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WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
Great Britain
513
Bank of England accumulation 1940s-60s
One Pound (98), Five Pounds (6), Ten Shillings (24). Mainly fair to fine,
generally very good. Also some Irish notes in poor condition including
Scotus Five Pounds, ‘Lady Lavery’ Ten Pounds and others. (130+)
€
150-
€
180 (£120-£140 approx)
514
Bank of England Five Pounds, 7 March 1947.
L59 087778. Signed Peppiatt, extremely fine.
€
100-
€
120 (£80-£96 approx
515
Bank of England Twenty Pounds and One Pound sequential runs.
Twenty Pounds signed Lowther (17), CC34 104110-CC34 104126, and One
Pound signed Page (10), B15N 021982-B15N 021991, extremely fine to
uncirculated. (27)
€
400-
€
500 (£320-£400 approx)
516
India. George VI Reserve Bank One Hundred Rupees, 1937-1947.
1937-46 issue (8) and 1947 (2), very good to good fine, all with spike
holes. (10).
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
SCRIPOPHILY
517
Dublin Stock Exchange
A collection of share certificates, stock broker’s receipts etc. relating to
Denis B. Sullivan. Includes Clontarf and Hill of Howth Tramyard Company.
(17)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
518
Two railways companies’ share certificates & a Chinese Government
bond
A One Hundred Pound Mortgage Debenture certificate, dated 11th
January 1887 in The Costa Rica Railway Company Ltd.; A certificate for
one ordinary share in the Brazil Railway Company, 23rd March, 1911.; and
a 1915 Chinese Government Twenty Pound Bond. (3)
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
519
Two One-pound Tea Bonds, by Whiteside & Co. Dublin
“Whiteside & Co - Promise to give the Bearer on Demand - One pound -
Tea - For 1/4, 1/8, 2/-, 2/4 or 2/8 at - their premises Market Entrance,
South Great Georges Street - Dublin” “ Signed by the Proffessor of
Chemestry - Royal College of Surgeons - Charles A. Cameron” . Good to
very good (2) 5½ x 8¼in. (13 x 20cm)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
520
1840 States of The Island of Jersey, Five Pounds Bond
“Bearing interest of one half-penny per week.” Issued 1st September
1840, signed by Godfroy and three others, redeemed. Very fine.
€
100-
€
120 (£80-£96 approx)
521
Cheques & Traveller’s Cheques
A collection of late-19th & early-20th century unwritten Irish & British
bank cheques and specimen traveller’s cheques. (38)
€
50-
€
80 (£40-£60 approx)
MEDALS
Historical
522
1755 The Louth Election silver medal.
Silver, 45mm. “FIRM TO OUR COUNTRY AS THE ROCK IN THE SEA” with
illustration of a woman with a harp standing on a rocky promontory in
the sea with four skulls propelled from it, obverse. “BY OUR STRICT UNION
IN LOUTH WE DISAPPOINTED THE HOPES OF OUR ENEMIES ON THE 1 OF
NOVEMBER 1755..” reverse. With suspension loop. Extremely rare,
Provenance: With Kevin O’Kelly, Dublin, 1970.
Thomas Tipping of Beaulieu successfully contested the 1755 by-election
following the death of Henry Bellingham, who in 1740 had succeeded
William Aston, elected in 1727. Tipping combined his own political
strength with that of his wife, Sophia, Aston’s daughter, and he had a
majority of 26.
The only other example offered at auction sold for £260 at Christie’s, 4
May 1977.
€
300-
€
500 (£240-£400 approx)
523
Robert Emmet - Costume Association silver medal.
Hallmarked 1908 to Hopkins and Hopkins. Inscribed to D. O’Brien.
€
80-
€
120 (£60-£100 approx)
524
The Earl of Fitzwilliam medals by Wilson.
Struck in silver and copper, 55mm. Bust of Lord Fitzwilliam obverse.
Slightly different typography on reverse of each medal. (2)
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)
525
Royal Visits to Ireland and related.
1821 “THE CHAMPION IN THE CORONATION” white metal, 1868 Visit of
The Prince and Princess of Wales to Ireland copper (2) and white metal,
and 1900 Visit of Queen Victoria to Ireland, yellow metal with ribbon, and
centenary of “The Illustrious House of Hanover” white metal by Mossop.
Fine to very fine. (6)
€
100-
€
120 (£80-£100 approx)
526
1821 George IV Visit to Ireland and circa 1890 O’Connell Monument
medallions.
1821 in white metal “IRELAND EXULTS IN THE PRESENCE OF HER KING”
reverse, and circa 1890 in brass “TO COMMEMORATE THE LAYING OF THE
FIRST STONE OF THE O’CONNELL MONUMENT
€
50-
€
70 (£40-£60 approx)
527
1828 Sacramental Test Abolished and 1829 Duke of Wellington and
Catholic Emancipation bronze medals
Repeal of the Sacramental Test Act, 1828, by S. Clint, standing Liberty
handing charter to seated Britannia, Piety in centre, reverse legend in
wreath, 60mm; 1829 Catholic Emancipation by T. Webb and modelled by
P. Rouw. Bust of Wellington obverse. Reverse: “CATHOLICS DISABILITIES
REMOVED APRIL 13th 1829 - IRELAND PACIFIED”, 60mm. Extremely fine.
(2)
Provenance: Numismatic Society of Ireland auction, 19 February 1972.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)