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Lot 1992 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 1992 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

CAMBODIA: Norodom I, 1860-1904, AR 4 francs, 1860, KM-48.2, local official restrike struck at the Phnom Penh mint from 1887-1901, this example with denominational value effaced and struck through rusted dies, crude VF to EF.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 1874 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 1874 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

AUSTRIA: Franz Josef II, 1848-1916, tin medal, 1916, Quadruple Alliance, portraits of the Turkish Sultan Mehmet V, the German Emperor Wilhelm II, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef, and King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, around laurel wreath and ribbon VIRIBUS UNITIS / ZUM ANDENKEN AN DEN WELTKRIEG (In Memory of the World War), mortar firing positions in the forest, with loop and ring as made, all attached to watch fob, VF, RR.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 2170 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

THAILAND:LOT of 14 silver bullet money pieces, mostly Rama III and Rama IV types, 1 baht (10 pieces), ¼ baht (4 pieces), average circulated condtion, lot of 14 pieces.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 2089 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2089 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

KATHMANDU: Jyoti Prakash Malla, 1746-1750+, AR mohar (5.45g), NS866, KM-281, VF.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 2016 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2016 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

IRAN: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AE medal, 1873, military bust of the Shah facing / TO - COMMEMORATE - THE VISIT OF - HIH THE SHAH - OF PERSIA - TO ENGLAND - JUNE - 1878, choice Unc. This is perhaps the best example of this type we have encountered.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 1916 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 1916 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

TURKEY: Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861, AR medal, AH1270 (1854), Medal of Glory (Iftihar Madalyasi), circular silver medal, pierced for ribbon suspension with ring and suspension bar; the face with the tughra of Sultan Abdul Mejid I above the date AH1270 (= 1853AD) within a beaded circle imposed on crossed standards and a laurel wreath, a left-facing crescent and faceted six-pointed star above / a faceted six-pointed star imposed on a faceted twelve-pointed star above a ribbon inscribed in Arabic letters Nishani Iftihar, a six-pointed star to either side and one below on a spray of laurel; with green-crimson-green ribbon, EF.
The medal was instituted in 1853 and awarded for participation in the Danube Campaign early in the Crimean War with Russia and, later, for other campaigns where no specific campaign medal was struck. The medal is therefore sometimes referred to as the General Service Medal or Danube Medal.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 2105 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2105 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

PATAN: Jaya Indra Malla, 1706-1709, AR mohar (5.42g), NS826, KM-352, square / lobated square, EF.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 2033 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2033 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

JAPAN: AR 10 sen, Meiji 45 (1912), Y-29, a choice example! NGC graded MS65.

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Lot 1932 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 1932 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

TURKEY: Abdul Aziz, 1861-1876, Osmani Nishani order, ND, Order of Osmanie, seven-pointed dark green enamel, silver and silver-gilt star with ball-tipped finials and with three short faceted silver rays between each arm, on crescent and five-pointed star suspension; the face with a circular central red enamel medallion bearing a raised silver crescent and inscribed in gilt Arabic letters ‘Relying on the Assistance of Almighty God, Abdül-Azîz Khan, Sovereign of the Ottoman Empire’ within a circular green enamel ring; the reverse with a circular central silver medallion bearing a trophy of arms with crossed standards and drums, an oval plaque above bearing the date ‘699’ (AD1299), the year of the foundation of the Ottoman Empire; German or Austrian made, miniature medal, EF.
The Order was instituted on 4 January 1862 by Sultan Abdül-Azîz and became the second highest order of the Ottoman Empire. It was awarded to senior military and civil persons for outstanding meritorious service to the state, originally in three classes, but later, from 1867, in four. Awards to Turkish nationals were limited to 50 members of the first class, 200 of the second, 1000 of the third and 2000 of the fourth at any one time. A very fine example of the Order.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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Lot 2121 - world coins asia and middle-east -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

Lot 2121 - world coins asia and middle-east - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

PATAN: Dala Mardana Saha, 1764-1765, AR mohar (5.49g), NS884, KM-432, VF to EF, RR. The basic design is almost identical to the first design of the Shah Dynasty, introduced by Prithvi Narayan in SE1676 (1754), but with the reverse center within the horizontal dividers.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18

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