Catalogue
World coins, all silver, including British Trade dollar 1929, Great Britain crown 1890, USA half dollar 1894S. Fine-good very fine. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
World coins, Europe, a small group, from Greece (3), Spain, Belgium (2), San Marino and Bulgaria many from the 19th century. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
World coins, assorted and described world coins from various countries including Italy silver five lire 1809M (KM10.4) (nVF); five lire 1930R, one lire 1917R (KM.57) (gvF); Vatican City 1936 five and ten centesimi (KM.1,2) (both B.unc); Papal States, one soldo 1867 (KM 1372.2); one baiocco 1837 (KM.1320), half baiocco 1816 (KM.1277); San Marino 10 centesimi 1938R (KM.13); others (7). Fine - uncirculated. (16)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
World coins, Mexico, Charles III, eight reales, 1778FF Mexico City Mint (KM.106.2), Charles IIII, eight reales, 1805TH Mexico City Mint (KM.109); Peru, Ferdinand VII, eight reales, 1813JP Lima Mint (KM.117.1). The first two affected by water near edge, the last worn on obverse, overall good - fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
World coins, silver trade dollars, Mexico, peso, Zacatecas mint, 1903FZ, (KM.409.3); Austria, Maria Theresa mint 1780 (a 20th century issue), (KM.T1); British Trade dollar 1930, (KM.T5); French Indo China, 1903A, (KM.5a.1). Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
World coins, in silver and bronze, 1760s-1970s, noted several from Netherlands and also South Africa including some ZAR issues, also Ceylon, silver five rupees, 1957 (KM.126), Guernsey, eight doubles, 1889H (KM.7) (some mint red), Jersey, 1/52 shilling, 1841/0 overdate (KM.1), Palestine, one hundred mils, 1935 (KM.7), Straits Settlements, one cent, 1874H (KM.9), a good selection of various other countries. Mostly in 2x2s as originally purchased many years ago, poor - extremely fine. (approx 70)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
World coins, Netherlands East Indies, VOC duits, various issues 1747-1789 (8) and Batavian Republic, duit, 1805, all in small Numis folder; New Zealand, mint set, 1967; Official Souvenir Changeover set of penny, 1964 and one cent, 1967; mint roll of twenty cents, 1967 in Bank of New South Wales wrapper; Singapore, mint sets, 1983 Year of the Boar (KM.MS20) (2); also ancient Roman Empire, Constantine I, 307-337AD, bronze follis (3), two with Sol standing design on reverse and the other unclear design due to verdigris . Good - uncirculated. (16 + roll)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
World coins, mostly base metal and recent issues, includes New Guinea, shillings; Great Britain, crown 1935; Meissen porcelain token; Austria, 100 schillings, 777-1977; two 8 carat gold Maximillian miniatures; Rome, Valerian I (253-260AD) bronze antonianus; New Zealand crown, 1949, all in three plastic albums. Fine - uncirculated. (approx 1,500)
Estimate $350
SOLD $200
World coins, including New Zealand, George VI - Elizabeth II, dollars 1972 proof, 1973 (2), 1974 (2), florins 1934, 1941; Fiji, shilling 1935 (unc); also Indian EIC coins, as shipwreck coins from the 'Admiral Gardner' (4) with certificates (EF); other world coins (many in silver) (19). Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (31)
Estimate $200
Passed in
World coins, includes New Zealand, Elizabeth II, mint set, 1994; mint two dollars, 1990; proof silver one dollar, 1988; mint one dollar, 1990; Great Britain, Elizabeth II, proof set, 1992; mint set, Complete Decimal Issue 1967; crowns, 1965, 1980; banknote, Bank of England, one pound, (1978-1980) J.B.Page, C20 722388 (P.377). In packs and cases of issue with certificates, extremely fine - FDC. (9)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
World coins, Medieval Europe, a small group from Poland, c.1622 silver quarter thaler, Hungary, 1536 denar, 1665, others from Germany, bracteate, Spain etc. Very good - very fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
World coins, mostly Scandanavian and Russia, includes silver proof Iceland pair, 1974; Russia, silver roubles 1901, 1913 and 1924. All in a beige plastic album, very good - FDC. (approx 350)
Estimate $750
SOLD $650
World coins, including Russia rouble 1823 (KM.C130), Mexico silver peso, Culiacan mint 1901JO (KM.409), another Guanajuato mint 1871 (KM.408.4); India rupees (2) 1840, 1862; half rupees 1835 (2), 1909; Netherlands gulden 1848; China Kiang-Nan twenty cents, Kwang Tung ten and five cents etc; Iran, Nasir al-Din Shah (AH 1264-1313, AD 1848-1896), silver half kran portrait type (6), mostly holed or mounted (KM.828.3); other smaller silver several mounted (6); aluminium bronze fifty dinars (9) (KM.1142); other world etc. Poor - extremely fine. (approx 70)
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
