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Lot 444
†FOREIGN COINS, Cambodia, Khmer Republic, 10,000 riels, 1974 (2, the first a proof issue): bust of President Lon Nol l./celestial dancer, rev. royal emblem above denomination (KM.62/63); Indonesia, proof 750 rupiah, 1970, 25th Anniversary of Independence, national emblem, rev. Garuda bird (KM.26), in decorative wallet of issue; South Korea, proof 500 won, 1970, bodhisattva holding teacup, rev. arms above value (KM.12); Yemen Arab Republic, proof 50 riyals, 1979, Qadhi Mohammed Mahmud memorial, national arms, rev. lion r. (KM.11a), all about mint state (5)
Lot 320
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TOKENS, London, East Smithfield (17), R.M., farthing, At Ye Yarne Shopp, scales (W.936); S.M., farthing, At The Horse Shooe (W.937); Elen Norrice, halfpenny, 1669, At Ye Cow & Calf (W.939); I.P., farthing, ‘59, Next The Maremaide (W.941); R.P., At The Whit Croos (W.942); Dixy Page, halfpenny, 1667, At Ye Anchor And Marrin (W.943); William Peverell, halfpenny, 1666, At The, ship (MD.943A); John Rede, farthing, 1658, men carrying barrel (W.944); Thomas Roberts, farthing, half moon and stick of candles/Tallowchandlers’ Arms (W.945); William Smith, farthing, swan with chain (W.947); Henry Stilleman, halfpenny, swan on coronet (W.948); R.T., farthings (2 - different dies both sides), At The Old Prins, bust of Prince Maurice (?) (W.949); Richard Thomas, farthing, Broker (W.951); I.W., farthing, At The Bvll Head Taverne (W.954); I.W., farthing, At The Lynn Towne (W.955); John Willcimot, farthing, Maltese cross (W.956), W.937 poor, the others fair to good fine (17)
Lot 379
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TOKENS, London, Monkwell Street (2): Jacob Hickman, farthing, 1660, At White, horse (W.1951); Mountague Michell, halfpenny (W.1952); Moorfields (5): Simon Bond, farthing, 1666, At The Green Hovse (W.1954); H.C., farthing, Neare Badlam Gat, angel (W.1957); H.C., farthing, Neare Bedlam Gate, angel (W.1958); Francis Gibson, halfpenny, At Ye Hercvles (W.1959); Richard Marten, farthing, bust of pope, with triple crown (W.1963); Moorgate (5): John Baker, halfpenny, 1667, At Ye White Swan (W.1965); John Clarke, halfpenny, Grocer, At The, boar, sugar loaf above (W.1966); Pelham More, halfpenny, At Ye Sonn & Mores Head (W.1968); I.N., farthing, At The Weavers Armes (W.1969); John Randall, halfpenny, 1666, view of Moorgate both sides (W.1970), fair to very fine (12)
Lot 69
BRITISH COINS, William III, five guineas, 1701, D. TERTIO, ‘fine work’, second laur. bust r., rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles (S.3456; Schneider 480, plain sceptres), in plastic holder, graded by PCGS as Mint State 62, an evenly bold strike on both sides, just a touch of wear on the king’s hair, only tiny abrasions in the open golden fields, choice mint state, very rare On the death of Queen Mary at the very end of December 1694, King William ruled alone for the first time. Silver coinage and small gold in his name commenced in 1695, but his first large gold pieces were minted in 1699. While much of the energy of the Royal Mint’s workers and administrators was devoted to the Great Recoinage of the silver, and the temporary establishment and furnishing of branch mints around the kingdom during this reign, no little attention was given to the standard gold which was the backbone of the nation’s financial strength. The need was indeed great to recall worn, clipped, and difficult-to-value older silver. Tons of it came into these smelting and minting facilities beginning late in 1696 and concluding in 1698 but the year 1697 saw the heaviest exchange. By 1699, almost all old silver in circulation had been exchanged, and melted, and the country saw a deluge of bright, freshly minted sixpence, shilling and halfcrown coins. At just the same time, Isaac Newton’s work at the Mint changed from that of Warden to Master-worker, or Mint-master. As a man of science, Newton brought both more control and a more scientific approach to the operations of the Mint. Beginning in 1699, Newton watched and weighed the Mint’s suppliers of gold especially and soon learned that a few grains of gold was a standard variance for the Mint that was being used to certain merchants’ advantage when they returned slightly heavy coins to the Mint for a profit. Newton began testing all newly minted gold to assure that it would be of precise weight and fineness, and also required exact measures of all worn and foreign gold brought to the Mint in exchange for new money. By treating foreign money as mere bullion rather than accepting it at a set exchange value, he caused an influx of worn gold to come into the Mint during 1701-02, most of which was coined into guinea denominations. In this way he caused British gold coins to be consistently pure and of precise value. The Royal Mint had been modernized. The first 5 guineas issued for William III varied greatly on the reverse from the coins issued by him with Mary, reverting to the cruciform style seen on the gold of Charles II. The king's portrait was shallowly engraved. But Newton had not finished making changes at the Mint: next he attempted to complete the transition begun during the Renaissance, of departing from the shallow style of portraiture of the monarch to one that suggested lifelike qualities. In 1701 he caused a portrait to be engraved that would not be equalled until the 1760s’ patterns of George III. As Mint-master, Newton’s finest artistic achievement is, without argument, the deeply engraved 5 guineas of 1701, now known as the ‘fine work’ issue, and it has become one of the classics of British numismatics. Its conception has never been documented in detail but its appearance arose from another propitious change at the Royal Mint. For about a third of a century, the job of engraving coin dies had been dominated by the Roettiers family of Brussels. The elder of the family, John, had found favour with Charles II when Thomas Simon, as the former engraver of Cromwell’s coins and seals, saw his tenure decline. John and his brothers, Joseph and Philip, in the words of Challis, exercised the ‘controlling influence over English engraving’ during the last years of the seventeenth century (New History of the Royal Mint, page 363) along with John’s sons James and Norbert, who under his guidance completed much of the die-work during the reigns of James II and of William & Mary and then of William alone. Slowly, the Roettiers faded from the scene: John the master engraver suffered injury, Joseph moved to the Paris Mint, Philip returned to Brussels to work, Norbert left for France in 1695, and James came under suspicion of counterfeiting in 1697 and was dismissed. No one capable was left, save for a young assistant named James Bull. Then suddenly a German jeweller from Dresden named John Croker was brought to the Mint. He soon tired of re-engraving dies made by the Roettiers during 1698-99, and he produced the now-famous ‘flaming hair’ shillings. Newton and others took note and promoted him. His mark on English coinage and medals became indelible, and among his medals may be found exquisite images in high relief, but his greatest achievement was certainly the ‘fine work’ engraving of the king’s portrait used in only one year, 1701, on the gold 2 guineas and 5 guineas. These are the ultimate numismatic images of the reign, magnificent money created three centuries ago and rarely equalled as works of art in all the years that have followed.
Lot 154
BRITISH COINS, Victoria, shilling, 1887, ‘Jubilee’ bust l., rev. crowned shield of arms within Garter (S.3926; ESC.1351), in plastic holder, graded as CGS Uncirculated 85, superb uncirculated, almost fully struck, elegant bright silvery golden blue iridescent toning, about as fine as may be found
Lot 336
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TOKENS, London, Great Eastcheap (3): I.B., farthing, The Bores Head Taverne (W.1256); Will Curtis, halfpenny, At The, ship (W.1257); John Sapcott, penny, At Ye Boreshed Taverne (W.1259); Great Garden (2): John Wedell, farthings (2), At The, malt shovel (W.1263); Great Queen Street (2): Thomas Greene, halfpenny, At Ye, bust of a queen (W.1264); Thomas Hill, halfpenny, At The, harp (W.1265), pierced; Green Yard (5): Humphrey Eedes, halfpenny, At The, nag’s head (W.1270); Nathaniell Higgins, halfpenny, Butchers’ Arms (W.1271); Francis Leonard, farthing, double-headed eagle (W.1273); Richard Nettelton, halfpenny, bust of Charles II l. (W.1274); Will Payne, halfpenny, At The Black, bull (W.1275), fair to good fine or better (12)
Lot 73
