Catalogue
China, Republic issue, general issue, silver dollar, year 12 (1923), Pu Yi Wedding commemorative, Tientsin mint, (KM.Y.336.1, Kann 680a). Lightly toned, nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,900
China, Republic issue, Sun Yat Sen, silver memento dollar, undated (1927) (KM.Y.318a.1). Brilliant, good extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
China, Republic issue, Sun Yat-Sen, silver memento dollar, undated (1927) (26.82 g), (KM.Y.318a.1). Brilliant with full mint bloom, uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
China, Republic issue, general issue, silver Junk dollars (3) year 23, (1934), (KM.Y.345). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
China, Republic issue, general issue, ten cents, year 30 (1941), obv. Sun Yat Sen to left, rev. spade money, (KM.Y.360). Double struck, very fine and very rare as such.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
China, Q'ing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), copy of silver five ounce rectangular shaped ingot, attributed to Jiangxi Province 1847, and cast at the Jiangxi Provincial mint, (200 g), 43x54 mm, obv. 'heavy money of the Daoguang Period' rev. centre, Official coin Bureau exactly five ounces'; about edge Great Q'ing Dynasty Jiangxi Province, ding-wei year ie. 1847; [Cribb Pl.71 F52 illustrates a forgery of this ingot]. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
China, Yunnan Province, five-stamped Remittance Ingot, as a silver sycee, five taels or 5.5 ounce packsaddle type, of five blocks of stamps, c.1880-1900, (200 g), (cf.Cribb 751-1000, cf.pl.61-62). Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
China, medallic bullion issue, proof five ounces silver, 1996 (cf.KM.926). In capsule of issue, nearly FDC.
Estimate $100
SOLD $500
China, Jiangxi Province square (rectangular shape) ingot, fifty ounce ingot local tax ingot, (1145 grams), 19th century issue (1891) with three and four columns of characters, by Smith Yu Shun, states at top 'Wannian County', 'Guangxu Period 17th yeare, 1st month' and '50 ounces Smith Yu Shun' (cf.Cribb 40, p.101, Pl.10). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $850
China, Ching Dynasty cash coins, 1644-1911 (10) on card; Macau, coin types on card (8); Chinese crown size coins of various types and periods (48) all copies; cash coin type (copy); other cash type coins and coins of Hong Kong and People's Republic of China (67). Stored in large blue folder, poor - uncirculated. (134)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
China, Szechuan, horse gaming token, not dated, (c.1912), (cf.Bruce-M1117, Duan 3621), silver five cents, struck in silver (noted to be in copper by Bruce). Extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $270
China, Northern Dynasty, Northern Qi, (550-570 A.D.), round cash type as a charm with square hole, 33mm, (13.08 g), "Chang Ping Wu Zhu" (The Constant and Regular Wu Zhu), four characters around, rev. lines and dots with swords, (cf.Hartill 13.27 [for obverse], Zhong quo hua qian No. 1047). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
China, Q'ing (Ch'ing) Dynasty, round personalised good luck and fortune charm, with square hole, 37mm, (21.01 g), obv. 'Tian Fu Ce bao' rev. a group of animals (Zhong guo hua qian No.-, Thierry -). Good fine/fine and very rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $700
China, Q'ing (Ch'ing) Dynasty, uncertain emperor but issued in the mid 19th century, round cash inscriptional charm with round hole, 44mm, in bronze, (19.82 g), obv. inscription reading around, rev. deer below symbol above, (Zhong guo hua qian No.323). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
Passed in
China, Q'ing (Ch'ing) Dynasty, uncertain emperor but issued in the mid 19th century, round religious inscriptional charm with round hole, 40mm, (15.69 g), obv. inscription reading 'May the wrath of the God of Thunder destroy the devils and send down purity! May bogies be killed and thus free us from evil influences and keep us eternally safe! Receive this command from T'ai-shang lao-chun (ie Lao Tzu) and let it be executed as fast as Lu Ling', rev. the eight diagrams of Fu Hsi and corresponding Chinese characters, (Zhong guo hua qian No.1639, p.376, Schjoth 92). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
Passed in
China, Q'ing (Ch'ing) Dynasty, uncertain emperor but issued in the mid 19th century, round cash inscriptional charm with square hole, 38mm, in bronze, (16.45 g), obv. inscription reading 'Cheng (Zheng) to tong bao', rev. the eight diagrams of Fu Hsi and corresponding Chinese characters', (Zhong guo hua qian No.1360 [for obverse] and 1490 [for reverse]). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
Passed in
China, Late in Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty or early Republic, medium bronze charm, 30mm, (14.02 g), showing sexual intercourse between couples in four different positions, legend with four characters on the reverse side. An interesting charm with square centre hole. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911) or earlier, bronze amulet with peony flowers the ling of flowers, grown mostly in the Kiangnan or south of the river Yangtse (mentioned in history (vide Empress Wu Hou of Tang) as a flower charm with a four flowers placed at right angles as the design, set with cut away field, 63mm, (Zhong guo hua qian No.106, p.30; cf.Schjoth 117, Glover 1761). Toned, fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Cook Islands, Great Explorers proof silver fifty dollars, set of 25 coins, 1988 (KM.61-69, 96-111). In timber sea chest style case, no key, with some certificates, FDC. (set of 25)
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Cook Islands, proof silver fifty dollars, 1988, coins of the Great Explorers, twenty five coin set in wooden treasure chest case. FDC. (25)
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Czechoslovakia, Republic, medallic silver issue of ten dukaten, 1929 (Bruce X.M6). Toned, edge bumps, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Danzig, Stephan Bathory, (1576-1586) silver denar, 1580, Gdansk Mint (Kop.7417); Sigismund III Wasa, (1587-1632) silver ort, 1623, Gdansk Mint (KM.15.2; Kop.7504). First toned, good very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Denmark, Christian IV, silver mark, 1617 (KM.52). Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $270
SOLD $160
East Africa, George VI, one shilling, 1941I (KM.28.2). Nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $260
Egypt, silver commemorative one pounds, 1974 (KM.443), 1976 (KM.453, 454, 455, 457) (4), 1977 (KM.472). Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $60
SOLD $120
Fiji, George V, florin, 1936, George VI, florin, 1942S. Toned, nearly extremely fine; extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Fiji, George V - Elizabeth II, 1934 - 1967, nearly complete in broken press-in album. Some early issues in high grade, three pennies corroded, otherwise generally better than average, very fine - uncirculated. (87)
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
France, 1804-1993, many 19th century silver issues up to two francs, includes one franc L'an 12, L'an 14, 1829T, two francs 1830W (total 115); Germany, 1803-1992, includes one mark, 1955G; (total 159), sold with owner's lists (4). All described in 2x2 holders on sixteen plastic pages, very good - uncirculated. (274)
Estimate $500
SOLD $580
France, Second Republic, pattern piedfort five francs, 1848 by Rogat in white metal (Mazerol 1297C). Oxidised tone, dull good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $800
Passed in
France, Second Republic, five francs, 1849A (KM.756.2); Napoleon III, fifty centimes, 1866A (KM.814.4). Toned, nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $250