Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2494. Estimate $1000.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.
Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Collection of 48 Æ Farthings. George I-George V. Lot includes the following: George I. 1717. "Dump" issue. Peck 783; Seaby 3661. EF, partial lustre // 1719. Second issue. Peck 812; Seaby 3662. AU, partial lustre // George II. 1731. Young bust. Peck 585; Seaby 3720. AU, brown toning // 1732. As last. Peck -; Seaby 3720. Uncirculated, partial lustre // 1734. As last. Peck 861; Seaby 3720. Good VF, lightly polished, brown toning // 1749. Old bust. Peck 889; Seaby 3722. Choice EF, toned // 1754. As last. Peck 892; Seaby 3722. EF, brown toning // George III. 1773. First issue. Peck 911; Seaby 3775. Uncirculated, partial lustre // 1798. Pattern Farthing. Peck 1204; Seaby -. Proof Uncirculated, toned // 1799. Third issue. Peck 1279; Seaby 3779. Uncirculated, lustrous // 1806. Fourth Issue. Peck 1397; Seaby 3782. Uncirculated, high lustre // George IV. First issue. 1821. Peck -; Seaby 3822. EF, toned brown, hints of lustre // 1822. Peck -; Seaby 3822. Good VF, toned dark brown // 1826. Peck 1416. Choice Uncirculated, dark red-brown toning // 1826. Second Issue. Peck 1440; Seaby 3825. Proof Uncirculated, dark red-brown surfaces. Ex Nigel Clark // 1827. Peck 1442. Red-brown uncirculated. Ex Stanley Gibbons // William IV. 1834. Peck 1470; Seaby 3848. Uncirculated, green-brown toning // Victoria. 1838. Young head issue. Peck -; Seaby 3950. Choice EF, partial weak strike, bluish toning. Ex Nigel Clark // 1842. Peck -; Seaby 3950. Good VF, greenish toning, weak reverse strike. Ex Stanley Gibbons // 1843. Peck 1563. Uncirculated, high lustre. Ex Nigel Clark // 1844. Peck -; Seaby 3950. EF, lightly cleaned // 1852. Peck 1574. VF, toned. Ex Strand Coins // 1853. Peck 1578. AU, partial lustre, a couple spots. Ex B.A. Seaby, Inc. // 1860. "Bun head" issue. Beaded border. Peck -; Seaby 3958. BU. Ex Nigel Clark // 1860. Toothed border. Peck -; Seaby 3958. BU. Ex Nigel Clark // 1861. Peck 1860. Good Fine, toned brown, light scratch // 1863. Peck 1867. Uncirculated, lustrous // 1866. Peck 1878. BU // 1881. Peck 1902. Uncirculated. Ex Nigel Clark // 1881. Peck 1904. Uncirculated. Ex Nigel Clark // 1885. Peck 1911. Choice AU. Ex Nigel Clark // 1888. Peck 1916. BU // 1890. Peck 1917. BU // 1891. Peck 1919. BU. Ex Nigel Clark // 1892. Peck 1921. Near BU, haymarks // 1895. Old head issue. Peck 1958; Seaby 3963. Choice EF, partial lustre. // 1895. Peck 1925. AU, partial lustre // 1896. Peck -; Seaby 3963. BU // 1897. Peck 1961. BU, fingerprint // 1901. Peck -; Seaby 3964. EF // Edward VII. 1907. Peck -; Seaby 3992. AU, dark toning // George V. 1913. Peck -; Seaby 4059. Choice Uncirculated. Dark brown surfaces // 1916. BU, black surfaces // 1917. BU, blue black finish // 1918. Peck -; Seaby 4060. BU, die clash // 1919. Lustrous AU // 1929. New Head. Peck -; Seaby 4061. BU // 1932. BU // Lot also includes the following book by the consigner: Pearce, Christopher. Be Turned on by Your PIR (Poet in Residence). The Book Factory: London. 2000. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURN. Forty-eight (48) coins in lot. ($1000) All coins from the Christopher Pearce Collection.
