Australia (16) Florins (4) 1918M VG, 1926 VG, 1928 VG, 1936 Fine, Shillings (3) 1911 G, 1912 VG, 1926 VG, Sixpences (6) 1910 VG, 1911 Fine, 1916M VG , 1922 VG, 1928 Good Fine, 1934 Fine, Threepence 1922 Near Fine, Pennies (2) 1927 Fine, 1932 VF, New Zealand (18) Halfcrowns (4) 1934 (2) VG and NF, 1935 Good Fine, 1944 VG, Florins (6) 1933 NEF, 1934 VG, 1935 NF, 1936 Fine, 1940 GVF, 1946 EF, Shillings (2) 1934 VG, 1935 Fine, Sixpence 1941 Fine, Threepences (5) 1933 VG, 1936 NF, 1942 One Dot (2) Fine and EF, 1956 No shoulder strap VF, Australia Mint Set 1966 (6 coins) UNC on the card of issue, New Zealand '£sd to Decimal a double set comprising Mint Set 1965 UNC in the sealed wallet of issue, and Mint Set 1967 Polished Standard Specimen Set Lustrous UNC in the wallet of issue
Australia a comprehensive date collection in album pages (371) Crown (1) 1938, Florins (57, complete except 1932), Shillings (48, complete except 1932), Sixpences (51), Threepences (56), Pennies (79, complete except 1930), Halfpennies (79, complete except 1923) with some duplication and some varieties, in mixed grade some lustrous EF or better
Australia and New ZealandPenny Tokens (3) Australia (2) William Hodgins Banker Cloghjordan Reverse: IRELAND 1858 Near Fine, Smith Peate and Co. 1858, Grocers, Tea Dealers and Wine Merchants, Sydney, VG, New Zealand 1875 Gainsford and Edmonds Pork and General Butchers, Christchurch, New Zealand Fine with some dirt on the surfaces
Australia Edward VIII Fantasy issues (46) Sixpences 1937 (17), Threepences 1937 (29) by Maklouf, both bearing the portrait of Edward VIII and struck in .925 silver. Made in the early 1990s with a mintage believed to be around 2000 pieces each, Proof FDC
Australia Edward VIII Fantasy Sixpences 1937 (25), by Maklouf, both bearing the portrait of Edward VIII and struck in .925 silver. Made in the early 1990s with a mintage believed to be around 2000 pieces each, Proof FDC
Australia Edward VIII Fantasy Sixpences 1937 (50), by Maklouf, both bearing the portrait of Edward VIII and struck in .925 silver. Made in the early 1990s with a mintage believed to be around 2000 pieces each, Proof FDC
Austria a collection in album pages (76) 100 Schillings (6), 50 Schillings (19), 25 Schillings (19), 20 Schillings (2), 10 Schillings (2), 5 Schillings (5), 2 Schillings (8), 1 Schilling (6), 50 Groschen (4), Half Schillings (2), Thalers 1780 Maria Theresa (3) two are Restrikes, many of the higher denominations are silver Commemoratives, in mixed grades, many in EF-UNC
China - Republic Dollars (4) Yuan Shih-kai Year 3 Y#329 GVF, Yuan Shih-kai Year 9 Y#329.6 NVF with tone spots, Junk Year 23 Y#345 NVF, Memento 1927 Y#318a.1 EF
China Ancient and Medieval (7) includes Bone Cowrie money 700-600BC, Bronze Cowrie Ghost Face Money 581-221BC, The Ming Zi Dao Knife Money 1122BC-255BC, Pan Liang Coin 221BC-87BC, Spade Money c.14AD, and Hung Wu coin 1368-1399 AD in mixed grades, in a Westminster case with certificate
China and Oriental (140) 19th & 20th Cent. (and possibly older) including silver. Identified coins include China Dollar (1), 50 cents (1) 20 cents (1), 10 cents (4), 20 cash (1), Japan 2 sen (1), 10 cash (7). Needs research, unidentified coins include 10 cash (47) and others (77)
Commonwealth countries an accumulation mostly 20th Century and in base metal (approximately 2.7 Kilos), we noticed a few silver issues, in mixed circulated grades
France (3) 4 Sols 1675D VG/NF, Sol 1773 GVF on a ragged flan, 10 Centimes 1897A Lustrous UNC, French Indo-China20 Cents 1914 VF, Sardinia Half Scudo 1856 NVF, France-Besancon 10 Cents Token 1917 square aluminium EF, French Colonies - French Guiana (Colony of Cayenne) 2 Sous 1789 Fine
France and overseas (287) 19th and 20th Cent. France (276), Reunion (1), FrenchOceania (1), French Indo-China (9) mixed grades, generally base metal issues a few in silver
GB and World - USADollar 1902 UNC, USA Cent 1909 Lustrous UNC, GB Maundy Set 1900 A/UNC boxed with matching tone, GB Maundy Fourpence 1840 GEF, GB Sixpence 1723SSC VG, FranceEcu 1726T VG as part of a GB and World mixed group includes Proof and Mint sets (16) these generally UNC, also with many Crown-sized and in silver (lot), in mixed grades to EF
GB and World a varied group includes modern Crowns, Thailand currency sets (2), School and prize medals, USA Quarters and Dimes, in mixed grades, some later coins UNC (lot)
GB, Wales, Scotland and IrelandINA Retro Pattern Crowns (383) GB George IV 1820 Reverse as the adopted Halfcrown design in Nickel silver (40), Scotland (83) 1830 George IV Reverse Crowned shield flanked by thistles, in copper (70), in Nickel Silver (13), Wales (99) 1830 George IV Reverse Welsh Dragon, Crowned flanked by Leek, Daffodil and Prince of Wales Feathers, in Nickel Silver (59), in aluminium (40), Ireland George IV 1820 Reverse in the style of the Gunmoney Coinage (148) in nickel silver (30), in copper (69), in aluminium (49), Ireland William IV 1830 Reverse Crowned Harp (13) UNC and lustrous
Germany - Democratic Republic10 Marks (42) 1967 Kollwitz, 1968 Gutenburg, 1969 Bottger, 1970 Beethoven, 1971 Durer, 1972 Heine, 1972 Buchenwald, 1973 Youth Festival Games, 1973 Brecht, 1974 25th Anniversary of the DDR, 1974 Casper David Friedrich, 1974 Volk, 1975 Warsaw Pact, 1975 Schweitzer , 1975 Schweizer Mule with small state emblem reverse KM#57, 1976 Army 20th Anniversary, 1976 von Weber, 1977 Otto von Guericke, 1978 von Liebig, 1978 USSR/DDR Orbital Flight, 1979 Ludwig Feuerbach, 1980 von Sharnhorst, 1981 700th Anniversary of the Berlin Mint, 1981 25th Anniversary of the Army, 1981 Hegel SilverProof, 1982 Leipzig Gewandhaus Silver Proof, 1983 Workers Militia, 1983 Wagner Silver Proof, 1984 Brehm, 1985 Restoration of the Semper Opera in Dresden, 1985 Fascism, 1985 Humboldt University Silver Proof, 1986 Thalmann, 1986 Charite - Berlin Silver Proof, 1987 Berlin Theatre Silver Proof, 1988 40 Years of East German Sport, 1988 Ulrich von Hutten, 1989 40th Anniversary of the DDR, 1989 Schadow, 1989 Mutual Economic Aid, 1990 Fichte, 1990 International Labour Day UNC to FDC
Half Sovereign 1900 Marsh 495 Fine, housed in a 9 carat gold mount with 4 diamonds, on a 9 carat necklace total weight 9.65 grammes, in a presentation box
India and East India Company (141) 19th & 20th Cent. including silver. India (103) 1/2 Pice (8), 1/12 Anna (9), 1/4 Anna (17), Anna (12), 2 Annas (30), 1/4 Rupee (11), 1/2 Rupee (13), Rupee (3). East India Company (38) all 19th Cent. 1/2 Pice (4), 1/12 Anna (5),1/4 Anna (19), 1/2 Anna (1), 5 cash (1), 10 cash (1), 1/4 Rupee (1), plus from Straights Settlement Pie (1), 1/4 cent (1), 1/2 cent (1), cent (1) from circulation
Ireland in base metal, Halfcrowns (6.8 Kilos, will be around 100 coins), Florins (1.5 Kilos, will be around 125 coins), Shillings (1.3 Kilos, will be around 220 coins), Sixpences (2 Kilos, will be around 440 coins), Threepences (1.3 Kilos, will be around 400 coins), Pennies and Halfpennies (22.3 Kilos, will be around 2300 coins) in mixed circulated grades
IrelandProof Set 1928 (8 coins) Halfcrown to Farthing nFDC the bronze bright and lustrous, in the original green case of issue, this in reasonable condition
Isle of Man (20) Pennies 1839 (2), Halfpennies 1839 (5), Farthings 1839 (3) these in mixed grades to EF, and Pennies 1758 S.7411 (2) NVF and Fine pitted, Halfpenny 1758 S.7412 GVF and Pennies 1786 (2), Halfpennies (5) 1798 (3), 1813 (2) these Near Fine to NVF
Isle of Man £1 pieces (91) All 1978 in UNC condition with scarce 'AD' mint mark, in two Lindner trays, with spare unused tray attached with a mintage of just 3,750 and a book price of $7.50
Italy and related (4) Italy 20 Lire 1927R Year VI KM#69 GVF/NEF, Italian Somaliland Rupia 1915R KM#6 NVF, Eritrea Lira (2) 1890R KM#2 Fine, 1891 KM#2 Fine
New Zealand a comprehensive collection in album pages (232) Crown (1) 1949, Halfcrowns (23, includes 1940 Centennial A/UNC) Florins (29, missing only 1937, 1940, 1963), Shillings (32), Sixpences (38), Threepences (40), Pennies (39, missing only 1965), Halfpennies (30, missing only 1953 and 1955), in mixed grades some lustrous EF-UNC
Poland25 Kopeks, 50 Groszy 1846 NEF, Russia 5 Kopeks 1794EM GVF or better as part of a group of Russia (23) 18th to 20th Century in mixed grades includes some silver
