A selection of choice Milled coins for sale through HistoryInCoins:
Updated
(please check the ACTUAL listings pages which,
unlike this, are kept bang up to date):
WCA-7173:
High Grade 1709
Queen Anne Isle of Man Cast Copper Penny.
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (1702-36), copper Penny, first cast
issue, 1709, Stanley family crest of eagle over child in wicker basket, above
the cap of maintenance, date below, legend with rosette stops, * SANS * CHANGER
*, rev. struck en medaille, triskeles,
legend surrounding, * QVOCVNQVE * GESSERIS * STABIT, weight 10.83g. As cast with weak
WCA-6925: 1714 Queen Anne Copper
Farthing. The only
farthing ever to circulate in currency under Anne, even though it was initially
intended as a pattern only. Spink 3625. Rare coin. £625
WI-7126:
1682
Irish-American St Patrick Copper Farthing.
Brass anti counterfeiting plug very much in
situ with excellent detail both sides.
No damage or repairs. Spink 6569. Struck on a large flan (25mm diameter). This is possibly the best grade example I
have ever handled. Collectors of this
issue will be aware that they were struck in
WSC-6929: James Francis Edward Stuart
/ James III of Scotland Silver Touch Piece.
See the excellent “The Sovereign Remedy” by Noel Woolf
(ISBN 0 901603 01 5) for everything you need to know about touchpieces
and the Kings & Queens that personally handed them
out. The would-be James III of
WSC-7047:
1721 Large
Silver Jacobite Medal with Mercury Gilding. An impressive and high
grade example of Jacobite propaganda. Designed by Otto Hamerani,
the medal was for distribution among Jacobite
followers with the intention of removing the Hanovarians
from the British thrown and replacing them with the Stuarts – Prince James III,
the Old Pretender. Medallic Illustration 454(ii)/63, Eimer 493. Eimer is now 21 years old so their £1,100 valuation is
obviously not current. There has been
considerable debate as to why Prince James is NOT mentioned by name, only
appearance. One theory is that this
medal was hoped to appeal not only to the Jacobites
but also to the English anti Hanovarians, of whom
there were plenty at this period. A superb example.
£685
WSC-7168:
1687 James VII
Scottish Silver Ten Shillings. St Andrew’s cross with national emblems. Spink
5641. A high
grade example, being actually better than the Spink plate coin. James VII was James II of
WAu-7191: James II Gold Touch-Piece:
Guaranteed to have been personally touched by King James II. An ancient practice – that of The Devine (the
monarchy was seen very much as a physical, tangible extension of God) healing
sufferers of Scrofula (Tuberculosis) – dating as far back as Henry II. All subsequent monarchs took some part in the
ceremony (William & Mary refused because William was not of English royal
decent) although Henry VIII was the most reluctant. Interestingly, although somewhat disinclined
due to an unwillingness to mingle with the common man, it was Henry who
initiated the design of St George and the dragon on subsequent Touching
Ceremony gold coins. Although James’s
brother, King Charles II, was an enthusiastic believer in the divine right of
kings, James was actually more prolific in his touching, the
number of sick being brought to him being as much as 14,364 in one year. Clearly James II had an extremely short-lived
reign, and it must be noted that for the first months of touching, he actually
used the left over Charles II gold pieces – some 1,905 of them. Again, the new touch-pieces were the work of
John Roettier.
It is estimated that 1% of the
WCA-7145:
1686 James II
Tin Halfpenny. Copper
plug intact, slabbed by Numismatic Guaranty
Corporation as XF45 – the lower end of the EF grade bandwidth. All tin coins are extremely rare in this high
grade with this date (the rarest of all three dates) stated as Very Rare by
Peck. Further, the coin database shows
this to be only the second example of a 1686 being offered on the open market
since 2003, the other being ex Dr Nicholson collection. Choice. £1,950
WCA-5425: 1689 William & Mary
Very Large Silver Coronation Medal. Designed by George Bower for the coronation. There had been issues with James II so it was
heavily promoted at the time that the coronation of William & Mary to the
throne of
WCA-5481: 1694 William & Mary
Copper Proof Halfpenny. Over weight
and larger planchet, en medaille die axis. Usual die flaw on rim
(described in Peck). Good VF
grade. Peck 612 although the N’s are unusual
and seemingly not rerecorded in Peck. A lovely coin in very nice grade considering the soft nature of the
copper used in this period. £639
WCA-6578: 1693 William & Mary
Silver Sixpence – high grade, ex Viola W&M collection. Spink 3438. Conjoined busts right; crowned cruciform
shields. Rare in this
grade. £855