George II (11.6.1727 - 25.10.1760)

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PictureDate DESCRIPTION Price  
1754 GF £12.00
-- Bold GF £14.00
-- NVF/GF £16.00
-- Near VF £18.00
Click here to view picture -- GVF £45.00
Click here to view picture 1754 BMC 892. Narrow-spaced date. Unc and Practically As Struck with lustre both sides, very rare.

Ex. Oxford Collection Lot 227.

Ex. R. Heseltine
£250.00
Click here to view picture 1754 4 over 0 in date. BMC 891. Almost EF and quite exceptional for this extremely rare coin. Sold
Click here to view picture 1750 GF £38.00
1749 Fine £16.00
Click here to view picture -- GF £20.00
Click here to view picture -- Choice EF toned, very rare in this grade.

Ex. R. Heseltine
£225.00
Click here to view picture -- Unc lustre well struck, extremely rare in this grade. Slabbed at present as MS64 but can be taken out if required (but then cannot be put back in again !) Sold
1746 Fine, pitting on both sides. £6.00
-- Fine £14.00
Click here to view picture -- GF £22.00
Click here to view picture -- Bold VF £55.00
1744 Near Fine £16.00
Click here to view picture -- Fine £24.00
Click here to view picture -- GF £30.00
1739 BMC 869 (Normal). Near Fine £10.00
-- -- . Fine £14.00
Click here to view picture -- -- . Near VF £40.00
Click here to view picture -- -- . VF £50.00
Click here to view picture -- -- . NEF traces of lustre £175.00
Click here to view picture 1737 Small Date. GF £30.00
Click here to view picture 1737 Large Date. BMC 867. Near Fine, very rare.

Note. There was no specimen in classic collections such as Norweb, Westbrook, Debens, Foster or Bowers.
£40.00
Click here to view picture -- -- . -- . Superb EF, extremely rare.

Ex Oxford Collection Lot 239

Ex R. Heseltine
£395.00
1736 Near Fine/Fair £4.50
-- GF £18.00
Click here to view picture -- GF, bold £20.00
Click here to view picture -- Better than GF £24.00
Click here to view picture -- GEF with a hint of lustre, extremely rare in this grade. £295.00
Click here to view picture 1736 BMC ---. Allegedly '6 over inverted 5 or 6' but the coin is not convincing. Bold Fine.

Ex P. W. Lawrence (1996).

(Photograph includes a close-up of this variety.)
£20.00
1735 Near Fine £8.00
-- Fine £15.00
Click here to view picture -- Better than GF £24.00
Click here to view picture -- EF

Ex. R. Heseltine
£225.00
Click here to view picture 1734 GF £30.00
1733 Fine, some reverse corrosion. £8.50
-- Fine £12.00
Click here to view picture -- GF £30.00
Click here to view picture 1732 Fine, rare £30.00
1731 Long thin ribbons. Near Fine £17.00
Click here to view picture -- -- . BMC 858. GEF As Struck, rare

Ex Oxford Collection Lot 249

Ex R. Heseltine
£325.00
1730 Fine £15.00
Click here to view picture -- GEF 'As struck' with traces of lustre, extremely rare in this grade. £425.00
Click here to view picture 1730 Silver Proof. BMC 855. Thin flan. (This is much rarer than the Thick flan proof). A few, minor surface marks, superb EF/GEF toned with considerable underlying mint brilliance.



This is a duplicate from this writer's spares, acquired 20th April 1974 from the Dr E. A. Johnstone collection, who had acquired it from Spink on 5th November 1952 for £3.50.



We have never listed any examples of BMC 855 in EF or better in all our printed 45 lists to date. We did list one in GVF but with defects in 1997. The only other recent examples we can trace are on a Seaby Bulletin in June 1983, GEF £850 and Spink Coin Auction in June 1987 EF brilliant which sold at £880.
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Click here to view picture 1730 Copper Proof. BMC 857. Superb FDC (previously slabbed by NGC as PF64)

Ex. R. Heseltine
£995.00
Click here to view picture 1730 Copper Proof. BMC 857. Superb FDC, extremely rare

Slabbed by NGC as PF64
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