Catalogue
Italy, Milan, Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza (Duke of Milan) Ludovico Maria Sforza VI (1481-1494), silver testone, (9.22 g), head of St. Ambrose as the mintmark, obv. IOGZ M SF VICECOMES DVX MIL SX, armoured bust to right of G. Galeazzo Maria, rev. head of St. Ambrose mintmark, quadripartite quartered eagle and snake Visconti arms, surmounted by two crests crowned, one of ornate crested dragon devouring a child to right, on left a winged dragon with old man's head encircling claws in a diamond ring, globule between the crests, around LV PATRVO GVBNANTE, (CNI 32, Crippa 4, Morosini 9, MIR 222, Biaggi 1570). Very fine/nearly very fine, with roughness at top of reverse, very rare.
Estimate $640
SOLD $500
Italy, Milan, Ludovico Maria Sforza, (1494-1499), silver testone (9.66g), (CNIV, 19 plX 10; Morosini 5, Biaggi 1579). Toned, very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,100
Malay Peninsula, Penang (Pulu Penang or Prince of Wales Island), EIC silver quarter dollar, 1788 star divides date (6.46g) (23.5mm) (Pridmore 2; KM.6.2). Bevelled edge, otherwise very fine or better and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $2,500
Malay Peninsula, Penang, EIC, copper half cent (or half pice), 1810 (Pridmore 19A; KM.12). Attractive brown and red uncirculated and rare thus.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,400
Malay Peninsula, Penang, EIC, Soho Mint bronzed copper pattern pice or cent, 1810 (Pridmore 25, 555; KM.Pn1). Nearly FDC and very rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $14,500
Malay Peninsula, Penang, EIC, Soho Mint, tin trial of pattern pice or cent obverse, 1810 (Pridmore 25A). Nearly as struck, good extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $9,000
Malay Peninsula, Penang, EIC, Soho Mint, bronzed copper pattern pice or cent, 1810 (Pridmore 26; 55b; KM.Pn2). Chocolate brown patina, nearly FDC and very rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $14,500
Malay Peninsula, Penang, miscellaneous tokens, checks and medals; International Bodega and Restaurant, c1892, ten cents and five cents in brass (Pridmore 31, 32; SS.35,34). Considerable original mint bloom, staining on the first, otherwise uncirculated and very rare. (2)
Estimate $500
SOLD $2,200
Mauritius, Schoenfeld check in brass (23mm) one unit (cf R.J.Ford Sale, lot 625). 1 weakly struck, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
Passed in
Mauritius, Isle of St. Louis, Hydrotherme, admit 1 ticket in brass (19mm). Good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Mexico, silver pesos, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1932 (9), 1933 (5), 1934 (4), 1938 (5), 1940 (2), 1943 (11), 1944 (8), 1945 (3) (KM.455), 1947 (16), 1948 (11) (KM.456), 1950 (10) (KM.457), 1957 (2) (KM.458), 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962 (2), 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967 (KM.459); five pesos, 1947 (14), 1948 (12) (KM.465), 1951 (3), 1952 (4), 1953 (9) (KM.467), 1953 (4) (KM.468), 1956 (4), 1957 (KM.69), 1957 (2) (KM.470), 1959 (6) (KM.471), ten pesos, 1955 (4), 1956 (4) (KM.474), 1960 (2) (KM.476); twenty five pesos, 1968 (4) ((KM.479.2), 1972 (3) (KM.480), silver medal (1962), Centenary of Battle of Puebla 5 May 1862, plain edge (21.57g); housed in clip seal bags in one large bag. Fine - unicrculated. (175)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $2,400
Netherlands, Utrecht, silver ducaton or rider, 1740/4 over 3 (KM.92). Attractive iridescent tone on the reverse, dark blue grey tone on the obverse, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,400
Netherlands, 1719-2008, remainder of collection housed in 2x2 holders with descriptions and KM numbers and prices in two binder albums in a carton; includes silver two stuivers (19), copper duits from 1637, 1657, 1739 (Holland), VOC issues, 1732-1792 (26); Netherlands East Indies, 1808-1945 (182), Antilles (114), Suriname (8), Curacao, includes duplicates of mostly minors and some large silver commemoratives, 25 gulden of Antilles, includes set of five ship money tokens. Fair - uncirculated. (883)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,300
Palestine, British Administration, silver one hundred mils, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940 and 1942 (KM.7). Good very fine - nearly uncirculated, the second very scarce. (8)
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,600
Russia, Moscow Olympic Games, 1980 proof twenty eight coin set, containing five roubles (14) and ten roubles (14). In original red presentation case, FDC. (28)
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
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
Straits Settlements, Queen Victoria - George V; Malaya, George VI - Elizabeth II, quarter cents, 1901 (2), 1905 (2), 1908; half cents, 1845, 1884, 1889, 1908 (2); one cent, 1845, 1862, 1872, 1874, 1874H, 1884, 1885, 1887-91, 1894, 1895, 1897 (2), 1898 (2), 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908 (2); George V, quarter cents, 1916 (2, full red uncirculated); half cents, 1916 (2 , one red uncirculated), 1932 (2, one full mint red); one cent, 1919, 1920 (2, one red uncirculated), 1926 (2); Malaya, George VI, half cent, 1940 (2); one cent, 1939, 1940 (2), 1941I (uncirculated); Elizabeth II, twenty cents, 1954, 1956, 1957KN, 1961 (2); fifty cents, 1954 (very fine), 1955H, 1956, 1957KN, 1958H (2), 1961, all these nearly uncirculated - uncirculated, five and ten cents similar condition and dates, in savings bank covers (8) in clip seal plastic bag. Fair - uncirculated. (111)
Estimate $500
SOLD $900
Straits Settlements, duplicates, quarter cents, 1901, 1916 (25, 23 are red uncirculated), Malaysia, one cent, 1941i (20 extremely fine), 1957 (6 red uncirculated), 1962 (20 red uncirculated); bulk bronze from 1845, 1862, 1872-1908; also cupro nickel Malaya, 1954-1961 issues mostly uncirculated, George VI, silver issue, twenty cents, 1943 (2), 1945 (7); George V, ten cents, 1927 (10 uncirculated), all in ANZ bank paper bags (39), in shoe box. Fair - uncirculated. (approx 600)
Estimate $750
SOLD $2,800
Sumatra, British EIC, Fort Marlbro, silver two sukus, 1784 (Pridmore 2; KM.271). Toned good very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $3,400
Sumatra, EIC, proof bronzed copper three, two and one kepings, 1786 (Pridmore 6A, 11A, 17A; KM.259.1 258, 257.1). Nearly FDC. (3)
Estimate $600
SOLD $3,600
Sumatra, EIC, Soho Mint gilt copper proof set of three, two and one keping, 1787 (Pridmore 7B, 13B, 19B). Nearly FDC - FDC. (3)
Estimate $900
SOLD $4,200
Sumatra, EIC, pattern copper two kepings, 1786, edge of oval link chain (Pridmore 11c) Soho Mint striking. Dull toned, nearly FDC and extremely rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $3,600