FrenchColonial Pacific Territories & Indo-China 1930's to modern issues (12) in diverse grades from Fine-VF to about UNC - UNC. Comprising French Indo-China (6) consisting of 1 Franc red value numeral ND 1932-1949 (2) in 2 different varieties Pick 54e serial T.10344 186 text on reverse in New Lao and no dot under O in MOT and the Pick 54c serial K.7918 704 signatures Minost & Laurent and text on reverse in Old Lao. 5 FrancsPick 55c ND 1936-1939 serial P.2589 971 signatures Minost & Laurent, value numeral in recessed white space and red text at upper right on reverse in Old Lao. Gouvernement General de l'Indochine 5 Cents World War II period issue Pick 88a ND 1942 variety with single letter suffix serial number 428524 M. Institut d'Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam (VIET-NAM) 1 Piastre/Dong Pick 104a ND 1953 series A30985774. Also French Pacific Territories (7) consisting of 500 Francs ND 1990 - 2012 (4) with different varieties including Pick 1c signatures Pouillieute, Ferman & Audren series B.007 80523 and old counterfeit clause on reverse reads "L'Article 139…". Pick 1e signatures Soverino, Redouin & Cornaille series W.012 38431. Pick 1h signatures SCWPM type 13 series W.012 38431. And Pick 1e signatures Soverino, Redouin & Cornaille series X.010 75303. 1000 Francs ND 1992 - 2013 Pick 2m signatures Seze, Noyer, La Cognata. And the 500 Francs Pick 5a ND 2014 series 099871 F5.
China 10 Yuan a 2-coin set 1998 100th Birthday of Zhou Enlai KM#1151 and KM#1152 Silver Proofs FDC in the box of issue with certificate, China 5 Yuan a 2-coin set comprising 5 Yuan 1995 Panda KM#731 UNC and 5 Yuan 1993 Copper, Reverse: 2 Pandas KM#469 Lustrous UNC, in the box of issue with certificate, China Medal (2) Pacific Insurance Co.Ltd 1996 Silver One Ounce, Lustrous UNC in the box of issue with certificate, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank 1998 Silver Proof One Ounce FDC in the box of issue with certificate. China Medals a 5-piece set BeijingOlympics 2008 each 40mm diameter in silver plated copper and each depicting a different coloured Olympic mascot, Prooflike UNC in the box of issue
Japan Kyoto Undated (c.1580) Nan Ryo SilverOban 94mm x 150mm from the Kyoto Goto Family Mint masters, 162 grammes, a fantasy piece believed to have been struck at a later date . EF, Ex-Pacific Coast Auction Galleries, Gillio Coins Asia) Ltd. Hong Kong Coin show 1989, Auction Lot 884, Sold as seen.
World mostly mid 1900's to modern (398) in various grades VG - EF including many and different issues and a few higher denominations. A few interesting and eye catching notes include an early 1923 Dominion of Canada25 CentsPick 11b. United StatesTreasury and Silver Certificates from 1934-35 and 1953. Isle of Man John W. Paul and Dawson issues. Reserve Bank of Rhodesia 1978 issues. Various issues from the East Caribbean, FrenchPacific Territories, Gibraltar, Spain including the 1957 'Reyes Catolicos' 1000 Pesetas, Portugal including a few issues with star at the end of the serial numbers (possible replacements), Middle East, Trinidad & Tobago, France, Germany and others
World mostly mid 1900's to modern (669) a collection in album pages in various grades VG to about UNC - UNC including a wide selection of issuers in different denominations some of which very high along with some World War 2 Allied Occupation and Japanese Occupation Currency. Includes a rare MauritiusReplacement10 RupeesPick 35 with serial number Z/1 140626. Malta scarce QE2 portrait issues such as the 1 PoundPick 26a from 1949 series A/2 205923 and the 10 Shillings Pick 28a from 1967. Denmark 10 KronerPick 36 from 1944. Cyprus 250 Mils Pick 41c dated 1st September 1979. Jamaica QE2 portrait 10 Shillings Pick 51Bd from 1964 signed R.T.P. Hall titled Governor. Trinidad and Tobago 1964 QE2 portrait issues. Rhodesia 1979 issue 1 and 2 Dollars. Gambia 25 DalasisPick11b and 10 Dalasis Pick 6c. Different and interesting issues from France, FrenchAfrica and the Pacific. Also some of the 1979 Sri Lanka 'fauna and flora' issues. An interesting and vast collection
Resolution and Adventure Medal 1772 43mm diameter off-metal in brass, by Matthew Boulton, John Fothergill and John Westwood (Westwood not credited on the medal) Eimer 744a type a identified by the die flaw in the left of the exergue. Obverse: Bust right laureate GEORGE. III. KING. OF. GR. BRITAIN. FRANCE. AND. IRELAND. ETC. Reverse: Two ships at sea RESOLVTION ADVENTURE, Exergue: SAILED. FROM. ENGLAND MARCH. MDCCCLXXII , Fine or better and bold, missing the swivel mount as originally issued. Examples of the medal were distributed to the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands during the second voyage of mariner and explorer Captain James Cook. The logs of the Resolution and the Adventure record more than 30 places where the distribution took place, and examples mostly appear in a worn and weathered state
