Lot 1852

Description

World coins, countermarked coinage, Philippines, Isabella II, eight reales, crowned Y II in circular incuse countermarked on Mexico City, eight reales, 1832 (c.f. KM.128 [host date not date not listed], KM.377.10 [host coin]); Mozambique, Louis I, 450 reis, crowned PM within circular incuse countermarked on India, Queen Victoria, one rupee, 1882 (KM.41.1 [countermark], KM.492 [host coin, holed]), Straits Settlements, one dollar, 1909 with two Chinese countermarks in recatangular incuse (KM.26); Tunisia, Sultan Abdul Hamid II with Muhammad al-Sadiq Bey, 2 piastre, star countermark within circular incuse on 1290 AH/ 1878 AD (KM.165 [countermark], KM.147a [host coin]; plus 19th century love token on 1844 British crown (KM.741). Countermarks nearly very fine or better, host coins fine - very fine.

Ex Alan McRae Collection with his display tickets.