STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Victoria, 1837-1867, AE half cent, 1845, KM-2, East India Company rule, with W W on truncation, NGC graded MS64 RB. A similar example in Stack's Bowers Ponterio Auction 182 (January 2014), also graded MS64 RB by NGC, fetched $1100.
Numismatic Auction #20
By: Stephen Album Rare Coins
Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20
Lot #2129 - World asia and middle east
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Victoria, 1867-1901, AR 10 cents, 1881, KM-11, the second "8 " is recut over "7 ", NGC graded MS62, R.
Lot #2130 - World asia and middle east
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Victoria, 1867-1901, AR 10 cents, 1883-H, KM-11, lightly cleaned, rare date, PCGS graded VF details.
Lot #2131 - World asia and middle east
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Victoria, 1867-1901, AR 10 cents, 1896, KM-11, lovely blue and gold tone, PCGS graded MS63.
Lot #2132 - World asia and middle east
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Victoria, 1867-1901, AR 50 cents, 1901, KM-13, surface hairlines, NGC graded EF details.
Lot #2133 - World asia and middle east
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AE cent, 1908, KM-19, very minor carbon spots, as usual, red Unc.
Lot #2134 - World asia and middle east
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AR dollar, 1904-B, KM-25, slightly weak strike, very rare in this grade, NGC graded MS64, RR.
Lot #2135 - World asia and middle east
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: George V, 1910-1935, AR 50 cents, 1920, KM-35.1, cross below bust, NGC graded MS63.
Lot #2136 - World asia and middle east
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: George V, 1910-1936, AR 5 cents, 1935, KM-36, a choice specimen, PCGS graded MS66.
Lot #2137 - World asia and middle east
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS:LOT of 9 type coins, AE ¼ cent 1916 AU, AR 5 cents 1910 AU, 1935 AU-UNC, AR 10 cents 1927 UNC, AR 20 cents 1896 AU, 1927 choice AU, AR 50 cents 1921 UNC, AR dollar 1907 AU, 1920 UNC, nice type set of Straits coins, retail value $400, lot of 9 coins.
Lot #2138 - World asia and middle east
SYRIA: token (4.61g), ND (ca. 1950), Lecompte-50, brass token, CIE DE MENTHE DE LA SYRIE around blank center / POUR UN FRANC CONTRE MERCHANDISE. around blank center, a few minor small spots, EF, R, ex R. Merlin Null Collection.
Lot #2139 - World asia and middle east
TONKIN: zinc 1/600 piastre, 1905, KM-P1, piéfort, some corrosion, NGC graded Unc details, RR.
Lot #2140 - World asia and middle east
TURKEY: AV 25 kurush (1.79g), 1927, KM-840, one nick along the edge, About Unc.
Lot #2141 - World asia and middle east
VIET NAM (SOUTH): AL 10 su, 1953, KM-E1, ESSAI, Brilliant Unc.
Lot #2142 - World asia and middle east
VIET NAM (SOUTH): AL 20 su, 1953, KM-E2, ESSAI, Brilliant Unc.
Lot #2143 - World asia and middle east
VIET NAM (SOUTH): AL 50 xu, 1953, KM-E3, ESSAI, Brilliant Unc.
Lot #2144 - World asia and middle east
VIET NAM (SOUTH): AL 20 su, 1953, KM-PE2, ESSAI, piéfort, mintage of just 104, Brilliant Unc.
Lot #2145 - World asia and middle east
VIET NAM (SOUTH): AL 50 xu, 1953, KM-PE3, ESSAI, piéfort, mintage of just 104, Brilliant Unc.
Lot #2146 - World asia and middle east
ANNAM: Thieu Tri, 1841-1847, AE 60 van, B-175, 53mm, trach cap dang thi, an thuy van the in Vietnamese Chu nôm script, seemingly lightly gilt long ago, VF, R, ex Nicholas Rhodes Collection. In 1837 a new series of large heavy cash (phan or van) coins were begun. They were valued at 60 van and weighed 25 to 30 grams each and are basically commemoratives as each contained a poetic verse on the reverse of 4 or 8 characters. They were...
Lot #2147 - World asia and middle east
ANNAM: Tu Duc, 1848-1883, AE 60 van (15.77g), Cr-207.1, VF, R, ex Nicholas Rhodes Collection.
Lot #2148 - World asia and middle east
ANNAM: Tu Duc, 1848-1883, AR 1 tien (3.60g), KM-409, Sch-361, 2 flowers and 2 swastikas, choice EF.
Lot #2149 - World asia and middle east
KATHIRI STATE OF SEIYUN & TARIM: Ghalib ibn Muhsin al-Kathir, 1830-1880, AE khumsi (2.17g), Tarim, AH1258, KM-5, some light adhesions, VF.
Lot #2150 - World asia and middle east
QU'AITI STATE OF SHIHR & MUKALLA: Awadh b. Umar, as Hakim, 1881-1902, AR riyal, ND, KM-35, countermarked twice, on Maria Theresa thaler of "1780 ", bold VF on EF host. Considered a spurious issue.
Lot #2151 - World asia and middle east
YEMEN: Yahya, 1904-1948, AR tiyal, San'a, AH1344, Y-7, a lovely example of this type, NGC graded MS65.
Lot #2152 - World asia and middle east
YEMEN: Ahmad, 1948-1962, AR riyal, San'a, AH1367, Y-17, lovely bold strike, NGC graded MS64.
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