Catalogue
South Africa, Pretoria, Soldiers Institute, set of tokens in white metal for 6d (illustrated), 3d (illustrated) and 1d (T.T31; M.197, 99, 201; Hern 558a,b,c). Very good - good very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $120
Passed in
South Africa, Johannesburg, Rand Refinery Ltd, South Africa, Springbok's head within circle, reverse plain, in 22 carat gold (14mm) circa 1960; Johannesburg, Felix Goemans, hatter advertising ticket in brass (24mm) circa 1920 (not in Theron or Maynard) (illustrated); P.&T. (Engineering) Co. Ltd, Johannesburg, Ref Club in plastic (circa 1965); English & Colonial check or tally in brass (31mm) of P.& T. Co. Ltd, (from Format in 1986); Collins Bros. jewellers advertising ticket in aluminium (T-; M.63); Whyte & Mackay's Whisky checks in cupro-nickel 3d, 6d, $1, $2 (circa 1961); PMD (Pretoria Milk Distributors' Association) 1 pint delivered in red plastic, central hole (M.192A); Cardette 6d token/wings in aluminium (27mm); Railways lucky talisman in aluminium (33mm) in English (is it safe) and in Afrikaans (M.S.A4,5); Bickels (coin dealers) good for 1ct in trade (2) in red and blue plastic; Machine tokens, Automatic Vauderville in cupro-nickel (M.51) (4), another in brass D on reverse; A in centre Good For One Tune (both sides) in brass (21mm); Vens Coupon/4463, ten others (British types mostly in Hayes) including Samsons (2); Pretoria, Webbers Shoe Stores discount check in aluminium (30mm), P.U.D. (Pretoria Milk Dairies, Dep 5/- check with central hole (T-; M.-) in brass (29mm), Pretoria Coin Dealers Ltd, 1 R(and) advertising ticket established 1966 in yellow bronze (32mm). Fine-uncirculated. (35)
Estimate $300
SOLD $190
South Africa in general, (Central South African Railways) C.S.AR (1902-1910) brass disc or tally, serial 408 cancelled with X's the obverse painted red (T.SA2); The South African Railways and Harbours, SAR & H. SAS & H. (English and Afrikaans versions) tool check, serial 6600 and 3 leaf clover below (illustrated) (T.SA3; M.6) (Hern 1244); Union Internment Camp (1941-46), 2/- in Afrikaans, square grey fibre (T.SA4; M.9) (Hern 606c) (illustrated); South West Africa, Consolidated Diamond Mines Bread 1lb token in red celluloid and one pint token, in white pressed cardboard (T.SWA3a,b; Hern 122j,k); Windhoek, artillery Mess - Third Company 1 mark in brass and ? mark in nickel plated brass, circa 1900. Very fine or better the internment camp issue very rare. (7)
Estimate $200
Passed in
South Africa, South African Railways and Harbours, food checks S.A.R. & H. S.A.S. E.N.H. (6), S.A.S. & H. (Hern 1244) (4); Central South African Railways, painted red (Hern 98a); Mine Stores (Natal) Ltd. (Hern 232f); Whyte & Mackays Special Whisky (Hern 748e, f) (2); misc, John Player & Sons 1d, East London Ferry 1d 1880 (Hern 178a with mint red), Municipal Tramways Johannesburg Machine token in nickel (Hern 30a) plus misc, one tune A, Howard Stores 6d, all in 2x2 envelopes or holders. Very fine or better. (24)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
South Africa, in general, Union Internment Camps tokens for one penny, threepence and one shilling in fibre (1941) (T.SA4, Hem 606e, 606g, 606h). Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $400
Passed in
South Africa, miscellaneous tokens and related issues; OGee Barber checks (9 different), bakelite 1935 penny, Polliak & Co. (Hern 438a); Gold Reef City Coins and Stamps, 1956 (Hern 238); East London Model Dairy (3)(Hern 366); Cable Car medal English and Colonial (Hern 194a); fibre tokens, Kruger imitations, Pretoria Coin Dealers, Swaziland (4 including 2 casino), Dog tags (3) De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd in white metal (12 probably ex Spink London)(Hern 150), Kensington(?) Dairy (Hern 1126b); Cape Mutual Investment Loan Society Ltd 2d in brass (Hern 84a), Whyte & Mackay's Whisky (Hern 748d, g) in 2x2 packets. Very good - uncirculated. (16)
Estimate $300
Passed in
South Africa, tokens; collection arranged in album by Theron numbers, all described in 2x2 holders, Cape Province, C1 (3 diff); C2 (2 diff); C4 (14 diff); C5 (illus); C7 (illus); C10 (4 diff, set 4); C12 (3d); C14 (2); C15; C18 (2); C41 (2/-); C42 (illus); Wehle (Hern 746a); C44; C45 (2 diff); C47; C51 (illus); C53 (illus); C55 (2 diff); C56 (set 1 (1), set 2 (5 diff), set 3 (3 diff), set 4 (4 diff)); C57 (2 diff); C58 (3 diff); C59 (2 diff); C60 (2 diff); C65; C66 (illus); C70 (1/- illus); C71 (2); C72 (6 diff); C73; C74 (3d illus); C75 (2 diff); C76 (2 diff); C77 (3d and 1/- illus); C80; East Griqualand and Transkei, Strachan & Co., set 1 (3d), set 14 (6d, 3d); Natal, N2 (2 diff); N3 (2 diff); N4 (2 diff); N5 (4 diff); N6 (7 diff); N7 (5/- illus); N11 (2/-); N12 (5/- illus); N13 (3d); N21 (illus); N22 (9 diff); N27; Orange Free State, O1 (2/-); O3; O5; O8 (4 diff); O11 (sets 1 and 2, 12 diff); O12; O13 (7 diff); O14 (4 diff); Henn 276 (set of 5); Transvaal, T4 (set 1 (1), 2 (1), 4 (4 diff)); T6; T7 (3 diff); T8; T10; T11 (illus); T14 (4 diff); T18; T19; T20 (3 diff); T22 (8 diff); T23; T24; T31 (1d, 6d): T65; S A General, SA4 (3 diff), milk tokens (18 diff), dog tags (6), badges and medalets (11), miners tag, unattributed 3d (2) and Fisherman's tally. Fair - extremely fine. (241)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,900
Southern Rhodesia, Bulawayo Waterworks Co., Limited, uniface check in brass (26mm) edge milled (Hern 76). Even brown patina, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Southern Rhodesia, B.S.A. Co, (British South Africa Company) head tax tallies, in brass, rectangular (50 x 25mm) 1903-4 district: pierced for wear in brass (38mm) with central hole 1915-16, A.M.P.T. (four different same but smaller (26mm) P/P (illustrated); round with piercing at top lettering in relief N/4 (29mm) (2), P/4 (24mm) (illustrated) (no year of issue stamped); round (31mm) incuse lettering A.12-13 (2), A.09-10 (2), diamond shape (52 x 28mm) A.11-12, triangular (41 x 29mm) A.05 (2), die struck in brass (31mm) S.A.M. Co, below, G, lettering in relief (illustrated) Hern 800a,b,f,j,h,m. Fine-very fine. (17)
Estimate $400
SOLD $700
Southern Rhodesia, B.S.A. CO. (British South Africa Company) hut tax tallies in brass, 1904-1916, (8, Hern 800aa, 800b, c, e, f, j, m (2)); Dairy Marketing Board (DMB) (Hern 696a), one pint yellow, another red, Fresh Fruit Juice orange triangular; Dairyman's Co Op Salisbury (Hern 140a, b, c); Northern Rhodesia Cooperative Creameries, pint and half pint (these last five ex R.J.Ford (Sale 88, lot 387, 390)), Blantyre Co-Op Society Ltd 1 pint milk. Very good - extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
(Southern) Rhodesia, G. & P.G.M. Co Ltd, Rhodesia, uniface check of tally, bracteate style in brass (39mm) (Hern 782a). Pierced at top virtually uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Spain, Kingdom of Castile and Leon, Henry II (1369-1379), silver real, Seville mint, (2.87 g), obv. DOMINVS MICHI AIVTOR EDEGO D-ISPICIAM INIMICOS ME around in outer and inner circles, in centre crowned monogram of EH, rev. +ENRICVS DEI GRACIA REX CASTEL around all within coat of arms in a quadrilobe, S below, rosettes in other spandrels, (Cayan 1313, MEC 597-598). Good very fine, very scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
Spain and Spanish America, minor silver issues from Phillip III (1598-1621), cobs reale, Potosi (Bolivia) to one reale Ferdinand VII Potosi 1825, several are holed, also Netherlands one gulden 1719, in 2x2 holders, some described; some are Proclamation coins. Poor - fine. (18)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Straits Settlements, British India Government (1858-1867), Queen Victoria, quarter, half and one cent, 1862 (KM.4, 5, 6). Good fine; very good; good fine/very fine. (3)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Straits Settlement, Queen Victoria, fifty cents, 1896 (KM.13). Possible old cleaning, good very fine.
