15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
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Mixed Silver Proofs and Proof Sets, comprising: 4 x Deluxe Edition UK Proof Sets: 1985 7 coins from £1 to 1p; 1986 8-coin set from £2 to 1p; and 2 x 1987 7-coin set from £1 to 1p; each encapsulated in red leather Royal Mint cases of issue; 4 x UK silver proof £2 1986 'XIII Commonwealth Games', encapsulated in Royal Mint cases with certificates; together with 2 x UK specimen sets: 1985 7 coins from £1 to 1p; and 1986 8 coins from 31 to 1p; in Royal Mint packets, BU
Sold for £160
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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