4th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Coins & Banknotes

 
Lot 186
 

186

A Large Collection of Shillings and Sixpences, 90 coins in total, comprising 70 x shillings including: Charles II 1663, obv. first draped bust right, rev. crowned cruciform shields, interlinked C's in angles, S.3371, weak bust, otherwise VG; William III 1696, obv. first draped bust right, rev. crowned cruciform shields, S.3497, weak legends, otherwise near Fine/VG; 3 x Anne: 1707 obv. second draped bust left, E below, rev. crowned cruciform shields, S.3608, weak bust and legends, otherwise Good/near Fine, 1708 obv. third draped bust left, rev. crown cruciform shields, plain angles, S.3610, Good/Fine, and 1711 obv. fourth draped bust left, rev. crown cruciform shields, plain angles, S.3618, Fine; George I 1723 obv. first laureate and draped bust right, rev. crowned cruciform shield, SSC in angles, S.3647, weak bust, otherwise strong legend with better rev., VG/AVF; 3 x George II: 1745 obv. older laureate and draped bust, LIMA below, rev. plain angles, S.3703, near Fine/GFine, 1750 obv. older laureate and draped bust, rev. plain angles, S.3704, Fine/GFine, and 1758 obv. older laureate and draped bust, rev. plain angles, S.3704, VG/Fine; 3 x George III: 1787 obv. older laureate and draped bust right, rev. semée of hearts in Hanoverian shield, S.3746, AEF, 1816 and 1817, obv. laureate head right, rev. crowned shield in garter, S.3790, light contact marks otherwise AEF; 2 x George IV: 1826 and 1827, obv. bare head left, rev. lion on crown, S.3812, the 1826 possibly sometime cleaned, otherwise near Fine to GVF; 3 x William IV: 1834(x2) and 1836, obv. bare head right, rev. crowned denomination within wreath, S.3835, near Fine; 31 x Victoria: 'Young Head' 1839, 1840, 1852, 1858, 1868 (die number 3), 1869 (die number 4), 1872 (die number 106), 1873 (die number 17), 1874 (crosslet 4, die number 11), 1875 (die number 10), 1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, and 1886, 'Jubilee Head' 1887(x3), 1888, 1889, 1890(x2), and 1892, and 'Old Head' 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901, Good to EF; 10 x Edward VII: 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910, obv. bare head right, rev. lion passant on crown dividing date, Fair to GVF; and 13 x George V: 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1932, 1934, and 1936, about Fine to AEF; and 20 x sixpences, to include: James I 1606, second coinage 1604-1619, mm rose (both sides) obv. fourth bust, VI to left field, rev. quartered shield of arms, date above, S.2658, possibly lightly clipped between 10 and 12 o'clock, minor warping, Fair; 4 x George II: 1739 obv. young laureate and draped bust left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, roses in angles, S.3708, sometime cleaned, Fair/VG, 1745 obv. old laureate and draped bust left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, roses in angles, S.3709, Fine, 1757 obv. young laureate and draped bust left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, plain angles, S.3711, Fine, and 1758 obv. old laureate and draped bust left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, plain angles, S.3711, VF; 3 x George III: 1787 obv. young laureate and draped bust right, rev. semée of hearts in Hanoverian shield, S.3749, GFine to AVF, 1816 and 1817, obv. laureate head right, rev. crowned shield in garter, S.3790, Fine to AEF; 7 x Victoria: 'Young Head' 1859, 1866 (die number 24), 1872 (die number 41),1874 (die number 23), 1885 and 1887, and 'Jubilee Head' 1887, near Fine to AEF; 3 x Edward VII 1905, 1906 and 1907, near Fine and better; and 2 x George V 1911 and 1929, VG to near Fine; individually encapsulated and housed in two wood effect display cases.

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


 

Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 4th May, 2022

To include a wide selection of early and late hammered coinage, including Anglo-Saxon and medieval examples, and milled coinage from the reign of Elizabeth I onwards.

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