15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
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USA, 'Capped Bust' Half Dollar 1807 Small Stars (33mm, 13.40g), obv. Liberty bust left wearing Phrygian cap, flanked by 13 small stars, date below, rev. variation on the national arms, denomination 50 C below, (KM 37), light scratches to obv., otherwise VF (US grade AU details)
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 15th Feb, 2023
An interesting and eclectic mix of coins spanning over 1000 years of history will go under the hammer in Tennants Auctioneers’ Coins & Banknotes Sale on 15th February. Amongst the nearly 600 lots are rare and fine examples such as a Gold Proof Set issued in 1937 to mark the Coronation of George VI, an AE Drachm produced in Alexandria mint in the reign of the Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-221 BC), a Portuguese Joao V (1720-56) 4 Escudos (Peca) minted in Lisbon in 1727 and two consecutively numbered Bank of England white five pounds.
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Tuesday 14th February 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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