Results: Coins and Banknotes Sale 12th February

The Coins, Tokens and Banknotes Sale on 12^th February saw strong bidding throughout on a wide variety of lots covering all areas of the numismatic spectrum, from ancient and hammered coins to modern proof sets and bullion coinage and achieved a total hammer price 22% above top estimate

Notable results were seen for the likes of a George I Halfcrown 1715, which sold for £2,200 against an estimate of £700-1,000 (all figures exclude buyer’s premium). Gold sovereigns performed well, too, with a George VI Proof Sovereign 1937 selling for £2,300, and a George IV Sovereign 1827 selling for £1,700. Struck to commemorate the 500^th anniversary of the sovereign was an Elizabeth II Gold Five Pounds 1989, which sold for £3,800.

Elsewhere in the sale, a Geographical Society of London Murchison Medal 1866 sold together with a Mining and Geological Institute of India Medal for £700. The former had the bust of Sir Roderick Murchison on the obverse, and Silurian fossils and hammers on the reverse.

An extensive banknote section included a Rhodesia Five Pounds, dated 10^th November 1964, which sold for £400.

The sale achieved a total hammer price of £155, 530 for 349 lots offered, and a 99% sold rate, and consignments are currently invited for the next Coins, Tokens and Banknotes Sale on 7^th May.

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