Charles I Memorial right facing bust obverse CAROL.I.D.G.M.B.F.ET. H.REX.&.GLOR.MEM, 6 line script reverse REX PACIFICVS VICTVS VINCEBAT HOSTES VICTOR TRIVMPHAT IN COELIS 59mm diameter, silver by Roettiers, Eimer 160, EF and pleasing, a seldom offered medal and the first one we have seen
USA (14) a mixed subject group includes Faberge 1972 (2), Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company 1933, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, 1976, Gritman Drainage Battery Co. 1928-1929 (2), Universal Lock-up Company, Massachusetts 1925, and Kemper Radio Corporation Company Ltd 1929-1931 (7) in mixed grades Fine to VF
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
Netherlands and related CommemorativeWar Crosses 1940-1949, with maker mark Kon.-Begeer Voorschoten and F.S.INV on the reverse (41) comprising War Cross, no bars (6), War Cross with Oost-Azie - Zuid-Pacific 1942-1945 bars (2), War Cross with Nederlandch-Indie 1941-1942 bars (18), War Cross with 1946 and 1947 bars (6), War Cross with 1947 and 1948 bars (2), War Cross with 1948 and 1949 bars (7) EF to UNC all with ribbons
World War II (4) Defence Medal 1939-1945, War Medal 1939-1945, The 1939-1945 Star, The Pacific Star GVF to GEF, along with Masonic, Royal Order of Buffalos (2) 1968 one in silver gilt, awarded to H.Hebden, Oldham and District Knight's chapter
Cook Islands 2004 Great Railway Journeys of the World One Dollar a 5-coin set comprising Japanese Bullet Train, Canadian Pacific, Sante Fe, Flying Scotsman and Trans-Australian Railway issue, all with partially coloured reverses, SilverProofs FDC in the box of issue with certificate
USAMedals (3) Miccosukee Indians Peace Medal 1962 SilverProof, boxed, Pony Express Diamond Jubilee 1935 UNC, Panama-Pacific International Exposition 1915 39mm diameter in bronze UNC in the original envelope
FrenchPacific Territories 500 francs (4) issued 1992, a consecutive numbered run series X.010, Pick1b, all slabbed and graded ICG 60 AU/UNC (3) and one at 63 UNCIRCULATED
U.S.A., Boston and Albany Railwaycompany Terminal Bond for $1000 1901, unissued (7), Boston and Albany Railway company share certificates c1950's (11), Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and PacificRailroad Co. share certificate c1930's (20), Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co. 1950's (7), St Louis Alton and Terre Haute188- unissued stock certificates (67) assorted railway certificates. West Shore Railroad Co. $1000 bond 1917 (8). Together with 91 other assorted railway certificates (some duplication). Generally VF or better. (212)
U.S.A., Boston Terminal Co. $1000 gold bond 1896, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis Railway Co. gold bond 1891 (11), Erie Railroad Co. bond 1945, Florida Railway Co. $100 gold bond 1909 (3), Kansas City Railways Co. $1000 gold bond 1915, mauve & orange (5), Mohawk and Malone Railway Co. $1000 gold bond 1892, Reading Co.$1000 bond 1945, Western Pacific Railroad Co. $1000 income bond 1946 (2), together with three other railway certificates. All large format, some with cancellation holes. GVF. (26)
World banknotes (16) includes GB £1s (6) Peppiatt to O'Brien average Fine, better grade modern foreign includes Japan, FrenchPacific Territories, Comoros, Thailand, Netherland Antilles and Guernsey
USAHalf Dollar Commemoratives (11) 1892 Columbian Exposition, 1893 Columbian Exposition, 1918 Illinois Centennial, 1920 Pilgrim, 1922 Grant, 1923 Monroe Doctrine Centennial, 1925 Stone Mountain, 1926 Sesquicentennial of Independence, 1935S CaliforniaPacific International Exposition, 1946 Booker T.Washington, 1951 Washington/Carver, NEF to UNC a few with surface marks
U.S.A., Railroad certificates (7), Baltimore and Annapolis short line Railroad Co. 1906, The Mohawk and Malone Railway Co. 1892, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co. 1880, Eire and Union Railroad Co. 1909, Utica and Black River Railroad Co. 1890, Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburgh Railroad Co. 1893, Escanaba Iron Mountain & Western Railroad Co. 1890. Some with cancellation holes otherwise GVF.
Marshall Islands Legendary Aircraft of World War II 1991 (24) $10 brass, Marshall Islands 1993 $10 brass Pacific Whales and Dolphins (12) BU in capsules, plus GB Two Pounds Coin First Day Cover UNC as issued
China, Republic of China Secured Sinking Fund Bonds of 1937, (also known as Pacific Development Loan), bond No.M4052 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1)
The Official Emblems of the World's Greatest Airlines 50 piece silver miniature ingot set UNC in the box of issue with certificates, GB Proof Set 2000 FDC in the case of issue, Medals (11) First World War Star to 2.Lieut H.W.Perry-Gore, Second World War (7) Atlantic Star, Pacific Star, Africa Star, 1939-1945 Star (2), Defence Medal, Coronation Medal 1937 in brass, Trafalgar Medal reproduction in Pewter, German Iron Cross Reproduction, in mixed condition, plus Silver pendant 25mm diameter engraved with a bird, Switzerland Collectors Knives (2) 1983 Battle of Morgarten 1315, 1984 Battle of Laupen 1339, UNC boxed
World a collection including crowns in slide cases cupro and silver, Reunion and Comoros FDC sets other world sets and cased issues, then runs by country in albums and pages many high grade some in silver and including some unusual issues such as Belize, and Pacific Islands
AustraliaOne Dollar 2006 Year of the DogSilverProof with gilded design FDC in the case of issue with certificate, Australia One Dollar 1997 Kookaburra Silver Proof with Dragon Privy Mark FDC in the case of issue with certificate, Australia One Dollar 1997 Kookaburra Silver Proof with Phoenix Privy Mark FDC in the case of issue with certificate, Cook Islands Great Rail Journeys of the World 2004 a 5-coin set comprising One Dollar 2004 (5) Trans-Australian Railway, Flying Scotsman, Sante Fe, Canadian Pacific and Japanese Bullet Train Proofs in .999 silver FDC in the case of issue with certificate
World Silver Crown-size (12) Australia (2) Kangaroo Dollar 2007, Kookaburra Dollar 2006, GB Two Pounds Britannia 2006, China 10 Yuan (3) 2003, 2006 (2), Cook Islands Dollar 2005 Trafalgar (2) each with a coloured inset of a portrait of Nelson, Gibraltar Five Pounds 2005 Trafalgar, Niue 10 Dollars 1992 Cook's Pacific Voyage, Jersey Five Pounds 2004 History of the Royal NavyHMS Victory, Tonga Pa'Anga 1992 Olympics 1996, nFDC-FDC in a presentation box
China, Republic of China Secured Sinking Fund Bonds of 1937, (also known as Pacific Development Loan), bond No.M4052 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
Insurance Policy, Mechanics Insurance Company, ships policy, New Bedford 1835, covering the ship Richmond on a whaling voyage in the Pacific Ocean, plain format, black, F. (1).
Western Samoa (12) 10 Tala (7) 1980 Olympics SilverProofs (2), 1981 International Year of the Disabled Silver Proof, 1983 South Pacific Games Silver Proofs (3), 1984 Olympic Games Silver Proof, One Tala 1976 USA Bicentennial, 1978 Commonwealth Games UNC, 1980 Olympic Games UNC, 1983 South Pacific Games (2) UNC in wallets
Canada, SPECIMEN Money Orders (10), Royal Bank of Canada 1950 (5) & 1971, Canadian Pacific Express Co. 1963 & Travellers Cheques 1953, Canadian National Railway Co. Money Order 1958 & Cheque 1935. All with official bank correspondence. EF.
China, Republic of China Secured Sinking Fund Bonds of 1937, (also known as Pacific Development Loan), bond No.M2454 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, Republic of China Secured Sinking Fund Bonds of 1937, (also known as Pacific Development Loan), bond No.M4053 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, Republic of China Secured Sinking Fund Bonds of 1937, (also known as Pacific Development Loan, bond No.M4051 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1).
China, Republic of China Secured Sinking Fund Bonds of 1937, (also known as Pacific Development Loan), bond No.M4052 for $1,000, attractive vignette of pagoda, black & blue, with coupons, VF. (1)
Canada $30 (4) 2007 Vimy, 2006 National War Memorial KM#669, 2006 Newfoundland Memorial KM#670, 2005 Totem Pole KM#590, $20 (5) 2005 Mingan Archipelago KM#563, 2005 Rainforests of the Pacific Rim KM#564, 2006 Georgian Bay Islands KM#588, 2006 Nahanni KM#663, 2006 Jasper KM#664 SilverProofs FDC cased as issued with certificates
U.S.A. 3 railroad bonds and 16 certificates, Utica and Black River Railroad Co., 3 x bonds, 1890, large vignette of passenger train, right margin uneven where coupons cut for payment, Boston and Albany Rail Road Co., 4 x certificates, 1915-37, West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Co., 4 x certificates, 1933-58, Chicago, Rock Island and PacificRailway Co., 2 x certificates, 1915, and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., 6 x certificates, two types, 1931-58, all with railway vignettes, all VF or better, (19).
Canada $30 (4) 2007 Vimy, 2006 National War Memorial KM#669, 2006 Newfoundland Memorial KM#670, 2005 Totem Pole KM#590, $20 (5) 2005 Mingan Archipelago KM#563, 2005 Rainforests of the Pacific Rim KM#564, 2006 Georgian Bay Islands KM#588, 2006 Nahanni KM#663, 2006 Jasper KM#664 SilverProofs FDC cased as issued with certificates
U.S.A., Plymouth, Kankakee and PacificRailroad Co., $1,000 gold bond, 1872, attractive vignette of train passing through countryside, signed on reverse by J. Edgar Thomson as trustee, black & green with gold $1,000 under print, with coupons, VF. (1).
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