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Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 47 | September 14-17, 2023

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
09:00 PDT | Lots 1 – 832 | Ancient, Islamic, China
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
09:00 PDT Lots 833 – 1663| India, World Coins
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
10:00 PDT Lots 1664 – 2404 | Ancient, Islamic, China, India
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
10:00 PDT Lots 2405 – 3400 | World Coins, Group Lots
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 43 coins3105 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 43 coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 43 coins, including Dutch Pondicherry (18 AE kasu), Danish Tranquebar (AE kas Frederik IV), two silvers (Chahamanas of Sakambh
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 37 coins3106 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 37 coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 37 coins, including Gupta (4 pcs), Jouan-Jouan (2), Mughal (11), Ahmadnagar (2), Baroda (1), Bhopal (1), Bikanir (1), Bundi (1
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 175.00 - 275.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
 
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 32 coins3107 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 32 coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 32 coins, including Mughal (1 pc), Jaipur (1), Jodhpur (1), Mewar (1), Mysore (1), Bombay Presidency (4), Tranquebar (12), Dut
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
 
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 28 coins3108 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 28 coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 28 coins, including Mughal (1 pc), Baroda (1), Jaipur (1), Jodhpur (1), Maratha (1), Mewar (1), Mysore (1), Radhanpur (1), Bom
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
 
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 27 coins3109 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 27 coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 27 coins, including Mughal (1 pc), Awadh (1), Baroda (1), Gwalior (1), Indore (1), Jaipur (1), Jodhpur (1), Kutch (1), Maratha
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 26 coins3110 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 26 coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 26 coins, including Hyderabad (3 pcs), Indore (1), Jaipur (1), Jodhpur (3), Kuchawan (1), Kutch (3), Mewar (1), Mysore (4), Pu
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 160.00
Sold for (240.00 + 48.00BP) = 288.00
 
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 22 coins3111 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 22 coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 22 coins, including Gupta (1 pc), Indo-Greek (1), Jouan-Jouan (1), Kausambi (1), Mughal (5), Ahmadnagar (1), Banswara (1), Bar
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (180.00 + 36.00BP) = 216.00
 
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 18 coins3112 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 18 coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 18 coins, including Mughal (2 pcs), Jaipur (1), Jodhpur (2), Mewar (1), Bombay Presidency (3), Tranquebar (4), Dutch India (2)
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (240.00 + 48.00BP) = 288.00
 
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 15 silver & billon coins3113 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 15 silver & billon coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 15 silver & billon coins, including Delhi Sultanate: Muhammad II (tanka, Dar al-Islam AH706); Mubarakshah I (2 billon ty...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 240.00 - 300.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 13 coins3114 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 13 coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 13 coins, a diverse group including Mughal Empire 1 rupee Ahmadabad year 7 KM-372.1, Bengal Presidency 1 pie KM-58, 1/4 rupee
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
 
