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Click here to subscribeVirgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1802-05, Eighth-Dollar, a cut eighth-segment of a Spanish-Colonial 8 Reales, rev. countermarked tirtila within a shaped indent, 3.00g/46.3gr (Prid. 10; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, Type II). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermark good, pierced £200-£260 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues 1805-12, Half-Dollar, a lightweight cut half-segment of a Charles III, Mexico City 8 Reales, rev. countermarked tirtila within a shaped indent, 10.02g/154.6gr (Prid. 12; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, Type III). Coin poor, countermark fine, pierced through countermark and later plugged £200-£260 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Miscellaneous, Quarter-Dollar, Charles III, 2 Reales, 1774fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked f12m with floral decoration and rope border within an oval indent (Prid. Not Attributed 20; Duffield 583). Coin near fine, countermark better, rare £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Miscellaneous, Spain, Philip V, 1 Real, 1719, obv. countermarked 4 within a shaped indent, 2.81g/43.4gr (cf. Prid. Not Attributed 31; cf. Roehrs 632 & 636). Coin and countermark near very fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Costa Rica, Central American Republic, 2 Reales, 1849?, and Half-Real, 1849, both countermarked lion (Type VI, 1849-57) (KM 68, 77) [2]. First coin fair, countermark about fine; second coin fair, pierced near bottom edge, countermark nearly very fine £30-£40 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Guatemala, Ferdinand VI, cob 8 Reales, 1752j, rev. countermarked with sun-over-mountains (Type II, 1839), 12.97g (KM 102). Coin fair for issue, countermark very fine £200-£300 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Guatemala, United Fruit Co., a San Agustin 2 Reales token, obv. countermarked united fruit co., 26mm (Rulau Gma 333). Coin fine, countermark very fine, very rare £100-£120 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Guatemala, United Fruit Co., a San Agustin 2 Reales token, obv. countermarked united fruit co., 26mm (Rulau Gma 333). Coin fine, countermark very fine, very rare £100-£120 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Mexico, CHIHUAHUA, Royalist coinage, a cast 8 Reales, 1811, with two countermarks on obv., small t to left, pomegranate between pillars of Hercules to right, 26.49g (KM 123). Coin fine, scratched, countermarks better £150-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Mexico, Royalist Countermarked coinage, 8 Reales, 1810hj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked ms monogram (Manuel Salcedo) within an oval indent (KM 200). Coin fair, countermark very fine, rare £200-£300 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Mexico, Insurgent Countermarked coinage, Morelos, copper 8 Reales, 1812, Oaxaca, rev. countermarked Morelos monogram (Type A) within a circular indent (KM 265.4). Coin and countermark fair £40-£50 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Mexico, Insurgent Countermarked coinage, Morelos, cut segment of a Ferdinand VII 8 Reales, with remnant of Type A countermark. Coin fair, countermark better, removed from a mount £40-£50 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Brazil, Minas Gerais, 960 Réis, a Charles IV 8 Reales, Potosí, obv. countermarked with crowned arms within wreath in circular indent, rev. countermarked with globe in circular indent (KM 242). Coin fair, countermarks about very fine £150-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Brazil, Minas Gerais, 960 Réis, a Charles IV 8 Reales, Potosí (1807pj?), obv. countermarked with crowned arms within wreath in circular indent, rev. countermarked with globe in circular indent (KM 242). Coin near fine but plugged near top edge and heavily polished, countermarks very fine £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Great Britain, Bank of England, a Charles III 8 Reales, 1788c, Seville, obv. with contemporary counterfeit countermark of head of George III in oval, 26.62g (cf. ESC 1851; cf. S 3765A). Coin and countermark fine £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Great Britain, Bank of England, a silver-plated base metal counterfeit 8 Reales, 1795pr, Potosí, obv. with contemporary counterfeit countermark head George III in oval, 25.48g (cf. ESC 1855; cf. S 3765A). Coin and countermark fair, plating wearing off high points £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Great Britain, Bank of England, a base metal counterfeit 8 Reales, 1792fm, Mexico City, obv. with contemporary counterfeit countermark of bust of George III within octagonal indent; 8 Reales, 1797fm, Mexico City, obv. with contemporary counterfeit countermark of bust of George III within octagonal indent (different punch to previous coin) (cf. ESC 1868; cf. S 3766) [2]. Fair to fine £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Great Britain, Bank of England, a Charles IV 4 Reales, 1791mf, Madrid, obv. countermarked with head of George III in oval, 13.67g (ESC 1875; S 3767). Coin and countermark very fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- See Manville p.4 for detailed background on the countermarking of Half-Dollars
Great Britain, George III, Penny, 1797, obv. countermarked st thomas incuse, ata monogram and 1856, both within plain circular indents (Pridmore, SNC March 1960, no. 6). Coin worn smooth, countermarks fine or better £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- The St Thomas ATA countermarks on cartwheel pennies have in the past been associated with the Danish West Indies, but these are an unattributed British issue.