South AfricaCrowns (10) 1948 (2), 1949 (2), 1951, 1952 (6) mostly EF-UNC, South Africa 5 Rand 2008 Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday (118) UNC, 5 Rand 1994 Presidential Inauguration A/UNC, South Africa Medals Three Centuries of Royalty a 16-medal set each medal depicting a different monarch, with Britannia on the reverse, each 20 grammes of .925 silverProof nFDC-FDC in the red box of issue with certificates
Switzerland (10) 20 Francs (4) 1972 Gertrud Kurz, 1993 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Paracelsus, 1995 Devils Bridge-Teufelsbrucke raised SilverProof, 2002 Expo '02 Silver Proof, 5 Francs (6) 1936 Confederation Armament Fund, 1939 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Laupen, 1939 Zurich Exposition, 1941 650th Anniversary of the Confederation (slabbed NGC MS66), 1944 500th Anniversary of the Battle of St.Jakob An Der Birs, 1981 500th Anniversary of the Stans Convention of 1481 Cupro-Nickel Proof UNC-FDC the last in the case of issue
USAMedal Trans-Mississippi Exposition 1898 34mm diameter in silver Obverse Bust left TRANS MISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION OMAHA 1898 below, Reverse An Indian on horseback, spearing a buffalo Exergue 1848 UNC and with an attractive and colourful tone
USA, Canada and Europe, USA and Canada (73), Iceland 1000 Kronur 1974 and 500 Kronur 1974 Silver issues UNC in the case of issue, Iceland 500 Kronur 1986 100th Anniversary of Icelandic Banknotes Silver Proof nFDC in the case of issue with certificate, Germany - Democratic Republic20 Marks to 1 Pfennig (46) 1949-1984 in mixed grades to UNC, Greece (17) 250 Drachmai (2) 1981 Javelin, 1982 Shot Putt, 100 Drachmai (2) 1981 Long Jump, 1982 Pole Vault, 30 Drachmai (2) 1964 Wedding, 1963 5 Kings, 5 Drachma 1876A, 2 Drachma 1873A, 1911, 1 Drachma 1874A, 1910 (2), 50 Lepta 1874A (2), 20 Lepta 1874A in mixed grades to UNC, Austria (25) 5 Schillings to 1 Groschen 1920s and 1930s issues includes some Commemoratives, in mixed grades to EF
World a varied group (50) India Dump coinage in silver (11) plus a further 4 items in silver (gilded) on a bracelet, these in mixed grades, Moroccocopper (8) in mixed grades, Israel 5 Lirot 1958 UNC, ParisMedal FLUTUAT NEC MERGITUR VILLE DE PARIS 64.71 grammes in silver by H.Delannoy issued 1954 to Mr.Svend EF, Sports Medal Oxford Cambridge Selva Gardena , Dolomites, Italy 1951 BOLZANO ENTE PROVINCIALE TURISMO Hexagonal EF, plus World an additional group (14) Hammered to 19th Century includes some silver, Jettons, a Temple Token and a fractional Cob in mixed grades, Paper Money GB £7.50 face and World (14) includes some pre World War II, in mixed grades
World an eclectic mix (7) Italian States - Lombardy-Venetia Quarter Lira 1822M C#4.2 Fine with some verdigris on the reverse, Austrian Netherlands Liard (Oord) 1750 KM#2 Fine, Austria Kreuzer 1794H Fine, New ZealandPenny Token Auckland Morrin&Co. Grocers, Wine and Spirit Merchants Fine, SpanishAmerica Fractional Cob approximately 20mm diameter undated, American M.E.Church Bazaar Token 24mm diameter in bronze undated Fine, plus a Fantasy Roman bronze unattributed piece Fine
World Trial pieces (14) Jamaica (3) Penny 1905, Halfpenny 1905 and Farthing 1904 all officially? centrally holed UNC, Uganda (7) Five Shillings 1972 (2), Blank Flans Five Shilling size (2), Uganda Two Shillings 1966 (2) UNC, plus accompanying blank flans (2) each with mint logo centrally on either side UNC, Canada Test Tokens (3) 25 Cents 1983 Charlton TT-25.9 in cupro-nickel with I in each field, milled edge (weight 5.05 grammes) UNC, 5 Cents 1983 English/French legends, Charlton TT-5.4 in Nickel-bonded Steel with NBS and 6.2 incuse in the fields (weight 4.05 grammes), plain edge, UNC, plus One CentCopper-Zinc undated, round, without beads (1979) French/English legends, as Charlton TT-1.4A (similar weight to the copper issue, 2.47 grammes) UNC, an unusual group, these as part of a World in an album (115) mostly later 20th century EF-UNC with some residue from poor storage
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