COINS, CHANNEL ISLANDS, JERSEY Victoria (1837-1901), Cupro-nickel Trial Proof 1/12-Shilling, 1877, on a normal thickness flan, 9.15g (Pr 12D; S 7006; KM 8). Uncirculated. The existence of these two trials (see also next lot), in this cataloguers eyes, strongly support the argument that the Royal Mint struck the non H mintmark 1877 coinage. They had experience with all the 1868 cupro-nickel British coins. The finish of these pieces is superior to any of the 1869 Jamaica proofs seen, so the argument goes back to a Royal Mint issue. There is strong evidence in the obverse letters of a double striking that the next piece does not have, giving this coin the proof look which is somewhat subdued in the next piece.
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COINS, CYPRUS Victoria (1837-1901), Copper Proof ½-Piastre, 1887 (Pr -; KM 2). Uncirculated. There is some disagreement on whether this is a Proof. The 1887 coins do come quite proof-like but always with these die marks mentioned earlier. The reverse of this coin has enough of a proofs characteristics to automatically call it such. The obverse though is very much like the regular proof-like coins of this date. It has the marks in the fields and a fingerprint on the Queens chin and into the field. Aesthetics will dictate what this coin brings, not its striking status.
COINS, CYPRUS George VI (1936-1952), Copper ½-Piastre, 1942 (Pr 71; KM 22a). Overall about uncirculated, fingerprint on the reverse. Due to the fact that the bulk of the mintage was lost during WWII, when the transporting ship was sunk, this coin is considerably rarer than the actual mintage figure would suggest.
COINS, CYPRUS Victoria (1837-1901), Silver 18-Piastres, 1901 (Pr 2; KM 7). Choice uncirculated, virtually identical to the coin in the previous two lots with slightly deeper and even more pleasing toning, especially on the reverse, rare. ex Stacks Auction, New York, December 2000, lot 773 (part)
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, MILLED COINAGE, CEYLON George III (1760-1820), Tin/White Metal 1/48-Rix Dollar Die Trial, c.1802, thick planchet, obv elephant to left, date below, cross hatch lines across the face to ensure that the design was in proper proportion, rev large 48 at centre, CEYLON GOVERNMENT around (Pr 83C). As made and extremely rare, probably unique. ex RJ Ford collection, Singapore Coin Auction 19, 23 February 1995, lot 179 and considered unique Pridmore says lead, but this is where the catch all term white metal comes in handy The lines on the obverse were scratched by hand and stayed within the inner circle and on one side only. There are very slight differences from this die and on the dies used to strike the proofs, most noticeable in the width of the elephants tail.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, MILLED COINAGE, CEYLON George III (1760-1820), Silver Pattern-Rix Dollar, 1815, obv laureate head of George III to the right, rev elephant facing left within open wreath of oak leaves (KM Pn7; Pr 81). Choice uncirculated and toned. ex Wheeler collection, Baldwins Auction 22, 2 May 2000, lot 340 ex Spink auction, 23 March 1989, lot 1465, where described as ex V Brand Very similar to the George IV coinage of 1821. Pridmore has made the argument that this is a proof and not a pattern. Generally, we have called coins made, but not issued for circulation as patterns, but Pridmore argues that 10,000 were supposed to have been issued, but as it never happened, what is the proper description for this coin? All known pieces were struck as proofs and this pushes the argument back to describing them as patterns, as they did not enter circulation.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, PATTERNS, CEYLON George III (1760-1820), Copper Pattern Fanam (1/12-Rix Dollar), struck over a Copper VOC Doit, 1815, obv elephant facing left, CEYLON GOV above, date below, rev FANAM around, 1/12 in centre (Pr 257; KM Pn5). Extremely fine, flan crack as struck, unique. ex RJ Ford collection, Singapore Coin Auction 19, 23 February 1995, lot 247 Pridmore says these have the appearance of a local workshop and the coin was intended to replace the silver fanam token issued in 1814 (Pr 23). The original metal was supposed to be lead according to Pridmore, but maybe acknowledging the deterioration of the Bombay Presidency 1740-1771 tin coinages (again, a matter of semantics, white metal=tin=lead?) they tried a copper piece as well, but in the end nothing came of it except this unique reminder of a new coinage.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, DECIMAL CURRENCY, PROOFS, CEYLON Edward VII (1901-1910), Copper Proof ½-Cent, 1908 (KM 101). Choice uncirculated Proof with 40% mint red. ex RJ Ford collection, Singapore Coin Auction 19, 23 February 1995, lot 227 (part) and Wayte Raymond collection, NASCA, 14 August 1987, lot 906
