Catalogue
China, Hsin Dynasty, Wang Mang Interregnum, (c.A.D. 9 - 22), copper spade money, with flat shoulder and foot, with legend "The Pu Currency, (Sch.148, TFP 486 [p.44]). Most with original hoard patina, very fine or better. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver slight boat shaped sycee ingot similar of Guangdong Province type, as a pure Silver Ingot, two and a half taels or two and a half ounce type, (85 grams), with one rectangular block of four Chinese characters as stamps within, stating "Correct Shop Pure Silver", (cf.Cribb F40 for one stamp set [p.306 for characters, Pl.70 as F5] for similar size and type). Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $160
China, Pei Yang (Chihli) province, silver dollar, year 25 (1899)(KM.Y73). Toned, very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $100
China, Republic, silver dollar (1923) bust of president Tsao Kun facing (KM.677). Toned, good extremely fine and rare
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,300
China, a range of silver issues from five cents to twenty cents, includes commemoratives and a few fantasies, 1898 - 1928. Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (38)
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
China, Kia-Chau, German Chinese territory, ten cents, 1919 (KM.Y.2). Good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $170
Cook Islands, Elizabeth II, fifty cents (c.1972), uniface reverse trial in lead of the adopted design, by James Berry (cf.KM6.1). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Cook Islands, Elizabeth II, cased proof silver ten dollars, 60th anniversary of Battle of the Coral Sea, 2002 with coloured reverse, 10 oz. pure silver, FDC.
Estimate $150
SOLD $270