A Whist/Counter box with Royal Theme - The Queen, Prince Albert and Britain's Hope, brass box containing three counters, in white metal. Lid inscribed THE QUEEN PRINCE ALBERT AND BRITAIN'S HOPE all within a wreath. The base, depicts the arms of Britain with a wreath, box 28mm in diameter, by Allen and Moore, Counters: 1) Obverse: Three Masted sailing ship with inscription THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND, Reverse: Portrait of sailor and anchor and inscription BRITAINS HOPE THE PRINCE OF WALES, 2) Obverse: Portrait of Victoria, Gothic head crowned and facing left. Outer inscription BORN MAY 24 1819 CROWNED JUNE 28 1838 MARRIED FEB 10 1840. Inner inscription reads H.M.G.M. QUEEN VICTORIA. Reverse: Portrait of warrior with shield embossed with Union Jack and Lion inscribed EUROPE'S GLORY Exergue: GOD SAVE THE QUEEN 3) Obverse: Portrait of Prince Albert facing left. Outer inscription reads BORN AUGUST 26 1819 MARRIED FEBRUARY 10 1840. Inner inscription reads H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. Reverse: Depicts England's industrial strength ENGLAND'S PRIDE In Exergue: A&M. Counters Unc and lustrous
Accessories includes 4 aluminium carrying cases 1 with 5 Lindner trays (some of these with a few coins mostly USA Lincoln Cents) the other 3 without trays, a Maurice Bull 6th Edition ESC, an empty box for the 1937 silver and bronzeproof set and more, well used second hand
Badges (74) all with a silver mark on the back either simply SILVER, or .925 or .800 and weighting (85 grams in total) the front of each badge being enamelled with various pictures and names of places such as Bristol, Pesaro, Hamburg, Jesolo etc
Coin Cabinet large probably home made but of a professional standard 22 trays with felt lined slots with 9 trays containing base metal GB and World coins the highlights being a few Farthings of George V with lustre and some lustrous Brass 3d of George VI
Enamelled (2) Jersey 1/12 Shilling 1881 the reverse enamelled in three colours. Canada Cent 1908 the coin gilded and with an enamelled surround attached ONE OF THE FIRST COINS MADE IN CANADA, VF-EF
Error Congo Democratic Republic 5 Makuta 1967 as per KM5 but both sides have the obverse design VF. This lot is accompanied by a letter from The Royal Mint then at Tower Hill and signed by A. Lotherington stating this coin "conforms in all respects"… "it has been struck in error by using two obverse dies"
Jewellery, hall marked items .375 (9 carat) 6.5 grams, .625 4.3 grams these being two rings with stones, 18 carat 2.7 grams this being a ring with stones, along with items without hall marks 41.3 grams gross weight they include stones etc
Maundy Money Boxes (4) three dated 1874, 1904, 1931 all in presentable conditions the fourth red MAUNDY MONEY below crest probably George V era this with some damage left corner
Mint Error France 1/2 Ecu (21 mm diameter, 2.2 grams) 1697 struck over an earlier 1653 issue so one side as a portrait of the Sun King struck at an angle over the crowned French arms and with two dates clearly showing VF on a wavy flan
Mint Errors (3) One New Penny 1976 an off metal strike so with a cupro-nickel appearance and weighs 2.8 rather than 3.5 grams Unc, Ten New Pence 1973 curved clip error Unc and without the Blakesley Effect and a blank flan with the weight and dimensions of a Decimal 10 New Pence
Postcards that feature coins (24) each postcard focuses on a certain countries coins for a specific era so the Great Britain example in this lot shows raised embossed images of 14 coins (3 bronze, 8 silver and 3 gold) which could have been found in circulation in Edward VII's time some showing the reverse some of the obverse these either Edward VII or Victoria Veiled Head, each of the 24 cards from a different country European, Americas, Africa such as German East Africa and featuring coins which could have been seen in the same era late 19th early 20th century, generally in good condition and unused as postcards and made in Germany and come with a presentation box Max Heimbrecht Berlin-Schoneberg Herbertstrasse 7
Stamp Replica Set, The Siege of Mafeking (2 stamp replicas) in 18 carat gold One Penny (12 grams) and Threepenny (10 grams) Prooflike Unc cased with a certificate from South African Bureau of Standards
