China - Kwangtung20 Cents (2) Y#201 and Year 7 (1918) Y#423, together with Empire 10 and 20 Cash with Various Provinces and other Chinese (37) largely unidentified includes Y#5, Y#5a, Y#21.1, Y#100.2, Y#113a, Y#135.9, Y#193, Republic Y#301, Y#347 and Cash coins (73) plus fragments and one plastic copy
Malay Peninsular (11) Kelantan (3) Tin Pitis AH1256 KM#4 Good Fine, Tin Pitis AH1300 KM#5 VF, Tin Pitis Muhammad IV AH1321 KM#15 Fine, Trengganu (4) 10 Kepings AH1310 KM#15, GVF/VF retaining some lustre, Rare, undated issue (1793) Tin Pitis, uniface 21mm diameter KM#2.1 Fine, Cent AH1325, an imitative issue in lead VF with shortage of flan Half cent AH1325 (1907) KM#18 VG, Jokoh in Tin 1907 Chinese teck soon kongsi (Teck Soon Company), square central hole, Near Fine for issue, Malaysia Sultanates Patalung Tin Token 1883, 11.28 grammes, VF, Kedah Half Real Muhammad Shah I, (1506-1546) in copper and silver alloy, 1.94 grammes, Fine, and a further piece unattributed irregularly shaped in copper? Fair with little remaining detail, some scarce of rare in all grades, an interesting group worthy of further study for the specialist collector
Malay Peninsular (13) Palembang Tin Pitis (9) with round central hole (8) and square central hole (1) (c.1803-1825) two are in two pieces, one on an octagonal flan, VG to Fine, Palembang cast Tin Pitis (no hole) 1812-1816, Netherlands East Indies Jambi Sultanate Tin Pitis (3) Fine, Palembang Tin Pitis on a small 13mm flan AH1193 Fine, and South-East Asia Double-Ring Tin Money (c.14th to 18th) Century, Fine, along with a further group (9) JavaChineseCash15th Century imitative types (5) VG to Fine, and a Java 'Bantam' Pitis (1652-1681) Anonymous issue with hexagonal hole, 3.70 grammes, Fine, Myanmar Pegu 18th to 19th Century, in lead, 18mm diameter, 1.68 grammes, VG, a Netherlands East Indies Tin Pitis AH12(--) 5.17 grammes, worn, and an unattributed copper 'dump' coin About Fine
A collection of Chinese fantasy issues in a 3 tray carrying case, crown sized (47) smaller issues including a few more recent base metal currency types (23)
World in 3 albums (623) mostly 20th Century issues, includes a few earlier pieces with some ChineseCash coins, a few silver minors included, in mixed grades, some later coins EF to UNC
Rhodesia Cent 1976 (circa 500) generally lustrous Unc to BU, Malaya5 Cents 1948 (13), 1950 (14), 10 Cents 1948 (53), 1949 (22), 1950 (74), 20 Cents 1948 (84), 1950 (70), from circulation. Singapore 10 Cents (349) generally 1970s and 80s and in high lustrous grades, along with a large Chinesecoppercash
World (34) Mint and Proof issues, all but one Crown-sized, mostly one ounce and in silver (one coin a cupro-nickel issue), 1990s and 2000s issues, a good mix of countries, including GB, Australia, China, USA, Canada, Fiji Pentagonal $5 2000 and more, with Panda, Kookaburra, Koala and Panda coins, as well as ChineseLunar Year commemoratives, UNC to FDC
China300 Yuan 2002 One Kilo of .999 silver 20th Anniversary of the minting of the ChineseGold Panda Coin, Obverse: Temple of Heaven, Reverse: Two Gold inserts with the 1982 and 2002 Panda designs, 1000 grammes of silver and 3 grammes of gold, KM#1416 SilverProof, certificate number 003823 a spectacular coin, comes in the green presentation box with certificate
World, mainly Commonwealth issues (124), with some early pieces, with more recent issues in lustrous grades, includes Belize Mint set 1980 UNC and two Chinese20 Centssilver issues
World, mostly BritishCommonwealth a mixture of earlier pieces from circulation and more recent in higher grades, including two Chinese20 Centssilver issues (lot)
ChineseCash (50) a mixed group, along with Coins and Tokens a mixed group includes some replica issues, Gaming Counters - Imitation Spade Guineas, To Hanover tokens etc. in mixed grades (lot)
Chinese Mother of Pearl Counters, includes several different shapes and types (64) along with World a mixed group (33) includes Germany, Ireland, Cyprus, Monaco and Belgian Congo in mixed grades
World in bags and pages some in silver a few fantasies such as US Dollar and ChineseCrown, Gold Plated base meal modern issues (2 cased collections) and Proof and Mint Sets (lot, bought as seen)
Chinese primitive money (7) Knife money (6), spade money (1), along with China large cash coins 86mm diameter (3) weighing 168 grammes (2) and 183.5 grammes respectively Fine to Good Fine
GB and World some in silver including 19th centuryUSA, a few sets, items in albums and stock boxes and a tin with an imitation Chinesecrown sunk into the lid (lot)
GB and World the GB mostly bronze including Victoria YH in collectable grades with some 1953 and later Crowns and modern sets, the world includes earlier issues mostly base metal but with USAHalf Dollar 1830 some Chinese and Hong Kong bronze issues as well as European 19th century bronze and copper generally from circulation a few with lustre (lot over 22 kilos gross weight)
World (10 kilos) along with four boxes of other material including cased items, medals, collections in Whitman Folders and albums, (two silverChinese Lycee Bar Money presumed imitations) and more (lot in 5 boxes)
China Trade Token 39mm diameter in bronze Obverse Chinese characters, Reverse showing a large printing or stamping machine, undated, presumed circa 1920-1930, edge milled, VF/GVF with a couple of small spots
World a collection in 3 albums and a tub a wide variety, the majority 20th Century, with a few earlier these largely ChineseCash, also an album on Chinese Coin and stamp issues in a modern hard-backed album in mixed circulated grades, total weight over 13 Kilos (lot)
China - An extensive and impressive collection of Chinese coins put together over many years, 1,173 coins in total in six albums with each coin attributed. The majority in base metal, but containing a quantity of silver issues including crown sized. This silver section does contain some obvious modern replicas as well as genuine items. The group here is offered on a "bought as seen" basis which may include copies or replicas. We understand the original collector was active in the 1970s and 1980s and bought some of the coins from Croydon Coin Auctions and other reputable dealers and auctions. Also including the books Chinese Cash by OD Cresswell and Cast Chinese Coins by David Harthill. A full list of the collectors notes is available by clicking a link which follows the lot description (on the London Coins web site) grades, authenticity and values are the collectors not ours so are not guaranteed correct or accurate by us, and please note our terms and conditions regarding bulk lots which states they are not subject to return, buyers should satisfy themselves before bidding that they are happy to purchase if they win the lot.
World largely 20th Century in mixed grades total weight around 10.5 Kilos includes Hawaii Dime 1883 and some Chinese issues some of these presumed tourist or fantasy strikes and bought as seen
China (9) Fung-Tien Province (2) 20 CashBrassundated, 10 Cash Brass undated, Shen-Si Province (2) 2 Cents undated (1928) No Star between flags NVF, 1 Cent undated (1928) Fine, Kiang-Si Province 10 Cash undated (1902) Good Fine, Chihli Province (2) 20 Cash undated (1906) Fine, 10 cash undated (1906) Fine, Hunan Province 10 Cash undated (1915) Fine with some digs, these plugged, plus Chinese Provincial 20 Cash GF with some weak striking to the legend
China (2) 5 Yuan 1992 Marco Polo KM#467 FDC in capsule, 3 Yuan 1992 Ancient Chinese Paper KM#402 nFDC in capsule, Bosnia-Herzigovina 14 Ecus +2 Ecus 1993 War relief funding KM#85 FDC in capsule
China5 Yuan (6) 1986 Chinese Culture, Sima Qian SilverProof, 1989 Kublai Khan Silver Proof, 1992 Ancient Kite Flying Silver Proof, 1993 Li Da-Chao Silver Proof, 1993 The Terracotta Army (2) Silver Proofs, 3 Yuan 1993 Ancient Chinese Paper Silver Proof, last nFDC with a handling mark, others FDC
A mixed lot with items in albums, sets and individual items and including medals and paranumismatic and some un-authenticated early Chinese large ingots these bought as seen (lot)
France5 Francs Aluminium issues (171), 1 Franc Aluminium issues (578), ChineseCash (over 150) plus a small group of other world issues, in mixed circulated grades, housed in a black gaming box
A collection in two albums originally formed by a Hong Kong collector many silvercrowns and others in silver most appear genuine apart from a provincial Chinese issue (this we have labelled) mixed grades some Unc and includes some 19th century silver (lot)
A mixed group with a collection of GB and World in album pages, a group of imitation Chinesecrowns, paranumismatic including casino chips, forgeries, machine tokens etc, some silver crowns GB and World including USA and GB 1935 crowns with others some cased (lot)
Mexico8 Reales 1803 Mo FT as part of a group of World 19th and 20th Century (23) includes a few in silver (also one Chinese copy) in mixed circulated grades
GB and World over 3.5 Kilos includes over 1 Kilo of Silver and a few banknotes, also includes some counterfeit Chinese coins in mixed circulated grades
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