A Collection of Brockages and Mis-Strikes

16 July 1997

Lot No 436

Roman, Maximianus (Second Reign, AD 306-308), Æ Follis, obverse brockage. Good very fine (£60-80)

16 July 1997

Lot No 437

William iii, double-struck Halfpenny which has turned over in the die, both sides bearing the King’s bust and the legend, Gvlielelmvs Briitannia. Only poor condition, but very rare (£30-50)

16 July 1997

Lot No 438

George ii, Halfpenny, 1730., mis-struck by c. 20% off flan. Very fine (£50-60)

16 July 1997

Lot No 439

George ii, Young head, Halfpenny, 1734, struck on a large flan without a collar. Very fine and very rare (£50-60)

16 July 1997

Lot No 440

Miscellaneous, George ii And George iii, counterfeit brockage Halfpence (4), George II, Old head (obverse); George III, First issue, 1775 (obverse) (1), reverse (2), Farthing (obverse), Double-sided counterfeit Halfpenny, 1775 [6]. Double-sided Halfpenny very poor, others fair to fine (£30-40)

16 July 1997

Lot No 441

George III (1760-1820), George iii, Last or new coinage, Shilling 1819, struck without a collar. Very fine and rare (£30-50)

16 July 1997

Lot No 442

George iv, Second issue, Farthing, 1829 (obverse), brockage. Good very fine and rare (£30-50)

16 July 1997

Lot No 443

Victoria, brockages in silver (2), “Gothic” Florin (reverse), Young head, Threepence (obverse) [2]. First very fine and rare, second fine, but scrached in several places, rare (£60-80)

16 July 1997

Lot No 444

Victoria, Copper coinage, Young head, Third-Farthing, 1844; Bronze coinage, Old head, Penny, 1895, both struck without a collar [2]. Very fine or better, rare (£30-40)

16 July 1997

Lot No 445

George vi, Halfcrown, 1945, Sixpence, 1951, both struck without a collar; Shilling, 1948 “Scottish”, struck partially outside the milled collar [3]. All good very fine (£ 30-50)

16 July 1997

Lot No 446

Elizabeth ii, Two-Shillings, 1964, struck twice on the same blank due to faulty machinery. Extremely fine and extremely rare (£80-100)

16 July 1997

Lot No 447

Elizabeth ii, cupro-nickel Halfpenny, 1958, struck on a blank intended for another denomination. Extremely fine and very rare (£50-60)

16 July 1997

Lot No 448

Elizabeth II (1952-, Elizabeth ii, 50-Pence, 1982, rotated in striking; Penny, 1984, struck on a undersized lead blank; Two-Pence, 1995, struck on a ‘white metal’ non-magnetic heavy flan of graduated thickness. Extremely fine (£85-100)

16 July 1997

Lot No 449

Elizabeth II, Ten Pence, 1992, second type, struck in bronze with a partly grained edge, 4.90gm. Brilliant mint state, full original colour (£50-60)

16 July 1997

Lot No 450

Elizabeth ii, various mis-strikes in cupro-nickel, 1956-1967 (8), Halfcrown, 1963, struck partially outside the milled collar, others without collars or from broken dies [8]. Very fine to extremely fine (£15-25)

16 July 1997

Lot No 451

Elizabeth II (1952-, Elizabeth ii, Decimal coinage, cupro-nickel and bronze mis-strikes, New 10-Pence (4), 1968, struck on faulty blank with segment missing, 1969 (2), one struck without a collar, the other on a blank intended for another denomination,1970, struck partially outside the milled collar, New 2-Pence...

16 July 1997

Lot No 452

Ireland, Threepence, 1928, multiple flip-over double-strike, 3.14gm; Halfpenny, 1942, on thin flan of half the normal weight, 3.04gm. [2]. First fine, second extremely fine; pre-War mis-strikes in the Irish series rare (£30-40)

16 July 1997

Lot No 453

Republic (1937-, Ireland, Decimal series (4), 20 Pence, a blank unstruck planchet, 8.49gm; 10 Pence, 1980 (2), on underweight planchets, 5.68gm and 4.04gm; 2 Pence, 1980, on underweight planchet, 4.13gm. [4]. First very fine, others mint state (£30-50)

16 July 1997

Lot No 454

18th Century Tokens, brockage Halfpence (3), Lancashire, Liverpool, Ship counterfeit (DH 79e), Norfolk, Norwich, plough and shuttle (DH 17); Ireland, Co. Wexford, Enniscorthy, Woodcock’s Bank, RW 1800 (DH 15) [3]. First fine, othervery fine, all rare (£70-80)

16 July 1997

Lot No 455

British India, Victoria, obverse brockages in silver (7), East India Company, Rupee, 1840; Regal Coinage, 1862-1901, Rupees (3), Half and Quarter Rupee and Two-Annas [7]. Fine to very fine (£80-100)

16 July 1997

Lot No 456

France, Louis XVI, Laird (obverse), brockage, First Republic, Decimes (3), two have turned over in the die, the third struck on a coin from another Country (obverse shows a wreath engraved with initials DF) [4]. First fine or better, others poor to fine, all rare (£30-40)