Canada25 Cents 1872H KM#5 NEF with some lustre, the reverse with a pleasing green and gold tone, the obverse with some thin scratches and contact marks, Canadian Victorian silver seldom seen in grades above Fine
Canada25 Cents 1905 KM#11 GEF/UNC with golden tone, the obverse with a tone line, otherwise choice, Canadian Edwardian silver very seldom encountered in this high grade
Straits Settlements5 Cents (2) 1884 KM#10 UNC or very near so with some tiny rim nicks, scarce in high grade, 1885 KM#10 GEF and nicely toned, the obverse with a few scattered spots of darker tone and some tiny rim nicks, very rare in high grade
Straits Settlements5 Cents 1895 KM#10 Choice UNC with multicoloured tone, in an NGC holder and graded MS66, the joint finest known of 40 coins on the NGC Population Census
IndiaQuarter Rupee 1835 Calcutta Mint, F incuse on truncation, 19 Berries, 10 to the left and 9 to the right, with Large Date numerals, and no stop after the date (a mule from the preceding issue reverse dies) KM#448.5 variant (Pridmore 89) NEF with some edge nicks and two striking flaws on the obverse, as part of a group of India and Indian States (25, one holed) includes One Rupee (2) 1840 Legend continuous over bust,1916 Bombay EF, Half Rupees (2) 1840 Legend continuous over bust, About Fine, 1936 Bombay, Two Annas (2) 1884 VF holed, 1886 NEF, in mixed grades to GEF, along with Sarawak (16) 10 Cents 1934H, One Cent (13) 1863, 1870, 1879, 1880 (3), 1892, 1927H (2), 1929H, 1930, 1937H, Half Cent 1870, 1933H, British North Borneo One Cent (2) 1887H, 1890H, (2) North Borneo (6) 5 Cents 1903H, 1 Cent (5) 1921H (2), 1935H, 1938H, 1941H, Malaya and British Borneo (8) 50 Cents 1954, 20 Cents (2) 1957KN, 1961, 10 Cents 1961H (5), Malaya (6) 10 Cents 1950, 5 Cents (4) 1948 (2), 1950, 1961, Half Cent 1940, Straits Settlements One Cent 1919, Hong Kong 50 Cents 1965 in mixed grades a few VF to EF along with India (35) and Ceylon (10) 19th and 20th Century includes India Rupee 1835 Fine, India Half Rupee 1840 VF/GVF, in mixed grades some VF to EF
USA (3) 5 Cents (2) 1868 Breen 2472 About VF with dull tone, 1883 without CENTS Breen 2529 A/UNC and lustrous, Two Cents 1865 Fancy 5, Top serif of D in UNITED missing Breen 2381 VF
Netherlands (4) 25 Cents 1897 KM#115 VF/GVF, 10 Cents (3) 1890 Halberd, KM#80 A/UNC and lustrous, 1897 KM#116 AU/UNC and lustrous, 1903 A/UNC and lustrous the reverse with some contact marks
Mauritius5 Cents 1960 VIP Proof/Proof of record KM#34 nFDC, minor contact marks only, retaining almost full mint brilliance, with some eye-catching light magenta toning on the portrait
Keeling Cocos Islands (2) 5 Rupees 1913 Octagonal issue in Plastic Ivory (No.615) KM#Tn7 VF with some surface indentations, Rare (our archive database confirms that this is only the third example we have offered in 15 years), 25 Cents 1913 Square issue in Plastic Ivory (No.3026) KM#Tn3 VF
Ceylon a 6-coin set 1963 VIP Proofs/Proofs of record comprising 50 Cents KM#132 for type, 25 Cents KM#131 for type, 10 Cents KM#130 for type, 5 Cents KM#129 for type, 2 Cents KM#128 for type and 1 Cent KM#127 for type, nFDC to FDC and brilliant, we note that Krause does not list any of these pieces as Proofs so clearly issued in very small numbers
USA5 Cents 1868 New Hub for 1868, with most star positions similar to Breen 2476, Top of first S in STATES missing in centre, CENTS has end of C missing (no serif) and S missing centre of it's curved base, unlisted by Breen, Listed in the Cherrypicker's Guide to Rare Die Varieties by Fivaz and Stanton FS#5c-002.96 (Variety 3) EF with small rim nicks, the printed table in the book states that this type accounts for only 3% of the total mintage, compared to the commonest variety which accounts for approximately 48% of the total mintage, a rare die type
Straits Settlements (3) 20 Cents 1901 KM#12 EF with some contact marks and edge nicks, 10 Cents 1900 KM#11 NEF nicely toned with some very small tone spots, 5 Cents 1901 KM#10 GVF/VF
Canada5 Cents 1885 Small 5 over Large 5 KM# Good Fine/Fine with a tone spot on the obverse, scarce, lists at $125 Canadian Dollars Fine and $250 Canadian Dollars VF in the Charlton Catalogue
Netherlands25 Cents1945P Acorn Privy Mark KM#164 UNC or near so and Rare, despite the mintage of 92 million pieces, almost all were melted and few survived, hence the high catalogue value
CanadaNewfoundland5 Cents 1896 AU with a pleasing light grey tone Krause lists at $50 in XF40 and $700 in MS60 and this coin is certainly far superior to the typical USA graded XF40
East Africa5 Cents 1949 VIP Proof/Proof of record, KM#33 nFDC retaining almost full mint brilliance, we note Heritage record no examples in their auction archive
East Africa5 Cents 1935 VIP Proof/Proof of record, KM#18 nFDC, one tone spot on the reverse otherwise retaining much original colour and lustre, we note that Heritage record no examples in their archive and there was no example in the Professor Wayne Newton Palmer collection
East Africa5 Cents 1955 VIP Proof/Proof of record, KM#37 nFDC retaining almost full mint brilliance, only one example recorded in the Heritage auction archive, this from the Professor Wayne Newton Palmer collection as far back as 2004
East Africa5 Cents 1956KN VIP Proof/Proof of record, KM#37 nFDC retaining almost full mint brilliance, we note Heritage record no examples in their auction archive
East Africa5 Cents 1963 VIP Proof/Proof of record, KM#37 nFDC retaining almost full mint brilliance, we note that Heritage list just one example in their archive, this sold as far back as 2004, from the Professor Wayne Newton Palmer collection
Sarawak5 Cents 1908H KM#8 VF/GVF with some hairlines, the edge milling irregular at 3 and 9 o'clock, slanted rather than vertical milling, viewing recommended
Straits Settlements5 Cents (2) 1901 KM#10 Lustrous UNC with a small edge nick and a small tone spot on the bust 1902 KM#20 UNC with a hint of golden tone
Sarawak5 Cents 1908H KM#8 VF/GVF with some hairlines, the edge milling irregular at 3 and 9 o'clock, slanted rather than vertical milling, viewing recommended
Netherlands25 Cents1945P Acorn Privy Mark KM#164 (2) EF - Unc a rare date, despite the mintage of 92 million pieces, almost all were melted and few survived, hence the high catalogue value
Netherlands25 Cents1945P Acorn Privy Mark KM#164 Unc or near so, a rare date, despite the mintage of 92 million pieces, almost all were melted and few survived, hence the high catalogue value
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