Spink > Auction 24014Auction date: 17 December 2024
Lot number: 756

Price realized: 95 GBP   (Approx. 121 USD / 115 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


AYRSHIRE, Inverary, Colonel William Fullarton, Halfpenny, 1797, GULIELMUS VALLAS, armoured and draped bust left of William Wallace, rev. SCOTIA REDIVIVA, Scotia seated facing left, holding wreath and shield bearing St Andrew, thistle behind, plain edge, 12h, 10.89g (D&H 3), spot of verdigris to reverse, otherwise flashy lustre to the fields and red around the legends, pleasing strike, extremely fine.
Provenance,
The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941),
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Estimate: £50 - £100

Match 1:
Spink > Auction 24014Auction date: 17 December 2024
Lot number: 755

Price realized: 190 GBP   (Approx. 241 USD / 229 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


NGC MS65 BN | AYRSHIRE, Ayr, Colonel William Fullarton, Pattern Trial for a Shilling, [1798], dies by J. Milton, bare head right of Adam Smith or William Wallace, rev. female seated mourning over antique military trophies, plain edge, 12h, 8.88g (D&H 3), usual die flaw to the reverse and marked to the face, nonetheless with a mirror brilliance, toned to chocolate-red surfaces, extremely fine and very rare, in NGC holder, graded MS65 BN (Cert. #8220550-003).
Provenance,
The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941),
,
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8220550-003/65/,
Hamer in his 1906 article for the BNJ wrote: 'A profile head of Adam Smith, wearing his natural hair, appears on some small medals or tokens, of which very few were struck. The reverse represented a seated female figure, draped, lamenting over a trophy of arms. Signed J MILTON F on the ground work. No legend on either obverse of reverse; edge plain. The dies for these were cut to the order of Colonel Fullerton, afterwards Governor of the Island of Trinidad'
Estimate: £50 - £100

Match 2:
Spink > Auction 24124Auction date: 10 September 2024
Lot number: 1675

Price realized: 420 GBP   (Approx. 549 USD / 498 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


George III (1760-1820), Third Issue, 'Cartwheel' Pennies (3), 1797, Soho, laureate and draped bust facing right, wreath with 10/11 leaves, rev. Britannia seated facing left, plain edge, 28.69g, 6h; 27.61g, 6h; 28.14g, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 460; BMC [Peck] 1132; S.3777), one with 10 leaves, the other with 11, one retains traces of residual lustre, a couple of bruises about the edges but otherwise very fine; and Fourth Issue, Penny, Soho, 1806, laureate head right, rev. Britannia seated left, edge obliquely grained, 18.75g, 6h (cf. Pywell-Phillips 470; BMC [Peck] 1342; S.3780), beginnings of verdigris, but otherwise with much original residual lustre, extremely fine; and Third Issue, Halfpenny, 1799, Soho, laureate and draped bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, edge obliquely grained, 12.67g, 6h (cf. Pywell-Phillips 470; BMC [Peck] 1248; S.3778), some residual original lustre, good very fine; and Counterfeit Halfpennies (3), 1770; 1771; 1775, cuirassed bust right of good style, rev. Britannia seated left holding a spear and olive branch, on globe with shield, date in exergue below, 8.86g, 6h; 9.96g, 5h; 7.31g, 5h (cf. S.3774); and Counterfeit Farthings, 1775 (2), similar to Halfpennies, 4.98g, 6h; 4.40g, 6h (cf. S.3775); and Conder Tokens (2) including Coventry, Halfpenny, 1793, Lady Godiva, rev. Elephant and Castle, 9.86g, 6h (D&H 231); and Middlesex, Farthing, 1793, SR. ISAAC NEWTON., bust to left, rev. FARTHING, caduceus, olive branch, and cornucopia 4.35g, 12h (D&H Mdd. 1151), all good fine to very fine (12).

