15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
183
2 x UK 'Family Silver Collections' comprising: 2007 6-coin set comprising £5 'Diamond Wedding Anniversary', £2 (1oz) 'Goddess Britannia', 2 x £2 'Act of Union' and 'Abolition of the Slave Trade', £1 'Gateshead' and 50p 'Scouting'; and 2008 5-coin set comprising 2 x £5 'Prince Charles 60th Birthday' and 'Elizabeth I', £2 (1oz) Britannia, £2 'London Olympic Centenary' and £1 'Royal Coat of Arms'; each encapsulated in Royal Mint display case with certificate of authenticity
Sold for £180
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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