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 12 silver coins3115 - INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 12 silver coins
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INDIA: Assorted, LOT of 12 silver coins, Delhi Sultanate (1 pc, Muhammad II); Bengal Sultanate (3, one each of Hamza, Barbak, and Husain, all with mul
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 260.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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AFGHANISTAN & INDIA: LOT of 17 Afghan and 7 Indian coins3116 - AFGHANISTAN & INDIA: LOT of 17 Afghan and 7 Indian coins
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AFGHANISTAN & INDIA: LOT of 17 Afghan and 7 Indian coins, Afghanistan: 4 common silver coins, 4 machine-struck copper, 2 of Kalat, and 7 civic c...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 51 coins3117 - ASIA: LOT of 51 coins
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ASIA: LOT of 51 coins, including French Indochina (2 pcs), Indian States/Jaora (1), Indian States/Kutch (2), India/British (3), India/Republic (3), Ir
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (375.00 + 75.00BP) = 450.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 40 coins3118 - ASIA: LOT of 40 coins
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ASIA: LOT of 40 coins, including Herat (1 pc), Kabul (10), Ottoman (6), and Egypt: para (16) and akçe (7); average circulated grades, with some...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (260.00 + 52.00BP) = 312.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 35 coins3119 - ASIA: LOT of 35 coins
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ASIA: LOT of 35 coins, including Herat (2 pcs), Kabul (12), Ottoman (6), and Egypt: para (13) and akçe (2); average circulated grades, with som...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
Sold for (260.00 + 52.00BP) = 312.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 26 coins3120 - ASIA: LOT of 26 coins
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ASIA: LOT of 26 coins, including China/Empire (1 pc), Honan (1), Hupeh (2), Kiangnan (2), Kwangtung (5), Korea/South (1), Netherlands East Indies/ Sum
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 225.00 - 325.00
Sold for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 26 coins and exonumia items3121 - ASIA: LOT of 26 coins and exonumia items
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ASIA: LOT of 26 coins and exonumia items, including China/Kwangtung (2 pcs), Shanghai (6, tokens), Manchukuo (1), Provisional Govt. (6), Republic of T
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 170.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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ASIA: LOT of 17 hammered coins3122 - ASIA: LOT of 17 hammered coins
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ASIA: LOT of 17 hammered coins, silver unless noted, including India: Arakan Sanda Thudhamma, tanka BE10(14); Delhi 'Ala al-Din Muhammad, tanka ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 13 coppers3123 - ASIA: LOT of 13 coppers
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ASIA: LOT of 13 coppers, including 5 Singapore merchant tokens (Pulu Percha 2 & 1 keping, 1 keping of Menangkabau, Perak, and Siak), 6 Java stui...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold for (240.00 + 48.00BP) = 288.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 12 interesting copper coins3124 - ASIA: LOT of 12 interesting copper coins
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ASIA: LOT of 12 interesting copper coins, including Mughal (Akbar, dam, Lahore IE4x, VF); Kushan (2 pcs: Huvishka, Mao, VF; and Vasudeva I, standard t
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 11 coins3125 - ASIA: LOT of 11 coins
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ASIA: LOT of 11 coins, diverse lot of Asian coins from Burma, New Caledonia, Bhutan, Netherlands East Indies, Japan, and ancient Yemen, including some
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 10 coins3126 - ASIA: LOT of 10 coins
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ASIA: LOT of 10 coins, including Ceylon: KM-19: ND stuiver; KM-26: xx8x, 1785, and 1789 stuiver; KM-30: 1783 2 stuiver; and KM-65: 1813 1/12 rixdollar
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 225.00 - 325.00
Sold for (240.00 + 48.00BP) = 288.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 8 coins3127 - ASIA: LOT of 8 coins
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ASIA: LOT of 8 coins, including 4 AE cash coins from the Ryukyuan Kingdom (2 each of Sho Taikyu H-6.21 and Sho Toku H-6.22), 2 tin pitis from Pahang (
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 6 slabs3128 - ASIA: LOT of 6 slabs
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ASIA: LOT of 6 slabs, all NGC certified, including India: 1973(B) 10 rupees F.A.O. - Grow More Food MS 65, 1973(B) 20 rupees F.A.O. - Grow More Food M
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 140.00 - 180.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 4 items3129 - ASIA: LOT of 4 items
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ASIA: LOT of 4 items, includes Korea 5 mun Treasury Department, Korea openwork charm Ramsden-107, Japanese charm Munro page 233-3, and unusual type of
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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ASIA: LOT of 4 items3130 - ASIA: LOT of 4 items
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ASIA: LOT of 4 items, a diverse group of coins and medals, Sumatra: AE 2 kepings 1787//AE1202 KM-252 EF and 2 kepings 1787//AH1202 KM-258 VF; and Pale
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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ASIA & AFRICA: LOT of 27 coins and exonumia items3131 - ASIA & AFRICA: LOT of 27 coins and exonumia items
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ASIA & AFRICA: LOT of 27 coins and exonumia items, including Algeria/Alger (1 pc, token issue), Egypt (2), China/Szechuan (1, 1913 200 cash NGC ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 375.00 - 475.00
Sold for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00
 
