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Ceylon, Dutch, copper one stuiver, 1783 Galle mint (KM.28). Good very fine, round and attractive.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Ceylon under Dutch rule, Javanese copper bar (1785), C for Colombo over VOC, 4 3/4 stivers (72.5 mm long; 62.2 g) (Sch.1295a; KM.32). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,000
Ceylon, under Dutch rule, undated occupation coinage (1690-1784), from the Netherlands United East India Company, hammered dump coinage, one stuiver, Negapatnam mint, (28.0 grams), (KM.28, Sch.1244); East India Company, Bombay Presidency, copper pice, type of 1773, obv. crown, rev. bale mark date [17]03, (KM.189); another pice 175[5], (KM.150); French India, Pondicherry, copper half doudou, c. 1720-1835, obv. lis, (KM.34). Fine - very fine, first rare. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Sumatra, Benkulen, silver two fanams, c. 1693-1768, the old London Company bale mark G C over E (Pr.2). Small and dumpy, but very fine and very rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $550
Sumatra, Fort Marlborough, silver two sukus or half dollar, 1783 (Pr.1; KM.271). Gun metal grey toned, good very fine and rare, especially in this condition.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,900
Sumatra, Fort Marlborough, silver two sukus or half dollar, 1784 (Pr.2 KM.271). Grey toned, very fine/good very fine and rare, rarer than the previous lot.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $3,300
Sumatra Island, East India Company, 1786, two and three kepings, both dated A.H. 1200, grained edges (Pr. 6, 11, KM.258, 259.1). Both with mint bloom, the second a proof, extremely fine and FDC, both scarce. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $480
Sumatra, gilt bronze proof set, three, two and one keping, 1787, struck by Soho Mint, Birmingham (Pr.7B, 13B, 19B). Light dusty toning, otherwise brilliant, FDC and rare. (3)
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,100
Sumatra, bronzed copper proof one keping, 1787, struck at Soho Mint, Birmingham (Pr.19a). Dusty, otherwise FDC.
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
Sumatra, pattern two kepings, 1787, in copper, edge grained right struck at Soho Mint, Birmingham (Pr.23 (4); KM.Pn2 ). Attractive brown patina with traces of mint red, nearly FDC and very rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,700
Sumatra, bronzed copper proof set, 1804, four, two and one keping, heavy issue (Pr.4A, 15A, 21A). Uneven toning on subdued brilliance, nearly FDC. (3)
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,000
Singapore, Island of Sumatra, silver proof of keping, 1804 (Pr. KM Tn1.). Attractively toned, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,800
Singapore, tokens imitating official coinages. Island of Sumatra, 1804, keping (Pr 1)(8), Pr 3 reverse date (1831)(2), Pr 4 reverse date (1990!) (1), Island of Sultana, 1835, Pr 5 (6 plus a study group ex Wodak (21); Pr 8 (3 plus a study group ex Wodak (17); Pr 9 (2 die varieties rare); Pr 10 (2 die varieties, only 2 noted by Pridmore, very rare); Dutch ¬ stiver imitation 1826 (Pr 15). Very good to extremely fine (63).
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
Sumatra, tokens inscribed with names of native states or struck for special areas: Sumatra, two keping, 1835 (Pr 38)(2), one keping, 1838, (Pr. 39) (2); Acheen (Sumatra), two kepings, 1831, (Pr. 40) (2); Tarumon (Sumatra), two kepings, 1831, (Pr. 42) (3); Menangkabau (Sumatra), two kepings, 1835, (Pr 45), one keping 1835 (Pr 46) (3); Dilli (Sumatra), one keping 1835, (Pr. 47) (4); Siak (Sumatra), one keping, 1835, (Pr. 48) (3); The Land of the Malays (Sumatra), one keping, 1835 (Pr. 49) (3); Perak (Malaya), one keping 1835, (Pr 50) (3); Selangor (Malaya), one keping, 1835, (Pr 51) (3); Trengganu (Malaya), one keping, 1835, (Pr. 52) (1); Celebes, one doit 1835 (Pr. 53) (3). Nearly fine - extremely fine, many scarce (33).
