A snuff box or pill box 25mm diameter made out of Guineas (2) 1679 and 1798 these polished on the outer surfaces and gilded on the inner surfaces, the two coins separated by a 23mm diameter 'hollowed out' coin (not gold) with milled edge which acts as the sides of the box, an interesting an unusual item
Balance Scales (2) folding type, in wooden cases, the first with printed instructions inside for weighing Guinea, Half Guinea , 7 Shilling piece, Sovereign and Half Sovereign, by Stephen Houghton & Son, missing the hanging plate for the coin, the second by W. & T. Avery, makers, Birmingham, in good second-hand condition
Twopence 1797 made into a smuggler's box, VF, containing gaming counters (2) Guinea size 1798 and Half Guinea size 1788 both with legend 'IN MEMORY OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS' Good Fine
Coin Weights (8) Guineas (3) William and Mary undated, Good Fine with some adjustment lines, William III undated NVF with some light adjustment lines, George III undated Rev: 5Pw 8Gr Fine, Unite Charles I uniface Obverse: Crowned bust left Good Fine, the reverse blank with fine scratches, Half Guinea weight 1773 Obverse: Bust right, Reverse: A Half Guinea weight 1773 NVF the obverse unevenly toned, Sovereign weight 1843 Royal Mint Fine, Portugal Gold Moidore Weight '27s' on either side Good Fine, France Pistole Weight Louis XIV undated Fine, along with a group of Apothecaries weights (10) five are octagonal as follows: Two Drams, One Dram, Half Dram, 60 Grains and Two Scruples, the remainder round issues (3)Two Drams, 3 Dwt Troy weight (Three Pennyweights) Two Scruples, and square issues (2) Two Dram and Two Scruples NVF to GVF
Miscellaneous - Cigarette Cards Kensitas Silk Flowers 1930s issues (30), Book - Miller's Guide to Wristwatches by Jonathan Scratchard, GB and World Stamps in mostly used in two small albums (486) includes Germany Hyperinflation 250,000 Marks (2) and 2 Million Marks red overprints, also examples from GB, Germany, Canada, Belgium, USA, Australia, Russia, Switzerland, Egypt, Guinea, Brazil, Pakistan, Latvia, Trinidad and Tobago, France, Ceylon, Iran, Austria, Argentina, Spain, Italy Poland, Sweden and Denmark, most appear 1920s to early 1950s issues, the majority 1940s, along with a further group of GB and world mostly used (52)
Medallic First Day Covers (9) Great Britons (4) Crown-sized medals in silver in the sleeves UNC in the blue album of issue, The Partners in Space Commemorative 1975 Apollo - Soyuz Silver Crown-sized medal and stamps, EEC Medallic Cover 1973 Medal and stamps, County Cricket Centenary 1973 Crown-sized and in silver, with stamps, Test Cricket Centenary 1977 Crown-sized and in silver, with stamps, Royal Wedding 1973 Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips Silver Crown-sized medal and stamps, USA Bicentenary 1976 32mm diameter in silver, with stamps, The Turner Bicentenary 1975 Silver Crown-sized medal with stamps, The Railway Sesquicentennial Medallic First Day Cover Crown-sized silver medal with stamps, all UNC as issued some prooflike, Medal John F.Kennedy undated, Crown sized, UNC in box, Crowns 1977 (4) UNC, along with Papua New Guinea Numismatic Covers 1975 10 Kina to 1 Toea all Proof coins the 10 Kina and 5 Kina in silver FDC on the covers of issue with stamps in the album of issue, also World Wildlife First Day Covers (144) in an album from a wide range of countries, by John Pinches Ltd. (1976-1980) UNC in the album of issue
Toy Money (42) Crowns to Fractional Farthings a varied selection, includes examples by Moore and Lauer, in mixed grades, along with Gaming tokens Spade Guinea types Guineas (2), Half Guineas (10) in mixed grades
Coin Weights (22) a wide ranging group George III to Victoria includes Guinea, Sovereign, Half Sovereign, and Thirty-Six-Shilling types, in mixed grades some with lustre
Coin Weights (5) Portrait types (4) Guineas (2) William III undated, George III 1775 with Crowncountermark, Half Guineas (2) William III undated, George II undated, and Ireland George II 1760 VF to NEF an interesting group
