PATALUNG: tin 400 bia (½ fuang), ND (late 19th century), Pridmore-222, Ju Jin Gong Si written in barbarous Chinese / Patalung in Thai script and unclear Chinese inscription, but likely Wang Lang, countermarked in Chinese He Long within rectangle, Fine. The word "bia " means conch shell, and one bia was valued at 800 per Thai fuang, which in turn was valued at eight fuang per baht. At the time 5 baht was exchanged for 3 Mexican dollars,...
Numismatic Auction #20
By: Stephen Album Rare Coins
Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20
Lot #2104 - World asia and middle east
PATAN: Vira Mahindra Malla, 1709-1715, AR mohar, NS829, KM-370, NGC graded AU58.
Lot #2105 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: Fernando VII, 1808-1833, AR 8 reales, ND (1832-4), KM-80, deJ-58, F7.0 countermark on Peru 1823JP 8 reales (KM-136), VF on Fine-VF host.
Lot #2106 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: Isabel II, 1833-1868, AR 8 reales, ND [1834], KM-129, countermarked Y.II & crown on Mexico 8 reales, 1833 MoMJ, EF mark on F-VF host.
Lot #2107 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: Isabel II, 1833-1868, AV 2 escudos, 1864, KM-143, EF.
Lot #2108 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: Alfonso XII, 1874-1885, AR 50 centimos, 1885, KM-150, NGC graded MS63.
Lot #2109 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: Alfonso XII, 1874-1885, AR 50 centimos, 1885, KM-150, NGC graded MS63.
Lot #2110 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: Alfonso XII, 1874-1885, AR 50 centimos, 1885, KM-150, NGC graded MS63.
Lot #2111 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: centavo, 1917-S, KM-163, very rare in this quality, PCGS graded MS65 RD.
Lot #2112 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: 5 centavos, 1927-M, KM-164, NGC graded MS64.
Lot #2113 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: AR 20 centavos, 1928-M, KM-174, muling of obverse for 20 centavos and reverse for 5 centavos, 100,000 struck, Unc.
Lot #2114 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: AR 50 centavos, 1936, KM-176, Establishment of the Commonwealth, Unc.
Lot #2115 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES:LOT of 3 silver coins, AR 50 centavos 1903 UNC, AR peso 1904-S choice AU, 1947-S BU McArthur, retail value $175, lot of 3 coins.
Lot #2116 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: brass 25 centavos, 1966, KM-Pn27, pattern, portrait of Ferdinand Marcos, Unc.
Lot #2117 - World asia and middle east
PHILIPPINES: AE 50 sentimos, 1967, KM-Pn37, pattern, portrait of Marcelo Del Pilar, denomination in words in Tagalog, couple tiny spots, Unc.
Lot #2118 - World asia and middle east
RYUKYUS: Sho Tai, 1848-1879, AE oval 100 mon, ND (1862), Cr-100, lovely surfaces, choice VF.
Lot #2119 - World asia and middle east
RYUKYUS: Sho Tai, 1848-1879, AE ½ shu, ND (1862), Cr-115, couple minor spots of stain, EF.
Lot #2120 - World asia and middle east
SARAWAK: Charles J. Brooke, 1868-1917, AR 5 cents, 1913-H, KM-8, nicely toned, strong EF.
Lot #2121 - World asia and middle east
SARAWAK: Charles J. Brooks, 1868-1917, AR 10 cents, 1900-H, KM-9, iridescent toning, EF to About Unc.
Lot #2122 - World asia and middle east
SARAWAK: Charles J. Brooks, 1868-1917, AR 50 cents, 1900-H, KM-11, tiny nick on neck (nicknack?), choice VF.
Lot #2123 - World asia and middle east
SARAWAK: Charles V. Brooke, 1917-1946, AR 20 cents, 1920-H, KM-17, lightly hairlined, VF to EF.
Lot #2124 - World asia and middle east
SARAWAK: Charles V. Brooke, 1917-1946, AR 50 cents, 1927-H, KM-19, lovely VF.
Lot #2125 - World asia and middle east
SAUDI ARABIA: Abd Al-Aziz Bin Sa'ud, 1926-1953, ¼ ghirsh, AH(13)65, KM-25, countermarked on KM-19.1, dated AH1356, very rare in this quality, NGC graded MS63.
Lot #2126 - World asia and middle east
SINGAPORE: AV 150 dollars, 1969, KM-7, 100th Anniversary Founding of Singapore, 0.7360 oz. AGW, Unc.
Lot #2127 - World asia and middle east
SINGAPORE: AR 10 dollars, 1992, KM-105var, 25th Anniversary of the Board of Commissioners of Currency, piéfort, NGC graded PF69 UC, RR. The piéfort is not listed in KM, and it is not noted on the slab, but obvious from its weight and thickness. It is said that no more than 100 pieces were struck as piéfort for this type.
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