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Ceylon (Sri Lanka), under Dutch rule, c.1680, Islamic silver abbasi or 4 shahis of Abbas II (AH 1052-1077), counterstamped at Colombo, as C over VOC, (KM.49, M.2170a). Counterstamp nearly extremely fine, host coin fine, rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), under Dutch rule, c.1650, Chinese copper cash, various Ming Dynasty Xi Zong (1621-1627) (Hartill 20.293); Si Zong (1628-1644) (4) (Hartill 20.292 [2], 20.293 [2]); all with counterstamped at Colombo, as C over VOC, (KM.-, M.-). Counterstamps very fine, host coins fine or better, rare. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $230
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), under Dutch rule, copper wreath type eighth stiver (2), quarter stivers (2), half stiver (2), one stiver and two stivers (illustrated) (KM.16, 17, 18, 19, 20, M.2171-2181). Fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), under Dutch rule, copper two stivers (3) Colombo mint 1787, 1792, (KM.29); copper one stivers of various dates 1783-1790, from mints of Colombo (47), Trincomalee (6), wreath type, issued from 1660-1720 (19), C for Colombo over VOC, T for Trimncomalee over VOC, (KM.19, 26, 34, M.2171-2178, 2186-2189). Poor - very fine. (75)
Estimate $250
SOLD $580
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), under Dutch rule, copper two stivers Galle mint 1783, G for Galle over VOC, (KM.30, M.2193). Nearly extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), under Dutch rule, copper two stivers Galle mint 1783, G for Galle over VOC, (KM.30, M.2193). Very fine, rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), under Dutch rule, Javanese copper bar (1785), C for Colombo over VOC, 4 3/4 stivers or half larin, (72 mm long; 39.53 grams) (Sch.1295a; KM.32, M.2185). Very fine, probably a modern copy.
Estimate $100
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Ceylon (Sri Lanka), under Dutch rule, copper wreath type eighth stiver, quarter stivers (3), half stiver, (KM.16, 17, 18, M.2178-2181); India under Dutch Rule, Pulicat copper cash (1615-late 17th century) used in Ceylon (3), (KM.34, M.1599-1603); India, Travancore, silver fanams or chuckrams (13), (c.1790-1830), (KM.1-3), used in Ceylon; India, Mogul, Aurangzeb silver rupee, Surat mint, AH 1113, RY 46, (KM.300.86) (2) others of Aurangzeb (2); and a Islamic overstruck copper coin. Poor - very fine. (26)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), local coinage, 1801-16, silver twenty four stivers, 1808 (KM.76). Fine - very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), local coinage, 1801-16, silver forty eight stivers, 1809 (KM.77). Very fine, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $270
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), non local coinage, 1802-25, George IV, silver rix dollar, 1821, edge plain (KM.84). Toned, very fine or better.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), non local coinage, 1802-25, George IV, silver rix dollar, 1821, edge plain (KM.84). Polished, surface marks, nearly very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), local coinage, 1801-1815, George III, copper 1/12 rix dollar, 1803 (KM.65), worn dates (2); copper 1/24 rix dollar, 1801 (1), 1803 (2) flat top 3, (KM.64); copper 1/48 rix dollar, 1812 (KM.63); machine made coinage, 1/48 rix dollar 1802 (6) (KM.75); 1/192 rix dollar 1802 (KM.73). Poor - very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), non local coinage, 1802-25, George III, copper two stivers, one stiver (2), half stiver, 1815, (KM.80-83.1); Dutch coinage used in Ceylon, silver two stivers, Holland 1724 (KM.48); one stiver Overyssel 1629 (KM.23); another Frisia 1623 (KM.42). Fine or better. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), non local coinage, 1802-25, George III, copper two stivers (6), one stiver (3), half stiver, 1815, (KM.80-83); VOC doits, Gelderland 1732 hill (KM.50.1), similar 1790 (KM.50.2); half doits Utrecht, 1754, 1755 (2), (KM.112.1). Very good - nearly very fine. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Ceylon, (Sri Lanka), but struck at Travancore, c.1790-1860, silver fanams (105) of Rama Varma V (KM.29) or earlier, together with similar imitative types. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (105)
Estimate $100
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Ceylon, plantation tokens (34); with much duplication, includes J.M. Robertson & Co Colombo (2) (Pr.80, 82); Lee Hedges & Co, 1867 Colpetty Mills (Pr.61); Kerr Dundas & Co, rev. sailing ship to left (Pr.52); Carey Strachan & Co, Colombo, Union Mills, (30), (Pr.14); JPG 4 1/2d, (cf.Pr.111) name not in Pr. Mostly very fine. (35)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the issues in silver and bronze from 1870 inscribed, Ceylon or Sri Lanka, various different dates silver 50 cents (2), silver 25 cents (23), silver 10 cents (13), minors in copper or base metal alloy (41), modern issues of Sri Lanka (12) including silver 5 rupees 1957 (3), coffee tokens (4); together with approx. 70 minor Sri Lanka coins of modern type issued in the last 20 years. Fine - uncirculated. (lot)
Estimate $250
Passed in
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Maldive Islands and Persian Gulf, silver larins as short lengths of silver wire doubled in two and made like a fish-hook, impressed with imitation Persian legends, used from 16th - 19th century, (Quiggin p.194ff text and illustration, M.2157-2162). Very fine. (18)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), base metal die for a railed tree of the type used by the Andhrabhrityas (Servants of the Andhras) in the Southern Deccan, The Chutus of Banavasi, c.A.D. 160-345, as used on making of lead double karshapana (cf.M.4972, cf.BMC Pl.VIII). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
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Ceylon, (Sri Lanka), collection of seals, sealings and coin moulds, housed in a specially made wooden box, holding each item, the products of ancient Ruhuna, produced from the 3rd century B.C. - 7th century A,D., noted mould for the series of standing Lakshmi with handle (illustrated); others feature animals (mostly cows), another with swastica, a diverse range of shapes similar to examples noted in Osmund Bopearachchi and Ralph Wickremesinhe book "Ruhuna, an Ancient Civilisation Re-Visited, Numismatic and Archaeological Evidence on Inland and Maritime Trade", 1999, 149pp, 36 plates etc. Fine - very fine and all very scarce. (15)
Estimate $150
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