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Great Britain, model bimettalic crown by Hyams (Victoria Gothic bust), gilt centre with silver plated annulus, 1848, 27mm diameter, (Rogers 205). Extremely fine and rare with full plating.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Great Britain, new model bimettalic crown by Allen & Moore (Victoria Gothic bust), gilt centre with silver plated annulus, nd., 27mm diameter, obv. Britannia and Hercules standing on an island around Victoria Gothic bust, rev. shield insert, (Rogers 212). Extremely fine and rare with full plating.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Great Britain, model florin with a Gothic bust of Queen Victoria, 1849, rev. One Tenth of a Pound, Model Florin around, brass, 26mm diameter, (Rogers 216, RRR). Edge knock, otherwise very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Great Britain, model florin with God Save The Queen obverse around a seated Britannia and seahorses, rev. Model 2 Shillings crowned within wreath, 27mm diameter, silver gilt on copper (white plated copper), (Rogers 217, RR). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Great Britain, Prince of Wales's box; lid with Prince of Wales feathers, containing royal children medalets (Rogers 4121 box, and nos. 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277 a complete set except for Prince Arthur Patrick), all 8.5mm diameter medals in 17mm brass box, Mostly very fine - extremely fine and all rare. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Great Britain, a white five pound banknote box by Lauer c.1880 with a top-hatted huntsman and horse leaping a fence on reverse, (Rogers 4200), also containing a shilling and a penny (Rogers 415, 420). Good fine with some minor areas of gilding missing, gilt on iron and extremely rare. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Great Britain, round card box of Queen Victoria (old head) containing a set of miniature toy coins from one farthing to one pound, by L.Chr. Lauer, (Nuremberg), 37mm x 14mm; dark blue edge, (Rogers 4230); toy coins (Rogers 603, 605, 606, 607, 608, 610, 611, 612, 614, 615, 616, 618). Coins and cash box, extremely fine - uncirculated as a unit excessively rare and noted as known, but not seen by Rogers, hovever it is illustrated in his book. (13)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Great Britain, cash box by German maker Lauer with British coins, japanned iron 48 x 34 x 14 mm; dark blue with gold and red with wire handle, with store ticket 'Hamleys' underneath, (Rogers 4400); together with removable brass cash tray (not recorded elsewhere) and a set of Lauer Edward VII 1902 type toy coins (14), sovereign (2), half sovereign (2), crown, shillings (4), half crown, florin, shilling, sixpences (2), threepence, pennies (2), (Rogers 730-733, 735-739, 742). Coins and cash box, extremely fine - uncirculated as a unit very rare. (15)
Estimate $280
SOLD $0
Great Britain, cash box by German maker Lauer with British coins, japanned iron 48 x 34 x 14 mm; dark blue with gold and red with wire handle, (Rogers 4400); and a complete set of Great Britain wreath type coins (Rogers 1020-1028) half crown (6), florin (6), shillings (5), sixpences (5), pennies (8) and halfpennies (7), (Rogers 1020-1026). Coins mostly extremely fine - uncirculated, the cash box very fine and as a unit very rare. (38)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Great Britain, cash box by German maker Lauer with Swiss toy coins, japanned iron 48 x 34 x 14 mm; c.1888, dark blue with gold and red without handle, (Rogers 4400); twenty francs to two rappen, (missing ten francs and one rappen), (Rogers 2340, 2342 (2), 2343-8, 2349 (2) both in zinc and not copper. Coins and cash box, very fine - extremely fine, rare. (12)
Estimate $130
SOLD $130
Great Britain, Halfpenny box by Allen & Moore in gilt brass, obv. young head of Queen Victoria, 1849, rev. half Penny Box within wreath (similar to shilling box), 29mm diameter x 3mm, (cf.Rogers 4081 and 4060). Stained, unrecorded very fine or better fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Great Britain, William Cole's box in gilt brass, obv. Willm Cole Liverpool Street; rev. Great Britain Royal Arms as on Windsor Castle box, 23.5mm diameter x 4mm, (cf.Rogers 4100). Unrecorded good very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
Great Britain's Hope Box, gilt brass 28mm, 8.5mm deep, plain edge, obv. The Queen, Prince Albert and Britain's Hope, base, crowned royal arms within a wreath of oak and laurel; Rogers 4155 (RR) (p.230). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Great Britain, Ten Commandments box (c.mid-late 19th century) of iron with rough dark patina, probably of German manufacture for English market, obv. lid Christ crucified, rev. base of Christ risen from the grave, with inserts in lead ten commandments script (30mm), the Lord's Prayer (25mm), the Creed (30mm). Unrecorded in either Cribb Collection of Religious medals in the British Museum or in Rogers, very fine, medals better and extremely rare. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Great Britain, Chistmas box by Allen & Moore with four medals (bracteates); lid with two Victorian gentlemen wishing each other A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, bottom Chistmas Present over a basket of fruit and a table laden with game and meat, The medal scenes are 'The Party', 'The Dance', 'A Hand of Cards' and 'The Mistletoe Bough'. Unrecorded (Rogers -), 34 x 6 mm, extremely fine and extremely rare. (5)
Estimate $220
SOLD $150
Great Britain box medallion set, c.19th century, gilt brass 25mm, 10mm deep, threaded edge, titled The Seasons of Life, with four gilt brass medals (as counters) each different with the portraits of Infancy, Youth, Maturity and Old Age as the obverse and a reverse a wreath with title of medallet; Rogers -. Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Great Britain, a white five pound banknote box by Lauer c.1880 with a top-hatted huntsman and horse leaping a fence on reverse, (Rogers 4200). Fine with some gilding missing, gilt on iron and extremely rare.
