Penny 1843 REG: Peck 1486 VF/About VF, a collectable example of this very rare date, usually only offered in low grade, purchased by the vendor in February 1985
Penny 1849 Peck 1497 UNC or near so and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 75, the second finest of 6 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Penny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 10 dies 2+D the L.C.W on the reverse not struck up, with the area below and to the left of the shield, and the adjacent rim area poorly struck UNC/AU and lustrous, unusual, comes with old collector's ticket
Penny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 10 dies 2+D UNC with around 75% lustre, Halfpenny 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 258 dies 1+A UNC with around 60% lustre ands a few small spots, Farthing 1860 Toothed Border 5 Berries Freeman 501 dies 3+B UNC toned
Penny 1862 VIGTORIA error a recently discovered type, previously unlisted by Freeman, Gouby, Satin or Spink, only Fair but the variety very clear, we note also the error G is of a slightly different font to the G of D:G: extremely rare and believed to be one of only four known examples, probably rarer than the 1877 Narrow date coin, of which an LCGS Fine 20 example realised £7020 in our June 2010 auction
Penny 1863 3 over 1 Gouby BP1863Aa dies J+g with the top of the underlying 1 showing at the top right of the 3, also with a small 'spike' at the top of the right curve of the 3 Fine or slightly better, a clear example, one of just a small number of examples thus far recorded of this rare type
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.
Penny 1871 Freeman 61 dies 6+G, Gouby BP1871Ac 12 teeth date spacing NEF with a few small spots, Rare in high grades, purchased by the vendor in January 1983
Penny 1881 Freeman 103 dies 9+M, Gouby BP1881Ga (dies M+p) Ex-Michael Freeman collection, with his ticket, Christie's 23/10/1984 Lot 65 (part), Fair, misty in parts including around the date area, listed in the Christie's catalogue as 'perhaps with H, extremely rare' hence the listing in the 1985 Freeman book 'with H below date (?)', rated at R19 by Freeman, with only one other example previously seen by this cataloguer, extremely rare and believed to be one of only three or four known examples, we note there were no examples in the Laurie Bamford, Copthorne, Alderly or James Workman collections, probably rarer than the 1877 Narrow date coin, of which an LCGS Fine 20 example realised £7020 in our June 2010 auction
Penny 1881 Freeman 105 dies 10+J EF or better and lustrous, scarce, Ex-Michael Freeman collection, with his ticket, Christie's 23/10/1984 Lot 65 (part)
Quarter Guinea 1718 S.3638 Good Fine, Quarter Sovereign 2009 S.SA1 Lustrous UNC as a Dublin Mint Office pair, 'The First British Gold Quarters Set' in capsules with Dublin Mint Office certificates, unboxed
Shilling 1695 First Bust ESC 1077 UNC and nicely toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, the finest known of just 3 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1700 Round 0's in date ESC 1121A UNC and with a soft gold tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, the joint finest known of 7 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1708 Plumes ESC 1148 A/UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 75, the finest of just 2 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS population Report
Shilling 1708 Third Bust ESC 1147 Choice UNC with golden tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, the second finest known of 33 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1721 Roses and Plumes ESC 1171, Bull 1577 (8 strings to Harp) EF the obverse with some haymarking, Ex-M.Rasmussen, our records indicate this is the first we have offered since 2003, whereas we have offered all the various overdates for this year, so probably rarer than the 'R' rating given by ESC, Cataloguer's Note, there is evidence of doubling to the 21 in the date but is quite different to examples of the published overdates we have studied, also Bull states the overdates have 7 or 9 harp strings and the Plain date coin has 8 harp strings, graded 65 by LCGS
Shilling 1723 SSC C over SS ESC 1176A UNC and nicely toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 82 the joint finest known of 17 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS population Report
Shilling 1735 5 over 4, Roses and Plumes, 9 Harp strings, unlisted by ESC, Bull or Spink, GVF/VF with some light haymarks, easily the finest of just 3 examples we have offered since 2003
Shilling 1747 Roses ESC 1209 AU and nicely toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 75, the joint finest known of 7 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1750 50 over 46 ESC 1210A UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 78, Ex-London Coin Auction A129 8/6/2010 Lot 1763, the finest known of 4 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1787 Hearts ESC 1225 UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, the joint finest known of 33 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, Ex-NGC MS62, Ex-London Coins Auction A136 4/3/2012 Lot 2560
Shilling 1817 RRITT flaw, as ESC 1232, the flaw in its earliest stage with trace of the base of the B still visible Lustrous UNC with a hint of golden tone, graded 85 by L:CGS desirable thus
Shilling 1826 ESC 1257 Choice UNC and nicely toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 85, the joint finest known of 38 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, Ex-London Coins Auction A138 2/9/2012 Lot 2573
Shilling 1839 First Young Head, W.W. on truncation ESC 1280Davies 851 dies 1A EF/GEF with golden tone, and a few small scratches by the date, a few minor edge nicks barely detract
Shilling 1878 ESC 1330 Die Number 59 some friction and light scuffing to high points obverse otherwise lustrous Unc and a hard date to find in this high grade
Shillings (3) 1896 ESC 1365 UNC or near so and lustrous, 1897 ESC 1366 UNC and lustrous, the reverse with some darker tone spots, 1898 ESC 1367 UNC and lustrous with some minor contact marks
Sixpence 1696N First Bust, Early Harp, Large Crowns ESC 1538 EF with haymarking, slabbed and graded CGS 70, the finest of only two examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Sixpence 1697 First Bust, Later Harp, Small Crowns ESC 1552 Choice UNC with a deep colourful tone, the joint finest known of just 4 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report - LCGS 82
Sixpence 1711 Large Lis ESC 1596A A/UNC with gold tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 75, the joint finest known of 6 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
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