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Lot 2668 |
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Great Britain. Proof "Una & Lion" gold 5 Pounds, 1839. Victoria.Young Head. S.3851; Fr-386; KM-742. Produced by the great 19th-century coin engraver William Wyon, this is among the most famous and desirable of British coins. The obverse design features a young bust of Victoria aged 20 years, while the reverse has the Queen dressed as Una leading the British lion. This gorgeous specimen is remarkably free from scuffs and has a very minimum amount of the hairlines that other examples of this rare coin fall victim to, and the cameo effect of the detailed design is unusual. It would not be easy to find a more exciting example. NGC graded Proof 63 Ultra Cameo.
Estimated Value $45,000 - 50,000.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized
$63,250 |
Lot 2669 |
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Great Britain. Proof gold sovereign, 1839. S.3852; Fr-387a; KM-736.1; WR-303. Victoria. Young head. Plain edge. Mintage: 300 pieces, approximately, issued for the coronation sets. Rarer variety with medal-die axis orientation. NGC graded Proof 62 Ultra Cameo.
Estimated Value $5,250 - 5,750.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized
$6,038 |
Lot 2670 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1848. S.3852C; Fr-387e; KM-736.1. Victoria. Young Head. NGC graded MS-62.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized
$575 |
Lot 2671 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1851. S.3852C; Fr-387e; KM-736.1. Victoria. Young Head. NGC graded AU-58.
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$288 |
Lot 2672 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1852. S.3852C; Fr-387e; KM-736.1. Victoria. Young Head. Highly lustrous. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$529 |
Lot 2673 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1853. S.3852C; Fr-387e; KM-736.1. Victoria. Young Head. WW raised. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized
$633 |
Lot 2674 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1853. S.3852C; Fr-387e; KM-736.1. Victoria. Young head. Shield reverse. WW raised. ANACS graded AU-58.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
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$184 |
Lot 2675 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1855. S.3852C; Fr-387e; KM-736.1. Victoria. Young Head. WW raised. NGC graded MS-61.
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$242 |
Lot 2676 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1855. S.3852D; Fr-387e; KM-736.1. Victoria. Young Head. WW incused. NGC graded AU-58.
Estimated Value $300 - 350.
The Cheshire Collection.
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Lot 2677 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1856. S.3852D; Fr-387e; KM-736.1. Victoria. Young Head. Large date. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $450 - 550.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized
$518 |
Lot 2678 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1863. S.3853; Fr-387i; KM-736.2. Victoria. Young head. Die #22. NGC graded MS-61.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized
$345 |
Lot 2679 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1864. S.3853; Fr-387i; KM-736.2. Victoria. Young head. Die #25. NGC graded AU-58.
Estimated Value $250 - 300.
The Cheshire Collection.
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Lot 2680 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1865. S.3853; Fr-387i; KM-736.2. Victoria. Young head. Die #32. NGC graded AU-58.
Estimated Value $250 - 300.
The Cheshire Collection.
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Lot 2681 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1869. S.3853; Fr-387i; KM-736.2. Victoria. Young head. Die #11. NGC graded MS-61.
Estimated Value $300 - 350.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized
$265 |
Lot 2682 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1872. S.3853B; Fr-387e; KM-736.1. Victoria. Die #82. Highly lustrous. NGC graded MS-62.
Estimated Value $275 - 325.
The Cheshire Collection.
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Lot 2683 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1885. S.3856B; Fr-388; KM-752. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $200 - 250.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$207 |
Lot 2684 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1838. S.3859; Fr-389; KM-735.1. Victoria Young Head. First young head style. A lovely example with satiny luster and a splendid orange-yellow gold toning. First year of issue, and quite rare, expectionally this nice. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $500 - 700.
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$1,438 |
Lot 2685 |
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Great Britain. Gold Proof Half Sovereign, 1839. Victoria Young Head. S-3859. Plain edge. Medal-die axis. Very scarce. Mintage unknown but about 300 pieces, all for the Coronation sets of this year. These Proofs are all graced by the more elegant, thinner, so-called First Head, showing Victoria as a mere girl of 20 when this coin was struck. Born in 1819, she acceded to the throne of England upon the death of her uncle, King William IV, in June of 1837. Within three years, in 1840, she married Prince Albert, second son of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, thereby cementing a relationship to German royalty which would ultimately plague the family name, in two world wars in the next century. But in the 1830s and 1840s England was a relative happy place, of great prosperity, full of what was then new technology such as iron bridges and railroads; and the many small, foreign battles which would come in the next five decades would be known to history as "Victoria's little wars." They spread the grasp of the Empire to its widest reach by the end of the century. This delightful coin is a kind of harbinger of the glory that lay ahead of England in 1839. NGC graded Proof 63 Ultra Cameo.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized
$3,220 |
Lot 2686 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1851. S.3859; Fr-389b; KM-735.1. Victoria Young Head. Old time color of deep yellow. Very choice example. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $500 - 700.
