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British Trade Dollars, 1910B, 1911B, 1912B (KM.T5). Extremely fine; good very fine; good extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
British Trade Dollars, 1925, 1929B, 1930B, 1930 (KM.T5). Good extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $240
SOLD $450
British Guiana, Demerary and Essequibo, George III, three guilders, 1816 (KM.15). Toned, carbon spots, otherwise good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $800
British West Africa, Nigeria, Lagos, Gilruth Brothers advertising ticket (1870-80) in brass (22mm), milled edge (V.10). Slight bend, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $140
Passed in
Canada, Elizabeth II, proof one dollar, 1980, 1982; mint one dollar, 1970, 1971 (2), 1972, 1973 (2), 1974 (2), 1975 (2), 1976 (2), 1971-1978. In cases and packs of issue, uncirculated - FDC. (16)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Canada, proof sets, 1973, 1977, 1978 (2), 1981 and 1983. In packs of issue, FDC. (6)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Canada, Montreal Olympics, 1976, complete collection of seven sets, each set containing four coins in sterling silver (actual silver weight approx 870g). In cases of issue with certificates, FDC. (28)
Estimate $600
SOLD $540
Ceylon, Queen Victoria, quarter cent, 1898 (KM.90). Full original mint red, uncirculated. (15)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Ceylon, Queen Victoria, quarter cent, 1898, struck in silver (1.18g) (KM.90A). Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $900
China, Hsin Dynasty, Wang Mang Interregnum, (A.D. 7-22), gold inlayed key money of value 5000, obv. "Yi-Dao (in gold) Ping Wu Qian", (one knife, value five thousand), length 74mm, (29.54 g), (Hartill 9.12, Sch.119, cf.TFP 456 & 458). Very fine, a nice example with clear characters but with heavy green encrustation, very rare.
Estimate $650
SOLD $900
China, Hsin Dynasty, Wang Mang Interregnum, (A.D. 7-22), gold inlayed key money of value 5000, obv. "Yi-Dao (in gold) Ping Wu Qian", (one knife, value five thousand), length 74mm, (33.72 g), (Hartill 9.12, Sch.119, cf.TFP 456 & 458). Very fine, a nice example with clear characters but with heavy green encrustation, very rare.
Estimate $650
SOLD $900
China, Hsin Dynasty, Wang Mang Interregnum, (A.D. 7-22), new knife money or key money of value 500, obv. Ch'i knife five hundred on obverse, plain reverse, (14.76 g), 73mm., (Hartill 9.13, Sch.116, TFP 454). With some surface encrustation, very fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $700
China, Han Dynasty, (226 B.C. - 220 A.D.), bronze gilt hand mirror, 118mm, (280 g), round shape, decorated with circles, swirls and loops. A well preserved, extremely fine example, very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
China, a small group on cards described, include Warring States knife money (400-220 B.C.), (Hartill 4.43, Sch. 52-61, TFP 342); another cash (Hartill 7.6, Sch.79-82, TFP 385); Western Han Dynasty cash (c.73-49 B.C.), (Hartill 8.9); other issues of Northern Sung Dynasty, 1068-1085, 1094-7, (Hartill 16.235, 16.311); Southern Sung Dynasty, Li Zong, 1234-1236, (Hartill 17.743), rare; Ming Dynasty, Yung Lo, 1403-1425, (Hartill 20.121). Fine - very fine, some with hoard patination. (7)
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
China, Tang Dynasty, (c.619-907 A.D.), bronze hand mirror, 115m, (305 g), in the shape of an eight-petal sunflower, decorated with flowers and insects, with four fantasy animals with riders. A well preserved, extremely fine example, very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $850
China, Sung Dynasty or earlier, offical bronze seal (53.73 g), 24x24x21 mm, fitted with a loop handle. Some green oxidation, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
China, Northern Sung Dynasty, a selection of issues described on two large cards, issues from (960 - 1117), all described for ruler and title of period for each ruler. Mostly fine. (27)
Estimate $50
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China, Ming Dynasty, assorted cash as two aggregates from a Ming Dynasty shipwreck, each aggregate with 10 or more cash of the Ming Dynasty from the ship wreck discovered in the Makassar Strait off the coast of Sulawesi, in Indonesia, (description with lot), lot includes a quantity of cash described with descriptive texts (@50), loose coins etc. Mostly fine and interesting. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty, AE cash of K'ang Xi, (1662 - 1722), Board of Revenue and Board of Works mint, (M.3731-3734). Mostly fine - very fine. (35)
Estimate $150
Passed in
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), Fujian Province, 44mm, twenty cash coin, Fuzhou Fujian mint, (39.37 g), large size with extra characters on the reverse (calculated weight 1 liang), (Hartill 22.786, Sch. -, TFP 2521). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), Fujian Province, 64mm, one hundred cash coin, Fuzhou Fujian mint, (120 g), large size with extra weight characters on rim, (Hartill 22.796, Sch. -, TFP 2529). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $450
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), Fujian Province, 64mm, one hundred cash coin, Fuzhou Fujian mint, (120 g), large size with extra weight characters on rim, (Hartill 22.796, Sch. -, TFP 2529). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), 48mm, one hundred cash coin, Kaifeng and others, Henan Mint, with mint 'Boo He' to left and right on the reverse, (46.79 g), (Hartill 22.849 [R10], Sch. -, TFP 2493). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), 65mm, one hundred cash coin, Xi'an, Shaanxi mint, (58.16 g), (Hartill 22.959 [R11], Sch. -, TFP 2500). Very fine, very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), 48 mm., AE one hundred cash coin, Zhili Mint, (45.87 g), issued 1854-1855, (Hartill 22.1063, Sch. -, TFP 2534). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
China, Chihli Province, under Empire, silver dollar, Pei Yang Arsenal type, year 23 (1897), (26.93 g), (KM.Y.65.1). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $600
China, Chihli Province, under Empire, silver dollar, Pei Yang Arsenal type, year 25 (1899) (26.71 g), (KM.Y.73). Bright, very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
China, Chingkiang, under Empire, Hsuan tung, year 3, silver twenty cents, rev. dragon, (KM.Y.29). Brilliant, extremely fine or better.
Estimate $750
SOLD $4,200
China, Fengtien Province, under Empire, silver dollar, Yr 24 (1898), (26.80 g), (KM.Y.87). Lightly toned, extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $3,200
China, Fukien Province, under Empire, ten cents, issued 1903-1908, (KM.Y.103.3); Yunnan, Republic, silver fifty cents, not dated, c.1911-1915, (KM.Y.257). First coin good very fine, second very fine/fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80