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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
07/09/2025 Auction 190	English Coins	Lot 1741	Farthing 1654 Commonwealth of England Pattern in Pewter Peck 373 Obverse 1/4 OVNCE . OF . FINE. PEWTr A shield bearing a cross moline, with a wreath of roses above, enclosing the initials TK, Toothed Border, Reverse FOR . NECESSARY . CHANGE A shield bearing the Irish Harp with a laurel wreath above, a sun in centre, with rays extending across the shield to the inner circle. An inner beaded circle broken by the wreath, toothed border, Reverse inverted, VF with some flan faults, Cataloguers note: issued in 1654 and only circulated for a fortnight before being withdrawn. Extremely rare with this amount of clear detail and the first example we have seen since 2017 that example graded as poor. Comes with a Colin Cooke hand written attribution stating Ex Montagu More coins like this	£1,800
03/09/2023 Auction 182	English Coins	Lot 2046	Two Pounds 1820 LX edge Pattern, Marsh 15.90 grammes, S.3784. Obverse: Laureate head right, Reverse: George and the Dragon, UNC with minor cabinet friction, hairlined in the fields, the reverse with a nick behind the horse's rear legs, portrait and reverse design nicely frosted, retaining much original lustre, one of the classic rarities of the entire English Milled series, very seldom offered in any grade, and missing from all but the most advanced of gold collections. Workers at the mint preparing the Gold Patterns of the Five Pound and Two Pound piece were working through the night when the death of King George III was expected. The coins were literally finished as the King died on 25th January 1820, only 25 pieces of each had been officially ordered, but due to a misunderstanding, a total of 60 Two Pound pieces were produced. A miniscule mintage, all pieces of this type are highly prized More coins like this Signature Sale : The Collection of a Discerning Gentleman many decades in the making	£17,500
05/03/2017 Auction 156	English Coins	Lot 1955	Farthing 1654 Commonwealth Pattern in Pewter Shield of St. George obverse Irish Shield reverse inset in rays Peck 373 Very rare, Peck states that this issue was released for circulation on 26 April 1654 and their use was prohibited just a fortnight later, Poor with corroded surfaces as normal for this issue, this type seldom seen , Ex-C.Cooke Jan 2006 (£95) More coins like this	£100
02/09/2012 Auction 138	English Coins	Lot 2022	Farthing 1654 Commonwealth of England Pattern in Pewter Peck 373 Obverse 1/4 OVNCE . OF . FINE. PEWTr A shield bearing a cross moline, with a wreath of roses above, enclosing the initials TK, Toothed Border, Reverse FOR . NECESSARY . CHANGE A shield bearing the Irish Harp with a laurel wreath above, a sun in centre, with rays extending across the shield to the inner circle. An inner beaded circle broken by the wreath, toothed border, Reverse inverted, Near Fine with the reverse having an oblong-shaped indentation similar to the size and shape of the copper plugs in the later tin coinage, Cataloguers note: issued in 1654 and only circulated for a fortnight before being withdrawn More coins like this	£440
02/09/2012 Auction 138	English Coins	Lot 2413	Pennies (2) 1797 10 Leaves Peck 1132 Fine with some edge knocks, (bought Knighton Coins 1983 £6.25), 1806 No Incuse Curl Peck 1344 AU/UNC tones with a dark tone spot on the reverse (bought D.J.Traynor 1983 £24) More coins like this	£70
04/12/2011 Auction 135	English Coins	Lot 1484	Crown 1746 VICESIMO Proof ESC 126 Choice FDC or near so and attractively toned grey with hints of peripheral gold, This is from the E.D.J.Van Roekel collection of superior Crowns, sold Spink November 2001 auction, lot 190, described as ‘FDC very attractively toned.' Nicer than the Montagu/Nightingale specimen and arguably finer than the Terner collection specimen and the DNW sale 86 (lot 790 June 2010) specimen, which fetched £10,900 including premium More coins like this	£9,000

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