STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfgroat (16.5mm, 1.06 g, 10h). Group D, type 3.a1. Tower (London) mint; im: crown. Struck 1635-1636. Crowned bust left; II (mark of value) behind / Coat-of-arms. Brooker 675-7; North 2257; SCBC 2831. VF, toned.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, October 1989.
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STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Shilling (28mm, 5.91 g, 8h). Group E, type 3.2. Tower (London) mint; im: tun. Struck 1636-1638. Crowned bust left; XII (mark of value) behind / Coat-of-arms. Brooker 509-11; North 2225; SCBC 2791. VF, toned, double struck.From the WRG Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (15 November 1989), lot 1118 (part of).
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STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Groat (23mm, 1.98 g, 11h). Aberystwyth mint; im: book. Struck 1638/9-1642. Crowned and armored bust left; plumes to left, IIII (mark of value) to right / Oval coat-of-arms within ornate frame; plumes above. Brooker 770 var. (rev. legend arrangement; same obv. die); North 2339; SCBC 2892. VF, toned.From the WRG Collection.
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STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Halfcrown (32.5mm, 14.72 g, 3h). Third issue. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1660-1662. Crowned bust left; XXX (mark of value) to right / Coat-of-arms over cross fleurée. North 2761; SCBC 3321. VF, toned, minor metal stress.From the WRG Collection.
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STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Shilling (31mm, 6.34 g, 9h). Third issue. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1660-1662. Crowned bust left; XII (mark of value) to right / Coat-of-arms over cross fleurée. North 2764; SCBC 3322. VF, toned, obverse die shift.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, December 1989.
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HANOVER. George I. 1714-1727. AR Shilling (26mm, 5.93 g, 6h). South Seas Company issue. Tower (London) mint. Dated 1723. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around rayed Garter star; SS and C in alternating quarters. ESC 1176; SCBC 3647. Good Fine, toned.From the WRG Collection.
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HANOVER. George II. 1727-1760. AR Sixpence (21mm, 2.99 g, 6h). Lima issue. Tower (London) mint. Dated 1746. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left; LIMA below / Crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around rayed Garter star. ESC 1618; SCBC 3710. Good Fine, toned.From the WRG Collection.In early autumn 1740, Commodore George Anson set out with a squadron of six vessels to harass Spanish possessions in the New World. Among various adventures along the Atlantic and Pacific shores of South America, Anson's ships captured a quantity of silver and gold bullion bound for Spain. This precious metal was born back to Britain following a dramatic circumnavigation across the Pacific, and was struck into coins bearing the commemorative legend LIMA.
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HANOVER. George II. 1727-1760. AR Shilling (26mm, 6.02 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint. Dated 1758. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around rayed Garter star. ESC 1213; SCBC 3704. Good VF, toned, mark on obverse.
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HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AV Quarter Guinea (15mm, 2.07 g, 6h). Early coinage. Tower (London) mint. Dated 1762. Laureate head right / Crowned coat-of-arms. SCBC 3471. VF, a few marks.From the WRG Collection.
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HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AV Guinea (24.5mm, 8.36 g, 12h). Early coinage, 'spade' type. Tower (London) mint. Dated 1789. Laureate head right / Crowned coat-of-arms. SCBC 3729. Good VF, minor marks, underlying luster.From the WRG Collection.
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HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AV Sovereign (22mm, 7.96 g, 6h). New coinage. London mint. Dated 1817. Laureate head right / St. George on horseback rearing right, holding reins and sword and slaying dragon to lower right; all within garter. SCBC 3785. VFtoned, lightly toned.From the WRG Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (15 April 1992), lot 769.
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HANOVER. George IV. 1820-1830. AV Sovereign (21.5mm, 7.91 g, 12h). London mint. Dated 1826. Bare head left / Crowned coat-of-arms. SCBC 3801. Near VF.From the WRG Collection.
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HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. AV Sovereign (21.5mm, 7.94 g, 6h). Young head coinage. London mint. Dated 1853. Head left, with hair tied in fillet / Crowned coat-of-arms; thistle, rose, and shamrock below. SCBC 3852C. Near VF, some marks.From the WRG Collection.
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HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. AV Half Sovereign (19mm, 3.98 g, 7h). Young head coinage. London mint. Dated 1864. Head left, with hair tied in fillet / Crowned coat-of-arms; die number 33 below. SCBC 3860. EF, underlying luster.From the WRG Collection.
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SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA. Edward VII. 1901-1910. Matte Proof AV Half Sovereign (19mm, 3.99 g, 12h). London mint. Dated 1902. Bare head right / St. George on horseback rearing right, holding reins and sword and slaying dragon to lower right. SCBC 3974A. Proof.From the WRG Collection.
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SCOTLAND. Alexander III. 1249-1286. AR Penny (17mm, 1.03 g, 5h). Second coinage, class D2. Struck circa 1280-1286. Crowned head left; scepter before / Long cross pattée with 24 points on mullets in quarters. Burns fig. 160; Stewart & North 26; SCBC 5057. Good VF, toned.From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, July 1989.
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