| BAHAMAS |
PENNY |
1806 |
PLAIN EDGE PROOF, RUSTY DIES RESTRIKE BY TAYLOR, CHOICE |
550 |
| BAHAMAS |
PENNY |
1807 |
CHOICE PROOF ONLY DATE. 6 PIECES OR SO KNOWN |
4000 |
| BARBADOES |
PENNY |
1792 |
SUPERB GLOSSY PROOF, PR-16A |
550 |
| BRITISH GUIANA |
GUILDER |
1836 |
PATTERN STUCK WITH A REEDED EDGE. STRUCK TO PROOF STANDARDS, BUT HANDLING MARKS. ONLY THE 2ND ONE THAT I AM AWARE OF |
2500 |
| BRITISH HONDURAS |
1 CENT |
1924 |
NGC PROOF 65, EX STUART COLLECTION AND SOUTH AFRICA MINT ARCHIVES (RW NUMISMATICS INBETWEEN0 |
3000 |
| BRITISH HONDURAS |
1 CENT |
1954 |
CHOICE PROOF, RED REVERSE, GLOSSY OBVERSE |
500 |
| BRITISH HONDURAS |
1 CENT |
1956 |
NGC PROOF 64 BN, EX STUART COLLECTION |
350 |
| BRITISH HONDURAS |
5 CENTS |
1949 |
NGC PR 64, EX STUART COLLECTION. |
1500 |
| BRITISH HONDURAS |
10 CENTS |
1939 |
NGC PR 64 EX STUART COLLECTION, BRILLIANT |
1250 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/10 PENNY |
1906 |
PATTERN, PROOF ONLY DATE. SLIGHT CORROSSION SPOT AT 11:30 ON REVERSE, O/W CHOICE |
2000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/10 PENNY |
1908 |
MATTE PROOF, CHOICE |
1000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/10 PENNY |
1920KN |
UNIFACE OBVERSE AND REVERSE. BLANK SIDE WITH RAISED RIM, SO ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THAT SIDE AS WELL, FT 343 & 344. A FEW OF THE INTERESTING STRIKES THAT CAME OUT OF THE KING'S NORTON MINT. WHILE ALL OF THE DENOMINATIONS FOR THIS DATE ARE KNOWN UNIFACE, THEY ALSO STRUCK THE 1 CENT UNIFACE OBV. & REV. FOR EAST AFRICA IN 1923. THERE MUST BE A PURPOSE FOR THIS ISSUE AND IT WOULD TAKE DELVING INTO THE MINT RECORDS (IF STILL AVAILABLE) TO FIND OUT WHY. (2) |
1000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/10 PENNY |
1954 |
CHOICE SUBDUED MINT RED PROOF |
450 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/2 PENNY |
1912H |
PCGS SP 63, EX HEATON MINT ARCHIVE |
1000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/2 PENNY |
1918H |
SPECIMEN STRIKE FROM THE HEATON MINT ARCHIVE, SOME UNFORTUNATE MISHANDLING |
500 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/2 PENNY |
1920KN |
REVERSE UNIFACE STRIKE, SEE 1920KN 1/10 PENNY |
500 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/2 PENNY |
1927 |
NGC SP 65, FROM SOUTH AFRICA MINT ARCHIVE TO DAVID VICE |
1000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/2 PENNY |
1940KN |
CHOICE SPECIMEN STRIKE |
250 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/2 PENNY |
1949KN |
CHOICE SPECIMEN STRIKE |
250 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
1/2 PENNY |
1952 |
CHOICE GLOSSY PROOF |
300 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
PENNY |
1918H |
CHOICE SPECIMEN STRIKE. MY RECORDS SHOW THAT ONLY 1 OF THIS DATE WAS IN THE HEATON ARCHIVES |
750 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
PENNY |
1920(KN) |
REVERSE UNIFACE STRIKE, SEE 1920KN 1/10 PENNY |
600 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
PENNY |
1937KN |
CHOICE SPECIMEN STRIKE |
300 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
PENNY |
1947KN |
CHOICE SPECIMEN STRIKE |
