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Auction 23107  31 Mar 2023
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Lot 7227

Starting price: 80 GBP
Price realized: 210 GBP
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William and Mary (1688-1694), Farthings (6), First Coinage, Tin Issue, GVLIELMVS ET MARIA, conjoined laureate and cuirassed busts right, rev. BRITAN-NIA, Britannia seated left, 5.94g, 6h (cf. Spink 3450ff), an interesting contemporary forgery, with a scant copper plug and poorly struck devices, very poor; also, Second Coinage, Copper Issues, 1694 (2), similar, 4.87g, 6h; another, 5.26g, 5h (Spink 3453); additionally, so-called Pattern Farthings (3), MARIA II DEI GRA, draped bust right, rev. GVLIELMVS III DEI GRA, laureate and draped bust right, edge plain, 5.73g, 12h; another, 5.73g, 12h; another, obverse as last, rev. EX CANDORE DECVS, flowering rose, edge plain, 5.45g, 12h, conditions generally scarcely legible to good, nevertheless an interesting academic assemblagel additionally, William III, Solus (1694-1702), Farthings (7), 1695, GVLIELMVS TERTIVS, laureate and draped bust right, rev. BRITAN-NIA, Britannia seated left, holding sprig, date in exergue, 4.69g, 6h; another, 1696, as last, 4.28g, 7h; and, 1697 (2), 4.96g, 6h; another, 5.06g, 7h; also, Second Phase, Post June 1698 'Coarse Copper' Ban, 1699 (2), similar, rev. date in legend, 5.25g, 6h; another, 5.24g, 7h; lastly, 1700, as pre-ban issues, date in exergue, edge plain 5.19g, 6h (Spink 3557; 3558), all scarcely fair to fine; an academic grouping (13).

Estimate: £100 - £140
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