World coins, various countries, including Sarawak, Straits Settlements dollars, 1904, 1908, 1920; Malaysia; Singapore; Hong Kong; India, half rupees, 1835, 1876, eight annas, 1919; Japan; China; Thailand; a few Middle East, all in grey plastic album. Fair - uncirculated. (894)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,800
World coins, various countries, all mint 1953 issues, including Switzerland, Canada, USA, Sweden, Vatican, Vietnam, Australia, and many more countries, all in a navy plastic album, an unusual assemblage. The 1953 sixpence a gem, many uncirculated - choice uncirculated. (229)
Estimate $500
SOLD $420
World coins, 1800s-1990s, includes South East Asian minors with several uncirculated coins from Thailand and a large quantity (0.74kg) of uncirculated USSR minors from the 1990s, also some Chinese cash (6). Poor - uncirculated. (2.57g)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
World coins, including New York, USA run of State quarters, Europe minors, some silver, noted very worn 1689 halfcrown. Fair - uncirculated. (approx 450)
Estimate $180
SOLD $180
World coins, a few silver but mostly minors from many countries in the 20th century, including West Germany, silver five mark, 1951D, 1966J, also Philippines, silver one peso, 1907. Poor - uncirculated. (approx 350)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
World coins, mostly base metal and greater than 25mm. Fine - uncirculated. (300)
Estimate $150
Passed in
World coins, base metal minors, 1800s-2000s. Poor - extremely fine. (6kg)
Estimate $90
SOLD $50
World coins, base metal minors, 1800s-2000s. Poor - extremely fine. (6kg)
Estimate $90
SOLD $50
World coins, mostly base metal and less than 25mm. In brown album, fine - uncirculated. (224)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
World coins, International Year of the Child, 1979, proof set of thirty silver coins. In case of issue, FDC. (30)
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,300
World coins, World Wildlife Fund, International Coin Collection For Nature, proof silver coins, 1997 (set of twenty four), including Armenia, Bahamas, China, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Guernsey, Hungary, Thailand. Housed in a custom made green leatherette case with certificates, FDC.
Estimate $480
SOLD $700
World coins, Millennium Coin Collection, Franklin Mint, twenty coins, each from a different century, 1st to the 20th Century, each coin with description set in a perspex frame. All housed in an attractive purpose built wooden cabinet, good - uncirculated. (20)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
World tokens, Australia, James Nokes, Melbourne halfpenny, 1854 (A.406), holed at edge for suspension and flattened; E.Way, Draper, Pitt St Sydney, advertising check, holed at edge for suspension; Great Britain, Exeter halfpenny, 1792 (D&H 2), struck about eight percent off centre; The Silver Solution, undated advertising check in gilt bronze (31mm); New Zealand, Runanga Co-Op. Soc. Ltd quarter pound loaf in aluminium (2), and half loaf in brass (2, both holed) bread tokens; North Island, Wanganui, Cosmopolitan Club copper sixpence, 1905 (24mm), holed unofficially for suspension; Intellectually Handicapped Children's Society Inc, Wellington, enamelled aluminium tag numbered, AP 900, by Caltex Products; unidentified brass disc (31mm) with triangular piercing in centre; another unidentified brass disc pierced for suspension and with impressed number 120 on both sides. Poor - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
World jetons, an interesting and assorted mix, containing check pieces, tokens, work tags etc. most appear to be of British origin, all made in base metal, including tin, bronze, copper, etc. Mostly fine. (52)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
World medallions, casts, electrotypes, forgeries; various European medallions as casts and electrotypes (15); thin copper plate impressions of various seals and stamps (includes Ian Armstrong (2)) and various other firms (6); blanks (2); forgeries, includes Australia one shilling, 1910 (31mm) uniface; Low Countries, crown sized (35mm), 1790; China, Kirin Province, three candarins (35mm); Greece, lepton, 1901; Netherlands East Indies, 1/4 guilder, 190? (2); Great Britain, Iron Bridge Museum tokens, one penny (4), halfpenny (9), farthing (9), all dated 1987; China, a group of pencil rubbings from Sinkiang and Yunnan (6) from the G.C.Heyde Collection; printer's blocks, depicting Australian pattern half sovereign, 1853, obverse and reverse, Australia, 1937, pattern threepence, 1921 shilling reverses and sovereign, 1933 obverse and reverse; a group of entrance tokens and checks, including horse racing, rugby, swimming pools and hotels (26); NSW Government Railways, a group of 'Edmonson' cardboard railway tickets, 1950s-1960s, many from Sydney western suburbs and the Blue Mountains includes some reserved seats (54). Poor - uncirculated. (120)
Estimate $400
SOLD $300