Afghanistan 10,000 Afghanis Gold 1978 World Conservation Series Obverse: National Arms of Afghanistan, Reverse: Marco Polo Sheep KM#982, Weight 33.43 grammes. UNC and almost fully lustrous, the obverse with the odd small fleck of toning, comes in the capsule, no certificate. Very Rare with a mintage of just 694 pieces, this being one of the lowest mintages in the entire Conservation series
Australia (2) Shilling 1910 KM#20 NVF/VF toned, Sixpence 1910 KM#19 About EF/EF, comes with an old ticket showing the purchase price of $30 in July 1976
AustraliaFlorin 1914 KM#27 VF/GVF (6 pearls bold, the remaining two visible) with a tone spot on the reverse, comes with old ticket showing purchase date of March 1976
AustraliaFlorin 1931 KM#27 EF/GEF with an edge nick and minor traces of lamination on the obverse, a well struck obverse with all 8 pearls visible on the crown band, comes with an old ticket from 1975 showing a purchase price of $8.50
AustraliaFlorin 1932 KM#27 NVF overall with some wear to the centre of the crown band, 6 pearls visible, a collectable example of the key date in the series, comes with an old ticket showing a purchase price of $100 in 1977
AustraliaFlorins (2) 1910 KM#21 Fine/NVF, 1917M KM#27 GVF/VF with obverse with a thin scratch and some contact marks, the second with an old ticket showing a price of $2.50 in 1971
AustraliaHalfpenny 1854 Melbourne, Victoria, James Nokes, Grocer, Reverse: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LANDING OF SIR CHARLES HOTHAM 22nd JUNE 1854 KM#Tn185 signs of old light cleaning, now almost fully retoned VF
AustraliaPenny Token 1857 Sydney, Hanks & Lloyd, 1mm space between LL of LLOYD, KM#Tn85.3 VF with an edge nick and some light surface deposit, the scarcest of the three types for this date
AustraliaPenny Token 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Hide & De Carle Obverse: Crowned Lion at centre, Reverse: Seated Justice KM#Tn104 VF with some edge nicks
AustraliaPenny Token H.J.Marsh & Brother Hobart, Tasmania, undated, Obverse: I of IRONMONGERS above bottom of J of H.J. Reverse: Tools, with spade handle to right KM#Tn158.1, Near Fine, Very Rare, by far the rarest of the three types recorded, Krause lists at $350 in VG.
AustraliaPenny Token undated, Melbourne, Victoria, J. McFarlane Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Reverse: Standing Peace, with lion and sheep PEACE AND PLENTY KM#Tn164 GF/NVF the obverse with some light surface deposit
AustraliaPenny Tokens (3) 1855 Hobart, Tasmania, W.D. Wood, Wine & Spirit Merchant, Reverse: Building with HOBART TOWN above and date in exergue below, KM#Tn275 About Fine, undated Hobart, Tasmania W.D. Wood Reverse: Building MONTPELIER RETREAT INN above, W.D WOOD below, KM#Tn274 Fine, undated, Hobart, Tasmania William Jarvey, Pawnbroker, KM#137.3 Fair
AustraliaPenny Tokens (3) 1857 Melbourne, Victoria, Hide & De Carle, Obverse: Crowned Lion at centre, Reverse: Seated Justice, KM#Tn104 Fine with some edge nicks, 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Hide & De Carle, Obverse: Crowned Lion at centre, Reverse: Seated Justice, Close, large date, KM#Tn104, VF, 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Hide & De Carle, Obverse: Crowned Lion at centre, Reverse: Seated Justice, wider, small date, KM#Tn104 VF, Halfpenny 1857 Melbourne, Victoria, Hide & De Carle, Obverse: Crowned Lion at centre, Reverse: Seated Justice KM#Tn103NVF/VF with an edge bruise
AustraliaPenny Tokens (3) 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Peace and Plenty KM#Tn285.1 Good Fine, 1857 Melbourne, Victoria, Robert Hyde & Co., General Marine Store, KM#Tn133 About Fine with some surface marks, 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Hide & De Carle, Obverse: Crowned Lion at centre, Reverse: Justice seated, KM#Tn104 NVF
