Five CentsPattern 1846 SMITH ON DECIMAL CURRENCY, by Marrian and Gausby 35.5mm diameter GVF/NEF with some contact marks, Ex-Spink Auction 11 Lot 663 (part lot)
Halfpennies (2) 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 270 dies 4+E, EF toned with some scratches, Ex-M.Peake £10, 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 274 dies 5+E GEF with good underlying lustre, Ex-G.Monk £20
Halfpennies (2) 1861 Freeman 273 dies 4+G EF with some small spots, Ex-Astons £7.20, 1862 Freeman 289 dies 7+G GEF with pale lustre Ex-G.Johnson Auction £5
Halfpennies (2) 1861 Freeman 277 dies 6+G UNC and lustrous with some small spots, purchased at Charing Cross Market for £10. 1861 Freeman 282 dies 7+F UNC the obverse toned, the reverse with around 25% lustre, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction £10.80
Halfpennies (2) 1868 Freeman 303 dies 7+G EF with a toning line on either side, Ex-Spink Auction 6/ October 1979 Lot 823 £10.50. 1871 Freeman 308 dies 7+G NVF with surface marks and some spots, Rare, Ex-Astons £28.80
Halfpennies (2) 1873 Freeman 310 dies 7+G UNC with around 40% lustre and a small spot by REG, Ex-M.Ellis £26. 1873 Freeman 311 dies 311 VF toned, Ex-M.Ellis £8
Halfpennies (2) 1875 Freeman 322A">Freeman 322A dies 13+J Fine with a small spot to the right of the date, Very rare rated R17 by Freeman and seldom offered, we note there was no example in either the Nicholson or Roland Harris collections, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction £52. 1875 Freeman 322 dies 12+L NVG with a dent on the Queen's hairline, Ex-Laurie Bamford £5
Halfpennies (2) 1876H as Freeman 325 dies 13+K* with the G of D:G: struck over another G, most unusual, Fine, the reverse slightly better although with a couple of spots in the field. 1876H Freeman 329 dies 14+M VF, Ex-G.Monk £2
Halfpennies (2) 1889 Freeman 360 dies 17+S Lustrous UNC with small spots, purchased at Charing Cross Market £9. 1890 Freeman 362 dies 17+S UNC with practically full lustre and a couple of small spots, purchased at Charing Cross Market £25
Halfpennies (2) 1893 Freeman 368 dies 17+S UNC with around 20% lustre, purchased from Charing Cross Market £6.50. 1894 Freeman 369 dies 17+S UNC with good subdued lustre, Ex-Laurie Bamford £12
Halfpennies (3) 1886 Freeman 356 dies 17+S UNC with good subdued lustre, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction £5. 1891 Freeman 364 dies 17+S AU/UNC with traces of lustre and a few small spots, purchased at Charing Cross Market £4.50. 1892 Freeman 366 dies 17+S About EF once cleaned now almost fully retoned, Ex-G.Monk £2.70
Halfpennies (3) 1895 Freeman 370 dies 1+A UNC with good subdued lustre and a couple of small rim nicks Ex-Laurie Bamford £4.50. 1896 Freeman 371 dies 1+A, UNC with practically full lustre, purchased from Charing Cross Market £20. 1896 Freeman 372 dies 1+B UNC with subdued lustre, Ex-G.Monk £3
Halfpennies (3) 1899 Freeman 376 dies 1+B Lustrous UNC with a small spot on the portrait. 1900 Freeman 377 dies 1+B A/UNC with pale lustre. 1901 Freeman 378 dies 1+B UNC with practically full lustre
Halfpenny 1843 Peck 1527 UNC or near so and nicely toned with a couple of tiny rim nicks and minor cabinet friction, comparable in quality to the Andrew Wayne collection example, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction £46
Halfpenny 1847 Peck 1531 UNC or near so and lustrous with minor cabinet friction and some light contact marks, Rare in this grade and superior to the examples in the Andrew Wayne and Roland Harris collections, Ex-Surrey Numismatic Society £6
Halfpenny 1851 No Dots on Shield Reverse A Peck 1534 VF/GVF with some small spots the rarity of this piece somewhat under-rated, we note that there was no example in the Nicholson collection, Ex-G.Monk £4.50
Halfpenny 1851 Reverse B with dots on the shield, also the 8 appears to be struck over a lower 8, Peck 1535 EF with a small spot on the hair, purchased at Charing Cross Market £6
