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China, Shanghai bread tokens, one loaf by H. Evans & Co. in brass; another by Hall & Holtz in copper, both with central hole as issued. Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $350
China, advertising medal in silver 40mm, c.early 20th century, obv. mint stamping machine, rev. in centre downwards Yin Hua Chi T'u = 'Revenue Machine Picture', around 'The Ti Ya Shih Company (German firm) in Shanghai engrossed in tooling', an interesting advertising piece, (Coole, Coins in China History, YS-S69 [p.123]). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $350
China, a small group mostly c.1920-1949, of passes, tickets and badges including a numbered pass 1913 as a dinner ticket for a grand dinner to mark the year 1922 (dated in Chinese sexagenary system); Tai Ping Insurance Co pass with the gate of Peking; medal for twelve years service with the knife men of Shanghai; medal for Man Kok hall of Shanghai University dated 1936; pass for Chinese Engineers Union, Kwangtung Prov. No.196; token Ying Ming Co., with USA eagle arms; token one dollar Tong K. Wing Shanghai in aluminium; Members medal Macau Canidrome (1964). Several very rare, mostly very fine or better. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
China, assorted gaming chips made from mother of pearl slithers, mostly oval shape. Extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Germany, Frankfurt, 4 and 17 krenyers, undated (circa 1850) tokens in copper for the slaughter house (abbattoir) (Joseph & Fellner 1739-40) with O.P. Echlund's descriptive tickets. Elberfeld, bread token, 1816/1817 Netherlands, jeton 1546 cmkd P = pound of bread St. Andrews/plough. Antwerp charity token or jeton, AB = Armen Brood (Bread for the poor) (circa 1677). Napoleon III, ten centimes 1854 cmkd 'Choclat/A. Kohler & Fils'. Very good-good extremely fine, rare or interesting. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Hong Kong, a small group of passes and badges including a number pass 1119 for Kowloon Public Fish Market (with light-house and junks; silver uniface medal, H.K.C.A.S.A; medal for Precious Blood Order; Hong Kong Jockey Club members badges 1949 and 1951; pass for Gold and silver Exchange with name and number (125); another pass for Lai Chi Kok Bay Kowloon; Fook Hing Company token; and a cent of Q.V., countermarked both sides in Chinese and painted red 'Go out and come home safe'. Several rare, mostly very fine or better. (9)
Estimate $120
SOLD $240
Hong Kong, flight tokens, Canton-Hong Kong Airlines, c.1930's, counterstamped with characters both sides on brass one cent of Kwangtung, used for air flight (a field flying pass). Very fine countermark, host coin poor, very rare. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
India, Government of India, Port Trust, Bombay Docks workers tally or pass, No.74335, bronze (31mm) octagonal; H.M.I. Dockyard Co-Operative Canteen token, bronze, 21mm; Kirkee Ammunition Factory canteen token, bronze (20mm) central hole officially punched out; another but no central hole. Mostly very fine. (4)
Estimate $140
SOLD $150
Latin America, tokens, Chile, The London Nitrate Co. Ltd, one peso (R. Tpc 71) Ponderosa Mining Co. one peso red vulcanite (R.Ant 63) P. Mimbela one peso 1916 (R. Tpc.117); Colombia, Leprosarian 50 centaves 1926 in brass (KM.Tn. 14); Costa Rica Railway 50 centavos (circa 1890); El Salvador, coffee pickers token 2 reales Santa Rosa (R.Sta.28), S. Soracco, Colon, five cents, Butters Salvador Mines Ltd, 1915 (with swastika design) half reale (R.Mzn 3-4); Guatemala, Hacienda Armenia 2 reales (R.Gmo 21), A. Suarez Costa Cuca one reale; Peru one reale Lima; Mexico, Chiapas State, L.R. Brewer Cafe Guatimoc one and two centavos in brass, three in aluminium, coffee tree, cross and star in brass cmkd A (R.chp.30, 31, 36, 47, 55), Yucatan Hacienda Nochan 1889 (R. Yue 121) (holed), La Verde three in copper (R.p 246) 3/4 reale (R. MXC 88) Yucatan (?) half reale Ferro Carrel, very good-extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $240
SOLD $160
Netherland East Indies, tea plantation token for Galang Exploitatie Maatschappij (Java), ten cents copper-brass issue with central hole, rev. GEM above three tea leaves, (Scholten 1054a). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
New Hebrides, Valesdir, N.A.T. nickel-plated tokens for sixpence (3) and one dollar. Plating blistered, otherwise good fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Sumatra, Estate plantation token, Tanah Radja (Asahan), triangular in shape, half dollar in copper, (Sch 1169). Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
U.S.A., New York, Talbot, Allum & Lee copper cent, 1794 with New York legend, (Red Book Y. p.56). Very fine or better, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $440
U.S.A., Hawaii, Honolulu sallon token, by Ryan and Dement, nd. early 20th century, 'Good for 1 draught of Beer', (Medcalf & Russell, Hawaiian Money, No.2TS-23, $400). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $360
Argentina, agricultural medal in silver gilt (52 x40mm), obv. seated female figure l., holding wreath in right hand, rev. engraved 'Premio / Ministerio de Obras Publicas / de la Prov.de Buenos Aires / Exposeicion de Fomento Avicola / Realizado por la Direccion General / de Agric. Ganad. e Industrias / 1928 - Junin'; France, Napoleonic medals, in bronze, Statue of Napoleon 1833, the Senate and the People, year 13 (1804), Republic, 1849, souvenir of Waterloo, in silver (14mm). Fine - uncirculated. (5).
