A Set of 4 x Churchill Commemorative Medals, issued by Pinches in 1970 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of peace in Europe; each medal 38g sterling silver, gold plated (24ct), 45mm; obvs. different busts of Churchill, revs quotes from different wartime speeches; special 'American Express' edition,No 160, with cert, in fitted CofI, UNC £50 - 70
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6 x Official RM Commemorative Medals, All Large Size comprising: bronze 1897 'Diamond Jubilee' by de Saulles (56mm), bronze 1902 'Coronation' by de Saulles (56mm), silver 1911 'Coronation' by Mackennal (51mm), bronze 1911 'Coronation' by Mackennal (51mm), silver George V 'Silver Jubilee' 1935 by Metcalfe (57mm), & a sterling silver medal 1977 'Silver Jubilee' by B Sindall (57mm, 87.5g), together with a silver commemorative medal 1978 '25th Anniversary of the Coronation' issued by the Westminster Abbey Trust & struck by the RM, 57mm, 88.6g; all in original CofI (cases in excellent condition), all virtually as issued £150 - 200
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A Collection of High Grade BofE Banknotes comprising: Peppiatt 4 x £1: 02X, D48A, W83A & E26E (blue) & 2 x 10 shillings: Y77E (mauve) & 65H (brown); Beale £1 J60B &10 shillings 020Z; O'Brien: £5 H39, 2 x £1: 053J (Britannia) & S02 (Portrait) & 2 x 10 shillings: N06Y (Britannia) & C56 (Portrait) & Hollom £10 A26, £5 C16 & £1 B04R; all AUNC to UNC £80 - 120
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A Collection of Scottish Banknotes comprising: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC: 5 x £10: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 & 1994, 5 x £5: 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988 & 1999 & 2 x £1 1987 & 1988; Bank of Scotland: 2 x £20: 2004 & 2007, 4 x £10: 1984, 1989, 1998 & 2007, 4 x £5: 1985, 1990, 1991 & 1998 & £2 x £1: 1983 & 1985; Clydesdale Bank PLC: 2 x £5 1986 & 1990 & £1 1983, together with Allied Irish Banks PLC £10 1987 & Ulster Bank Limited £20 1986; all UNC £300 - 400
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White £5 Beale, 26 June 1952 (Y17), creases & a few tiny pinholes o/wise AVF to VF £50 - 70
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A Collection of BofE Banknotes comprising: Fforde: 2 x £5 (R90, 64B), 2 x £1 (R17D, R90L) & 2 x 10 shillings (07W, C85N); Page: £10 (L12), £5 (AU18) & 8 x £1 (Y74J, ET74, ES65, J21, 2 x Z61, 73W, B17N); Somerset: £20 (17J), 2 x £10 (AS48, CY20), 2 x £5 (JN64, RC39) & 2 x £1 (AN38, DN54); Gill: 4 x £20 (2 x consecutively numbered pairs - 33N & B38), £10 (DW60), 3 x £5 (RH87 & consecutively numbered pair C07); Kentfield: 4 x £20 (2 x consecutively numbered pairs - S13 & BB31), 4 x £10 (2 x consecutively numbered pairs - J04 & EK08) & 2 x £5 (BA25); Lowther: £20 (DB52), 3 x £10 (LA80, AA23, CB16) & 2 x £5 (ED78, HA21) & Bailey: 4 x £20 (ED61, BJ57, EE24, EH12), £10 (DE51) & 2 x £5 (JE54, LB14); a couple with slightly wavy edges o/wise EF to UNC £480 - 550
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A Collection of 100 Modern Banknotes including: USA 172 dollars face value comprising 2 x 50 dollars (1990 & 1996), 2 x 20 dollars (1993 & 2009), 2 x 10 dollars (1988 & 1999), 2 x 5 dollars (1988 & 1999) & 2 x consecutively numbered 1 dollar (1988); Canada 135 dollars face value including 50 dollars 1988, New Zealand 5, 10, 20 & 50 dollars (1992-93 issue), Spain 2 x 1000 pesetas, 2 x 2000 pesetas & 1 x 5000 pesetas (1982-87 issue); Central Bank of Ireland £10 (24.05.99) & £5 (15.10.99); Cyprus £20 (1993), 2 x £10 (1990 & 2005), 2 x £5 (1990 & 1997), together with notes from South Africa, Fiji, Singapore, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Poland etc, virtually all EF to UNC £200 - 300
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A Small Collection of Foreign Banknotes comprising: Bank of Italy 2 x 50 lire Decreto Ministrale 30-7-1896 & 22.5.1942 VF & 30.7.1896 & 23.8.1943 some slight wrinkling o/wise AEF, Regno d'Italia 4 x 5 lire 1940 (x3) & 1944 AUNC to UNC, 2 lire 14.11.1939 minor edge stains Fine & 2 x 1 lira 14.11.1939 AEF minor stains & EF; La Banca d'America e d'Italia, a banker's draft for 100 lire, Genoa15 January 1945 & La Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, savings bank cheque for100 lire, Padua, 1 December 1944, both VF; Algeria 100 francs 29.7.1941 AUNC & 5 francs 25.9.1941 AUNC, Tunisia Banque de l'Algerie 20 francs 20.11.1941 (165mm x 105mm), one very small tear in top edge & one in bottom edge o/wise GVF, together with British Military Authority (1943) two shillings & sixpence, 5 shillings & 10 shillings AEF or+ & a few other lower grade notes, 29 notes in total £50 - 70
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Commemorative Copper Medal 'The Capture of Bethune, St Venant & Aire 1710' in the War of the Spanish Succession; obv. ANNA AVGVSTA around laureate & draped bust of Queen Anne, rev. 'BETHVNIA. FANO. STI. VENANTII. ET. ARIA. CAPTIS around trophy of captured French arms & standards mounted on a plinth; 48mm, 62.7g, by J Croker, EF £100 - 150
