673; Bull 2715; S.3887), cleaned, about very fine; another, 1840, as before, edge milled, 13.97g, 6h (ESC 673; Bull 2715; S.3887), bagmarked and wiped to subsequently toned surfaces, very fine; another, 1844, with serifs, as before, plain to truncation, edge milled, 14.09g, 6h (ESC 677; Bull 2720; S.3888), cleaned and bagmarked, hairline dieflaw to reverse, very fine; another, 1846, as before, edge milled, 13.92g, 6h (ESC 680; Bull 2724; S.3888), bagmarked and cleaned, about very fine; another, 1849, as before, edge milled, 14.07g, 6h (ESC 682; Bull 2730; S.3888), lightly bagmarked, with a residual lustre, very fine; another, 1850, as before, edge milled, 13.89g, 6h (ESC 684; Bull 2733; S.3888), cleaned and bagmarked, about very fine; another, 1874, of inferior workmanship, edge milled, 14.00g, 6h (ESC 692; Bull 2741; S.3888), cleaned and soft to hair, strict very fine; another, 1875, as before, edge milled, 14.09g, 6h (ESC 696; Bull 2745; S.3888), lightly bagmarked, with a residual tone, very fine; another, 1876, as before, edge milled, 13.96g (ESC 699; Bull 2748; S.3888), cleaned and smoothed, fine; another, 1877, as before, edge milled, 14.12g, 6h (ESC 700; Bull 2750; S.3888), bagmarked, with a speckled tone to residually lustrous surfaces, very fine; another, 1878, as before, edge milled, 13.94g, 6h (ESC 701; Bull 2751; S.3888), cleaned and with deposits to the fields, bolder fine; another, 1879, as before, edge milled, 14.09g, 6h (ESC 703; Bull 2753; S.3888), die flaw to obverse field and lightly contact marked, otherwise with a pleasing lustre, about extremely fine; another, 1880, as before, edge milled, 14.06g, 6h (ESC 705; Bull 2756; S.3888), wiped and lightly bagmarked, with a residual lustre within the legends, bolder very fine; another, 1881, as before, edge milled, 14.07g, 6h (ESC 707; Bull 2758; S.3888), cleaned and bagmarked, now with speckled areas of re-toning, strict very fine; another, 1882, as before, edge milled, 13.96g, 6h (ESC 710; Bull 2761; S.3888), heavily cleaned and sweated, bolder fine; another, 1883, as before, edge milled, 14.09g, 6h (ESC 711; Bull 2762; S.3888), bagmarked, with a residual lustre, very fine; another, 1884, as before, edge milled, 14.03g, 6h (ESC 712; Bull 2764; S.3888), cleaned and with a softness to the tops of devices, about very fine; another, 1885, as before, edge milled, 14.11g, 6h (ESC 713; Bull 2765; S.3888), obverse cleaned, yet with a residual lustre to the reverse, very fine, reverse better; another, 1886, as before, edge milled, 14.10g, 6h (ESC 715; Bull 2767; S.3888), lightly bagmarked and smoothed to the tops of devices, flashy tone to the reverse, very fine; another, 1887, as before, edge milled, 14.02g, 6h (ESC 717; Bull 2769; S.3888), cleaned, toned to reverse, strict very fine (20)
Provenance
i) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £53 [with collector's ticket]
ii) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £85 [with collector's ticket]
iii) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £180 [with collector's ticket]
v) Coincraft, by private treaty - £125 [with collector's ticket]
vi) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £57 [with collector's ticket]
vii) Welsh, by private treaty - £45 [with collector's ticket]
viii) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £115 [with collector's ticket]
x) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £135 [with collector's ticket]
xi) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £50 [with collector's ticket]
xii) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £200 [with collector's ticket]
xiii) Saltford, by private treaty - £160 [with collector's ticket]
xiv) Coincraft, by private treaty - £70 [with collector's ticket]
xv) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £18 [with collector's ticket]
xvi) Saltford, by private treaty - £75 [with collector's ticket]
xvii) Colin Cooke, by private treaty - £40 [with collector's ticket]
xviii) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £50 [with collector's ticket]
xviv) D. Craddock, by private treaty - £58 [with collector's ticket]
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Sold for
£1,400
Starting price
£320