Catalogue
Ethiopia, Kingdom of Abyssinia, Menelik II, silver one twentieth birr, EE1895A (1903) (KM.12). Attractively toned, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Fiji, George V - Elizabeth II, 1934-1978, halfpennies, 1934, 1940, 1942S, 1952, 1954; pennies, 1934, 1936, 1941, 1942S, 1952, 1961; threepences, 1950, 1967; sixpences 1936, 1937, 1941, 1943S, 1967; shillings, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1943S, 1962; florins, 1934, 1936 (2), 1936, 1937, 1942S, 1943S, 1945, 1964, mint set 1969, twenty cents 1980, proof set 1978, all in 2x2 holders except two sets. Very fine - FDC. (34)
Estimate $500
SOLD $340
Fiji, George V - Elizabeth II, 1934-1968, complete plus decimal type set 1969/80, an exceptional collection housed in a Supreme album. The 1936 florin choice uncirculated, otherwise extremely fine - uncirculated. (97)
Estimate $600
SOLD $2,900
Fiji, George V - Elizabeth II, 1934-1968, halfpenny to florin collection in a Supreme album, slightly better than average. Very good - uncirculated. (97)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Fiji, Elizabeth II, pennies, 1964-1968 (41), all with off centre holes punched, also a George V, 1936 penny (rare), halfpennies (30), 1942-1954, also nine world bronze coins, all in a Warwick coin album. Very good - uncirculated. (80)
Estimate $150
SOLD $600
France, Carolingian, Louis the Pious, (814-40), silver denier, XPISTIANA RELIGIO type, (cf.M/G 795) (1.23 g). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
France, Carolingian, Charles the Bald, (840-875), silver denier, class 2, Orleans Mint, (1.47 g), (Pd'A 516; M/G 948). Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
France, Savoy, Amedeus III, (1103-1148), billon obol (Roberts 9606). Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
France, Charles VI, (1380-1411), Tournai, blanc guenar; Anglo Gallic, Henry VI (1422-53) blanc aux ecu; Brittany, Francis II, (1458-1488), Nantes, blanc (n in centre); Henry III, (1574-1589) quarter ecu, 1589 T (Nantes); Henry IV, (1572-1610) quarter ecu 1585. Toned good fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $250
SOLD $250
France, Francis I, (1515-1547), half teston; Henry I, (1547-1559), teston; Charles IX, (1560-1574), teston, 1575 9 (Rennes); Henry III, (1574-1589), half franc, 1588B (Rouen). Very good - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
France, Provincial issue from Besancon (libre ville imperiale), in the name of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, (1500-1556), silver teston (8.04 g), posthumous issue, dated 1624, obv. laureate, draped, and armored bust right, rev. eagle holding pillars in talons, date above (illustrated), (Duplessy, Feodales 3065; Poey d'Avant 5414); Spanish Netherlands, Philip IV, half daalder, 1639, Antwerp mint (15.42 g), (KM.73.1); another Philip V, (1700-1712), silver ducaton 1703, Antwerp mint, (26.57 g), (Delmonte 354, KM.131.3). First coin, good fine and slightly bent, but rare, others either damaged or very waterworn, both fair. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
France, Navarre, Jeanne (1562-1572) silver teston, 1566. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $360
France, Bouillon and Sedan (near Luxembourg), Henri de la Tour (1591-1623), ecu of thirty sous, 1613 (KM.22; Dav.3818). Flan crack at 6 o'clock, otherwise cleaned, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $900
France, Henry III, demi franc au col plat, Poitiers, 1587 (7.0g) (Sombart 4716). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
France, Henry III (1574-1589), silver half franc, 1590, Toulouse Mint (M), (Duplessy 1160, L 1002). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
France, Henry III, (1574-1589), silver franc, not dated, off flan, c.1575-1586, T mintmark = Nantes mint, (Duplessy 1130, Ciani 1427, Lafaurie 970, Roberts 6993); together with Spanish Netherlands, Philip II of Spain, (1556-1598), silver fifth ecu, Brabant mint,one dated 1572 and another uncertain (Hoc 215a). Very good - fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
France, Henri IIII, quarter ecu, 1593C (KM.78). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
France, Orange, William Henry (1650-1702) luigino 1/12 ecu (five sols) 1666 (KM.115); Louis XV, 20 sols (1/6 ecu), 1720 A (KM.453); Louis XVI, twenty four sols (1/5 ecu) 1782A (KM.569.1). Nearly extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $240
SOLD $260
France, Louis XIV (1643 - 1715), silver ecu, 1652A, (27.23 g), Paris mint, obv. LVD. XIIII. D.G. FR.ET. NA V.REX, laureate bust to right, rev. .SIT. NOMEN. DOMINI. BENEDICTVM. 1652, crowned arms of three lis, rose above crown, A at base, (D.3799, KM.155.1). Light golden tone, nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $650
France, Louis XIIII, ecu d'argent 1653 9 (Rennes) (KM.155.19). Very good.
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
France, Louis XIIII, half ecu, 1687 crowned L (Lille) KM.262.4). Toned good fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $250
France, Louis XIV, half ecu. 1694P (Dijon). Toned fine or better.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
France, Louis XIIII, half ecu 1704 (KM.355) overstrike as always. Attractive gold mint bloom, good extremely fine for type.
Estimate $350
SOLD $480
France, Louis XIV, silver twenty sols or sixth ecu, 1719 mm S (Reims Mint) (KM.440.18); Spain, Charles III (Pretender of Austria), (1700-1720), silver two reales, 1711, Barcelona mint, (Calico No.24, KM.-). Both nearly extremely fine and rare in this condition. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
France, Louis XV, ecu, 1716 A (?) overstrike not clear but struck over a Louis XIIII ecu (KM type 386). Toned very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
France, Louis XV, ecu 1738 9 (Rennes) (KM.486.26); 1756 9 (Rennes) (KM.512.27). Fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
France, Louis XV, 24 sols or one fifth ecu, 1766b (KM.515.9); Louis XVI, 24 sols or one fifth ecu 1789A (KM.569.1); Lille, under siege, copper five sols 1708 (KM.5) Never and Rethel; Charles X copper two liard 1613 (KM.12.1); Denmark, trade coinage, copper sixteen shillings, 1814 (KM.Tn3). Nearly very fine or better. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
France, Louis XV, ecu d'argent, 1766 cow (KM.518). Adjustment marks, good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
France, Louis XVI, ecu d'argent, 1786L (Bayonne Mint), (KM.564.9). Gold and grey patination, extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
France, States of Britain, Rennes, silver jeton (28mm), 1736, by Jean Duvivier, obverse, bust of the Christian King Louis XV, reverse, ecu topped with quartered (France 2) and Britain (2), crowned and on robe with fleur de lis and ermines (illustrated). Toned with underlying lustre, extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $70