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It ought not to be the W & R coin as that was ex Capt. V Hewitt, collection bought by Spink in 1967 and it was sold through Spink in 1994, not 1974 and also in London, not LA - all assuming the poster has the details right, of course. We haven't actually seen the obverse yet to confirm it has the adopted design as opposed to one of the other two. However, assuming it is the adopted obverse... It is believed the 1994 sale coin was one of 2 known. The provenances of two known examples are as follows: The first - A E Copp, portion of collection sold to R J Hopkins from 1887 R J Hopkins, Sotheby 15 Feb 1892, lot 116. Bt by Spink for £1/6/- J G Murdoch, Sotheby 18 March 1904, lot 525. Weight 350 grains (22.665g). Bt by Spink £10/-/- Baron P de Ferrari la Renotiere ('Nobleman'), Sotheby 29 March 1922, lot 331. Probably bt by Spink who were acting for Brand in this sale - V M Brand (d.1926), collection split between brothers and dispersed from 1930s onwards. Glendining 13 April 1972, lot 403. Graded strictly very fine. It was badly hairlined by this point based on the image and sold for £1150. I don't know who it sold to. The second - R Sainthill, Sotheby 27 April 1870, lot 352 S Addington, most of the collection purchased by Montagu in 1883 H Montagu, later milled coins purchased by Spink in 1890 and dispersed. This was coin no. 1595 in the catalogue. As the weight is not that of the Murdoch coin, it is possible the 1994 coin was ex Montagu, but without documented records cannot be proven. Thankfully Montagu only had one example of an adopted design gold florin as there was no example in his duplicates sale in 1888. If only two exist, that leaves the new arrival as the impaired ex-Murdoch piece, the weights in the Murdoch and 1972 catalogues being identical.

Nice job there Rob - who needs google (not productive) when we are fortunate enough to have you around!

Bought this tonight. Nice bit of history https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1916-Gearge-V-Florin-Forgery-desroyed-by-Westminster-Bank-/142741971845?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=jNF0IjG%252BVExvcP7TErSP7gT03kU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

I have another small bunch of British Farthings, brass threepences - also a silver threepence and two silver sixpences - on Ebay finishing tonight (Sunday). I will probably post another bunch to start tonight and finish next Sunday. See: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/pbowen24/m.html?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEFSXS%3AMESOI&_trksid=p2053788.m1543.l2654

And what about the 1999 £2 technology and industry not the rugby one. Rarest of all the £2 coins in UNC and almost unheard of in BU as no BU sets or proof sets were made in that year so all there is are coins from circulation and despite 39 million minted I guess nobody thought of keeping them Book suggests £40 unc £100 BU

Is that a healthy eating advert?

That's Boris Johnson for you!

Just a stunning coin. I wonder if it's a specimen strike?. I must admit I have never seen one like this before

I've been tracking these florins for a few years, although not very closely, having sold several nice examples along with halfcrowns on ebay a few years ago. A 1954 florin in true UNC is desirable (many times rarer than the 1954 halfcrown in UNC) and I believe there are collectors out there who want them. Unfortunately, for me, the example from ebay above is just not even close to being UNC enough! In my experience, they are quite common in that type of grade but elusive with mint lustre and without bag marks or traces of verdigris under close inspection - perhaps one day soon a hoard of them will turn up and change that. I find that with more recent coinage, you have to be increasingly OCD to put together a special collection as the margins in terms of grade between finding a fairly common coin and a rare coin of the same denomination are so small.

Green party. What did you expect ?

That's asparagus for you !

The coin in question. The discussion on PCGS forum can be found here: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/996983/gold-godless-florin

I also bought this today, I really like the castle design

My latest group of unofficial farthings bought over the last month