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A few William & Mary oddities

A 1694 pattern halfpenny struck on a thin flan - Peck 598. Not very nice, but extremely rare. ex Lawrence and Nicholson collections



1694 halfpenny struck in brass - Peck 607. Peripheral weakness, but a lot nicer than the other one in the BM which is struck off-centre, quite worn and generally unattractive. ex Nicholson


A trial striking with a pair of impressions of the 1689 farthing on a Charles II halfpenny. The actual 1689 farthing (Peck 564) is only known from 3 examples, 2 of which are in museums. This is the piece referred to in the footnote on p.155 of Peck. ex Colin Cooke collection.

 

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That must be one of NGCs early holders/ never seen one ever like that. I made my own stick on data labels for all my PGGS/ NGC/ ANACS/ CCCS holders. These have all the data.

 

1695 Crown ex Boismason


Edward III 4th coinage Pre-Treaty halfgroat series D of York with mm. Broken Cross 1. ex Doubleday, Harris & Stewartby


James I crown mm. Grapes (rev. over Scallop). ex Clarke


Cnut Short Cross penny of Warminster, the moneyer is Winegod. PINEGOD ON PORI(ME). There are 5 short cross coins known from various dies with this one having a die duplicate in a Scandinavian museum. ex Lord Stewartby


1646 sixpence from 'B' mint, almost certainly somewhere in Wales and certainly not Bridgnorth. ex Tooze collection


Edward I 1c/1a mule penny of London. ex Sazama

 

Love those viking period coins. I'll snag a few some day.

 

I like Viking/Saxon/Norman too, and more importantly, so does the wife, which gives me a bit more leeway.

A few James I today.
Third issue halfpenny, ex Gietzelt


Rose ryal with mm. Cinquefoil over Trefoil over Tower over Mullet over Coronet on the obverse and Cinquefoil over Trefoil over Tower on the reverse, dating the coin to the period 20th Oct 1613 to 17th May 1615. The coin was therefore current for 33 shillings, as gold had been revalued up by 10% in 1612. Ex Shaw, Lockett and Stewartby


5th bust shilling with single arch crown and mm. Coronet. Ex Lockett


5th bust double crown with mm. Plain Cross (rev. over Crescent). The reverse is a bit soft, but a cracking portrait. ex New Horizons collection, sold through CNG a year ago. Some nice coins in there.

 

You have a fine English. British collection Lord Stewartby's collection is featured on Spinks's "youtube"

 

Holy Roman Empire
AV Dukat 1584
Klagenfurth Mint
archduke Karl
ex: Terner MS-64

 

Great Britain
AV Quarter Guinea 1762
London Mint
George III 1760-1820
ex: Terner MS-65

 

A few more ex Stewartby
Edward IV 2nd reign halfgroat of London, mm. Pierced Cross and Pellet


Edward VI 1st period half sovereign of Southwark, mm. E over Arrow/E. ex Huth, Lockett and Stewartby


Edward III class XVIb4 penny from the York episcopal mint under Abp. William Zouche. Ex Harris and Stewartby.


Henry II B1 Tealby penny of Ipswich, ex Harris and Stewartby


Edward III Pre-Treaty groat series C, ex Harris and Stewartby


And not ex Stewartby, a Maximinus II follis of London, ex Toone

 

From Varesi Racolla ANPB collections.

Emilia
AV Scudino d'oro da 103 Soldi ND
Modena Mint
Francesci I d'Este 1629-58

Sardegna/ Regno di Spagna
AV Scudo d'oro 1703
Caligiari Mint
Filippo V Spagna 1700-09

 

1860 pattern penny by the Birmingham die sinker Joseph Moore - Peck 2114. ex Colin Adams.

This is a restrike by Moore for Shorthouse struck in 1886. Peck inexplicably lists this as struck in Antimony, but it is questionable how he arrived at this conclusion. Analysis by Freeman gave 2 parts Tin : 1 part Lead and my own XRF analysis comparing Antimony, Tin and the coin, showed the main component to be tin. Antimony having a similar spectrum to Tin, but approx. 100 keV higher in energy. Apologies for the unequal scaling.




Charles I B5/2 shilling, ex Lockett


Charles I groat with mm. Book, struck by Thomas Bushell at Aberystwyth. ex Brooker collection


William III 1697N sixpence, struck at the Norwich mint during the recoinage. ex Alfred Bole Collection.

 

Verica quarter stater, ex Blank collection


Wroxham marl pit threepence token, ex Gahlin colection


Anne double obverse halfpenny, Peck 712. ex Nicholson


Anne pattern halfpenny, Peck 724. ex Hazlitt and Foster.


Henry VI Rosette-Mascle halfgroat, ex Lockett and Stewartby


Henry VII profile groat with mm. Pheon/Pheon & Crosslet. Rare with the double mark seen on the reverse. ex Hulett collection

 

Man you have some great coins! Thanks for sharing

 

Thanks. Still got a few more imaged here I can add, so good for a month or two.

Edward IV local dies penny of Durham with mm. Pansy. ex Lord Grantley, Whitton and Lord Stewartby collections.


Aberystwyth threepence from Thomas Bushell's mint. ex Bohr and Hulett collections


Henry VII 'Sovereign' penny of Durham, struck under Bishop Sherwood. ex Archbishop Sharp collection


1790 pattern halfpenny (Peck 989). ex Frank Robinson collection


Reverse uniface in copper for a pattern two pounds, dated 1828 (on the edge). ex Murdoch


1741 Sixpence with roses in angles. ex Scothern collection.

 

Nice there Rob. I noticed that a bunch of coins have now LOST provenance as I think I got some of the nicer Colin Adams George V pennies and even some of the halfcrowns...

 

Provenances are continually being lost, assisted in no small part by the TPG's who frequently don't record or incorrectly record the provenance, and often lose associated tickets in the process. They're basically an impediment to recording historical data - which is another reason why I need and have a large and continually expanding database. Collectors who don't appreciate the value of associated tickets, so bin them, are also a problem. But hope springs eternal that they can be educated.

And while on the subject of provenances - a few more.

Charles I G1/2 with mm. Triangle. ex Ashley and Brooker


And another, this time with mm. Star. ex Lingford and Ashby


A pair of Huth pattern double florins. This one struck in Iron is ex Wallis


Another, but this time on a very thick flan and struck in Zinc. Comes with a ticket that says ex Brushfield and Lingford, but IMO the jury is out on that one as the image in the Lingford catalogue looks to be more corroded.


1811 Frome shilling token, ex May collection


1806 gilt pattern halfpenny Peck 1357. ex Thompson and Johnstone collections

 

Vijayanagar Empire
AV 1/2 Pagoda ND/ NM
Venkata Patiraya III 1630-41
ex: Dr. Larry Adams Collection

 

Another from Adams Coll.
S. India/ Chola Kings
AV Kahavanu ND/ NM
Rajaraja I 985-1014AD