Catalogue
China, Ch'ing (Qing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), Palace Coin, 70 mm, multiple cash coin, large size with reverse 'Long wang bao dian' (Palaces of the Dragon king), (Hartill -, Sch. -, TFP-). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $700
China, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), 52 mm, five hundred cash coin, Board of Works Mint, old branch issue as a seven stroke 'bei' (Harwill 22.765 [R7], Sch. -, cf.TFP 2446). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
Passed in
China, Ch'ing (Qing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), mint of Xi'an Shaanxi Province, 52mm, fifty cash coin, 'Dang wushi', issued 1854, (Hartill 22.949); another ten cash, mint of Suzhou 'Dang shi' 40mm, issued 1854-5, (Hartill 22.910); other cash various mints and rulers from the Qing Dynasty (26) together with copies of the large knife, spade round and square foot, key and assorted large round issues mostly as fantasies (11). First two coins very fine, first scarce, others fine. (39)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
China, Ch'ing Dynasty, Emperor Qixiang (Ch'i-hsiang), (1861), 'Qixiang Tong Pao', rev. 'Dang shi' (value ten) and Board of Revenue mint, four characters on reverse, diameter 34mm., issued August 1861-November 1861, 34 mm, (KM.C1-13 [$1000 VF], TFP 2588, cf.Sch. 1554A, Hartill 22.1123). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
China, Ch'ing Dynasty, Emperor Qixiang (Ch'i-hsiang), (1861), 'Qixiang Tong Pao', rev. 'dang shi' (value ten) and Board of Works Mint, four characters on reverse, diameter 34mm, issued August 1861-November 1861, 32 mm, (KM.C2-12 [$1,000 VF], TFP 2587, cf.Sch. 1554A, Hartill 22.1124). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
China, collection of cash, 17th century (12), 18th century (6), 19th century (4), 20th century (1), also silver coins (2) including dollar-sized (5 x 1901-1933), copper (6) and modern (4), all different mints and varieties, mostly identified with Schjoth or Krause numbers. Stored in 2x2 holders, fine - extremely fine. (54)
Estimate $350
Passed in
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver boat shaped sycee ingots (2), one same as type Shanxi Fushou small silver ingot, 0.4 ounce (13.9 grams), with two characters in rectangular block 'Xi Xi' (double joy), Cribb XXV Group B; another plain boat shaped sycee ingot without any characters, Shandong Province, one ounce (32.2 grams) Cribb XXVII Group A; (Cribb 268 [Pl.41] and 288 [Pl.42]). Very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver boat shaped sycee ingots (2), one same as type Shanxi Fushou small silver ingot, 1.2 ounce or tael (36.7 grams), with two characters in rectangular block 'Xi Xi' (double joy), Cribb XXV Group B; another similar shaped sycee ingot with one character, 'Fu' (blessings), one ounce (34.3 grams) Cribb XXIV Group B; (Cribb 268 [Pl.41] and 202 [Pl.40]). Very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver boat shaped sycee ingot, similar as type to Russo-Chinese small silver ingot, 2.0 ounce (64.4 grams), with two sets of characters in two rectangular blocks uncertain readings, (cf.Cribb 337 [Pl.44]). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), late empire period, Guizhou Province small round ingots Cribb LI, Group B, silver as half a sphere of 1.2 ounce (36.2 grams), bank ingot cast at the Guizhou Provincial Bank, 'Gui Zhou Guan Qian Ju' (Guizhou Official Coin Bureausavings bank) framed within a linear rectangle, as a block of three characters, (Cribb 653 [Pl.56] for similar example). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), late empire period, Guizhou Province small round ingots Cribb LI, Group C, silver as half a sphere of 0.75 ounce (25.3 grams), bank ingot cast at a savings bank, 'Shang Jie Tang' (savings bank) framed within a linear rectangle, as a block of three characters, (Cribb 657 [Pl.56] for similar example). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), late empire period, Guizhou Province small round ingots Cribb LI, Group C, silver as half a sphere of 0.75 ounce (25.4 grams), bank ingot cast at a savings bank, 'Shang Jie Tang' (savings bank) framed within a linear rectangle, as a block of three characters, (Cribb 657 [Pl.56] for similar example). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), late empire period, rectangular block small ingot cf.Cribb LVI, of 1.00 ounce (31.4 grams), an ingot cast with two small banks of characters each framed within a small rectangle, as block of two and three characters, (cf.Cribb 685 [Pl.57 for shape]). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
