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Date Sold Category Lot Description Sale Price
06/09/2020 Auction 170
World Bulk Lots
Lot2588
A retired dealers ex-retail stock (40) mostly 19th and early 20th Century British Commonwealth silver minors, includes Straits Settlements (30), Sarawak (4), Canada (1), British Guiana (1), Ireland (1), Portugal , Switzerland (2), in mixed grades to EF, total retail ticket price £1000 an interesting and useful group
£440
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07/06/2020 Auction 169
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Lot2298
World a small group (9) Ceylon (2) Five Rupees 1957 2500 Years of Buddhism KM#126 GEF, Half Stiver 1815 KM#80 VF/GVF, British Guiana and West Indies 1891 (strangel y now unlisted by Krause, formerly KM#26) Lustrous UNC the reverse with some light toning, Hong Kong Five Cents 1904 KM#12 UNC/AU lustrous with light tone, Straits Settlements Ten Cents 1889 KM#11 Good Fine, Sarawak One Cent 1930H KM#18 UNC or near so with some minor spots, GB Third Farthing 1885 Peck 1937 Jamaica Farthings 1952 (2) KM#33 both lustrous UNC
£70
02/12/2019 Auction 167
World Banknotes
Lot1450
British Guiana Government 5 Dollars Pick 14b George VI at centre. A presentable VF with very Minor marginal nick not extending to design and this is an Incredibly Rare and sought after denomination with doubtfully many high grade survivors left
£420
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02/12/2019 Auction 167
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Lot1448
British Caribbean Territories & British Guiana George VI portrait issues (3) a charming collection of Scarce notes comprising a British Caribbean Territories Currency Board Eastern Group 5 Dollars Pick 3 Bradbury , Wilkinson & Co. print in green with reverse displaying Members of State's Coat of Arms/Seals and this in VF. Along with British Guiana Government 1 Dollars Pick 12c
£240
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02/12/2019 Auction 167
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Lot1449
British Caribbean Territories Currency Board Eastern Group 2 Dollars Pick 8c Bradbury , Wilkinson & Co. print in blue on multicolour underprint featuring a young crowned portrait of H.M. the Queen at right and a map scroll at lower left on obverse. The reverse displaying 4 Coat of Arms/Seals of member States - Leeward Islands, British Guiana , Windward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados . Watermarked H.M. the Queen bust facing right. A very fresh and crisp about UNC or near so with very Minor marginal stain at upper right but this not affecting this Extraordinar ily Rare note's appearance. These notes very seldom seen in higher grades
£190
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01/09/2019 Auction 166
World Coins
Lot1108
Essequibo and Demerary 2 Guilders 1816 KM#14 UNC or near so and a rare one-year type with a low mintage of just 15,000 pieces, our archive database shows that this is the first example we have offered in 16 years, lists at $1100 in UNC in the Krause catalogue. Note: The area was not ceded to the British by the Dutch until 1814, and the Three colonies of Essequibo, Demerary and Berbice were eventually unite d in the British Crown Colony of British Guiana in 1831
£1,100
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01/09/2019 Auction 166
World Coins
Lot1109
Essequibo and Demerary Half Guilder 1816 KM#12 EF/AU a rare one-year type, our archive database shows that we have only previously offered one example, that coin being way back in 2004. In the light of this, probably scarcer than catalogue values may suggest. Note: The area was not ceded to the British by the Dutch until 1814, and the Three colonies of Essequibo, Demerary and Berbice were eventually unite d in the British Crown Colony of British Guiana in 1831
