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George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, 1788 (late Soho), pattern in copper, by J.P. Droz, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left on globe, edge render to cesar the things which are cesars:, 16.09g/12h (BMC 968 [DH 11]; Selig 1335). Two light surface stains near obverse edge, extremely fine or better £200-£300 --- Provenance: T. Aitken Collection; bt C.D. Cooke October 1996
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Light coinage, Groat, Coventry, class VI, mm. sun, quatrefoils by neck, fleurs on cusps except above crown, C on breast, 3.16g/5h (Whitton VI/1; N 1581; S 2008). About very fine, dark tone, scarce £200-£260 --- Provenance: Lord Stewartby Collection, Spink Auction 246, 28 April 2017, lot 1931
George IV (1820-1830), 1826, proof in bronzed copper, by W. Wyon (the bust after Sir Francis Chantrey), laureate bust left, rev. Britannia seated right, two incuse lines on saltire, 9.66g/12h (BMC 1434; S 3824). Good extremely fine but light scratch in field behind head, scarce £150-£200 --- Provenance: B. Nicholson Collection; bt C.D. Cooke April 1999
Charles I (1625-1649), York mint, Sixpence, mm. lion, crowned c r flanking shield, besants before and after avspice, 2.87g/12h (Besly 1F; Carlyon-Britton, BNJ XXVIII, p.203, 3; SCBI Brooker 1100-1; N 2322; S 2876). Slightly creased, light scratches on cheek, otherwise about very fine with patchy dark toning, scarce £150-£200 --- Provenance: bt L. Bennett
Henry II (1154-1189), Tealby coinage, Penny, class C2, Ipswich, Robert, robert : on : pip, reads henri : r :, 1.35g/9h (Sadler III, p.225, fig. 1238, this coin; BMC 336, same dies; N 957; S 1339). Light surface scratches, fine or better, toned, rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: F. Elmore Jones Collection, Glendining Auction, 13 April 1983, lot 1142b; J.C. Sadler Collection
Henry IV (1399-1413), Light coinage, Penny, London, type II/III mule, annulet to left and pellet to right of crown, slipped trefoil on breast and after tas (?), 0.73g/4h (Stewartby P II/P III; Potter II-3/1 var.; N 1363a/1363b; S 1731 var.). Slightly short of flan, a few light scratches, nearly fine, very rare £300-£400
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Light coinage, Ryal, London, mm. crown on rev. only, large fleurs in spandrels, 7.64g/2h (B & W VII; SCBI Schneider 358ff; N 1549; S 1950). Edge irregular at 12 o’clock and some light marks consistent with having been excavated, otherwise good very fine with strong detail £3,000-£4,000
Edward IV (First reign), Light coinage, Groat, London, class Vd, mm. rose, quatrefoils by neck, fleurs on cusps, extra pellet in quarter under don, 2.57g/9h (N 1567; S 2000); Elizabeth I, Fourth issue, Sixpence, 1573?, mm. ermine, 3.02g/9h (N 1997; S 2563); James I, First coinage, Shilling, mm. thistle, second bust, 5.10g/8h (N 2073; S 2646) [3]. Fair to fine; the second with signs of ‘over-punching’ on the reverse £80-£100
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Pattern Halfpenny, 1797 (early Soho), by C.H. Küchler, in gilt-copper, laureate bust right, 2 berries in wreath, ermined fold of drapery flush, rev. Britannia seated left, soho and triangle of dots on rock, ship with 3 stays from foremast to bowsprit, edge plain, 14.55g/6h (BMC 1156 [KH 7]). Some spotting in reverse field, light hairlines, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, rare [certified and graded by NGC as PF 64 Cameo] £1,000-£1,200 --- Provenance: Spink Auction 202, 25 March 2010, lot 196
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First issue, an Edward VI, Second period, second issue [6oz. 2 dwt.], Shilling, mdl, mm. swan (obscured on obv.), bust 5, obv. countermarked with portcullis [to revalue it at Fourpence-Halfpenny], 4.77g/8h (N 1989; S 2546). Coin holed and with a few light marks, otherwise good fine, dark toned and with a clear portrait; the countermark very fine and very rare £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: C.E. Blunt Collection [Shirley-Fox Bequest 1939]; Lord Stewartby Collection, Part IV, Spink Auction 243, 28 March 2017, lot 1742 The question of recoining the large amount of debased currency in circulation in the first two years of Elizabeth's reign led a committee of the Privy Council to recommend the city of London provide magistrates to check the coin in circulation in market places, and to stamp Edward VI shillings of 8:2 and 6:2 fineness with a portcullis, enabling them to be current for fourpence-halfpenny, and those of 3:2 fineness with a greyhound, thus current for twopence-farthing. The stamping began on 10 October 1560 (i.e. almost at the end of the lis-marked first coinage, which ceased on 8 November 1560) and was undertaken country-wide, with the die-sinker John Lawrence providing sufficient punches to the corporations of 42 towns. These counterstamped coins were allowed to circulate until the early spring of 1561.
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Light coinage, Ryal, London, mm. sun on rev. only, large fleurs in spandrels, lis before dns and after ib, 7.58g/6h (B & W VI; SCBI Schneider 346; N 1549; S 1950). Trace of crease across centre, otherwise very fine £1,500-£2,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, 1806 (late Soho), proof in copper, by C.H. Küchler, laureate bust right, k on shoulder, brooch with third and sixth jewels broken off, faint line flaw extending right from base of 6 in date, rev. Britannia seated left, olive branch with 10 leaves and 2 berries, no line under soho, edge centre-grained, 9.56g/12h (BMC 1364 [KH 36]; Selig 1403; S 3781). Some light scratches behind head, otherwise extremely fine £200-£260 --- Provenance: bt C.D. Cooke January 1997
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Pattern Halfpenny, 1799 (early Soho), by C.H. Küchler, in gilt-copper, laureate bust right, wreath of 11 leaves, brooch of 8 jewels, stops after iii and rex, k : · on lowest fold of drapery, rev. Britannia seated left, olive branch with 12 leaves, centre prong of trident to first limb of second n in legend, soho on rock without triangle of dots, ship with no gunports, shield with bevelled edge, edge centre-grained, 13.08g/6h (BMC 1224 [KH 13], this coin listed; Martin, SNC 2009, p.114, this coin listed; S 3778). Some light scratches in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant, exceptionally rare [certified and graded by NGC as PF 62 Ultra Cameo] £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: A.H.F. Baldwin Collection; ‘Gregory’ [Baldwin Basement] Collection, Part II, Baldwin Auction 47, 25 September 2006, lot 412; P. Partridge Collection, DNW Auction 76, 17 December 2007, lot 125; M.J. Martin Collection
Edward V (1483), Groat, London, mm. halved sun and rose, reads edvard, fleur on breast cusp, pellet below, 3.03g/2h (B & W XXII.5; N 1631; S 2146). Struck on a compact but full weight flan with a little doubling, otherwise very fine and very rare, light find patina £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: Found near Carmarthen, West Wales, in September 2023 Struck from the same obverse die as the Grantley specimen (1458)
George III (1760-1820), Bank of England, Three Shillings, 1812, type 2 (ESC 2079; S 3770). Some light scratches, graffiti on reverse, otherwise good extremely fine [certified and graded by NGC as UNC Details, Rev Graffiti] £100-£120 --- Provenance: Minnesota Collection, Spink Auction, 7 October 2020, lot 1655
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, 1788 (late Soho), pattern in brown gilt-copper, by J.P. Droz, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left on globe, edge guilloche, 16.04g/12h (BMC 962 [DH 11]; Selig –). Obverse with light hairlines, reverse with some scuffs and marks, otherwise about mint state and brilliant [previously graded NGC PF 64 Cameo] £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 97, 7 December 2011, lot 332
The honours and awards bestowed upon Edwin Newman, the American newscaster and journalist who covered the attack on Pearl Harbor, the funeral of George VI, the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, and who enjoyed a long career with NBC USA, University of Missouri, School of Journalism, Honor Award, 1975, a light bronze medal by T.H. Jones for Medallic Art Co., named (Edwin Newman), 62mm; The Christopher Award, 1980, a light bronze award medal, unsigned, for Medallic Art Co., named (Edwin Newman, 1983); FRANCE, Légion d’Honneur, Chevalier’s badge by Arthus-Bertrand [awarded 31 December 1971] [3]. Extremely fine, first with loop for suspension; first and last in cases of issue, the badge with award certificate addressed to Mr Edwin Newman, N.B.C. Room 520, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York £300-£400 --- Edwin Harold Newman (1919-2010), b. New York; educ. George Washington High School and University of Wisconsin, graduating in political science, 1940; began his career as a copy boy for International News Service; served as a signal officer in the US Navy, 1942-5; reporter for United Press, 1945-6; moved as a freelancer to CBS News, 1947, then full-time from 1952 based in Europe, covering the funeral of George VI from the battlements of Windsor Castle, the Suez crisis of 1956 and the accession of Charles de Gaulle in 1958; returned to the US in 1961 as a regular on the Today show; made the first announcement on NBC of President Kennedy’s death and anchored the television coverage of the Six-Day war in 1967, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, the 1973 Vietnam ceasefire and the aftermath of the attempt on President Ronald Reagan’s life in 1981. A prolific interviewer, his subjects included Emperor Hirohito, Ingmar Bergman, Muhammad Ali, David Ben-Gurion and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, while he also moderated numerous political debates between the likes of Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale. Leaving NBC in January 1984, he briefly hosted Saturday Night Live, remained in demand as a political interviewer for other broadcasters and cable networks, and played himself in four films, including The Pelican Brief (1993). After moving to England in 2007 to be near his daughter, he died of pneumonia in Oxford on 13 August 2010.

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