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Charles II. 1660-1685 period.

ENGLAND - Charles II, 1671. Silver Crown. S 3358. Dark, attractive antique tone, usual wear to the centre of the obverse and date that is common to this series of very early machine made coinage.  Grades VG/Fine.

$395

ENGLAND. CHARLES II, second bust, silver shilling, 1672  (S.3375, ESC 1036). Grey tone, Fine and scarce.

$250

James II. 1685-1688 period.

James II. 1685 Silver Shilling.  S 3410.  Way above average, very pretty and scarce this nice, gVF/VF.

$1500

ENGLAND. James II 1687 Silver Crown.  S 3407. Lovely gold and grey toning, usual contacts and areas of flat strike, overall EF & very rare in this condition.

$2950

IRELAND. James II. May 1689 Gun Money Half Crown.  S 65790. Worn grade, but with a clear portrait, G.

Gun Money was made from scrap metal and cannon by James II whilst in exile in Ireland in 1689-1690. Was to be redeemed for silver when James re-took the throne of England. Alas for the holders of this coinage, that never happened. Although hand-made it is included in the machine made section here for the sake of continuity.

$35

IRELAND. James II. OCT 1689. Gun Money Half Crown. 30mm. S 6579E. Attractive portrait and colour, Fine.

$165

IRELAND. James II. 1690 Gun Money Crown. 31mm diameter. Reverse shows King on Horseback. Usual crude condition, old colour, VG/Fine. Such a historically interesting coinage.

$195

IRELAND. James II. 1690 Gun Money crown. 31mm diameter. Reverse shows King on Horseback. Fine & scarce.

$200

William & Mary. 1689-1694  period.

ENGLAND. Mary. 1689-1694.  AE Pattern farthing or medalet, 23mm. Rx: rose. Near VF and very scarce.

$150

ENGLAND. William & Mary. 1689 silver Half Crown. S 3435. Deep violet tone, attractive, a bit better in reality than the photo may suggest, VF and scarce.

$695

ENGLAND. 1694 William & Mary Halfpenny.  Visible  portrait, lower circulated grade, G. Seaby 3452.  Scarce. 

$35

ENGLAND. William and Mary One Guinea coin weight.  24mm, in brass, scarce, Fine.

$95

William III. 1695-1702 period.

ENGLAND. William III. 1695, silver crown. 29.66 grams, 40mm diameter. Seaby 3470. Septimo edge inscription. Better than average, toned, VF.

$650

ENGLAND. William III. 1695, silver crown. 29.48 grams, 40mm diameter. Seaby 3470. Octavo edge inscription. Better than average, toned, VF.

$375

ENGLAND. William III. 1696, silver crown. 29.5 grams, 40mm diameter. Seaby 3470. Octavo edge inscription. Excellent original metal and colour, old scratch, large flan, Fine.

$200

ENGLAND. 1696 William & Mary Halfpenny. Lower grade, still with visible portrait, G.

$30

ENGLAND. William III. 1697.  silver shilling, 5.8 grams, 25mm diameter. Seaby 3497. Toned, VF/aVF.

$195

ENGLAND. William III. 1697.  silver sixpence, 2.9 grams, 20mm diameter. Seaby 3531. Toned, VF, usual contacts, etc, overall a very pretty coin.

$135

ENGLAND. William III. 1698 Silver Half Crown.  Decimo, S 3494. Usual weakness to date, attractively toned, VF.

$650

ENGLAND. William III. 1700 Silver Half Crown.  Decimo, S 3494. Old tone, Fine.

William III (1689-1702) Guinea weight. In brass, approx 25mm. Fine & unusual.

$65

ENGLAND. William III 1689-1702  Guinea coin weight in brass.  Showing William's portrait and makes an interesting addition to a coin collection. VF & scarce this grade.

$100

Anne. 1702-1714 period.

GB. Anne 1702-1714. Silver Half Crown, 1707 E.  Sexto. S 3605. Old tone, Fine.

$250

GB Anne. 1702-1714 Silver Crown (38mm, 29.94 g). Second bust. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1707 E SEXTO. Draped bust left / Crowned cruciform shields. ESC 103; SCBC 3600. Good Fine, toned. Ex Davissons March 2002, lot 252.

$495

GB Anne. 1702-1714 Silver Crown (38mm, 29.9 g). Second bust. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1707 E SEXTO. Draped bust left / Crowned cruciform shields. ESC 103; SCBC 3600. Attractive coin, gVF.

$1500

GB. Anne 1702-1714. Silver  Crown, 1708 E.  S 3605. Old tone, near Fine.

$225

GB, Anne, silver shilling, 1711, S 3610. Nice sharp strike with old tone, gVF.

$295

George I. 1714-1727 period.

GB. George I 1716 Crown.  S3639. Pleasing antique tone, near Very Fine and rare.

$1795

VG - $50

VF - $175


gVF - $295

GB, GEORGE I, 1723. Silver shilling.  Seaby 3647. South Sea Company (SSC) Antique tone, VG.

The South Sea Company, chartered in 1711, was granted a monopoly on trade with the Pacific region and South America. The Company's initial ventures, primarily dealing in slaves, did not prove adequately profitable, and in 1720 the directors conceived a grand plan- to assume the national debt and issue shares based on assumed revenue. Their stock offering touch off a national mania. Shares reached a high of £200 in July of that year, and hordes of imitators, most complete frauds, followed in their footsteps. One enterprising gentleman offered shares in "A company for carrying on an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is", which promptly sold out. The collapse of the "Bubble" a few months later bankrupted many (even Sir Isaac Newton lost £20,000), and led to revelations of fraud, bribery, duplicitous accounting and a host of other corrupt business practices. The South Sea Company managed to pull through in greatly shrunken form, and in 1723 provided bullion to the Royal Mint for coining into silver coins, the metal probably coming from privateers employed in the Pacific.

$50

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$295

George II. 1727-1760 period.

GB. 1732 Fourpence.  S3712a. High grade, with old violet tone, EF and scarce this nice.

$175

GB. George II. 1741 Silver Crown.  40mm diameter. Seaby 3687. Roses in angles, deep antique tone, a few minor blemishes, gVF and scarce.

$1950

GB. George II 1743 Halfpenny.  Better than average, Fine/gF.

$40

George III 1760-1820 period. 

We have many more British  coins 1700-1825 period including gold coins, listed in the "Proclamation & Colonial coins 1700-1825 " section of this web page.

GB. George III. 1763 Northumberland Issue  Shilling.  Seaby 3742. Usual contacts, Very Fine and rare. 

Struck by the Earl of Northumberland whilst Lord Lieutenant of Ireland who had 100 pounds worth made. Only 2000 made, not all of which would have survived, rare.

$1250

GB. GEORGE III, silver pattern sixpence 1790,  by Droz, obv. no legend, the royal cypher, rev. Britannia seated left, date in legend, plain edge, (ESC 1645). Lightly toned, proof-like, FDC and very scarce. Ex Noble Numismatics, Sydney. Ex B.A Seaby & Co London, with their ticket.

 $1250

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GB Napoleonic Wars Coinage.  Produced during a period when official coinage was in short supply and allowed to circulate alongside the official coinage. Wonderful Local & British themes.

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GB. 1795 Suffolk halfpenny token.  29mm diameter, Hoxrne & Hartsmere, shows castle & horse. Attractive, VF.

$25

GB. 1799 Middlesex Halfpenny.  Britannia holding cornucopia, ship in background. nice brown colour, VF.

$35

GB George III. 1760-1820.  Silver  Dollar (41mm, 26.73 g.) Bank of England issue. Dated 1804. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; C.H.K on truncation / Britannia seated left, leaning on shield set on cornucopia, holding branch and spear; bee hive before, K below, (at shield); all within crowned oval frame; date below.  SCBC 3768. Attractive, VF, toned.

See other GB coinage c1700-1820 in the "Proclamation" section of this website.

$495

GB. 1804 Bank of England dollar.  S 3768. 40mm. Struck over Spanish 8 reales, some of the undertype still visible. Old grey tone, F/VF.

$395

GB 1811 Rudston & Preston 6d.  1.94g 20mm. Dalton 17. Some dark toning, slight bending to flan, gVF and an interesting edge design. 

GB 1811 Birmingham Workhouse Shilling.  4.55 grams, 25mm. View of the Workhouse. Old violet tone, near EF/EF. 

The old Workhouse in Birmingham was situated in Lichfield Steet just below the Assize Courts and was erected in 1733 at a cost of £1,173.  By the end of the eighteenth century it had been substantially enlarged having a left wing built as an infirmary and a right wing built as a place for labour.  The building was demolished in 1853 when the workhouse moved to Winson Green. 
In 1811 and 1812 the institution made its own shillings and sixpences and was responsible for one of the largest silver token issues in the country - as well as a very large copper issue of twopences and pennies. These tokens would have been paid to the local paupers for work done, to be spent in the local shops on food and were redeemable at the Beadle's office of the Workhouse. 