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Lot 2687 |
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Great Britain. Proof gold half sovereign, 1853. Victoria Young Head. Reeded edge. S.3859; Fr-389c; KM-735.1; WR-346. The Proofs of 1853 are all very rare, and all can be traced to the special sets made up this year, evidently for or on behalf of the royal family. This is the former Terner Registry coin, with gleaming surfaces set off by sensational cameo contrast and other frosted devices. Superb, a true rarity and a prize for the connoisseur. In the cataloguer's opinion, this is among the finest known and should be graded higher. NGC graded Proof 64 Ultra Cameo.
Estimated Value $6,500 - 8,000.
The Cheshire Collection.
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Lot 2688 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1856. S.3859; Fr-389b; KM-735.1. Victoria Young Head. Superb example with a deep full strike and luster that sparkles. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $500 - 700.
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Lot 2689 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1857. S.3859; Fr-389b; KM-735.1. Victoria Young Head. Prooflike fields with a medium cameo contrast in the queen's protrait. Rare date and choice. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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Lot 2690 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1858. S.3859A; Fr-389b; KM-735.1. Victoria Young Head. Die break on the last letter of the queen's name. Fully lustrous and unusually pretty. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $500 - 700.
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| Realized
$1,208 |
Lot 2691 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1860. S.3859A; Fr-389b; KM-735.1. Victoria Young Head. A real beauty with rich satiny luster. Scarce date and elusive to fine this nice. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $500 - 700.
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Lot 2692 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1861. S.3859A; Fr-389b; KM-735.1. Victoria Young Head. Very Choice example with bright luster. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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| Realized
$1,208 |
Lot 2693 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1863. S.3859A; Fr-389b; KM-735.1. Victoria, Young Head. No die number. NGC graded MS-62.
Estimated Value $600 - 700.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized
$546 |
Lot 2694 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1865. S.3860; Fr-389f; KM-735.2. Victoria Young Head. Die #47. Bright satiny luster, and handsome red-gold toning. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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| Realized
$719 |
Lot 2695 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1866. S.3860; Fr-389f; KM-735.2. Victoria, Young Head. Die #31. A highly lustrous example. NGC graded MS-61.
Estimated Value $450 - 550.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized
$510 |
Lot 2696 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1874. S.3860D; Fr-389f; KM-735.2. Victoria Young Head. Die #44. Prooflike fields with deep luster. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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$546 |
Lot 2697 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1875. S.3860D; Fr-389f; KM-735.2. Victoria Young Head. Die #12. Clashed dies. Sharply struck. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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| Realized
$546 |
Lot 2698 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1878. S.3860E; Fr-389f; KM-735.2. Victoria, Young Head. Die #46. NGC graded MS-62.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$288 |
Lot 2699 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1883. S.3861; Fr-389e; KM-735.1. Victoria Young Head. Semi-prooflike and very choice. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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| Realized
$633 |
Lot 2700 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1884. S.3861; Fr-389e; KM-735.1. Victoria Young Head. Small field marks, bright luster. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
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$380 |
Lot 2701 |
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Great Britain. Proof gold 5 Pounds, 1887. S.3864; Fr-390a; KM-769. Mintage of only 797 pieces. A superb sharp example of this large Proof coin issued at the time of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Obverse portrait of the aging Queen, the reverse has St. George slaying the mythical dragon. A beautiful specimen. NGC graded Proof 64 Ultra Cameo.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$5,463 |
Lot 2702 |
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Great Britain. 5 Pounds, 1887. S.3864; Fr-390; KM-769. Victoria. Jubilee head. Mint State, but a little rubbed on the obverse. The light rubbing hardly detracts from the sharpness of detail and the beauty of the reflective surfaces. Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,600.
The Cheshire Collection.
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Lot 2703 |
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Great Britain. 2 Pounds, 1887. S.3865; Fr-391; KM-768. Victoria. Jubilee head. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $400 - 500.
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$510 |
Lot 2704 |
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Great Britain. 2 Pounds, 1887. S.3865; Fr-391; KM-768. Victoria. Jubilee. A little rubbed on the obverse but a nice coin. Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $400 - 500.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$456 |
Lot 2705 |
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Great Britain. 2 Pound, 1887. S.3865; Fr-391; KM-768. Victoria. Jubilee. NGC graded AU-50.
Estimated Value $300 - 350.
