Catalogue
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
Colombia, small collection 1848 to 1979, includes two reales Bogota 1848; two and one half centavos Bogota 1879; two decimos Medellin 1872; five decimos Medellin 1882; fifty centavos Bogota 1884; one centavo 1938, 1946, 1952, 1954; two and one half centavos 1885, 1886; five centavos 1886, another different reverse, 1902, 1938; ten centavos 1897, 1938, 1942; twenty centavos, 1945, 1951; five pesos, 1909 (KM.105, 155.2, 161.1, 169, 181, 182, 183.2, 188, 191, 196.1, 199, 1208.1, 208.2, 275, 275a, 208.1, 208.2). Later issues 1955-79 (KM.214-247). Fine - uncirculated. (64)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Cook Islands, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Western Samoa, modern issues, many coins from proof sets including Cook Islands, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 all housed in an album, includes silver crowns (11) other crown size (36). Mostly uncirculated, a few very fine, several FDC. (165)
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Costa Rico, collection by date and type 1831-1982, Central American Republic, real 1830; two reales 1932 (holed) (KM.19.2, 19.3). Republic, real 1849, another (different die); countermarked coinage, real 1846 type IV cmk Spanish American 'cob' one real (Small hole); English series type VI cmk (185?) on English sixpence of 1819; type VI cmk (1857) on English shilling of 1836 (type not listed). Peso series one eighth peso 1850; decimal coinage, five centavos 1887, 1889, 1890, 1892; ten centavos, 1865, 1875, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1892; twenty five centavos, 1864, 11865, 1886, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893,; fifty centavos, 1875, 1885, 1890; monetary reform, two centimos 1903; five centimos 1905 (3), 1910 (2), 1912, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1942 brass, 1946, 1947, 1942 cu-ni, 1951; ten centimos 1905, 1910, 1914, 1917-19, 1920 (2), 1921 (2), 1922, 1936, 1942, 1947, 1954; counterstamped coinage, type VIII cmk, countermarked fifty centimos, 1923 on twenty-five centimos 1887, 1889, 1890H, 1892; type IX countermarked one colon, 1923 on fifty centavos, 1890, 1902, 1903, 1914 (81) (KM.47, 65, 67, 87, c.93, 102, 111, 112, 121, 124, 125, 126, 127.2, 128, 129, 130, 144, 145, 146, 151, 152, 158, 159, 163, 164, 168, 171-9, 181-3, 184.2, 186.1, 187.1). Also later issues 1953-82 (KM.1842a-211)(42). Very good - uncirculated. (123) Some ex. Baldwins and J.C. Malcolm Collection.
Estimate $500
SOLD $640
Costa Rica, Costa Rica Railway C.R. token, fifty centavos, undated, cupro-nickel (26mm). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Denmark, Christian IX, silver ten ore, 1882, (KM.11.1); Danish West Indies, silver ten skilling 1845, (KM.16); Sweden, Oscar II, silver ten ore, 1875/4 ST, (KM.517). Extremely fine; good very fine; nearly extremely fine, last rare, others scarce. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Dominican Republic, various issues, one peso 1897, (KM.Y.14); half peso 1897 (KM.Y.13); twenty centavos 1897, ten centavos 1897 (ex Freeman Craig); two and a half centavos 1888A (2, one ex Freeman Craig), (KM.Y.7, 11, 12); one franco 1891A, (KM.Y.9); ten centavos 1951 , five centavos 1944 (KM.Y.16a, 17). First two very good - fine, others extremely fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Ecquador, 1838-1978, includes half real 1838; half decimo 1893, 1912, 1915; five centavos 1909H, 1937H (2); decimo 1889 Santiago, 1893 Lima; two decimos 1892 Lima, 1895 Philadelphia, 1914 Philadelphia; one sucre, two sucres 1944 Mexico; five sucres 1943 Mexico (KM.22, 50.2, 50.3, 51.3, 51.4, 55.1, 60.1, 72, 75, 80). Later issues 1946-78 (KM.75b-78b)(13). Very fine - uncirculated. (28)
Estimate $160
SOLD $160
El Salvador, small collection consisting of one centavo 1889, 1945, 1956, 1966, 1972, 1976, 1977; two centavos 1974 (2); five centavos, 1892, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1976, 1977; ten centavos, 1911, 1914, 1952, 1968; twenty-five centavos, 1943, 1953, 1970, 1973, 1975; fifty centavos, 1970; one peso 1908 (KM.106, 109, 115a, 122, 125, 130, 130a, 134, 135, 135a, 136, 137, 139, 140.1, 147, 149.2, 149a). Mostly uncirculated, very fine - uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
France, Louis XIIII, half ecu 1694 A (KM.295.1). Toned very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Frances, silver five francs, 1816 I, 1833 A, 1845 BB, 1845 W, 1851 A, 1867 A, 1868 A, 1875 A and 1876 A. Very good- good very fine. (9)
Estimate $140
SOLD $130