World War I Engraved Iran 2000 Dinars AH1330 reverse engraved 311640 J SINGLETON M.T.A.S.C.39.M.A.C at centre Baghdad 1917 beneath palm trees and mosques VF and mounted for suspension
Books (more then 50) with one or more examples of standard works such as Spinks, Krause Mishler, Red Book, Coincraft, Eimer, ESC, Provincial Banknotes. Also an early Seabys which could be useful for historical price trend research, a wide variety of catalogues of individual foreign countries and more. Must go lot so offered here without reserve
Coin Cabinet - professionally made smaller size 21cm wide, 17cm deep, 11 cm high, 8 trays with 127 felt lined slots for various sized coins, second hand
Coin Envelopes, Perspex set holders (some new), Tubes, Westminster Boxes, carrying cases (3) with trays, a large amount of empty boxes Royal Mint etc, Lindner Trays, magnifying glasses, albums and more a very large quantity. Must go lot so offered here without reserve
Coin Monthly May 1966 the very first issue of this famous coin collectors magazine quaintly basic black and white cover with the price TWO SHILLINGS in blue
Empty Boxes 1902 Long Set (2), 1911 Long Set (in poor condition), 1927 (4) hard red boxes (2) card (2 one in poor condition), 1937 (15 coin set Crown- Farthing) (2 one hard maroon the other red card), Maundy Money (3) generally in good second hand condition unless stated
First World War Christmas Tins 1914 (2) along with a postcard from the time hand written message 1914 on the back, the front has images of George V and Queen Mary, all three items in good condition
George III Gaming Counters (286) Spade Guinea design (138), Half Guinea (148) VF-Unc comes with an original box red with a light blue lid ONE GROSS SPADE HALF-GUINEA CARD COUNTERS No. 5034
Gold Watch 40mm diameter hall marked 18 carat (total weight 44 grams) dark blue numerals and hands floral design at centre, second hand and bought as seen
Mint Error Off Centre - Philippines 5 Sentimos (1967-74) KM197 stuck an amazing 90% off centre so most of the piece a blank flan, in an NGC Holder STRUCK 90% OFF CENTRE MS62
Mint Errors UK 1971 Decimals (2) Penny on the left side of the reverse a second striking with the letters DG (oversized) and incuse (rather than raised) border spots. Halfpenny struck off centre so with additional blank rim at one side protruding at a slight angle both lustrous and rare
Shipwrecked Mexico Pillar Dollar 1740 Mo VF (waterworn) mounted on a silver chain from the Hollandia which sank of the Isles of Scilly July 1743 and discovered in 1971 comes with a certificate of authentication
Silver Stamp Replicas (6) inset into presentation cards Five Pounds Orange, Penny Black, Embossed Shilling, Halfpenny Red, Jubilee Shilling and Penny Lilac in the Royal Mail black presentation box as issued, each stamp 12 grams of sterling silver
Accessories - Aluminium carrying cases (7) containing 31 full-size trays, to hold various sizes of coins, 4 cases contain a pair of locking keys, in very good second-hand condition, offered here without reserve
Books and Accessories a small group with some empty Royal Mint boxes a Spink Catalogue (2005), Richard Trevithick Giant of Steam, Westminster trays and wallets etc. Must go lot so offered here without reserve
Coin Cabinet professionally made 20 tray cabinet with felt lined slots for various sized coins, good second hand and contains a few base metal coins. Must go so offered here without reserve
Error - Mint Error - Crown 1953 with U of U over the cross on the edge in an NGC holder graded MS64, rare the first time we have seen this error. NGC verification number 6380747-001 " U OF YOU OVER + ON EDGE"
ErrorMaundyPenny 1800 struck 10% off centre so with a considerable amount of blank flan in an NGC Holder MINT ERROR MS66 Struck 10% Off Centre, so rare on two counts, seldom are coins this early graded MS66 and it is virtually unheard of to be offering a misstrike Maundy issue
ErrorPenny 1892 the obverse has a second striking so two legends and two effigies but the second effigy is of a Jubilee Head design with the bun head beneath Fine (9.1 grams)
FantasyGold Banknotes in Glass Frames (2 frames 3 notes) along with the Millennium Collection a glass framed set of base metal circulated coins and stamps. The gold content of the 3 notes is unknown and presumed to be gold leaf. Must go lot so offered here bought as seen without reserve
