15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
44 x British & Foreign Silver, comprising: 29 x British: 2 x crowns 1889 and 1935; double florin 1887 rev. Arabic 1 in date; Bank of England 3 shilling token 1812; 8 x halfcrowns 1819, 1820, 1821, 1887, 1890, 1902, 1921 and 1941; 3 x florins: 1881, 1889 and 1923; 8 x shillings: 18261931, 1932, 1935, 1939(x2), 1942 and 1944; 5 x sixpences and a 1908 threepence; together with 3 x France including a Louis XVI 1 ecu 1784K (graffiti obv. and rev., Fair); 4 x Canada 2 x 25 cents 1942 and ??, and 2 x 10 cents 1939 and 1941; 2 x Norway 10 ore1882 and 1887 (EF to AUNC); Russia 10 kopeks 1906; 2 x South Africa: florin 1928 and sixpence 1932; Australia sixpence 1910; Fiji sixpence 1943; and South African Republic 2½ shillings 1896
Sold for £190
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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