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, DECIMAL CURRENCY, PROOFS, CEYLON George VI (1936-1952), Copper ½-Cent, struck on small flan, obv type 1, as seen on the 1937 coinage of Ceylon, without legend, rev ½ Cent Ceylon in Tamil, palm tree in the centre. Not struck as a proof, about very fine. The collector bought this as a pattern, but it is more likely a mint sport or simply the currency coin cut down.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, DECIMAL CURRENCY, PROOFS, CEYLON Edward VII (1901-1910), Copper Proof Cent, 1908 (Pr 207A; KM 102). Brilliant Proof, subdued red, one spot on the obverse. ex RJ Ford collection, Singapore Coin Auction 19, 23 February 1995, lot 227, part and Wayte Raymond collection, NASCA, 14 August 1987, lot 907
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, DECIMAL CURRENCY, PROOFS, CEYLON Edward VII (1901-1910), Copper Proof Cent, 1909 (KM 102). Brilliant uncirculated Proof, mostly toned medium brown, a few light spots. I find it fascinating that Krause has virtually every coin listed as being known in proof, while I have seen very few of these proofs and yet for some countries, some very obvious proofs that show quite frequently, are still not listed.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, DECIMAL CURRENCY, PROOFS, CEYLON George V (1910-1936), Cupro-nickel Specimen 5-Cents, 1912H (KM 108). Uncirculated and very rare. It has the appearance of a cleaned coin but it is ex Heaton Mint archives, and most of those coins were not cleaned. There were a few that had been improperly stored, so came with a bit of a funny surface. We are also aware that the coins that had been on display had been cleaned sometime in the past.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, DECIMAL CURRENCY, PROOFS, CEYLON George V (1910-1936), Silver Proof 10-Cents, 1919B (KM 104a). Numerous light marks mar the frosted bust and mirror surfaces, large carbon spot on the reverse but certainly a proof. ex RJ Ford collection, Singapore Coin Auction 19, 23 February 1995, lot 230, part There is no doubt it is a proof but it was badly unloved by its previous owners., so again we are dealing with a coin that 40 years of serious collectors could not improve upon
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, DECIMAL CURRENCY, PROOFS, CEYLON George VI (1936-1952), Silver Proof 50-Cents, 1942 (KM 114). Uncirculated Proof, toned with quite a few small marks under the tone. ex RJ Ford collection, Singapore Coin Auction 19, 23 February 1995, lot 236, part It was the best that Dick Ford could find as well, making one wonder how rare this really is, especially for those who knew how fastidious Ford was for finding the best he possibly could and trading for better if the opportunity arose.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, DECIMAL CURRENCY, PROOFS, CEYLON Edward VII (1901-1910)/ Victoria (1837-1901), Unique Copper Four Piece Mule Set ¼-Cent, ½-Cent, Cent and 5-Cents, 1892, obv crowned bust of Edward VII to right, EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR (obvs KM 100, 101, 102, Pn 8; revs KM 90, 91, 92, 93). Uncirculated Proofs, the ¼-Cent toned with a few light marks, the ½-Cent and Cent brilliant with subdued red, the 5-Cents toned with a few minor spots, a most impressive coin. (4) There were no large copper 5-Cents struck as proofs or pirculation strikes for Edward in Ceylon. The bust is crowned and as that on the regular coinage. Obviously someone with serious influence had this set struck, due to the work involved. Using the 1892 reverse dies would have saved some effort as they already existed. The large size 1904 5-Cent in the Remick sale (Spink auction 6009, 18 October 2006, lot 231) sold for £10,500 hammer.