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Japan, Meiji, Mutsuhito, silver one yen, yr 41 (KM.Y.A25.3). Cleaned, good very fine and scarce year.
Estimate $200
Passed in
Japan, proof five hundred yen, 2008, Hokaido (KM.Y#141). In cases of issue, FDC. (8)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Japan, proof bi-colour five hundred yen, 2008, Kyoto. FDC. (10)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Japan, proof five hundred yen, forty seven prefectures coin programe, 2008 Kyoto (2); 2008 Shimane (5); 2011 Aikita (4); 2011 Miyazaki. FDC. (12)
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
Japan, mixed dates commemorative proof five hundred yen from The 47 Prefectures Coin Programme (25) with several duplications. FDC. (25)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Japan, proof one ounce fine silver one thousand yen, 2009 (KM.Y#148), The 60th Anniversary of the Local Autonomy Law Commemorative. FDC. (9)
Estimate $250
SOLD $270
Japan, proof silver one thousand yen, 2009, Nangano Prefecture (KM.Y#148); South Korea, proof silver five thousand won, 1986 (KM.55); proof silver ten thousand won, 1986 (KM.56). FDC. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Kampuchea, Cambodia, silver ticals CS 1208 (1847 AD), 14.99 (illustrated) and 14.36 g (KM.36); together with a quarter tical similar (1847) (KM.34) (illustrated). First two plugged, last coin holed, otherwise fine - very fine, all scarce. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Korea, copper five fun, yr 501 (1896) (KM.1106). Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Lithuania, Sigismund August, silver half groschen, 1557 (Gumowski 599). Slight bend and weakness, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Malaysia, proof ringgit, 1976 25th Anniversary - Employee Provident Fund, also mint issue (KM.13) (2); proof ringgit, 1976 3rd Malaysian 5-Year Plan, also mint issue (KM.16) (2); proof ringgit, 1977 9th Southeast Asian Games, also mint issue (KM.22) (2), the proofs in cases of issue with certificates and on the lid lining of each case is a personal message 'To: Bill Mira/In Remembrance/Kuala Lumpur 9-9-77/fondest regards (and name of sender)'. Uncirculated - FDC. (6)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Maldive Islands, Sultanate, coinage, 1800s-1960s, nearly all copper, includes a folded larin (KM.32-42), later (KM.43, 46, 48), dumpy coppers (14), smaller (3), milled (5), tiny copper (55), sorted into groups. Very good - uncirculated. (82)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Malta, Emanuel de Rohan, silver tari, 1777 (KM.307.2), retrograde N. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Malta, silver four pounds, 1975 (KM.32). Uncirculated.
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Mauritius, Elizabeth II, proof quarter rupee, 1971 (KM.36). FDC.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Mexico, Philip V cob four reales and eight reales (round, another oblong) (2) (KM.40, 47a). Toned very good - good fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $800
Mexico, Philip V, cob eight reales (23.30 g) (oblong shape), issue of period [c.1634-1665], (KM.45). Toned, water damaged, otherwise very good.
