15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
400+ World Banknotes, including examples from Hong Kong, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Malta, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Egypt, Pakistan, Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Scotland, Poland, Thailand, Sinagpore, Portugal, Israel, Iran, India, Chile, Azerbaijan, Zaire, Saudi Arabia, Burundi, Colombia, China, Belgium, Cameroon, the USA, Guatemala, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Sweden, Luxembourg etc., highlights include: Bank of Scotland £20 dated 16th March 1944 (Pick 94c), graffiti, otherwise Fine; Germany 10,000 marks 19th January 1922 (Pick 70), VG; The Central Bank of Ireland £1 dated 21st April 1975 (Pick 64c), AUNC; 2 x Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation $100 31st March 1975 (Pick 185d), EF; 11 x Bolivia 1 boliviano 1911 (Pick 102), all stamped 'BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA' to obv., near Fine to AUNC. Viewing recommended
Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £400
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.
Viewing
Tuesday 14th February 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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