Sovereign 1861 T over VICTORIA overstruck appears to be over 'T to the left' with the upright of the underlying T from the top left serif to the left foot of the main T CGS variety 02 Good Fine and graded 35 by CGS and the only one on the CGS population report
Sovereign 1863 with the die number 827 on the truncation Marsh 46A Rarity 6, Spink 3852F no die number variety VF the reverse better, we note the Bentley example realised £18,600, and our previous example in Auction A150 in GVF realised £14040 inclusive of buyers premium, extremely rare and only the second we have offered, and a rare opportunity for all serious Sovereign collectors to obtain this key date variety
Threepence 1920 Davies 1934A this new obv. 5 appears to be a companion to the lower relief Halfcrown, florin and shilling obverses. The portrait is fractionally larger than obv. 3 and the field rises slightly in front of the forehead. This lower relief portrait is mainly achieved by a shallow style, 'hollowed' neck with further indentations to the forehead. Both known examples have a distinct die flaw running from the border beads through the upright of the second 'T' in 'Britt' to the top of the head and are the only two known to the Peter Davies. NVF and extremely rare
Broad 1662 Charles IIS.3337ANorth 2780 by T.Simon, this the last coin of this denomination, as it was succeeded by the Guinea coinage, VF/GVF with a peripheral red toning, some slight flattening to the left part of the rim this caused in striking, comes with old collector's ticket, these pieces seldom seen on the market, indeed, our archive database stretching back to 2003 shows that this the first example we have handled. Cataloguers Note: we record that a NEF example realised 13,500 pounds hammer price at Spink in their Auction 14004, March 2014 sale
Crown 1663 No Stops on Reverse ESC 27A Near Fine/Fine, comes with an old collector's ticket from 1953 stating the 1949 edition of ESC did not recognise this variety, Dollar Bank of England 1804 Reverse with inverted, incuse K, Obverse C, Reverse 2b ESC 156, Good Fine, evenly toned, scarce
Crown 1687 ESC EF or very near so the obverse softly struck with some haymarking, and adjustment lines on the top of the hair, colourfully toned around the rims
Crown 1818 LIX Davies 4a dies 1+B Small thin tail on Q of QUI S of PENSE points to a denticle, Y over small Y on reverse CGS variety 06 About UNC, slabbed and CGS 75 and nicely toned
Crown 1818 LIX Davies 4b - dies 1+C. Rev. C has 'Q' with a thick scroll tail and 'S' of 'Pense' pointing to denticle. This is a rare die pairing being the earliest use of the thick scroll 'Q' which was then used onwards for all George III crowns. This rare piece also has the last '8' over a defective '8' with a noticeable double 'T' in 'Soit' and a large 'Y' re-entered over a small 'y' CGS 55 (near EF)
Crown 1819 LIX Davies 5 - CGS 09 - dies 1+B ie small thin tail to 'Q' and 'S' of 'Pense' pointing to denticle. This die pairing is very rare for 1819 with only two in a hundred having this occurrence. Some rev. legend letters are re-entered, strengthened with small uprights, especially 'H' in 'Honi'. Both '1's in date have no bottom RH serifs. A choice example of this rarity nicely toned Unc or near so with prooflike fields slabbed and graded CGS 78 rare thus
Crown 1819 LIX Davies 5a - ESC 215 - dies 1+C Rev. C has 'Q' with a thick scroll tail and 'S' of 'Pense' pointing to denticle. This is the general die pairing for 1819 crowns. This example has a rare double bar in 'H' of 'Honi' and possibly struck from a proof obv. die, being somewhat cameo, slabbed and graded CGS 78
Crown 1821 SECUNDO ESC 246 UNC or near so with minor cabinet friction, the surfaces excellent with very few contact marks, these Crowns almost always with contact marks and/or hairlines
Crown 1822 TERTIO ESC 252 UNC and attractively toned, with some light contact marks, retaining some mint lustre, an attractive example and far scarcer than the 1821 coin in this high grade
Crown 1844 Unfinished Die PatternESC 338, Star Stops on edge, the Queen's hair has a triangle-shape around the base of the hanging hair-curl VF with grey toning
Crown 1847 Gothic UNDECIMO ESC 288 About UNC/UNC the obverse with some contact marks on the portrait, with a subtle and attractive tone, the fields though are pleasing and relatively free from the usual bagmarks with only a few hairlines, a pleasing example
Crown 1893 LVI Davies 501c - dies 1+A on a slightly wider flan, ie collar too large, with obv. 'T.B.' initials now 'I.L.' - rare in this high grade, EF slabbed and graded CGS 60
Crown 1893 LVI Davies 503 - dies 1+B. A scarce streamer variety being much rarer in this high grade, evenly tone about UNC, slabbed and graded CGS 78, the finest known of 6 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Crown 1893 LVI Davies 503c -dies 1+F. CGS variety 19, previously unpublished, a thinner streamer variety with an doubled even undulation. This piece is the finest known by Davies bright and sharp UNC or very near and lustrous, with a few bag marks, slabbed and graded CGS 78
Crown 1893 LVI Davies 503e - CGS variety 15 - dies 1+H. A very rare variety of the rev. streamer, being thicker and with an extra line below. A high grade for this variety CGS 65
Crown 1893 LVI Davies 503f - dies 1+I. A very scarce rev. with an elongated, broad streamer having two bulges and the front bulge smaller than the rear. Examples of this reverse only known with a 15.5 mm spaced REGNI. Struck from proof dies and very rare in this grade, slabbed and graded CGS 70
Crown 1893 Obv 1 Rev A -- B.S.C. 502a -- LVII, having longer obv. beads more like denticles, producing a thinner rim. A rarer variety of this recently discovered type and only one other example known to Davies. UNC or near so, slabbed and graded CGS 75
Crown 1895 LIX ESC 309Davies 512 dies 1A EF or better and attractively toned, slabbed and graded CGS 70, the only recorded example of the CGS Population Report, and probably scarcer than catalogues would suggest
Crown 1896 LIX Davies 519 - dies 2+D. The rarest of the two 1896 LIX varieties, especially in this choice condition, Good EF, slabbed and graded CGS 70
Crown 1898 LXI Davies 523 - dies 2+D. The rarest regnal year of old head crowns, further enhanced by this final use of rev. D in 1898, listed as 'to be confirmed' by British Silver Coins since 1816, UNC or near so with some contact marks, slabbed and graded CGS 75
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