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Costume Jewellery - Pili Pala, simulated pearl necklace and bracelets; floral bracelet, mostly boxed; a silver and marcasite whale tail pendant necklace, silver and Baltic amber effect owl pendant; etc., all boxed; a collection of Pia jewellery including turquoise and opaline glass; floral bracelet, free form elasticated pearl effect bracelet; etc., all cased/boxed (28)
British Coins, Victoria, sovereign, 1841, unbarred As in GRATIA, young head l., rev. crowned shield of arms within wreath (S.3852; Marsh 24 [R3 in any condition]), an especially choice example of this classic rarity, showing glowing lustre and just faint friction on the portrait and obverse field, sharply struck with a fabulous reverse, certified and graded by PCGS as About Uncirculated 58, one of the finest 1841 sovereigns to appear at auction and very rare in this grade The mintage of gold sovereigns was particularly scant in this year, with a reported issuance of just 124,054 pieces, compared to several million for most of the dates of this first bust type. Examination of the Royal Mint’s output of all coins for the first half of the 19th century (as given on Table 74 in Challis’s New History of the Royal Mint) reveals that the totals for 1841 were smaller than normal but not exceedingly so, which leads to the next question: what happened to all the 1841 sovereigns (not to mention half-sovereigns and halfcrowns), making them rarities today? Challis mentions the heavier export of copper and silver beginning in 1835 (page 487), but this had no impact on the gold coinage. Commercial attrition explains the overall scarcity of Queen Victoria’s early gold, but what happened in particular to the sovereigns of 1838, 1839 and 1841? The 1838 sovereign’s mintage was 2.7 million coins, yet it is very rare today. The 1839 sovereign is rarer still in Mint State, perhaps reflecting its mintage of just over half a million pieces. But 1841 is rare in all grades and almost unknown in Mint State. Challis relates that during the early 1840s the Royal Mint was under special scrutiny by government officials looking into its costs (pages 493-496), and that its records were suspect as being possibly inaccurate due to political squabbling. Yet none of this explains the rarity of the 1838, 1839 and especially 1841 sovereigns. British commerce has always been intense and this clearly supports the idea that these first sovereigns of the new reign were heavily used. But so were all of the other issued dates of the 1840s, 1850s and 1860s. When the Bank of England instructed the Royal Mint to melt down some 90 million sovereigns into gold bars during 1930-31, as Challis tells us (page 576), it may well be that the older, more worn coins went into the melting pots to such an extent that the bulk of remaining earlier dates thus disappeared forever. Survival was nothing less than chance.
World Coins, Switzerland, commemorative proof silver 20 francs (9): 1991, 700 Years of Confederation; 1993, 500th Anniversary of Birth of Paracelsus; 1995, Mythological Raetian Snake Queen Raised; 1996, Mythological Giant Gargantua; 1997, 150th Anniversary of Swiss Railway; 1998, 150th Anniversary of Confederation; 1998, Death of C.F. Meyer; 2000, Lumen Christi; 2001, Müstair Cloister (KM.70/73/75/76/78/82/84/97/93), all about mint state (9)
World Coins, Switzerland, commemorative proof silver 20 francs (8): 1992, Gertrud Kurz; 1994, Devil’s Bridge; 1996, Mythological Giant Gargantua; 1997, 200th Anniversary of Birth of Jeremias Gotthelf; 1998, 200th Anniversary of Helvetian Republic; 2001, Müstair Cloister; 2001, Johanna Spyri; 2002, Expo ‘02 (KM.72/74/76/79/80/93/94/101), all about mint state (8)
World Coins, Switzerland, commemorative proof silver 20 francs (8): 1999, 150th Anniversary of Swiss Postal Service; 1999, Battle of Domach; 2000, Peace on Earth; 2000, Lumen Christi; 2002, St. Gall Cloister; 2002, REGA; 2003, Bern Old Town; 2004, Chillon Castle (KM.85/87/90/97/99/100/106/109), all about mint state (8)
British Medals, Edward VI, Coronation 1547, a silver restitutional medal, from an original now attributed to Henry Basse, crowned half-length bust r., with sword and orb, legend in three concentric circles around with, at compass points, rose, portcullis, lis and harp, all crowned, EDWARDVS VI DG ANG FR … CORONATVS EST MDXLVI XX FEBRVA ETATIS, rev. 15-line legend in Hebrew and Greek, 62.5mm. (MI.53/1; Eimer 28b – this piece illustrated; cf Woll.p. 52, 31), believed late 18th century, cast and tooled with immaculate detail, superb mint state *bt. Coins & Antiquities, March 1979 (sold with letter relating) Dated in the Old Style, when the new year commenced on 25 March. By the standards of today this restitutional medal should be considered ‘extremely rare’.
