Portugal10 Escudos 1937, sailing ship left with REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA above and date below, reverse with the Portuguese arms superimposed upon a stylised globe, denomination 10$00 below, KM.582, silver, UNC a scarce date in this attractive maritime series.
Russia (USSR) a two-coin group comprising Rouble 1924 Y#90.1 (KM#90.1), obverse arms of the Soviet Union with denomination below, reverse worker and peasant standing together before a rising sun and industrial landscape, and Half Rouble (Poltinnik) 1925 Y#89.2 (KM#89.2), obverse Soviet arms and denomination, reverse blacksmith working at an anvil, both deeply toned AU
ScotlandPennyWilliam I (The Lion) Short Cross and Stars coinage, Phase B, Class II (1205-1230) No Mint name, Obverse legend: LE REI [WILAM] Reverse: Four stars of five points, moneyers Hue and Walter, S.5029, 1.3 grams, VF with a good portrait and some light surface porosity
ScotlandTestoon 1558 Mary MARIA DEI G SCOTOR REGINA 1558 surrounds small high arched crown over shield dividing M and R obverse, reverse with large cross potent IN VERTUTE TUA LIBERA ME 1558 nearer VF than Fine the edge a little uneven in parts (weight 6 grams) a seldom offered type
Scotland Twelve Pence James VI, Seventh Coinage (1594–1596), crowned and draped bust right, pellet behind, reverse crowned thistle with legend NEMO ME IMPVNE LACESSIT, S.5496, a rare denomination. Fine or better with some uneven wear 0.56 grammes
South Africa (ZAR) a two-coin group comprising Two Shillings 1893 KM#6, obverse bust of President Paul Kruger left, reverse the arms of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek with denomination and date below, About VF, and Shilling 1893 KM#5, of similar design, Fine, both in silver
SpanishNetherlands - Brabant Ducaton 1668 Antwerp Mint KM#79.1 waterworn a ship wreck piece from the Hollandia and with a two page A4 certificate/ information sheet
SpanishNetherlands - Flanders Louis II De Male Lion D'Or (1346-84) Gent Crowned Lion obverse with FLANDERS beneath NGC MS64 very rare thus a spectacular fully struck well rounded hammered gold piece
Thailand Two Att CS1244 (1882), Rama V, crowned royal monogram with rays above, reverse with denomination and date in Thai within wreath, Birmingham Mint issue, Y.19, a two-coin group, one VF, the other better. The better grade example has a proof like rim certainly as compared to the other coin and weighs 11.84 grammes compared to 11.33 of the lower grade example and does appear to be slightly thicker, however both coins are offered here as the standard currency type
TurkeyZeri Mahbub AH1187 Year 10 (1784), Abdul Hamid I, Istanbul Mint, KM#416, obverse the Sultan’s tughra with accession date below, reverse mint name and regnal year within decorative border, gold, EF with some wear and scratches towards the edge (2.64 grammes)
USAQuarter Dollar 1853 Arrows at Date and Rays on Reverse, KM#78, Breen 3989, Liberty Seated type, obverse Liberty seated left holding a pole surmounted by a cap, shield inscribed LIBERTY at her side, arrows flanking the date, reverse eagle with shield upon its breast, holding arrows and olive branch, rays surrounding, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QUAR. DOL., silver, EF, a popular one-year type
USAQuarter Dollar 1893S, Barber or Liberty Head type, San Francisco Mint, KM#114, Breen 4135, obverse laureate head of Liberty right with thirteen stars surrounding and date below, reverse heraldic eagle with shield upon its breast, holding arrows and olive branch, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QUARTER DOLLAR around, S mintmark below the eagle, silver, EF, cleaned
USAQuarter Dollar 1903, Barber or Liberty Head type, Philadelphia Mint, KM#114, Breen 4179, obverse laureate head of Liberty right, IN GOD WE TRUST above and date below, reverse heraldic eagle with shield upon its breast, holding arrows and olive branch, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QUARTER DOLLAR around, silver, EF with a pleasing light tone, a small scratch on Liberty’s face
USA Ten Dollars 1913 Indian Head or Eagle, Philadelphia Mint, Liberty left wearing a feathered headdress, thirteen stars around, date below, reverse with standing eagle upon a bundle of arrows and olive branch, motto IN GOD WE TRUST to the left, 48 stars on the edge, Breen 7122, Friedberg 166. Unc or near so
USATwenty Dollars 1913D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, Denver Mint, Liberty standing facing holding a torch and olive branch, the Capitol building and rays of the rising sun behind, D mintmark above the date, reverse with eagle flying left above the sun and rays, IN GOD WE TRUST below, lettered edge E PLURIBUS UNUM, KM.131 UNC or near so and lustrous
PennyAethelred II Long Cross type S.1151, North 774, London Mint, moneyer Leofing, 1.67 grams, lustrous mint state with a peripheral gold toning and graded MS64 by NGC must be amongst the finest extant
Penny 1799 Pattern by Droz BHM 465, Montagu 28, Obverse Bust right GEORGIUS III : D:G: REX, Reverse VIGEBIT IN OMNE AEVUM in four lines. Struck in copper NGC PF64BN
Penny 1849 Peck 1497 NGC MS62 BN, a key date rarity in high grade desirable thus and the first Mint State example we have offered in more than 10 years
Penny 1860 Dies 2 + B the toothed and beaded mule Britannia's shield with treble incuse lines Freeman 9 the coin is almost fully lustrous and with prooflike fields and in a NGC Holder FREEMAN 9 MS64 RB rated R17 by Freeman and the first example we have seen
Penny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 10 dies 2+D with N over sideways N in ONE Unc with some subdued lustre in a NGC Holder N/HORIZ N IN ONE MS64 BN so surely one of, if not the, finest surviving examples of this rare type
Penny 1864 Plain 4 Freeman 49 Dies 6+G Unc the obverse perhaps 75% lustrous rare thus and in a NGC Holder at MS63 BN, the BN designation based on the reverse which has perhaps 10% lustre. This by fare the finest example we have seen beating Lot 1012 A159 (2017) which realised £1,900
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