15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST

Coins & Banknotes

 
Lot 525
 

525

Mixed AE and Commemorative Coinage, to include: a large quantity of mixed world AE coinage, highlights include: Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, AE drachm obv. Zeus laureate head right, rev. eagle standing bearing wings right, A Σ to left field (Fine); William IV penny 1831 (near Fine); 3 x Victoria 'Young Head' pennies: 1853 (VG), 1855 (verdigris to rev., otherwise VF+) and 1858 (VG); George V farthing 1918 (lustrous, GVF); USA 'Braided Hair' 1 cent 1853 (verdigris, Fine); Greece 20 lepta 1831 (flan buckled, otherwise VG); Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1897 obv. conjoined busts of Victoria, Prince of Wales, Duke of York and Prince Edward, rev. shields of the Union below radiant crown (AUNC); cartwheel 2d and 1ds 1797, George III penny 1806 with examples also from British West Africa, Jamaica, France, Switzerland, Italy, the Channel Islands etc.; a commemorative currency including: proof 50p 1973 'Accession to the EEC' in cas eof issue, and 172 x 50p 1972 standard issues; commemorative crowns; and 2 x UK proof sets 1970 and 1971 in Royal Mint envelopes

Sold for £160
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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