Catalogue
China, Northern Song Dynasty, cash (20), two & three cash (5), ten cash; Qing Dynasty milled ten cash (12) and twenty cash (2); also Japan Kanei Tsuho one mon (4) and four mon, all in 2x2 holders, fully described with Harthill and Yeoman numbers. Very good - very fine. (45)
Estimate $750
SOLD $550
China, assorted cast cash on two pre-prepared cards with old-time description, includes Southern Sung Dynasty Iron coins of various rulers (H.17.216, 17.356, 17.499, 17.525, 17.571), other cash (3); Qing coins of different rulers (12) from Shi Zu (1644-1661) to De Zong (1875-1908) includes Wen Zong 10 cash Wuchang mint (H.22.856) and another of (H.22.754) (illustrated). Good - very fine, several scarce. (20)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
China, Northern Sung dynasty and a few Qing dynasty issues on a described plastic sheet of various issues mostly attributed to Schjoth; issues from Emperor Zhen Zong (998-1022) to Sheng Zu (1662-1722), (Sch.471, 474, 499 (2), 500, 517, 534, 545, 546, 547, 565, 567, 621 (3), 622, 1406, 1419, 1433. Several holed, fair - nearly extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
China, assorted cash from Northern Song, various issues, describred in 2x2 envelopes with duplicates, including (Sch. 545 [3], 565 [2], 567 [3]) others not identified (9), also Ming Rebels (2) (Sch.1348); Japanese unsorted cash (5); together with Qing Dynasty cash of Sheng Zu (1662-1722), Board of Revenue mint with engraved ornamental border both sidesm (H.22.85, Sch.1419 for normal issue) (illustrated). Mostly fair - fine, last coin nearly very fine. (25)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
China, Qing Dynasty, Wenzong (1851-1861), bronze 1000 cash, Prince Qing Hui (cf Harthill 22.72), variety with crescent and dot on reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $500
China, Wenzong (1851-1861), bronze 1000 cash 1854, Raifeng Mint (Harthill 22.857, R3). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $850
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty, "Hsien Feng Tung pao", issue of Emperor Wen Zong, (1851-1861), round one hundred cash Xi'an Shaanxi Province, 57mms, (63.16 g), another fifty cash, Board of Revenue, 47mms, (45.48 g), (Hartill 22.959, 22.705). Some damage, edge knocks and poor casting otherwise very good - fine, both scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
China, Empire, De Zong (1875-1908), Kwangtung Province (Guangzhou, Guangdong), milled brass cash, nd (c.1889), (H.22.1334, KM.189) (17, one illustrated)); together small cash (7) (H.22.1336, KM.191). Large cash as struck uncirculated mostly with original mint bloom, small cash very fine - extremely fine. (24)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
China, assorted cash, mostly genuine examples (some copies included), mostly from the Qing Dynasty (21); together with a separate group in a packed as noted as Qing cash 1796-1804, "recently discovered in Victorian Goldfields". Mostly very good - fine, a few better. (36)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
China, copies of regular issue cash of the Qing Dynasty cash. These coins although made of brass are much lighter (1.4 g), than normal issues (c.3-4 grams), many on thin flans, some are holed. The coin types copied cover almost all Qing rulers and many mints. Mostly very good - very fine. (50)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), silver drum shaped sycee ingot, Szechuen Province pure silver ingot, ten taels or 9.5 ounce local tax ingot type (339 g.), with one block of Chinese characters, "Fu Shun Xian" meaning (Fushun County) no year noted, also with additional incuse character, (cf.Cribb type XL.479 (cf.Pl.48) for similar size and characters). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $2,600
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), late empire period, Guizhou Province small round ingots Cribb LI, Group B, silver as half a sphere of 1.2 ounce (36.25 gs), bank ingot cast at the Guizhou Provincial Bank, 'Gui Zhou Guan Qian Ju' (Guizhou Official Coin Bureausavings bank) framed within a linear rectangle, as a block of three characters, (Cribb 653 [Pl.56] for similar example). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $7,500
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver drum shaped sycee ingot (375g) (nine and a half ounce local ta ingot, Sichuan Province (c1910) (cf Cribb 436 and 439). Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,900