BRITISH COINS, Anne, five guineas, 1703, SECVNDO, VIGO below bust, dr. bust l., rev. crowned cruciform shields with rose at centre, sceptres in angles (S.3561; Schneider 523 but here the VIGO is higher and close to the queen’s shoulder), in plastic holder, graded by PCGS as About Uncirculated 55, with delightful reddish gold toning and a bold, even strike, very rare The commercial focus of the Royal Mint at the turn of the eighteenth century was upon silver coins, those being most in demand both at home and for trade abroad. Various monetary indentures mainly concerned silver, but any shortage normally encountered had just been addressed during the previous decade by way of the temporary establishment of mints scattered about the kingdom for the purpose of melting old silver and striking fresh coins of good and consistent weight and fineness. Those ‘branch’ mints were now closed, and silver was being produced in modest quantity when Anne ascended the throne. In truth, at the time there was a dearth of silver mined within the realm. The output of fresh silver coins had again become ‘dependent on special circumstances such as the fortuitous arrival of foreign booty’ (Challis, A New History of the Royal Mint, page 433) ‘The most spectacular of these windfalls’, Challis continues, occurred almost by happenstance just as Anne became queen. The year 1702 marked the beginning of the War of Spanish Succession, which was a contest for dominance between two sets of allies, England and the Dutch Republic against France and Bourbon Spain. Old allies and old enemies they surely were. A fleet of Anglo-Dutch warships attempted to seize Cadiz but the attempt failed in mid-September. The commander of the fleet, Admiral Sir George Rooke, had begun his homeward journey and most certainly was dejected at the idea of returning to home port without success when he was informed by spies that a Spanish treasure fleet had recently anchored at Vigo Bay on the northwest shore of Spain What was at hand, he had learned, was an armada of Spanish ships carrying specie mined in Spanish Mexico. The fleet had sailed from Veracruz protected by a French squadron of fifteen warships. Three galleons were loaded with silver and gold. Frigates and attending ships added up to a fleet of 56 vessels, many carrying merchandise intended for sale in Spain, and all were moored in Vigo Bay. A furious naval battle was fought on 23 October and the victory was England’s despite a boom consisting of heavy chain and timber that stretched across the entrance to the bay, and a battery of cannons, meant to block and defeat any attack. The Dutch and English men o’ war crashed through the boom. The Spanish set a fireship alongside the Dutch admiral’s flagship, intending to burn it, but the Spanish ship was loaded with snuff from the Indies and it blew up! The Spanish guns were quickly silenced, the boom was gone, and the Anglo-Dutch warships sailed right into the heart of the harbour, destroying most of the enemy’s ships and capturing the others. In a day and a half, the Battle of Vigo Bay had been won, and the booty was up for grabs. At first, jubilation reigned, but then the English discovered that most of the treasure from the New World mines had been unloaded before they arrived at Vigo. Winning the battle was of great moment in the war. What remained of the specie was taken and delivered to the Royal Mint. It did not consist of Mexican silver but rather it amounted to 4,500 pounds of silver that had been ornaments and ‘plate’ belonging to the Spanish and French officers, as well as 7 pounds 8 ounces of gold (Challis, page 433). The Spanish king, Philip V, issued a decree claiming ownership of the precious metals. In response, Queen Anne caused to be issued a royal warrant, dated 10 February 1703, instructing Mint-master Isaac Newton to mark all coins made from captured specie to ‘Continue to Posterity the Remembrance of that Glorious Action’ at Vigo Bay. Today’s collectors often encounter silver sixpence, shillings, halfcrowns and crowns made from this treasure, but the gold produced few coins and today all are extremely rare. Least minted were the 5 guineas of 1703. Only a handful are known. Of them, the rarest variety (perhaps as few as two others known) is that showing the VIGO placed higher toward the queen’s shoulder, as seen on this wonderfully historic coin
Lot 344
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TOKENS, London, Holborn (11): Thomas Farmer, halfpenny, 1668, Baker (W.1405); Edward Forman, farthing, turnstile (W.1406); Baptist Frere, farthing, 1661, Oyleman (W.1408); James Gladman, farthing, bell (W.1410); E.H., farthings (2 - same dies), Qveene Head Taverne, bust of Elizabeth I facing (W.1413); T.H., farthing, At The Tvrne Stile Tavern (W.1417); T.H., farthing, 1648, At The 3 Tvns (W.1418); John Hill, farthing, At The Svnn Tavern (W.1422); Robert Holmes, halfpenny, At The Fethars (W.1423), this not in the Norweb collection, with a curved clip, very fine and very rare; Anthoney Joyce, farthing, three stags (W.1427), poor to nearly very fine (11)
