Catalogue
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Native coinages, Period of the Chola Invasion, (c.990-1070), gold aka or eighth Kahavanu 10mm, (0.54 g), obv. Vishnu standing right, holding globe; altar in right field, rev. legend below annulet, (Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 826; Friedberg 3). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
China, People's Republic, proof one ounce (one hundred yuan) Panda, 1982 (KM.71). FDC.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,600
Cook Islands, proof gold quarter ounce or fifteen dollars, 2004, Ned Kelly commemorative, coloured reverses. In cases of issue with certificates, FDC. (3)
Estimate $1,200
Passed in
Egypt, King Fuad I, fifty piastres, 1923 (KM.340). Choice uncirculated.
Estimate $320
SOLD $300
Egypt, one pound, 1955, 3rd anniversary of the Revolution (KM.387). Proof-like uncirculated.
Estimate $400
SOLD $440
Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, medallic talori for the Coronation, 1931 (41mm; 45g) (KM.X12a). Extremely fine/good extremely fine, and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,400
France, Louis XVI, Louis d'or, 1786K (Bordeaux) (KM.591.8). Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
France, Napoleon, Emperor, Republic, forty francs, 1806A (KM.675.1). With mint bloom, extremely fine/good extremely fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $750
France, Napoleon, Emperor, Empire twenty francs, 1810A (KM.695.1). Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $350
France, Napoleon as Emperor, Empire, twenty francs, 1811A (KM.695.1). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $380
France, Napoleon, Emperor, Empire, forty francs, 1811A (KM.696.1). Good very fine/extremely fine.
Estimate $650
SOLD $700
France, Napoleon, Emperor, Empire, forty francs, 1811A (KM.696.1). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $550
SOLD $600
France, Louis XVIII, twenty francs, 1819A (KM.709.1). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
France, Napoleon III, twenty francs, 1854A, Paris mint (KM.781.1). Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
France, Napoleon III, ten francs, 1860A (KM.784.3). Fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $160
France, Napoleon III, one hundred francs, 1856A (KM.786.1). Reverse rim bruise, good very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,550
France, Third Republic, twenty francs, 1898A (KM.825); 1914, rooster (KM.857). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $600
SOLD $600
France, Third Republic, one hundred francs, 1879A (KM.832). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,450
France, Third Republic, twenty francs, 1904 (KM.847), 1907, 1908, 1909 and 1914 (KM.857). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,400
Germany, Augsburg, gold ducat as coinage under Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1636 BS, (3.50 g), obv. S . AFRA . PROTECT - AVGVST[AE] . VINDEL . standing figure of St, Afra in flames with hand on pinecone, rev, crowned imperial eagle in inner circle, around FERDINAND : II . D : G . ROM . IMP . S . AVG . P . F . 1636, (KM.66, Fr.59). Good very fine, rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $900
Hungary, Franz Joseph, one hundred korona, 1908KB restrike (KM.491). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,450
India, George V, sovereign, 1918I (KM.525A). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $400
SOLD $420
Italy, Papal States (Stato pontificio), Paul III, (1534-1549), gold scudo (3.26 g), Parma mint, obv. Coat-of-arms surmounted by crossed keys and tiara, rev. Athena seated left on cuirass, holding Victory. (Muntoni 157; Berman 957; Friedberg 412 [Vatican]). Crinkled, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Italy, Venice, Andrea Gritti, (1523-1539), gold ducat, (3.42 g), obv. Doge kneeling before St. Mark, around AND.GRITI S.M. VENET, rev. Christ standing within stars, around SIT T XPE DAT Q TV REGIS ISTE DUCAT, Christ in mandorla, surrounded by ten stars (F.1246). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $760
Japan, Bunsei era, replica two bu, type B mark (1828-1832) (4.14g), two shu (KM.C18a) (1.66g), another (.75g), another (1.60g), slightly smaller and more silver colour, plus a replica two bu Manen era. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Japan, gold koban (one ryo), Bunzei era (1819-1828), .559 fine gold (13.11g) (KM.C22a). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $1,550
Japan, five yen, Meiji year 31 (1898) (KM.Y.32). Obverse polished, edge mounting marks, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Malay Sultanates, Mahmud Shah (1685-1699), gold kupings, (M.3086). Very fine, crude as usual. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Malaya, Kelantan, gold kuping, 16/18th century AD (Bucknill pl.III, 9-10; Pr.145 N.Circ.7/71). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $600
Malaysia, one hundred ringgit, 1971 (KM.11). In case of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $900
SOLD $760