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December Auction Preview

This is a preview of some of the lots that will be featuring in our sale on Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th December 2026. Join our mailing list to receive our catalogue.

The Collection of a Gentleman

Crown 1845 Cinquefoil stops on edge ESC 282, Bull 2564 Good Fine/NVF and some contact marks between I and A of VICTORIA
£120 - £220
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Crown 1902 Matt Proof ESC 362, Bull 3568, UNC with some small scratches obverse
£150 - £250
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Crown 1927 Proof ESC 367, Bull 3631 UNC/nFDC
£200 - £300
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Penny 1841 REG: with colon after REG, the colon set low with its lower dot extending below the base of the G, Peck 1480, Gouby CP 1841 B, with a die flaw running through the 8 of the date. The considerably scarcer of the two principal varieties for this date, Gouby recording this type approximately once among every 15 currency 1841 Pennies examined. Chocolate AU, with an occasional raised die line in the obverse field and four or five fine parallel purple-toned incuse striations, principally across the Queen’s hair.
£250 - £450
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Penny 1841 REG: with colon, Peck 1480, Gouby CP1841 B, EF and a much scarcer type
£150 - £300
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Penny 1843 No Colon after REG Peck 1485, rated ER (Extremely Rare) by Peck, VF, a major rarity in the Victorian copper Penny series and seldom encountered in this grade. London Coins has not offered an example in VF since 2016, all examples handled by us subsequently having been in grades ranging from VG to Fine, presenting collectors with a rare opportunity to acquire this elusive variety in a notably superior state of preservation.
£600 - £1,100
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Penny 1843 REG: with DFF for DEF, as Peck 1486, Bramah 3b, Gouby CP1843 B, Good VF and a particularly pleasing example of this Very Rare sub-variety. Examples of the standard Peck 1486 type without the DFF feature have realised as much as £650 in this grade. Our searches have discovered no auction record of the DFF sub-variety above VG, while the four examples previously identified and offered by London Coins were all graded VG. The present coin is therefore the finest example of this distinctive sub-variety that we have encountered.
£300 - £600
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Penny 1844 Ornamental Trident, WW, Peck 1487, Bramah 4, Gouby CP 1844 A, both 4s of the date with plain horizontal tail ends, the defective E of DEF giving the appearance DFF, virtually as struck with a substantial degree of underlying lustre, a superb example and seldom encountered in this choice grade.
£250 - £350
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Penny 1845 Peck 1489 AU with a touch of verdigris obverse
£200 - £350
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Penny 1845 Peck 1489 EF with a thin scratch obverse
£120 - £220
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Penny 1845 Peck 1489 EF
£150 - £300
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Penny 1845 Peck 1489 UNC or near so with traces of subdued lustre and the odd toning spot obverse rare in this Choice grade
£300 - £500
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Penny 1845 Peck 1489 Unc with a fair degree of lustre rare thus the odd small toning spot obverse hardly detract from this high grade example of a scarcer date
£400 - £600
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Penny 1846 DEF Close Colon Peck 1491, Bramah 7 some doubling of the date as often, UNC desirable thus
£300 - £500
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Penny 1848 8 over 6, the I of GRATIA over a thicker I, Peck 1494, Bramah 10a, Gouby CP1848 B, a choice chocolate UNC example of this rare variety. We have not offered an example approaching this quality since 2017 and may wait many years before seeing another this choice. A particularly important opportunity for the specialist Victorian copper collector.
£400 - £700
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Penny 1848 Plain date Peck 1496 UNC with some minor contact marks obverse and the 4 of the date over a higher 4
£150 - £250
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Penny 1849 Peck 1497 EF the key dates in the series, very difficult to find in this pleasing grade
£1,000 - £1,800
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Penny 1849 Peck 1497 VF one of the key dates in the series
£250 - £500
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Penny 1849 Peck 1497, UNC with attractive chocolate toning, a single dark toning spot below the R of VICTORIA, an exceptional and choice example of this key date rarity, seldom encountered in this high grade
£1,500 - £3,000
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Penny 1851, Gouby CP1851 B, Reverse Type 3, near colon after DEF, Date Style 2; one of two examples recorded by Gouby. UNC with good lustre a Choice coin
£250 - £500
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Penny 1853 Ornamental Trident Peck 1500 UNC
£120 - £220
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Penny 1853 Plain Trident Peck 1504 UNC with some scratches reverse and seldom seen in this high grade
£250 - £350
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Penny 1856 Plain Trident, Peck 1510 AU with some minor edge faults and uneven toning rare in this high grade
£500 - £900
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Penny 1918H Freeman 183 dies 2+B UNC with the usual weakness of strike the reverse with near full lustre rare thus the obverse lustrous and with a few contact marks
£200 - £350
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Shilling 1735 Roses and Plumes ESC 1199, Bull 1709 NEF nicely toned and with some contact marks obverse
£250 - £400
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