Timed Auction 1 - The Brampton Collection of British Milled Die Varieties

Penny, 1858, young head left, date below, 8 over 7, rev. Britannia seated, (S.3948). Small edge knock at 7 o'clock, otherwise very fine

Halfpenny, 1855, young head left, date below, rev. Britannia seated, (S.3949). Uncirculated with with some lustre

Halfpenny, 1859, young head left, date below, rev. Britannia seated, (S.3949). About uncirculated with some subdued lustre

Farthing, 1843, young head left, date below, inverted V's for A's in GRATIA, rev. Britannia seated, second N in BRITANNIA possible joined at the bottom, (S.3950). Some edge knocks, about very fine

Farthing, 1843, young head left, date below, A over a broken A and a triple A in GRATIA, rev. Britannia seated, (S.3950). Good extremely fine with some lustre

Farthing, 1853/2, young head left, raised W.W., date below with 3 over 2, rev. Britannia seated, (S.3950). Good very fine

Half Farthing, 1844, young head left, E over N in REGINA, rev. crowned mark of value, date below, (S.3951). Fine or better

Half Farthing, 1844, young head left, E over E in REGINA, final R over I, and lower part of B missing in BRITANNIA, D over lower D of F.D. and both top colons missing, rev. crowned mark of value, date below, (S.3951). Good very fine

Half Farthing, 1844, young head left, rev. crowned mark of value, date below, (S.3951). Some contact marks, nearly extremely fine with traces of lustre

Half Farthing, 1844, young head left, E over I in REGINA, rev. crowned mark of value, date below, (S.3951). Nearly extremely fine and previously unrecorded

Third farthing, 1844, young head left, date below, rev. Britannia seated, large G in REG, (S.3952). Sometime cleaned, very fine

Penny, 1860, 'bun' head left, rev. Britannia seated, date below, toothed border, two additional shield lines in upper left quadrant of the shield, (S.3954, Freeman dies 4 + D). Streaky toned, good very fine and the only example currently known

Penny, 1861, 'bun' head left, 'missing leaf' at the top of wreath, rev. Britannia seated, date below, (S.3954, Freeman dies 4+D, Gouby F+d). Once cleaned and now retoned, fine

Penny, 1866, 'bun' head left, rev. Britannia seated, date below, (S.3954, Freeman dies 6+G). Struck with an approximately 20 degree die rotation, die marks below neck, about extremely fine

Penny, 1888, 'bun' head left, rev. Britannia seated, date below, (S.3954, Freeman dies 12+N). A little weakly struck, extremely fine

Halfpenny, 1893, 'bun' head left, rev. Britannia seated, date below, (S.3956, Freeman die 17+S). Striking crack to edge and carbon spot behind bust, extremely fine with full lustre

Farthing, 1874H, Heaton mint, 'bun' head left, rev. Britannia seated, date below, raised area to the upper left of exergue containing an incuse circle, (S.3959). Toned, good extremely fine

Penny, 1896, old head left, no stop between TB designer's initials on obverse, rev. Britannia seated, date below, (S.3961). About uncirculated, with obverse with some lustre

Penny, 1911, hollow neck, I of BRITT points to a rim tooth, rev. Britannia seated, date below, (S.4051, Freeman -, Gouby BP1911 B (dies X+a)). Almost uncirculated and extremely rare

Penny, 1927, bare head left, rev. Britannia seated, date below, (S.4054A). Mis-struck on an incomplete flan, very fine

Proof Halfcrown, 1953, young head right, rev. crowned shield dividing ER, (S.4137, ESC. 4350, Davies A+1). Some light scratches to portrait, otherwise much as struck and cameo, very rare struck from these dies

Two Pounds, 2016, Shakespeare tragedies, crowned head right, rev. skull and rose, edge reading FOR KING AND COUNTRY from another issue rather than the Shakespeare quote WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS A MAN. Uncirculated with a Royal Mint confirmation letter, (S.K40)

Pound 2011/2015, bi-metallic 'mule', 2011 outer portion used in conjunction with the 2015 New Suez inner. Uncirculated and presumably rare