Great Britain, George III, Penny, 1797, obv. countermarked st thomas incuse, ata monogram and 1857, both within plain circular indents (Pridmore, SNC March 1960, no. 7). Coin worn smooth, countermarks fine or better £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Ionian Islands, Authority of 1813, Fifty Para, a Charles II Tari, rev. countermarked with a crude bust of George III over 50 within an oval ident (Type II), 3.72g/57.4gr (Prid. 6). Coin poor with small piercing at the edge, countermark very fine or better, extremely rare £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Warwick & Warwick Auction, 17 February 2021, lot 515
Philippines, Republic of Peru, 8 Reales, 1838mm, Lima, obv. countermarked crowned y.ii (Type VI, c. 1834-37), 25.58g (KM 138.2). Coin near fine but slightly bent, countermark fine £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Sierra Leone, Authority of March 1832, Quarter-Dollar (valued at Thirteen Pence), a cut quarter segment of a Charles IV 8 Reales, 1807, Potosí, obv. countermarked incuse with crowned wr, 6.53g/100.8gr (Vice FT-4; Pridmore, SNC February 1954; KM 10). Coin fine, countermark very fine, very rare £1,500-£2,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Warwick & Warwick Auction, 17 February 2021, lot 521
United States of America, Quarter-Dollar, c. 1796-1833, Ferdinand VI, 2 Reales, 1747, Mexico City, rev. countermarked rf (Rufus Farnam) within a rectangular indent, 5.59g/86.3gr. Coin poor with a small piercing, countermark near very fine £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: bt Moneta (St Cloud, MN) Rufus Farnam (1769-1833) was a silversmith in Boston, MA, between 1796 and 1833. He countermarked coins that came into his possession, presumably as an advertising initiative.
United States of America, Sixteenth-Dollar, Charles III, Half-Real, 1780, obv. countermarked rf (Rufus Farnam) within a rectangular indent, 1.46g/22.5gr. Coin poor, countermark about fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
United States of America, Cent, 1802, draped bust type, obv. countermarked rf (Rufus Farnam) within a rectangular indent. Coin poor with two deep scratches on obverse, countertmark about fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
A collection of jewels and watches, comprising: a 9ct gold locket pendant on a chain, British hallmarks; a Mexican two peso coin 9ct gold ring, size J1/2, British hallmark; a black enamel ring, size I1/2, stamped 9ct; a 22ct gold wedding band, size I, British hallmarks; a gold and ruby brooch of floral design, length 4.9cm, stamped 750; a three-stone simulant diamond ring in 9ct gold, size N1/2, British hallmarks; a lady's watch by Tissot, length 16.5cm, stamped 585, quartz movement, combined gross weight 71 grams; together with a silver watch by Rotary, length 17cm, quartz movement, British hallmarks; and a stainless steel watch by Tissot, length 15cm, quartz movement;
A collection of jewels, comprising: a rhodocrosite bell push, signed Asprey; an Art Deco travel clock, signed LeCoultre; one 9ct and one 18ct gold wedding band, sizes L1/2 and O; a gold ring channel-set with baguette diamonds, size U; an 18ct gold, sapphire and diamond ring, size Q, British hallmark; a blue topaz ring mounted in gold, size T1/2, stamped 10K; a silver chain necklace; a gold gate bracelet; a silver gilt bracelet; a simulant pearl necklace with a garnet and cultured pearl clasp mounted in 9ct gold, British hallmarks; a cultured pearl necklace; two 9ct gold propellor pencils, British hallmarks; a 9ct old cocktail stirrer, a gilt metal fountain pen; British hallmarks; a garnet brooch; a pair of diamond earrings, post fittings; twelve shell cameos; a garnet and sapphire bar brooch; a citrine brooch, stamped 9ct; a 9ct watch, British hallmarks; an enamel and diamond brooch designed as a posy of violets; length 3.8cm; four carnelian fob seals; a smaller carnelian fob seal pendant; a silver and marcasite pendant; a pair of paste shoe buckles; a pearl and diamond stick pin; a silver buckle; an agate fob seal; a gold, enamel and seed pearl scarf grip; a pair of gold cufflinks, stamped 9CT; a pair of silver ear clips; a gilt metal medallion pendant; and a gold coin, jewellery case