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,200
Singapore, Fighting Cock kepings, various brockages, mis-strikes, (off-centre) double strikes plus three E.I.C. arms types, a joined double obverse for gambling obtained by Wodak in Singapore in 1954, a cock type overstruck by a Netherlands Indies 183 (?), one cent (?), including a Brushfield ticket for an Ellis 3 ex Ferrari (lot 602 part)(Nobleman Sale). Fair - good fine (38).
Estimate $150
SOLD $540
Sumatra, bronzed proof one keping, 1835 (Pr 39a); Menangkabau (Sumatra), bronzed proof two kepings and keping, 1835 (Pr. 45a, 46a). Attractive chocolate toned brilliant FDC and rare (3).
Estimate $500
SOLD $850
Sumatra, bronzed proof keping, 1835 (Pr 39a). Menangkabau (Sumatra), bronzed proof keping, 1835 (Pr 41a), The Land of the Malays (Sumatra), bronzed proof keping, 1835 (Pr 49a). Attractive chocolate brown patinas, FDC and rare (3).
Estimate $500
SOLD $900
Indonesia, Dilli (Sumatra), bronzed proof one keping, 1835 (Pr 47a). Siak (Sumatra), bronzed proof keping, 1835 (Pr 48a). Attractive chocolate brown, brilliant FDC and rare (2).
Estimate $400
SOLD $600
Indonesia, The Land of the Malays (Sumatra), bronzed proof keping, 1835 (Pr 49a), Trengganu (Malaya), bronzed proof keping, 1835 (Pr 52a). Brilliant chocolate proofs, nearly FDC - FDC and rare (2).
Estimate $400
SOLD $600
Indonesia, Maluka, (within the old kingdom of Bandjamasin, South Borneo) (1812 - 1818 under administration of Alexander Hare who later in 1826 settled in Kealing Cocos Islands in partnership with Clunies Ross). Doits of Alexander Hare, obverse fan shape with date A.H. 1227 below and reverse value in Arabic (5), all 1812, two countermarked with Dharmacakra or wheel of law [(Pr. 3 (3) and 4 (3)] and with shield both sides (4), all 1813, two with similar countermarks [(Pr. 5 (2) and 6 (2)]. Attractive patinas, a good selection of the collectable types. Fine - good very fine and generally scarce to rare (10).
Estimate $700
SOLD $900
Borneo, Maluka (South Borneo, within the old Kingdom of Banjamasin) copper doit of Alexander Hare A.H. 1227 (1812) (Pr.3). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Penang (Pulu Penang or Prince of Wales Island), East India Company silver half dollar, 1788, edge plain (not in collar), die axis upright or en medaille (Pr.1; KM.7). Planchet flaw in top left corner of shield, beautifully toned even light grey brown, nearly extremely fine and very rare, one of the finest known and a great South East Asian rarity.
Estimate $15,000
SOLD $16,000
Penang, silver tenth dollar, 1788, circle of dots omitted, wide date (Pr.4 note; KM.5.2) (see Pridmore Collection lot 78). Toned, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,750
Penang, copper pice or cent, undated (1786) (KM.3; Pr.5). Even brown patina very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Penang, Pulu Penang, East India Company quarter, half and one cent, all 1787, obv. arms, rev. legend, (KM.1, 2.2, 4). Very fine - extremely fine and all rare. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $420
Penang, bronzed copper proof cent, 1810, edge plain (Pr 17; KM.13). Brilliant attractive red brown patina, virtually FDC and scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $800
Netherlands East Indies, Batavia Republic, silver rupee, 1808 Z, edge grained right (Sch.565; KM.214). Lightly toned with underlying mint bloom, extremely fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $450
Netherlands East Indies, Batavian Republic, copper stiver 1799 (14 g.) Java over 1799, reverse 1st (KM.205); two stivers or copper bonk, 1801 (KM.207). Nearly extremely fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Netherlands East Indies, Java, Batavian Republic (1799-1806), lead-bronze stuiver 1800, star above, rev. 1 St scroll work below, star above, coarsely grained edge, (KM.205, Sch.554b); Java, under kingdom of Holland, Louis Napoleon, copper duit, 1809 (KM.220, Sch.583). A litle short of flan for the first coin, very fine; second fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Netherlands East Indies, Java, copper stiver, 1797, copper bonk (KM.180). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180