THIS afternoon's auction on the premises of Whyte's in Dublin is expected to see an Irish 1943 florin sell for between £8,000 and £10,000.

This is among the rarest of modern Irish coins, with only three other recorded examples of such high, uncirculated condition. Less valuable, if equally interesting, coinage in the sale includes an early Hiberno Norse penny, estimated to sell for £150, and a Richard III London groat (£200-£225).

Among the banknotes being offered is an 1819 £2 example from Alexander's Bank of Dublin (£220-£250) and a 1923 Belfast Banking Co £100 note (£200-£220).

The diverse range of lots at Whyte's today runs from a GAA All Ireland football championships medal won by Lee's of Cork in 1911 (£550-£600) to a set of negatives of the S.S. Titanic being built in Belfast (£500-£600).

Then there is an original leather bound 1800 copy of the Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland (£180-£200), a selection of photographs, some of which feature Michael Collins (£200-£250) and the autograph of tenor John McCormack on a 1936 Theatre Royal programme (£80-£90). With almost 1,000 lots in total, the sale is expected to realise £80,000-£100,000.