£380
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01/09/2019 Auction 166
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Lot1111
Essequibo and Demerary Quarter Guilder 1816 KM#11 a rare one-year type, EF with some minor contact marks. Note: The area was not ceded to the British by the Dutch until 1814, and the Three colonies of Essequibo, Demerary and Berbice were eventually unite d in the British Crown Colony of British Guiana in 1831
£380
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01/09/2019 Auction 166
World Coins
Lot2665
British Guiana Fourpence 1921 KM#29 GEF/UNC and lustrous
£55
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03/06/2019 Auction 165
World Banknotes
Lot1217
Guiana (13) in mixed grades modern and colonial issues includes British Guiana 1 Dollar s (2) Pick 1b Pick 1c French Guiana 25 Francs Banque de la Guyana Pick 7 Pick 1e
£440
03/03/2019 Auction 164
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Lot1857
South America and Central America (37) includes Haiti , Brazil , Peru , Venezuela , Panama , Chile , British Guiana and Colombia , mostly 19th and 20th Century issues, includes some silver minors, in mixed grades, along with France 18th to 20th Century (166) mostly in base metal includes some silver minors, also Russia (21, one holed) 18th to 20th Century in base metal in mixed grades, with a further group of GB and Channel Islands the vast majority base metal issues () in mixed circulated grades
£180
18/03/2018 Auction 160
World Banknotes
Lot280
Commonwealth & World, Commonwealth collection in an album (163), Ceylon , East Africa n Currency Board, British West Africa , Southern Rhodesia , Rhodesia & Nyasaland , Rhodesia, Fiji , St. Helena, Falkland Islands , Solomon Islands , Seychelles , India , Burma , Straits Settlements , Malaya , Malaya & British Borneo , British Guiana , British Honduras , Belize , British Caribbean, Eastern Caribbean, Bahamas & Cayman Islands . Includes Straits Settlements 10 Dollars dated 1929, (Pick11a) Fine, 10 Dollars dated 1933, (Pick18a) Fine, British Guiana 5 Dollars dated 1942, (Pick13c) Fine, British Honduras 10 Dollars dated 1947, (Pick27a) about VF, British Caribbean 20 Dollars dated 1961, (Pick11b) Fine, Ceylon 100 Rupees dated 1945, (Pick38a) small edge tear, about VF, East African Currency Board 1 Florin date1920 (Pick8a) Fine, 100 Shilling s issued 1964, (Pick48a) Uncirculated, Southern Rhodesia 5 Pound s dated 1945, (Pick11b) Fine, Rhodesia & Nyasaland 5 Pounds dated 1961, (Pick22b) good Fine, and many more, a fabulous collection of King George V , VI and Queen Elizabeth II . Also two further albums (190+) of mostly Asia , some Africa and a few Bank of England , strength in French Indochina and Vietnam , including 100 Piastres dated 1919, (Pick39) Fine, 1 Piastre dated 1901, (Pick5) about Fine, a very rare opportunit y to acquire a wide variety of commonwealth notes and many others.
£28,000
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04/12/2017 Auction 159
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Lot1606
British Guiana 1 Dollar dated 1st January 1942 series J/6 02341, Toucan to left, portrait King George VI on reverse, Pick12c
£80
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09/09/2017 Auction 158
World Coins
Lot1042
British Guiana (Guyana ) 1/8 Guilder 1836 KM#22 stated by the vendor to be a Proof striking, GEF toned with a scuff on the obverse
£110
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05/06/2016 Auction 153