300 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
3 PENCE |
1913H |
NGC SP 67, EX DAVID VICE COLLECTION. 4 PIECES IN THE HEATON ARCHIVES. DAVID WAS CO-OWNER OF THE COIN FIRM "FORMAT OF BIRMINGHAM" AND WAS THE FIRST DEALER TO HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THIS WONDERFUL CACHE OF COINS. HE WAS ABLE TO PICK THE BEST COINS FOR HIS COINS OF COLONIAL AFRICA COLLECTION BEFORE THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO SPINK AND PARAMOUNT. |
2000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
3 PENCE |
1915H |
NGC SP 67, EX DAVID VICE COLLECTION. 3 PIECES IN THE HEATON ARCHIVES |
2500 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
3 PENCE |
1918H |
NGC SP 66, EX DAVID VICE COLLECTION. 2 PIECES IN THE HEATON ARCHIVES |
2000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
3 PENCE |
1933 |
NGC PR 65, EX DAVID VICE COLLECTION |
1000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
SHILLING |
1915H |
NGC SP 66 EX DAVID VICE COLLECTION. 2 PIECES IN THE HEATON ARCHIVES |
4000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
SHILLING |
1916H |
NGC SP 66+, EX DAVID VICE COLLECTION. 3 PIECES IN THE HEATON ARCHIVES |
3000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
SHILLING |
1918H |
NGC SP 66 SUPERB TONE. EX DAVID VICE COLLECTION. 2 PIECES IN THE HEATON ARCHIVES |
3400 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
SHILLING |
1940 |
NGC PR 64 EX DAVID VICE COLLECTION |
2000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
SHILLING |
1946H |
GEM SPECIMEN STRIKE. SIGNIFICANTLY NICER THAN THE VICE EXAMPLE THAT SOLD FOR $4900. WITH LESS THAN 10 PIECES KNOWN IN ALL GRADES, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT RARITY FOR THE BRITISH COLONIES IN AFRICA. |
6000 |
| BRITISH WEST AFRICA |
2 SHILLINGS |
1922 |
NGC SP 66 EX DAVID VICE COLLECTION. FROM THE SOUTH AFRICA MINT ARCHIVE |
3000 |
| BRITISH WEST INDIES |
1/8 DOLLAR |
1820 |
GEM TONED PROOF. THIS DATE WAS INITIALLY STRUCK FOR USE IN MAURITIUS, BUT ENDED UP ALSO USED IN THE WEST INDIES AND INTO CANADA WHERE BRETON PUT IT INTO HIS CATALOGUE OF THE TOKENS OF CANADA AS BRETON 859 |
2000 |
| CEYLON |
1/4 CENT |
1898 |
PROOF RESTRIKE IN SILVER. O.M.S., SOME HANDLING MARKS AS THE FEW PIECES KNOWN SEEM TO HAVE |
600 |
| CEYLON |
1/4, 1/2, 1 CENT |
1870 |
PROOF RESTRIKES IN SILVER. O.M.S. SOME LIGHT HANDLING MARKS, EX ARIELLE SALE (3) |
4000 |
| CEYLON |
1/4, 1/2, 1, 5 CENT |
1892 |
PROOF RESTRIKES IN SILVER. O.M.S., SOME HANDLING MARKS ON THE 1/4, 1/2 AND 1 CENT AS THE FEW PIECES KNOWN SEEM TO HAVE, WHILE THE 5 CENTS IS SUPERB AND TONED. IF ONE USES THE INDIAN SERIES AS A GUIDE, THEY WERE STRUCK AT DIFFERENT TIMES STARTING c1898, WHEN THE FIRST RESTRIKES WERE MADE FOR MURDOCH AND MONTAGU. THE NEXT SERIES OF O.M.S.'S APPEAR FOR FAROUK OF EGYPT. EX ARIELLE (4) |
8500 |
| CEYLON |
1/2 CENT |
1908 |
NGC PF 65 BN. THIS WAS STRUCK AS A 'BRILLIANT' PROOF, UNLIKE MOST OF THE EDWARD COINS STRUCK AS MATTE. QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE COIN FOR ASCETICS AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF PROOF AND PATTERN COINS |