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver boat shaped sycee ingot as a plain boat shaped sycee ingot without any characters, Shandong Province, half ounce (19.45 g), cf.Cribb XXVII Group A; (Cribb 268 [Pl.41] and 288 [Pl.42]). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $180
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), late empire period, Guizhou Province small round ingots Cribb LI, Group B, silver as half a sphere of 1.2 ounce (36.25 gs), bank ingot cast at the Guizhou Provincial Bank, 'Gui Zhou Guan Qian Ju' (Guizhou Official Coin Bureausavings bank) framed within a linear rectangle, as a block of three characters, (Cribb 653 [Pl.56] for similar example). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $7,000
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), late empire period, Guizhou Province small round ingots Cribb LI, Group B, silver as half a sphere of 1.2 ounce (36.25 gs), bank ingot cast at the Guizhou Provincial Bank, 'Gui Zhou Guan Qian Ju' (Guizhou Official Coin Bureausavings bank) framed within a linear rectangle, as a block of three characters, (Cribb 653 [Pl.56] for similar example). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $8,500
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), late empire period, Guizhou Province small round ingots Cribb LI, Group C, silver as half a sphere of 0.75 ounce (25.41 g), bank ingot cast at a savings bank, 'Shang Jie Tang' (savings bank) framed within a linear rectangle, as a block of three characters, (Cribb 657 [Pl.56] for similar example). Fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $4,000
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver slab shaped sycee ingot as a Yunnan Province three-stamped slab ingot with additional central circular stamp, this an added mark, with curved ends, similar to type Yunnan Province three identical sets of stamps on a slabed silver ingot, three taels or three type, (100.5 g), (cf.Cribb type LXVIII, group D, p.259, Pl.63 for larger similar type). Lightly toned, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $950
China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), silver boat shaped sycee ingot (270g) (c1880-1911). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,100
China, a large copper square 96mms square uniface plaque with two seals and 16 raised characters within a rectangular raised border 11-12 cms wide, probably 19th century or later. Good very fine, rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
China, cash mostly 1600-1900, from the Palmer River find (approx 40), loose cash (4), two large charms. Fine. (46)
Estimate $200
SOLD $360
China, Empire, Kuang Hsu, (1875-1908), copper five cash, (3.73 g), Tianjin Central (Tientsin) mint, dated CD issue 1905, rev. imperial dragon left in clouds, Tai Ch'ing T'ung Pi legend (KM.Y.9). Good very fine, very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $380
China, Qing Dynasty cash (46), Republic, ten cash (4), another engraved, Sun Yat Sen, 1936 fen, 5 & 10 cents also photo album of world notes (76), mostly China. Fair - extremely fine. (129)
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
China, Empire, general issue, silver twenty cents, (1908) (KM.Y.13). Cleaned good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $440
China, Empire, general issue, silver dollar (1908) (KM.Y.14). Extremely fine with mint bloom.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $8,500
China, Empire, general issue, silver dollar (1908) (KM.Y.14). Some adhesion, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $900
China, Empire, general issue silver dollar (1908) (KM.Y.14). Brown adhesion, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,000
China, Empire, Board of Revenue, Peking mint, collector's copy pattern silver tael (37.21g) (1903) 29th year of Kuang Hsu (KM.Pn295; Kann 927). Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
China, Empire, Chingkiang central mint, Tientsin, under Hsuen Tung (1908-1911), silver dollar issued in the third year (1911) (KM.Y.31). Two small chop marks on reverse side, good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $700
China, Empire, Central Mint, Tientsin, silver dollar yr 3 (1911), (KM.Y31). With brown adhesion and oxidisation, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $900