Catalogue
World coins, Great Britain, Queen Victoria - Elizabeth II, farthings, date range, 1896-1955, mostly worn (44); Papua New Guinea, penny, 1936 (4), 1938 (2), 1944 (2); threepences, 1935, 1944 (2); sixpences, 1935, 1943; shillings, 1935 (4), 1936 (5), 1938 (15), 1945 (14); also, PNG stamp year set, 1986, in official book. Poor - extremely fine. (lot)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
World coins, minors or base metal issues, mostly twentieth century includes 2.8kg of Great Britain halfpennies 1967 (red uncirculated); Japan, souvenir coin collections (2), one with leaflet by Dragon & Co., Yokosuka, Japan, coins 1600-1953, all in one carton (7.6kg). Fair - uncirculated. (approx 800)
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
World coins, assorted issues, mostly minors, some silver includes Great Britain, New Zealand (quantity of decimal), Israel mint sets, Canada, many in 2x2 holders others in clip seal bags, USA 100s of Lincoln cents and 1847 large cent all in one heavy carton (approx 18kg), includes Straits Settlements, one cents done up in rolls and one box of beginner retail packaged coins in cellophane. Poor - uncirculated. (approx 2,000)
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,400
World coins, including Malta proof silver scudo 1964, mint one pound 1972, proof 1977, Mongolia, one Tukrik (1925) (illustration) (F.Taylor 8/6/82), silver 100 francs, New Hebrides 1966, Morocco (5), Egypt, in 2x2 holders as bought in Brisbane from 1974. Very good - FDC. (22)
Estimate $150
SOLD $650
World coins, cupro-nickel crown size base metal minors, 2x2 box with minors including some silver, Philippines, USA, tube of Great Britain pennies, mint sets 1960 in Austria, all in one carton, noted five Meissen porcelain tokens and four Roman bronze. Poor - uncirculated. (approx 450)
Estimate $200
SOLD $650
World coins, Vatican mint set 1981, San Marino mint red 1987; Vatican medals, Rome 2010-2011, silver plated red and five; China, one ounce 999 fine silver St John the Baptist medal 1997; Pakistan, one rupee 1948 set 2 plated dish (cased). In packs of issue, very fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
World coins, predominantly zinc and iron coins and tokens of World War I period Europe, many in 2x2 holders. Fair - very fine. (approx 100)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
World coins, a selection of modern proof crown size coins from various nations. In perspex holders, FDC. (10)
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
World coins, minors of twentieth century each in 2x2 holder with descriptions and prices, all in one box in four rows (2.7kg), a few silver. Very good - uncirculated. (approx 330)
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
World coins, bulk lot of world coins from the 20th century. FDC - unc. (1.8kg)
Estimate $30
SOLD $150
World coins, bulk lot of world coins from the 20th century. Very good - unc. (3.4kg)
Estimate $50
Passed in
World coins, a diverse miscellany of mostly base metal coins from a variety of nations and denominations, many in ex dealer's 2x2 holders with notes references and pricings. Very good - uncirculated. (approx 3.90kg)
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Falkland Islands, Centenary of the Launch of the SS Great Britain and Centenary of Falkland Islands, 1943, in silvered copper (edge marked PLATA) (45mm), engraver, Luis Tammaro, minted at Tammaro, Montevideo, Uruguay. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $360
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1878, prize medal in silver (68mm) (156.38g) by J.C.Chaplain award tablet with 'Scarborough/Freres' (Scarborough Brothers). Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Germany, Worms, Lutheran Festival in Worms, 1868, in white metal (60mm) by Chr. Schnitzspahn, Darmstadt. In card case of issue, proof-like uncirculated.
