Coins, Banknotes and Medallions

A George V half-sovereign 1914. Note: this lot includes an HMRC?classified investment gold coin and is sold under standard VAT (not margin scheme). The hammer price is VAT?exempt. VAT is charged only on the Buyer’s Premium, shown separately, and may be recoverable depending on the buyer’s VAT status.

A group of pre-1920 British silver coins, comprising four George V half-crowns, two Victoria florins and three George V florins.

A group of pre-1920 British silver coins, comprising nine shillings, nineteen sixpences, three fourpences and thirty-seven threepences.

Two Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee silver proof crowns 1977, each cased, a Cayman Islands silver proof twenty-five dollars 1972, a Jersey one pound 1972, a tube of fifty five pence coins and a five pounds crown 1993.

A Bank of England white five pounds note, Chief Cashier K.O. Peppiatt, London 1st November 1944, serial number E52 017645  (an interesting later war example of thicker paper with metallic security strip).

A collection of European and world banknotes, including a Republic of China Bank of Communications five yuan note 1940, a Bank of China five yuan note 1940, a Central Bank of China ten customs gold units note, Shanghai 1930, a Central Bank of Ireland one pound note, dated 6.1.54, and a Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency ten riyals note.

A collection of European and world coins and banknotes, including two Victoria Veiled Head crowns, comprising 1899, edge detailed 'LXIII', and 1900, edge detailed 'LXIII, a Victoria half-crown 1883, a group of pre-1947 British silver nickel coinage and a Central Bank of Libya ten dinars note.

Three Switzerland twenty francs, 1920, 1940 and 1943, two German East Africa quarter rupees, 1904 and 1910, a small group of world coins, including Canada, USA and Australia, and a bronze medallion, detailed 'Église Notre Dame à Tongres 1846'.

A George III halfpenny 1799, five further halfpennies, comprising 1753, 1807, 1837, 1854 and 1855, a Victoria half-farthing 1844, three Victoria Bun Head farthings, a penny 1944 and a brass token, detailed 'Railway Foundry Leeds' and numbered '518'.

A scarce William and Mary milled gold five guineas 1689-1694, dated 1691, edge detailed 'Tertio', obverse with conjoined busts facing right, reverse with garnished shield, Sp 3422 (good/fine, edge bump at six o'clock, more noticeable from reverse).

A James I hammered gold unite 1603-1625, second coinage, fourth bust, mintmark plain cross 1618-1619, Sp 2619, weight 9.6g (good/fine, some edge clipping but clear portrait and detail to regalia).

A Henry VIII hammered gold angel 1509-1547, first coinage, mintmark crowned portcullis with chains, Sp 2265, weight 5.1g (good/very fine, bright gold, probably almost as struck).

A Charles II milled gold guinea, fourth bust, date indistinct 16??, Sp 3344 (good/fine).

A William and Mary milled gold guinea 1689, elephant and castle below busts, Sp 3427 (fair, previously mounted).

A scarce and unusual Netherlands hammered gold rose noble, obverse in imitative style of the English gold royal coinage of Edward IV with king standing within ship, holding a sword and shield with alternative provincial arms, the stern of the ship with banner with inverted letter 'C', the hull with large rose, reverse with eight-rayed central star, each quarter with lion passant, all within double-octalobe arches, mintmark appears to be a castle or city gate, weight 7.6g (very fine, a little off-struck but sharp details).

A William III milled gold guinea 1694-1702, dated 1697, first laureate bust, Sp 3458 (good/fine, some general evidence of burial marks, scuffs and other marks, the bust quite pleasing in places).

An Edward IV second reign hammered gold angel 1471-1483, mintmark heraldic cinquefoil, Sp 2091, weight 5.0g (fair/good, evidence of old crease, some small areas of splitting but stable overall).

A scarce James II milled gold guinea 1685-1688, date slightly indistinct but probably 1687, Sp 3402 (good/fine, evidence of previously being mounted, polished).

A Henry VIII hammered gold half-sovereign 1509-1547, posthumous coinage 1547-1551, 'E' below shield, mintmark 'E' with pellets, Southwark Mint, weight 5.9g (good/fine for issue, some roughness to flan, clipping).