Estimate $80
SOLD $400
Mexico, Republic, silver peso 1871 (KM.408.2), 1904 (KM.409.2); Panama, silver balboa 1947 (KM.13); Peru, Republic, copper 1/8 peso 1823 (KM.137), silver two reales 1828JM (KM.141.1), 1848 (KM.141.3), eight reales 1840MB (KM.142.3) one sol 1864Y.B (KM.196.1), 1915, 1926; base metal 1946. Fine - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
Mexico, one centavo - one hundred pesos, 1944-1988, assorted issues, includes peso, 1944 (KM.456), 1963 (2), 1964, 1966 (KM.459); five pesos, 1948 (KM.465); one hundred pesos, 1977 (KM.483.1). Very good - uncirculated. (36)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Montenegro, proof silver two and five perpera 1989 (KM-). FDC. (2)
Estimate $300
Passed in
Mongolia, People's Republic, 1924-1992, silver tugrik, (19.91 g), year 15 (1925), (KM.8, Davenport 281). Extremely fine or better.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
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
Myanmar, (Burma), standard coinage, Mindon copper 1/4 pe (pice), CS 1227 (KM.17, 18), CS 1240 (KM.25.1), silver pe (CS 1214) (KM.6.1); silver mu (CS 1214) (KM.8.1); copper nickel minors of the Union of Burma 1949-1952 and decimal 1952-1975 (KM.27-47), also aluminium medalet, Rangoon, The Novelties Co. Very good - uncirculated. (61)
Estimate $240
SOLD $2,800
Nepal, Lichhavi Period, ca. 576-700, a group lot of 19 copper or clay coins and tokens, including 'Gunanka' c. 625-641, RCV (The Coinage of Nepal) obv. elephant rev. Lakshmi seated facing, cf.No.77-82 (illustrated); Mananka, ca. 576-605 types cf.1-16 (5); Amshuvarman, c.605-621 A.D. (2), and Pashupati types, c.641-685 A.D. (2, one illustrated) cf.Nos 101-107; another cf.No.162 c.680-690 A.D.; Clay tokens (9) RCV Pl.51 nos. T10-T14 (T10 has 2, one illustrated). Very good - good very fine, several rare. (19)
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Nepal, Shah Dynasty, Prithvi Narayan (SE1690-1696, 1768-1775), silver one mohar, (c.5.46 g), SE 1676, 1678, 1690, 1691, 1692 (2 different varieties), 1693, 1694, 1695, uncertain and corroded, (KM.454.2); Pratap Simha (SE1696-1699, 1775-1777), SE 1696, 1697 (illustrated), 1698, 1699, (KM.472.1); 1697, 1698, 1699, (KM.472.2). Mostly toned, fine - good very fine. (17)
Estimate $150
SOLD $600
Nepal, Shah Dynasty, Rana Bahadur (SE1699-1720, 1777-1799), silver mohars, (av.5.4 g), SE 1700 (illustrated), 1702, 1703, 1704 (illustrated), 1705, 1706, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1710, 1711, (KM.502.1) 1712, 1713, 1714, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1719, 1720 (KM.502.2); silver two mohars 1712 (KM.503.2) (illustrated). Some bright, others with hoard patina, nearly fine - extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Nepal, Shah Dynasty, Girvan Yuddha Vikrama (SE1720-1738, 1799-1816), silver one mohar, (average 5.3 g), dated SE 1721 (illustrated), 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1728, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, (KM.529). Toned, some with hoard patination, mostly fine - good fine. (approx 16)
Estimate $200
SOLD $440
Nepal, Shah Dynasty, Rajendra Vikrama (SE1738-1769, 1816-1847), silver one mohar, (average 5.3 g), SE 1739, 1740, 1741, 1743 (2), 1744 (illustrated), 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748 (2), 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769 illustrated), (KM.565.2), SE1762 ornamentation reversed on obverse at 3 and 9.00 (KM.567) (illustrated). Some toned mostly fine - good very fine. (30)
Estimate $400
SOLD $480
Nepal, Shah Dynasty, Surendra Vikrama (SE1769-1803, 1847-1881), silver mohars, SE 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1781, 1785, 1786 (2), 1787 (2), 1788 (2), 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792 (illustrated), 1793, 1794, 1796, 1800, 1802, various dates with a few duplicates, (KM.602). Toned, some with hoard patination, nearly fine - very fine. (27)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Nepal, Mahendra Vira Vikrama, (VS 2012-2028, 1955-1972); Virendra vir Vikrama (VS 2028-2057, 1972-2001); AE minor issues in quantity mostly different dates, includes 25 rupees 1974, VS 2031 (KM.838); ten rupees FAO VS 2031, 1974 (KM.835); other rupees 1956 (VS 2013) (KM.790); 1974 (VS 2031) Coronation issue (KM.829); an extensive range of other issues in base metal from one paisa to fifty paisa collected by date order, noted large five paisa types (6), (KM.711) etc, two paisa (9) (2 with mint lustre); others including aluminium (54), others in brass (54); copper issues (61); cupro-nickel (26); also noted brass four paisas 1955 (4); lot includes scarce dates and types, noted AE 1/4 and 1/2 paisa both VS 2004 (KM.204, 205) both rare and about uncirculated (both illustrated). Fine - uncirculated, some scarce dates included, all in various plastic packets. (approx 222)
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,200