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ASIA & AFRICA: LOT of 30 coins, 1 set, and 2 exonumia items3132 - ASIA & AFRICA: LOT of 30 coins, 1 set, and 2 exonumia items
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ASIA & AFRICA: LOT of 30 coins, 1 set, and 2 exonumia items, including China/Honan (1 pc), China/Republic (1, railroad badge), China/People'...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
 
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ASIA & NEW ZEALAND: LOT of 17 coins and medals3133 - ASIA & NEW ZEALAND: LOT of 17 coins and medals
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ASIA & NEW ZEALAND: LOT of 17 coins and medals, including China/Kwangtung (3 pcs), Indian States/Assam (1), India/Portuguese (1), India/British ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 275.00 - 375.00
Sold for (260.00 + 52.00BP) = 312.00
 
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BRUNEI: LOT of 7 tin pitis3134 - BRUNEI: LOT of 7 tin pitis
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BRUNEI: LOT of 7 tin pitis, including types SS-13G, camel left (2 pcs, 4.70g and 3.25g); SS-17C, camel right (4.40g); SS-23 al-sultan al-'adil (...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
 
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BRUNEI: LOT of 7 tin pitis3135 - BRUNEI: LOT of 7 tin pitis
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BRUNEI: LOT of 7 tin pitis, including types SS-7A, jackal facing left (2.05g); SS-13H, camel left (4.78g); SS-17C, camel right (4.52g); SS-23, al-sult
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
 
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BRUNEI: LOT of 7 tin pitis3136 - BRUNEI: LOT of 7 tin pitis
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BRUNEI: LOT of 7 tin pitis, including types SS-7A, jackel facing left (2.15g); SS-13B, camel left (5.10g); SS-23, al-sultan al-'adil // malik al...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
 
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BRUNEI: LOT of 5 tin pitis3137 - BRUNEI: LOT of 5 tin pitis
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BRUNEI: LOT of 5 tin pitis, including types SS-15var, camel left (2.05g); SS-23B, al-sultan al-'adil // malik al-zahir (4.43g); SS-26F, al-sulta...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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BURMA: LOT of 2 AE opium weights3138 - BURMA: LOT of 2 AE opium weights
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BURMA: LOT of 2 AE opium weights, ca. late 19th century, 40mm tall (83.20g) and 22mm tall (16.24g), both bird-type on polygonal base, cast to a standa
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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BURMA: LOT of 3 coins3139 - BURMA: LOT of 3 coins
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BURMA: LOT of 3 coins, including 1 mat, 5 mu, and 1 kyat from CS 1214 (1852), average grades, original toning, retail value $700, lot of 3 items, ex C
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00
 
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CAMBODIA: Ang Duong, 1840-1860, LOT of 50 BI 2 pe3140 - CAMBODIA: Ang Duong, 1840-1860, LOT of 50 BI 2 pe
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CAMBODIA: Ang Duong, 1840-1860, LOT of 50 BI 2 pe, about half with the Chinese character jí and half without it; most VF or better, several exa...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold for (240.00 + 48.00BP) = 288.00
 
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CAMBODIA: Ang Duong, 1840-1860, LOT of 35 AR 2 pe3141 - CAMBODIA: Ang Duong, 1840-1860, LOT of 35 AR 2 pe
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CAMBODIA: Ang Duong, 1840-1860, LOT of 35 AR 2 pe, all KM-7.3 or similar, nearly all struck in better silver than the billon types, about half especia
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold for (260.00 + 52.00BP) = 312.00
 
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FRENCH ASIA: LOT of 56 coins3142 - FRENCH ASIA: LOT of 56 coins
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FRENCH ASIA: LOT of 56 coins, including 5 cash coins of Annam during the French Occupation, 1 Cambodia 1860 2 francs, 3 Laos from 1952, 1 1905 Tonkin,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold for (375.00 + 75.00BP) = 450.00
 
