Coins, Banknotes and Medallions

A collection of mixed coins, banknotes, medallions and paranumismatic items, including a group of silver and silver nickel coinage, a Pobjoy Mint silver Donatello Rescue Fund medallion 1976, a Royal Mint Millennium bronze medal, cased with certificate, and a collection of Netherlands East Indies one cents 1942 (uncirculated).

A jeweller's copy of a George V sovereign 1917.

A collection of mainly British coins, tokens and paranumismatic items, including a George III cartwheel twopence 1797, a Victoria Jubilee bronze medallion 1887, a George III brass coin weight for a guinea, dated 1775, a William III shilling, a Victoria Young Head farthing error 1839 with only two prongs to the trident, and a group of pre-1947 silver nickel coinage.

A collection of late 20th century commemorative coinage, including a group of Elizabeth II year-type sets, comprising 1988 to 1995, an East India Company Elizabeth II Memorial one-ounce silver coin, a Charles III Coronation silver proof sovereign 2023 and a Royal Mint Brilliant Uncirculated Definitive Coin Set 2024.

An early 19th century white metal prize medallion, engraved 'Mr & Mrs W. George, Beckford House, Clapham, 2nd Class, E. Friths reward of merit to Miss Carter', with central device of a lyre.

A large collection of various base metal commemorative coins, including a group of Westminster Mint fifty pence style coins celebrating Great British Birds, and a Royal Mint British A-Z ten pence collector's set 2018.

A large collection of European and world banknotes, including a Lebanon one hundred livres note, a State of Pakistan five rupees note and a Jordan one dinar note (the latter good/fine, the quantity generally circulated).

A large collection of pre-1947 British silver nickel coinage, comprising half-crowns, florins, shillings and sixpences.

A small collection of George III and later silver coinage, including a George III crown 1818, edge detailed 'LIX', a George III crown 1821, edge detailed 'Secundo', and a George IV shilling 1829.

A William and Mary half-crown 1693, edge detailed 'Quinto', Sp 3436, with an old correspondence to Spink & Son Ltd, dated 8th May 1979.

A small group of British coins and paranumismatic items, including a Victoria Veiled Head crown 1898, edge detailed 'LXII', a Victoria Jubilee Head double florin 1889, a Far Famed Cake Company bronze advertising medallion celebrating Victoria's 60th year of reign, and three George V crowns 1935, together with a small group of Elizabeth II banknotes.

A Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman gold one hundred ringgit 1971, within original presentation box of issue.

An extremely rare and striking National Bank of Iraq partial banknote die proof engraver's test strike for the reverse of a half-dinar note, circa 1959, in light brown with depiction of the ruins of the Great Mosque of Samarra, titled 'National Bank of Iraq' to top centre, values to corners and in large script to left hand side, on paper/card mounted stuck on card base (extremely fine). Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

An extremely rare and striking National Bank of Iraq partial banknote die proof engraver's test strike for the reverse of a half-dinar note, circa 1959, in light brown with depiction of the ruins of the Great Mosque of Samarra, titled 'National Bank of Iraq' to top centre, values to corners and in large script to left hand side, on paper/card (extremely fine). Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A group of three Banco Central de Bolivia banknote progressive die proof engraver's test strike stages for the obverse of an undenominated note, colour trials in blue with portrait vignette of Antonio José de Sucre to right side, erased values to corners, on oversized paper/card with partial plate margins, together with three die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignettes of Antonio José de Sucre, as used on the aforementioned note, comprising two in brown and one in black (all good/very fine, handling marks, paper discolouration, one with graffiti to reverse). Note: this note does not seem to have gone into production, but elements of it were probably used on others. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A group of three rare Bank of Tanzania partial/full banknote trial die proof engraver's test strikes for the obverse of a one thousand shilingi note in green and multicolours, showing stage work and marked with corrections and printer's comments to lower left corners (all extremely fine, some handling marks). Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Thomas De La Rue Incorporating Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd advertising desk stand of A-board design, detailed 'Thomas De La Rue', ' Designers, Engravers and Printers of Security Documents...', obverse and reverse printed with designs of William Caxton and his press, printed in purple, yellow, green and orange. Note: probably issued as an advertising work to promote the International Banknote Society's 18th Annual European Congress in 1988.

A rare Bradbury Wilkinson and Thomas De La Rue advertising desk calendar for 1988 of A-board design, detailed 'Bradbury Wilkinson', 'Designers, Engravers & Printers of all Security Documents...', obverse with portrait of Sir Isaac Newton below apple tree to the right, reverse with decorative design, printed in orange, green and brown, within original card sleeve.

A group of three mid-20th century Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd advertising notes, detailed 'Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd', 'Designers, Engravers and Printers of Bank Notes, Postage Stamps, Bonds and all Monetary Documents', each obverse with portrait vignette of Viscount Nelson to the middle right, sailing vessels at sea below, each reverse with Mercury and sea monster entwining trident to the left, all printed in brown, orange and green.