Masonic Badges and Jewels (5) Manor of Estham, Norhyrst, Richmond and Foleshill types, in mixed grades, along with School Medals (7) includes Sunday Schools - Robert Raikes, and Punctuality & Attendance medals 1895-1902, includes London, Liverpool and Nottingham localities, mostly in white metal, VG to VF, some holed
Maundy literature 1959 includes 2 programmes for the service at St George's Chapel Windsor Castle 26 March 1959, The Royal Maundy A Brief Outline of its History and Ceremonial 28 page booklet by E.E Ratcliffe M.V.O and four other associated papers, Good Second Hand
Microscope, Charles Baker London comes with a variety of different lenses and in the original carrying case, good second hand (model no. 41070). Must go so offered here without reserve
Modern base metal medallic issues (18) either cased or in perspex holders. Paranumismatic (50) mostly modern including machine and advertising tokens. Imitation Roman with WRL stamped on (17) with few low grade unidentifiable Roman bronzes
Paranumismatic (280) including Fantasy and Imitation World Crowns in base metal, advertising tokens, medallic (some of these holed), Victorian Model Coins, mostly 20th century with some earlier
Royal Mint Trial Pieces (2) both Halfpenny-sized Obverse: Britannia striking coin BRITANNIA MONETA, Reverse: ROYAL MINT TRIAL DIE, the date 1957 inside a 6-pointed star AU-UNC, 25 mm diameter and weighing 5.06 grams and 5.18 grams
Accessories - Aluminium carrying cases (12) each containing 5 full-size trays, to hold various sizes of coins, 7 cases contain a pair of locking keys, in very good second-hand condition, must go, so offered here without reserve
Accessories a large mixed parcel includes a quantity (several bags) of various size coin capsules, three portable cabinets, two with 6 wooden trays to take various sizes of coins, the third of similar style with no trays, a 10-coin Half-Sovereign case, a Lindner Banknote album, 12 Abafil trays, Three Westminster boxes, and a wooden storage box, in good to very good second-hand condition
Books (26) mostly coins a few medal and military related includes Freeman The Bronze Coinage (this in very good condition) several are Marsh The Gold Sovereign different editions, Spink, Canadien Coins, Banknote Yearbook and more generally Good Second Hand, must go so offered here without reserve
Books KrauseWorld Coins 1801-1900 5th Edition, Krause A Century of Circulating Coins 1901- present (2000) 9th Edition, Dr James Mackay The Complete Guide to Coins, Pick World Paper Money Modern Issues 1961- 12th Edition, Coin Year Book (Coin News) 2023, Coins of England Spink Pre Decimal 2019 and 2023 and Decimal issues 2019 and 2024, Rotographic Grading British Coins, ESC by Paul Alan Rayner 5th Edition 1992, Michael Freeman Bronze Coinage, Linecar British Coin Designs, Edward Fletcher Tokens and Tallies 1850-1950 and Michael Gouby The Bronze Penny, Good Second-hand some virtually as new, must go so offered here without reserve
Maundy Money boxes (20) includes dated boxes (12) 1893, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906 (2, both different). 1908, 1909, the others all 1900-1950s style, one contains an envelope from the Royal Almonry Office dated 24 March 1948, all in good second-hand condition
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes Decimal One Penny with copper plating missing (removed?) Fine, Decimal One Pound struck on a One Penny planchet, mostly worn, Poor, Penny 1879 with the E of ONE worn (removed?) VG, Penny 1889 on a smaller sized flan along with a normal example for comparison Poor and VG, One Cent Canada 1943 appears coated or dipped with the weight the same as a standard coin, Fine
MorganSilverDollar Collector Watch contains a 1921 Morgan Dollar in the elaborate wooden presentation box as issued by the Franklin Mint (offered on eBay Buy It Now at £90 or considerably more)
Paranumismatic (43) ranging from George III evasions and countermarked types, Victorian era pieces some of these engraved, through 20 Century checks and advertising tokens such as 3d Allen & Co South Sheilds to recent Fantasies some in silver
