15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
109
4 x Victoria, Silver comprising: 2 x double florins 1887 obv. Jubilee bust left, rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, Arabic 1 in date, GVF; and 2 x florins: 'Gothic' 1879 obv. Gothic bust left, date in MDCCCLXXIX in legend, no WW or die number, rev. crowned cruciform shields, emblems of the Union in angles, GVF; and 'Jubilee Head; 1887 rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, GVF
Sold for £170
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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