PURSES ETC

A pocket gold-coin holder in red morocco-covered brass of cylinder form, to hold £15 ( 10 each of sovereigns and half-sovereigns, the smaller end gilt-tooled "15", 55mm high

A late Georgian tortoiseshell purse of rounded oblong form, the hinged lid having gold and silver piqué-posé floral inlaid decoration and escutcheon, the interior of concertina-form mauve watered silk compartments, 77mm long

A silver sovereign case, engine-turned, having two spring-loaded retainers for full sovereigns, hallmarked Birmingham, 1913, maker A.L.D., 68mm, (overall)

A silver sovereign case of plain design, hallmarked Birmingham, 1903, maker A.L.D., 33mm diameter

A George IV copper farthing, 1826

A green silk and cut-steel beaded "stocking" purse, early 19th century, 375mm long

A George III gold guinea, 1772

A George III Bank of England Dollar, (Five Shillings), struck over a captured Spanish 8 Reales, 1804

A George III "cartwheel" Twopence, struck at the Soho mint, Birmingham, by Matthew Boulton, 1797

An 18th-century or earlier brass-mounted sheepskin purse, with concealed opener and two compartments, possibly Scottish, 110mm high

A late-Georgian "stocking" purse of royal blue silk with cut-steel beaded ornament, draw-rings and terminals, 285mm long

A late-Georgian engraved Five-pounds bank-note issued by the Carlisle Old Bank, in 1829

A late-Georgian "stocking" purse of green silk with cut-steel beaded ornament, draw-rings and terminals, 375mm long, (overall)

A George II silver Halfcrown, 1746

A George III silver Shilling and Sixpence 1787