Coins, Banknotes and Medallions

A collection of ancient and later mixed coins and other items, including two Elizabeth I hammered silver sixpences, comprising 1583, mintmark A, and 16??, mintmark 1 (date indistinct), a Henry VIII groat, Laker bust, mintmark rose, a small group of Roman coinage, including a Valens siliqua 364-378 AD, Lugdunum Mint (damaged), and two Roman bronze rings (both lacking stones), all within an aluminium collector's carry case.

A collection of Roman bronze and copper alloy coinage, including a Domitian sestertius 81-96 AD, reverse with Minerva advancing right, holding a spear and shield, 'SC' within field, and a Nero as, reverse with Nero as Apollo Citharoedus advancing right, holding a lyre, 'SC' within field.

A group of pre-1947 British silver coins, comprising twelve florins, twenty-six shillings and twenty-seven sixpences.

A Spanish Netherlands Charles II ducaton 1668 with typical black patina and porous surface, weight 28.8g (probably a wreck-recovered coin).

A Spain silver eight reales or cob, probably Philip II 1556-1598, weight 26.4g (good/very fine for issue, a pleasing coin).

A small group of Iron Age British coinage, including two Thurrock potins, an unusual North Thames variant silver unit (faults), and a Durotriges bronze core stater.

Two Switzerland gold twenty francs, 1909 and 1912, both Bern Mint. Note: this lot includes HMRC classified investment gold coins 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.

Two Switzerland gold twenty francs, 1912 and 1927, both Bern Mint. Note: this lot includes HMRC classified investment gold coins 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 France Napoleon III gold fifty francs 1857, Paris Mint. 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.

An Italy Charles Felix gold eighty lire 1825, Turin Mint. 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 Switzerland gold twenty francs 1949, Bern Mint. 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 Sarawak ten cents banknote, 1st August 1940, together with a Sarawak one picul of dry rubber coupon, 31st March 1942.

A small group of banknotes, including East African Currency Board, including a George VI issue one shilling note, Nairobi 1st January 1943, West African Currency Board, Reserve Bank of Rhodesia and a group of South African Reserve Bank notes, including fifty, twenty and ten rand.

A Bank of England white five pounds banknote, London 31st January 1955, Chief Cashier L.K. O'Brien, serial number Y83 035610, together with a George V one pound note, Chief Cashier N.K. Warren-Fisher, serial number 731091.

A Palestine Currency Board one Palestine pound banknote, Jerusalem 20th April 1939, serial number Q 769181.

A scarce British North Borneo Company one dollar banknote, 1st January 1936, serial number G 365427, together with a George V Government of the Straits Settlements one dollar note, 1st January 1935, serial number L/37 20556.

A collection of Scottish banknotes, including a National Bank of Scotland one pound note, Edinburgh 28th March 1957, serial number B/R 424-297, a Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited one pound note, 1st June 1955, serial number K 772839, and a British Linen Bank five pounds note, Edinburgh 17th July 1964, serial number H/12 251651.

A small collection of Jersey and Guernsey banknotes, including an Elizabeth II States of Jersey five pounds specimen, serial number 010582.

A collection of Chinese banknotes, including a Chartered Bank ten dollars note, Hong Kong, serial number V/G 0066379, and a Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation five dollars note, Hong Kong 14th December 1957, serial number H/H 625,448.