15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
160
Mixed Collection, to include: 2 x crowns: Victoria 'Jubilee' head 1892, rev. Pistrucci, VG; and George V 'Silver Jubilee' 1935, obv. bare head left, rev. St. George and the dragon, toned, VF; 6 x Victoria halfcrowns: 'Young' head 1878, 'Jubilee' head 1990, and 4 x 'Old' head 1894(x2), 1898 and 1900, Fair to Fine; together with UK proof set 1970, 8 coins from halfcrown to ½d; 2 x Britain's First Decimal Coins; 47 cupro-nickel crowns etc.
Sold for £110
Estimated at £70 - £100
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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