Catalogue
Guadeloupe, as French Colonial and Occupation, copper nine deniers 1767A, host coin, (KM.1), countermarked RF in oval for Guadeloupe. Fine/good very fine.
Estimate $130
SOLD $110
Guatemala, counterstamped coinage, silver peso 1873 LD countermarked with half reale die in 1894 (KM.224). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Honduras, silver peso, 1889/8, (KM.52); Guatemala, silver peso 1896/5 (KM.210). Nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $170
SOLD $140
Hong Kong, Queen Victoria - George V, bronze cents 1876, 1900H, 1901, 1901H, 1902 and 1923. Unevenly toned most with some to considerable original mint red, extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $240
SOLD $400
Hong Kong, Queen Victoria, silver ten cents, 1885 (KM.6.3); silver fifty cents, 1893 (KM.9.1); Sarawak, James Brooke, Rajah, copper cent, 1863 [cleaned] (KM.3); Straits Settlements, Queen Victoria, silver twenty cents, 1899 (KM.12). Fine - extremely fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Hong Kong, Queen Victoria, silver ten cents, 1900H (KM.6.3); silver fifty cents, 1893 (KM.9.1); also Ceylon, Queen Victoria, silver fifty cents, 1895 (KM.96). Uncirculated; fine; toned, nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $170
Hong Kong, Queen Victoria, silver dollar, 1867 (KM.10). Very fine.
Estimate $650
SOLD $700
Hong Kong, Queen Victoria, silver dollar, 1868 (KM.10). Toned, rim nick otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $600
Hong Kong, silver ingot, 160 grams, with Hong Kong Shanghai Specie office stamp with Victoria portrait horizontal, VR and crown stamp, Chinese mark, 'Zu Yin', for pure silver and 999.9 fine silver mark. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Hong Kong, silver ingot, 160 grams, with Hong Kong Shanghai Specie office stamp with Victoria portrait vertical, VR and crown stamp, Chinese mark, 'Zu Yin', for pure silver and 999.9 fine silver mark. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Hong Kong, a quantity of circulating coins, pre China takeover, twenty cents (276), fifty cents (51), post takeover, ten cents (571), twenty cents (270), fifty cents (66). Good - nearly uncirculated. (1,234)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Hungary, Leopold I, silver fifteen krajczar, Kremnitz mint, 1678KB, (KM.175); Ferdinand I, twenty krajczar, 1848KB, Kremnitz mint, (KM.422). Extremely fine.; uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Iceland, minors, 1972-1974 plus three tokens (59), Denmark (10, from 1648), Finland (49), Danzig, Estonia (9) Latvia (8), Lithuania (9), Greenland (6). Fair - uncirculated. (152)
Estimate $200
SOLD $460
Indonesia, iron ball money, 16th-18th century, all with etched Arabic script, various shapes (uncertain status, but believed to be used in Borneo) (M.3986-3998). Fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Indo-Portuguese, Malacca, Manuel I (1495-1521), tin bastardo, first issue (1511-1512), (49.15 grams), 37 mm, 56mm thick, obv. D M P R DE PV SOR DIE MALA, armillary sphere, rev. CRVX XPI NOSTRE SPES VNICA, Maltese type cross of Christ, (SS M.10, Nge TL 509). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
Iraq, circulation set, 1981; Jordan, proof ten dinars, 1980; Kuwait, proof five dinars, 1981 (cased); Syria, twenty-five piastres, 1937, fifty piastres, 1947, lira, 1950 (uncirculated); other minor coins (12), unidentified Middle Eastern military medal. Very fine - uncirculated. (25)
Estimate $60
SOLD $130
Italy, Patriarchs of Aquilea, Louis II of Teck, (1412-1439), silver soldo da 12 bagattini, not dated, obv. LOdOVICVS DVX D TECh, tapered shield, (arms of Patriarch), rev. PAThR AQVILE, the Virgin seated holding the infant Jesus, (Bernardi 69, Biaggi 193, Thomsen 1983, cf.UBS Sale 52, September 11, 2001 lot 2303, this example not as fine realised SFr. 130 + 15%). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Italy, Kingdom of Napoleon, Napoleon I, silver lira, 1810M (KM.C.8.1); Sardinia, Carlo Felice, silver two lire, 1827L (KM.C.104.1); Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele II, silver fifty centesimi, 1863M BN KM.14.1) and 1867N BN (KM.14.2); silver two lira, 1863T BN (KM.6a.2); silver lira, 1908R (KM.45); also Eritrea, Umberto I, silver two lire, 1890R (KM.3). Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $200
SOLD $230
Italy, Lombardy-Venetia, Revolutionary Provisional Government, five lire, 1848M (KM.C.22.1); Sardinia, Carlo Alberto, five lire, 1842P, mint mark, anchor (KM.C.113.3). Both with edge nicks, the second with small dig on obverse field, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Italy, Lucca, Henry II (1004-1024) - Henry III (1039-1125), silver denier, obv. H in centre +IMPERATOR around, rev. LVCA in centre ENRICVS around, (Biaggi 1056, 1058); Antioch, Bohemond IV (1201-1233), billon helmet denier, obv. +BOAMUNDUS, helmeted head left, between crescent and star, rev. +ANTIOCHIA, cross patt,e with crescent in 2nd angle, (cf. MPS 75-79 [pp.218-220], Metcalf 368-461, [Pls.16-18]). Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Italy, Milano (Duchi), Galeazzo Maria Sforza, (1466-1476), silver testone (9.50 grams), obv. around GALEAZ ú M ú SF ú VICECOS ú DVX ú MLI ú QIT, mitred head with armored bust to right, pellet-in-annulet to left, rev. around P P ú ANGLIE ú Q3 ú CO ú AG ú IANVE ú D, a crested helmet left above familial coat-of-arms of Sforza, branding irons with buckets to left and right, G3 M across field (Cf. CNI V 67 (legends); Morosini 8; Crippa 6/B; Biaggi 1548). Toned, very fine/good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $1,180
Italy, Milan, bronze token for twenty centimes, 1906 International Exposition. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Italy, Kingdom of Naples, Ferdinand IV, silver piastra of 120 grana, 1798 P M/A P (KM.66b). Toned, reverse with adjustment marks, otherwise fine.
Estimate $160
SOLD $140
Italy, Naples, Ferdinand IV, piastra of 120 grana, 1798P-AP (KM.66; Dav.1409). Adjustment marks on reverse, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Italy, Naples & Sicily, Francesco I, silver one hundred and twenty grana, 1825. (KM.C.137). Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Italian States, Papal States, ten baiocchi, 1853R (KM.134.2a). Light hairlines otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Italian States, Piedmont, Nazione Piemontese, two soldi, Year 9 (1802) (KM.C.3); Sardinia, Carlo Felice, five lire, 1826P (KM.C.105.2). Very fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $130
SOLD $100
Italian States, Sardinia, centesimo, 1826P, 1826L (KM.C.98.1, 98.2); lira, 1826P (KM.C.103.1); Tuscany, 2nd Provisional Government, 1860, Firenze (KM.C.84). The second coin with much mint red, uncirculated, the rest fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Italy, Italian State, Tuscany, Ferdinando III (1791-1801), silver francescone, (ten Paoli), 1796 (KM.C37). Very fine/nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $220
SOLD $200
Italy, Venice, Antonio Venier (1382-1400), silver grosso, obv. S.M.VENETI ANTO VENERIO, doge standing left, St. mark standing right, cross between, star to left, rev. IC XC Christ seated on throne around TIBI LAUS 7 GLORIA, (Pao. 3 [p.37], Biaggi 2855). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90