Catalogue
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
Hong Kong, proof one thousand dollars, 1997, commemorating the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on July 1, 1997, obverse, the standard Bauhinia design, reverse Hong Kong central district skyline. In case of issue with certificate, FDC.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Hungary, proof gold one hundred forint, 1968 (KM.585) (AGW = .2433 oz), one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Birth of Ignaz Semmelweiss Commemorative. FDC.
Estimate $700
SOLD $500
Hungary, Republic, proof 10000 forint, 1991 Pope John Paul II Visit (KM.684). FDC.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
India, Taxila, late imitative of Kushan, as a Kidara issue of anonymous issue (400-450 A.D.), base gold stater, (8.01 g), obv. debased standing king facing with head to left, rev. crude representation of Goddess Ardoksho enthroned facing, (M.3696). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $550