Catalogue
Japan, mixed dates twenty sen, 1906-11 (KM.Y#30). Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Japan, fifty sen, 1909 (KM.Y#31), 1917 (KM.Y#37.2), 1923 (KM.Y#46), 1932 and 1936 (KM.Y#50). Very fine - nearly uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $90
SOLD $60
Japan, mint sets, 1970 (KM.MS2). In wallets of issue in original Osaka Mint wrapper with letter, uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Java, Japanese Occupation, ten sen in tin alloy (1943) (Schwan 2209). Traces of mint bloom, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $440
Keeling Cocos Islands, celluloid 'bone' tokens, J.S.Clunies Ross, 1913, twenty five cents (937), one rupee (205), two rupees (29), five rupees (317). Very good - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $750
SOLD $900
Korea, Yi Dynasty, Sejong The Great, (A.D. 1423 - 1425), Cho Son Tong Bo - one cash (23mm, 3.73g). Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Korea, Treasury Department, one hundred Mun, (39mm, 23.06g), undated, (c1866) (KM.143). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Malaya and British North Borneo, one cent, 1940 (KM.2), five cents, 1941 (4) (KM.3), 1943, 1945 (KM.3a); ten cents, 1939 (KM.4), 1941 (4) (KM.4), 1943 (3) (KM.4a); twenty cents, 1939 (KM.5). In Dealer's 2x2 holders with notes, references and pricings, mostly extremely fine and better. (16)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Malta, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Alof de Wignacourt, Grandmaster, (1601-1622). AE 3 grani (KM.8); Antoine de Paule (1623-1636), AE grano 1628 (KM.50); Manoel de Vilhena, (1722-1736), AE grano, 1726, obv. Maltese cross, rev. winged arm left, holding sword upright. (KM.140) (illustrated); Emmanuel de Rohan, (1775-1797), AE ten grani, 1786, (KM.C.40) (2); five grani 1790 (KM.C.39.1). Very good - good fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
Malta, Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (Knights of Malta), Ramon Despuig y Martinez de Marcilla, Grandmaster, (1736-1741), silver two scudi 37mm, (23.88 g), Valletta mint, dated 1738, obv. cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned coat-of-arms, (Schembri 6; KM 204.1). Toned, filed all around edge, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $480
Malta, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Emmanuel Pinto, Grandmaster, (1741-1773), silver 30 Tari 42mm, (28.95 g). Valletta mint, dated 1757, obv. crowned and garnished coat-of-arms, rev, St. John the Baptist standing facing slightly right, holding banner; to lower right, lamb seated left, head right, (Schembri 4-5; Davenport 1600; KM A256). Toned, light marks, faint hairlines in fields, filed on edge and mounted on obverse, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Malta, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Emmanuel Pinto. Grandmaster, (1741-1773), silver 15 Tari, (14.29 g). Valletta mint, dated 1759, obv. crowned and garnished coat-of-arms, rev, St. John the Baptist standing facing slightly right, holding banner; to lower right, lamb seated left, head right, (KM.16); another silver scudo, 1764 (KM.14a); another 4 tari 1768 (KM.10b). Toned, first coin mounted on obverse, otherwise very good - fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $320
Malta, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Francisco Ximinez de Texada, Grandmaster, (1773-1774), silver scudo, (11.40 g), Valletta mint, 1774, obv. Armored and draped bust right; rev. 1774, two crowned coats-of arms within wreath of palm frond and olive branch, (KM. 32); Emmanuel de Rohan, Grand Master, (1775-1797), silver scudo dated 1796, (11.10 g), (KM. 48) (illustrated); another silver tari, 1777, (0.86 g), (KM.42.2). First coin with filed edge, otherwise fine, others nearly very fine or better. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $380
Malta, Knights of Malta (Knights Hospitaller), Ferdinand Hompesch, Grand Master, (1797-1798), silver 30 tari, 40mm, (29.82 g), Valletta mint, dated 1798, obv. Bust left, rev. crowned double-headed eagle with coat-of-arms on breast, (Davenport 1611; KM 345.3). Extremely fine, attractively toned.
