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The Peter James Mills Collection
I am often asked why I collect coins. Simple, I have always felt a magical thrill when holding
a coin in my hands, knowing how much older it was than nearly everything else around me,
thinking of the times and places it had been, the many other hands it passed through until it
reached mine.
My first encounter with an old coin was an 1860 shilling that my mother had used to
feed a gas meter in the 50's having already used up all the others she had. After pleading with
the gas man she was able to get the shilling back, and this repeated itself often until both he
and she would be joking about it each time he came. Naturally in those days it was not
uncommon to get coins in your change that might be 50, 60 or even more years old. Since
decimalization of course this has ceased, as have so many other cherished aspects of bygone
times.
In 1968 my mother decided to take me to the bank with her to exchange some £1 notes
for bags of hundreds of big pennies. She sincerely hoped to find the elusive 1933 penny in the
last months before the good old penny disappeared from our pockets forever.
Needless to say, it didn't happen, but the fun we had did kick start my own life-long
passion and the goal to collect all the coins that had been issued since Matthew Boulton
introduced the Cartwheel. And although my dear old mum hung on to it for as long as she
could, I did coax the 1860 shilling from her eventually!
Well, a life-long hobby comes to an end as I now decide to let others enjoy these rare
and wondrous things of our past.
English Gold Coins, Room 1, 9.30am
1262
Britannia Fifty Pounds 1/2 oz fine gold 1988 GEF (no
box) (Pete Mills Collection)
£350 - £400
1263
Britannia Four coin set 2001 (£100, £50, £25 & £10)
Proof FDC boxed as issued
£1100 - £1200
1264
Britannia Four coin set 2002 (£100, £50, £25 & £10)
Proof FDC boxed as issued
£1100 - £1200
1265
Britannia Four coin set 2010 (£100, £50, £25 & £10)
Proof FDC boxed as issued
£1200 - £1250
1266
Britannia £10 (1/10th oz) 2005 Proof FDC boxed as
issued
£65 - £70
1267
Britannia £25 (¼ oz) 2000 BU in the "Royal Mint" card
£160 - £80
1268
Britannia £25 (¼ oz) 2001 Proof FDC boxed as issued
£160 - £80
1269
Britannia £25 (¼ oz) 2002 Proof FDC boxed as issued
£160 - £80
1270
Britannia £25 (¼ oz) 2003 Proof FDC boxed as issued
£160 - £80
1271
Crown 2003 Proof FDC boxed as issued (Pete Mills
Collection)
£800 - £850
1272
Fifty Pence "EEC" two coin set 1998, (Gold & Silver
issues) aFDC boxed as issued
£280 - £320
1273
Five coin set 2009 (£5, £2, Sovereign, Half Sovereign &
Quarter Sovereign). FDC boxed as issued
£1300 - £1400
1274
Five coin set 2010 (£5, £2, Sovereign, Half Sovereign &
Quarter Sovereign). FDC boxed as issued
£1300 - £1400
1275
Five Pounds 1887 possibly a jewellers copy as tail on
reverse is broken, otherwise GVF with a light scratch
reverse (Pete Mills Collection)
£700 - £900
1276
Five Pounds 1902 matt Proof aFDC (Pete Mills
Collection)
£1400 - £1600
1277
Five Pounds 1902 nEF a few tiny edge nicks (Pete Mills
Collection)
£1200 - £1400
1278
Five Pounds 1911 Proof aFDC (Pete Mills Collection)
£1800 - £2200
1279
Five Pounds 1937 Proof aFDC (Pete Mills Collection)
£1400 - £1800
1280
Five Pounds 1994 proof aFDC (no box) (Pete Mills
Collection)
£750 - £850
1281
Four coin set 1991 (£5, £2, Sovereign & Half Sovereign).
FDC boxed as issued
£1250 - £1350