Catalogue
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 $150
SOLD $260
World coins, all in base metal, includes crown size (20), mostly New Zealand and USA, all mounted on plastic pages with owner's descriptions. Fine - nearly uncirculated. (approx 300)
Estimate $100
Passed in
World coins, Russia, one roubles, Olympics 1980 (set of six) (KM.Y.144, 153.1, 164, 165, 177, 178); Somalia, twenty five shillings, Titanic 1998 (KM.41); USA, American Eagle Silver One Ounce One Dollars, 1987, 1990; medallion, silver one ounce, Rainbow Trout USA mint. Uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World coins, including British Commonwealth minors, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, noted Swedish copper; British Honduras, including Queen Victoria fifty cents (worn); USA half dime 1853, arrows and three cents nickel 1870; includes quantities of recent minors of Spain, Fiji, New Zealand, Channel Islands, a few large silver issues, including France, fifty francs 1978; British West Africa, florin 1918; South Africa, halfcrown 1952; cupro-nickel five proof coins 1997, all in one carton in bags and one album of cupro-nickel crowns. Fair - uncirculated. (100s)
Estimate $500
SOLD $700
World coins, mostly minors but includes a few silver, noted Yemen silver crown, all arranged in seven coin albums in one carton. Fair - uncirculated. (100s)
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
World coins, crown sized cupro-nickel and other base metals in packs of issue, also set of "Empire" collection, including gold plated .925 silver postage stamp replicas (28). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (81)
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
World coins, modern minors done up in packets in small boxes in one carton, including 1922 Peace dollar and 1921 Morgan dollar. Fine - uncirculated. (approx 300)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World coins, mostly base metal minors, 1800s-2000s. Poor - extremely fine. (8kg)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
World coins, mostly minors but includes some crown size and a few proof issues, 1960s-2010s. Uncirculated - FDC. (314)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
World coins, mostly base metal and greater than 25mm. Fine - uncirculated. (300)
Estimate $100
Passed in
World coins, base metal issues, approx 10kg. Fine - uncirculated. (approx 1,000)
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
World coins, Coins of All Nations, PNCs by Franklin Mint in two albums; Bird Coins of the World in album; FDC PNC and note for Solomon Islands, 1977 in presentation album. FDC. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World coins, International Olympic Committee, Centennial Coin Programme, proof silver coin sets 1992-1996, including Australia, Austria, Canada, France and Russia. Two coins per country, all housed in a presentation case, with certificates, FDC. (10 coins)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
World replica coins, an interesting variety of Ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish coins as well as Australian, Chinese, Great Britain, Russian and USA coins, a French five franc half a coin and a white metal medal. Poor - extremely fine. (25)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Argentine Air Force, Argentine Antarctica National Meteorological Service medal, c1960s (2 identical, [both 30.5mm], one stamped on reverse for 900 fine silver [10.72g] and another unstamped [10.84g]), with suspension loop, obverse, map of Antarctica in the centre of an 8-pointed star with an highlighted segment of Argentine territory, reverse, three raised panels for inserting naming and year details. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Austria, World Exhibition in Vienna, 1873, Medal of Merit in bronze (70mm), (Wurzbach 2494; Hauser 2911), by J.Tautenhayn and K.Schwenzer, obverse, laureate head of Franz Joseph I right, reverse, Fortuna at right holding cornucopia and presenting wreaths to spinstress and artisan, unnamed. In case of issue, a few very small oxidation spots, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
British South Africa Company Rifle Competition Medal, undated, in silver (35mm), uniface and unnamed. Nicely toned, very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
China, Souvenir of Hong Xian Yuan, undated (1916), by Tian Jin Mint, obverse features bust in military uniform of Hung-hsien (the name used by Yuan Shi-kai as emperor), reverse with Chinese characters in relief, translated to, 'The Tian Jin Mint System/Souvenir of Hong Xian Yuan'. Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
China, Commemorative of Xu Shichang, President of Republic of China 1918-22, 'We work for the people'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
China, Republic, WWII KMT Government (National People's Party under Chiang Kai-shek), Victory Commemorative Medal, silver plated enamel neck badge (60mm). Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
China, medal presented by Marshall Lin Biao to factory workers making Army supplies. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
China, Beijing Olympic Games, 2008, coloured .999 pure silver square medals (2) (100g), both in plush display case with certificate. FDC (2)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Europe, a collection of French, German, British jetons, mostly Nuremburg issues, all in base metal, 14th to 19th centuries, all with ticket attribution, some with Mitchener and Barnard numbers, a reasonably representative collection of types. Fair - very fine, some rare. (104)
Estimate $350
SOLD $420
France, Louis XIV, in bronze (69mm), 1643, 1647, 1667, 1668. Good extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
France, Napoleon as Emperor, Year XIII (1804) in bronze (67mm), by Galle and Jeffroy (Bramsen 358). Good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $250
France, Jacques Rousseau 1791, in bronze (35mm), by Dumarest, original striking with edge inscription SE VEND. A PARIS CHEZ MONNERON (PATENTE), obv. bust facing left, rev. legend, (Hennin 306-308); Louis XVII, The Dauphin, Proclaimed King by Royalists in Exile 1793, in white metal (32mm), by Mainwaring, obv. bust facing right, rev. legend (Hennin 558); Death of General Desaix at Marengo 1800, in bronze (32mm), by Lienard, obv. facing right, rev. legend (Bramsen 49), plain edge original striking. Extremely fine or better. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $220
France, memorial medals, in bronze (40mm) (9), one at 41mm, and three at 35mm; 1767, Iohan Duvivier; 1747, L'Hoche; 1819, D'Angouleme; 1820, Dupin; 1821, J.A.B.Law; 1823, Benjamin Duvivier; 1824, A.L.Giroilet; 1829, John Howard; 1832, Pierre-Yves Barre, Picard; 1814, L'Orme; 1815, Pujet; 1819, Louis David; 1857, Berenger. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $250
SOLD $160
France, memorial medals, in bronze, L'An V, Poussin (56mm), L'An IX, Haydn (56mm); 1815, G.Guillon Lethiere (Villa Medici); 1826, L.G.Suchet (50mm), Carle Vernet (50mm); 1833, A.Rouget De Lisle (La Marseillaise) (50mm); Wellington, by Webb (53mm). Nearly extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $250
SOLD $270
France, memorial medals, in bronze (40mm), of notable personages, 1804, Duc D'Enghien; 1809, J.Lannes; 1813, Poniatowski, Lagrange (2); 1814, D'Artois; 1815, Duc de Berry, Duc D'Angouleme (2 different), P.Augeneau (2), Duc de Berry, Brune; 1817, Prince de Corde, Prince D'Essling; 1818, E.Mortier. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (16)
Estimate $300
SOLD $600
France, Universal Series of Medals, in bronze (40.5mm) as memorials of notable personages, 1818, Gretry, Lagrange, Visconti; 1819, Necker Stall; 1820, Desaix; 1821, Le Bran; 1822, Massena, Monge, Parny; 1823, Lannes; 1826, Bichat; 1828, Kosciuozko; 1831, De Chenier. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $300
SOLD $400