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Tooveys: Coins, Banknotes and Medallions

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Coins, Banknotes and Medallions	Total Sales (GBP)	8,400.00
Auction Date	March 31, 2026 - March 31, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	1,130.00
Sale Number	#33126	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	1,800.00
Total Lots	17
Sold Lots	17.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	1,130.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	1,800.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	466.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
4155	A large collection of British and world banknotes, including a Central Bank of Ireland one pound note, dated 21.4.75,...	1975	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 2,250.00
4142	A large collection of European and world banknotes, including Middle East, China and Japan (generally circulated throughout).	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 1,100.00
4098	A large collection of European and world banknotes, including a group of Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago ten dollars notes,…	N/A	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 675.00
4016	A large collection of European and world banknotes, including a Central Bank of Ireland one pound note, dated 21.4.75,	1975	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 650.00
4015	A large collection of world banknotes, including a Government of the Falkland Islands Elizabeth II ten pounds note, 1st January 2011	2011	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 550.00
4292	A collection of Scottish and other banknotes, including a Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited one pound note, Glasgow 1st March 1952, ...	1952	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 550.00
4014	A large collection of world banknotes, including an Ulster Bank Limited five pounds note, 25th November 2006,	2006	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 525.00
4249	A large collection of European and world banknotes, including an Elizabeth II East Caribbean Currency Authority one dollar note,…	N/A	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 475.00
4100	A collection of Middle Eastern banknotes, including a Bank of Afghanistan ten afghanis note, 1961-1963 issue,...	1961-1963	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 375.00
4269	A collection of Spanish banknotes, including a five hundred pesetas note, Madrid 15th August 1928, a one hundred pesetas note, 7th April 1953, and a twenty-five pesetas note, Madrid 22nd July 1954.	1928	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 275.00
4293	A collection of British banknotes, including an Elizabeth II Bank of England ten pounds note, Chief Cashier J.B. Page, serial number B18 647362,	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 225.00
4101	A collection of South-east Asian banknotes, including a Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation five dollars note, dated 27th March 1969, ...	1969	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 200.00
4099	A collection of Reserve Bank of India and Government of India banknotes, including two one hundred rupees notes, 1996...	1996	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 162.50
4294	A Bank of England white five pounds note, London January 19th 1956, Chief Cashier L.K. O'Brien, serial number B88A 022760, …	1956	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 150.00
4208	A small collection of mixed European and world coins and banknotes, including a group of pre-1947 British silver nickel coinage, including half-crowns and florins, an Egypt Abdul Hamid II twenty qirsh 1914 …	N/A	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 87.50
4276	A small collection of mixed world banknotes, including a George VI Government of Hongkong one dollar note,…	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 81.25
4102	A collection of mainly German banknotes, including a group of notgeld.	N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 68.75

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.