2000 |
| CEYLON |
1/2 CENT |
1926 |
PCGS SP 65 RD. THESE CAME OUT OF THE KN MINT ARCHIVES THAT BECAME AVAILABLE AT THE FINAL SALE OF THE KN MINT IN BIRMINGHAN. THE AMOUNT OF CARE TAKEN IN THE STRIKING OF THE SPECIMEN COINS IS QUITE 'EXTREME', WHICH HAS LEFT A SOMEWHAT HAZY DESCRIPTION ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THE 'SPECIMEN' COINS GRADED BY THE 3RD PARTY GRADERS. |
200 |
| CEYLON |
1 CENT |
1926 |
PCGS SP 66 RD, AS ABOVE |
225 |
| CEYLON |
1 CENT |
1929 |
GEM RED SPECIMEN STRIKE AS ABOVE (NOT GRADED) |
200 |
| CEYLON |
10 CENTS |
1928 |
NGC PR 63 |
750 |
| GIBRALTAR |
QUART |
1861 |
PROOF ONLY DATE, THESE OFF YEAR PROOFS OF THE SMALLER BRITISH COLONIES WERE STRUCK TO BE SHOWN AT EXHIBITIONS OUTSIDE OF ENGLAND, (AUSTRALIA AND CANADA AND ?) AS EXAMPLES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRIES THAT MIGHT ONLY HAVE BEEN READ ABOUT. THERE WAS LITTLE ELSE TO SHOW FOR THESE COUNTRIES BEYOND THEIR COINAGE. I IMAGINE IT WAS EASIER TO STRUCK NEW DATES THAN FIND 20 YEAR OLD EXAMPLES OF THE REGULAR COINAGE. THESE P.O.D.'S WERE ALSO STRUCK FOR CANADA AND THE PROVINCES OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND NEW BRUNSWICK. AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE EXHIBITIONS, IT WAS MUCH EASIER TO GIVE THE COINS AWAY THAN TO SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR SOURCE IN ENGLAND. EX ARIELLE |
2500 |
| GIBRALTAR |
2 QUARTS |
1861 |
NGC PR 64, O/W AS ABOVE |
6000 |
| |
|
|
INDIA PROOFS AND PATTERNS WILL BE IN WITH THE COINS OF INDIA PART OF THIS LIST |
|
| GOLD COAST |
1/4 ACKEY |
1796 |
CHOICE OFF METAL STRIKE IN COPPER PROOF. FT-8B |
1250 |
| GOLD COAST |
1/2 ACKEY |
1818 |
ATTRACTIVE PROOF, SOME HANDLING MARKS MOSTLY HIDDEN BY THE LIGHT TONE |
3000 |
| IRELAND |
FARTHING |
1737 |
CHOICE BRONZED PROOF. S-6608 |
1000 |
| ISLE OF MAN |
1/2 PENNY |
1733 |
GEM PROOF OFF METAL STRIKE IN SILVER. S-7509a, INSIDE OF CAP PLAIN. THESE ARE NOT PARTICULARLY RARE IN EF (CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THEY WERE STRUCK UNLESS USED AS A FORM OF ADVERTISING FOR THE ISLAND). THIS IS BY FAR THE FINEST I HAVE SEEN. |
1950 |
| ISLE OF MAN |
1/2 PENNY |
1786 |
CHOICE RED AND BROWN PROOF |
750 |
| ISLE OF MAN |
1/2 PENNY |
1798 |
GEM BRONZED PROOF |
950 |
| ISLE OF MAN |
1/2 PENNY |
1860 |
CHOICE BRONZED PROOF. STRUCK FOR THE SAME REASON AS THE GIBRALTAR O.M.S.'S |
4750 |
| ISLE OF MAN |
1 PENNY |
1786 |
CHOICE PROOF, ATTRACTIVE MAHOGANY TONE |
950 |
| JAMAICA |
1/4,1/2 AND 1 PENNY |
1950 |
CHOICE LIGHTLY TONED PROOFS (3) |
1200 |
| JAMAICA |
1/2 PENNY |
1918C |
MATTE SPECIMEN STRIKE FROM THE OTTAWA MINT. THESE WERE NOT STRUCK WITH MUCH CARE BUT IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THESE WERE STRUCK WITH THE SAME TECHNOLOGY AS THE 1908 COINS STRUCK AT THIS CANADIAN MINT. IT ALSO APPEARS, THAT (MOST/ALL?) OFTHESE COINS ONLY CAME TO LIGHT IN THE LAST 50-60 YEARS, APPEARING FIRST IN OTTAWA FROM RELATIVES OF THE OTTAWA MINT EMPLOYEES AT THE TIME. THIS ALSO EXPLAINS, SOMEWHAT, THE LACK OF CARE IN THEIR STORAGE. |
600 |
| JERSEY |
1/48,1/24,1/12 OF 1/ |
1877 |
CHOICE PROOFS STRUCK AT THE THE ROYAL MINT BEFORE THE 'H' WAS ADDED FOR THE HEATON MINT. I HAVE 'HEARD' FROM OTHERS WHO BELIEVE THAT THESE WERE STRUCK AT THE HEATON MINT AS WELL. WHEN YOU HAVE THE COINS IN HAND FROM THE ROYAL AND HEATON MINT, IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THESE WERE STRUCK AT 2 DIFFERENT MINTS. THE ROYAL MINT COINS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM HEATON WITH A DEEPER PROOF SURFACE (3) |
3500 |
| JERSEY |
1/48,1/24,1/12 OF 1/ |
1877H |
CHOICE, MOSTLY RED SPECIMEN STRIKES. I WOULD SELL BOTH SETS OF THE 1877(H) PIECES FOR $4750. |
1800 |
| JERSEY |
1/52 OF SHILLING |
1861 |
CHOICE PROOF ONLY DATE. THE SAME STORY AS THE GIBRALTAR AND ISLE OF MAN PIECES IN THIS LISTING. PRIDMORE SAYS THAT THESE COME IN BRONZE AND COPPER, DUE TO THE POOR MIX OF THE METALS. THIS IS APPARENT ON THIS PIECE WITH A STREAK OF BRONZE ACROSS THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE OBVERSE. THIS IS 'AS STRUCK' AND A PIECE OF NUMISMATIC HISTORY |
2750 |
| MALAYA AND BR. BORNEO |
5 CENTS |
1961KN |
GEM SPECIMEN STRIKE. |
275 |
| MAURITIUS |
10 CENTS |
1877H |
GEM ATTRACTIVELY TONED SPECIMEN STRIKE |
850.00 |
| MAURITIUS |
20 CENTS |
1877H |
GEM ATTRACTIVELY TONED SPECIMEN STRIKE |
1,250.00 |
| MAURITIUS |
20 CENTS |
1878 |
NGC PR 64, BRILLIANT |
1,750.00 |
| MAURITIUS |
1/2 RUPEE |
1934 |
NGC PR 64, EX MELBOURNE MINT ARCHIVE. THIS IS ATTRACTIVELY TONED AND I BELIEVE IT WAS STRUCK AS A MATTE PROOF. THERE ARE A FEW OTHER EXAMPLE OF COLONIAL COINS OF GEORGE V (AND LATER) STRUCK AS MATTE, BUT GENERALLY RARER THAN THE TYPICAL BRILLIANT PROOFS OF THAT ERA |
2,500.00 |
| NEW ZEALAND |
PENNY TOKEN |
-1857 |
KM-TN-39.2 PCGS GRADED SP65BN, BUT AS TN40. RESTRIKE STRUCK BY TAYLOR FOR COLLECTORS |
750.00 |
| SAINT HELENA |
1/2 PENNY TOKEN |
1821 |
BRONZED DEEP MIRROR PROOF, SOME HANDLING MARKS |
|
| SARAWAK |
1 CENT |
1927H |
CHOICE MOSTLY BRILLIANT SPECIMEN STRIKE. FROM MY RECORDS, IT SHOWS THAT THERE WERE 3 OF THIS DATE IN THE HEATON ARCHIVES, BUT THEY WERE SOLD INTO MALAYSIA EARLY ON. THE KINGS NORTON ARCHIVES HAD A FEW OF THIS DATE AS WELL AND THIS IS WERE ALL OF THE RECENT SPECIMEN COINS OF THIS SERIES CAME FROM. IN A SLIGHT 'TWIST', THE 1941H WAS THE MOST NUMEROUS, PERHAPS 10 OF THEM, WHILE THE 1937H, BY FAR THE MOST COMMON COIN IN MINT STATE, ONLY HAD A FEW SPECIMENS. I DO NOT THINK I HAVE SEEN ANY OF THE DATES BESIDE 1937 AND 1941 IN CHOICE MINT STATE. PERHAPS THE CATALOGUE PRICE IS TOO LOW |
1,750.00 |
| SEYCHELLES |
25 CENTS |
1951 |
GEM PROOF |
975.00 |
| SEYCHELLES |
10 CENTS |
1976 |
2 PROOFS, STRUCK ON 2 DIFFERENT WEIGHT PLANCHETS, ONE IS 3.55 GMS, THE OTHER 6.11 GMS. CHOICE (2) |
450.00 |
| SIERRA LEONE |
1 CENT |
1791 |
BRONZED PROOF, FT-9a. THIS SEEMS TO COME WITH 2 DIFFERENT SIZES OF THE '1's ON THE REVERSE. I HAVE ONE OF EACH FOR COMPARISON PIECES. I CAN SEND PHOTOS TO THOSE SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN THIS SERIES. $300 EACH OR PAIR FOR $575. |
575 (2) |
| SIERRA LEONE |
20 CENTS |
1791 |
ATTRACTIVE PROOF, SOME HAIRLINE'S |
3,500.00 |
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