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Victoria (1837-1901), Copper Proof ¼-Cent, 1872H (KM 7; Pr 211). Choice uncirculated with some mint red. One of the numerous pieces from the Heaton Mint Archive where most of them had toned. This seems to be a date where a number of different countries coins were kept in quantity. The trouble is that they were not kept with any care so most have spots and handling marks. Finding a choice brilliant example of this coin is as difficult though as finding choice examples of some dates with much lower mintages.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Victoria (1837-1901), Silver 5-Cents, 1874H (KM 10; Pr 124). Gem uncirculated. ex Spink auction 160, 9 October 2002, lot 205, part There were six pieces of this date in the Heaton Archives, all gem uncirculated, as this piece. Surprisingly though, they havent shown up in more collections. Remicks was a 62 and Diana didnt have one. Ford probably had one due to his relationship with Spink, but the rest? We do have a record of a piece, ex Heaton Archive, sold for $700 in Singapore Coin Auction 30, 23 June 2000, lot 365.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Victoria (1837-1901), Silver Proof 5-Cents, 1891 (KM 10; Pr 140). A few light handling marks, otherwise uncirculated Proof with moderate tone. This is the typical late 19th century proof where not as much care was taken in the striking of this coin but as a proof was struck every year for the British Mint, a few were called for outside of the mint and these pieces made it to collectors today.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, SUMATRA East India Company, Gilt-copper Proof 2-Kepings, AH1202 / 1787, value engraved as an Arabic denomination ? (3), but coin is the size and weight of a 2-Keping, edge right oblique milling, 25.5mm, 6.68g (Pr 13B; KM 261). Mint state proof, a few hairline but bright and attractive, struck with the same dies as the Proof in the previous lot.
COINS, ASIAN TERRITORIES, SUMATRA, PATTERNS AND BOULTON SAMPLES East India Company, Copper Pattern 3-Kepings, AH1202 / 1787, very similar to the currency coins but with the addition of beading inset around the edge and a raised rim, edge milled, 9.77g (Pr 23b; KM Pn11). Extremely fine, numerous light nicks to the obverse but the reverse is free of marks and shows off the proof characteristics of this coin.
COINS, WEST INDIES, BRITISH GUIANA William IV (1830-1837), Silver Proof Guilder, 1836, edge plain (Pr 14a; KM 25). Uncirculated proof, lightly hairlined and moderately toned. As one who likes to question the origins of a coin, I have two observations to make here. Firstly I am grateful that the smaller denominations were struck in proof or we would not have some of the dates in nice grade at all; Secondly, where are the larger denomination proofs?
COINS, WEST INDIES, BAHAMAS George III (1760-1820), Restrike Bronzed Copper Proof Penny, 1807, edge grained, die axis ?? unlike all the 1806 coins which are coin die axis (Pr 3; KM 1). Uncirculated Proof, light scratch down neck that looks as old as the coin because it is the same colour, a few light reverse spots. ex Edward Roehrs, DNW Auction 28 September 2011, lot 3016, with note says that three known. Curiosity makes this cataloguer want to figure out when this was struck. The engrailing is different on all three of these Bahamas Pennies that have engrailed edges. This piece is probably the crudest, in that they are just diagonal slits as opposed to the more ornate originals. The 1806 original proof has some die rust on the neck, while this appears to have been polished off on this piece, so the only rust we see on this piece is on the reverse, but not nearly as much as the 1806 restrike. The obverse of all of these pieces appear to be the same (besides the date), but the 1807 has an obvious difference in the tie at the back of the head, so could it have been a new die carefully prepared. It doesnt appear to be a repair of any sort, just slightly different, but that is really the only difference one can find, that cant be explained by die wear.
COINS, WEST INDIES, BRITISH HONDURAS Victoria (1837-1901), Bronze Proof Cent, 1894 (KM 1). Uncirculated Proof, moderately toned with a few very light marks. I cant imagine that there were 25 struck as stated in Krause. The Remick example was UNC with lustre but had a bad flan flaw that took away a great deal the appeal of the coin. Pridmore mentions a piece in the Royal Mint collection.
