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# Collection of rare coins sells for more than £9,600 at auction in Lichfield
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/collection-of-rare-coins-sell-for-more-than-9600-at-auction-in-lichfield/
- Published: 2021-02-22T13:57:40.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-22T14:30:57.000Z
- Description: A rare collection of coins has sold for £9,640 at an auction in Lichfield
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

A rare collection of coins has sold for £9,640 at an auction in Lichfield

The items smashed through the pre-sale estimate of £3,000 when they went under the hammer at Richard Winterton Auctioneers.

![A boxed pair of Christmas 50p silver proofs which sold for £800](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/159-1.jpg)

A boxed pair of Christmas 50p silver proofs which sold for £800

The coins contained rare Isle of Man Christmas 50p pieces.

Auctioneer Richard Winterton said there had been a “huge amount of interest” in the lots.

> “This coin collection has been outstanding and we are delighted it has sold so well at auction, fetching a total hammer price of £9,640.  
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> “A wonderful archive of these rare Isle of Man Christmas 50p coins in beautiful condition and we had a huge amount of interest.  
>  
> “Catalogued across 33 lots, highlights included the coloured diamond finish Pobjoy Isle of Man 50p ‘Twelve Days Of Christmas’ coin, mounted on an angel card as a Christmas tree decoration depicting six geese a-laying, which sold for £540.  
>  
> “A 2003 diamond finish 50p of Raymond Briggs’ Snowman and James sold for £500 and a boxed pair of silver proof 50p coins showing four calling birds made £700.  
>  
> “Another boxed pair of Christmas 50p silver proofs, this time showing six geese a-laying, fetched £800.”  
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> Richard Winterton