Catalogue
China, Empire, Ch'ing Dynasty, Hsien-feng (1851-1861), multiple cash, Fukien Province, 50 cash 20 cash and 10 cash, (KM.C.10-14, 10-10, 10-6 [2]); Honan Province, 10 cash (KM.C.11-2); Hupeh Province, 50 cash (KM.C.13-7); Kiangsi Province, 50 cash and 10 cash (KM.C.15-6.1, 15-5). Fine - good very fine. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
China, Chihli Province, silver dollar, year 24 (1898), Ta Tsing Twenty Fourth year of Kwang Hsu, Pei Yang Arsenal, (KM.65.2). Dull grey tone, good very fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $80
China, Empire issue, Fengtien Province, dragon silver dollar, year 1903, (KM.Y.92, Kann 251). Nearly as struck, lightly toned, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $850
China, under Empire, twenty cents, Hupeh issue 1895-1907 (KM.125.1) (2); Kiang-Nan 1901 (2), 1903, 1905 (2), other (2) (KM.143a.6, 143a.9, 143a.12); Manchurian Province, 1909 (KM.213.2) (2), Republic, Yunnan Province fifty cents, nd c1911-1916 (KM.257) (2); of China issues twenty cents year 3 another year 5 (KM.327); ten cents year 3 (KM.326); another Japanese Occupation ten fen 1940 (KM.Y.522). Fine - nearly uncirculated. (18)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
China, Jiangsu Province, bronze tokens, c.mid 1930's for ten cents (4), one with mirror writing in English and characters 'for temporary circulation' and denomination 'yi jiao' (10 cents), rev. 1807 and place name on reverse (as Wang cf.Pl.31,19), others without English but similar but with numbers 728 (as Wang Pl.31, 21, this from Fangqian zhen from Huang Guo's Tongsheng store); 1856 (as Wang Pl.30, 11, this from Liangtai xiang and name Yin You ji), and 4364 on reverse (Wang -) a new type with obverse scene of lion and dragon in clouds; gaming counter for 20 (cents?). The last very fine, others extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
China, Kwangtung under Empire, twenty cents under Kuang-hsu (1890-1908), (KM.201) (49); under Hsuan-T'ung (1909-1911), (KM.205) (9). Good - nearly uncirculated. (60)
Estimate $160
SOLD $130
China, Yunnan Province Three-Stamped Remittance Ingot, as a silver sycee, five taels or 5.5 ounce packsaddle type, of five blocks of stamps, c.1880-1900, (210 grams), (cf.Cribb 751-1000, cf.pl.61-62). Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $270
China, Empire issue, Tai Ching Ti Kuo, dragon silver dollar, rev. Manchu and Chinese legends, year 1907, (KM.212 [p.409], Kann 212). As struck, uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $4,000
China, Republic, pattern silver dollar, nd. (1914), obv. facing bust of Yuan Shih-kai in military uniform, with L.Giorgi to right above shoulder, rev. One Dollar, (KM.Pn28, Kann 642a). Lightly toned, nearly uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $7,000
SOLD $6,800
China, Republic, General Issue, silver dollar, undated but (1923), obv. President Tsao Kun facing partly to left in civilian dress, rev. two crossed flags, (KM.677 & Kann 677). Light grey tone but attractive tone otherwise, good extremely fine or better and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $0
China, Republic, Sun Yat Sen, pattern 'junk' silver dollar, (1929) Austrian production, (Kann 617; KM.Pn.101). Extremely fine or better and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $1,600
China, Republic, General Issue, silver dollar, not dated (1916), obv. Yuan Shih-kai facing with plumed cap, and military uniform, rev. dragon to left, commemorating inauguration of Hung Hsien regime, (KM. Y.332 Kann 663). Dull spotty patina, good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $850
SOLD $750
China, Republic, twenty cents year 16 (1927) Death of Sun Yat Sun commemorative, (KM.340). Very fine; extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
China, Fukien under Republic, twenty cents year 17 (8) and year 20 (10), issued 1928 and 1931, Canton martyrs commemorative, (KM.389). Very fine - extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
