Catalogue
Austria, Franz Joseph I, four ducats, 1915 restrike (KM.2276). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,300
SOLD $1,300
Austria, undated (1976), one thousand schilling (KM.2933). Uncirculated.
Estimate $850
SOLD $800
Canada, George V, five dollars, 1912 (KM.26). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $600
SOLD $700
Canada, proof one hundred dollars, 1976 Olympics (KM.1116). FDC.
Estimate $900
SOLD $960
Canada, Elizabeth II, fifty dollars, one ounce 999 fine gold, 1979 (KM.125.1). Uncirculated.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,100
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Period of the Chola Invasion, (c.990-1070), gold Kahavanu, 20mm, (4.38 g), obv. King reclining right, holding annulet, rev. King standing facing, head right, holding globule; altar, flames, conch, pellets, and lotus around, (Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 825; Friedberg 1). Good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
Egypt, First Republic, one pound (1955) (KM.387). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
Ethiopia, Abyssinia, gold barter ring money (21.85g) (37mm) c1700s. Good very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,600
France, Charles V, (1364-1380), gold franc a pied, (3.80 g) struck 1365, obv. KAROLVS x DI x GR x FRANCORV REX, king standing within Gothic arch, holding sword and hand of justice, rev. +XPC x VINCIT x REGNAT x XPC x IMPERAT, floreate crossin polylobe with lis and crowns in angles, pellet in annulet in centre, (Duplessy 360A, Ciani 457A, L.371, F.284). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $3,000
Passed in
France, Charles VI (the Well-Loved or the Mad), (1380-1422), ecu d'or a la couronne, (4.02 g), not dated, obv. +KAROLVS DEI GRACIA FRANCORVM REX around, crowned royal coat of arms, rev. +XPC VIHCIT XPC REGHAT XPC IMPERAT around, cross fleury with central star in quadrilobe (Duplessy 369, C.488, L.378, F.291). As struck, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $2,000
Passed in
France, Charles VI (the Well-Loved or the Mad), (1380-1422), ecu d'or a la couronne, (4.04 g), not dated, obv. +KAROLVS DEI GRACIA FRANCORVM REX around, crowned royal coat of arms, rev. +XPC VIHCIT XPC REGHAT XPC IMPERAT around, cross fleury with central star in quadrilobe (Duplessy 369, C.488, L.378, F.291). Minor file mark on edge, nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,050
France, Charles VII (the Well-Served), (1422-1461), ecu d'or a la couronne, Toulouse mint, (3.15 g), not dated, obv. +KAROLVS DEI GRACIA FRANCORVM REX around, crowned royal coat of arms, flanked by crown lis, rev. +XPC VIHCIT XPC REGHAT XPC IMPERAT around, cross fleury with central quadrilobe (Duplessy 511, C.635, L.510, F.307). Minor file mark on edge, good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $900
SOLD $850
France, Francis I (1494-1547), demi ecu d'or au soleil (golden half shield in the sun) 9th type, (1.72 g), Toulouse mint, issued from 1540-1547, obv. FRANCISVS DEI G FRANCORVM REX shell (minter symbol), around (S's reversed), crowned royal coat of arms below sun, M below shield, rev. +XPS VIHCIT XPS REGNAT XPS IMPERA around (S's reverses), fleur de lys cross with M below, (Lafaurrie 740, Duplessy 881, C.-, see Vinchon Auction, 11 Feb. 1963 [lot 55] for similar type he noted only 6 known). As struck, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $8,000
Passed in
France, Louis XVI, Louis d'or, 1786A, Paris mint, (KM.591.1, Duplessy 1707). With mint bloom, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,400
France, Napoleon as First Consul, twenty francs, AN XIA, (1803), Paris Mint (KM.651). Very fine with collector's ticket.
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
France, Bonaparte, Napoleon as First Consul, gold twenty francs, AN12A Paris mint, (KM.651). Good very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $480
France, Bonaparte Premier Consul, forty francs AN12A (KM.652). Extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,500
France, Napoleon Emperor, gold twenty francs, 1809A, Paris mint (KM.687.1). Good very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $640
France, Napoleon, Emperor, gold forty francs, 1811A Paris mint, (KM.696.1). Good very fine/nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,000
France, Louis XVIII, twenty francs, 1815R (London) (KM.706.7, Gad. 1027). Nearly uncirculated, with mint bloom, rare.
Estimate $700
SOLD $1,200
France, Louis XVIII, twenty francs, 1817A, (KM.712.1, F.538, Gad. 1028). Extremely fine, with some mint bloom.
Estimate $500
SOLD $540
France, Second Republic, Louis Philippe, gold twenty francs, 1848A (KM.750.1). Good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $500
France, Second Republic, gold twenty francs, 1851A Paris mint, (KM.762). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $460
France, Napoleon III, five francs, 1858A, 1860A (illustrated) (KM.787.1), 1863A (KM.803.1). The first lightly polished good very fine, others nearly extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $500
SOLD $460
France, Napoleon III, twenty francs, 1867BB (KM.801.2), Strasbourg mint. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $550
SOLD $460
France, Napoleon III, twenty francs, 1862, 1863, 1865 and 1869 BB (Strasbourg) (KM.801.2). Good very fine or better. (4)
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $1,600
France, Republic, twenty francs, roosters, 1901, 1905-1911, 1913, 1914 (KM.847, .857). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $3,700
France, Republic, gold twenty francs, 1911 (KM.857). Uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Gibraltar, proof seventy ecus/fifty pounds, 1991 (KM.73). Nearly FDC.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Greece, Kingdom, twenty drachma, 1970 (KM.92). Uncirculated.
Estimate $600
SOLD $660