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18th Century, Sussex, Brighton, Spence's Halfpenny (DH 6), extremely fine, toned; other tokens, in silver (1), copper (10), fine and better (12)
Hammer Price: £35
18th Century, Ireland, 18th century tokens (12), viz. Dublin DH 311, 324, 331, 334, 336, 343, 346, 347, 352b, Wicklow DH 39a, 45, 48b. DH 324 and 343 about very fine, others mostly about extremely fine, one or two better (12)
Hammer Price: £90
Miscellaneous, Scotland, Miscellaneous 18th and 19th century base metal tokens (27), including Lanarkshire DH 26, Lothian DH 19 and 139, last double-pierced but fine and extremely rare, and a card counter of Campbell Linn & Co., Detroit, USA. Many fine (27)
Hammer Price: £110
20th Century, Scotland, Port Glasgow United Co-op Society Ltd., plastic checks (238), viz. 1 Pint, yellow (120), 1 Pint (Cheap), red (32), Half-Pint, black (32), 1 Quart, white (20), 1 cwt Best House Coal, red (16, some cut-cancelled), 1 cwt Second Quality Coal, mauve (18). Fine and better (238)
Hammer Price: £40
Miscellaneous, JETONS, pub checks, etc (7); together with a large quantity of modern coins, mostly French (approx. 350). Mostly fine (lot)
Hammer Price: £50
Russia, Catherine II, 5 Kopecks, 1766, the reverse worn smooth and engraved 'Margaret Abby, LYNN, Born Octr. 17, 1766'. Fine, interesting
Hammer Price: £70
ENGLISH; Wooden case (133 x 68 x 25 mm) containing Diamond Scales, label on inside lid of'De Grave, Short & Co. 159 St Martin Le Grand' c.1850. Spaces for seven weights, which are missing
£40–£60
Wooden box (136 x 64 x 28 mm) of Diamond scales, steel balance and brass pans, label of W & T Avery, Scalemakers, Birmingham on inside lid, with 7 brass weights, late 18th century; together with two other boxes of Avery's scales (140 x 60 x 22 mm and 135 x 64 x 29 mm), both 19th century. Good condition (3)
Wooden box (115 x 63 x 28 mm) of jewellers scales, with finely constructed steel beam and pans (silvered) with 6 aluminium weights, some countermarked with letters and crown; tweezers in compartment on inside lid. Late 19th century. Good condition
Hammer Price: £45
FRENCH; scales in wooden box (167 x 51 x 16mm), steel beams, brass pans, unattached, label on inside lid 'Table des Monnaies... Etats de l'Europe'. 2 hinged fasteners. 1 broken, c.1810. Well used
Hammer Price: £30
GEORGE III, 2 oz. weight, a Cartwheel Twopence with official GR counterstamps; weights by value (7), £3 12s, 36s, 27s, 21s, 18s, 13s 6d, Ss 3d; Italy, Milan, uniface Doppia Spagna weight; other apothecary weights (5). Mostly very fine (14)
Hammer Price: £80
A nexted set of brass weights, English late 19th Century, each marked in troy weight, 2, 1, 1/2 1/4 (2). Very fine (5)
£60–£80
AMERICAN, a painted head and shoulders of a young Negro, with a moving arm, which lifts to an open mouth to allow a coin to be inserted, this operation is started by twisting his ears which also makes his eyes roll, aluminium, painted, black, red, white and blue, 14cm high, 14cm wide. Paint a little chipped, otherwise in good condition
Hammer Price: £120
Always did spise a mule', 23 x 14 x 6 cm, when operated a mule rotates, kicks a seated boy, upsetting him to allow coins to be inserted in a slot, painted green, black, red and white.
Hammer Price: £25
Monkey Bank', 20 x 17 x 7 cm, when operated, a monkey on a rod leaps to insert a coin into an organ grinders belly, painted green, orange, pink and red.
Artillery Bank', 18 x 14 x 7 cm, when operated a cannon fires a coin into a pillbox slot, painted green, blue, red and black.
'Hometown Battery', 24 x 17 x 7 cm, a baseball pitcher throws a coin passed a batter into a slot in the catcher, painted red, orange, blue and green.
A seated policeman(?) with a pig on his lap, which throws a coin over his head into the policemans mouth, 16 x 18 x 6 cm, painted blue, green, green, yellow, white and red.
A hunter and a bear, 24 x 18 x 5 cm, by placing a coin in the hunters rifle, when fired it passes through a slot in a tree which releases a bear whose head pops our of the top, painted green, brown, orange and pink.
An Indian hunter and a bear, the rifle fires a coin into a slot in the bears belly, 23 x 16 x 6 cm, painted white, red, yellow, red and pink.
