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

Sixpence, 1883, young head left, rev. crowned mark of value in wreath, date below, small reverse legend, Gouby dies 6+D, (S.3912, ESC.-). Deep tone, nearly extremely fine

Fourpence, 1840, young head left, rev. Britannia seated, date below, 0 of date struck over a small O, (S.3913, ESC.). A few surface marks, otherwise about very fine

Threepence, 1862, young head left, B of BRITANNIAR over R and V of VICTORIA over V, rev. crowned mark of value dividing date within wreath, (S.3914, ESC.). Pierced and cleaned, otherwise nearly extremely fine

Threepence, 1862, young head left, second R of BRITANNIAR struck over an inverted R, rev. crowned mark of value dividing date within wreath, (S.3914, ESC.). Poor to fair but the error clear and believed one of only three known

Threepence, 1866, young head left, rev. crowned mark of value dividing date within wreath, no bump under top bar of '3', (S.3914, ESC.). Pierced and fine, the only example recorded

Three-halfpence, 1843, young head left, colon stop struck over the leg of R in REGINA, rev. crowned mark of value above date within wreath, (S.3915, ESC.). Extremely fine, the error unlisted

Twopence, 1862, young head left, R over A in BRITANNIAR, rev. crowned mark of value dividing date within wreath, 8 over 8 in date, (S.3919, ESC.). Toned and nearly very fine

Speciment set, 1887, silver set, crown to threepence (7 coins), crown dies, 1+A, (S.3921), double florin mule, dies 1+B (should be 2+B), (S.3923), halfcrown, dies 2+A, (3924), florin, dies 1+A, (S.3925), shilling, dies 1+A, Q with long loopless tail, (S.3926), sixpence, dies 1+A with JEB on truncation (R3), (S.3928), threepence, Gouby dies 6c+C, unlisted in Davies, (S.3931). The sixpence good very fine, the others extremely fine to uncirculated

Double Florin, 1887, die mule, jubilee bust left, rev. cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, Arabic 1 with obverse 1 and reverse B, (usually only occurs with reverse A, (S.3923, ESC.2697). A few scattered marks, extremely fine

Double Florin, 1889, jubilee bust left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, (S.3923, ESC.2701, Davies 2C). Extremely fine with some hairlines, certified and graded by NGC as AU Details, surface hairlines

Shilling, 1888, unaltered date, jubilee bust left, rev. crowned shield in garter, date below, (S.3926, ESC.3139 R3). Nearly extremely fine, the unaltered date very rare

Sixpence, 1887, jubilee bust left, R over I in VICTORIA and GRATIA, rev. crowned shield in garter, date below, (S.3912, ESC.3273 R3). Extremely fine

Sixpence, 1887, jubilee bust left, R over I in BRITT, rev. shield in garter, date below, (S.3928, ESC.-). About extremely fine

Sixpence, 1887, jubilee bust left, R over V in VICTORIA, rev. shield in garter, date below, (S.3928, ESC.3274). Good very fine

Florin, 1893, proof, old bust left, rev. three shields within garter, date below, Davies dies 2A, (S.3939, ESC.2963). The dies only known on proof coins of this year, impared with some marks and a light edge knock, extremely fine

Florin, 1896, old bust left, rev. three shields within garter, date below, Davies dies 2A, (S.3939, ESC.2966). A rare die paring, extremely fine

Florin, 1896, old bust left, rev. three shields within garter, date below, Davies dies 1A, (S.3939, ESC.2966). The rarest die paring, slight edge nick to reverse, otherwise good very fine

Shilling, 1893, old bust left, rev. three shields within garter, date below, Davies dies 1C, (S.3940, ESC.3153). The die paring not listed for this date, few examples known, contact marks, nearly extremely fine

Sixpence, 1893, old bust left, rev. crowned mark of value within wreath, date below, Davies dies 2A, (S.3941, ESC.3285). A rare die paring, very fine

Penny, 1841, young head left, date below, partial V over V, rev. Britannia seated, ornamental trident, no colon after REG and far colon after DEF, (S.3948). Almost uncirculated with traces of lustre

Penny, 1855, young head left, date below, narrow date and 5 over second 5, rev. Britannia seated, plain trident, (S.3948). About very fine

Penny, 1858, young head left, no W.W., large date below with 8 over 8, rev. Britannia seated, possible F over B in DEF, (S.3948). About very fine

Penny, 1858, young head left, date below, rev. Britannia seated, ANN in BRITANNIAR appear to be over a smaller font of the same letters, (S.3948). A few surface marks, good very fine and presumably extremely rare

Penny, 1858, young head left, date below, 8 over 2 in date, rev. Britannia seated, (S.3948). Nearly extremely fine

Note: This variety was previously thought to be 8 over 3. Die cracks show thinly through the bottom of all four digits of the date indicating an earlier stage of the die break associated with this type. Recent research suggests that this die only had a short working life; it was an 1852 die that was converted to 1858