Estimate: £200 - £260

Match 3:
Spink > Auction 24124Auction date: 10 September 2024
Lot number: 1588

Price realized: 280 GBP   (Approx. 366 USD / 332 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Various Milled, from Charles II to Elizabeth II (36) | Charles II (1660-1685), Halfpenny, date illegible, laureate and cuirassed bust left, rev. Britannia seated left, plain edge, 9.84g, 6h (S.3393), corroded and scratched, fair; also William III (1694-1702), Halfpenny, date illegible, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, plain edge, 10.58g, 6h (S.3554-6), fair; and 1701, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, plain edge, 9.71g, 6h (S.3556), mostly flat to devices, fine; also George I (1714-1727), 'Dump' Issue, Halfpenny, 1717, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, plain edge, 8.29g, 6h (S.3659), worn and lightly corroded to the fields, fine; Second Issue, Halfpenny, 1720, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, plain edge, 9.63g, 6h (S.3660), worn and corroded to the fields, fine; 1723, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, plain edge, 8.45g (S.3660), rubbed, fine; also George IV (1820-1830), Third-Farthing, 1827, plain edge, 1.41g, 12h (S.3827), rub to higher points, very fine; also William IV (1830-1837), Three-Halfpence, 1835, plain edge, 0.65g, 6h (S.3839), fine; also Victoria (1837-1901), Maundy Penny, 1878, plain edge, 0.47g, 6h (S.3920), toned, extremely fine; and Bronze Issues, 'Bun Head' Penny, 1860, young head left, rev. Britannia seated right, plain edge, 9.32g, 12h (S.3954), soft to the top of the reverse devices, touches of mint red, very fine; and 1862, plain edge, 9.04g, 1h (S.3954), touch of rub to reverse and bagmarking, very fine, better to obverse; and 1863, plain edge, 9.31g, 12h (S.3954), lightly bagmarked and with some rub, very fine; and 1863, plain edge, 9.15g, 12h (S.3954), dark tone, otherwise good very fine; and 1882 H, plain edge, 9.28g, 12h (S.3955), dark, yet with a residual lustre to reverse, very fine/ good very fine; and 1891, plain edge, 9.36g, 12h (S.3954), with mostly red surfaces, nearing uncirculated; and 'Old Head' Penny, 1895, plain edge, 9.52g, 12h (S.3961), glossy fields and with faint glimpses of red in the fields, extremely fine; and 'Bun Head' Halfpenny, 1862, plain edge, 5.60g, 12h (S.3956), flashes of red in the peripheries, extremely fine; and 1887, plain edge, 5.67g, 12h (S.3956), pleasing lustrous and nearing full red surfaces, uncirculated; and Half-Farthing, 1844 (2), plain edge, 2.29g, 12h; plain edge, 2.44g, 12h (S.3951), very fine; and Third-Farthing, 1844, plain edge, 1.58g, 12h (S.3952), pitted mark to neck, otherwise very fine; and Quarter-Farthing, 1839, plain edge, 1.17g, 12h (S.3953), some verdigris, yet good very fine; and 'Bun Head' Halfpenny and Farthing coin holder, created from Halfpenny of 1890 and Farthing of 1886, revealing small concealed compartment within in, an intriguing numismatic curiosity, rubbed to the obverse of the halfpenny, otherwise very fine and in full working order; Edward VII (1901-1910), Penny, 1910, plain edge, 9.33g, 12h (S.3990), underlying mint red, extremely fine; and Halfpenny, 1903, plain edge, 5.72g, 11h (S.3991), touch of softness to the higher points, to otherwise brown fields, about extremely fine; Third Farthing, 1902, plain edge, 0.93g, 12h (S.3993), lustrous, extremely fine; also George V (1910-1936), Penny, 1919, plain edge, 9.34g, 12h (S.4051), slight softness to the reverse, otherwise with mostly red surfaces, extremely fine; and Third Farthing, 1913, plain edge, 0.93g, 12h (S.4062), about uncirculated; also George VI (1936-1952), Penny, 1947, plain edge, 9.38g, 12h (S.4114); and 1950, plain edge, 9.46g, 12h; and 1951, plain edge, 9.72g, 12h (S.4117), uncirculated to extremely fine; and Halfpenny, 1945, plain edge, 5.60g, 12h (S.4115), about uncirculated; and 1952, plain edge, 5.72g, 12h (S.4118), lustrous, about uncirculated; also Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Penny, 1953, plain edge, 9.45g, 12h; 1962, plain edge, 9.47g, 12h (S.4154; 4157), mostly brown surfaces, otherwise nearing uncirculated; and Halfpenny, 1959, plain edge, 5.69g, 12h (S.4158), uncirculated (36).
Provenance,
iv) by private treaty, 1963 ,

Estimate: £100 - £140

Match 4:
Spink > Auction 24124Auction date: 10 September 2024
Lot number: 1585

Price realized: 450 GBP   (Approx. 589 USD / 533 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Charles II (1660-1685), Threepence, 1675, 1.35g, 6h (ESC 1965; Bull 651; S.3386), cleaned and with pitted surfaces, fine; also, James II (1685-1688), Twopence, 1686, small O in IACOBVS, 0.92g, 6h (ESC -; Bull 804; S.3416), struck slightly off-centre and with some rub to the hair, otherwise with pleasing grey fields, very fine; and Farthing, 1672; 1673 (S.3394), the first with verdigris to surfaces, yet the portrait very fine, the other pitted, fine; William and Mary (1688-1694), Fourpence, 1689, 1.95g, 6h (ESC 1865; Bull 877; S.3439), small edge split to edge at 9 o'clock, some rub to otherwise richly toned surfaces, good fine; also, Threepence, 1689, 1.44g, 6h (ESC -; Bull 916; S.3441), pierced, yet about very fine; Twopence, 1694, 0.97g, 6h (ESC 2203; Bull 955; S.3443), toned, good very fine; and Farthing, 1694 (S.3453), heavily rubbed, fair; William III, Solus (1694-1702), Crown, 1696 OCTAVO, first laureate and draped bust right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, edge lettered downwards, 28.96g, 6h (ESC 89; Bull 995; S.3470), some very faint flecking to fields and mostly flat, nevertheless with a light tone, fine; another, seven strings to harp, downwards lettered edge, 29.37g, 6h (ESC 89; Bull 995; S.3470), cleaned and with pitted surfaces, fine; another, 1696 OCTAVO, third laureate and draped bust right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, downwards lettered edge, 29.41g, 5h (ESC 94; Bull 1004; S.3472), haymarked and largely rubbed, more so to the reverse, yet with a faint tone, bolder fine; another, 1700 DECIMO TERTIO, third bust variety left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, eight strings to harp, edge lettered downwards, 29.20g, 5h (ESC 97; Bull 1010; S.3474), cross graffitied to the bust and largely flat, yet with a uniform tone, fine; George I (1714-1727), Farthing, 1719, large lettering; 1721 (S.3662), both rubbed, fine; George II (1727-1760), Farthing, 1754 (3) (S.3722), one with pleasing brown fields, very fine, the others fine; George III (1760-1820), Second Issue, 'Cartwheel' Twopences, Soho, 1797 (2), laureate and draped bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, edges plain, 55.68g, 6h; another, 56.58g, 6h (S.3776), the first fine, the second pierced and plugged, fine; also, Fourth Issue, Farthing, Soho, 1806, laureate and draped bust right, K on truncation, rev. Britannia seated left, centre grained edge, 4.72g, 6h (S.3782), lustrous and pleasingly mint red surfaces beneath patchy carbonisation, about extremely fine; George VI (1936-1952), 'Festival of Britain' Crowns, 1951 (4), bare head left, rev. St George and dragon, incuse lettered edge, 12h, 28.32g; 12h, 28.23g; 12h, 28.38g; 12h, 28.23g (ESC 393C; Bull 4024; S.4111), all hairlined and previously wiped, some with deposits, otherwise all with fully to mostly proof-like fields, very fine to approaching extremely fine; George IV (1820-1830), Farthing, 1825; 1828 (S.3822; 3825), the date double struck to the first, yet about very fine, the second with some residual lustre to brown surfaces, good very fine; William IV (1830-1837), Farthing, 1835, struck en medaille (S.3848), the 35 small in date, polished, otherwise near very fine; Victoria (1837-1901), Golden Jubilee Coinage (9), Double-Florin, 1887, Roman I, edge milled, 22.66g, 12h (ESC 394; Bull 2695; S.3922), lightly contact marked, nevertheless with a most handsome lustre and tone, near extremely fine; also, Halfcrown, 1889, edge milled, 12h (ESC 719; Bull 2771; S.3924), light bagmarks and wiped, yet with a rich tone, very fine; also, Shillings, 1887 (5), edge milled (ESC 1351; Bull 3137; S.3926); and, 1888, edge milled (ESC 1353; Bull 3139 [R3]; S.3926), all with some faint contact marking, otherwise with varying amounts of lustre and toning, very fine to extremely fine; lastly, 'Withdrawn' Type, Sixpence, 1887, edge milled (ESC 1752; Bull 3264; S.3928), previously wiped, otherwise very fine; and Farthing, 1884; 1901 (S.3958; 3964), both with pleasing brown surfaces, good very fine (38).

Estimate: £250 - £350

Match 5:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24012Auction date: 7 October 2024
Lot number: 604

Price realized: 90 GBP   (Approx. 118 USD / 108 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Ayrs, Ayr , William Fullarton (builder of Troon Canal), Milton's bronzed Halfpenny 1797, Helmeted bust of William Wallace, rev. Scotia seated left, thistle to right, edge plain. 28.6mm/13.44gm. (DH 3). Near Uncirculated, good brilliant bronzing, rare.

Estimate: 60 - 80 GBP