COINS, WEST INDIES, BRITISH HONDURAS Elizabeth II (1952- ), Bronze Cent, 1958 (KM 30). Brilliant uncirculated with almost full mint red and most unusual to find the coin this nice. The 1958 and 1959 1-cents must have gone quickly to British Honduras before there was a chance to gather a few for English collectors, making them so rare today.
COINS, WEST INDIES, BRITISH HONDURAS Victoria (1837-1901), Silver 25-Cents, 1894 (KM 9). In NGC holder graded PF64, not a proof but it is prooflike with a nicely frosted bust of Victoria. The 1894 does come prooflike in EF, give or take. It is very different in appearance to the obvious Proofs of the 1894 1-, 5- and 10-Cent in this sale. It doesnt make a big difference in pricing as either as a Proof or a choice UNC. It is still a very important type coin. For the really fussy, this has a number of light marks in front of the Queens face, so perhaps a MS63 would be more appropriate, still the finest I have seen.
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, DENMARK Kingdom, 19th century Reform Coinage (approx 90), including Bronze and Silver ½-, 1-, 4- and 16-Skilling Rigsmont, 2-Rigsdaler, 1863, Krone, 1892, 2-Kroner (3), 1875, 1888, 1892, and almost every 20th century type coin: 1-, 2-, 5-, 10-, 25- and 50-Öre, 1910 to 1989, ½-, 1-, 2-, 5-, 10-, 20- and 200-Kroner, 1924 to 1990, with iron issues of WWI (3) and commemorative 2-Kroners (8), 1903 to 1945. Mixed grades, generally very fine, a few extremely fine. (lot)
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, FRANCE Third Republic, Silver Specimen Proof 20-Centimes, 1878A, Paris, laureate head left, rev denomination within wreath (Gad 311; KM 828.1). FDC, delightful dark tone, extremely rare. mintage 30 A coin that is missing from many a serious collection
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, GERMANY Saxony, Kingdom, Friedrich August III, Silver Proof 3-Mark, 1917E, bust of Friedrich the Wise, protector of Martin Luther, rev Imperial eagle (J 141; KM 1276). The key coin of the entire “Kaiserreich” series, this celebrated rarity is offered here in all its glory as a perfect FDC Proof specimen. Of the highest rarity. ex Künker Auction 61, 29 September 2000, lot 5364 (cover coin) mintage 100
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, ITALY Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele II, Silver 20-Centesimi, 1863T, Torino, bare head right, rev crowned shield within wreath (Gigante 83, this coin; Mont 223, R5; Pag 534; KM 12). Mint state FDC and of the highest rarity. mintage 461 Known in Italian as the “Stemmino”, this coin with a quasi-mythical appeal is missing from almost every serious collection. All withdrawn from circulation, only seven known to have survived today. The one offered here is without any doubt the finest known in private hands.
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, ITALY Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele III, Silver 5-Lire, 1901R, Rome, bare head right, rev crowned eagle with Savoy shield on chest, 24.71g (Mont 108, R4; Pag 706; KM 34). Prooflike FDC and extremely rare. mintage 114 This is the first coin of this reign to bear the portrait of Vittorio Emanuele III. It is also one of the very rarest coins of the entire reign. The specimen offered here is one of the few top quality still in existence.
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, ITALY Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele III, Bronze 10-Centesimi 1908R, Roma, bust left, rev Roma standing on prow (Gigante 226; Mont 321; KM 43). As struck with traces of original lustre. Of the highest rarity. mintage 3 Not to be confused with the same piece marked “prova”, this coin, with a total mintage of only 3 pieces, two of which are in state institutions, this is the one and only in private hands and as such unique.
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION ROMANIA Kingdom, Carol I, Silver Leu, 1870C, Bucharest, bust left, rev value and date within wreath, coin die axis (Schäffer Stambuliu 5; KM 6). Choice uncirculated, rare. mintage 400,000 At one time graded by PCGS as MS64+, now released from the holder.
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