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Lot2381
Essequibo and Demerary (2) Guilder 1816 GVF, Quarter Guilder 1835 Fine, British Honduras One Cent (2) 1926 NEF, 1944 VF/NEF, Barbados (6) Penny 1788 Near Fine, Dollar 2012 UNC, 25 Cents 2011 UNC, 10 Cents 2012 UNC, 5 Cents 2012 UNC, 1 Cent 2012 UNC, St. Helena (2) Halfpenny 1821 GVF, 50 Pence 2002 Quincentenary Silver Proof nFDC in capsule, Trinidad and Tobago (2) 5 Cents 1976 UNC, One Cent 1976 UNC, Belize 25 Cents 1976 Fine, New Zealand Penny 1956 VF, Bahamas (2) modern Fantasy Crown 1808 UNC, 10 Cents 1987 EF, British Guiana and West Indies Fourpence 1894 GEF, British Guiana (4) 1 Guilder 1836 VG, Fourpence 1918 NVF, One Stiver Tokens (2) 1813, 1838 Fine and Good Fine, Bermuda (4) Penny 1793 Fine, Crown 1959 UNC, Crown 1964 Silver Proof, uncased, Ten Cents 1971 VF, Gibraltar (10) Two Quartos 1810 Good Fine, One Quarto (2) 1810 GEF, 1842 2 over 0 Good Fine, Crown 1967 UNC, Fifty Pence 2004 UNC, Ten Pence s (2) 1993, 2007 GEF, Two Pences 1995 (2) Lustrous UNC, Penny 2001 Lustrous UNC, British West Indies Anchor Coinage (3) Quarter Dollar 1822, One Eighth Dollar 1822, One Sixteenth Dollar 1822 Fine to VF, British Caribbean Territories (5) Ten Cents Model 1955 Silver Proof UNC and lustrous, 25 Cents 1955 Fine, 10 Cents 1955 Fine, Two Cents 1965 Lustrous UNC, Half Cent 1955 Lustrous UNC, East Caribbean States (4) 10 Cents 2002, 5 Cents 2002, 2 Cents 2002, 1 Cent 2002 Lustrous UNC, Jamaica (15) Farthing s (4) 1888, 1902, 1932, 1952 VF to GEF, Halfpennies (3) 1894 Fine, 1904 Fine, 1963 About UNC and lustrous, Pennies (4) 1894 About Fine, 1903 Fine, scratched in the obverse field, 1916H Fine, 1963 UNC with lustre, Dollar 1996 UNC, 25 Cents 1995 UNC, 10 Cents 1995 UNC, 1 Cent 1990 UNC, Egypt (5) 10 Qirsh AH1293/33 (1907) VF, 5 Piastres 1917H GF, 10 Milliemes 1917A/UNC, 1 Mil 1917H GEF, NAAFI token green VF, Palestine (12) 100 Mils 1935 GVF, 50 Mils 1935 EF toned, 10 Mils (2) 1939 GVF, 1942 NEF, the hole slightly off-centre, 5 Mils 1927 Fine, 2 Mils 1927 NEF with traces of lustre, 1 Mil (6) 1927 Fine, 1937 Fine, 1939 A/UNC and lustrous, 1940 Fine, 1941 VF, 1943 A/UNC and lustrous, Ionian Islands (2) 2 Lepta 1819 NF/VG, Lepton 1857 Good Fine, the reverse with some scratches, Cyprus Model 36 Piastres 1901 Edward VII a modern fantasy strike in gilt coloured alloy UNC, Cook Islands Two Dollars 1996 Olympic nation Park Silver Proof FDC uncased, Fiji (11) Two Shilling s (4) 1934 VF, 1935 Fine, 1942S VF, 1958 EF, Shillings (2) 1934 VF, 1942S NEF, Sixpence 1937 VF, Pennies (2) 1936 Edward VIII UNC, 1965 UNC, Halfpenny 1954 Toned UNC, New Guinea (2) Shilling 1945 VF, Penny 1936 Edward VIII Lustrous UNC, Solomon Islands Type set (8 coins) Two Dollars to One Cent 1996-2012 lustrous UNC, New Zealand Mint set 1965 UNC in the sheet of issue along with New Zealand (28) Penny Token s (3) Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland issues NF, Crowns (2) 1949 EF, 1953 UNC, Halfcrown s (3) 1934 NVF, 1940 GVF, 1950 Fine, Florin s (3) 1933 NEF, 1950 NF/F, 1965 Fine, Shillings (3) 1935 EF, 1937 NEF, 1950 Fine, Sixpences (4) 1933 VG, 1947 Fine, 1950 Fine, 1953 Good Fine, Threepence s (2) 1936 Fine, 1950 NF, Pennies (4) 1943, 1944, 1950, 1955 Fine to Good Fine, Halfpennies (4) 1941 VF, 1942 VF, 1945 VF, 1950 EF, Coronation Medal 1911in white metal VF pierced for suspension, Banknote Gibraltar One Pound 1988 issue UNC
£650
05/06/2016 Auction 153
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Lot1273
Essequibo and Demerary (9) Guilder (2) 1816, 1835, Half Guilder (2) 1832, 1835, Quarter Guilder (2) 1832, 1833, 1/8th Guilder 1835 5 over 3 over 2, 1836, One Stiver 1813, Half Stiver 1813, British Guiana (6) Guilder 1836, Half Guilder 1836, Quarter Guilder 1836, 1/8th Guilder 1836, One Stiver Tokens 1838 (2), Guyana - British Guiana and West Indies Four Pence (9) 1891, 1894, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1916, British Guiana Four Pence (14) 1917, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1931, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, in mixed grades to VF generally in line with age
£320
05/06/2016 Auction 153
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Lot1272
Essequibo and Demerary (6) One Guilder 1809, Half Guilder (2) 1809, 1816, Quarter Guilder (2) 1816, 1835, One Eighth Guilder 1832, British Guiana an West Indies Four Pence (3) 1891, 1910, 1911, British Guiana Four Pence (5) 1925, 1935, 1936, 1943, 1944, in mixed grades, some of the West Indies coins VF to EF
£180
06/12/2015 Auction 151
World Banknotes
Lot202
British Guiana $1 dated 1st January 1942 series G/3 01389, KGVI portrait on reverse, Pick12c, Fine
£50
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07/09/2014 Auction 146
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Lot334
British Guiana $1 dated 1st January 1942 series H/1 40388, KGVI portrait on reverse, Pick12c, GEF and scarce high grade
£360
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07/09/2014 Auction 146
World Coins
Lot1091
British Guiana Four Pence 1891 formerly KM#26 (curiously now unlisted) UNC with a superb and colourful tone, Ceylon Half Stuiver 1815 KM#80GEF toned
£85
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02/03/2013 Auction 140
World Banknotes
Lot766
World in an album Bahamas (including George VI issues) Trinidad and Tobago (including pre war issues), British Guiana , Canada , East Caribbean, Hong Kong (including George V), Isle of Man , Malta , St Helena and USA mixed grades
£950
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02/03/2013 Auction 140
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Lot419
British Guiana $5 dated 1st January 1942 series B/5 60939, Pick14b KGVI on reverse, about VF
£650
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02/03/2013 Auction 140
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Lot420
British Guiana $5 dated 2nd January 1920 series No.287924, The Royal Bank of Canada , Picks136, good Fine and rare
£600
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02/03/2013 Auction 140
World Banknotes
Lot417
British Guiana $1 dated 1st January 1929 red serial number variety D/4 64267, KGV on reverse, Pick6
£440
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02/03/2013 Auction 140
World Banknotes
Lot416
British Guiana $1 dated 1st January 1920 series B/3 21247, Pick1A
£340
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02/03/2013 Auction 140
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Lot761
World banknotes (29) includes scarcer types British Guiana $1 1942, Trinidad $2 1939, Burma KGVI , Martinique 100 Francs , Straits Settlements $1 1935 aVF, Tennessee $10 1856, France 50 francs 1929, worth viewing, average Fine to VF some better
£320
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02/03/2013 Auction 140
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Lot418
British Guiana $1 dated 1st January 1942 series J/6 37354, KGVI on reverse, Pick12c, almost EF
£150
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02/12/2012 Auction 139
World Bulk Lots
Lot2646
Commonwealth countries (39) 1863-1961 includes Australia (6), Malaya (7), Straits Settlements (2), Cyprus (4), Hong Kong (7), Ceylon (7), North Borneo (1), Sarawak (2), New Guinea (1), Jamaica (1), British Guiana (1) with some silver issues, a high grade group VF to UNC many with lustre
£240
02/12/2012 Auction 139
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Lot2733
World (12) Straits Settlements (3) 10 Cents (2) 1917 EF, 1918 NEF/EF, Quarter Cent 1872H VF, Sarawak Cent 1888 Fine, British North Borneo 2 1/2 Cent 1903H GVF, British Guiana Four Pence 1942 AU/UNC, Southern Rhodesia (6) Halfcrown s 1952 (2) GVF and GF, Florin 1944 GF, Pennies 1954 NEF and GVF (2), Halfpenny 1954 GVF
£110
04/06/2012 Auction 137
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Lot2383
World (36) comprising Canada (3) 10 Cents EF/UNC toned some spots, 5 Cents (2) 1902H NEF, 1922 A/UNC, Australia Sixpence 1914 VG, Malaya (2) 20 Cents 1939 A/UNC toned, 10 Cents 1939 GEF, New Guinea (4) Shilling s (3) 1936 EF, 1938 A/UNC, 1945 NEF, Threepence 1944 EF, Essequibo and Demerary Stiver 1813 Fine, Hong Kong Mil 1866 NEF, Sarawak (3) 20 Cents 1927 GF, Cent 1880 NVF, Half Cent 1933H EF, British Honduras (7) 25 Cents (2) 1906 VG, 1907 VG, 5 Cents 1907 VG, 1909 Fine, 1 Cent (3) 1888 Fine, 1945 Fine, 1951 VF, British Guiana and West Indies Fourpence 1894 NF/F, British Guiana Fourpences (3) 1917 VG, 1926 NVF, 1944 F, Fiji (9) Two Shillings (3) 1934 (2) VG and Fine, 1943 VF, Shillings (3) 1935 F, 1941 VG, 1942 GF, Sixpences (3) 1934 GVF, 1936 VG, 1942 Fine, Mombasa Pice 1888 Fine
£190
06/06/2011 Auction 133
World Coins
Lot1535
British Guiana Four Pence 1891 CGS variety 1 KM#26 CGS UNC 82
£55
06/06/2011 Auction 133
World Coins
Lot1283
British Guiana (Guyana ) Token Coinage Stiver 1838 KM#Tn2 Fine
£15
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03/07/2010 Auction 128
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Lot2178
Switzerland (2) 10 Rappen 1919 UNC nicely toned, 50 Francs 1986 Silver Proof FDC, South Africa Florin 1925 Fine, British Guiana Four Pence 1923 NEF, Austria 2 Schilling 1932 Haydn GF, Germany 3 Reichsmarks 1927A 400th Anniversary of the Philips University VF cleaned, Danzig 2 Gulden 1932 Fine, Norway (2) 10 Ore 1909 Lustrous UNC, 25 Ore 1911 Fine, Netherlands (3) 25 Cents (2) 1912 A/UNC with a scratch on the portrait, 1925 Lustrous EF, 2 1/2 Cents 1883 VF
£360
09/06/2009 Auction 126
English Bulk Lots
Lot1892
Shilling s (14) 1939E, 1940E (2), 1942E, 1942S (2), 1945S (5), 1946E (3), Canadian Bank Token s (7), Staffordshire One Penny Token 1811, Hull Halfpenny Token 1791, Birmingham Cocoa Tavern Co. Penny Token undated , British Guiana One Stiver 1838 Holed, Brazil 10 Reis 1786 with countermark in mixed grades VG-GVF
£48
01/12/2007 Auction 119
World Bulk Lots
Lot1474
Canada 50 Cents 1940, France 50 Francs 1950, British Guiana Fourpence 1939 all Fine
£80
02/09/2007 Auction 118
World Banknotes
Lot433
World accumulation (19) includes older Colonial issues, Gibraltar 10/- 1958, £1 dated 1938, 1965, & 1988 (3) Malta , QE2 £1 and 10/- British Guiana $1
£95
02/09/2007 Auction 118
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Lot2521
British Guiana (3) One Stiver 1813 VF, Half Stiver 1813 GVF, Essequibo and Demerary 1/8 Guilder 1835 5 over 1 NVF
£45
03/09/2006 Auction 114
World Banknotes
Lot191
British Guiana Colonial & Funded Secu rity note for 1 Joe of 22 guilders B1 Pick B1 , unissued watermarked paper with counterfoil , paper is toned, a few pi
£120
29/02/2004 Auction 104
World Bulk Lots
Lot1166
British Guiana Half Gulder 1836 Fine, British West Indies $1/8 1822 the rarer 2 over 1 variety Good Fine, Hong Kong 50c 1890 Fine, Ireland 2s 1928 VF,
£110
31/03/2003 Auction 101
World Bulk Lots
Lot860
Bolivia 8 Sols 1845 VF, British Guiana Guilder 1836 Fine, GEA 1/4 Rupia 1891 VF edge nick, GB 6d 1910 gEF, Norway 50 Ore 1891 Fine, Russia R
£100
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