15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
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Commemorative Coins and Sets, including: Canada silver proof $100 2014 '75th Anniversary of D-Day', encapsulated in Royal Canadian Mint case of issue with certificate of authenticity; silver proof coin cover 'Queen's 90th Birthday' dated 21st April 2016; 2 x UK proof sets 1970 each 8 coins from halfcrown to ½d in Royal Mint envelopes; UK specimen set 2012 from crown to 1p, BU in Royal Mint packet; and commemorative base metal including: 3 x coin covers: 'Titanic Centenary' 2012; 'Diamond Jubilee' 2012 and 'London Olympics' 2012; 2 x Cook islands $5 2013 (65mm, 145g) 'Coronation Jubilee' and 2019 (65mm, 155.53g) 'Birth of Prince George', each with rev. colour photograph encapsulated in display case with certificate; Cook Islands $1 4-coin set 2012 'Titanic Centenary' in Westminster Mint display case; 7 x NumisProof medals each with rev. colour photograph of Elizabeth II; and various other commemorative crowns and coins
Sold for £130
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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