GB 1811 Staffordshire Shilling.  25mm. Bilston, Rushbury & Wooleys shilling, depicting castle. Beautiful violet cabinet tone, some contacts, near EF.

$95

GB 1811 Rushbury & Woolley Silver 6d Token. Napoleonic Wars period, merchant token series. Silver 6d, 19mm diameter. Nice old violet cabinet tone, VF/gVF.

$65

GB 1811 Silver shilling token. Napoleonic Wars period.  Huntons, Yarmouth, Blyth & C'Bury - Norfolk & Suffolk. 24mm diameter, VF.

$75

GB. George III, 1811 Silver  Shilling.  Younge & Deakin, Sheffield. Old violet cabinet tone, Fine. Part of a series made by merchants during the Napoleonic Wars, when official silver coins were in short supply. You get one similar to the photos.

$75

GB Napoleonic Wars copper tokens.  Most of these are from 1790-1805 period, including: 1791 Hull 1/2d gVF/VF,   Birmingham Mining & Copper, John Wilkinson forge series,  1792 Birmingham 1/2d, 1794 I Fowler 1/2d token with Neptune obverse,  1795 Sir George Jackson, 1812 Birmingham token with view of the Work house, 1790's Jackson & Listers 1d, etc. Mostly 1/2 d tokens, two are 1d tokens . Range of grades from average to Near EF. 12 coins in group.

$125

GB George III 1808 Patina coinage. Retrospective patterns, show what British etc crowns MIGHT have looked like in 1808 - HAD they been produced. Good quality, produced circa 1990s. Email oldcoins@senet.com.au to save.

1808 IRELAND CROWN, IN PEWTER.

1808 CEYLON CROWN, IN BRONZED COPPER.

1808 CEYLON CROWN, IN NICKEL-SILVER.

1808 SCOTLAND CROWN, IN PEWTER.

1808 SCOTLAND CROWN, IN BRONZED COPPER.

1808 ENGLAND CROWN, ALUMINUM.

1808 ENGLAND CROWN, GOLDEN ALLOY.

1808 BERMUDA CROWN in COPPER.

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Many more GB coins available.

We have many more British  coins 1700-1825 period including gold coins, listed in the "Proclamation & Colonial coins 1700-1825 " section of this web page.

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British re-coinage issues from 1816 onwards.

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GB Coin Catalogue. 1816 to nearly current, softback, 140 pages + free GB coin. Very useful catalogue and not expensive.

$20

GB. George III 1816 Shilling.  S 3790. Bright, sharp detail, gEF.

$165

GB. George III 1817 Half Crown.  Bull or Large Head type. S 3788. Near Extremely Fine.

$295

Great Britain. 1818 Contemporary copy of Pattern Crown,  possible electrotype, Extremely Fine with splendid detail. Ex Tom Hanley Collection, Ex Noble Numismatics Australia sale 89.  See more copies of famous coins in the "Copies & Fakes" section of this website.

$200

GB. George III. 1760-1820. Silver Crown (37mm, 28.28 g). London mint; Benedetto Pistrucci, engraver. Dated 1818 (edge date RY 58). Laureate head right / St. George riding right, slaying dragon to lower right. ESC 211; SCBC 3787. EF, toned.

$750

GB. 1819 George III Crown.  S 3787. Anno edge inscription. Better than average circulated, near very Fine.

$225

George IV 1820-1830 period.

GB. George IV. 1821. Silver Crown (37mm, 28.11 g). London mint; Benedetto Pistrucci and William Wellesley Pole, engravers. Laureate head left / St. George riding right, slaying dragon to lower right. ESC 246; SCBC 3805. VF, some contact marks.

$195

GB. George IV. 1822. Silver Crown (37mm, 28.25 g). Edge: TERTIO. Seaby 3805. London mint; Benedetto Pistrucci and William Wellesley Pole, engravers. Laureate head left / St. George riding right, slaying dragon to lower right.  EF or better.

$750

GB. George IV. 1822 Farthing. S 3822. Tiny edge bruise. Britannia higher grade example. VF.

$35

GB. 1824 George IV Shilling.  S 3811. Large or Bull head type. Even antique grey tone and attractive, VF.

GB. 1825 George IV Farthing.  S 3822. Even brown colour, some contacts, etc, VF.

$25

William IV 1830-1837 period.

GB. William IV. 1834 Half Crown.  (32mm, 14.02 gm).  Bare head right; W.W. in script / Crowned and mantled Arms. ESC 662; SCBC 3834. gVF, toned.

