Lot 2318

Description

Singapore, tokens imitating official coinages. Island of Sumatra, 1804, keping (Pr 1)(8), Pr 3 reverse date (1831)(2), Pr 4 reverse date (1990!) (1), Island of Sultana, 1835, Pr 5 (6 plus a study group ex Wodak (21); Pr 8 (3 plus a study group ex Wodak (17); Pr 9 (2 die varieties rare); Pr 10 (2 die varieties, only 2 noted by Pridmore, very rare); Dutch ¬ stiver imitation 1826 (Pr 15). Very good to extremely fine (63).

Ex W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 61 (lot 1444) and previously purchased as follows the first acquired in 1960, bought from D.Raymond in 1938, two ex Ken O'Brien Collection (lot 1964 part), four ex Carnegie Museum of Natural History Collection (lot 892, part), three ex Spink Sale (lot 940), the balance including the rare Pr 9 and 10 ex E. Wodak Collection (G.K. Gray Sales 1970-1). Three Pr.1 and one Pr.5 ex G.Patterson Collection in 1977.