Summer Coin Sale
Wednesday 21 May 12.00noon
The Donald Hope Gunstone Collection (including gold coins and proof examples), several albums of choice English, Scottish and Channel Islands bank notes and a unique unrecorded 1863 English Penny

Lot 190 - An 1863 Penny Die Number 5, this die number has only recently been discovered, previously die numbers 2,3 and 4 have been recorded by Michael Freeman and Michael Gouby. The coin has been inspected by the Royal Mint authorities including the chief engraver, who shares the view the figure beneath the date is indeed a 5, thus making this new find numismatically important, one of two known. FINE, sold with a copy of a letter from the Royal Mint dated 1988
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Viewing: Tuesday 20 May 10.00am - 4.00pm,
morning of sale 9.00am - 11.30am.