$225

Victoria. 1837-1901 period.

GB 1839 Check Piece.  T.Wright, Grocer, Tea Dealer, Coffee Roaster. gF.

$15

1843 Scottish Communion Token. Free Church, "Let a Man Examine Himself" Approx 30mm. Counter stamped 4. EF.

$35

GB 1844 Victoria Crown. Seaby 3882.  Anno edge inscription. Some contacts, attractive, Very Fine.

$250

GB 1845 Victoria Crown.  Seaby 3882.  Dark mottled tone, still quite attractive with clear detail, near VF.

$100

GB. Victoria, 1847. The superbly detailed Gothic crown - a masterpiece of Victorian Art.  Seaby 3883. 40mm, Undecimo on edge. Field mark on obverse, small edge bruise at 2 o'clock, otherwise VF.

$1650

GB 1853 Victoria Farthing.  S 3950. Nice olive tone, EF.

$45

GB 1858 Victoria Farthing, S 3950. Large Date Variety, aEF/EF.

$45

GB. Victoria. 1887 Double Florin or Four Shillings.  S3923. Arabic I in date. Choice detail and colour, EF.

These handsome looking double florins were very unpopular with the public as they were easily confused with the higher value crown. They had the nickname "The Barmaids Curse" as the shortfall of one shilling often had to come from the employees' wages. They were only issued between 1887 and 1890.

$80

GB Crowns, 1888-1981. Includes 1888 Jubilee, 1935 KGV, 1951 KGVI, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1980, 1981 - per photos - 8 coins in group.

$85

GB. Victoria. 1901 Half Crown.  S 3938. A few contacts, decent grade, gVF.

Edward VII. 1902-1910  period.

GB. Edward VII 1902 Crown.  S 3978. Mid grade with pretty antique tone, VF. One year only type coin.

$225

George V 1911-1935 period.

GB 1915 Half Crown.  S 4011. With lovely pink tone, one of the nicest patinas I have seen on a coin from this period, usual flat strike for type otherwise near EF and very nice. S 4011.

$75

GB. 1918 George V Sixpence. S 4014. Lustrous, gEF.

$50

GB 1921 Florin.  Better than average, still with a trace of mint lustre, usual flat strike, gVF.

$25

GB 1931 Shilling. S 4039. Nice grey colour, sharp reverse, aEF.

$20

GB. George V 1935 Crown.  S 4048. Nice grey tone, gVF to EF. You get one similar to the photo.

$35

GB. George V 1935 Crown.  S 4048. Very attractive, similar to photo, gEF to virt UNC.

$45

George VI 1937-1952 period.

GB. George VI 1937 silver crown. S 4078. EF with mint bloom, usual contacts, you get one similar to the photo.

$30

GB. George VI 1937 silver crown.  S 4078. Nearly Uncirculated, similar to photo.

$45

GB. George VI 1939 Shilling. S 4082. Usual small contacts, otherwise Uncirculated with considerable mint bloom.

$25

GB. George VI 1942 Sixpence. S4084. Usual contacts, some mint lustre, near UNC.

$10

GB 1950 George VI Specimen coin set in original box of issue.  Box in usual condition (these were made in an austere period after WW2 and the box quality was mediocre) - the coins in the average condition for this type of set with some tone, mostly on the reverse.

$150

GB. George VI. 1951 Crown -  Festival of Britain.  S 4111. As struck, in red or green box of issue with ticket.

$25

Elizabeth II. 1953 to current period.

GB QE II 1953 set to 2/6d, as issued on Royal Mint plastic sleeve.

$25

GB 1953 UNC set to Five shillings in case. Ten coins from Farthing to Crown.

$50

GB 1953 Uncirculated coin set.  In 300mm x 340mm timber framed mount, still with protective packaging.  Excellent condition. Great for an office or study.

$50

GB. Last Pre-Decimal set in Private Issue Plastic Case. All the last issue coin types in decent grade, similar to one shown.

$20

GB. Crowns. 1965-81 on card.   In handsome plastic display case which is in good condition. Five different crown sized coins on the printed card, coins high grade.

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GB coins sets.  Mint sets, 1990-1997 complete, as issued, with outer wallets and in new condition. Mint sets from this period are hard to get. 8 sets in group.

$175

GB Mixed lots and accumulations.

75 Different GB coins. Includes 1981 Charles & Diana  crown and a good range of other denominations (none in silver) Includes farthings, halfpennies, pennies, brass threepences, also 1940s -60s sixpences, shillings and florins. No list of dates supplied, as they come.  Includes a few older coins, dating back to the reign of Queen Victoria.

