Catalogue
China, Northern Sung Dynasty, large multiple cash, Hui Tsung (1101-1125), (Sch,621, 622 [4]); Ming Dynasty, Tai Tsu (1368-1398), (cf.Sch.1162, TFP 1939) and a cast fantasy of fifty cash as Ch'i-chih as mixed name of Mu-Tsung 1861/1862-1875 from Kiang-su mint. Mostly very fine, one holed. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
China, Yuan Dynasty, 'Chung Tung Yuan Pao', (1260-1264), round cash with square hole, four characters around, rev. plain, diameter 25mm., 3.6 grams, (TFP 1701). Green patina, very fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
China, Yuan Dynasty, rebel Coinage of pretender Hsu Shou Hui (1351-1360), large 48mm, value 10 (Sch.-, TFP 2020, Jen 576). Very fine or better, very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
China, Ming Dynasty, Emperor Tai Tsu (1368-1394), round cash with square hole, value ten, four characters around 'Hong Wu Tong Bao', rev. two characters 'Jing shi' (Bejing value 10) diameter 45mm., 20.6 grams, (Sch. 1159, TFP 1949). Brown patina, very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
China, Empire, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), copy of issue in name of Hsien-feng (1851-1860), bronze presentation coin, 38 mm, rev. 'Tian Xia Tai Ping', (Hartill 30.35, cf.TFP 2369 but for Jen Tsung [1796-1820]); together with ten cash of Kiangsi province, 37mm (2), (KM.15.5) and Sinkiang Province, Yarkand mint, one hundred cash, 50mm, (KM.35-5.1). Last good very fine and rare, first rare but a copy, others very fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
China, Empire, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), bronze annulets both of unusual shapes, one with scalloped edge 48mm; the other with animals of two elipses and additional scroll at top for support, 71x51mm, Very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver drum shaped sycee ingot, similar to type 'Sichuan Piaoding' ten taels or ten ounce type, with one large one four character block of stamps, 'Zhong-Xin-Tai-Ji', (cf.Cribb 463 (PL.49) for similar size and type buit one block only). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver drum shaped sycee ingot, similar to type 'Sichuan Piaoding' ten taels or ten ounce type, with one large two four character block and another small two sharacter block of stamps, 'Fu-Tai', (cf.Cribb 463 (PL.49) for similar size ingot. Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $270
China, silver ingot of ten taels or 'drum money' (370 grams) circa 1800. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
China, silver five taels ingot or saddle pack. Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
China, Ch'ing Dynasty, bamboo 1000 cash token, c.1868; another 200 cash token c.1895; issued by the firm of Guang Da Zhuang in Kiangsu, (See Spink-Taisai Sale 15, 2-3 Sept., 1993, lot 715 illustrates similar examples it realised US$240 + 10%); another smaller example of uncertain status. Extremely fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
China, Hsien-feng, (1851-1861), cast iron five cash, issued 1853-1855, Fukien Province mint, with additional four characters on the rim, 31 mm., (KM.C.10.5 [US$150 F [brass, iron not listed], Hartwell 9.55). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
China, Hsien-feng, (1851-1861), cast iron fifty cash, issued March 1854-August 1854, Kiangsi mint, 52 mm., (cf.KM.C.15.6, Harwell 18.26). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
China, Hsien-feng, (1851-1861), cast brass ten cash, Nanchang mint in Kinagsi, 37 mm., (KM.C.15-5); another a modern copy of Ch'i-hsiang (1861), Board of Works mint, Peking, 35 mm., (KM.C.2-12 [if genuine $900 VF]); and cash coin in name of reign name of 'Yang an', of 1099 AD, a usurper Chung Tsung (1086-1135), (Sch. -, TFP -). Mostly very fine last two rare. (3)
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
China, a range of minor issues late Ch'ing dynasty or early Republic, a few in silver (8), cash (8) others mostly copper Provincial ten cash. Very good - extremely fine. (42)
