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Theatre tickets and passes, Royal Victoria Theatre, Upper Boxes, (D&W 10/104; MG 319), pit, (D&W 11/105; MG 321-2). Medium brown, good very fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
London City Livery Company badge for distillers, in gilt silver (50mm) inscribed 'Simon Fuller Wykes/1730', (Garnett pl.1/7). Ornate surround at loop for suspension, extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Worshipful Company of Cooks Livery badge in gilt silver (44mm) by Kirk, inscribed 'Thos Spooner/Admitted/on the Livery/the 15th January/1795', (Garnett pl.1,4; Eimer 924; D&W 304/43). Hand chased, very fine.
Estimate $100
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London, Stock Exchange Broker's Pass, c1800, in silver (41mm) by J.Milton, (Eimer 936; MG1337, Caldecott type 3), inscribed to 'Dan Glaister Foster'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $190
Copies of British, Australian and world coins, including electrotypes of Charles I Truro Crown, 1651 half crown, 1663 Simon's Petition Crown, George III bank tokens, world crowns (10), sovereign 1920P, cob eight reales 1733, US trade dollars (2). Poor - extremely fine. (32)
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,400
Armorican, (Channel Islands and N.W. Gaul), Celtic issues of the Belgic migration, Armorican billon stater, Class II, 75-50 B.C., (6.33 grams), obverse, crude head to right, reverse, crude Celtic horse to right, remains of driver and Victory above, (S.15). Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Harold I, (1035-40), jewel cross silver penny, c1036-38 (S.1163), 1.07gm, Lincoln. Very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,900
Aethelred II, (978-1016), second hand type silver penny, EALHSTAN MO LVND (Ealhstan of London) (BMC.204; S.1146) (1.23 grams). Good fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
Henry III, (1216-1272), short cross coinage 1216-47, silver penny type 7, Ilger of Lun (Ilger of London) (S.1356); Long Cross Coinage, 1247-72, silver penny type Vg, Willem On Lund (William of London) (S.1373); Edward I, 1272-1307, Long Cross Coinage, 1272-8, silver penny, type VII, Phelip On Lund (Philip of London) (S.1378). Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Edward I, (1272-1307), new coinage, from 1279, silver penny, type 10ab, London (S.1409B), Berwick on Tweed, type I (S.1415). Fine - good fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Edward I, (1272-1307), long cross coinage, silver penny, London Mint, class 3g (S.1393); another similar; another Canterbury Mint, (S.1419). Fine - nearly very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Edward I, (1272-1307), new coinage, silver pennies, Canterbury, type 10, crown 2 (S.1411); Edward III, (1327-1377) third coinage, 1344-51), silver penny, London class 2 (S.1844). Nearly very fine; off centre, fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Edward III, (1327-1377), silver pennies, post treaty period, issued 1369-1377, York Mint, (S.1648-1651). Fair - fine. (16)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Edward III, (1327-1377), halfpenny, London, (S.1634); Edward IV, (1471-1483), penny, London, (S.2110); James I, (1603-1625), penny, London, (S.2672). Poor - fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Henry VI, (1422-1461, first reign), annulet issue, 1422-30, silver penny, Calais (S.1845). Ghosting impression of long cross, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Phillip and Mary, (1554-1558), silver shilling, 1555, English titles only (S.2501); Ireland, groat, 1557, mint mark rose (S.6501B). Both pierced, otherwise fair and fine. (2)
Estimate $140
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Elizabeth I, (1558-1603), first issue, 1559-60, silver shilling, mm lis, bust 2B (S.2549). Toned, dent and weak areas, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $350
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Elizabeth I, (1558-1603), second issue, 1560-1, silver shilling, mm martlet (S.2555). Toned, flat portrait, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $140
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Elizabeth I, (1558-1603), fourth issue, clipped sixpence, 1571 (S.2562); Charles I, (1625-1649), Tower Mint, 1639-40, clipped shilling, mm triangle (S.2797). Poor - good. (2)
Estimate $70
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Elizabeth I, (1558-1603), sixth issue silver shilling, mm hand, issued 1590-1592 (S.2577). In a case marked Elizabeth with descriptive ticket, very good - fine.
Estimate $100
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Elizabeth I, (1558-1603), sixth issue, 1582-1600, silver shillings, mm A; another, mm key (S.2577). Toned, fine. (2)
Estimate $140
SOLD $150
James I, (1603-1625), first coinage 1603-4, silver sixpence, second bust, mint mark thistle, 1603 (S.2648). Fine/good fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $200
James I, (1603-1625), first coinage, 1603-4, silver sixpence, 1604, second bust, mm thistle (S.2648). Toned, good fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Charles I, (1625-1649), Tower Mint under Parliament, group III, silver halfcrown, mm R in circle (S.2778). Weak in centre of obverse, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Commonwealth, (1649-1660), silver halfgroat (S.3221). Nearly very fine/good fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Commonwealth, (1649-1660), silver half groat (S.3221). Chipped or broken flan, fine.
Estimate $50
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Charles II, hammered coinage, 1660-2, third issue, silver halfcrown, mm crown (S.3321). Scratched over portrait, otherwise full but irregular flan, fine/good fine.
Estimate $180
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William and Mary, silver Maundy fourpence, threepence and twopence, 1689 (S.3439, 3441, 3443); Queen Victoria, silver Maundy twopence, 1882 (S.3919); copper coins, halfpenny, 1743 (S.3718), 1837 (S.3847), penny, 1797 (S.3777); token, Newgate Prison, 1794; Scottish communion token, 1716 and lead hop-pickers token, TCD 60 (Bushells); also Roman denarius of Severus Alexander in old Lawson's lot card (lot 386). Fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
William III, copper halfpennies, three types, 1696-1700, (S.3554-6), two different dates of each. Nearly fine - nearly very fine. (6)
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
William III, copper halfpenny, 1699 (S.3556). Weak in lower left, otherwise nearly extremely fine for issue with even dark brown patina.
Estimate $200
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