15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
545
10 x Historic Medals, 19th and early 20th century, including: Crimean War 1856 white metal obv. Roman Centurion genuflects and offers sword to Peace, rev. THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH RUSSIA AFTER TWO YEARS WAR SIGNED AT PARIS 30TH MARCH RATIFIED 28TH APRIL 1856 within wreath, holed at 12 o'clock, otherwise GVF; Volunteer Force Long Service silver obv. VICTORIA REGINA around old veiled bust left, unnamed, GVF; Special Constabulary Long Service bronze obv. GEORGIUS VI, bare head left, GVF; Sunday Schools Centenary 1880 white metal obv. Robert Raikes bust left, rev. text from Proverbs 22:6, holed at 12 o'clock, GVF; and 6 x Royal commemorative including Victoria diamond jubilee, coronation of Edward VII etc.
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120
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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