Estimate $240
SOLD $480
Straits Settlements, Queen Victoria, fifty cents, 1897. Possible old cleaning, attractive peripheral toning, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $360
SOLD $440
Straits Settlements, Edward VII, one cent, 1903 (KM.19); five cents, 1910 (9) (KM.20a). Good very fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Straits Settlements, Edward VII, silver dollar, 1903 (KM.25), with several chopmarks on obverse and reverse; 1907 dollar (KM.26). First coin toned, good very fine, second coin nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Straits Settlements, George V, silver fifty cents 1920, 1921 (4), twenty cents 1919, 1935 (both types), ten cents 1917, 1918, 1919, 1927, five cents 1918 (2), 1919, 1926, 1935 (2); cupro-nickel 1920 (2) (KM.29a, 29b, 30a, 30b, 31, 34, 35.1, 36). Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (20)
Estimate $220
SOLD $360
Thailand, Siamese porcelain gambling tokens, a small collection including the following Ramsden nos 17, 17 hexagonal, 122, cf 122 larger (2), 135 hexagonal, 153, 159, 186, 202, cf 230, cf 241, 272, 274, 279, 285, 323, 327. Fine - extremely fine. (49)
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,400
Thailand, Siamese porcelain gambling tokens, a large collection 19th century mainly, different sorts of Pe, Satung, Pwang, Att value systems including cowries, pp379-382 of Mitchener included as photocopies, collection housed on plastic pages many with attribution, seven plastic pages (95), yellow album with seven plastic pages (227), a tray displaying 90 loose examples and a boxed lot from Noble Numismatics Sale (lot 2089), and shell or pearl (8) and with WRL monogram (13). Very good - extremely fine. (approx 600)
Estimate $450
SOLD $3,600
Thailand, Siamese Porcelain and other tokens, H.E.Ramsden, Yokohama, Japan, 1911, complete in original material covered paper covers 37pp, 20 coloured plates. Fine and rare.
Estimate $50
SOLD $360
Tibet, Sino-Tibetan Coinage, Chia Ch'ing (1796-1820), silver half sho year 58 (1793) (KM.C71) (illustrated); silver sho, years 59 (1794), 60 (1795) (illustrated), (KM.72), 24 (1819) (illustrated), 25 (1820), (KM.C83); silver tangka year 58 (1793), (KM.C73). Toned, very fine and rare. (6)
Estimate $400
SOLD $11,500
Tibet, Sino-Tibetan Coinage, Tao Kuang (1820-1851), silver sho, years 2 (1822), 3 (1823) (illustrated), 4 (1824), year 15 (1835), (illustrated), (KM.C93). Mostly toned, very fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $500
SOLD $5,500
Tokelau, Elizabeth II, Perth Mint, proof silver one dollars (4), 2013, commemorating Australia's First Fleet, Departure, The Journey, Life at Sea, Sydney Cove. In timber cases of issue with certificates, FDC. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
USA, 1810-1952, assorted issues, one cent, three cents, dime, twenty cents, fifty cents, half dollar and one dollar, includes one cent, 1828, 1833, 1848; three cents, 1852; twenty cents, 1875S; fifty cents, 1810; half dollars, 1898S, 1899S, 1902S, 1923S Munroe Doctrine Centennial; 1925 Stone Mountain Memorial; 1936 Long Island Tercentenary; dollar, 1876S, 1878S. Poor - extremely fine. (40)
Estimate $350
SOLD $1,500
USA, walking Liberty half dollars, 1917, 1934, 1936, 1936S, 1937, 1937S, 1939D, 1941, 1941D, 1942, 1942S, 1943, 1944, 1944S, 1945, 1945D, 1946, 1947, in Dansco Supreme album. Mostly choice uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $3,500
USA, Franklin half dollars, 1948D, 1949D, 1950, in Dansco Supreme album. Choice uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
USA, Kennedy half dollars, 1964-2012D complete set, including proofs, housed in Dansco Supreme album and archival slip case. Choice uncirculated - FDC. (159)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,100
USA, Morgan dollars, 1878, 1879S, 1881O (2), 1881S, 1883, 1883O, 1886 (2), 1889, 1889O, 1890O, 1891, 1896, 1897, 1899O, 1900 (2), 1900O, 1921 (5); Peace dollars, 1922 (2), 1922S, 1925 (4), 1926S (2), 1928S, 1934S, together with five Whitman press-in albums. Poor - very fine. (37)
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,600