Catalogue
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, 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
Palestine, souvenir Holy Land one mil token, dated as (1927). Red brown, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,500
Penang (Pulu Penang or Prince of Wales Island), East India Company silver half dollar, 1788, edge plain (not in collar), die axis upright or en medaille (Pr.1; KM.7). Planchet flaw in top left corner of shield, beautifully toned even light grey brown, nearly extremely fine and very rare, one of the finest known and a great South East Asian rarity.
Estimate $15,000
Passed in
Straits Settlements, Queen Victoria, silver fifty cents, 1893 (KM.13). Toned, good very fine and rare, the key date.
Estimate $1,700
SOLD $1,100
USA, colonial, William Wood's Rosa Americana Coinage 1722-24, George I, twopence in bath metal, undated (1722) (Breen 8; Martin 2.1-B.1). Chocolate brown patina, well struck, uncirculated and one of, if not, the finest known.
Estimate $10,000
Passed in
World Coins, New Zealand shillings, 1933 - 1946 (46); New Zealand sixpences, 1933 -1946 (5); New Zealand threepences, 1942 - 1960 (10); Australian florins 1951 - 1965 (97); Australian shillings, 1946 - 1965 (95); Australian sixpences, 1946 - 1955 (42); Australian threepences, 1946 - 1965 (15), all .500 fine. Poor - fine. (310)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,600