Estimate $300
SOLD $520
Mexico, Charles I and Johanna (c.1536-1545), silver real M.L.; half real 1784, 1798 F.M., 1808; real 1807; two reals 1736 M.F.; 1781 F.F, 1787 F.M.; Peru, two reals 1800 I.J. The first, fifth and sixth holed, otherwise toned very fine; others fair - nearly extremley fine. (9)
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
Mexico, Philip IV, cob silver eight reales 1653 (25.86g), full date (KM.45); Peru, Ferdinand VII, silver eight reales, 1818 J.P. Lima Mint (KM.117.1). First porous, otherwise as struck; second very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $600
Mexico, Charles III, eight reales or pillar dollar, 1761 MM, Mexico City Mint (KM.105). Interesting Chinese chopmarks, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
Mexico, Ferdinand VII, eight reales 1821 RG, Zacatecas Mint (KM.111.5) (2) (NGC XF Details Surface Hairlines; NGC AU Details Surface Hairlines). Toned extremely fine; good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Morocco, (North Africa), Mohammed III, (1757-1790), silver mitqal (ten dirhems), AH1189 (1775/6, Rabat Mint (27.94g) (KM.41, Album 592). Toned good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $360
Morocco, Moulay Abd al-Rahman, copper fals AH1262 (KM.C.122a.1), 1264, another AH1262, Rabat al-Fath Mint (KM.C.122a.5a.5), two fulus AH1268 (KM.C.126a) another AH1276 (KM.C.126b.1), four fulus, plain reverse, anonymous (2), silver dirhams AH124? (KM.C.140) (2) (both holed), AH 1268, Marakesh Mint (KM.C.140c.4); Sidi Mohammed IV, copper fals, AH1279 (KM.C.160.1), another AH1278 (?) (cf KM.163.1), copper four fulus AH1286, 1288, 1290, Fez Mint (KM.C.166.1) (3), 1288 Marrakesh Mint (KM.C.166.2), two fulus, Marrakesh Mint, no date, silver dirhams AH 1283 and 1284, Fez Mint (KM.C.176a.1) (2). Very good - very fine. (19)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Morocco, Moulay al-Hasan I, silver half dirham AH1299 (1882) (KM.Y.4); two and a half dirhams AH1299, 1310 (1893) (KM.Y.6); Abd al-Aziz, silver 2 1/2 dirhems, AH1314 (1897), 1315 (1898) (KM.Y.11.2) Paris, (KM.Y.11.1) Berlin, quarter rial AH (32) (1904) Berlin (KM.Y.20.1); Yusuf, silver rial 1336 (KM.Y.33); al-Hassan II, silver five dirhams, 1965 (KM.Y.57), type set 1974-1980 (7 coins); Middle East issues, Jordan (KM. Y18, 21); Lebanon (KM.Y.11); Qatar, 1973 set of five (KM.1-5); U.A.E. (KM.5, 6.2 1995, 1998); Syria, brass piastre (KM.Y.10); Saudia Arabia, silver riyal (1936) (KM.18) (2); Africa, Katanga, bronze one and five francs, 1961 (KM.1, 2); South Africa, ZAR, two and a half shillings 1894 (KM.7), all in packets, described. Fine - uncirculated. (32)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Nepal, Lichhavi Dynasty 14th century, AE bull on obverse, reverse text (ex Bob Domrow), silver mohar (c1700s), another (1914) (KM.682), others more recent, each in 2x2 holder described as bought in Brisbane in 1980s. Fine - uncirculated. (14)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Nepal, Lichchhavi Dynasty - Narendradeva (641-680 A.D.), AE Unit nd, Pashupati type, obv. Bull standing right, rev. sun (RGV 96, (2) one illustrated); various rulers, gold 1/128 mohar (KM.862) (illustrated); silver mohars (KM.87, 529 (SE 1733); 651.1 (SE 1808, 1821), two mohars VS1983 (KM.695), other modern issues rupee (VS 2011, 2021) (KM.743, 786); silver fractions (4), other modern issues (7) and AE paisas and earlier dated issues etc (10). Mostly fine - very fine some later issue better. (33)
Estimate $150
SOLD $420
Nepal, silver mohars, Kingdom of Patan, Srinivasa Malla (NS 781-805, 1661-1685) NS 786 (2) (KM.307) (one illustrated) NS 786 (KM.308); Yoga Narendra Malla, (NS 805-825, 1685-1705) NS 805 (1685) (KM.325), another (KM.332), another (KM.337), another (KM.337), NS 820 (3) (KM.320); Vira Mahindra Malla (NS 829-835, A.D. 1709-1715) NS 829 (2) (KM.370); Riddhi Narasimha (NS 835-837, 1715-1717), NS 835 (KM.374) others (2) (KM.375); Jaya Mahindra Simha (NS 837-842, A.D. 1717-1722), NS 837 (KM.377); Jaya Prakash Malla (NS8 842-849, A.D.1722-1729), NS 842 (KM.386); Jaya Vishnu Malla (NS 849-865, 1729-1745), silver mohar, NS 849 (2) (KM.399), NS 851 (2), (KM.400). Fine - nearly extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $400
