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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
05/03/2023 Auction 180	English Coins	Lot 1426	Half Farthings (2) 1847 Peck 1596 AU/UNC with traces of lustre, 1852 Peck 1598 UNC and lustrous with multicoloured toning, the obverse with some spots	£50
05/03/2017 Auction 156	English Coins	Lot 2511	Penny 1864 Crosslet 4 Peck 1664 with 239/136 scratched in the obverse field, toned UNC with traces of lustre and a few small spots. The numbers were scratched into the field during the mastership of Professor Thomas Graham (1855-1869) have been shown by G.P.Dyer to represent overall output in tons of bronze coin minted since 1860 (the higher figure) and output in tons of that particular denomination since 1860 (the lower figure) This is not the example pictured in Michael Gouby's 'The British Bronze Penny' - Specialised Edition (Page 49) but displays a superb sharp strike. A highly desirable piece of Victorian bronze coinage history, as stated by Gouby there are only 2 examples known, this, Ex-D.W.Grey 20/10/1971, Lot 111, Ex-Seaby Bulletin, September 1974, item K162, Ex-Sotheby Auction 9/10/1979 Lot 257, Ex-Michael Freeman, and one other, the other example illustrated in Gouby's book being the Ex-Norweb, Ex-A.H.F.Baldwin example, described by Spink as 'Extremely Fine and attractively patinated'. A total of 34 'scratched field' bronze coins are recorded of all dates and denominations, made up of 20 Pennies, 7 Halfpennies and 7 Farthings. Of the 20 Pennies, 12 are known to be in the British Museum Collection, this being one of the remaining 8 available to commerce. An extremely rare opportunity to bid on a piece of Victorian numismatic history. We note a standard currency 1864 Crosslet 4 Penny in UNC sold in our March 2014 auction (Lot 1844) for £3978 inclusive of buyers premium. More coins like this	£9,000
05/06/2016 Auction 153	English Coins	Lot 2212	Half Farthings (3) 1847 Small 7 in date, as Peck 1596, AU/UNC with some lustre and a tone spot on the obverse, 1851 Peck 1597 UNC with traces of lustre, 1852 Peck 1598 UNC and attractively toned with underlying lustre Signature Sale : Bay View Collection	£240
05/06/2016 Auction 153	English Coins	Lot 2869	Half Farthings (2) 1847 Peck 1596 About EF with some contact marks, 1851 First 1 over 5, UNC and lustrous with a couple of larger tone spots, unlisted by Peck	£220
06/03/2016 Auction 152	English Coins	Lot 3455	Sixpence 1887 Jubilee Head Withdrawn type R over V in VICTORIA NEF, Pennies (2) 1897 Dot between O and N of ONE VF, scarce this nice, 1863 Low 3 in date GF/F, Halfpenny George V uniface Obverse Fair, Farthings (2) 1754 NVF, 1822 NVF More coins like this	£140
06/03/2016 Auction 152	English Coins	Lot 2330	Farthings, varieties (4) 1730 No Stop on Reverse, VG, slabbed and graded CGS 10, 1732 2 over Large 2 over 1, the underlying 2 Halfpenny-sized, CGS Variety 02, VG bold and clear, slabbed and graded CGS 15, 1732 2 over 2 CGS Variety 04 Fine, slabbed and graded CGS 25, 1733 Last 3 over 3, CGS variety 03 Fine, slabbed and graded CGS 25 More coins like this Signature Sale : The Finchampstead Collection	£65
07/09/2014 Auction 146	English Coins	Lot 2309	Halfpenny 1694 Peck 602 VF struck on a porous flan, Farthings (2) 1672 Peck 519 Fine, 1690 Peck 579 (One mullet on edge after the date) Fine/Good Fine for issue with some corrosion, edge inscription partly visible More coins like this	£160
02/06/2013 Auction 141	English Coins	Lot 1622	Half Farthings (3) 1830 Reverse B Peck 1450 GVF/NEF the obverse with some pitting, 1837 Peck 1476 GF/F Rare, 1854 Peck 1602 VF with some scratches, Rare	£85
02/06/2013 Auction 141	English Coins	Lot 1621	Half Farthings (2) 1843 Peck 1593 Toned UNC with traces of lustre, Ex-Colin Cooke 13/6/1997, 1844 Peck 1594 Ex-Colin Cooke 13/6/1997	£30
04/12/2011 Auction 135	English Coins	Lot 1662	Half Farthings (2) 1842 Peck 1592 A/UNC toned, 1843 Peck 1593 UNC or near so with some lustre	£80
05/06/2011 Auction 133	English Coins	Lot 688	Penny 1867 with 542/329 scratched in field before bust Peck 1675 and listed as 'probably unique', Ex-Peck collection, UNC with minor cabinet friction and traces of lustre, these numbered Pennies seldom appear on the market, it is believed that only 30 examples of all the dates of Pennies, Halfpennies and Farthings bearing these numbers are in existence, and of that number, 17 are in the British Museum (Source: The British Bronze Coinage by Michael Gouby 3rd Edition 2000) More coins like this	£9,000
06/06/2008 Auction 121	English Coins	Lot 448	Half Farthings (2) 1844 as Peck 1594 O in VICTORIA is broken at the bottom resembling an inverted U EF with lustre, 1847 as Peck 1596 but appears to read RRITANNIAR with the tops of the first two letters broken NVF with some corrosion	£30
05/06/2006 Auction 113	English Coins	Lot 865	Half Farthings (5) 1839, 1842, 1844, 1847, 1851 GVF-GEF	£80
05/06/2005 Auction 109	English Coins	Lot 919	Half Farthings 1844 (2) EF or better and both with traces of lustre	£15
28/11/2004 Auction 107	English Coins	Lot 1111	Halfpenny 1924, Farthings 1860 Toothed and 1873 lustrous Unc or near so the Halfpenny near full lustre More coins like this	£32

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