AustraliaPenny Tokens (4) 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, T.Stokes, Reverse: Grapevine, with legend: LETTER CUTTER, BUTTON CHECK & TOKEN MAKER KM#Tn224 Good Fine, 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, T. Stokes, Reverse: Grapevine, with legend: LETTER CUTTER, SEAL ENGRAVER. TOKEN MAKER Fine, cleaned, 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, T. Stokes, Obverse: Arms with supporters, Reverse: Grapevine (Note: Mule) KM#Tn236.1 Good Fine/Fine with some flan flaws on the reverse, 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Peace and Plenty KM#285.1 Good Fine
AustraliaPenny Tokens (5) 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, T.Stokes, Obverse: Rising Sun behind Emu, Reverse: Grapevine, KM#Tn236.2 Fine, 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, T. Stokes, Obverse: Arms with supporters, Reverse: Grapevine, (Note: Mule) KM#Tn236.1, Fine with some weak areas, 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, T. Stokes, Obverse: Legend above Wheatsheaf, Reverse: Grapevine KM#Tn237 Fine/Good Fine, Morpeth, New South Wales, James Campbell, General Stores Obverse: Legend, Reverse: Standing Justice KM#Tn33 Fine with some scratches, 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, Robison Bros & Co. Obverse: Emu with rising sun behind. KM#Tn203 VF with some surface verdigris, Rare
AustraliaPenny Tokens (5) undated, Sydney, Advance Australia KM#Tn293/294 wear in the key area prevents exact attribution, Fair, Rare, 1855 Sydney, A. Toogood, Merchant, Reverse: Seated Justice, KM#Tn256 (2) NVF with an edge nick , and Good Fine, 1856 Sydney, Hanks & Lloyd, Opening of the Sydney Railway KM#Tn84 About Fine, undated, Sydney, Iredale & Co. Reverse: Justice Standing KM#Tn135 Fine
AustraliaShilling 1935 KM#26 UNC and lustrous with all the diamonds and pearls sharp on the crown band. Very minor contact marks and a small amount of cabinet friction barely detract, a most attractive piece, comes with old ticket stating 'Monarch sale 4th Sept 76
AustraliaShillings (2) 1924 KM#26 Fine/Good Fine, comes with old ticket stating 'Monarch sale 4th Sept 76', 1934 KM#26 Near Fine/Fine, comes with old ticket with purchase price $30 in Jan 1977
AustraliaSovereign 1860 Sydney Branch Mint Marsh 365 VF/GVF with some light contact marks, all the Sydney Branch Mint gold is hard to find in grades VF and better
AustraliaSovereign 1867 Sydney Branch Mint Marsh 372 GVF/EF a little weakly struck on the Queen's hair, with some contact marks, retaining some mint lustre, all the Sydney Branch mint gold difficult to find in grades above VF
Australia Tokens (3) Pennies (2) 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Peace and Plenty KM#285.1 Good Fine, 1859 Melbourne, Victoria, G. & W.H. Rocke, Furniture Importers KM#Tn206 Good Fine, Halfpenny 1854 Melbourne, Victoria, T.W. Thomas & Co. Grocers, Reverse: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LANDING OF SIR CHARLES HOTHAM 22nd JUNE 1854 KM#Tn248 NVF
Australia Tokens (3) Pennies (2) Sydney, Hanks & Lloyd, 0.5mm space between LL of LLOYD, KM#Tn#84 Good Fine with some heavy contact marks, 1857 Hanks & Company, Peace and Plenty KM#Tn 81 Good Fine with some thin scratches and tone spots, Halfpenny 1857 Hanks & Company, Peace and Plenty KM#Tn80 NVF
Australia Tokens (4) Pennies (2) 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, Jno. Andrew & Co. Drapers, KM#Tn15 NVF, 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, J.Hosie, The Scotch Pie Shop, M of MAKER above AS of EAST KM#121.1 Fine with some surface pitting and light deposit, Halfpennies (2) 1851 Melbourne, Victoria, W.J.Taylor KM#Tn244 die axis upright Fine, 1851 Melbourne, Victoria, W.J.Taylor KM#Tn244 die axis inverted Fine
Australia Tokens (4) Pennies (3) 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Peace and Plenty KM#285.1 Fine, 1857 Melbourne, Victoria, Robert Hyde & Co. General Marine Store, KM#Tn133 Fine, 1861 Melbourne, Victoria, Robert Hyde & Co. General Marine Store, KM#Tn133 Fine, Halfpenny T.W. Thomas & Co. Grocers, Reverse: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LANDING OF SIR CHARLES HOTHAM 22nd JUNE 1854 KM#Tn248 Fine