Lot 355
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TOKENS, London, Leadenhall Street (15): I.A., farthing, The Kings Head Tavern, bust of James I wearing cap with feather (W.1642); Jo Amyes, farthing, three arrows, Oyleman (W.1643); John Alder, halfpenny, 1668, At Ye Peale, baker’s peel (W.1644); John Bland, farthing, 1666, horseshoe (W.1649); Jone Brimecome, farthing, 1658 (W.1651); John Brond, farthing, Grocer, At Two Svger Loaves, family arms (W.1652); John Brookes, farthing, At The, ship (W.1653); Thomas East, farthing, 1666, angel (W.1661); I.G., farthing, The Nags Head Tavern (W.1663); Nathaniel Gardner, halfpenny, At, cock and unicorn (W.1664); Anthony Gloufer, halfpenny-size, 1671, Poulterer (MD.1664A, listed as farthing); George Grigman, halfpenny, At The, boy holding camel by rein (W.1665); R.H., farthing, At The Dery Mead, woman churning, rev. reads LEADEN . HALL . STREETE . (W.1666 var.); Thomas Hill, halfpenny, three sugar loaves, Grocer (W.1668); John Kempster, farthing, vase with flowers (W.1671), fair to very fine (15)
Lot 285
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TOKENS, London, Bishopsgate Without (18): G.O., farthing, At The Halfe Moone Brew Hovse (W.311); Dorothy Overton, halfpenny, At The, packhorse (W.313); Andrew Partridge, farthing, 1664, Tallowchandlers’ Arms (W.315); Edward Plowman, halfpenny, At Ye, horse (W.316); Iohn Pvllin, halfpenny, Half Moon Ally, two men carrying barrel (W.317); E.R., farthing, At The Rainebowe (W.319); Robert Rowles, farthing, woman churning (W.320); E.S., farthing, By Angell Ally (W.322); R.S., farthing, At The Movth Tavern (W.323); Sam Sallway, farthing, At Ye Black Raven (W.324), nearly very fine; John Shelley, halfpenny, ‘70, tobacco roll and soldier on horse (W.326); Will Sillet, halfpenny, In Dvnings Aly, stag’s horns (W.328); Will Smaley, farthing, Baker, windmill (W.329); Robert Stvdd, farthing, At The, helmet (W.331); Tho Tvtchin, halfpenny, sugar loaf (W.332); Tho Tvtchin, farthing, Grocers’ Arms/sugar loaf (W.333); John Tvthill, farthing, bust of Charles II (W.334); John W…, farthing, Chanler (W.335), poor to nearly very fine (18)
Lot 334
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TOKENS, London, Gray Friars (4): George Jones, halfpenny, friar (W.1228); Richard Tart, halfpenny, half-length figure filling coffee cup (W.1230); Francis Smalley, farthing, friar (W.1231); James Waters, farthing, friar (W.1232); Gray’s Inn Gate (6): C.T., halfpenny, George Yard, king’s bust facing (W.1233 var.); John Jones, halfpenny, scales (W.1235); William Place, halfpenny, man on horseback blowing horn, For Post Letters (W.1237); Rich Sutton, halfpenny, At Ye Marmade (W.1238); Eleaner Weaver, halfpenny (W.1239); Tho Wollarsstone, halfpenny, Carpenters’ Arms (MD.1239A); Gray’s Inn Lane (7): I.C., At The Swan Tavern (W.1242); James Cole, halfpenny, Peice Broker (W.1244); T.H., farthing, The C Taverne, castle (W.1249); Timothey Halsey, farthing, man making candles (W.1250); Thomas Hodghes, halfpenny, fleur-de-lis (W.1251), pierced; Robert Kemble, halfpenny, 1667; Baker At The Starr (W.1252), fair to very fine (17)
Lot 298
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TOKENS, London, Chancery Lane (7): W.D., Edward Coddington, farthing, death’s head (W.496); I.F., farthing, 1651, At The Hole In The Wall (W.499); John Henthorne, halfpenny, At The St., head of John the Baptist on a dish, Taverne (W.504); Abra Hvdson, halfpenny, Apothecary At/Ye Blew Boar In Chancery Lane, Apothecaries’ Arms (W.506); Ralph Hvtchinson, halfpenny, At Ye Gray/Fryer (W.507); W.I., farthing, The Popes Head Tavern (W.509); T.K., farthing, The King’s Head Tavern, bust of Henry VIII (W.510), nearly fine to very fine (7)
Lot 1368
A 19th century French bronze and gilt metal jewellery box decorated with detailed relief foliate sections and character panels with profile bust gilt cartouches - Height 10cm x Width 19cm x Depth 16cm Condition report: Good condition with obvious wear to sections commensurate with age and use, wear to interior noticeable
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