Paranumismatic (over 5.5 kilos should be over 900 items) mostly 20th century base metal machine tokens, advertising tokens etc a wide variety. Must go so offered here without reserve
Pocket Watch 'Guinness Time' c.1950 by Ingersoll Ltd. London, Gentlemen's wristwatches (2) 1950s Geneve 30 Jewels Super Automatic Incabloc Antimagnetic, in working order, Lucerne Antimagnetic water resistant, a Sovereign/Half Sovereign balance scale, along with Paranumismatic items, Buttons, Badges, Brooches and miscellaneous jewellery, almost all in base metal, with a few small silver items, in mixed used condition
Royal Mint Tokens (6) the small oblong plastic issues seldom seen these days denomination in circle at centre 1/2p, 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 50p Valid only within the Royal Mint Llantrisant, Reverse THIS TOKEN WILL BE ACCEPTED AS PAYMENT OR PART PAYMENT FOR ARTICLES PURCHASED WITHIN THE ROYAL MINT ONLY, Used condition
The Nelson Bunker Hunt CollectionSothebys Catalogues New York (2) June 19 1990 Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins and June 21 and 22 1990 Important Greek and Roman Coins both in very good condition includes realised prices and the June 19 with top quality coloured images of iconic Greek and Roman coins
A collection of fantasies and imitation in base metal (28) a wide variety all based upon the English series Shillings - Five Guineas ranging from Henry VIII to Edward VII, included a Rawlings Oxford Crown with a reproduction stamp
A Victorian Christmas card 'Christmas and New Year Greetings 1890-1891', 235mm x 163mm, Penny Postage Jubilee Commemoration, Blue and Sepia toned, featuring vignettes of Queen Victoria, The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Sir Rowland Hill, The Guildhall, London Interior and Exterior, with steam train and sailing ship, in very good condition
Artefacts and detector finds, a wide variety ranging from Roman, medieval up to 20th Century, includes many Roman and medieval items, includes flint arrow heads, Roman buckles and pins, a Roman Key, an ancient oil lamp, Medieval brooches, buttons, buckles and fastenings, a small medieval bell, a number of ancient or medieval marbles, thimbles, an incomplete toga pin (crossbow fibula form), some later bronze coins and tokens including co-op tokens, a hallmarked mid-20th Century silver brooch, maker's mark Robert Allison, an interesting and wide ranging group worthy of further research, viewing recommended (see pictures on our website)
Cigarette Cards a collection, a wide variety, in four albums plus loose cards and folders, in sets of 24, 25, 48 and 50, many dating from the 1920s and 1930s, covering subjects such as Royalty, Royal Events, Cars, Motorcycles, Military, Military Uniforms, Boxing, Football, Cricket, Garden Flowers, Treasure Trove, Shipping, Aircraft, Police, Nature and Wildlife, National Flags, Butterflies, Dogs, Poultry, Hobbies, Kings and Queens, British Empire, Bridges, and Hollywood, all arranged in sets in albums, in very good second-hand condition (lot), along with album pages (62) these as new, (Total weight over 7.5 Kilos)
Communion Token Liverpool 1846 rectangular, upright format 27mm x 38mm Islington Presbyterian Church Liverpool, Reverse: THOU GOD SEEST THEE with legend: THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME, 14.17 grammes, Fine
First Day Covers (240) in four albums covering a vast array of themes as follows:- Christmas, Shipping and Maritime, Landmarks, British Forces and Military, World War II, Railways, Aviation, RAF, Motoring, Emergency Services, Postal and Courier Services, Royalty including Weddings, Birthdays and Jubilees, Science, Arts, and Definitive issues, these also include some Isle of man and Channel Islands types, along with Stamps GB and Tristan da Cunha issues many on sheets or strips, many unused, also a small group of presentation packs (9) GB, Guernsey and Isle of Man some with higher denominations, these in the folders of issue, and a further group of World Banknotes (44) includes Australia, Bahamas, USA, Greece, Egypt, India, China, Gambia, Cuba, and more, includes some USA redeemable currency
