Auction Report

1 & 2 December 2021

Starting at 10:00 AM

.

Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Live Online Auction

Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities (1 & 2 December 2021)

Gross Total: £405,350 (£502,638 including buyers' premium)
Number of lots: 1,372
Sell-through rate: 91.8%
Exchange rate of the GB pound: US $1.33 and €1.17

Principal Lots
Lot no.
826-1079. The Claremont Collection of Historical Medals, £42,600 (£52,824)
337. Victoria, Proof set, 1893, £5 to Half-Sovereign, £26,000 (£32,240)
595. South Africa, Thomas Burgers, Pond, 1874, £8,000 (£9,920)
723. India, Mughal, Shah Jahan I, Mohur, Surat, 1037h, £6,500 (£8,060)
666. China, Republic, Sun Yat Sen, Dollar, 1933, £5,500 (£6,820)
659. Bulgaria, Alexander I, 5 Leva, 1885, £5,000 (£6,200)
268. Victoria, Pattern Florin, 1848, £4,600 (£5,704)
338. Victoria, Proof set, 1893, Crown to Threepence, £4,400 (£5,456)
339. Edward VII, Proof set, 1902, £4,400 (£5,456)
112. Edward IV, Light Coinage, Ryal, Bristol, £4,200 (£5,208)
1161-1187. A Small Collection of Medals and Badges relating to Railways, £4,175 (£5,177)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the printed catalogue descriptions:
6. This is probably a Cheriton Wheel type
215. Coin has been cleaned
249. Date is 1857, M 431, S 3859A
336. The case is not contemporary
417. 4 coins in the lot, as described
766.
Provenance: Recovered from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia. The assayer’s initial D was used at Mexico City between 1621 and 1637
1115. The fourth medal is 33mm, the last medal is of George VI

Withdrawn Lots
The following lots were withdrawn before the auction:
None

Return to Auction Information