$25

GB Bronzes with lustre.  Includes a nice 1907 Edward VII halfpenny - UNC. Also Farthings - 1930 with full mint red, 1933 aU, 1934 aU, 1936 UNC, 1951 UNC. 6 coins in group.

$45

Great Britain, old pennies, some at least 100 years old. Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II, you get 20 different dates for $10.

$10 

BRITISH PENNY MIX. One kilo.  Could be varieties, rare dates, anything or nothing! Mostly 20th century, a few  Queen Victoria. Grades range  from poor to virtually UNC. Also, NOT sorted by me, I have no time....  

$20

Great Britain, old halfpennies, some at least 100 years old. Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth, you get 20  different dates for $10.

 $10

GB Farthings, 56 different, 1860-1955.  Some faults here and there, but overall a nice clean group with many nice colours or patinas and some better grades.  1860, 1868, 1875H, 1878, 1879,  84-86, 1891, 1893, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901. 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1911, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20-26, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 1940-1951, 1954, 1955.  56 different dates.

$75

GB Farthings. 1754 F/GF, 1806 aVF, 1821 VF/gVF, 1826 GF/VF, 1831 metal flaw VG, 1840 gF, 1860 aF, 1896 aU, 1924 aU, 1939 aU, 1953 aU. Odd small fault or contact, generally above average and a good range of Rulers from George II to Elizabeth II.

$100

GB Farthings. 1799 gF; 1822 F; 1826 F; 1834 VG; 1841 F; 1860a VF; 1899 VG; 1903 blackened finish EF; 1922 w/s otherwise aEF; 1927 EF; 1943 aU; 1951 aU; 1953 aU; 1956 aU Good range of mostly different heads or rulers, all in 2/2 packets. 14 coins.

$75

GB Farthings, 8 different.  1806, 1822, 1828, 1854, 1900, 1924, 1939, 1953. Fine to  near UNC.  Good range of mostly different monarchs.

$50

British Farthings, Includes Halfpennies 1876 H and 1906 average circulated  grades. Also Farthings - 1875H VF, 1893 Young Head F/VF, 1901 aEF, 1911 VF, 1917 & 1919 average grades, 1933 gEF/aU with lustre - 3 coins, 1935 EF, 1943 gVF, 1944 EF, 1947 gVF, 1948 UNC, 1955 UNC. 17 coins in lot.

$35

British Farthings, 19th/20th century - 30 for $15. All diff dates, average to better grades.  Charming little coins. Includes Queen Vic, Edward VII, George V & Elizabeth II.

$15

British Farthings, most in packets described.

1730 Geo II, VG $25 1754 Fine $20 1773 Geo III, average circ VG/F $20 or $25 1799 Geo III, Fine $25 1806 Geo III, Fine $20 VF $35 1825 Geo IV, aVF/VF $18 or $25 1826 George IV Fine $10 1837 William IV, aVF $22 - another, small edge knock good detail, VF $20 1839 Victoria, light corrosion o/w gF/F $6 1844 Half Farthing aVF/gVF $18 1845 VG $6 small edge knock, VF/aVF $15 1853 obv scrape VG $3 another, edge knock, aVF/gF $8 another few sm spots o/w F $7 1854 dark tone & faults, aF $5 another, aVF $8 1860 toothed border, rev pitting VF/aVF $5 another, GF $7 aVF $9 1860 beaded, obv spot, aVF $8 1860 toothed border gF $7 1865 gF/VF $6 another, small 8 var gF $12  1866 gVF $14 1866 close space 6 with dropped 6 var gVF $35  1868 1/3rd farthing gEF/aU $65 1872 VF $10 1873 Large 1 of date, low E of REG var gVF $30 1875H aVF $6 Fine $5 1878  small edge knock, VF+ $18 1879 large 9 var gVF $9 aVF/VF $10 1879 aVF/VF $10 1880 tiny obv scrapes o/w gVF/aVF $15 1881 VF/gF $12 1884 gVF/VF $18 1885 gVF/VF $4 1886 tiny rev edge knocks, gVF/VF $10 1886 aEF $20 1886 minor faults, gEF $30 1888 VF $18 1891 aVF/gF $2.50 VF/aVF $5 1893 spots etc o/w aUNC $22 or $25 1901 Edward VII, blackened finish gEF $35 1902 model money gEF $10 1918 George V, odd sm tone spot o/w aU $7 1932 near full orange UNC $12 1933 aU $5 1933 UNC $10 1935 mostly orange UNC $20  

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