Auction Catalogue

7 October 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1213

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7 October 2003

Hammer Price:
£40

Sliema, Malta Civil Service Co-operative Society Ltd, brass Half-Sovereign check, legend, rev. value in wreath, 20mm, 1.95g/12h (Lyall 1045; cf. R.J. Ford Sale, 354, this piece). Extremely fine (£40-50)

Provenance:
R.J. Ford Collection, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 354;
W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd Sale 61B [Melbourne], 3-4 August 1999, lot 1233.

The Malta Civil Service Co-op Society was incorporated in April 1948 and its first store in Tower road, Sliema, opened in September of that year. The Society is long since defunct