An emerald, pearl and diamond coin purse, early 20th century, the clasp designed as confronted snakes, their heads set with cabochon emeralds, their eyes set with rose-cut diamonds, the top of the bag set with calibré-cut emeralds and rose-cut diamonds, to a gold mesh purse suspending a tassel of pearls, length 9.4cm, pearls untested, two diamonds and one emerald deficient, gross weight 32 grams
Roberto Coin, a gold and diamond bangle, the curving hinged bangle engraved with a woodgrain design, set with a brilliant-cut diamond, the interior with star-shaped apertures, and accented by a circular-cut synthetic ruby, in 18ct white gold, inner circumference 16.6cm, British hallmark, sponsor's mark RC for Roberto Coin, gross weight 21 grams
A gold charm bracelet, the curb link bracelet with heart padlock suspending twelve gold charms, including a sovereign coin, a model of St Christopher with the infant Christ on his shoulder, a rotating windmill, and a set of bagpipes among others, bracelet length approximately 17cm, bracelet and six charms with British hallmarks for 9ct gold, one with Italian marks for 18ct gold, gross weight 65 grams
Swarovski - collector's society anniversary and commemorative, 1987 - 1992 Birthday Cake; coin box with coin 1995, signed by several designers; coin box with coin 1993; Squirrel; Vase of Red Roses; Bumblebee on a Leaf, 21st anniversary; Centenary swan; Millennium Crystal Planet, 2000; Bear Cub, all boxed with certificates/paperwork (9)
20th century UK coins – a box containing a number of brass threepenny bits 1937-1967 (some omissions) and pennies, mainly Elizabeth II some with lustre; red plastic binder of 9 clear plastic leaves containing pre-prepared composed year sets 5 pence and 10 pence coins to 1981, unc; another, similar, containing 9 pp of LSD composed sets 1953-1967 mainly unc.; another, of 11 leaves composed year sets George V 1911-1932 proof 1927 florin only missing, many A unc; another similar, 11 leaves composed year sets George V 1933-1936 & George VI 1936-1952, some GEF; red Coin Library collector’s album in slip case, 4 leaves of punched card leaves with clear plastic, mainly shillings, 1947-1960s E & S some unc.; another similar blue cover also in slip case, 5 leaves, half crowns and florins, all cupro-nickel, VF-EF, also George VI and Elizabeth II sixpences, some pre-1946; another similar album in slip case, 5 leaves,. Farthings 1937-1956 some with lustre; some shillings, florins and sixpences, George V and VI some .500 silver, various conditions; another album, similar, 6 leaves, miscellaneous collection of 19th and 20th century UK coins, including much sterling and other silver, including: 1887 Jubilee head crown, double florin, half crown, florin, shilling, sixpences (both types) & threepence all AEF or better; Ireland 10 shillings Easter Rising commem., 1966 unc.; half crown GF 1925; Austria/Holy Roman Empire replica silver Maria Theresa Thaler ‘1780X’ unc.; Britannia trade dollar 1912B 1VF, Straits Settlements dollar 1908 CVF & USA dollar 1921 VF (qty)
Robert II (1371-1390), Sterling, Perth, mm. cross potent, star on sceptre handle, single crosslet stops, reads scottor, 0.86g/9h (cf. SCBI 35, 498; B –, fig. –; S 5150). On a slightly small flan with old scuff mark on forehead, nearly very fine £150-£200 --- Provenance: bt S.J. Blencoe May 2019 This coin dates to very soon after the opening of the Perth mint, as can be identified by the large e formed from the c punch with a slim crossbar added, documented as being in March 1373.
Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Second issue, Groat, Perth, mm. cross potent, tressure of ten arcs, trefoils on six cusps, seventh on breast, saltire and pellet stops, rev. three pellets in quarters of cross, saltire and pellet stops after dns, p, tector, ms, villa and de, 2.33g/3h (SCBI 35, 582, SCBI 72, 226 and B 24, fig. 366, same dies; S 5170). About very fine, toned £200-£260 --- Provenance: Spink Auction 207, 23-24 March 2011, lot 236 This coin is struck from a Perth obverse die which was predominantly used there but was also used at Edinburgh paired with a large lis-stopped reverse die from the closing stages of the First issue. Based on letter punches, the vendor thinks that this reverse is probably from the last die of the saltire and pellet series.
Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Second issue, Groat, Perth, mm. cross potent, tressure of seven arcs, trefoils on cusps, trefoil on breast, saltire and crosslet after robertvs, double saltire after dei, saltire and pellet after gra and rex, rev. three pellets in quarters of cross, double crosslet stops after dns, p, ms, z, villa and de, 2.73g/5h (SCBI 35, –; SCBI 72, 235; B 24a, fig. 373D, same obv. die; S 5170). Tiny edge chip and crack, otherwise very fine and very rare, far superior to the Stewartby plate coin £200-£300 --- Struck from an obverse die which was used at both Edinburgh and Perth. The odd combination of various stops is unique to this particular die.
Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Second issue, Groat, Aberdeen, mm. cross potent, tressure of seven arcs, trefoils on six cusps, trefoil on breast, annulets in spandrels, double crescent stops after robertvs, gra, rex and scottorvm, rev. three pellets in quarters of cross, double crescent stops after dns, z, tctor, ms and villa, 2.56g/6h (SCBI 35, 596, same obv. die: SCBI 72, 268 and B 42, fig. 393, same dies; S 5169). About very fine, toned and very rare, superior to the Stewartby plate coin £1,000-£1,200 --- Provenance: Fortrose (Ross and Cromarty) Find, 1880; Sheriff T. Mackenzie Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21-22 February 1921, lot 211; bt Spink October 1987 A note in SCBI 72 states “Stewartby notes this as the earliest of the Aberdeen Groats [HSAN 1650]”, a view endorsed by the vendor.
Alexander III (1249-1286), First coinage, Sterling, type VI, Kinghorn, Wilam, wil am· on· kin, 1.31g/3h (Holmes dies 3/C; cf. SCBI 35, 144; cf. Lockett 88; B –, fig. 93A, same obv. die; S 5046). Very fine, toned, excessively rare and numismatically important £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: bt Spink February 1982 This is the coin that provided the previously undiscovered obverse die link between Walter and Wilam at ‘Kin’ - confirming that there was no Renfrew mint. Burns originally suggested that Walter struck coins at Renfrew and Wilam at Kinghorn and, despite an article to the contrary by H.J. Dakers in 1936, this view persisted until the year 2000, mainly due to the lack of any die link between the two moneyers. This coin links a class VI obverse, which is normally found paired with a class III Walter reverse, to a reverse die in the name of Wilam. See R.W. Kirton and Lord Stewartby, ‘The Long Voided Cross Sterlings of Kinghorn’, Numismatic Chronicle, 2000, pp.304ff.
