Catalogue
Abbasid, Al-Yahir, (320-322 AH, 932-34 AD), silver dirham (2.81g), Madinat al-Salam, Baghdad mint, 321 AH/933 AD (Mitch 249-50); Umayid, Al-Walid I, (86-96AH, 705-15 AD) silver dirham (2.62g), Wasit mint, 95 AH/ 714 AD (c.f. Mitch 55); plus Turkey, billon 100 para, 1807 (KM.590). Fine and scarce; very fine; fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Austria, Leopold, silver thaler 1632 (KM.629.2). Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
Austria, Salzbug, Paris Von Lodron, silver half thaler, 1628 (KM.141). Toned extremely fine or better.
Estimate $300
SOLD $380
Austria, Franz Joseph, two gulden, 1854 Royal Wedding (KM.XM3). Nearly uncirculated, slight rim damage at bottom.
Estimate $550
SOLD $500
British Trade dollar, 1900 incuse (KM.T5). Considerable original mint bloom, uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $650
British Trade dollar, 1902B incuse (KM.T5). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $380
British Trade dollar, 1930B incuse (KM.T5). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $380
Canada, Queen Victoria, silver five cents, 1899 (KM.2). Toned nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Canada, Elizabeth II .500 silver dollar, 1876-1976, includes black case of issue. FDC.
Estimate $20
SOLD $30
Canada, Elizabeth II, five dollars in .999 fine silver, 1998. In vacuum sealed bag, uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Ceylon, George IV, silver rix dollar, 1821, (KM84). Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
China, Ban Wang, State of Gin, c320BC, large multiple cash (48mm)(21g); (Attributed to Jen 37 or 981); five cash Emperor Hui Zong (1101-1127 (5ch623; Jen 276); Large multiple cash. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $420
China, The Tang Dynasty, Kingdom of Wu, round cash with square hole, (A.D. 618-907), value ten cash, obv."Kai Yuan tong bao" (The Inaugural Currency), four characters around, diameter 42 mm, early type issues (621-718) Schjoth dates issue 780-805, (cf. Hartill 14.2, Sch. 365, TFP 707]. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
Passed in
China, Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasty, cash coins all identified and described in individual 2x2 holders. Fine - very fine. (103)
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
China, Northern Song Dynasty, (960-1127 AD), a variety or rulers, AE cash coins. With hoard patina, fine - very fine. (233)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
China, Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Wen Zong (A.D. 1329-1332) issued 1329-1330, diameter 15 mm, also known as Tugh Temur, obv. Tian Li yuan bao in regular script, rev. plain (TPF 1761, Hartill 19.67 [R4], Sch.-). Polished, very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
Passed in
China, Ch'ing Dynasty, "Tien Ming Tung Pao", Emperor Tai Tsu Kao (1617-1627), round cash with square hole in Manchurian script, value 10, four characters around obverse, two characters on the reverse indicating value 10 and weight one liang, diameter 42 mm, (23.8 g.), (Hartill 1.10, cf.Stewart Lockhart 1286, TFP 2175). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
Passed in
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor De Zong (1875-1908), 25mms, two cash coin, dated in cyclic era 1905, Dongchuan mint Yunnan, a local issue (Harwill -, Sch. -, TFP -). Extremely fine and apparently unpublished.
Estimate $250
Passed in
China, Ch'ing Dynasty, Tai Ping Rebel coinage, rebel ruler Hung Hsiu-chuan, "Tai Ping Tian Guo" (Taiping Heavenly kingdom), as obverse with four characters, rev. "Sheng Bao" (sacred currency) two characters, round five cash with square hole, issued 1860-1862, diameter 33mm, (Hartill 23.11 but rev. characters horizontal, cf.Sch.1611, TFP 2675). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $190
China, Empire, Kuang-hsu, Chihli Province, silver dollar, Pei Yang Arsenal, year 23 (1897) (26.89g), (KM.Y.65.1). Attempted piercing on reverse, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $750
Passed in
China, Kirin Province, under Empire, silver dollar, obv. beady eyed dragon symbol in centre, undated c.1898 (KM.Y.183). With some mint bloom, nearly uncirculated and very scarce.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $15,500
China, Empire, provincial coinage, Fukien, silver 20 cents, (ND, 1896-1903) (KM.Y.104); Hupeh, silver 20 cents, (ND, 1895-1907) (KM.Y.125.1); Kiangnan, silver 5 cents, (c.1901) (fine, scratches) (KM.Y.141a); Kwangtung province, silver 10 cents (2), (ND, 1890-1909) (KM.Y.200); Manchuria, silver twenty cents, first year (1910), (KM.Y.213). Fine - nearly uncirculated, the fourth rare, several scarce. (6)
Estimate $500
SOLD $340
China, Republic, Yuan Shi Kai silver dollar, Yr 9 (KM, Y.329.6). Light tone, uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $3,600
China, Kwangtung Province, silver twenty cents, Yr 10 (KM.Y.423), Yr 18 (1929) (KM.Y.426). Good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
China, Zhou Xicheng, silver replica one yuan, Kweichow auto dollar, 1928. This is a replica, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
China, Sezchuan province, copper 200 cash, plain edge, 1926 (2) (KM.464). Fine; toned, nearly very fine, both scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
China, The People's Bank of China, uncirculated coin set, 1980, 1, 2, 4 fen, 1, 2, 5 jiao, and 1 yuan. In wallet of issue with original certificate, toning, uncirculated.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $950
Europe, euro coins 2002, 8 coin sets (12 sets), from the first 12 countries that introduced the Euro currency. Uncirculated. (96)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
European tokens, in mixed metals, with some duplication, includes Austria, Belgium, France, mostly Paris, but also Aubervilliers, Besancon, Grenoble, Le Havre, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Reims, Roanne, St Etienne, Suresnes, Toulon, Tours, Vichy; Germany, Berlin, Hamburg; Holland, Amsterdam; Italy, Milano, Torino, Trieste. Housed in 2x2 white envelopes, annotated with city/town and reference number. Good - good very fine. (148 envelopes)
Estimate $400
Passed in
France, Carolingian, Louis the Pious (814-40), silver denier (1.52g), cross pattee, pellets in each quarter, +HLVDOVVICVS IMP, rev. temple facade, XPISTIANA RELIGIO (Depeyrot 1179; MEC 1); Kingdom, Charles VI, (1380-1422), silver blanc guenar (3.18g), obv. large shield with three fleur-de-lis within, +KAROLVS : FRANCORV : REX, rev. large cross, alternating crowns and fleur-de-lis in each segment +SIT : NOME ; DNI ; BENEDICTV (Roberts 2981-4). Good very fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $190