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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
02/06/2024 Auction 185	English Coins	Lot 1751	Florin 1895 ESC 879, Bull 2965, Davies 838 dies 2A, UNC and fully lustrous, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80 More coins like this Signature Sale : The Artist’s Collection	£130

02/06/2024 Auction 185	English Bulk Lots	Lot 3104	Florins (3) 1894 ESC 878, Bull 2964, Davies 833 dies 1B NVF/GVF, 1895 ESC 879, Bull 2965, Davies 836 dies 1A, Good Fine/About VF, 1896 ESC 880, Bull 2966, Davies 842 dies 2A, Good Fine/About VF, all scarce or rare More lots like this	£80

03/12/2023 Auction 183	English Coins	Lot 1723	Florin 1895 First I of VICTORIA points to a bead, Reverse: Left leg of H of SHILLINGS points to a bead on the inner circle, ESC 879, Bull 2965, Davies 838 dies 2A, Lustrous UNC in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82 More coins like this	£260

04/12/2022 Auction 179	English Coins	Lot 1609	Florin 1895 ESC 879, Bull 2965, Davies 836, dies 1A, UNC or near so with some light contact marks, the reverse with some small tone spots, a scarce die pairing for this date, our archive database shows 31 examples dated 1895 offered since 2003, with only 4 of these having the 1A die pairing More coins like this	£240

05/06/2022 Auction 177	English Bulk Lots	Lot 2335	Halfcrowns to Threepences (20) Halfcrown (1) 1889 ESC 722, Bull 2774, Davies 647 dies 3C, EF and prooflike with an edge knock, Florins (5) 1887 Jubilee Head, Large J in J.E.B ESC 868, Bull 2953, Davies 810 dies 1A (2) the first EF/GEF and lustrous with some toning, the second EF with a light toning, 1889 ESC 871, Bull 2957, Davies 814A dies 3A, a recently discovered die-pairing, unlisted in the Davies book, VG/approaching Fine, Rare, 1895 ESC 879, Bull 2965, Davies 836 dies 1A, a rare die-pairing for this date Fine/Good Fine, 1896 ESC 880, Bull 2966, Davies 842 dies 2A a rare die-pairing for this date Fine/NVF, Shillings (9) 1887 Jubilee Head, Reverse: Q of QUI has long loopless tail ESC 1351, Bull 3137, Davies 980 dies 1A, EF/GEF with golden toning, 1887 Jubilee Head, Reverse: Q of QUI has almost no tail, ESC 1351, Bull 3137, Davies 981 dies 1B UNC or near so with attractive golden tone, 1889 Large Jubilee Head ESC 1355, Bull 3142, Davies 986A dies 2C Reverse: Q of QUI has curved looped tail, Good Fine/Fine, 1893 Large Letters on obverse ESC 1361, Bull 3153, Davies 1011 dies 2A, Fine, Ex-Jewellery, 1893 Large Letters on obverse, Reverse: Small Rose with line, unlisted in the Davies book a recently discovered die-pairing ESC 1361, Bull 3153, Davies 1011A dies 2C, VG Rare, 1896 Small Rose with line, ESC 1365, Bull 3161, Davies 1019 dies 2C VF/NEF Rare, 1903 ESC 1412, Bull 3589, Davies 1551A dies 2A, unlisted in the Davies book, a recently discovered die-pairing, VG Rare, 1906 ESC 1415, Bull 3592, Davies 1556 dies 1A About VF/GVF, Sixpences (2) 1887 Jubilee Head, Withdrawn type, ESC 1752, Bull 3264, Davies 1151 dies 2A Lustrous UNC, 1889 ESC 1757, Bull 3279, Davies 1164 dies 1C, NEF, Threepences (3) 1887 Jubilee Head, ESC 2096, Bull 3436, Davies 1330 dies 1A toned UNC, 1889 ESC 2099, Bull 3439, Davies 1337 dies 2B, A/UNC and lustrous, 1904 ESC 2117, Bull 3620, Davies 1594 dies 2A Fine/Good Fine More lots like this	£280
05/06/2022 Auction 177	English Bulk Lots	Lot 2337	Halfcrowns to Threepences (20) Halfcrown (1) 1897 ESC 731, Bull 2783, Davies 670 dies 2B, GVF/NEF with a heavy contact mark on the obverse, Florins (4) 1887 Jubilee Head, Large J in J.E.B. ESC 868, Bull 2953, Davies 810 dies 1A EF/About EF, 1887 Jubilee Head, Small J in J.E.B ESC 868, Bull 2953, Davies 811 dies 2A NEF, 1895 ESC 879, Bull 2965, Davies 836 dies 1A, Fine/Good Fine, scarce, 1896 Davies 840 dies 1A, this die pairing listed as unconfirmed in the Davies book, VG Rare, Shillings (9) 1879 No Die Number ESC 1334, Bull 3061, Davies 912 dies 7C VG, 1887 Jubilee Head, Reverse: Q of QUI has long loopless tail, ESC 1351, Bull 3137, Davies 980 dies 1A, NEF, 1887 Jubilee Head, Reverse: Q of QUI with looped tail, ESC 1351, Bull 3137, Davies 982 dies 1C, EF/GEF with golden toning, 1889 Small Jubilee Head ESC 1355, Bull 3142, Davies 984 dies 1C, subvariety with 9 of date close to second 8 VG a rare and interesting type, 1889 Large Jubilee Head ESC 1355, Bull 3142, Davies 987 dies 3D GEF lightly toned, 1893 Large Letters on obverse, Reverse: Small Rose with line, unlisted in the Davies book a recently discovered die-pairing ESC 1361, Bull 3153, Davies 1011A dies 2C, VG Rare, 1894 ESC 1363, Bull 3157, Davies 1013 dies 1B VG, the reverse slightly better, Rare, 1894 ESC 1363, Bull 3156, Davies 1015 dies 2B, NEF, 1904 ESC 1413, Bull 3590, Davies 1551A Obverse 2A, Reverse A VG, 1906 ESC 1415, Bull 3592, Davies 1556 dies 1A NEF, Sixpences (3) 1887 Jubilee Head, Withdrawn type, JEB on truncation ESC 1752B">ESC 1752B, Bull 3267, Davies 1150 dies 1A, Good Fine, 1887 Jubilee Head, Withdrawn type, ESC 1752, Bull 3264, Davies 1151 GEF with gold tone, 1889 ESC 1757, Bull 3279, Davies 1164 dies 1C NEF, Threepences (3) 1888 ESC 2098, Bull 3438, Davies 1333 dies 2A EF/GEF, 1890 ESC 2100, Bull 3440, Davies 1341 dies 3CEF/AU with touched of golden tone, 1905 Maundy, Davies 1596 dies 1B NEF with some tone spots More lots like this	£280
05/12/2021 Auction 175	English Coins	Lot 2460	Florin 1895 ESC 879, Bull 2965, Davies 838 dies 2A, UNC or very near so and lustrous More coins like this	£130