James I (1406-1437), First Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, Edinburgh, type I/IIb, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, tiny saltires on breast, i in field, reads tracia, rev. three pellets in first and fourth quarters, lis in second and third quarters, saltire in centre, lis stops with saltire interpunctuation both sides, 2.20g/3h (SCBI 35, –; SCBI 72, 352, same obv. die; B 1a, fig. 425A, this coin; S 5195). On a round flan, very fine or better for issue with grey toning, an extremely rare variety with a distinguished provenance £400-£600 --- Provenance: J. Guthrie Lornie Collection; Greenshields of Kerse Auction [Glasgow], October 1919; J. Davidson Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 60, 9-10 December 2003, lot 396 Burns knew of no earlier issues of James I. An earlier type, first published by Dakers in the 1930s and probably only known from three specimens, was named the ‘Initial Variety’ by Stewartby. This specimen of type I obverse, not only known to but illustrated by Burns, is paired with a later reverse.
James I (1406-1437), First Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, Edinburgh, type IIc/IId, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs, tiny saltires on breast, i to left of neck and right of hair, reads gracia, rev. three pellets in first and fourth quarters, lis between saltires in second and third quarters, nothing in centre, lis stops with saltire interpunctuation both sides, large g both sides, 2.14g/2h (SCBI 35, –; SCBI 72, 378, same dies; B 7a, fig. 432A, same obv. die; S 5195). Chipped, good fine £150-£200 --- Provenance: bt A. Howitt February 2019 The vendor notes ‘while the dies of this coinage began with limited ornamentation, the use of lis and saltires increased as time went on’. This is noticeable on the reverse of this coin, with its double and triple saltires in the inner circle legends and saltires in the lis quarters of the cross.
James III (1460-1488), Base silver issue, 1471-83, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross, tressure of eight arcs broken by bust, trefoils on cusps at sides, rev. medium large mullet of six points in first and fourth quarters, large thistle-head in second and third quarters, double saltires after bvrg, 2.15g/8h (cf. SCBI 35, 749-52; SCBI 72, 809, for same rev. reading; cf. B 8, fig. –, probably same obv. die; S 5270). Carelessly struck but good very fine or better and probably much as made, very rare thus £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: bt Spink December 1974 While the Penny Scots had been subject to debasement since the reign of Robert III, it is only in the 1460s that the larger coins underwent the same process. Originally interpreted as the ‘aloyt grot’ mentioned in the Act of Parliament of 6 May 1471, the internal numismatic evidence, (lettering punches, stops etc,) suggests a date at least five years later. A lighter and baser coin circulating alongside a stronger piece, and tariffed accordingly, is a concept well understood throughout much of 15th century Europe but completely alien to the English monetary system.
James III (1460-1488), Light issue, 1475, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, low crown of three fleurs, tressure of ten arcs, trefoils on lower cusps, double saltire after scotorvm, rev. mullet of six points in first and fourth quarters, three pellets in second and third quarters, cross before vil, double saltire stops both sides, 2.38g/6h (SCBI 35, 756, same rev. die; SCBI 72, 840; B 17, fig. 590, same dies; S 5274). Some slight edge loss between 8 and 10 o’clock, otherwise nearly very fine, the variety extremely rare £400-£600 --- Provenance: Patrick Finn FPL 16, May 1999 (405); bt P. Finn August 2000 The vendor traced this as one of only three specimens from this obverse die. The others are the Burns coin (from the Coats of Ferguslie Collection) and a specimen in the British Museum (1902-2-5-15). The Stewartby specimen in the Hunterian adds a fourth.
James III (1460-1488), Main issue, 1484-8, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross fleury on rev. only, annulet on inner circle before face, reads die and rcx, legend ends cotrv, rev. three pellets and annulet in first and fourth quarters, crown in second and third quarters, reads edinbrvg, 2.93g/5h (SCBI 35, 787-8, SCBI 72, 914 and B 55, 56, fig. 646, same obv. die; S 5287). Slight obverse double-strike, nearly very fine with a die link of numismatic importance £500-£700 --- Provenance: ‘Norwich’ Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 62, 30 June 2004, lot 644 The SCBI and Burns numbers in the description refer to coins with an Aberdeen mint signature - an Edinburgh-Aberdeen die link that previously seems to have gone unnoticed (but see SCBI 72, 873, where the reverse die used for this coin is linked with the other Aberdeen obverse with mm. mullet).
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