Coin Weights (4) Guinea William III VG or better, Sovereign 1821 Royal Mint Good Fine, Half Sovereign 1821 Royal Mint NVF, Netherlands 1749 Ducat Weight Obverse Knight facing right, holds a bundle of arrows, Reverse: a lion facing right, on a plinth, C D below EF
Horse Racing - Kempton Park Club 1888 10 Guinea Pass 30mm diameter in brass, by H.Lewis, Bond Street, London, numbered 876 on the reverse, VF with a loop mount at the top
Coin Weights (12) James I 22 Shillings (Unite after 1612), Fine, Charles I 10 Shillings Near Fine, some pitting, Anne, Guinea About Fine/Fine, William III Guinea NVF, George II Half Guinea Near Fine, George III 5Dwt.6G Coined Before 1772 Near Fine, Uniface 2:16 Half Guinea Fine, Two Shillings and Sixpence, with Angel type obverse About Fine, 2*14 with cross in octagonal section at the top, countermarked WESTWOOD : Coined Before 1772 Fine, William III Half Guinea, low grade, SP 6:9/SP 6.9 VF, and another Guinea sized low grade and worn
A small group of forgeries and imitations (5) Philip and Mary Shillingundated type, of crude design, probably contemporary, Guinea 1798 gold imitation probably from the early 1970s, Halfcrown 1818 struck in copper, Shilling 1818 fantasy imitation in base metal, Crown 1932 unusual overweight imitation with a broad rim
Coin Weights (2) Charles I undated Obverse Crowned bust CAROLVS REX, Reverse smoothed, weight 8.35 grammes VF, William III undated Obverse Bust right GVLIELMVS . III. DEI GRA : REX Reverse Crown over Sceptres 1 GUINEA W weight 8.29 grammes Good Fine
Pub Checks Cornish Nags Head Inn Abingdon (2) Twopence and Threepence A/UNC, Unofficial farthing Token Edwin Cottrill St. Pauls Birmingham EF, Halfpenny Herts 90 Hatfield 1667 Thomas Serin VG with a ragged edge, Halfpenny 1672 Dublin Mic Wilson G, Halfpenny Norfolk 1811 Norwich Norfolk 24 NF, plus guinea weight Obverse G (crown) R Reverse 521 CW VF
Coin Weight George II Guinea 1748 by F.Kirk Obverse George II bust left GEORGIUS.II.DEI.GRATIA. With KIRK F below, Reverse A GUINEA in Crowned cartouche, M B F ET H.REX .F.D.B.ET.S.P.I.A.T.ET.E 1748 weight 8.16 grammes Fine
Machine Tokens (approximately 3 Kilos) in mixed circulated grades, also Gaming Counters in the style of George III Half Guineas 'Good Old Days' legend GVF to EF
A mixed group containing a locket made from an 1803 Third Guinea, Penny 1797 hollowed into a smugglers box (contained four pieces of Victorian toy money and a Threehalfpence 1843) Crowns Forgeries (2) 1889 and 1892 an Elizabeth II sixpence hollowed into a George VI BrassThreepence, and a double obverse manufactured Florin one side George VI the other Elizabeth II in mixed grades
Weights an interesting and varied collection (77) many early types included of various denominations, Sovereigns, Half Sovereigns, Guineas and fractions includes many early square types, portrait types back to James I, also William and Mary and William III, plus Apothecaries weights and a Sovereign balance in a metal case, in mixed grades some in VF-EF
Gaming Tokens (257) 'IN MEMORY OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS' in brass, Guinea sized 1797 (80) and Half Guinea sized 1788 (160) plus a small group of Half Guinea sized (17) dated 1790 with normal legend, in mixed better grades generally VF-EF
Gaming Tokens (257) 'IN MEMORY OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS' in brass, Guinea sized 1797 (80) and Half Guinea sized 1788 (160) plus a small group of Half Guinea sized (17) dated 1790 with normal legend, in mixed better grades generally VF-EF
Weights (6) Three Pound Twelve Josephus I GF with edge knocks, Half Guinea (2) George II GF, William III About Fine, Half Sovereign 1821 Royal Mint (2) VF, plus another uniface in base metal presumably French depicting a crowned shield with three fleur-de
Edward VIII Coronation badge 20mm in Silver, Elizabeth II tin Coronation 1953 with portrait of the Queen, lid in six colours, George III imitation spade Half Guinea IN MEMORY OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS 1788 NEF
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