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$360 |
Lot 2706 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1887. S. 3866; Fr-392; KM-767. Victoria. Jubilee head. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $175 - 200.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$196 |
Lot 2707 |
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Great Britain. Sovereign, 1889. S. 3866B; Fr-392; KM-767. Victoria. Jubilee head. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $175 - 225.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$173 |
Lot 2708 |
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Great Britain. Pair of Sovereigns, 1890 and 1894. S.3866B; S.3874; KM-767, 785. Victoria Jubilee and Veiled head. Lot of 2 coins. NGC graded Both pieces MS-63.
Estimated Value $300 - 350.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$345 |
Lot 2709 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1887. S.3869; Fr-393; KM-766. Victoria, Jubilee Head. Choice specimens are not easily available. NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $175 - 200.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$253 |
Lot 2710 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign, 1887. S.3869; Fr-393; KM-766. Victoria, Jubilee Head. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $150 - 175.
The Cheshire Collection.
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Lot 2711 |
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Great Britain. Gold Five Pounds, 1893. Victoria Old Head. S-3872. One-year type, generally not used in circulation but for bank transfers of money. Very few survived in super condition. Bright luster and surfaces nicer than normal; just a lot of tiny abrasions. In the UK, this would be an especially nice "Good EF" and keenly bid for. It is indeed a pleasing example of this big gold coin. NGC graded MS-61.
Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,600.
The Cheshire Collection.
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Lot 2712 |
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Great Britain. 2 Pounds, 1893. S.3873; Fr-395; KM-786. Victoria. Veiled head. Exceptionally well struck for this issue. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,300.
The Cheshire Collection.
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Lot 2713 |
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Great Britain. Pair of Sovereigns, 1898 and 1900. S.3874; KM-785. Victoria Veiled head. Lot of 2 coins. NGC graded Both pieces MS-61.
Estimated Value $275 - 325.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$265 |
Lot 2714 |
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Great Britain. Pair of Sovereigns, 1899 and 1901. S.3874; KM-785. Victoria Veiled head. NGC graded Both pieces MS-62.
Estimated Value $275 - 325.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$282 |
Lot 2715 |
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Great Britain. Proof gold half sovereign, 1893. S.3878; Fr-397a; KM-784. Victoria, Old Head. Mintage: 773 pieces. From the proof set of this year. Although this piece has a few hairlines and is hazy, the overall appearance is delightful and in our opinion was conservatively graded. NGC graded Proof 61 Cameo.
Estimated Value $900 - 1,100.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$834 |
Lot 2716 |
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Great Britain. Half Sovereign Lot: 1900 and 1901 (2 pieces). S.3878; Fr-397; KM-784. Victoria. Old Head. Lot of 3 coins. NGC graded 1900 MS-63, 1901's MS-61 and MS-63.
Estimated Value $450 - 550.
The Cheshire Collection.
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Lot 2717 |
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Great Britain. Pattern Bonomi Crown, "1837." The famous 1893 incuse-design piece which was a mystery to collectors for some years when it first appeared on the market. To some extent, it remains mysterious. Struck in Hard White Metal. Plain edge, on which appears the number 9. ESC-322, rated R3 or "extremely rare." KM-PnPP21. Known in a variety of metals, with a total mintage among them probably in the range of 200 to 300 pieces, this "pattern" was apparently the invention of a gentleman named Joseph Bonomi. The story is well told in Linecar & Stone's book, derived from an article in the Numismatic Circular by Captain Pridmore. Bonomi it seems was an Eqyptian traveler and antiquarian, member of the Numismatic Society of London in 1837, who believed that coins would wear less if their design were incuse, rather than raised, an idea that would take form in American gold quarter eagles and half eagles starting in 1908, by designer Bela Lyon Pratt. Bonomi supposedly conceived the Queen and Britannia in a style that suggested an Egyptian motif, which of course was extremely popular in the 1830s. How the master dies were created, and exactly when and by whom, remains indefinite. However, dies were sunk by Theophilus Pinches (probably in 1893) and coins offered for sale in May 1893 by Rochelle Thomas. It is from the latter's ad offering these for the first time that most of what we know about them comes. However, he took license with certain facts to make them more desirable. ESC lists the various metals in which this piece was struck. Those that were numbered bear a number on their edge of from 1 to 150. Hence the number 9 on this piece. Whatever is the truth behind these curious coins, and when precisely they were made (1887 to 1893 or even afterwards), is of little consequence today. They are accepted among the patterns of Queen Victoria by most collectors simply because of their stark beauty. Most specimens are not very well preserved, unfortunately. The present crown is among the finest seen by the cataloguer, bright and "fresh." In our opinion, the grading service did not understand the striking procedure of this pattern and the grade assigned should have been somewhat more generous. This is a rare opportunity to acquire one of the more alluring Victorian numismatic items, something very few collectors indeed can claim among their holdings. Extremely rare, and very desirable! NGC graded MS-62.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500.
The Cheshire Collection.
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$5,175 |