'Magicians Bank', a magician removes his hat from a table before him, releasing the coin to fall in to a slot in his legs, 16 x 19 x 9 cm, painted blue, green, black, pink and white.
South Africa, South Africa, a painted full length President Kruger, smoking pipe, his top hat, set with the slot and inscribed with 'Transvaal Money box', on the back of his coat 'By permission of the Proprietors of The Westminster Gazele', 140mm high, 110mm wide. In good condition
Uninscribed issues, Gold Stater, 'Norfolk Wolf' type, disjointed head of Apollo, reverse wolf left, three pellets below belly and two below tail, 5.6gms (V. arsdell 610-3; M.49b; S.28). Obverse very fine, reverse extremely fine, rare
Hammer Price: £240
Uninscribed issues, Base Stater, 'Norfolk Wolf type, similar, but large pellet above and below animal, 5.4 gins (V. arsdell 610; M.49b; S.28). Fine to very fine, very fine
Hammer Price: £140
Dubnovellaunus, Stater, crescents and wreath, reverse horse left, pellet below tail, DVBNOVILLA above, 4.6 gins (V. arsdell 1655-5; M.275a; S.152). Reverse a little off-centre, but very fine and well struck, rare
£500–£700
Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty Period, Noble, series G, m.m. cross 3, saltire stops, small E in centre of reverse, saltire replacing fleur in one spandrel (Doubleday 96, this coin; LAL Ga/Gb or c; N.1 179/1180; S.1490). Very fine, minor flan crack at FRANC; ex Lawrence, Doubleday (96), and Wolfson Trust (55)
Hammer Price: £500
Edward III (1327-1377), Treaty Period, Quarter-Noble, London, m.m. cross potent, no mark before EDWARD, A's unbarred (LAL Gp.A; N.1243; S.1510). Reverse a little off-centre, otherwise about extremely fine
£400–£500
Edward III (1327-1377), Quarter-Noble, London, mm. cross potent, annuler before EDWarD, A's unbarried except in GLORIA (LAL Gp.B; N.1244; S.1511). Very fine
Hammer Price: £180
Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty Coinage, Groat, York, series E, mm. cross 2 (N.1164; S.1572), fine; Henry VI, Annulet issue, Groat, Calais (N.1427; S.1836), very fine but cli~pped, other English hammered silver, Henry II - James 1(10), some fine; other hammered coins (4), poor to fair, one repaired (16)
Henry IV (1399-1413), Annulet issue, Groat, Calais, annulers by bust; RosetteMascle issue, Groat, Calais (N.1427, 1446; S.1836, 1859); Henry VII, Facing Bust issue, Groat, class IV, mm. cross-crossler (N.1706a; S.2200); Elizabeth I, Third issue, Sixpence, 1573, mm. acorn, large bust (N.1997; S.2563); Charles I, Tower mint, Shilling, Gp.A, mm. lis (N.2216; S.2776a). Generally fine, but the last tooled and heavily polished (5)
Henry VII (1485-1509), Facing Bust issue, Halfpenny, no mm., single-arched crown, small portrait (N.1735; 5.2245), about fine; together with a Continental cut Quarter-Esrerl in, uncertain origin, fine (2)
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Halfgroat, Canterbury, Abp. Warham, mm. Warham's uncertain mark, letters all Lombardic, plain forks (Whitton ii; N.1802; S.2343). Very fine, toned
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Crown, 1551, m.m. y, small lis in arms (Lingford dies A-16; N. 1933; S.2478). Two crosses feintly scratched above arms on reverse, otherwise about very fine, toned
£300–£400
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, Shilling, Canterbury, m.m. r, MDXLIX, 6oz, fine issue (N.1921; S.2468). Spread flan, fine for issue, scarce
£80–£100
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Shilling, m.m. y (N.1937; S.2482). About very fine
Hammer Price: £85
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shillings (2), both with English titles and mark of value, one undated, the other dated 1555 (N.1968; S.2501, 2501a). Undated piece has been centrally pierced and plugged, both only mediocre but rare (2)
James II (1685-1688), Second Coinage, Double Crown, m.m. run over cinquefoil on obverse only, reads MA BRIT FRAN, 5th bust (cf. Lingford 982-3; N.2088; S.2623). Old scratch across centre of obverse, otherwise fine
Hammer Price: £150
James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Britain Crown, m.m. lis, first bust (N.2090; 8.2624). Fine
£90–£110
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Unite, Gp.A. m.m. lis, first bust with high double-arched crown and standard garniture (Schneider II; N.2146; S.2688). Fair to fine
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Shilling, Gp.B, m.m. cross calvary, reads BRI, 5.9 gins (Sharp Bill; same obverse die as SCBI Brooker 403; N.2218; S.2779). Obverse double-struck, about fine, toned
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