British Medals, Edward VI, Coronation 1547, a cast bronze medal, by Henry Basse, bust l., wearing cap decorated with large feather, E – R, both crowned, to either side, legend in two concentric circles around with, at compass points, rose, portcullis, lis and harp, all crowned, EDWARDVS SEXTVS DG ANGLIÆ FRANCIÆ ET HIBER REX FIDEI DEFENS ET IN TERRIS ANGLICA ET HIBER ECCLESI CAPVT SVPREMVM, rev. legends in Latin, Hebrew and Greek, CORONATVS EST WESTMONASTERII Anno MDXLVII, 58mm. (MI.54/2; H&P, pl. 28, 3; Eimer -; Cook 8), pierced at top in outer legend, but suspension loop added, a cast of considerable age, perhaps even contemporary, the reverse at 90o to obverse, pleasing very fine and exceedingly rare*ex Maj. R. M. O. de la Hay, Christie’s Auction, 27 May 1981 (lot 2) MI (1885) records three specimens in silver, one of which is gilt.
British Medals, Edward VI, Coronation 1547, a coin-like silver medal, crowned Tudor rose on stalk, E – R to either side, EDWARD VI REX ANG FRANC HIBER ZC, rev. legend and date in 5 lines, INSIGNIA POTENTISSIMI REGIS ANGLIE 1547, rosette and pellet stops, 26.5mm., wt. 6.64gms. (Pagan 63 cf. MI.55/3; cf. Cook 7; cf. Foley 14), believed late 18th century, extremely fine and toned *bt. B. A. Seaby, 1976 The original medal is considered to be perhaps a Pattern half-sovereign or crown. The gold specimen in the Foley Collection sold for £30,000 (hammer price). H. E. Pagan (BNJ 40, 1971, “Mr. Emery’s Mint”), records that Edward Emery ‘the well-known forger and producer of fantasies’, is known to have made a Coronation medal of Edward VI, but neither this piece nor that in the following lot, conform to Emery’s style. By the standards of today this medal should be considered ‘very rare’. See also lots 501 and 502.
British Medals, Edward VI, Coronation 1547, a coin-like silver medal, a second example, crowned Tudor rose on stalk, E – R to either side, EDWARD VI REX ANG FRANC HIBER ZC, rev. legend and date in 5 lines, INSIGNIA POTENTISSIMI REGIS ANGLIE 1547, rosette and pellet stops, 27.5mm. 7.38gms. (Pagan 63 cf. MI 55/3; cf. Foley 14), believed late 18th century, superb mint state with rich blue-grey tone *bt. Spink & Son, 1985 H. E. Pagan (BNJ 40, 1971, “Mr. Emery’s Mint”), records that Edward Emery ‘the well-known forger and producer of fantasies’, is known to have made a Coronation medal of Edward VI, but neither this piece nor that in the following lot, conform to Emery’s style. By the standards of today this medal should be considered very rare. See also lots 501 and 502.
British Medals, James I, Coronation 1603, the official silver medal, probably by Charles Anthony, laureate bust r., in armour with lion shoulder plate, scarf around shoulders, IAC I BRIT CÆ AVG HÆ CÆSA RVM CÆ D D, rev. crowned rampant lion to l., holding brazier and wheatsheaf, ECCE PHAOS POPVLIQ SALVS, 29mm., wt. 5.46gms. (MI.191/11; Eimer 80; Woll I; Cook 10), a superbly sharp striking, choice and virtually mint state, rare *bt. Christopher Eimer, 1981 The first of the long series of official Coronation medals and struck for distribution at the ceremony. Charles Anthony, Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint (1596-1615).
British Medals, James I, Coronation 1603, the official silver medal, a second example, probably by Charles Anthony, laureate bust r. in armour with lion shoulder plate, scarf around shoulders, IAC I BRIT CÆ AVG HÆ CÆSA RVM CÆ D D, rev. crowned rampant lion to l., holding brazier and wheatsheaf, ECCE PHAOS POPVLIQ SALVS, 29mm., wt. 5.88gms (MI.191/11; Eimer 80; Woll I; Cook 10), a superbly sharp striking, choice and virtually mint state with rich blue-grey tone, rare*ex Spink Auction 22, 15-16 June, 1982, lot 1090 See footnote to previous lot
British Medals, James I, Coronation 1603, a piedfort striking of the official silver medal, probably by Charles Anthony, laureate bust r., in armour with lion shoulder plate, scarf around shoulders, IAC I BRIT CÆ AVG HÆ CÆSA RVM CÆ D D, rev. crowned rampant lion to l., holding brazier and wheatsheaf, ECCE PHAOS POPVLIQ SALVS, 27.5mm., thickness ranges from approx. 5.5mm. – 6.5mm., wt. 32.44gms. (MI.191/11; Eimer 80 – this piece mentioned in the footnote; cf. Woll I; cf. Cook 10), an extreme rarity, almost extremely fine, toned and believed to be unique *bt. Spink & Son, 1985 The cataloguers are unaware of other piedfort examples of this medal. The flan has been marginally reduced from that of the regular medal and the weight, which is almost exactly one ounce, and the thickness of one quarter of an inch, suggest that it was not struck as a mere fantasy piece, but to serve a specific, even ceremonial, purpose. See also footnote to lot 506.
British Medals, Queen Anne of Denmark (1574-1619, married 20 August, 1589), Coronation 1603, the official silver medal, probably by Charles Anthony, bust three-quarters l., wearing decorative collar, double-strand pearl necklace and drop pearl earings, pearls and other jewels in her hair, ANNA DG REGINA MAG BRIT FR ET HIM FILIA & SOROR REGV DANIÆ, rev. crowned shield of arms, ASTVTIA FALLAX TVTIOR INNOCENTIA, 29mm., wt. 7.46gms. (MI.192/12; Eimer 81; Woll.P. 60, 33; H&P, pl. 27, 8), a superb sharp striking, choice and virtually mint state with light grey tone, very rare *bt. A. H. Baldwin, 1978 Anne was the second daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark and had been married to James VI of Scotland (later James I of England) in 1589 at the age of 14. See footnote to lot 506.
British Medals, Charles I, Coronation 1626, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, crowned bust r., wearing ruff, collar of Order of the Garter and coronation robes, signed N.B., rev. arm issuing from clouds holding sword, DONEC PAX REDD-ITA TERRIS, 30mm. (MI.243/10; Eimer 106; BMC [Jones] 125-126; Woll.ii; Cook 11; Platt pp.117-18; vL.II, 164; Foley 194), extremely fine and toned *bt. B. A. Seaby, 1977 Sword divides legend after second D in REDDITA.
British Medals, Charles I, Coronation 1626, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, crowned bust r., wearing ruff, collar of Order of the Garter and coronation robes, signed N.B., rev. arm issuing from clouds holding sword, DONEC PAX REDD-ITA TERRIS, 30mm. (MI.243/10; Eimer 106; BMC [Jones] 125-126; Woll.2; Cook 11; Platt pp.117-18; vL.II, 164; Foley 194), minute ‘cuts’ on flan, nearly extremely fine, light tone *bt. Spink & Son, 1976 Sword divides legend after second D in REDDITA
British Medals, Charles I, Coronation 1626, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, crowned bust r., wearing ruff, collar of Order of the Garter and coronation robes, signed N.B., rev. arm issuing from clouds holding sword, DONEC PAX RED-DITA TERRIS, 30mm., wt. 12.75gms. (MI.243/10; Eimer 106; BMC [Jones] 125-126; Woll.ii; vL.II, 164; Cook 11; Platt pp.117-18), extremely fine and toned *bt. Christie’s, 27 March 1981, lot 19 Variety where sword divides legend after first D in REDDITA.
British Medals, Charles I, Coronation 1626, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, crowned bust r., wearing ruff, collar of Order of the Garter and coronation robes, signed N.B., rev. arm issuing from clouds holding sword, DONEC PAX RED-DITA TERRIS, 30mm., wt. 12.75gms. (MI.243/10; Eimer 106; BMC [Jones] 125-126; Woll.ii; vL.II, 164; Cook 11; Platt pp.117-18), extremely fine and toned Variety where sword divides legend after first D in REDDITA.
British Medals, Charles I, Coronation 1626, silver uniface portrait cliché, by Nicolas Briot, bust r., wearing ruff collar and ribbon for medal, signed NBF below, 25mm. (MI.243/11; BMC [Jones] 127; Platt, type C, p.118; Foley 195), nearly extremely fine, toned and without creases *bt. Spink & Son, 1977
British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official gold medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse crowned and draped bust l., wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 28mm., wt. 8.23gms. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P, pL 27, 9; Woll.iii; Cook 13; Foley 221), some light marks in fields, good very fine and very rare in gold The service took place at St. Giles, Edinburgh, accompanied by an Anglican service, this intended as a warning to the Presbyterians of the future Charles imagined for Scotland. Much of the finery, gold, silver and jewellery that accompanied the king was lost when the ship carrying it, the Blessing of Burntisland, capsized and sank in the Firth of Forth. Wollaston illustrates this variety, reading REX, but describes the legend ending … R.