Estimate $90
SOLD $100
Great Britain, Crown box by Lauer Nurnberg in gilt brass, obv. young head of Queen Victoria, 1896, rev. shield on crown as on sovereign, around Minature Money of All Nations, 36mm diameter x 6mm, (cf.Rogers 4245). Unrecorded extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Great Britain, florin box, in iron, obv. as old head florin of Queen Victoria, rev. as reverse of florin 1900, with edge milling of 7 theoretical florins, 30mm diameter, 13mm thick, (Rogers -). Unlisted, very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
United States, California box, for Moore's model coins c.1850, lid with port scene of emigration to California, rev. prospectors for gold, gilt brass 22 mm; (Rogers 5300); containing the 1849 California dollar, half dollar and quarter dollar, (Rogers 2464-2466). Toy coins extremely fine - uncirculated, box good very fine, rare. (4)
Estimate $350
SOLD $620
Love tokens, on halfcrowns of Great Britain, George II, 1746 Lima, with engraving J. No Grieg; another George V, 1911-1919 period, with reverse 'Love to Betty/ Les. R.A.' with flowers engraved. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
British tokens, 18th century, Middlesex Masonic halfpennies by W.Lutwyche (1794) chiefly for I.Sketchley (D&H 367-73, various edge readings) (47) also an example with obverse shaved off and replaced with hand engraved design of all seeing eye, columns, masonic symbols etc., legend Virtue Honori, Sussex, East Grinstead 1795 (D&H 22) (2), Middlesex, National series, Frederick Duke of York, 1795 with Masonic obverse (D&H 373) (2) Prince of Wales facing head reverse (D&H 367) and profile (D&H 368), Loyal Briton's Lodge; Middlesex by Prattent (D&H 1031) (2, one with mint red), Ireland, Cork 1795 (D&H 330) (some mint red). Middlesex, Spence Adam and Eve/ slave kneeling farthing (D&H 1089), Davidson's halfpenny 1795 (D&H 295), Staffordshire, Leek halfpennies 1795 (D&H 10) (2). 19th Century, Union Copper Company, Birmingham pennies 1812 (2) (W.315, 365). All in the late owners large envelopes with serial numbers or collection accession numbers. Nearly fine - good extremely fine. (62)
Estimate $270
SOLD $720
Great Britain, various medals, Martin Folkes, 1742 in bronze (37mm) (Eimer 572) probably by Natter. Folkes was Deputy Grand Master in 1724 and was also a numismatist. Death of the Duke of Sussex 1843 in white metal (42mm) by W.J.Taylor (Eimer 1374), another (39mm) by T.H. (Halliday). Scotland, Edinburgh Grand Lodge of H.D.M. in France in silver (35mm) by F.Jalley year 5809; medalet, Kilwinning, 5900 (17mm) medalet in lacquered bronze from Belfast, dove/clasped hands, silver (engraved) medalets (2), pub check, Andrew Sumner, Hay Lane, Coventry (by Cottrill St.Pauls, Birmingham), Freemasons Arms, Burley Lane 1«d, Thomas Burland, Billinsgate 1s by Johnson Old Bailey, Peter Forge, Billingsgate 1s (2) by Thomson, Newington 1816 medalet. Medal in bronze (54mm) W.J.Hughan of the London Lodge 2076, Masonic Historian 1907; J.C.Crawley in silver plated Wm (54mm), P.Lodge of Loyal Britons, 1811 in bronzed copper (54mm) by T.W.Ingram. All in Owners large envelopes. Fine - extremely fine. (17)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Ireland, W.J.Chetwode Crawley, P.G.D., Ireland, in bronze (54mm) personal medal (1892) (Poole 46). Extremely fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Livery badge, 19th century, Cutlers in silver gilt by B.Wyon, 'Thomas Johnston/ Livery 20, Oct. 1802/ Assistant 1832/ Fined for Master 1835' (Garnett II, 3). Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Another, as previous, inscribed 'Wm Grenville Johnston/ Livery 5 July 1837/ Assistant 19 Oct 1864' probably a brother of the above. Edge nicks otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Knight Bachelor's Badge, silver gilt in Royal Mint case of issue. Extremely fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $240
Germany, three large bronze medals, Willhelm of Prussia and Augusta of Saxony 1883 (70mm) Wilhelm Frederick Charles, 1866 by J.Elion (61mm), F.Lvd. Schroder, Carl Cornelius Wiebe 1901 (71mm) by J.V.Langa for the Hamburg Lodge. In envelopes, somewhat polished otherwise good extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $230
Germany, Prussia, Frederick Leopold Prince, Berlin 1900, in silver (42mm) by E.Weigand. Medalet (34mm) silver plated, foundation gear 1741, Minerva seated, Alexander facing head on sheild. The same type on the reverse of a bronze medal of Leipzig, 1905 (51mm). Extremely fine - FDC. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Germany, portrait medals, Bayreuth 1905, schiller on a rectangular bronze plaque 1905, (verdigris) J.G.Finder 1905 Leipzig; Fischer 1904 (rectangular gilt); Wolfenbuttel 1905 (rectangular); Ferdinand of Bram, Luneburg 1905 in bronze (48mm). Large rectangular (55x75mm) plated plaque 1878-1903 Hivek Pay 'r Ede. All in envelopes with serial or accessi? numbers. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $150