Ancient Gold Coins
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English Hammered Gold
Coins:
WAu-4617: Henry VII Hammered Gold Angel. Initial mark pheon so 1505 – 1509, making it a very late issue. Class V, having the apostrophe in the king’s name. Crack extending from the outer edge to the inner circle (4mm). Not the best of strikes but probably the cheapest Henry VII angel at this point in time and getting cheaper the longer it remains unsold! £739
WAu-4103: Henry VIII Hammered Golf Half Sovereign. Posthumous issue, 1547-51. Tower mint, mm lis, king with youthful portrait. All Henry VIII gold coins are rare but the half sovereign turns up much more infrequently compared to the crowns. A rare Tudor gold coin. £1175 RESERVED (I.M.)
WAu-4453: Henry VIII Hammered Golf Half Sovereign. Posthumous issue, 1547-51. Southwark mint with an unusual mintmark below the shield. Full flan, better grade, problem-free example. A rare Tudor gold coin. £1695 RESERVED (S.B.)
WAu-4414: Henry
VIII Hammered Gold Angel.
1st issue coin, i.m. castle with H. Tudor Rose and H divided by ship’s mast. Interesting variations in both the obverse
and reverse legends. Well struck on a
generous flan with no clipping. No mount
marks (discolouration at 12 o’clock is just that – discolouration). There is a single punch mark to the head of
St Michael where some individual presumably has a grievance with Henry
VIII? £985 RESERVED (S.B.)
WAu-4429: James 1st Hammered Gold Unite. 5th bust, im book on lectern (1616-17). Moderate wear but more a poor strike as is usual on this type. Slight crease. An honest example of this large gold coin. Cheap. £735
WAu-4695: 1626-27 Charles 1st Hammered Gold Unite. Initial mark Negro’s Head. A remarkably clear i.m., so much so that I can’t recall seeing a better example. A second bust, group B example with no clipping. There is a slight crease and evidence of double striking. Overall, a pleasant gold coin from this ever-popular monarch. £995 RESERVED (I.M.)
Celtic Gold Coins:
WAu-2555: English Celtic Gold Stater. Chute type (Kent), Spink 22. Circa 65 BC. £545
WAu-2701: Celtic Full Gold Stater. 50 BC, Gallo-Belgic Ambiani. High grade. £479
WAu-3552: English Celtic Full Gold Stater. “Chute” type, 65 BC. Head of Apollo, disjointed (abstract) horse with crab below. £439
WAu-4104: x2 English Full Gold Dobunni Celtic Staters. This is something of a find and originates from, of all places, an old French collection. Presumed to be x2 full staters that were badly struck and didn’t pass the quality control that was in place 2,000 years ago. Extra image here. The staters are semi-melted and folded in preparation for full melting and subsequent re-striking as individual coins. A window on Celtic life we don’t normally witness! £545
Roman Gold Coins:
WAu-4680: Roman GOLD Solidus - Maurice Tiberius. Struck Constantinople, AD 582. Nice grade ancient gold coin. £365
WAu-4681: Roman GOLD Solidus - Heraclius Constantine. Struck Constantinople, AD 616-16. High grade ancient gold coin. £365
WAu-4703: Roman Byzantine GOLD Tremisis – Tiberius II Constantine. Struck Constantinople, AD 578 - 582. Reverse “Cross Potent”. £199
WAu-4704: Roman Byzantine GOLD Solidus – Phocas. AD 601 - 610. Reverse “Angel”. High grade. £365
USA Gold Coins:
WU-2580: 1881 US Gold Eagle. Variety Two – motto above eagle. Looped to wear for jewellery. This has been on my website at around £100 UNDER scrap value (more if you have discount) for a while now. I forgot to change the price from the March 2004 (!) value and everyone else apparently didn’t notice. To ensure it doesn’t happen again, the new price is 15% over current scrap.