China, Kwangtung under Republic, twenty cents various dates years 3-13 (1914-1924), (KM.423) (20); year 18 (1929), (KM.426) (14). Fine - uncirculated. (34)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
China, Kweichow Province, under Republic, silver dollar, 'Bamboo dollar' year 38, 1949, (KM.Y.433). Weak in places, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $0
China, Sinkiang Republic, silver sar (tael), not dated, but year 7 (1918), type with rosette at top between branches, (KM. Y.45.2). Bright, very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
China, Sinkiang Republic, silver sar (tael), dated 1949, year 38 below obverse replaced with 1949 reversed in Chinese numerals, (KM. Y.46.5). Nearly very fine weak in places and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $680
China, Republic mostly and a few from the Empire, copper one cent and ten cash pieces from the general issue and provinces of Fukien, Hunan, Hupeh, Kiangnan, Kiangsu, Kwangtung, Peiyang and from the Szechuan Province 100 cash (1), 200 cash (2) all from year 15 (1926), (KM.463-4). Fine - extremely fine. (23)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
China, Empire/General issue, 1796 - 1990, one cash - ten yuan, assorted dates, with some duplication. In an album. Poor - uncirculated. (553)
Estimate $400
SOLD $360
China, Provisional Government under Japanese occupation, aluminium fen Yr30 (1941)(25), five fen (Yr30)(12), Chiao (Yr30)(2) (Yr31)(4) (KM.523-5). Also Manchurian Provinces 20 cents (1913)(KM.213a.4) general issue, Pu Yi wedding ten cents (1926)(KM.334), Hong Kong, cent 1933 (red unc) and India Native State, Travencore (9). Also 19th century ten cash coins strung together for a burial. Fine - extremely fine. (79)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
China, charms (25), an accumulation 24mm - 93mm, including erotic examples (2), several with pictorial subjects, (cf. Sch. 92 [2]); a Tong K. Wing, Shanghai aluminium token. Mostly fine. (26)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Colombia, 1820 - 1982, one centavo - five pesos, assorted dates, including two reales, 1819JF (KM.79). In an album. Poor - uncirculated. (274)
Estimate $110
SOLD $110
Cook Islands, proof twenty five dollars, 1988 (KM.42); Jamaica, proof set, 1976 (KM.PS13), proof twenty five dollars, 1978 (KM.76), 1979 (KM.81). FDC. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Cook Islands, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Western Samoa, modern issues, many coins from proof sets including Cook Islands, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977. In an album. Very good - FDC. (165)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Costa Rica, (61) 1889 - 1980, five centimos - twenty colones, assorted dates including counter stamped English shilling, 1820; Peru, (206) 1600s - 1982, one centavo - one hundred sols, assorted dates, including eight reales, 1838MS (holed), 1865YB, 1866YB, 1880YJ (2); two reales, 1827JM, 1828M (2), 1830JM, also Carlos III, half real, Philip IV, one real and eight reales. In an album. Poor - uncirculated. (267)
Estimate $270
SOLD $380
Curacao, Dutch Administration, (1818-1838), quarter guilder, (1838) cut quarter segment of a Dutch guilder countermarked with the letter 'C', (see Prid. pp.253, KM.27). Coin fine, countermark very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $360
Cyrpus, George V, forty five piastres, 1928(KM.19). Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Cyprus, (83) (1879 - 1983), half piastre - forty five piastres, assorted dates, including nine piastres, 1913 (KM.13); eighteen piastres, 1901 (2), 1907 (KM.7, 10); forty eight piastres, 1928 (KM.19); Yugoslavia (133) (1904 - 1988), five para - one hundred dinara, assorted dates. In an album. Poor - uncirculated. (216)
Estimate $100
SOLD $230
Dominica, British Rule, 1798, silver moco or one and a half bitts, centre segment from the Spanish dollar stamped with a script 'D' radiate, weight 49.4 grains, 3.20 grams (Prid. 22, KM. ). Nearly extremely fine and of full weight, rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $460