We are one of Britain's foremost public auctioneers of Coins and Banknotes. Our six sales each year contain hundreds of collections and individual coins and banknotes, with sections of ancient coins, British coins, investment gold and world coins and British and foreign banknotes.

Public auctions of GB and world coins and banknotes, medals and militaria are held six times a year. The dates of our 2012 sales are as follows:

• 15th February 2012
• 18th April 2012
• 20th June 2012
• 15th August 2012
• 17th October 2012
• 12th December 2012

Our next general public auction of Coins & Banknotes will be held at the Lord Leycester Hotel, Jury Street, Warwick CV34 4EJ, on Wednesday 15th February, starting at 12 noon. The online catalogue will be available approximately 3 weeks before the sale. To view the online catalogue, once it is uploaded, and place bids on items in the sale click here. To download a catalogue (without illustrations) click here.

The sales take place at the Lord Leycester Hotel, Jury Street, Warwick CV34 4EJ. The hotel has a small car park at the rear and the nearest public car park is in New Street. The nearest railway station is Warwick Town and the nearest major international airport is Birmingham. For directions please visit our How to Find Us page.

Public viewing for all of our auctions is held at our own premises, the sales being too large to transport to the auction venue. Account settlement and lot allocation takes place progressively at our premises whilst the auction continues, so as soon as the section which interests you has been knocked down, you can pay and collect your lots without waiting for the end of the sale.

Public viewing for this sale is available at our offices on the following dates:

• Friday 10th February from 09.00 – 17.00
• Monday 13th February from 09.00 – 17.00
• Tuesday 14th February from 09.00 - 17.00
• Wednesday 15th February from 08.00 onwards

There is no need to attend an auction in person, as commission bids can be placed in advance of the sale via our online facility, or by telephone, mail, fax or e-mail. For further details please visit our Online Catalogue.

If you would like to receive a free sample printed catalogue, or alternatively to apply for a catalogue subscription, please complete our catalogue enquiry form. However please remember that the printed catalogue contains far fewer illustrations of lots than the online catalogue.

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Excellent British coins in our 14th December 2011 public auction

1723SSC crown, good extremely fine, estimate £1,700, realisation £2,645

1658 Cromwell half crown, about uncirculated, estimate £2,500, realisation £4,140

1677 five guineas, nearly very fine, estimate £3,000, realisation £4,945

1838 sovereign, about uncirculated, estimate £2,500, unsold

High Quality Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns Offered on 19th October 2011

1817 half sovereign, good extremely fine/uncirculated, estimated £750, realised £862

1832 sovereign NGC slabbed MS63, with double struck 3 in date, estimated £2,000, realised £2,300

1870 die 3 half sovereign, with rare variety bust to left and coarse toothing, slabbed by NGC – MS62. Marsh states "There are two important and extremely rare variants in this die number series and they are without doubt the key dates". (Marsh 445A) This coin was estimated at £2,000 and realised £2,300

Excellent Results in the 17th August 2011 auction

1714 pattern farthing, nearly uncirculated, estimate £500, realised £690

1859 Ansell ribbon sovereign, very fine, estimate £1,200, realised £2,415

Other interesting results were as follows:

• Aethelred II crux type short cross penny, good very fine (S 1148), estimated £300, realised £380.
• Stephen Cross Moline Watford type penny, bust right, holding sceptre, ggod fine, good portrait (S 1278), estimated £250, realised £333.
• Commonwealth 1654 shilling, very fine / good very fine, estimated £450, realised £529.

• James II 1685 PRIMO half crown, first bust, nearly extremely fine, estimated £775, realised £1,207.
• William & Mary 1689 half crown, first busts, first reverse, no frosting with pearls, good very fine / nearly extremely fine, estimated £490, realised £552.
• William & Mary 1690 guinea, good fine, estimated £750, realised £1,380.
• George IV SECUNDO crown, extremely fine, estimated £400, realised £632.

Buoyant Market for Early British Coins

The Warwick and Warwick June 2011 auction contained good ranges of early British coins, which found ready buyers. The following results were recorded:

• Celtic Coins, early uninscribed coinage, gold stater, Westerham type (S.21), very fine, 5mm edge crack, estimated £370, realised £402.
• Celtic Coins, early uninscribed coinage, gold stater, Chute type (S.22), nearly very fine, estimated £330, realised £414.
• Celtic Coins, Dubnovellanunus gold stater (S.208), nearly very fine, estimated £330, realised £356.