English Gold Milled
Coins:
Charles II
WAu-4649: 1679 Charles II Full Gold Guinea. Fourth bust, crowned shields. Coin is ex mount (subtle crimp technique). Whilst the obverse does need to tone down, which it will do over time, the effect on the image is down to the low position of the sun during photography. Many of you will know that I only ever take one image and that image is never manipulated apart from occasionally altering the brightness. £639
WAu-3184: Charles II Full Gold Guinea. Rarer Elephant & Castle-under-bust type. 4th bust, 1674 – 1684 but date deliberately obscured in antiquity. £429
WAu-4032: Charles II Gold
Touch-Piece. Gold Angel
Touchpiece, in the form of a medal, which was personally presented by King
Charles II at a "Touching Ceremony".
This amulet held miraculous powers to heal the sick only because the
king had actually touched it. This
medalet is the successor to the Gold Angel which was discontinued during the
reign of Charles 1st. The "Touching
Ceremony" was around in the early Medieval period and continued right up
to Queen Anne. Interestingly, Charles II
hated to touch the sick & afflicted and it was reported that the only thing
he did touch was the gold coin / medalet.
This piece is slightly larger than others at 23mm diameter with a
contemporary piercing so that the recipient could wear it around their
neck. Samuel Peeps was given one of
these and he kept it next to his body until he died. In the October 2003 Spink "Coinex Sale"
a large collection of Gold Angels and Touchpieces brought tremendous
prices. Very much a tangible piece of
English history! £599
George II
WAu-4580: 1734 George II Gold Half Guinea. Sometime soon after 1734, a young man expressed his love to a young woman by bending this coin in the traditional fashion (not an easy thing to physically do). Very rarely does this occur on gold coins. 99.5% of bender love tokens are silver sixpences (hence the Nursery Rhyme about the crooked man who found a crooked sixpence). The story goes that the coin was bent and given to the young lady. If the love was reciprocated, the love token was kept and treasured. If not, the coin was tossed into a field. As this is a metal detecting find out of a field, can we assume that the young man’s love was unrequited?! An interesting coin. £225
WAu-4611: 1739 George II Gold TWO Guineas. Intermediate head, crowned shield. Has been worn as a pendant but the mount marks were the crimp types and as such as subtle. A large gold 1700’s gold coin. £665 RESERVED (S.B.)
WAu-4273: 1756 George II Gold Guinea. Ex mount, worn thus cheap. £239
George III
WAu-4920: 1775 George III Full
Gold Guinea. 4th head,
crowned shields. Ex mount. 
£285
WAu-4381: 1776 George III Full Gold Guinea. 4th head, crowned shields. Sought after year (American year of Independence). Ex mount. £399
WAu-3867: 1787
George III Gold Guinea.
Nice grade full Spade Guinea. Ex
mount. £285
WAu-3868: 1788 George III Gold Guinea. Nice grade full Spade Guinea. Ex mount. £285
WAu-4709: 1788
George III Gold Guinea.
Nice grade full Spade Guinea. Ex
mount. £285
WAu-3865: 1798 George III Gold Guinea. Spade type, 5th bust. Ex mount. £285
WAu-4826: 1798 George III Gold Guinea. Spade type, 5th bust. High grade, ex mount. £299
Queen Victoria (and later)
WAu-4764: 1965 Winston Churchill Large Gold Medal. 100g (1/10th of a kilo!) of 22ct gold. Uncirculated grade with official presentation box and “Certificate of Limited Edition” which is fully signed. The medal also comes with an auction listing with photograph. Extra images here and here. This is number 40 of a total run of just 500. A very early medal and don’t forget that a good percentage of the other 499 will have now been melted down. When buying bullion gold ingots, there is always a premium added to the spot (current value) price of around about 10% (more like 30% with kilo silver ingots). I am offering this medal at EXACTLY current spot so not only do you get a large chunk of 22ct gold, you also get an historical work of art (as opposed to a paperweight) as well as a presentation case. Spot prices are based on this independent website: http://www.24hgold.com/english/gold_silver_prices_charts.aspx?money=GBPound I was paying £55 for gold sovereigns not that long ago and I can still remember buying them at £18 each. I have to pay £150 for poor grade full sovereigns now (April 2009). This is a solid investment piece.