Estimate $100
Passed in
India, The Preservation of Lord and Lady Hardinge, Delhi 1912, issued by H.H.Nizam of Hyderabad, in aluminium, milled edge (31mm) (Puddester, Vol 1, p.266). Holed to suspend, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Russia, Nicholas II, Coronation, 1896, in silver (51mm) (78.61g) by A.Vasyutinsky, obv. cojoined busts left of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Diakov 1206.2, Smirnov 110/b). Brushed to clean, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $850
South Africa, Natal Coronation of King Edward VII medal, 1902, in silver (29mm), by J&S (Joseph and Sons, Port Elizabeth), pierced hole for suspension ring. Very fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
USA, Centennial Celebrations, Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct 15-19, 1895, souvenir shield shaped medalet with suspender, in brass (34x40mm) by 'Schwaab S & S.Co/Makers/Milwaukee/Wis.' Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Charles A. Lindbergh, Atlantic Flight Medal from New York to Paris, 1927, in bronze (68mm), by Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint). Good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
USA, Elvis Presley, 1935-1977, memorial medal in silver (40mm) set in 9 carat gold surround mount (37.71g) (48mm). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Vatican, 4th Anniversary of Opening of Ecumenical Council, 1966, set of three proof gold medals (18ct, total 21.95g) featuring Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI. In suede and felt wallet of issue, FDC. (3)
Estimate $1,250
Passed in
Vatican City, Pope Paul VI, 1975 set of three small silver medals in red case of issue, middle medal with John XXIII, dated 1976; Portugal, reissue commemorative set of five silver coin like medals 1889-1908 Carlos and Amelia, with certificate No 719 (series Kings of Portugal). Uncirculated. (2 sets)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Olympic badges and sports medals, includes large tinnies for British Olympic Yachting, undated; and Olympic Games Montreal 1976 (British issue); badges for Moscow Olympics 1980; various commemoratives issued by Coca Cola (4), Visa (2); an Olympic Ski School issue; another general Olympic lapel badge; a German commemorative medal for Munich Olympics 1972, in aluminium (27mm); also Austria, O.L.V. (Osterreichischer Leichtathletik-Verband) Meisterschaften 'Austrian Athletics Association Championships' bronze medal (50mm), uniface, inscribed, 'Hochspr. F.D./III. 1930' (High Jump, 3rd place). The second tinnie with stain marks, otherwise very fine - uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Global Gaming Expo, 2003, silver strike medal, with jewels; Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, silver medal, with jewel. Both struck by Perth Mint, in perspex holder, FDC.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Bermuda, Elizabeth II, Bermuda Monetary Authority, De La Rue & Co Ltd, specimen one dollar, 1st July 1975 A/I 000000 (P.28s); De La Rue & Co Ltd, specimen twenty dollars, 1st April, 1974, A/I 000000 (P.31a.s); De La Rue & Co Ltd, specimen fifty dollars, 1st May, 1974, A/I 000000 (P.32a.s). Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Bermuda, Elizabeth II, Bermuda Monetary Authority, specimen one dollar (1975-88) (P.28s); specimen five dollars, 1978-88 (P.29s); specimen ten dollars, 1978; 1982 (P.30s); specimen twenty dollars, 1974-86 (P.31s); specimen fifty dollars, 1974-82 (P.32s); specimen one hundred dollars, 1982-86 (P.33s). Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Bohemia and Moravia, German Occupation - WWII, specimen, one, five, ten, twenty and fifty korun (P.3s, 4s,8s, 9s, 10s); specimen fifty, one hundred, five hundred, one thousand and five thousand korun (P.5s, 7s, 11s, 13s, 17s), all perforated "specimen". Uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $150
SOLD $420
Bosnia - Herzegovnia, National Bank of Bosnia - Herzegovnia, five hundred dinara, undated (1992) (P.1c). Good extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Brazil, Banco Centrale Do Brasil, one cruzeiro, undated (1972-80) (P.191Ac) (10); five hundred crzeiros, undated (1981-85) (P.200) (35) one thousand cruzeiros, undated (1981-86) (P.201) (59); five thousand cruzeiros, undated (1981-85) (P.202). Many in various sequential runs, mostly uncirculated. (126)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70