02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Coins	Lot 577	Florin 1895 ESC 879, Bull 2965, Davies 836, dies 1A a scarcer die pairing, Lustrous UNC or near so More coins like this	£190

03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Coins	Lot 2588	Florin 1895 ESC 879, Bull 2965, Davies 836, dies 1A, the obverse with the first I of VICTORIA pointing between two rim teeth, the reverse with the left leg of the H of SHILLINGS pointing to an inner bead. Lustrous UNC with a very small edge bruise by the 8 of the date, by far the scarcer of the two types and rare in high grade, only the third example we have offered in 15 years, so possibly rarer than catalogues would suggest More coins like this	£220

04/12/2017 Auction 159	English Coins	Lot 2873	Florin 1895 ESC 879 Davies 838 dies 2A Lustrous UNC the obverse with minor contact marks More coins like this	£130

04/06/2017 Auction 157	English Coins	Lot 2176	Florins (2) 1893 ESC 876 Davies 830 dies 1A, UNC with original mint lustre and pleasing golden tone, 1895 ESC 879 UNC and lustrous the reverse with a superb colourful tone More coins like this	£160

05/06/2016 Auction 153	English Coins	Lot 2205	Florins (2) 1895 ESC 879 Davies 838 dies 2A About UNC with a small tone spot on the veil, 1896 ESC 880 Davies 843 dies 2B EF/GEF the obverse with a light tone, the reverse with a small spot on the rim More coins like this Signature Sale : Bay View Collection	£150

06/03/2016 Auction 152	English Coins	Lot 2734	Florin 1895 ESC 879 Davies 838 dies 2A EF/GEF the obverse with a few small spots More coins like this	£46

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