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Spain, Philip II (1556-1598), cob eight reales, Seville Mint, assayer Gothic D at 4 o'clock outside tressure on reverse, (18.92 g), (Caliaco 235). 26.70 grams. Toned, full flan but of very light weight from earlier clipping, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Spain, Philip II - Philip IV or earlier, assorted AE all described in 2x2 packets, with various denominations, including 8 maravedis, 4 maravedis (3) and smaller fractions (3). Very good - fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Spain, Philip IV (1621-1665), cob eight reales, 1632, Segovia mint, with double tier aqueduct, assayer R, (KM.111, Cal 575). Very fine, slightly bent as usual from the minting roller technique, rare.
Estimate $800
Passed in
Spain, Majorca, Ferdinand VII, thirty sueldos (sous) 1808, emergency provincial coinage for the Baleric Islands when under siege by Napoleon's troops (KM.CL7.2). Good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $270
Spain, Amadeo I, silver five pesetas, 1871 (71) (KM.666); Alfonso XII, silver five pesetas, 1876 (76), (KM.671); Alfonso XIII, silver five pesetas 1897 (97), (KM.707). Fine - nearly extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Spanish 'Piece of Eight', Ferdinand VII, eight reales, 1809 TH (mint mark not legible due to oxidation), fitted into a silver frame with suspension ring and attached is a silver neck chain (approx 48cm). In a Limited Release Pieces of Eight case, oxidation, otherwise good.
Estimate $250
SOLD $140
Spanish Colonial, both heavily chopmarked, Mexico on an 1817 JJ, silver eight reales of Ferdinand VII, [Mexico City Mint] (KM.111); Mexico, silver eight reales, 1855 CP, Durango Mint, (KM.377.4) (illustrated). Many countermarks, host coin poor both saucer shape from the countermarking. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
Straits Settlements, Queen Victoria, quarter cent 1889 (KM.14). Full mint red, uncirculated and rare in this condition.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Sweden, Christian XI, copper half ore, 1667 (KM.231) 90 degree die axis; copper ore 1719 (KM.364.1) struck over a 1718 issue (KM.357/61). Fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Switzerland, Zurich, silver half thaler, 1758 (KM.146). Old plugging, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Switzerland, Fribourg, five francs, shooting thaler, 1881 (KM.S15). Very fine or better.
Estimate $160
SOLD $160
Syria, French Protectorate, silver fifty francs 1929 (9), 1933 (3), 1937 (2), twenty five piastres 1929-1937 (18) (KM.73-74) ten piastres 1929 (2); Republic, silver lira 1950 (2), one piastre and half piastre base metal (9). Fine a few very fine. (45)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Tibet, under Tibetan Authority, Ga-Den silver or billon tangka coinage, 18-19th century, various issues and variants, (av. 4.7 g), (KM.C13). Mostly very fine, some scarce. (55)
Estimate $400
SOLD $550
Tibet, under Tibetan Authority, "Kong-Par" silver tangka coinage, of 1890, BE 15-24, obv. one circle around lotus, rev. Dodpal, (4.40 g), (KM.CA13). Nearly very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Tibet, under Tibetan Authority, silver three srang various dates, c.1930s-1940s (one illustrated), (KM.Y26). Very fine or better. (13)
Estimate $200
SOLD $950
Tibet, under Tibetan Authority, silver chien (sho), (3.73 g), 59th year of Chien Lung, (Kann 1461, KM.C72). Very fine, scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $500
Tibet, Tibetan Authority, Kong-Par silver tankas (2) c.1850s (KM.60); Ga-Den silver tanka coinage c.1900-1920s (13) (KM.Y13, Y15); Presentation tanka coinage (2), c.1930, (KM.Y14) (one illustrated), another similar (KM.Y31). Very fine or better. (18)
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
Tibet, base silver ten srang, 1948 (16-22) (KM.29) (3), 1950 (16-24) (KM.Y30) (2); silver three srang (16-9) (KM.26) (3); silver one and a half srang (KM 24) (2). Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $460
Tonga, ten sentini, 1975 (26); twenty sentini, 1975 (50, in 2 x 25 mint rolls, one broken). Uncirculated. (76)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Tunisia, billon piastre, AH 1218 (1803-4), (KM.72.2). Uneven surface colouration, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Turkey, twenty para, AH1277 Yr4, AH1293 Yr8 (KM.701, 734); forty para, AH1255 Yr 20, AH1277 Yr2 (KM.670, 689); Kurush, AH1255 Yr9, AH1293 Yr16 (2), Yr32, AH1327 Yr2 (4) (KM.671, 735, 748); Kurush, AH1327 Yr2 (60 pieces, all silver jewellery copies) (KM.748); five kurush, AH1293 Yr 16 (KM.737); ten kurush, AH1293 Yr32 (KM.738); twenty kurush, AH1327 Yr9 (KM.780). The two copper twenty and forty para coins cleaned, the last three coins brushed, overall fine - very fine. (75)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Turkey, Abdul Mejid (A.H. 1255-1277), (A.D. 1839-1861), silver ten kurush 1255/6 (KM.674); Abdul Aziz, (A.H. 1277-1293), (A.D.1861-1876), five kurush 1277/9 (KM.691); Abdul Hamid II, (A.H. 1293-1327) (A.D. 1876-1909), five kurush 1293/11 (2), 1293/13, 1293/32 (4), 1293/33 (2), (KM.737); Muhammad V (A.H. 1327-1336) (A.D. 1909-1918), five kurush 1327/8, (KM.771); other Turkey, fifty kurus 1936, one lira 1947 (KM.865, 883); Egypt, worn smooth one side 1 qirsh. Good - extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Thailand, Rama IV, silver quarter baht (1869) (KM.Y29); copper half fuang nd (1865) (KM.Y2), another nd (1866) (KM.Y4). Fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Thailand, Rama IV, silver baht (1860)(KM.Y11); Rama V, 1/8, 1/4 and one baht (1876-1900)(KM.Y32-4). Very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $600
Tuvalu, Elizabeth II, Perth Mint, specimen silver and colour one ounce one dollar, Pioneers of Aviation (four coin set) 2003. In official case with certificate number 1060, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Tuvalu, Elizabeth II, proof silver one ounce one dollars, Danger Series, 2007-2009, 2010 (2), 2011, 2012 (2), 2013 (8). In cases of issue with certificates, FDC. (16)
Estimate $320
SOLD $460
Tuvalu, Elizabeth II, Perth Mint, proof one ounce one dollars, Famous Battles in History Series 2009, Gettysburg (2), Hastings, Cannae (2), Balaklava. In cases of issue with certificates, FDC. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Tuvalu, Elizabeth II, Perth Mint, proof silver one ounce one dollars, Great Battles in History Series 2009, Gettysburg, Hastings (2), Balaklava (2), Thermopylae (2). In cases of issue with certificates, FDC. (7)
Estimate $140
SOLD $170
Tuvalu, Elizabeth II, Perth Mint, proof one ounce one dollars, Charles Kingsford Smith 2010, Great Warriors Series 2010, Roman Legionary, Knight, Samurai, Viking. In cases of issue with certificates, FDC. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Tuvalu, Elizabeth II, Perth Mint, proof silver one ounce one dollars, Ned Kelly four coin set 2010. In case of issue with certificate number 0447, FDC.
Estimate $150
SOLD $80