Halfpenny 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 260A, no tie-knot, dies 1*+A, rated R16 by Freeman, UNC with a tone spot on the bust and some light deposit on the reverse, highly lustrous and very rare in this high grade, Ex-G.Monk £11.50
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 261 dies 2+B Lustrous UNC, an early strike with prooflike fields, we note this piece superior to the Andrew Wayne and Roland Harris examples, (there was no example in the Nicholson Collection), we note the Roland Harris example realised £320 hammer price in London Coins Auction A124 28/2/2009, Ex-Spink Auction 68 23 March 1989, Ex-Hopetoun House collection Lot no.707 hammer price £75
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 266 dies 4+B UNC/AU with good but pale lustre, in our experience, somewhat scarcer than the R11 quoted by Freeman, Ex-M.Peake collection £20
Halfpenny 1861 Freeman 275 dies 5+G, rated R16 by Freeman, GEF/AU and lustrous, We note there was no example in the Nicholson collection, Ex-Spinks £12
Halfpenny 1862 Die Letter C Freeman 288A dies 7+F VG the obverse with an uneven dark tone in places, nevertheless very rare and seldom offered, we note there was no example in the Norweb, or Andrew Wayne collections, Ex-M.Peake £30
Halfpenny 1874 Freeman dies 11+J (unrecorded with this die pairing by Freeman) appears struck from slightly worn dies About EF/EF and certainly clear enough for the key areas to be identified, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction No.88 Lot 329 £82
Halfpenny 1875H Freeman 323 dies 13+K* A/UNC with pale lustre and a couple of small spots in the obverse legend, purchased from Charing Cross Market £19
Halfpenny 1876H Freeman 326 dies 13+M A/UNC with traces of lustre, Rare, rated R14 by Freeman, we note there was no example in the Roland Harris collection
Halfpenny 1876H Freeman 328 dies 14+K* EF with some pale lustre and a spot to the right of the date, Very Rare and rated R15 by Freeman, we note there was no example in the Nicholson, Norweb or Andrew Wayne collections, purchased at Charing Cross Market £16
Halfpenny 1883 Freeman 351 dies 19+S A/UNC with subdued lustre and a spot on either side, the obverse rim with a couple of rim cuds, Rare in high grade, Ex-Laurie Bamford £83
Halfpenny 1893 struck in cupro-nickel? and weighing 5.96 grammes, considerably heavier than the bronze issue at 5.6 grammes, NVF/GF with signs of cleaning, unusual
Pennies (2) 1873 Freeman 64 dies 6+G GVF with some contact marks, purchased at Charing Cross Market £6. 1875 dies 8+H EF and lustrous, once cleaned, purchased at the Cumberland Coin Fair £23
Pennies (2) 1886 Freeman 123 dies 12+N Lustrous UNC with some discolouration on the portrait, purchased at Charing Cross Market £8. 1887 Freeman 125 dies 12+N AU/UNC and lustrous, purchased at Coinex 1982 £8.50
Pennies (2) 1895 Freeman 141 dies 1+B UNC with around 75% lustre, Ex-M.Gilbert £4. 1896 Freeman 143 dies 1+B UNC and lustrous the obverse with tone spots, Ex-T.Ward £3
Penny 1841 REG: Peck 1480 AU/GEF with traces of lustre and a small tone spot on the bust, extremely rare in this high grade, comparable to the Andrew Wayne example, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction £125
Penny 1843 REG: Peck 1486 GVF with some contact marks on the portrait and old thin scratches on the reverse, Very Rare in all grades above Fine, Ex-Laurie Bamford £75
Penny 1846 DEF Far Colon Peck 1490 a variant with the colon stops in differing positions, the colon after REG has both dots much more widely spaced top to bottom, the colon after FID has the lower dot below the line of the legend, and the colon after DEF leans around 45 degrees to the left, a most unusual piece, NEF with a few small spots
Penny 1849 Peck 1497 UNC and nicely toned with some indentations around Britannia probably caused in striking, Very Rare in this high grade, Ex-Spink Auction 68 23/3/1989 Lot 791, Ex-Hopetoun House £240
Penny 1853 Ornamental Trident with Italic 5 in date as Peck 1500 GEF nicely toned with some contact marks and a small spot in the reverse field, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction £16
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