• Alfred the Great portrait penny, named AELBRED (S.1057), nearly very fine, estimated £1,200, realised £1,265.
• Aethelred II helmet type long cross penny, armoured bust, with radiate helmet, GODAMO OEVGDEN (S.1152), estimated £200, realised £949.

• Cnut quatrefoil type penny, LEOFINC ON LINCOLN (S.1157), good extremely fine, estimated £320, realised £632.
• William I PAXS penny (S.1257), very fine, estimated £440, realised £460.

• Edward III 4th coinage, treaty period London Mint half noble (S.1506/7), good fine / nearly very fine, estimated £500, realised £805.
• James I 3rd coinage quarter laurel, mintmark rose (S.2642), very fine, estimated £250, realised £517.

• In the Roman Coins section, a Constantine II 337 – 361 AD gold solidus, portrait with diadem, DNCONSTAN TIVSPF AVC / 2 figures seated GLORIA REI PUBLICAE INTA, fine, estimated £300, realised £414.

• The best result amongst the banknotes was the £3,335 realisation for the J.Bradbury 1915 £1 Dardanelles Campaign overprint, F/65 40489 (Duggleby T14), nearly extremely fine, which had been estimated at £1,300. The corresponding 10/- value, Z/26 046464, in similar condition, made £949.

Good market for G.B. Pennies

The Warwick & Warwick 13th April 2011 auction contained a number of Great Britain pennies which proved popular with the room bidders.

An 1860/59 copper penny with ornate trident, nearly extremely fine, estimated at £1200, realised £2760.
A 1918 KN penny, good extremely fine, with die cracks to obverse, estimated £300, realised £460.
A 1919 H penny, good extremely fine, with much lustre, estimated £300, realised £425.
A 1926 penny with modified effigy, nearly extremely fine, estimated £250, realised £632.

An 1860 TB/BB mule farthing, extremely fine and rare, with an estimate of £400, achieved £460.

Realisations for earlier coins were as follows:
1722 guinea, very fine, estimated £750, made £833.
1818 LVIII crown, about uncirculated, estimated £350, made 3356.
1821 SECUNDO type 1 crown, about uncirculated, estimated £600, made 3603.

Best of the sovereigns on offer was an 1817 George III. Good extremely fine, estimated at £1,000, which realised £1,437.

Local banknotes attracted the bidders. A Haverfordwest Union Bank 1813 (21 Jan) 1 guinea Mathias, Lloyd and Bowen, about fine (Outing 913) realised £138 and a Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire Bank undated £5 John Walters and William Walters, no. 1446, about extremely fine (Outing 915) realised £161.

Tokens very popular

The sale held on 9th February 2011 was well attended and all sections of the catalogue sold well. Particularly in demand were tokens. A collection of 30 miscellaneous 18th and 19th century tokens with a pre-sale estimate of £80 made £276 and a range of 17 19th and 20th century tokens from the Isle of Man, estimated £85, made £460.

• An Isle of Man 1811 Douglas silver shilling, nearly very fine, rocketed to £529, from an estimate of £150.

The Isle of Man was used as a base for alien civilian internment camps in both World War I and World War II. Whereas in the First World War, purpose-built camps were constructed to house enemy aliens, during the Second World War, rows of guest houses and hotels were requisitioned in as many as 11 different localities around the island and the perimeter of these “camps” was cordoned off by wire mesh and barbed wire fencing. Onchan was the first camp to be established in the Douglas area. It was made up of 60 houses on a headland north of Douglas. Lot 488 consisted of 3 1941 brass tokens from the Oncham camp, namely a halfpenny and a sixpence, both good extremely fine and a penny, very fine. Estimated at £60, they realised £165.

• An 1804 Bank of Ireland 6 shillings token, extremely fine, made £661.

There were plenty of early British coins on offer as single items. The following results were typical.

• Edward VI 1552 crown, fine, £891.

• James I second coinage, 4th bust unite, mintmark coronet, nearly very fine (S.2619), £1,782.
• James I third coinage, 4th head lis, mintmark laurel, nearly fine (S.2638B), £949.
• William and Mary 1691 crown, fine / good fine, £575.
• George I 1716 crown, fine, £604.
• Victoria 1847 Gothic crown, proof-like, nearly uncirculated, £1,897.
• Victoria 1887 £5, good very fine, £1,380.
• Elizabeth II 2003-4 £1 Pattern gold proof cased set of 8, FDC, £3,220.

