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British and Scottish Coins Numismatic Books - Dix Noonan Webb

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ENGLISH HAMMERED COINS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION<br />

Shilling, 1654, mm. sun on obv. only, 5.85g/12h (ESC 990;<br />

N 2724; S 3217). The H of COMMONWEALTH double-struck to<br />

form two Hs ligate, on an irregular flan, good fine, an<br />

interesting mis-strike £150-250<br />

Shilling, 1656, mm. sun on obv. only, no stop after<br />

COMMONWEALTH, second M over F, OF divided by stop, 5.79g/1h<br />

(cf. ESC 995C; N 2724; S 3217). Very fine, an apparently<br />

unrecorded variety £350-450<br />

Shilling, 1658, mm. anchor on obv. only, no stop after THE,<br />

5.85g/10h (ESC –; N 2725; S 3218). Fine or better,<br />

unrecorded £500-600<br />

Shilling, 1660, mm. anchor on obv. only, 5.97g/4h (ESC<br />

1001; N 2725; S 3218). Some very light tooling, otherwise<br />

very fine <strong>and</strong> very rare £600-800<br />

Sixpence, 1649, mm. sun on obv. only, 2.92g/3h (ESC 1483;<br />

N 2726; S 3219). Several die scores on reverse, otherwise<br />

good fine or better, toned £200-250<br />

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Sixpence, 1651, mm. sun on obv. only, 2.90g/4h (ESC 1484;<br />

N 2726; S 3219). Good very fine, toned £400-500<br />

Sixpence, 1652, mm. sun on obv. only, no stops by mm.,<br />

3.05g/7h (ESC –; N 2726; S 3219). Centres a trifle weak,<br />

otherwise good very fine, the absence of stops not<br />

recorded in ESC £350-450<br />

Sixpence, 1653, mm. sun on obv. only, 2.89g/6h (ESC 1488;<br />

N 2726; S 3219). Light scrapes on reverse, otherwise very<br />

fine with attractive toning £250-300<br />

Halfgroat, 0.96g/6h, Penny, 0.47g/2h, Halfpenny,<br />

0.23g/2h (N 2728-30; S 3221-3) [3]. Nearly very fine<br />

£80-100<br />

Charles II (1660-1685)<br />

First issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, 5.93g/3h<br />

(ESC 1010; N 2762; S 3308). Dig behind head, otherwise<br />

nearly very fine £500-700<br />

Second issue, Pennies (2), both mm. crown on rev. only,<br />

bust to edge of coin, machine-made, 0.50g/6h, 0.49g/6h<br />

(ESC 2272; S 3320) [2]. Nearly very fine £50-70<br />

Third issue, Halfcrown, mm. crown, 15.18g/4h (ESC 456; N<br />

2761; S 3321). Scratch behind head, otherwise nearly very<br />

fine, reverse better £400-600<br />

Additional illustrations may be found on our website www.dnw.co.uk G<br />

Bullion lots sold under the Gold Investment Scheme

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