GB and World stamps an accumulation in 6 albums (many hundreds) along with an additional bag of loose stamps, many countries represented, includes GB with types back to Queen Victoria with a vast array of different subjects and themes, World with issues back to early 20th Century, includes Czechoslovakia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, Dominica, South Africa, Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Fiji, Barbados, Antigua, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gambia, St. Vincent, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaya, Norfolk Island, British Guiana, Aden, Ghana, Dahomey, Mauritius, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, France, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Greece, Poland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Guernsey, Jersey, China, Mongolia, Mexico, Yemen, Philippines, USA, Rwanda, French Colonies, Cameroon, Martinique, Vietnam, Nigeria, Egypt, Monaco, Senegal, India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Gold Coast, Germany, Tonga, Zambia, Malta, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Cuba, Liberia, Isle of Man, Uganda, Tonga, Russia, Grenada, Ecuador, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Liberia, Reunion, Bolivia, Arab States, includes a group of overprinted examples, a mix of used and mint stamps, along with an album of postcards (105) GB and a few World types, includes some black-and-white and sepia toned
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (2) Australia Shillings 1946 (2) the first struck off-centre with around 3mm blank flan from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock, Fine, the second struck off-centre with a raised lip from 7 to 10 o'clock on the reverse, NVF/VF
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (3) DecimalTen Pences (3) 1968 struck off-centre with 2mm blank flan from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock, and in the corresponding position on the reverse, EF with some ink marks by the date, 1969 (2) the first with a large planchet clip extending to the top of the lion's crown, EF the second with two small planchet clips GEF
Roman artefact - Bronze Crossbow Fibula (Toga pin) complete with pin, 3rd to 4th Century, with high arched body, worn over the shoulder, with pleasing detailed surface 85mm x 51mm x 28mm
Roman artefact - Roman Face mount 2nd to 4th Century AD, 36mm x 19mm x 17mm, contemporary loop mount attached to the top, 18.87 grammes, retaining some hair detail, good face and eye detail
Specimen set case 1887 by W. Batty & Son (of Manchester) Watch & Clock Makers, 135 Lord St. Southport. to hold 15 pieces, 280mm x 233mm, with three large central apertures to hold the Gold, Silver and Bronze official Royal Mint issue medals, Gold Five Pounds to Half Sovereign and Silver Crown to Threepence (Sixpence x 2), with ROYAL JUBILEE MEDALS & COINS 1887 in gold on the lid, in excellent second-hand condition, with old sticker attached to the base, a most impressive and unusual case
The Great British Regiments Badges a set of 30 badges in a presentation folder, along with 45 other medals, tokens and paranumismatic items including a large copper prize medal 1905
A Set of Sterlingsilver dishes by Hai Kee, Hong Kong each 88mm diameter with a silver coin housed in the base, namely GB Trade Dollar 1898B, Austria Thaler 1780 Maria Theresa Restrike, Mexico Eight Reales (2) 1855 MO GF, and 1895 MO AM, all coins around Bright Fine to Good Fine, an unusual set
Accessories - a wide ranging group, includes Aluminium cases (2) one containing six Abafil trays, a Lindner tray with round inserts, promoter's boxes (9) includes Westminster boxes (7) some with additional trays, Boxes for World coin sets and singles (28), most being official cases from Franklin Mint, Pobjoy Mint or Royal Mint, these in excellent condition, a slide box, a box file and Banknote album pages (6), good to excellent second hand condition. Must go zero is the reserve
Accessories a large group comprising Banknote Albums (13), a Coin Library album, Lindner Trays (4), Leuchetern Trays (Lindner style) (11), a Westminster box with three Westminster trays, Abafil trays (13) 12 full size and one smaller size, mostly to hold smaller size coins, a wood-effect Westminster-style box, and a large group of empty cases for GB and World Proof items, these mostly for single coins (62) mostly in good to very good condition, a useful group