An excellent section of British and foreign banknotes followed the coins.

• Bank of England £100 essay by John Leighton FSA, dated January 1 1856, no. 1856 A/Z, signed Henry Bradbury, during period of Mathew Marshall, nearly extremely fine, with 2mm tear to top left, £368.
• J. Bradbury 1914 10/- A/5 975702, extremely fine (Duggleby T9), £483.
• J. Bradbury 1915 10/- Dardanelles Campaign overprint Z/17 019215, nearly very fine (Duggleby T15), £552.

Amongst the local issues the following results were obtained:

• Carmarthen Bank 1828 (July 12) £5, “FIVE” underprinted in blue, signed by Jones, overprinted in red “FIVE SHILLINGS IN THE £. / FIRST PAYMENT / Under the Inspectorship / MAY 22 1832”, near fine, £150.
• Gloucester City Old Bank 1835 (March 25) £5, no. 2131M, signed by James Wood, ink cancelled, good very fine, £126.

In the foreign banknotes section lots from China took the auctioneer by surprise. A Coingot presentation folder containing 10 x 1980 1,2 and 5 jiao set in uncut sheetlets of 4, estimated at £50, realised £719 and a similar folder containing 10 x 1 yuan set of 3 dates in uncut sheetlets of 4, estimated at £50, realised a staggering £2,415.

Interesting World Banknotes sell well in December 2010 Sale

The following results were recorded:

Lot 686 - Estimate £850 - Realisation £1,437

Lot 701 - Estimate £1,200 - Realisation £1,437

Lot 786 - Estimate £450 - Realisation £529

The sale also contained a good range of guineas, including the following

Lot 85 - Estimate £800 - Realisation £1,380

Lot 102 - Estimate £900 - Realisation £1,064

Sovereigns Popular

The 13th October 2010 auction contained a detailed range of British sovereigns and half sovereigns, which proved very popular. The following results were recorded.

• 1817 sovereign, good very fine, £604
• 1825 sovereign, nearly extremely fine, £632
• 1830 sovereign, good extremely fine, £891

• 1836 half sovereign die error with obverse struck from 6d die, good very fine, £2,415
• 1838 sovereign, good extremely fine / nearly uncirculated, £1,667
• 1843 sovereign, good extremely fine / nearly uncirculated, £1,207

• 1874 die 32 shield back sovereign, nearly very fine / good very fine, rare date, £3,450

• 1889S sovereign, variety JEB initials straight on truncation, D:G: further away from crown, fine / good fine, extremely rare, £2,185
• 1908C sovereign, good fine, £1,897
• 1913C sovereign, about uncirculated, slabbed PCGS MS62, £1,390
• 1923SA proof sovereign, FDC, £1,725

Amongst the older coins on offer the following were noteworthy.

• William I two stars penny, GODWINE ON LVN (London), slight wrinkling otherwise extremely fine, £1,035
• Edward III half noble, London mint, most of legends clipped, slight crimping, thus very nearly fine, £368
• James II 1688 guinea, fine / good fine, £690
• Anne 1708 third bust plumes shilling, good extremely fine, £862
• Anne 1714 guinea, about extremely fine£1,552
• George I 1718 shilling, good extremely fine, £661

• George II 1743 roses crown, extremely fine, £1,495

Commonwealth 1653 crown, extremely fine, realises £3,220

The 11th August 2010 auction included a Commonwealth 1653 crown, graded extremely fine. Estimated £2,700. it realised £3,220.

Other English coins producing results well in excess of their pre-sale estimates included the following:
Mary groat, mintnark pomegranate, extremely fine (S 2492), estimated £350, realised £460.

Elizabeth I seventh issue half crown, mintmark 1, fine (S 2583), estimated £500, realised £1,380.
James I third coinage shilling, , plume over shield, mintmark thistle, nearly extremely fine (S 2669), estimated £750, realised £862.
Charles I Truro mint crown, mintmark rose, nearly very fine, part of legend flat (S 3045), estimated £850, realised £977.
George II 1739 roses crown, nearly extremely fine, estimated £700, realised £805.
Victoria 1847 Gothic crown, uncirculated, estimated £1,200, realised £2,875.

George V 1934 crown, extremely fine, estimated £2,500, realised £2,530.
Elizabeth II 2002 £5 – Maundy “Golden Jubilee” gold proof cased set, FDC, estimated £3,000, realised £4,025.