Auction Report

6 & 7 April 2021

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Coins and Historical Medals

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Coins and Historical Medals (6 & 7 April 2021)

Gross Total: £432,045 (£535,736 including buyers' premium)
Number of lots: 1,288
Sell-through rate: 95.8%
Exchange rate of the GB pound: US $1.38 and €1.16

Principal Lots
Lot no.
1-358. The Walter Wilkinson Collection of Coins of Elizabeth I (Part IV: Final), £103,030 (£127,757)
386-452. The Ross King Collection of British Coins, £65,825 (£81,623)
359-385. British Coins, the property of a Gentleman, £50,070 (£62,087)
311. Elizabeth I, Crown, mm. 2, ex Ahbe, £13,000 (£16,120)
396. George III, Guinea, 1761, £6,500 (£8,060)
310. Elizabeth I, Crown ,mm. 1, ex Smith, £6,000 (£7,440)
1162. Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a silver medal, unsigned, £6,000 (£7,440)
385. Charles II, Second issue, Unite, £5,500 (£6,820)
1267. Germany, Georg August, Electoral Prince of Brunswick-Calenburg-Hanover, 1701, a gold medal by R. Faltz, £5,500 (£6,820)
386. William II, Penny, Cross in Quatrefoil type, Chester, ex Stack’s, £5,000 (£6,200)
458. Kings of East Anglia, Eadwald, Penny, Ipswich (?), found near Bury St Edmunds 2021, £5,000 (£6,200)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the printed catalogue descriptions:
359.
Provenance: From the Vatican (Rome) Hoard, c. 1928, not the Forum Hoard
991. Edge plain, Smith 27, Dav. 2081. Other references should be ignored

Withdrawn Lots
The following lots were withdrawn before the auction:
220, 476, 715, 831 and 867

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