Badges and related (17) Masonic (3) West Lancashire Charity Jewel with red, white and blue enamel, Sir Francis Burdett Lodge, Emblem neck badge in silver, awarded to P.C.N. Bro.Browa Kilbey Oct.23rd 1911, Masonic Penny Lodge Firth of Clyde, undated, VF, Fob Badges (2) Shield shaped Gold plated, uninscribed, Coronation of Edward VII 1902 24mm in silver VF, Prize Badges (5) Manchester and District Table Tennis League (2) both enamelled, S&D. T.T.A. (Table Tennis?) enamelled, London Musical Competition Festival, enamelled, Kensington School Sports Association, Enamelled Historic Badges (7) The English Shetland Sheepdog Club, George V Coat of Arms, Pitman's, Hertfordshire, Brixton Rink, W&D. S.S.A. and National Cyclist's Union - Kent Centre types, in mixed condition
Books (49) Seaby's Standard Catalogue of Coins of Great Britain and Ireland (2) 1936 and 1945 Editions, Seaby Standard Catalogue of British Coins 1949, German Talers 1700-1800 by John S. Davenport, 1965 Edition, European Crowns 1700-1800 by John S. Davenport 1964 Edition, European Crowns and Talers Since 1800 by John S. Davenport 1964 Edition, with price list, The Coins of South Africa by Alec Kaplan 1964, A Catalogue of Copper Coins and Tokens of the British Isles by Seaby 1949, English Silver Coinage, 1649-1949 by B.A.Seaby Ltd, Standard Catalogue of English Milled Coinage, by Geoffrey M. Cope and P. Alan Rayner, 1975, with price list, A Catalogue of Roman Coins 1948 by B.A.Seaby (2 copies), The Coinage of Roman Britain by Gilbert Askew, Reading and Dating Roman Imperial Coins by Zander H. Klawans, Greek and Roman Coins and the Study of History by J.G. Milne, A Guide to the Department of Coins and Medals in the British Museum, 4th Edition, Anglo-Saxon Pennies, by Michael Dolley, A Brief Numismatic History of Bristol, by L.V. Grinsell, 1962, Speciale Catalogues van de Nederlandse Munten van 1795 tot heden 1979, A Book of Greek Coins, Penguin Books 1952, Roman History from Coins by Maichael Grant 1958, Value in Coins and Medals by James A. Mackay 1968, Hawkin's Silver Coins of England 1887, Trade Tokens by Jim Newmark, Copper Coins of Europe Till 1892 by Frank C. Higgins, Deutche Taler von 1800 bis 1871 by Norbert Thun, Tranquebar, A Guide to the Coins of Danish India by John C.F. Gray, Coin Collecting by Milne, Sutherland & Thompson, Coin Year Book 1974, Another Period in Coin Collecting English Coins - Charles I to Edward III by Margaret Amstell, Historische Wertpapiere - Chinesische Anleihen und Aktien, Siegs Seddekatalog Slesvig zone I og II, Germany 1969, Old Securities by Drumm/Henseler/May 1978 (2 copies), The Official Guide of United States Paper Money by Theodore kemm 1971, English Banks Since 1700 (no cover) by Banking Information Service, British Cigarette Card Issues 1920-1940, Collecting Pot-Lids by A. Ball, Mining Welsh Slate - Candles To Caplamps by J.G. Isherwood, Ribbons and Medals by Dorling and Guille, Collecting Paper Money by Colin Narbeth, 1986, Bank of England Treasury Notes 1694-1970 by D.M. Miller, World War II Allied Military Currency by Raymond S. Toy, Picton's Priced Postcard Catagoue and Handbook, 1979, Collect British Cheques by James Douglas, Catalogue of Trade Card and Post-1945 Cigarette Card Issues by Ian A. Laker 1979, Coins and How To Know Them, by G.B. Rawlings, 1935, Modern Japanese Coinage 1870 to date by Michael J. Cummings, 1975, The Coinage of South Germany in the 13th Century, by D.M. Metcalf 1961, and A Catalogue of Roman Coins - The Collections of Frederick J. Woodbridge ofb New York and a European Private Collector, Sotheby's 1975, in Fair to Good secondhand condition. Must go zero as reserve
Decimal Twenty Penceundatedmule (2008) S.G4 NEF, along with Mint errors - Mis-strikes or cut coins (14) GB Pre-Decimal (4) Threepence 1965 on a burst flan UNC, Halfcrown 1966 on an oversized 35mm diameter flan, the reverse with a large elliptical area of blank flan where another coin has largely obstructed the correct striking, leaving just a crescent-shaped area containing the date and part of the legend EF, Sixpence 1967 with a small planchet clip, Fine or slightly better, Penny 1947 Fine with a small planchet clip, GB Decimals (7) Two Pounds 2010 with the centre section largely cut away VF, One Pound (3) hollowed out, the obverse removed and with a 