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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, 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 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, 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 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, Siam (Thailand) bronzed copper proof (two keping size) (1835) (Pridmore 54; SS.65; KM.Tn1), struck by the Soho Mint, in original copper shell. FDC and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $30,000
Singapore, Siam (Thailand) bronzed copper proof (two keping size) (1835) (Pridmore 55; SS.66; KM.Tn2), struck by the Soho Mint. FDC and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $18,000
Singapore, Malay Peninsula, fighting cock token struck over a George III copper penny 1806-7 (cf Pridmore 68; SS.84). Very fine for piece and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,300
Singapore, Singapore Harbour Board (1920-1), half cent in tin (Pridmore 75, SS.98), one, half and quarter cent (1921), in tin (Pridmore 76-8; SS.103, 102, 101). Fine - very fine and very rare. (4)
Estimate $750
SOLD $6,000