Catalogue
Hong Kong, Elizabeth II, proof one thousand dollars, 1975 (Royal Visit) (KM.38). FDC.
Estimate $800
SOLD $900
Hong Kong, Chinese gold collection, rings and pendants relative to the Robert Hotung family, includes, signet ring (2.2gms) with Fu Gui characters (very rich); wedding band (4.3gms), inside marked Zu Jin (full gold); small round pendant (2.1gms) with double happy characters for marriage, reverse marked, respectfully presented by 'Si Tu' with a promise not to be lazy; medium round pendant (3.3gms) with Fu character (good fortune or happiness), reverse a tiger; small water droplet shape (2.8gms) with modern style Shou character (long life used for older birthday occasions), reverse marked, 22 October 'bing jia nian' (too old year) and a Chinese proverb meaning to have longevity of life; large water droplet shape (5.7gms) with older style Shou character (long life as above), reverse marked to remember 'Qi Yi' 1862-1952 (90th birthday), total combined weight (20.4gms). Very fine - extremely fine and a unique collection associated with the most important Hong Kong person. (6)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $3,200
Indonesia, Srivijaya Kingdom, (c.680-1250 A.D.), gold half tahil (tael) (17.29g), obv. Makara fish to left in plain field, rev. seal with central letter and around circular running script in Devanagari?, (Mitchiner [South East Asia] -). Good very fine, the largest known gold coin from Indonesia, unpublished and of extreme rarity.
Estimate $10,000
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Indonesia, Srivijaya Kingdom, (c.680-1250 A.D.), gold masa of twenty rattis (2.28 g), obv. Devanagari 'Ta', rev. two rectangular incuses with pellet in lower part of each, another similar ten rattis (1.22 g) and another similar for five rattis (0.67 g), (Mitchiner [South East Asia] 722-3, 729). Very fine, the fractions very rare. (3)
Estimate $500
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Indonesia, Srivijaya Kingdom, (c.1150-1250 A.D.), gold masa of twenty rattis (2.38 g), obv. irregular criss-cross pattern, from the surface when coin was struck, (like letter S), rev. irregularly rectangular double incuse, (Mitchiner [South East Asia] 732). Very fine.
Estimate $500
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Iran, Shah Pahlavi, pahlavi, MS2537 (1978) (KM.1200). Uncirculated.
Estimate $400
SOLD $370
Italy, Napoli (Regno), Ferdinando IV, First Reign in Napoli, 1759-1799, gold six (6) Ducati (8.83 g), Napoli (Naples) mint, Cesare Coppola mintmaster, Giovanni Russo trial master, and Bernardo Perger chief engraver, Dated 1774; obv. armored and draped bust right, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece, B P below bust, rev. crowned coat-of arms within Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece and other Orders, all within palm frond and olive branch; C/R C across field; D 6 (denomination) flanking wreath ends, (KM. CNI XX 95, Pannuti-Riccio 22, MIR 357/5, Friedberg 849). Very fine, adjustment marks on reverse and rare.
Estimate $950
SOLD $640
Italy, Venice, Ludovico Manin (1789-1797), gold zecchino, (3.35 g), obv. S.M.VENETI LVDO MANIN, Doge kneeling before St. Mark, DVX in field, rev. Christ standing within stars, around .SIT.T.XPE.DAT.QTV REGIS.ISTE.DUCAT, (cfFriedberg 1445, KM.c.140, Paolucci p.131) a good Levantine immitation (see Ives & Grierson, NNM 128 (1954) plXIII No.6). Good very fine.
Estimate $220
SOLD $440
Italy, Kingdom of Napoleon, forty lire, 1810M (Milan) (KM.12). Good very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $680
Italy, Victor Emmanuel II, twenty lire, 1863T (KM.10.1). Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $270
Italy, Umberto I, twenty lire 1882 (KM.21). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Italy, Umberto I, twenty lire, 1882 R (KM.21). Uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Italy, Vatican City, Pope Pius XI, nine coin set, including gold one hundred lire, 1930 (KM.MS3). In case of issue, uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $2,500
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Italy, Vatican City, Pope Pius XII, nine coin set, including gold one hundred lire, 1941 (KM.MS25). In case of issue, uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $1,750
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Japan, Yoshihito, twenty yen, Taisho yr 6 (1917) (KM.Y40.2). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,600
Liechtenstein, Franz Joseph II, ten franken, 1946 (KM.Y13). Uncirculated.
Estimate $350
SOLD $200
Malaysia, mint one hundred ringgit, 1971 (KM.11). Uncirculated.
Estimate $600
SOLD $800
Monaco, Albert I, Prince, one hundred francs, 1891 (KM.105). Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $1,300
Mongolia, proof two thousand tugrik, 2003, set of two, Year of the Goat (KM.-). With gold certificate 0720, FDC. (2)
Estimate $800
SOLD $750
Netherlands, Utrecht, ducat, 1800 (KM.7.2). With a slight buckle, very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Netherlands, Wilhelmina, ten gulden, 1912 (KM.149). Uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
Panama, proof one hundred and fifty balboas in platinum, 1976 (KM.43). FDC.
Estimate $500
SOLD $450
Panama, proof five hundred balboas, 1975 (KM.42). Nearly FDC/FDC.
Estimate $1,400
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Peru, forty soles, 1951 (KM.230). Surface marks on obverse, otherwise uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $750
Peru, one hundred soles, 1959 (KM.231). Uncirculated.
Estimate $2,250
SOLD $2,000
Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, proof one thousand piso, 1975 (KM.213). FDC.
Estimate $470
SOLD $420
Russia, Nicholas II, five roubles, 1900-1903 (KM.Y62). Nearly uncirculated - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,200
Russia, Nicholas II, ten roubles, 1899 (KM.Y64). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $360
SOLD $400
Russia, Nicholas II, ten roubles, 1899 (KM.Y64). Good very fine.
Estimate $360
SOLD $400
Russia, Nicholas II, ten roubles, 1901 (KM.Y64). Extremely fine.
Estimate $360
SOLD $440