Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Coins, Tokens and Banknotes
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 16th April 2014 Time: 12:00PM
Details: Viewing:
Tuesday 15 April 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Wednesday 16 April 8.00 am to 11.30 am
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Auction Lots - Page 5
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Sovereign 1912 lustrous GVF & Half Sovereign 1907 trivial hairlines o/wise VF £240 - 270
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6 x English Silver Coins comprising: 3 shilling bank token 1811 GFine, 2 x crowns 1935 AEF to EF, 2 x shillings 1898 Fine & 1900 minor hairlines VF to GVF & sixpence 1887JH withdrawn type Fine £40 - 60
203
India, Independent Kingdom of Rohilkhand Gold Mohur of Zabita Khan struck in the name of Shah Alam II (AH1773-1221 - 1759-1806AD), Najibabad Mint, yr 13, 10.85g, lustrous ABU (KM100) £350 - 450
204
Sovereign 1882M, contact marks o/wise AVF £160 - 180
205
Edward VII, 3 x Half Sovereigns: 1902, 1906 & 1907, generally GFine to AVF £240 - 270
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Sovereign 1914 lustrous AEF & a brass sovereign case, circa 1920, fob type, pocket watch style with suspension ring, good condition £170 - 190
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Victoria, 3 x Jubilee Head Crowns: 1887 blue tone in legends, good edge & surfaces, lustrous AEF 1887 uniform deep grey tone with underlying lustre GVF & 1890 light edge bruises Fine, together with 3 x double florins: 1887A blue/gold tone, brilliance in legends, good edge & surfaces EF, 1887R lightly toned, trivial contact marks o/wise good edge & surfaces AEF & 1889 AFine £80 - 120
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Victoria, 2 x Old Head Crowns: 1896 LX & 1900 LXIV, trivial contact marks/edge imperfections, both lightly toned with lustre GVF to AEF £50 - 70
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6 x Crowns: 1819 contact marks, light rev. edge bruises VG, 1822 TERTIO minor contact marks, edge knock at 5 o'clock o/wise toned AVF, 1822 TERTIO minor edge imperfections, trivial contact marks AFine/VG, 1935 grey tone GVF, 1937 EF & 1953 UNC £60 - 80
210
Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 2 x crowns 1937, £0.80p face value pre-47 silver (all shillings), 32 x silver threepences including 1887JH GVF & 1900 AEF, an official small (31mm) silver Coronation commemorative medal 1902 by de Saulles & a Coventry halfpenny token 1793 AVF, together with Isle of Man 2 x commemorative silver crowns 1972 'Silver Wedding' (one in CofI) FDC & Newfoundland silver 20 cents 1912 VG & 2 x 50 cents 1876H Fair & date worn Fair/Poor £50 - 70
211
Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 120+ foreign coins of which 24 x silver (weight 189.3g) including: Prussia thaler 1831A AVF, South Africa halfcrown 1896 cleaned AFine, Australia florin 1912 cleaned AVF, Cyprus 3 piastres 1901 VG & USA half dime 1871 VF & silver 3 cents 1857 VG, together with £0.42\½ pre-47 silver, £0.17\½ pre-20 silver, a Maundy penny 1862 scratches on bust o/wise VF, 9 x CuNi crowns, various English & foreign commemorative medals, an Irish half ducatoon coin weight 1695 & 50+ English copper & bronze coins (almost all cleaned) including farthing 1675 VG, farthing 1719 scratches VG, 2 x 'cartwheel' twopences 1797 & halfpennies 1770 & 1773 Fine £80 - 120
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4 x English Copper Coins comprising: 2 x pennies 1854PT peripheral lustre AEF/VF & 1855OT Fine, halfpenny 1853 Fine & farthing 169(4) Fair+, together with 10 x Foreign Copper & Bronze Coins comprising: Ireland Wood's halfpenny 1723, Guernsey 8 doubles 1834, Gibraltar 1 quarto 1810 small date (Robert Keeling) AEF, France 10 centimes 1854B, Spain 8 maravedis 1774, East India Company (Straits Settlements) 1 cent 1845, Nova Scotia halfpenny 'thistle' token 1832, New Brunswick penny 1854 & Barbados 2 x pennies 1788 type 111 (large head, large pineapple), one with scratch on bust & Sierra Leone Company 1 cent 1791; generally Fine to VF unless o/wise graded £100 - 150
