Catalogue
Hong Kong, Queen Victoria, silver dollars, 1867, 1868 (KM.10). Second coin with two chop marks on obverse, nearly fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $750
Hong Kong, Queen Victoria, silver dollars, 1866, 1867 (KM.10). First coin with mount removed from top edge, second with 'M 1895' scratched on obverse, fair - very good. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $450
Hong Kong, 1863 - 1987, one cent - fifty cents - five dollars, incomplete series, however including (KM.1, 2, 3, 4.1, 4.2, 6.3, 9.1, 9.2, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 18a, 20); twenty cents, 1866, 1868, 1874H, 1890; fifty cents, 1890, 1891, 1891H, 1893, 1902, 1904, 1905. Housed in a brown album, poor - uncirculated. (290)
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,700
Hong Kong, silver ingot (c.1890's), 160 grams, with Hong Kong Shanghai Specie Office stamp, VR and crown stamp, and Chinese mark for pure silver (Zu Yin). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $700
SOLD $0
Hong Kong, silver ingot (c.1890's), 160 grams, with Hong Kong Shanghai Specie Office stamp, VR and crown stamp, and Chinese mark for pure silver (Zu Yin). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $700
SOLD $700
Ionian Islands, British Administration, silver thirty lepta, 1848 (KM.35). A few small surface digs but fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Italy, Naples, Charles VI (1707-1734) with the title of King Charles III of Spain. Carlino, 1707. obv, CAR. III. D. G. REX. HISP ET NEAP., Chest armor and draped with wig, under the bust. IM. (John Montemein - master engraver), rev. FIDE. ET. ARMIS,1707, within framed crowned arms quartered and loaded the Austrian League, top left AG (Andrew Young, Master of the Mint) in A (Antonio Aryans, the master tester), the coat of arms pending the Collar of the Golden Fleece, (cf.Pannuti Hedgehog 2, KM.-). Bright, very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Italy, Naples and Sicily, Francesco II, silver one hundred and twenty grani 1859, (KM.161, D.176). Brilliant, good extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Italy, Sardinia, Carlo Alberto, five lire, 1847, mm anchor (KM.113.3). Toned, fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
Italy, Victor Emmanuel II, five lire, 1874M (KM.8.3; Dav.140). Attractive, nearly uncirculated and rare as such.
Estimate $160
SOLD $200
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele II, silver five lire, 1875M BN, 1876R (KM.8.3, 8.4). First coin with much mint lustre, nearly extremely fine, second coin good fine/very fine. (2)
Estimate $190
SOLD $180
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele II, silver five lire, 1873M BN, 1874M BN, 1875R (KM.8.3 [2], 8.4). Small rim bumps, the last with obverse cuts and surface heavily polished, the reverse very fine, the rest nearly very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele II, silver five lire, 1878R (K.8.4). Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Italy, Umberto I, silver five lire, 1879R (KM.20). Cleaned, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Italy, Kingdom, two lire, Vittorio Emanuele, 1863N BN (shield type), 1863N BN, 1863T BN, Umberto I, 1881R-1884R, 1886R, 1887R, 1897R, Vittorio Emanuele III, 1906R, 1908R (eagle type), 1908R (quadriga type), 1911R 50th Anniversary of Kingdom, 1912R, 1914R-1916R, 1923-1926, 1936 XIV, 1939 XVII, 1939 XVIII, 1940 XVIII, 1941 XIX, Republic, 1946, 1948-1950, 1953-1957, 1959 (KM.6a.1, 16.1, 16.2, 23 [7], 33 [2], 46, 52, 46, 55 [3], 63 [4], 78, 78b [4], 88 [4], 94 [6]). The first coin good, the rest fine - uncirculated. (37)
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
Italy, 2nd Provisional Government, one lira, 1860 (KM.C.85.1), Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele II, 1863T BN, 1863M BN (no shield), 1863T BN, 1867M BN, 1867T BN, Umberto I, 1884R, 1886R, 1887M, 1900B (KM.C.85.1, 5a.2, 15.1, 15.2, 5a.1, 5a.2, 24.1 [2], 24.2, 24.1). Fine - good very fine. (10)
Estimate $280
SOLD $300
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele II, silver fifty centesimi, 1863T BN (shield), 1863M BN, 1863N BN, 1863T BN, 1866M BN, 1867M BN, 1867N BN (KM.4a1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.1 (2), 14.2). The 1866 fine/good, the rest fine - nearly extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Italy, Kingdom, twenty centesimi, Vittorio Emanuele II, 1863B BN, 1863T BN, Umberto I, 1894KB, 1894R, 1895R, Vittorio Emanuele III, Victory type, 1908-1914, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, shield and wreath type, 1918, 1919, 1920, shield within head type, 1939 XVIII, 1940 XVIII, 1941 XIX, 1942 XX, 1943 XXI (KM.13.1, 13.2, 28.1, 28.2 [2], 44 [11], 58 [3], 75b [5]. Fine - uncirculated. (24)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Italy, Kingdom, two centesimi, Vittorio Emanuele II, 1861M, 1861N, 1862N, 1867M, Umberto I, 1895R-1900R, Vittorio Emanuele III, 1903R, 1905R, 1906R, 1908R, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914-1917 (KM.2.1, 2.22 [2], 2.1, 30 [5], 38 [4], 41 [7]). The 1897R, 1906R, 1915 and 1917 all with some mint red, nearly fine - uncirculated. (21)
Estimate $290
SOLD $280
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele II, centesimo, 1861M, 1862N, 1867T, 1895R, 1896R, 1897R, 1899R, 1900R (KM.1.1, 1.2, 2.3, 2.9 [4], 30). The first with almost full mint red, the sixth with traces of mint red and the last with full mint red, the 1867 is fine, the rest good extremely fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele III, silver twenty lire, 1928R (KM.69). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele III, silver five lire, 1926R-1930R, 1936 XIV, Republic, 1948R-1950R (orange sprig type), 1951R-1978R (scales type) (KM.67.1 [6], 79, 89 [3], 92 [12]). Nearly very fine - uncirculated. (21)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele III, lira, 1901R, 1902R, 1906R, 1907R, 1908-1910, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1922-1924, 1928, 1939 XVII, 1939 XVIII, 1940 XVIII, 1941 XIX, 1942 XX, 1943 XXI, Republic, lira, 1948-1954 (KM.32 [4], 45 [5], 57 [2], 62 [4], 77a [3], 77b [3], 87 [3], 91 [4]). Good - uncirculated. (28)
Estimate $280
SOLD $500
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele III, ten centesimi, 1919R-1921R, 1922R (2), 1923R-1931R, 1933R-1937R, 1936 XIV, 1937 XV, 1938 XVI, 1939 XVII, aluminium bronze issues, 1939 XVII, 1940 XVIII, 1941 XIX, 1942 XX, 1943 XXI (KM.60 [19], 74 [4], 74a [5]). The first fine/nearly very fine, the rest very fine - nearly uncirculated, the 1922, 1923 and 1927 with some or near full mint red. (28)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele III, five centesimi, 1919R - 1937R, 1936 XIV, 1937 XV, 1938 XV, 1939 XVII, aluminium bronze issues, 1939 XVII, 1940 XVIII, 1941 XIX, 1942 XX, 1943 XXI (KM.59 [19], 73 [4], 73a [5]). The 1923R and 1937R with edge nicks, otherwise fine - uncirculated. (28)
Estimate $180
SOLD $160
Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele III, centesimo, 1903R, 1904R, 1908R, 1909R, 1910R - 1918R (KM.35, 40). The 1909R fine/poor, the rest extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Italy, Republic, five hundred lire, silver issues, 1958-1961, 1964-1967, 1961 Unification, 1965 Dante, 1974 Marconi, bi-metal issues, 1982-1992, 1993 Centennial - Bank of Italy, 1994 Mathematical Work by Luca Pacioli (KM.98 (8), 99, 100, 103, 111 (11), 160, 167). Very fine - uncirculated. (24)
Estimate $80
SOLD $140
Italy, Republic, one hundred lire, 1955R-1968R, 1971R-1973R, 1980R-1987R, reduced size, 1990R-1992R, turreted head 1993R, 1994R, 1997R, commemoratives, undated (1974)R Marconi, FAO, 1979R, Livorno Naval Academy, undated (1981)R. The 1964 coin scratched on obverse, the rest very fine - uncirculated. (34)
Estimate $110
SOLD $100
Italy, Republic, fifty lire, 1954R - 1989R, 1990R - 1994R (KM.95.1, 95.2). The 1955 with some obverse spotting, otherwise mostly very fine - uncirculated. (30)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Israel, five lirot, 1973 (KM.49); ten lirot, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 (KM.49, 55[2], 56.1, 62[2], 71[2], 76.1[2], 76.2, 77, 91); twenty five lirot, 1975, 1977 (KM.81[2], 88, 89.1). Very fine - extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $220
SOLD $200