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FRENCH INDOCHINA: LOT of 5 AR piastres3143 - FRENCH INDOCHINA: LOT of 5 AR piastres
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FRENCH INDOCHINA: LOT of 5 AR piastres, dated 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, and 1907; VF-EF grades, most with light to moderate hairlines; retail value $300
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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BANGKA ISLAND: LOT of 26 tin jokoh3144 - BANGKA ISLAND: LOT of 26 tin jokoh
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BANGKA ISLAND: LOT of 26 tin jokoh, all different types, a couple naming location on Bangka Island (lie gang / Sungailiat, dan pi / Tempilang), one en
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
 
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JAVA: British Occupation, LOT of 21 tin duits3145 - JAVA: British Occupation, LOT of 21 tin duits
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JAVA: British Occupation, LOT of 21 tin duits, with 7 dated 1813, 12 dated 1814, and 2 with an unclear final digit in the date; average F-VF, most wit
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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JAVA: LOT of 65 AR units3146 - JAVA: LOT of 65 AR units
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JAVA: LOT of 65 AR units, all the sandalwood flower-type, attributed by some to the Majapahit Empire, including 44 heavier units (most ca. 2.2-2.3g) a
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for (260.00 + 52.00BP) = 312.00
 
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PALEMBANG: British Occupation, LOT of 32 tin pitis3147 - PALEMBANG: British Occupation, LOT of 32 tin pitis
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PALEMBANG: British Occupation, LOT of 32 tin pitis, all Millies-200, with uniface Jawi inscription 'alamat fi bilad palembang dar inglistan (&qu...
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Start Price : 130.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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PALEMBANG: LOT of 23 tin items3148 - PALEMBANG: LOT of 23 tin items
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PALEMBANG: LOT of 23 tin items, including 9 Islamic pitis (including 2 octagonal examples and 2 solid ones), 7 imitation Chinese cash coins (various t
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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SUMATRA: Anonymous, LOT of 17 coins, ca. 11th-14th centuries3149 - SUMATRA: Anonymous, LOT of 17 coins, ca. 11th-14th centuries
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SUMATRA: Anonymous, LOT of 17 coins, ca. 11th-14th centuries, cf. Zeno-310220, including 2 billon and 15 AE examples of the Jambi lion type (some more
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Start Price : 220.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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SUMATRA: LOT of 150 AR units3150 - SUMATRA: LOT of 150 AR units
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SUMATRA: LOT of 150 AR units, all the sandalwood flower-type, but of a different style from the more commonly encountered Javanese type, attributed by
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
 
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INDONESIA: LOT of 92 cash coins3151 - INDONESIA: LOT of 92 cash coins
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INDONESIA: LOT of 92 cash coins, including 83 shi dan li bao tin pitis of Palembang, 5 Javanese imitations of Chinese cash, plus 2 of Ryukyu Kingdom (
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
 
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INDONESIA: LOT of 28 coins (including 1 AV & 10 AR)3152 - INDONESIA: LOT of 28 coins (including 1 AV & 10 AR)
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INDONESIA: LOT of 28 coins (including 1 AV & 10 AR), including Pre-Islamic: AV 1/4 mas (5 ratti) of Java ca. 800-950; Sultanates: 3 Batubara pit...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00
 
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INDONESIA: LOT of 21 tin coins3153 - INDONESIA: LOT of 21 tin coins
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INDONESIA: LOT of 21 tin coins, including 16 Bangka jokoh of Chinese tin-mining companies (kongsi; all different types and with Harsono number, plus 3
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Start Price : 220.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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IRAN: LOT of 27 coins3154 - IRAN: LOT of 27 coins
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IRAN: LOT of 27 coins, with 25 silver (a couple crowns) & 2 copper-nickel*, including dinars (5): 5000D AH1320, 2000D AH1305 & SH1304, 1000D...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for (400.00 + 80.00BP) = 480.00
 
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