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Lot 2002 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2002 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

CEYLON: AE token, 1876, Pridmore-22, Slave Island Mills, Colombo Commercial Co. Ltd., tea bush / orange within wreath of orange leaves, EF, S. This mill in Colombo was engaged in the preparation of coffee for export.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 1891 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 1891 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, 1854, Crimean War Medal by W. Wyon, struck at the Royal mint, young portrait of Queen left / Victory flying right, crowning soldier standing facing, holding shield, with original ribbon in poor condition and Sebastopol clasp, miniature medal, EF. The Crimea Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1854, for issue to officers and men of British units (land and naval) which fought in the Crimean War of 1854-56 against Russia. The medal is notable for its extremely ornate clasps, being in the form of an oak leaf with an acorn at each extremity, a style never again used on a British medal. The suspension is an ornate floriated swivelling suspender, again unique to the Crimea Medal.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 2127 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2127 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: AE duit, Utrecht, 1790, KM-111.4, Sc-745. Cr-F2.2, Dutch East India Company (VOC) issue, struck in 1840-43, full reverse brockage, EF, RR.

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Lot 2027 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2027 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

JAPAN: AR yen, Meiji 18 (1885), Y-A25.2, better date, EF.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 1926 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 1926 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

TURKEY: Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861, AR medal, AH1271 (1855), Turkish Crimea War Medal (Kirim Harbi Madalyasi), Ottoman Sultan’s tughra with the year AH1271 on all versions / a cannon standing upon the Imperial Russian flag, an anchor and a mortar. There are four flags to the rear of these three items which can be used to identify the country to which the medal was intended. This will be for either a soldier from Great Britain, France, or Sardinia. The identifying flag is the central right hand flag, positioned above the anchor. It is either the Union Flag for Great Britain, the tricolour for France, or the flag of the Kingdom of Italy for Sardinia, based on the Italian tricolore. This example was issued for French troops with the legend LA CRIMÉE 1855 in exergue, pierced for suspender (now lacking), VF.
This campaign medal was issued by Sultan Abdul Mejid I of the Ottoman Empire to allied military personnel involved in the Crimean War of 1854-56. There are three different issues of this medal for those issued to British, French or Sardinian personnel.

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Lot 2143 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2143 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

PATALUNG: tin 400 bia (½ fuang) (9.12g), 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 it was valued at 800 bia per Thai fuang, which in turn was valued eight per baht. At the time 5 baht was exchanged for 3 Mexican dollars.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 2044 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2044 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

MALAYSIA: AR 25 ringgit, 1982, KM-33, 25th anniversary of independence, mintage 7,000, NGC graded PF69 UC.

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Lot 1942 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 1942 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

TURKEY: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1909, AR medal, ND, NP-1119, 33mm, Industry Medal (Sanayi Madalyasi), toughra over shield and military trophies and balance scales above book / wreath, unnamed and uninscribed, with suspender and original red & white ribbon, EF, RR.

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Lot 2171 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2171 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

TONKIN: 1/600 piastre, Paris, 1905, KM-1, French & Chinese inscriptions, NGC graded MS64.

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Lot 2090 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2090 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

KATHMANDU: Jyoti Prakash Malla, 1746-1750, AR mohar (5.41g), NS866, KM-281, Rh-341, central octagon on reverse, VF.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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