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
Netherlands (3) 2 1/2 Cents (2) 1877 KM#108.1 UNC with traces of lustre and a small tone spot, 1884 KM#108.1 UNC with traces of lustre and minor cabinet friction, 1 Cent 1823 KM#47 A/UNC with a stain either side
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
Malaya and British North Borneo1 Cent 1962 VIP Proof KM#6 nFDC with a spot in the reverse field, otherwise retaining almost full brilliance, only 25 struck, Extremely Rare, the first we have offered, we note also there are no examples recorded on the Heritage archive database, lists at $2500 and $3000 in Proof 63 and 65 respectively
BritishHonduras1 Cent 1885 KM#6 UNC with around 80% lustre, in a PCGS holder and graded MS64 RB, very rare and almost never encountered in this high grade, at the time of writing, the PCGS Population Report shows only 5 coins graded of which this is the finest
Hong Kong1 Cent (2) 1901H KM#4.3 UNC and nicely toned, the reverse with traces of lustre, 1904H KM#11 UNC with around 70% lustre, the obverse with some small spots
East Africa1 Cent 1930 VIP Proof/Proof of record, KM#22 nFDC retaining much original lustre, only two examples recorded in the Heritage auction archive, these both from the Professor Wayne Newton Palmer collection as far back as 2004
East Africa1 Cent 1950 VIP Proof/Proof of record, KM#32 nFDC with some red toning, retaining much original lustre, we note Heritage record no example in their archive
East Africa1 Cent 1955 VIP Proof/Proof of record, KM#35 nFDC retaining almost full mint brilliance, we note Heritage record no examples in their auction archive
East Africa1 Cent 1954 VIP Proof/Proof of record, KM#35 nFDC a few flecks of minor tone, otherwise retaining full mint brilliance, we note Heritage have recorded two example in their archive, these being in 2004 and 2012, the latter realisation showing a four-fold increase
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