SOLD $3,400
Nepal, Kingdom of Kathmandu, Parthivendra Malla (NS 800-807, A.D. 1680-1687), silver mohar NS802, (KM.198); Jaya Prakash Malla (c.NS 873-888, A.D. c.1750-1768), silver mohar, NS 873 (KM.261) (2); Kingdom of Patan, Yoga Narendra Malla (NS805-825, A.D. 1685-1705), silver mohar NS 805 (KM.332) (illustrated); Riddhi Narasimha (NS 835-837, A.D. 1715-1717) silver mohars NS 835 (KM.375) with lion in centre of obverse (3); Jaya Vishnu Malla (NS 849-865, A.D. 1729-1745) silver mohar NS 849 (KM.396); another NS 851 (KM.400) Rajya Prakash Malla (NS865-878, 1745-1758) NS865, silver mohar (KM.411). Mostly fine - very fine, generally scarce. (10)
Estimate $300
SOLD $3,400
Nepal, silver mohars, Kingdom of Bhatgaon, Bhupatindra Malla (NS 816-842, A.D.1696-1722), NS 816 (2, different varieties) (KM.87); Ranajit Malla (NS842-889, 1722-1769), NS 842 (3) (KM.108); Kingdom of Kathmandu, Pratap Malla (NS 761-794, A.D. 1641-1674) NS 761 (KM.163); NS 775 (2) (KM.164); Bhupalendra Malla (NS 807-820, A.D. 1687-1700), NS 808 (KM.206, illustrated and scarce), Jaya Prakash Malla, (NS 855-866, 870-888, A.H.1735-1746, 1750-1768), NS 842 (2) (KM.230); NS 856 (2) (KM.256), NS 873 (KM.261); Bhaskara Malla, (NS 821-835, A.H. 1701-1715), NS 821 (KM.217); Jagajjaya Malla (NS 842-855, 1722-1735) NS 842 (KM.230). An interesting group of early dated mohars. Fine - good very fine, some scarce. (15)
Estimate $300
SOLD $3,800
Nepal, Malla Dynasty, Kingdom of Bhatgaon, silver mohars, Bhupatindra Malla, (A.D. 1696-1722), NS 816 (1696) (KM.87), (2); Ranajit Malla (NS842-889, A.D. 1722-1769), silver mohars, NS 842, (1722) (KM.108) (4); Kingdom of Kathmandu and Malla Dynasty, Jaya Prakash Malla (NS 855-866, 870-888 A.D. 1735-1746), silver mohar, NS 856 (KM.259) (3); Jyoti Prakash Malla, (NS 866-870, A.D. 1746-1750), silver mohars, NS 866 (1746), (KM.279) others as (KM.281) (3, one in base metal); Kingdom of Patan, Siddi Narasimha, (NS 740-781, A.D. 1620-1661), silver mohar NS 761 rev. lion in central circle, (KM.301, illustrated, one of the earliest dated issues); Yoga Narendra Malla (NS 805-825, A.D. 1685-1705), silver mohar NS 805, illustrated (KM.337); Vira Mahindra Malla (NS 829-835, A.D 1709-1715), silver mohar NS 829 (KM.370). Fine - good very fine, several scarce. (16)
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,700
Nepal, Shah Dynasty, Prithvi Narayan (SE 1664-1696, 1742-1775), silver mohars SE 1676 (3, both types KM.454.1 (2), 454.2), another 1692 (K.M.454.2); Rana Bahadur (SE 1699-1720, A.D. 1777-1799), silver mohars, (av.5.4 g), SE 1703 (2), 1704, 1705 (2), 1706, 1710 (2), 1711, (KM.502.1); 1712, 1713, (KM.502.2); Surrendra Vikrama (SE 1769-1803, A.D. 1847-1881), silver two mohars SE 1801 (KM.603, illustrated), silver mohar SE 1769 (KM.602); other mohars of various early 19th century rulers (18) (KM.529, 565, 602). Some bright, others with hoard patina, nearly fine - extremely fine. (35)
Estimate $200
SOLD $2,400
Nepal, Shah Dynasty, silver mohars, Prithvi Narayan (SE 1664-1696, 1742-1775), various dates (1) (KM.454.1), (22) (KM.454.2); Pratap Simha (SE 1696-1699, 1775-1777), various dates (13) (KM.472.1); Rana Bahadur (SE 1699-1720, 1777-1799), various dates (32) (KM.502.1) (SE 1708 illustrated), (11) (KM.502.2); Girvan Yuddha Vikrama (SE 1720-1738, 1799-1816), various dates (3) (KM.529); Rajendra Vikrama (SE 1738-1769, 1816-1847), various dates (11) (KM.565), silver half mohars SE 1757, 1766 (KM.564); Surendra Vikrama (SE 1769-1803, 1847-1881), silver mohars, various dates (7, 2 in base metal) (KM.602). Some toned, mostly very fine - extremely fine. (102)
Estimate $500
SOLD $8,500
Nepal, Shah Dynasty, Prithvi Narayan (SE1690-1696, 1768-1775), silver one mohar, various dates some duplication (34) (average 5.45 g), (SE 1693 [1771] illustrated), (KM.454.2); others of Pratap Simha (SE1696-1699, 1775-1777) (4) SE 1696 [2], 1698 [2], (KM.472.1-2). Mostly bright, very fine - extremely fine. (38)
Estimate $400
SOLD $3,800