Catalogue
George V - Elizabeth II, halfpenny - florin, including halfpenny, 1948 struck off-centre 20%; pennies, 1943Y, 1949, 1964; sixpence, 1960; florins, 1946, 1947 all struck off-centre with high collars. Fine - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
George V - Elizabeth II, 1919-1958, mostly pennies, all varieties, all mounted in 2 x 2 holders, all described, includes penny, 1920 dot above and below (2), some other scarce varieties. Fine - very fine. (57)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
George V - Elizabeth II, halfpenny - florin, 1915-1964, a variety of blank planchets, metal flaws, weak strikes, off-centre strike, die clash, cuds, partial brockages, die cracks, 1962Y. with double nose, bitten flan, all in 2x2 holders with descriptions, Good - uncirculated. (69)
Estimate $120
SOLD $300
George V - Elizabeth II, varieties, all described, halfpenny, 1961, pennies (101) one of these a 1924 penny with Indian Die obverse curved base letters upset at one o'clock and scarce; florin, 1944S; other florins, 1939, 1942S (2), 1946 (7) and forgeries, 1935, 1936; all housed in 2 x 2 holders in a coin album. Fine - extremely fine. (115)
Estimate $170
SOLD $250
George V - Elizabeth II, halfpenny - florin, 1928-1963, mostly varieties but several are coins in extremely fine condition, all in 2 x 2 holders with description of varieties and housed in a coin album, as well there are some uncirculated decimal coins, ten cents, 1966, twenty cents, 1967, 1973 (2); face value of silver coins, pre 1946, $8.60, post 1945, $5.70. Fine - uncirculated. (120)
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
George V - George VI, halfpennies, 1913-1953, collection of varieties with several upsets including 1942 (3), also noticed 1948Y., chocolate brown uncirculated with die crack joining most of obverse legend and 1951Y. (2) upset at 9.30. Very fine - uncirculated. (121)
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
George V - Elizabeth II, halfpenny - florin and decimal coins, 1928-2005, many coin varieties including several upsets and off-centre strikes; decimal coins include two cents, 1967 (no SD under head and scarce); five cents, 1967 (2); ten cents, 1968 (4), 1969, 1988, 2005; twenty cents, 1966 (upset at 10.30), 1973, 1975, 2003; fifty cents, 1966 (5), 1972, 1981, 1988 (5), 2001, 2004, 2005 (2); one dollar, 1985 (3), 1988 (3), 1993 (2), 1994, 1996, 1997 (2), 1998, 1999 (2), 2001 (2), 2002, 2003 (2), 2005; two dollars, 1988 (2), 1998 (2), 1999 (2), 2003 (2), 2004, 2005 (2); silver face value, pre 1946, $1.30, post 1945, $4.30. Fine - uncirculated. (124)
Estimate $300
SOLD $480
George V - Elizabeth II, halfpenny varieties including upset dies, 1943I at 11 o'clock, 1948Y. at 1.30 o'clock, and the following at 11 o'clock, 1922, 1943I, 1946Y. (3), 1961, 1964Y., all in 2 x 2 holders, described and housed in a coin album. Very fine - uncirculated. (159)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
George V - Elizabeth II, threepence - florins, 1914-1964, mostly threepences, all varieties, all mounted in 2 x 2 holders, with description of varieties and housed in two coin albums, silver face value, pre 1946, $3.45, post 1945, $2.50. Very good - uncirculated. (170)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
George V - Elizabeth II, pennies, 1911-1964, an assortment of varieties all in 2 x 2 holders with varieties described and in a coin album, includes 1915H, 1931 dropped 1 (4, one of these upset at 11 o'clock), also scarce dates 1925 (3, one of these has thin leg on second N of penny) and 1946 (5). Fine - uncirculated. (174)
Estimate $750
SOLD $900
George V - Elizabeth II, halfpenny - florin, 1912-1964, and selected decimal coins, an assortmnent of varieties and better quality coins mostly in 2 x 2 holders and described, all housed in four coin albums, some of the coins included, halfpenny, 1942; penny, 1914 (6), 1918I (6); five cents, 1972. Fine - uncirculated, the last scarce. (201)
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
George V - Elizabeth II, pennies, 1911-1964, varieties including upsets, all in three coin albums with descriptions of each variety on backing sheets. Fine - uncirculated. (236)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
George V - Elizabeth II, halfpennies, 1911-1964, die varieties of assorted dates (97), 1953 a specialised lot (326) as well as the beginnings of halfpenny sets (40) incomplete but includes the following keydates, 1914 (5), 1914H (5), 1915H (3), 1918I (3), 1924 (4), 1930 (2), 1939 roo, 1942, 1944, and some other coins with some mint red including 1936 and 1943 with almost full mint red; pennies, 1915 - 1964, die varieties of assorted dates (96); some coins in 2 x 2 holders with all coins in three albums with varieties described. Very fine - uncirculated. (659)
Estimate $300
SOLD $600
George V - Elizabeth II, halfpennies, 1911-1964, collection of varieties as well as approximately one hundred coins dated in the 1960s ex mint rolls, housed in three coin albums, all coins in the first two albums in 2 x 2 holders and with varieties described, coins in the third album described on attached backing sheets. Very fine - uncirculated. (783)
Estimate $400
SOLD $550
Edward VII - Elizabeth II, threepence - florin, 1910-1963, an assortment of varieties, some of them on scarcer coins such as threepences, 1910 (3), 1914, 1923 (4), 1942 (11), 1947 (12), 1954; sixpence, 1952 (12); shilling, 1946 dot S (7); also included is threepence variety, 1934/3 (3), all in three coin albums with description of each variety on accompanying backing sheets, silver face value, pre 1946, $15.95, post 1945, $33.80. Poor - extremely fine. (1,004)
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,000
George VI - Elizabeth II, off-centre strikes, penny, 1964Y., threepence, 1944S, 1950, 1963, sixpence, 1963; flattened rims, threepence, 1959; struck on undersized planchet, penny, 1959Y.; pellet between emu's feet, florin, 1959. Good very fine - nearly uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
George VI - Elizabeth II, sixpence 1951, brockage-like impressions on obverse and reverse (after minting); threepence 1950, 15% off-centre; penny 1948, struck out of collar and off-centre by 15% with very high rim at left; halfpenny 1949, struck off-centre by 25%; dollar 1994, flattened and tooled after minting; ten cents 1980, weakly struck rims on underweight blank; two cents c.1966, struck off-centre by 25%. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $250
SOLD $370
George VI - Elizabeth II, florin, 1952, struck out of collar and slightly off-centre, high rim lower right reverse; threepence, 1948, struck out of collar and off-centre by 5% resulting in dished rim; one cent, 1977, double strike on edge at 1 o'clock; Great Britain, halfpenny, George V obverse, reverse machined off. First coin extremely fine, the others very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Elizabeth II, florin 1953, shilling 1953, halfpenny 1964, all struck off-centre and out of collar, the first with high rim. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Elizabeth II, halfpennies, 1960Y. bitten edge; 1961Y. metal cud on obverse at 4 o'clock; 1961Y. thick fuzzy lettering on reverse (normal coin included for comparison); 1961Y. bitten edge; 1953 last two numerals almost invisible; 1964Y. last two numerals weak and 4 filled; pennies, 1964Y. bitten edge; 1964Y. first numeral partly missing. Uncirculated, most with mint red. (9)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Elizabeth II, one cent, 1982 with reverse die cracks; five cents, 198?, no legend; ten cents, 1966, dies misaligned by 90 degrees; fifty cents, 1969, bitten flan, 1979, metal flaw; dollar, 1984, one reeded section on edge only has six reeds instead of ten. Very fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
New Zealand, George VI - Elizabeth II, penny, 1946, upset at one o'clock; threepence, 1955, two dots on shoulder; five cents, 1967, no sea. The first coin almost full mint red and uncirculated, the second coin is very fine, the last nearly extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
New Zealand, George VI, cupro-nickel halfcrown 1949, metal flow flaw on thin blank (7.5gms), spectacular striations on obverse caused by incorrectly annealed planchet. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $350
New Zealand, Elizabeth II, threepence, 1961, full reverse brockage. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
France, five centimes, L'AN 8A (1799-1800) (KM.640.1). Obverse and reverse brockage, good very fine and very rare as a double brockage.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Great Britain, Elizabeth II, twenty-five pence, 1981 (S.4229) Charles & Diana. Struck from oil filled dies resulting in almost all of obverse legend missing and only a small portion of reverse legend barely visible, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
India, George VI, two annas, full obverse brockage (KM.543). Uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
India, two rupees, 2000, off-centred strikes (2) both 50% off centred; others, five rupees 2000, one with large piece out of the coins reverse (see illustration), another 10% off-centred; twenty paise c.1990 with obverse brockage (illust.). (KM.44, 121.5, 154.1). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Netherlands East Indies, Utrecht Province arms, two duits, 1790 (KM.118), double brockage. An extraordinary item being an obverse and reverse brockage of the regular coin, very fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Elizabeth II, florin, 1953, wrapper stamped 1 Jun 1953, tape repaired. Toned uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $700
SOLD $700