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Singapore, British EIC, Singapore merchants, Island of Sumatra copper one keping 1804 (2.26g) (Pridmore 1; SS.6; KM.Tn1). Struck like a proof or specimen in copper, light brown and mint red, choice uncirculated and very rare as such, probably the finest known.
Estimate $100
SOLD $1,600
Singapore, British EIC, copper keping, 1804 (2.11g); Singapore merchants, Island of Sumatra copper keping, 1804 (2.70g) (Pridmore 1; SS.6; KM.Tn1). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $300
Singapore, British EIC, Singapore merchants, Island of Sumatra copper keping, 1804 (2.11g) a rare double strike (Pridmore 1; SS.6; KM.Tn1). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $600
Singapore, British EIC, Singapore merchants, Islands of Sumatra, one keping, 1804 (Pridmore 1 (6 varieties), 2, 3 (4 varieties), 4, 4 Sunatra (flawed M)); Island of Sultana, one kepings, 1804 (Pridmore 5 (2), 6, 7 (4.03g), 8 (3), 9 (3), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; SS.10-21; KM.Tn1-7). In envelopes with attributions, fine - good very fine. (30)
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,900
Singapore, fighting cock series, Sumatra, Port of Susu prototype, one cent 1804 (6.50g) (26.8mm), edge faintly grained right (Pridmore 17; SS.23), perhaps overstruck. Beautiful even dark grey brown patina, nearly extremely fine and very rare, one of the finest known.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $9,500
Singapore, Merchants tokens, fighting cock series, copper two kepings (1831) (Pridmore 18; SS.24), struck at the Soho Mint, one unmarked brown and red uncirculated. Good extremely fine; uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $3,600
Singapore, Malay Peninsula, fighting cock tokens, copper two keping (1831) and bronzed copper proof two keping (1831) (Pridmore 18; SS.24). Nearly extremely fine; FDC. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $7,500
Singapore, Merchants token bronzed copper proof one keping (1831), struck by Soho Mint (Pridmore 20; SS.26). Flan slightly curved, FDC and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,800
Singapore, Merchants tokens, copper one keping, (1804) (Pridmore 19), (1831) (Pridmore 20 (Soho Mint), 21 (6 varieties), 22, 23 (Spink packet), 24 (4 varieties), 27 (2), 28 AH 1411, 30, 31 (2), 33 (4 varieties); also a medal with a cock or peacock, uniface with cut out section, in packets attributed. Very good - good extremely fine. (26)
Estimate $150
SOLD $1,600
Singapore, British EIC, copper one keping (1804), struck by the Soho Mint overstruck on a British halfpenny token, Warwickshire Birmingham Mining and Copper Company 1792, Birmingham, Redruth and Swansea edge (Pridmore 21, SS.3). Some mint red extremely fine or better and probably unique.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $7,500
Singapore, Malay Peninsula, fighting cock tokens, copper one kepings (1831/2), includes error date (1734/5) (Pridmore 29; SS.35, details as Pridmore 21 (3, one in brass), 22 (7, one ex Wodak from Regal), 24 (2), 25, 26 (8), 27 (ex Wodak), 28 (4), 30 (7, one in brass), 31 (4, one double struck obverse). Very good - nearly FDC. (39)
Estimate $400
SOLD $3,400
Singapore, Malay Peninsula, fighting cock token, copper 'proof' keping with erroneous date AH 1411 = 1990AD (Pridmore 22a; SS.28). Attractive blue brown patina, FDC and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $3,400
Singapore, Malay Peninsula, fighting cock copper one keping, error date AH 1147 (1734/5) (Pridmore 29; SS.35); another but AH 1247 (1831/2) and struck in nickel (Pridmore 30B; SS.36); another in copper, Land of the Malays, muled with maverick reverse dotted circle within outer circle of dots (Pridmore 70; SS.89 this coin); C.R.Read one keping AH 1250 trial of reverse only on bronzed lead blank (Pridmore 34; SS.44 this piece). Fine - extremely fine and very rare to extremely rare. (4)
Estimate $600
SOLD $3,200
Singapore, Malay Peninsula, C.R.Read, copper one keping (1834/5) AH 1250 (Pridmore 33 (6), SS.42, 43), also bronzed copper proof. One nearly full red, very fine - FDC. (7)
Estimate $400
SOLD $5,500
Singapore, Malay Peninsula, C.R.Read, copper one keping (1834/5) AH 1250 (Pridmore 33; SS.42) full reverse brockage (cf SS.93a). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $800
Singapore, Merchants token, proof copper keping, AH 1250 (1834/5) 'C.R.Read', by the Soho Mint (Pridmore 33; SS.42). Brown and red, FDC and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $6,000
Singapore, Merchants token for native states in Malaya, Island of Percha in Sumatra, copper two kepings (1831/2) (Pridmore 36; SS.46). Brown and red uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,700
Singapore, Island of Percha in Sumatra, copper proof two kepings (1835/6) (Pridmore 38; SS,48), struck by the Soho Mint. Red FDC and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $4,000
Singapore, Island of Percha in Sumatra, copper two kepings (1835/6) (Pridmore 38; SS.48), one keping (1835/6) (Pridmore 39; SS.56). Nearly extremely fine; good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Singapore, Island of Percha in Sumatra, bronzed copper proof two kepings (1835/6) (Pridmore 38; SS.48), struck by the Soho Mint. FDC and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $4,200
Singapore, Island of Percha in Sumatra, bronzed copper proof one keping (1835/6) (Pridmore 39; SS.56), struck by the Soho Mint. Slight curve to flan, FDC and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $3,200
Singapore, Aacheen (Atjeh), northern Sumatra, copper two kepings (1831/2) (Pridmore 40; SS.49; KM.Tn1), also a bronzed copper proof (1835/6) (Pridmore 41; SS.50). Good very fine; FDC. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $3,500
Singapore, Tarumon in Sumatra, copper two kepings (1831/2) (Pridmore 42; SS.51), bronzed proof (1835/6) (Pridmore 43; SS.52). Extremely fine; FDC. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $5,500
Singapore, Menangkabau (in Sumatra), copper two keping (1835/6) and copper keping (1835/6), also bronzed proofs of the same (Pridmore 45, 46; SS.54, 57; KM.Tn1, 2). Extremely fine - FDC. (4)
Estimate $800
SOLD $5,000
Singapore, Dilli (in Northern Sumatra) copper keping (1835/6) and bronzed copper proof keping (1835/6) (Pridmore 47; SS.58; KM.Tn1). Good very fine; FDC. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $3,000
Singapore, Dilli in Sumatra, uniface proof one keping struck in silver (1835) (cf Pridmore 47, ray 47b; cf SS. 58). Toned FDC and excessively rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $13,000
Singapore, Siak in East Sumatra, copper keping (1835/6) (2) and bronzed copper proof keping (1835/6) (Pridmore 48; SS.59; KM.Tn1). Good very fine; extremely fine; FDC. (3)
Estimate $400
SOLD $3,000
Singapore, Land of the Malays, Sumatra, copper one keping (1835/6) and bronzed copper proof (1835/6) (Pridmore 49; SS.60; KM.Tn1). Nearly extremely fine; FDC. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $2,600
Singapore, Perak in Malay Peninsula, copper keping (1835/6) and bronzed copper proof one keping (1835/6) (Pridmore 50 (2); SS.61; KM.4). Nearly extremely fine; FDC. (3)
Estimate $400
SOLD $3,600
Singapore, Selangor in Malay Peninsula, copper keping (1835/6) and bronzed copper proof keping (1835/6) (Pridmore 51; SS.62; KM.3). Extremely fine; FDC. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $4,400