Australia Tokens (4) Pennies (3) undated, Melbourne, Victoria, E. De Carle & Co. Obverse: Legend, Reverse: Britannia seated left, KM#Tn54 Fine, 1857 Melbourne, Victoria, Hide & De Carle Obverse: Crowned Lion at centre, Reverse: Seated Justice KM#Tn104 Good Fine with some edge nicks, 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Hide & De Carle Obverse: Crowned Lion at centre, Reverse: Seated Justice KM#Tn104 Good Fine, Halfpenny 1857 Melbourne, Victoria, Hide & De Carle Obverse: Crowned Lion in centre, Reverse: Seated Justice KM#Tn103 NVF/VF
Australia Tokens, Pennies (2) Sydney, New South Wales and Brisbane, Queenslandundated, Flavelle Bros. & Co, Obverse Legend and Denomination, Reverse: Kangaroo and Emu, Thick foliage behind Kangaroo's tail; KM#Tn69.1 Good Fine with some surface deposit, London, England - Professor Holloway 1858 8 over 7 KM#Tn278.1 Good Fine, Halfpenny - London, England Professor Holloway 1858 KM#277.1 Fine
AustriaThalerundated (1522-1564) Obverse: Crowned Half length bust right, holding sceptre and sword, FERDI . D:G. RO. VNG. BOE. DAL. CRO. Z. REX , Reverse: Double-Headed Imperial eagle and shield INF. HISPA. ARCHIDVX. DVX. BVRG, Hall Mint, Davenport 8026, NEF the reverse with some light porosity in places, an eye-catching example of early European roller-press coinage
Austrian Netherlands Souverain d'Or 1750 Bruges Mint KM#11 EF with some old scuffs and a flan flaw, struck on a wavy flan, nevertheless a very high grade example and rare thus
Bahrain Ten Dinars Gold AH1404 (1983) Opening of Hamad Town X#3 Gold Proof, with the odd tiny hairline otherwise FDC retaining full mint brilliance and frosting
British West Africa One Tenth Penny 1936 Edward VIII KM#14 with mis-shapen hole and some additional incuse lettering on the obverse, with much of the reverse legend malformed, the mintmark not visible due to poor striking in this area, EF, comes with a normal 1936KN Edward VIII KM#14 coin for comparison this UNC
British West AfricaShilling 1952 Trial in Chromed Steel, Obverse with TRIAL written vertically behind the bust, Reverse with TRIAL written vertically in the right field KM#TS1, FT 327 EF with some surface corrosion, Edge mostly Plain with some file marks, Rare. Note: these pieces were made by the Royal Mint in the late 1960s as experimental pieces using old dies.
British West AfricaShilling 1952 Trial in Thin Stainless Steel, Obverse with TRIAL in a vertical curved line in front of the bust, Reverse with TRIAL written horizontally above the date, KM#TS1, FT 326, Edge mostly Plain with some file marks, EF with some light surface corrosion, Rare. Note: these pieces were made by the Royal Mint in the late 1960s as experimental pieces using old dies.
British West IndiesQuarter Dollar 1822 2 over 1, Anchor Money KM#3 GVF or better with a pleasing gold tone, the reverse with touches of blue, green and magenta
CanadaOne Dollar 1947 Pointed 7 in date, KM#37 in an NGC holder and graded MS63+, one of the key date/variety combinations in the series and seldom seen
Ceylon (Anonymous) (c960-1024) gold Pala (Quarter-Kahavanu) Obv: A standing figure holding an adahanda, an open lotus, Reverse: A stylised form of Lakshmi in Davanagiri ,13mm diameter, 1.07g, VF
CeylonQuarter Cent 1891 Proof KM#90 in an NGC holder and graded PF64 RB, Proofs of this series are seldom offered, we note that NGC have only graded 4 examples
Chad 3000 Francs 2019 Egyptian Relics - Sphinx of Hatshepsut .999 Silver 5oz. 40mm diameter and 11mm thick, the obverse with an unusual incuse design UC#211, A/UNC with some contact marks
Chile8 Escudos Gold 1851LA Santiago Mint, the I of CHILE struck over a lower I, KM#105 MES DE FEBRERO on edge denoting the month of issue, EF and lustrous, a most pleasing piece, this issue seldom offered
Chile Gold Escudo 1842 IJ Santiago Mint, KM#101.1 Fine with two small flan flaws on the reverse, on the L of REPUBLICA and the I of CHILE, Rare with only 5076 issued
Egypt500 Piastres Gold AH1340 (1922) Proof KM#342, an impressive 42.50 grammes issue, with a gentle edge bruise at 1 o'clock and minor hairlines, nFDC retaining around 90% original mint brilliance, an imposing large Gold King Fuad I Royal Mint issue, only 1800 currency issues were minted, the Proof items with no mintage figure stated by Krause and offered far less frequently than the currency issues.