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
France, Battle of the Marne, 1914, in bronze (68mm) by J.P.le Gastelois; France, bronze medal (68mm) by P.M.Dammann, 1927, commemorating the invention of the wireless. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $110
SOLD $140
France, medals for the African colonies, in bronze by Emile Monier (1930), 59mm, Paris mint, generally with obverse of a portrait of a native, rev. with map and scence naming the colony, the colonies represented are Dahomey, French Soudan, Guinee, High Volta, Ivory Coast, Mauritania and Niger, also included another medal by L.Desvignes, 59mm, obv. woman and child, rev. palm tree. Extremely fine, an unusual and interesting group. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $420
India, Cochin Athletic Association, Trichur, Olympic Sports, medals in bronze with loop mounts (32mm) (3), inscribed on rev. '220 yds / 1932', another., '1936 First / 220 yds', another., '1941 / Hammer'. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Libya, Automobile Club of Tripoli, 1934 in gilt enamels and 1936 in bronze by V.D. Colbertaldo. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $70
Thailand, The King Rama V's portrait medal, AE 50; issued 1871, (88.8 grams), obv. king Rama V to left, wearing various medals, rev. inscription reading 'Birthday Celebration, Year of the Goat, Chula sakarat 1233, Third year of the Present Reign'. Rough surface, filed edge for rounding, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,360
Thailand, The Coronet (Phra Kiew) Medal, silver uniface original issue 56 mm; issued 1872, obv. the Coronet with rays and flanked by umbrellas, with the inscription 'His Majesty King Chulalongkorn' below. Toned, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,150
Thailand, The King Rama V's Coronation medal, issued 1873, silver 65mm, (126 grams), obv. king Rama V monogram within legend 'Coronation of King Chulalongkorn, Year of the Cock, Fifth Year of the Decade, CS 1235', rev. the State Coat of Arms a crowned mantled and supported arms, (Thailand Treasury 'Medals of the Rattanakosin Era' p.33). Attractive grey tone, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $850
SOLD $1,700
Thailand, Chakri Dynasty, Silver plated bronze centenary Medal, (96.4 grams), an original issue 63 mm; obv. five kings facing to left, border of rays, rev. two lines of circular inscription around central text. With attached ring but without strip support for wear, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,050
Thailand, Chakri Dynasty, Bronze centenary Medal, (98.0 grams), an original issue 63 mm; obv. five kings facing to left, border of rays, rev. two lines of circular inscription around central text. With attached ring and strip support for wear, witha dark tone, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $900
U.S.A., commemorative medals including, Franklin Mint 1972 series, in silver (No.s 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27), in bronze (No.s 16, 23, 26), 1973 series in bronze (No.13(2)), Peace & Friendship medal - Miccosukee Tribe, in bronze, Independence Hall Portrait Ingot Collection - John Adams, in silver, 70th Anniversary of Bezalel Academy, in silver, National Commemorative Society, in silver (No.s 35, 129, 135), American Bicentennial Commemorative Society, medals in silver (No.s 42, 43, 46-50). Nearly FDC - FDC. (26)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Vatican City, commemorative gold medal (four ducats size fineness and weight) for the International numismatics Establishment, Argor, Switzerland, (13.9 grams); another USA, landing on the moon medal in pure gold (3.1 grams); another similar weight and fineness of Graet Britain, Elizabeth II, both by HH. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $300
SOLD $150
Europe, a wide selection of European commemorative medals including silver, medalets, many described in 2 x 2 holders. Very good - extremely fine. (53)
Estimate $110
SOLD $70
World, a group of diverse medals including several in silver from Sweden (43mm) (39.3 grams) c.1930; Cook/Endeavour (48mm) (75.2 grams) c.1979; Churchill 'Very Well Alone' (57mm) (81.2 grams); Netherlands (2), 1801 and another 19th century ( both 14.2 grams); others (10) in base metal including Great Britain, 1837 Coronation in white metal, (64mm); West Australia, commem. 1929; Colonial & Indian Exhibition 1886; Spain gilt 1790 49mm (holed); Sweden, Oscar II 1897 Stockholm in white metal (45mm); etc. Fine - uncirculated. (15)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
World, in silver and bronze, including U.S.A., Phillips medal in silver (42mm) awarded to Evelyn M.Havill, June 25th 1909; Numismatic Society of W.A. (C.1972/9); West Australia, one hundred and fiftieth anniversary (C.1979/2); Great Britain, Russia. Good - extremely fine. (28)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
World, various medallions, including Australia, Matthew Flinders 1974, Test Cricket Centenary 1977, Australia State Medals 1976, set of six; Great Britain, silver jubilee 1977; Russia, space mission 1975; International Society of Postmasters, first day covers and medallions 1975, a set of thirty six in an album. FDC. (46)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0