15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
573
3 x Confederate States of America Banknotes for Richmond, Virginia comprising: (1) $20 1861 (Third Issue) obv. dated 2nd September 1861, portrait of Vice President A.H. Stevens lower left, (Pick 33), creasing a minor staple holes, otherwise VF; (2) $10 1861 (Third Issue) obv. dated 2nd September 1861, portrait of C.G. Memminger (Secretary of the Treasury) lower right, and M.T. Hunter (Secretary of State) lower left, X X in red underprint, (Pick 25), fold marks, minor staple holes, VF SCARCE; and (3) $10 1862 (Fourth Issue) obv. dated 2nd September 1862, Ceres reclining on cotton bales, ships in background, redemption reads 'Six Months', (Pick 46a), vertical fold marks, small stain bottom right, VF
Sold for £300
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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