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4 x English Copper Coins comprising: 2 x pennies 1854PT peripheral lustre AEF/VF & 1855OT Fine, halfpenny 1853 Fine & farthing 169(4) Fair+, together with 10 x Foreign Copper & Bronze Coins comprising: Ireland Wood's halfpenny 1723, Guernsey 8 doubles 1834, Gibraltar 1 quarto 1810 small date (Robert Keeling) AEF, France 10 centimes 1854B, Spain 8 maravedis 1774, East India Company (Straits Settlements) 1 cent 1845, Nova Scotia halfpenny 'thistle' token 1832, New Brunswick penny 1854 & Barbados 2 x pennies 1788 type 111 (large head, large pineapple), one with scratch on bust & Sierra Leone Company 1 cent 1791; generally Fine to VF unless o/wise graded £150 - 200
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Miscellaneous Lot including: crown 1893 LVI contact marks AFine, double florin 1889 obv. scratches o/wise Fine, florin 1856 Fair, 2 x shillings 1820 VG & 1902 AVF, 7 x pennies all 1901, varying degrees of lustre GVF or+, farthing 1826 AVF & a quantity of pre-decimal bronze together with USA silver dollar 1921s (Morgan) VF & quarter dollar 1944s Fine & various commemorative medals: Diamond Jubilee 1897 official small (26mm) silver by de Saulles & a large pewter(?) medal Diamond Jubilee 1897 (142g, 70mm), Coronation 1902 & Silver Jubilee 1935, both silvered base metal with ribbons & The Richard Oastler National Testimonial medal 1838 (Eimer 1316) £80 - 120
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Sovereign 1908 GFine & half sovereign 1898 faint hairlines o/wise VF+ £240 - 280
216
Australia Sovereign 1865, rev. SIDNEY MINT above crowned AUSTRALIA in wreath, ONE SOVEREIGN below; numerous contact marks & obv. rim nick at 10 o'clock VG to AFine £160 - 180
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£1.77\½ Face Value Pre-20 Silver, together with £4.95 face value pre-47 silver & 390 silver threepences almost all pre-20 £180 - 250
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6 x Halfcrowns: 1836 minor hairlines o/wise nice VF, 2 x 1884 both VG, 1910 AVF/VF & 2 x 1911 both with light golden tone VF+/EF & VF/GVF £80 - 120
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Victoria, 9 x Silver Coins comprising: 3 x crowns: 1844 VIII obv. marks & scratches & initials 'MB' stamped on neck o/wise AFine, 1893 LVII Fine, 1900 LXIII Fine; 4 x double florins: 1887A light hairlines o/wise lustrous GVF, 1887R edge knock at 2 o'clock AFine, 1889 AFine & 1890 Fine; shilling 1887JH GFine or+ & threepence 1861 Fine+/AVF £80 - 120
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Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 130+ foreign coins including 23 x silver (weight 95.6g), approximately £6 face value pre-decimal CuNi, a quantity of pre-decimal bronze (weight 2.16kg) & brass threepences (725g), 8 x Scottish £1 notes (2 x British Linen Bank 1966, 1968, 2 x Royal Bank of Scotland 1969 & 1972, 2 x Bank of Scotland 1967 & 1972, National Commercial Bank 1964 & Clydesdale Bank 1980 together with BofE 2 x £1: Peppiatt (1948 issue) S07S (replacement note) & Page (pictorial) A60 & 6 x 10 shilling notes: O'Brien (portrait), 2 x Hollom & 3 x Fforde; generally VG to Fine £50 - 80
221
8 x Pre-Victoria silver Coins comprising: crown 1818 LVIII contact marks & scratches, 5 x halfcrowns: 2 x 1817 small head, 182(5) & 2 x 1834, a Charles II shilling 1670 Poor/Fair, sixpence 1826 bare head Fine/VG; all low grade, average Fair unless o/wise graded £30 - 50
222