China, Empire, two cash, 1907 (KM.Y8.1); ten cash (KM.Y10.5, Y27), twenty cash, 1907 (KM.Y11.2, Y21, Y21.5); five cash Chihli, 1906 (KM.Y9c); ten cash Anhwei (KM.Y36A.1); ten cash Hupeh (KM.Y10j.4, Y120.A3, Y122); ten cash Kiangnan, 1905 (KM.Y138.1); ten cash Shangtung (KM.Y221a). Fine - very fine, several scarce, all in packets described. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
China, Empire, twenty cash (Hu Poo), (KM.Y5); ten cash Fukien, 1906, (KM.Y.105); Republic, copper ten cash (KM.Y303, Y306.1, Y307a, Y324, Y347), Hunan, 1922 (KM.Y402.1); Sinkiang, 1929 (KM.Y44b); Szechuan, 1912 (KM.Y447a); Honan, two hundred cash 1928 (KM.Y396); Sinkiang, two hundred cash (KM.Y39.1). First coin extremely fine, others fine - very fine, all in packets described. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
China, Empire, silver dollar, year 3 (1911) (KM.Y.31). Chopmark on reverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $550
SOLD $500
China, Empire, silver dollar, year 3 (1911) (KM.Y.31). Cleaned, very fine.
Estimate $450
Passed in
China, Empire, silver dollar, year 3 (1911) (KM.Y.31). Cleaned, very fine.
Estimate $450
Passed in
China, Empire, silver five cent pieces, Anhwei, year 25 (KM.Y41.1); Fengtien, year 25 (KM.Y83); Fukien, 1903-8 (KM.Y102.1); Szechuan, blundered legends, (KM.234.1). Very fine or better, all in packets described. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $550
China, Empire, Chihli Province, under Empire, silver dollar, Pei Yang type, cloud connected, year 34 (1908) (KM.Y.73.2). Good very fine.
Estimate $500
Passed in
China, Empire, Fukien Province, silver ten cents, 1912, (KM.Y.380). Lightly toned, fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
China, Empire, Fukien, silver twenty cents, (KM.104.1); Hupeh, ten cents, 1895-1907 (KM.Y124.1), twenty cents (KM.125.1); Kwangtung, ten cents (KM.Y200), twenty cents (KM.Y201). Fine - nearly very fine, all in packets described. (5)
Estimate $80
Passed in
China, Empire, Hupeh Province, silver dollar, undated (issued 1895-1907)(KM.Y.127.1). Chopmarks, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $380
China, Empire, Hupeh Province, Hsuan T'ung, silver dollar, undated (issued 1909-1911), obv. facing dragon (KM.Y.131). Some surface marks, toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
China, Empire, Kiangnan Province, silver twenty cents, dated 1898, (KM.Y.143A.1, L&M 220). Cleaned, hairlines, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
China, Empire, Kiangnan Province, silver dollar, dated 1904, rev. with initials HAH & CH, and dots, obv. facing dragon (KM.Y.145a.13). Graffiti initial and edge nick on reverse, toned, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $520
China, Empire, Szechuan Province, silver ten cents, undated (1898-1908) (KM.Y.235, L&M 350). Lightly toned, good fine with minor scratches.
Estimate $150
SOLD $250
China, Republic, Kiangsi, Rebel Coinage, copper ten cash 1911 (KM.Y411) (illustrated); another 1912, five petal rosettes on reverse (KM.Y412). Very fine, first very rare, second scarce, all in packets described. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $2,800
China, Republic, Taiwan, ten cents, year 38 (KM.Y531) (Unc); fifty cents, year 38 (KM.Y532) (EF); ten cents, year 44 (KM.Y533); twenty cents, year 39 (KM.Y534); fifty cents, year 43 (KM.Y535); one dollar, year 49 (KM.Y536). Extremely fine - uncirculated, all in packets described. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
China, Republic, Yunnan Province, silver four and a half stamped remittance ingot as a 4.5 taels sycee ingot or saddle pack (pack saddle) with five blocks of stamps, c1910 (140 grams), (cf.Cribb 751ff, cf.M.4057-4085). Very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,100