British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse crowned and draped bust l., wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 30mm. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P, pl. 27, 9; Woll iii; Cook 13), extremely fine, light mottled tone *bt. Spink & Son, 1976 See note to previous lot.
British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse, struck on a thick flan, crowned and draped bust l., wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 30.5mm. [flan 2.21mm.], wt. 16.15gms. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P., pL 27, 9; Woll iii; Cook 13), good very fine, light tone, rare *bt. Christopher Eimer
British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse struck on a thick flan, crowned and draped bust l., wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 28.5mm. [flan 2.21mm.], wt. 14.24gms. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P. pL 27, 9; Woll iii; Cook 13), good very fine, light tone, rare *ex ‘English Collector’, Glendinings, 16 March 1989, lot 47 See note to lot 518.
British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse crowned and draped bust l., (un-frosted crown), wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 30mm. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P., pL 27, 9; Woll.iii; Cook 13), good very fine, scarcer variety *bt. Spink & Son, 1976 See note to lot 518.
British Medals, Charles II, Scottish Coronation at Scone Palace, 1651, cast silver medal, believed designed by Sir James Balfour, crowned bust r., wearing Coronation robes and Collar of the Garter, CAROLVS 2 DG SCO ANG FRA & HI REX FI DE cor i ia scon 1651, rev. the rampant Lion of Scotland holding thistle, NEMO ME IMPVNE LACESSET, 31.5mm. (MI.394/18; Eimer 183; Woll.iv; Platt II, pp. 351-52), very fine and extremely rare *bt. Glendining’s, 30 March 1983, lot 218 See footnote to previous lot.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the official gold medal, by Thomas Simon, crowned bust r., wearing ornate lace cravat and wearing Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX, rev. the King enthroned, crowned by Peace, EVERSO MISSVS SVCCVRRERE SECLO XXIII APR 1661, 30mm., wt. 13.51gms. (MI.472/76; Eimer 221; vL.II, 470; Woll.v; H&P. pl. 30, 6; vL.II, 470; Platt II, p.358; Farquhar I, 229), choice extremely fine, retaining much mint bloom and having only the lightest of handling marks, very rare *bt. B. A. Seaby, 1978. The medal, when silver, was struck for distribution at the Ceremony on Tuesday, 23rd April, 1661, as noted by Samuel Pepys: ‘And three times the King at Arms went to the three open places on the scaffold, and proclaimed, that if anyone could show any reason why Charles Stewart should not be King of England, that now he should come and speak. And a Generall Pardon also was read by the Lord Chancellor, and meddalls flung up and down by my Lord Cornwallis, of silver, but I could not come by any.’ MI. notes that Simon was paid £110 for making the medal and continues that it ‘has never been surpassed fore minuteness and delicacy of work’. St. George’s Day is celebrated on 23 April.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the official silver medal, by Thomas Simon, crowned bust r., wearing ornate lace cravat and wearing Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX, rev. the King enthroned, crowned by Peace, EVERSO MISSVS SVCCVRRERE SECLO XXIII APR 1661, 30mm. (MI.472/76; Eimer 221; vL.II, 470; Woll.v; H&P. pl. 30, 6; vL.II, 470; Platt II, p.358; Farquhar I, 229), choice extremely fine with blue-grey tone and retaining much mint bloom See footnote to previous lot.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the official silver medal, by Thomas Simon, crowned bust r., wearing ornate lace cravat and wearing Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX, rev. the King enthroned, crowned by Peace, EVERSO MISSVS SVCCVRRERE SECLO XXIII APR 1661, 30mm. (MI.472/76; Eimer 221; vL.II, 470; Woll.v; H&P. pl. 30, 6; vL.II, 470; Platt II, p.358; Farquhar I, 229), choice extremely fine with much brightness and bloom See footnote to lot 526.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, silver jeton, crowned interlinked Cs, rev. stylised rose, 14mm. (MI.477/85); another silver jeton, of cliché form, larger and uniface, crowned rose, toothed border around, 24.5mm. (MI.488/108; Foley 440), this with chip to border at 5 - 6 o’clock, otherwise good very fine, first extremely fine, both rare (2)
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