8mm hole in the centre, Fine, along with the removed part, this cut across a section containing the date area, 2004, 8.32 grammes, on an oval flan, has the appearance of a cast piece, Fine, Fifty Pence (2) 1983 on an imperfect planchet, with a large planchet crack 13mm into the coin VF, 1997 on an irregularly shaped flan 7-sided with an addition piece of metal approximately 8mm x 7mm protruding between 4 and 5 o'clock on the obverse, EF and lustrous, Ten Pence 2007 with the imprint of a second Ten Pence reverse on the obverse, the reverse almost completely flat, Penny 1995 struck around 70% off centre with 14mm blank flan, only a partial section remaining, GEF and lustrous, World (2) One Euro 2014 the centre section removed, Fine, USA One Cent 1998 struck with 10mm blank flan, around 50% off-centre, GEF with lustre, an unusual group
Exonumia and Weights a varied group (8) Coin Weights (2) 1760 J. Warren Obverse: Double JW monogram, Reverse: 5D:3G GVF and pleasing, seldom seen in this grade, scarce, 1718 The Standard of Ireland Obverse: Harp 6D : 22G, Reverse: Coat of Arms, Fine, USA Merchant Token 1863 Staudingers, 116 Broadway, New York, NVF, Machine Token, P.B.A. Co One Unit, VF, Play Money Aluminium Sixpence Token 18mm diameter undated, Fine, Victorian Musical Gallery - Benjamin Lang, undated 26mm brass token or pass Good Fine, Merchant Tokens (2) John Heys , Grocer, Mossley One Pound, 21mm diameter in bronze, undated, Fine, Sixpence, undated, Gelder Brothers, Kirkgate, Leeds 25mm diameter in brass, Good Fine, Farthing Token 1793 Middlesex - Isaac Newton Fine
Horse Racing - Chesterfield Race Stand Token, 1830, 24mm diameter in bronze, Obverse: CHESTERFIELD RACE STAND, BUILT 1830, Reverse: ADMISSION TICKET NO., VF, an interesting piece of early Horse racing history. Note: Chesterfield Racecourse will go down in history as the course on which one of the most famous jockeys of all time, Fred Archer, rode his first winner at the age of 13, on 28th September 1870. The first meeting at this course took place as far back as 1692, and the final meeting took place on Wednesday 10th October 1877.
Jewellery items, with many in silver, a varied group includes bracelets, ear-rings, small brooches, charms, chains, a silver ring, a silver spoon, and two Sovereign holders, (silver items total weight 467 grammes), mostly in good second-hand condition
Maundy Money boxes (14) includes dated boxes (6) 1897, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1955 and 1958, the remaining eight include three of Victorian style and five of George V style, in mixed condition, some with tears
Maundy Money boxes (19) three are undated , the others dated 1894, 1896, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 (2, different styles), 1906, 1907, 1908, 1912, 1915, 1946 and 1950, many different styles, an interesting selection, in mixed condition, Fair to Very Good
Mint Error - Mis-Strike 18th Century Halfpenny Token 1791 Lancashire - Liverpool 1791,Ship/City Arms, edge: PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL, DH83a, a spectacular double striking each 12mm apart, on both obverse and reverse, VG or better on a slightly oval flan
Mint Error - Mis-strike Shilling 1696 First Bust, struck off-centre with around 2mm blank flan from 8 to 2 o'clock on the obverse, the edge milling fully intact, GVF/NEF the fields with the appearance of an ex-shipwreck piece
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeShilling Victoria Young Head, the reverse almost entirely removed to surface lamination, leaving just a 'blurred' impression of the original design, weighs just 3.30 grammes, obverse VF, unusual
Mint Errors - Mis-strikes USA (15) Quarter Dollar 1990D EF with a small planchet clip, Dimes (2) 1965 EF with a planchet clip, 1966 VF with a planchet clip, One Cent (12) all struck dramatically off-centre, with between 8mm and 11mm of blank flan, all but two with the dates completely off the flan, the remaining two dated 1993, the second 1992 or 3 (top of last digit only is visible) these EF to UNC with traces of lustre
Paranumismatic (35) a wide variety including Evasion Farthing 1774, base metal medalets back to George IV, badges and more, generally base metal at least one in silver
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