12 x English Silver Coins comprising: 4 x crowns: 1820 LX Fair, 1845 VIII VG, 1889 & 1890 Fine; 5 x halfcrowns: 1819, 1826, 1893 & 1907 (x2) VG to AFine, florin 1900 Fair/VG & 2 x sixpences: 1787 with hearts, toned VF & 1905 scratches Fair £60 - 80
223
USA, 77 x 'Mercury' dimes, various dates 1916-1945 in 2 x Whitman folders, 150 x 'Jefferson' nickels, various dates 1938-82 in 4 x Whitman folders, 95 x cents, various dates 1909 -1974, in 2 x Whitman folders, various grades, together with dime 1876s VF+, 2 x 'buffalo' 5 cents 1913 & 1936s Fine & 2 x 'Barber' dimes 1916 Poor to Fair £60 - 80
224
16 x Crown-Size Foreign Silver Coins comprising: South Africa crown 1960 & 4 x 50 cents 1961, 1962, 1963 & 1964; France 50 francs 1974; Canada 2 x dollars 1965, 1966 & 10 dollars 1975 (Montreal Olympics; Mexico 5 pesos 1948, 25 pesos 1968 & 100 pesos 1978; China 3 x dollars 1914 (x2) Yuan Shih-kai, vertical milling, 6 characters above head & 1933 'Junk dollar' no birds or rising sun & Maria Theresa restrike thaler 1780X; various grades, generally VF or+ £120 - 160
225
Proof Sovereign 1980 & Proof Half Sovereign 1980, with certs, in wallets of issue, FDC £220 - 260
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2 x Proof Half Sovereigns: 1980 with cert, in wallet of issue FDC & 1986 with cert, in CofI, FDC £160 - 180
227
£24.40 Face Value Pre-47 Silver, together with £5.00 face value pre-decimal CuNi & a quantity of pre-decimal bronze (weight 1.66kg) £200 - 250
228
18 x RM Proof Sets 1970-1987 Inclusive, with certs, in CofI, FDC, 22 x RM Uncirculated sets: 1983, 2 each of 1983-1992 inclusive & 1993 BU together with New Zealand Captain Cook commemorative set 1969, 7 coins 1 cent to 1 dollar, 'polished grade' in CofI BU, Australia proof set 1969, 6 coins 1 cent to 50 cents, in CofI, FDC, Canada BU set 1967 6 coins 1 cent to 1 dollar, with cert, in pliofilm envelope BU & other coins £120 - 160
229
Miscellaneous Coins & Banknotes including: halfcrown 1884 bust Fair o/wise AFine, a year set 1953 farthing to crown in a plastic case, 150+ foreign coins of which 15 x silver (most rather dirty) including Germany 3 marks 1930A 'Liberation of the Rhineland' VF & a few banknotes including Malaya 5 dollars 1.7.1941 Fine & 10 dollars 1.7.1941 hole at centre, edge faults & ingrained dirt VG, Malaya & British Borneo 5 dollars 21.3.1953 GVF, 10 dollars 21.3.1953 AVF, 10 dollars 1.3.1961 EF, together with Singapore 12 x 1 dollar (1976) generally Fine to VF & other notes £40 - 60
230
Maundy Set 1967, 4d, 3d, 2d & 1d, peripheral toning, UNC £80 - 120
231
George IV Sovereign 1821, laureate head, 7.92g, hairlines & light scratches, minor edge imperfections o/wise AVF to VF £350 - 450
232
USA, 4 x Silver Dollars: 1921 (x2) both Morgan VF to GVF, 1923 VF & 1923s Fine, half dollar 1966 AEF & Canada 2 x Silver Dollars 1966 VF+ £40 - 60
233
William III Crown 1700 DECIMO TERTIO, contact marks & scratches both sides & a few edge imperfections VG £40 - 60
234
8 x English Silver Coins comprising: 4 x crowns: 1819 LIX contact marks VG, 1821 SECUNDO VG/Fair, 1889 a few contact marks o/wise lustrous VF & 1890 Fine; 2 x halfcrowns: 1817 small head, minor rim nicks o/wise Fine & 1937 obv. small dig in hair o/wise slightly prooflike lustrous EF; George II shilling 1735 roses & plumes, remnants of solder at rev. centre o/wise VG/Fine, sixpence 1816 Fair, together with 2 x Maria Theresa restrike thalers 1780X Fine to GFine £60 - 80
235
2 x Sovereigns: 1912P lustrous AEF & 1914 GVF, together with a silver sovereign case, fob type, pocket watch style, hallmarked Birmingham 1902, dent in lid o/wise good condition £320 - 360

BANKNOTES, MEDALLIONS ETC

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2 x Consecutively Numbered £50 notes, Somerset, Series 'D' pictorial issue (1981), BO8 887743 - BO8 887744, both mint state £130 - 180
237
White £5 Beale, London 30 May 1952 (x93), light vertical creases/handling marks o/wise AVF, together with BofE 3 x £5: O'Brien Helmeted Britannia issue (D14) EF, Fforde Portrait issue (93B) EF & Page Portrait issue 1st series (33C) AUNC £80 - 120
238
A Complete Set of 12 x Sterling Silver Ingots, Churchill Centenary commemoratives 1874-1974; all 22ct gold-plated & each 53.66g; the ingots depict scenes from Churchill's life & each with a different portrait; issued by Pobjoy Mint in a limited edition of 5000 sets, with cert, in fitted wooden case, BU £150 - 200
239
White £10 Peppiatt, Bernhard Forgery, London 19 May 1938, virtually mint state, together with detailed historical notes on Operation Bernhard £50 - 70
240
Reserve Bank of Rhodesia (Republic) 5 x Banknotes comprising: 10 dollars 1979 AEF,5 dollars 1979 EF+, 2 dollars 1979 AEf & 2 x1 dollar 1976 & 1979 EF & a type set of 7 coins half cent to 25 cents (2\½ cents 1970, remainder 1975-77) in a plastic wallet, together with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe 8 x Banknotes comprising: 100 trillion dollars 2008, 500 dollars 2001, 100 dollars 1995, 2 x 20 dollars 1983 VF & 1997, 10 dollars 1997, 5 dollars 1997 & 2 dollars 1994 GVF, generally EF to UNC unless o/wise graded & South African Reserve Bank 5 rand (1978-90) sign. C L Stals, creased Fine & 10 rand (1993) EF £30 - 40
241
A Collection of BofE Banknotes comprising:2 x consecutively numbered £20 Somerset (EO7), 3 x £5 Page Portrait issue (all 12E including 2 x consecutively numbered) & 100 x £1, all O'Brien Britannia issue of which 92 with serial numbers E-K to U-K in consecutively numbered runs of 12 (x3 runs), 11 (x3 runs) & runs of 10, 8, 3 & 2 together with 8 notes with various serial numbers including 1 x A20K & 1 x Z90J; a few with light centre or corner folds, GEF to UNC £220 - 260
242
A Collection of BofE Banknotes comprising: £20 Somerset (E26), 2 x £5 Fforde (77A & 82A), 63 x £1 comprising: 3 x Beale (L31C & 2 x consecutively numbered D96J), 26 x O'Brien Britannia issue: 5 x D74K, 2 x T55K, 4 x K76K, 9 x J64K, 2 x H55L, 2 x J17K & 2 x T41K, 16 x Hollom: 4 x J39T, 2 x B98U one with obv. cashier's marks in ink & 10 x D15U, 5 x Fforde: 3 x C72Y & 2 x B56Y & 8 x Page HY27 (Portrait issue): - all consecutively numbered runs except O'Brien H55L, together with 5 x Fforde: M10R & M14R (replacement notes) & B55Y, B57Y & B58Y & 8 x 10 shilling notes: O'Brien 2 x consecutively numbered H83 (Portrait issue), 4 x Hollom: 29K, 97N, 22N & 66J & 2 x Fforde: 45U & 67T; a few with light centre folds & minor corner flicks, EF to UNC £100 - 150
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4 x Foreign Banknotes comprising: Australia 10 shillings, 3rd issue (1934) Riddle & Sheehan (C/61), brown with red overprint TEN SHILLINGS in borders; vertical centre crease & light handling marks, very scarce AVF; Italy 100 lire, Banca d'Italia 8 Sept 1920 with counterfoil, Stringher & Sacchi (T349), brown & pink with 'Decreto Ministeriale 1896' seal on rev., vertical creases, some staining along top & bottom edges o/wise GFine to AVF & Government of India 2 x 10 rupees 26 April 1918 (Lahore city of issue) & 16 September 1918 (Bombay city of issue) sign. M M S Gubbay; numerous creases, ingrained dirt & edge faults, both with small holes, VG & AFine £200 - 250
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A Collection of English Banknotes comprising: Treasury note £1 Warren Fisher M1/30 (round dot), vertical centre crease, handling marks Fine; 3 x £5: Hollom (B28), Fforde(S72) & Gill (SD18); 13 x £1 Fforde, all S80D, including a consecutively numbered run of 8 & 2 x consecutively numbered pairs, £1 Somerset (AW60), 30 x 10 shilling notes Hollom (all 01N) including consecutively numbered runs of 18, 7 & 2; a consecutively numbered run of 100 x 10 shilling notes Fforde 53W 788287 - 53W 788386, a consecutively numbered run of 9 x 10 shilling notes Fforde (C49N) all AUNC to UNC, together with Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd £1 4th May 1939 (O/24) AFine & 40+ foreign notes including 20 x German notes 1906 to 1933, mostly 1920's, Spain 500 pesetas 22 July 1954 & 8 x 100 pesetas 19 Nov 1965 £100 - 150
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4 x Provincial Banknotes comprising: Stoodley Bridge £1 April 15 1803, for John Sutcliffe, Thomas Sutcliffe & James Sutcliffe, wrinkles, creases & ingrained dirt but no parts of note missing, manuscript signature of Thomas Sutcliffe, AFine; Thirsk Bank £1 26 Oct 18(14?) for Mowbray, Hollingsworth, Wetherell, Shields, Boulton & Co, small edge tears, pinholes, creases & ingrained dirt, manuscript signature of Hollingsworth VG, Leeds Bank £1 Feb 9th 1809 for Sawer, Bailey & Co, edge tears & piece of note missing at bottom right corner, creases, wrinkles & ingrained dirt, 'Sawer' & manuscript signature cancelled Fair & Saddleworth Union Bank £1 May 22 1822 for Harrop, Lees, Brown & Co,, ragged edges, creases & ingrained dirt, clear manuscript signature of John Harrop Fair £60 - 80
246
A Complete Collection of 36 x Hallmarked Silver Ingots, each depicting a different classic car in The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, each ingot 65.2g, details of car on rev., housed in fitted wooden case (with key), BU as issued £400 - 600
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BofE White £5 O'Brien, London 9 Jan 1956, B79A, creases & corner flicks & a couple of tiny pinholes o/wise Fine to GFine £40 - 60
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English & Scottish Banknotes comprising: Treasury note £1 Warren Fisher T1/21, BofE 2 x £5: O'Brien (E26) & Page (51E), 4 x £1: Peppiatt blue (L15E) VG, Beale (T52C) & 2 x Somerset (DX77 & DX78), 4 x 10 shilling notes Fforde VG to Fine, Scotland: Bank of Scotland £20 Bilsland/Watson Edinburgh 25 March 1958, several creases & small hole in one crease AFine & British Linen Bank 2 x £1 1963 & 1968 VG; generally Fine or + unless o/wise graded £40 - 60
249
Commemorative Silver Medal, Coronation of William & Mary 1689, obv. conjoined draped busts GVLIELMVS .ET.MARIA.DG.MAG.BR.FR.ET.HIB.REX.ET.REGINA, rev. King & Queen each holding orb & sceptre enthroned beneath an ornate canopy & a large crown supported by two bishops, IDOLOLATRIA.SERVITVTE.PROFLIGATIS.RELIGIONE.LEGIB.LIBERTAT.RESTITVTIS, 1689 in ex., cast silver version of the struck medal by G Bower but unsigned & on a thinner flan (53mm), flan slightly crimped, good detail both sides, 21g, GVF (Eimer 310b) £100 - 150
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Commemorative Medal 'Capture of Portobello by Admiral Vernon 1739,' obv. full length standing figure of Admiral Vernon facing left in frock-coat & holding staff, cannon behind him facing left & sailing ship to his right, THE.BRITISH.GLORY.REVIV.D.BY. ADMIRAL.VERNON' (retrograde N's); rev. six ships entering Portobello harbour 'HE TOOK PORTO BELLO WITH SIX SHIPS ONLY,' in ex. NOV 22 1739; 40mm, 14.7g, scarce variety, scratch in obv. field below staff o/wise GFine or+, together with official RM small silver commemorative medal Coronation 1911 by Mackennal, 31mm, in original paper envelope EF+ & a brass calendar medal for 1775 by John Powell of Birmingham, rev. most of calendar area worn o/wise Fine £40 - 60
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Coins, Tokens and Banknotes
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 16th April 2014 Time: 12:00PM
Details: Viewing:
Tuesday 15 April 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Wednesday 16 April 8.00 am to 11.30 am
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