Egypt500 Piastres Gold AH1357 (1938) Proof, Royal Wedding of King Farouk and Safinaz Zulficar, (Queen Farida) KM#373, an impressive 42.50 grammes issue, nFDC retaining around 90% original mint brilliance, an imposing large Royal Mint issue
France40 Francs Gold 1830A Incuse edge letters KM#721.1 About VF/GVF, six dates are minted in this series, of which two are extremely rare, one of the less common Gold 40 Franc types
France Gold Salut d'Or Henry VI (1422-1461) Friedberg 301 Good Fine with surface marks and a small flan crack between 2 and 3 o'clock where light shows through the coin
France Ten Centimes 1848 Pattern in bronze as KM#PnA47 (listed as struck in Billon by Krause) with small 10 CENTS but with small date below the wreath ribbons, 10.48 grammes, UNC and attractively toned
German East Africa15 Rupien Gold 1916T Right Arabesque ends below the T of OSTAFRIKA KM#16.1 UNC and very rare in this high grade, this coin considerably superior to the other example graded NGC MS62 listed in this sale
Germany - Weimar Republic Three Marks 1929D KM#63 10th Anniversary of the Weimar Constitution UNC or near so and lustrous with a small tone spot near the obverse rim
GermanyMedal 750th Anniversary of Ansbach 1221-1971 25mm diameter, 9.85 grammes of .986 gold, UNC or very near so with prooflike fields, and a tone spot on the reverse
Gold CoastHalf Ackey 1818 KM#8 NVF toned, Ex-London Coins Auction A162 September 2018, Lot 1207, hammer price £420, we note this is only the second example we have offered in 15 years, the previous piece being in Auction A153 5/6/2016 which was described as 'Good Fine and bold' and realised £300, this a very pleasing example of this scarce and desirable issue
GuernseyFive Pounds 2001 100th Anniversary of the End of the Victorian Era KM#106b Gold Proof nFDC retaining almost full mint brilliance, uncased in capsule, no certificate
India - Bengal Presidency Gold Quarter Mohur AH1204/19, with oblique edge milling KM#100 UNC or near so, lustrous and choice, very seldom seen in this high grade
India - Gangas of Talakad Gold Pagoda (1100-1327) Obverse: Elephant standing right, Reverse: A floral scroll, Friedberg 288, in an NGC holder and graded UNC Details - Rev rim filed
IndiaRupee 1877 CalcuttaProof KM#492 in an NGC holder and graded PF60, Proofs of this series are seldom offered, we note that NGC have only graded 4 examples
IrelandHalfcrownCharles IInchquin MoneyS.6533 with 9dwt. 16gr. Countermark, Issue of 1642, Type 2, with thick lettering and wire line inside beaded border, struck on an irregular hexagonal flan , weight 11.31 grammes, overall VF with most of the design struck clearly, extremely rare and keenly sought after in any grade
Ireland Six ShillingBank Token 1804 Obverse with top leaf pointing to the upright of the E of DEI S.6615 NVF with some hairlines, the reverse with a series of scratches to the right of the harp
Italian States - MilanTestoneundated, Ludovica Maria Sforza (1494-1499) Obverse Bust right just breaks inner circle, LUDOVICVS. MS F ANGLVS . DVX. MIL, Reverse: Crowned Coat of Arms PP. ANGLE. Q3. CO. AC. IANVE. D. 7C, 9.63 grammes, NEF and attractively toned
Italian States - Naples Six Ducati Gold 1776 BP/C-CC, variety with FERDIиAи legend, KM#176 GVF/EF and lustrous with a small edge nick and very light adjustment lines, a very attractive and eye-catching example
Italian States - VeniceDucato undated Marcantonio Giustinian (1684-1685) A.D. in exergue KM#381, Davenport 4277 EF with some lustrous and with some colourful toning in the legends, one edge nick and a small edge crack barely detract
Italian States - Venice Gold Zecchino Tomaso Mocenigo (1414-1423), 3.36 grammes NEF with a small flan flaw, the edge with very slight flattening in places
Italian States - Venice Lira Nicolo Tron undated (1471-1473) Obverse: Bust of Doge left TRONVS. DVX. NICOLAVS, Reverse: Lion within inner circle MARCVS SANCTVS, 6.45 grammes, Biaggi#2901, Paolucci 2, NVF/Good Fine
Italian States - Venice Osella undated Giovanni Corner I (Year IIII-1628) Obverse St. Mark standing left, presenting staff, S.M.VEN. IOA. CORNEL. DVX, with G.C in exergue, Reverse: Doge Kneeling receiving in front of altar, FLORES APPARVER. IN. TERRA NOSTRA, 38mm diameter, 9.48 grammes, VF and pleasing
Italy 50 Lire Gold 1911R 50th Anniversary of the Kingdom UNC or near so and lustrous with some contact marks, a very pleasing example of this commemorative issue, our archive database stretching back to 2003 shows that this is the first we have offered
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