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
China, Empire, a small described collection all in 2x2 packets, Northern Sung and Ch'ing Dynasty including multiple cash issues, (Sch.463, 471, 490, 533, 547, 556, 576, 1464, 1466, 1478, 1480). Fine - very fine. (11)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
China, Anhwei Province, under Empire, silver dollar, nd (1897), (KM.Y.45). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $650
China, various dollars, Empire, Chihli Province, years 29 (year 1903), 34 (2) (year 1908), (KM.73.1, 73.2); Hupeh Province issued 1909-1911 (2), (KM.131); Republic, Yuan Shih Kai, year 3 (KM.329); half dollars Yunnan, nd,c.1911-5 (2) and c.1917 (KM.257, 479). Fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
China, Fengtien Province, under Empire, silver dollar, cd 1903, (KM.Y.92). Lightly toned, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
China, various silver fractions of Empire, silver from Fukien Province five cents (4), (KM.Y.102); Chihli year 24 (1898) (KM.Y.61.2); Hupeh, ten cents (KM.124.1) (2); Kiangnan, twenty cents (1901) another (18902), (KM.143a.6, 143a.8); Kirin, five cents (1900), ten cents (nd), (KM.179.1, 180); Kwangtung, twenty cents (2) (1909-1911), (KM.205), ten cents (nd), (KM.200); Manchurian Provinces, twenty cents (1914-5), (KM.213a.2); Republic Provinces, silver and nickel issues, Chekiang, ten cents (1924), (KM.371); Fukien, twenty cents (1912), (KM.A381), Kwangtung, twenty cents 1921, 1922 (KM.423), five cents (2), (1919), (KM.420); Yunnan, ten cents (1923), (KM.486); Republic, twenty cents (Pu Yi wedding) (1926) (KM.335), ten cents (3) (1914), (KM.326). Fine - extremely fine, a few scarce. (26)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
China, Kirin Province, under Empire, silver dollar, obv. beady eyed dragon symbol in centre, cd 1903, (KM.Y.183a.2). Lightly toned, nearly uncirculated and very scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $660
China, Kirin Province, under Empire, silver dollar, obv. Yin-Yang symbol in centre, cd 1900, (KM.Y.183a). Lightly toned, nearly uncirculated and very scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
China, Manchurian Province, under Empire, silver dollar, year 33, 1907, (KM.Y.212). Lightly toned, very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
China, Sinkiang Province, under empire, silver dollar, nd (1905), (KM.Y.7.1, Kann 1101a). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $110
China, Republic, pattern silver dollar, Yuan Shih-kai facing bust, plain above right shoulder nd. 1914, (KM.322). Brilliant, nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $460
China, Republic, General Issue, silver dollar not dated (c.1912), obv. Li Yuan-hung facing with bare head, and military uniform, rev. ONE DOLLAR, (KM. Y.321, Kann 639). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
China, Republic, Fukien Province, silver ten cash, Canton Martyrs, year 17 (1928) (KM.388); Szechuan Province, copper 200 cash, 42mm., Yr.2 (1913) (KM.459.1); fifty cash in brass, Yr 2 (1913) (KM.449.2a). Very good - very fine. (3)
Estimate $30
SOLD $30
China and Provinces, a range of issues in copper and cupro-nickel, of the 17th and 20th century including cash coins, housed in a dark green album. Good - extremely fine. (66)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
China, a range of silver issues from five cents to twenty cents, including fantasies and commemoratives, 1898 - 1928. Mostly fine - uncirculated. (48)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
China, Shanghai, The China General Omnibus Co. Ltd. aluminium tokens for three cents (2) (25mm); others, no denomination stated (2) (20mm) (initials J.D.S.? on reverse), both types of each token represented with bus facing right and bus facing left; medalet 'Exhibition of Chinese Products' (28mm), Chinese palace on obverse. Fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0