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A Set of 22 (out of 26) Gilt Brass Medalets, contained in a brass tube inscribed 'British Victories in the Peninsula' in copperplate script, by Thomason & Jones 1815; the common obv. of each medalet depicts a winged Victory holding a laurel wreath & sword & with the legend 'BY THE MERCY OF GOD'; the revs are inscribed with the date & location of different British military victories in the Peninsular War (1807-1814) e.g. 'July 22 Salamanca 1812;' the lid of the brass tube is inset with a medalet of Wellington with 'MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON' around bust & the base of the tube is inscribed 'FIRST BATTLE PORTUGAL AUG 17 1808 LAST BATTLE FRANCE AP.10.1814;' each medalet 15mm, all virtually as struck, RARE £100 - 150
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3 x 18th Century Halfpenny Tokens comprising: Kent, Deptford 1795 TDH, obv. KENTISH LIBERTY PRESERVED BY VIRTUE & COURAGE Kentish men meet William the Conqueror, rev. PROSPERITY TO THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND, stern of 'Royal George', centre lamp touches 'E' of WOODEN, edge 'Deptford, Chatham and Dover' good edge & surfaces, virtually EF (D13a); Edinburgh 1796, obv. BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES, flower spray on shield, rev. LET BRITAIN FLOURISH stag's head, base line of 7 pellets, good edge & surfaces AEF (D2) & Middlesex, National Series, obv. GEO. PRINCE OF WALES. around bust, plumes below, rev. Royal Arms & supporters, edge: BRIGHTON CAMP HALFPENNY MDCCXCIV.X.X AEF (D952); all attractively toned £60 - 90
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'William Pitt and the Repeal of the Stamp Act,' commemorative copper medal 1766 byT Pingo, obv. GVLIELMVS PITT around bewigged bust facing left, rev. THE MAN WHO. HAVING SAVED THE PARENT. PLEADED WITH SUCCESS FOR HER CHILDREN in 7 lines; good edge & surfaces, toned with considerable original lustre, EF £100 - 150
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A Collection of 20 x 18th & 19th Century Penny Tokens comprising: Bilston (x4): 1813 (D33), 1811 (D46-53), 1811 (D112-25) & 1812(D60-83), Stafford 1803 (D5), Walsall (x2): 1811(D1158) & 1811 (D1165-77); Dudley 1811 (x2, both D725-31), Withymore Scythe Works 1813 (D1215), Redditch 1813 (D960-61), Birmingham (x3): 1812 (D180-97), 1812 (D235) & 1791 'Our Food is Sedition' (D34) scarce; West Bromwich 1811 (D1190-94), British Copper Company (Walthamstow) 1812 (D560-74), Bristol Brass & Copper Co. 1811 (D430-44); Lowestoft (x2) 1811 (D855-6) & 1811 (D860) & Warwickshire County 1789 'Isaac Perrins' (D13); several with lustre traces, generally Fine to VF or+ £100 - 150
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A Collection of 32 x 18th Century Halfpenny Tokens (31 x different) including: Birmingham 1796 'Allin's Panorama' (D62), Norwich 1793 (D20a), Rochdale 1792 (John Kershaw edge) (D143-147), Manchester 1793 (D135), Plymouth 1796 (D6), Huddersfield 1793 (D15a), 2 x Warwickshire (County) 1791 (D45-48), Gatehouse (Kirkcudbrightshire) 1793 (D1), Edinburgh 1792 (D2), Dublin (D308) etc, & 2 x farthings: South Wales 1793 (D15-19) & Middlesex 'Pidcock's' obv. elephant, rev. cockatoo, edge plain (D1067a), together with 4 x 19th century halfpenny tokens including Walsall 1811 (D1155) & Birmingham & Swansea Rose Copper Company 1811 (262-272); 38 coins in total, various grades, generally Fine to VF or+, several with lustre traces £180 - 250
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2 x 19th Century Copper Tokens: Birmingham Workhouse threepence 1813 (D380-83), minor contact marks/edge imperfections GFine or+ & Lichfield Lemmonsley Mill twopence no date (D820-21), obv. 'John Henrickson' & mill with trees & river, rev. arms of Lichfield, trivial contact marks, very good edge, good lustre, scarce in VF, together with 2 x commemorative bronze medals 'Lancashire Meeting of the British Archaeological Association 1850' obv. hand pouring oil into antique lamp, rev. arms of Manchester & Lancaster, 35mm, both AUNC, one prooflike, a bronze Sentimental Token with a portrait of George III, the first in a series of 13 by John Kirk issued to purchasers of the Sentimental Magazine 1773-74, 26mm, lustre traces VF & Netherlands, a bronze medalet commemorating the Inauguration of Willem III 1849, 23mm, GVF & Prussia, a bronze commemorative medal commemorating the victories of Frederick the Great in the battles of Rosbach & Lissa 1757, 27.5g, 43mm, pitted surfaces, Fair to VG £80 - 120
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7 x Sterling Silver Replica Stamps, gold-plated, all different & issued by Hallmark Replicas for the 25th Anniversary of the Coronation 1978, total weight 173.68g, no case, BU £40 - 60
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Silver Gaming Token, circa 1620, obv. GIVE THY IVDGEMENTS O GOD UNTO THE KING around detailed facing portrait of James I, rev. AND THY RIGHTEOVSNESSE UNTO THE KINGS SONN around facing portrait of Prince Charles; part of a set of 36 by Dutch engraver Simon van de Passe depicting English sovereigns from Edward the Confessor to Charles I; 26mm, a few barely visible hairlines o/wise virtually as issued £50 - 80
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