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LOT 4570
Group of Five [5] Cowry Currency Shells. Southern Nigeria, 19th-20th century A.D.
Group of four shells pierced and strung for use as currency. 5/8 - 7/8 in. (7.17 grams total, 15-21 mm).
ProvenanceFrom a specialised collection of trade items and money formed in the 1970s.
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LOT 4570
Group of Five [5] Cowry Currency Shells.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Denmark. Christian X AV 20 Kroner. Dated 1916. Royal Danish Mint (Copenhagen). Andreas Frederik Vilhelm Hansen, Harald Salomon and Knud Gunnar Jensen, engravers.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
CHRISTIAN X KONGE AF DANMARK AH ♥ 1916 VBP, bare head to right / 1916 20 KRONER ♥ VBP, crowned greater coat of arms of Denmark. KM 817.1; DNF 12.4; Fr 299. 8.93gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
United States of America. Federal Republic AV 2 1/2 Dollars. Dated 1911. Philadelphia mint. 'Indian Head-Quarter Eagle' type. Designed by Bela Lyon Pratt.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
LIBERTY, native American head wearing war bonnet to left; B.L.P. in small lettering and date below; thirteen starts around / UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA, perched eagle standing to left and holding olive branch and arrows in its talons; E PLURIBUS UNUM to left; IN GOD WE TRUST to right; denomination below. KM 128; Fr 121. 4.15gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Russian Empire. Nicholas II AV 5 Roubles. Dated 1900. St Petersburg Mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left / Crowned, double-headed Russian eagle; 5 РУБЛЕЙ 1900 Г below. Bitkin 26. 4.28gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
