15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Assorted Commemorative Coin Sets, to include: 1948 'Olympic Year' specimen set from halfcrown to farthing, encapsulated in London Mint Office case of issue with certificate of authenticity; 5 x gold-plated specimen year sets, including: '1953 Coronation' 10 coins from crown to farthing, 2 x '1977 Jubilee' 7 coins from crown to ½d, 'Pre-Decimals' 9-coin set from halfcrown to farthing with colour highlights; 'The Emblem Series' 8 coins from £1 to ½d, and additional incomplete sets, all encapsulated with certificates; 'The Portraits of Elizabeth II' specimen set with examples from various Commonwealth nations; 2 x 'The Windsor Coin Collection' Tristan da Cunha issue, gold-plated commemorating milestones of the Royal Family; 'Great British Military Heroes' series, Tristan da Cunha issues celebrating famous British military figures, with certificates; 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' 5 gold-plated medals depicting various archaeological finds, encapsulated with certificate in case; Change Checker folder and A-Z 10p collection 2018; 2 x 'History of the Royal Air Force' 4 medal sets, each with different rev. colour designs, encapsulated in Koin Limited folders; and 13 x commemorative crowns, including 5 x London Olympics 2012, 2 x 'Celebration of Britain' and 2 x Queen's Diamond Jubilee' 2012 in Royal Mint packets, BU; together with spare Westminster Mint, London Mint Office etc. cases, folders, trays etc.
Sold for £200
Estimated at £100 - £150
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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