Netherlands Indies Ministry of Finance / Javasche Bank MUNTBILJET - Small Change State Notes 1919-20 (3) a scarce early denomination set of the very first issues of these notes consisting of the very seldom seen Queen Wilhelmina portrait issues (2) both with the variety with the left signatures and title in the printing plate including the 1 GuldenPick 100a dated Batavia, 28th November 1919 serial number EW 068268, a pleasing VF - GVF. Along with the 2 1/2 GuldenPick 101a dated Batavia, 20th January 1920 serial number JK 066587, presentable aVF to VF. Both printed by the American Banknote Company and displaying that characteristic design look for their printing style of that period, very similar to their other prints as some of the Dominion of Canada issues from the early 1900's. Both notes feature a large portrait of Queen Wilhelmina at the centre obverse and the Netherlands Coat of Arms at centre reverse. The 1 Gulden with a classic black/grey look on obverse with a blue reverse, and the 2 1/2 Gulden with a dark olive-green obverse and a brown reverse. The lot also includes a 1/2 Gulden Pick 102 dated Batavia January 1920 serial number FZ 13922, VG this note of the second issues now printed locally by Topographische Inrichting, Batavia (Jakarta). These small denomination notes were authorised for issue due to the short supply of metal after World War I with denominations below 5 Gulden until a series of Exclusive Rights were brought to an end in 1922, with De Javasche Bank Act, and the bank's capital was increased by 50% to 9 million gulden which resulted in the bank being prohibited from issuing notes of less than 5 gulden, and all banknote designs were to be officially published. The same metal issue also arose later during World War 2 in the 1940's and some small denominations were issued again along with the invasion of the Japanese forces who also introduced their own Gulden Occupation currency.
Netherland East Indies and related (34) Duit 1735 Crowned Holland Arms KM#70 Fine, Duits (3) Crowned Utrecht Arms 1742 KM#111.1 VF, 1746 KM#111.1 GVF, 1794 KM#111.1 Good Fine and bold, Duits (6) Crowned Arms of West Friesland 1750 KM#131 Fine, 1754 KM#131 Fine, 1780 KM#131 Fine, 1781 KM#131 Fine, 1787 KM#131 (2) both around Fine, one struck on a thin flan and with the date figures in mirror image, this possibly an interesting contemporary counterfeit, Duit Crowned Zeeland Arms (6) 1729 Legend around shield KM#150 Fine, 1735 KM#152.1 Good Fine, 1753 KM#152.2 Fine, 1791 KM#152.3 Near Fine/Fine, 1793 KM#152.3 Fine/Good Fine, 1794 KM#152.3 NVF, Half Duit 1758 Silver KM#112.1a Fine or slightly better, Half Duit s with Crowned Zeeland Arms (3) 1752 KM#72 VG, 1753 KM#'72 (2) VG and Fine, Half Duits with Crowned Utrecht Arms (3) 1755 KM#112.1 (3) Fine (2) and Good Fine, Duit 1790 26mm diameter considered to be a forgery minted in Utrecht in the 1840s, Good Fine and of excellent workmanship, Netherlands - Gelderland Duit 1756 Fine, Netherlands Batavian Republic (4) Half Stuiver 1825 KM#284.2 Fine/Near Fine, Duit 1808 (2) Good Fine and VF, Half Duit 1808 KM#75 Good Fine, Sumatra (4) Kepang 1804 KM#263 Good Fine, One Cent 1834V KM#290 Fine, 1835V KM#290 Near Fine/VG, 1839W KM#290 Near Fine, Java Duit 1810 French Administration LN on obverse KM#223 Fine
IranCentral Bank of the Islamic Republic 100 Rials (400) in 4 bundles of 100 notes in consecutive runs or made up of consecutive sets. Including 3 bundles Pick 140c ND 1985 - 2005 signatures Majid Ghassemi & Mohammad Djavad Iravani watermarked Coat of Arms, 2 bundles of which with matching last 3 digits of the serial numbers of each note. Along with a bundle Pick 140f ND 1985 - 2005 signatures Dr. Mohsen Noorbakhsh & Dr. Hossein Namazi variety with watermark Khomeini. Each note in purple on multi-coloured underprint and the obverse featuring a portrait of Ayatollah Moddaress at right, an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric, a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and one of the founding members of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab, he was killed while imprisoned in 1937. The reverse displaying the Parliament building in Tehran at left. Almost if not all notes in original fresh and crisp UNC and include a few Islamic lucky and holy numbers - 786 and 777
Iran Bank Markazi 200 Rials ND 1982-2005 (260) in 3 consecutively numbered bundles. The first bundle of 80 notes and Pick 136b signatures Majid Ghassemi & Mohammad Djavad Iravani and watermarked with Arms serial numbers 46/12 746221 through 46/12 746300. The second bundle of 80 notes Pick 136d signatures Dr. Mohsen Noorbakhsh & Dr. Hossein Namazi and watermarked Khomeini serial numbers 47/14 479101 through 47/14 479180. And the third bundle of 100 notes in an original bank wrapper also Pick 136d - serial numbers 47/14 778401 through 47/14 778500. All notes in aqua and blue-black on multi-coloured underprint featuring Mosque at centre on obverse and the reverse depicting a Field work illustration with Farmers in field. All crisp UNC
Captain Oliver Gordon MVO RN First World War trio (as Lieutenant, Star to Sub-Lieutenant) and Member of the Victoria Order, World War II (4) War Medal, Atlantic Star, Pacific Star and 1939-45 star, in box of issue with original ribbons, also military epaulettes, Captain Oliver Gordon was Captain of HMS Exeter, a heavy cruiser, during World War II during which she was sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea March 1 1942. The lot includes the Book `Fight It Out` written by Captain Gordon in 1957 describing the epic encounter against overwhelming odds during the battle in 1942. He was taken Prisoner of War along with the survivors by the Japanese after the ship was sunk in the battle. The lot also includes many Christmas Greetings received by Captain Gordon during his time as a POW. Between the two World Wars he served on the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert and the lot includes photographs of Captain Gordon, some with King George V and Queen Alexandra, also letters from Buckingham Palace one signed by King George VI, a restricted letter from Mountbatten of Burma, a letter from the Imperial War Museum, photographs of crew and ships, along with a copy of a newspaper cutting reporting Captain Gordon`s death. Also included is the paperwork details and letters relating to the Companion of the Order of the Bath, though this has been retained by Captain Gordon`s family
Straits Settlements (25) Dollar 1907 (2), 50 Cents (2) 1888 KM#13 VG with all major details clear, a key date, 1907, 20 Cents (5) 1883, 1890H, 1896, 1898, 1935, 10 Cents (2) 1895, 1901, Cents (12) 1845, 1862, 1874H, 1876 (2), 1877, 1883, 1887, 1888 (2), 1897, 1901, 1920, Half Cent 1872H, Java Tin Dump Coinage 1813, along with Hong Kong and Mauritius minors (20) 19th and 20th Century a few in silver in mixed circulated grades, along with a further group comprising Straits Settlements, Hong Kong, Borneo, Thailand and Malaya 19th and 20th Century (199), these in mixed grades with a few later coins lustrous
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