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LOT 3510
Russian Empire. Alexander II CU 5 Kopecks. Dated 1864. Ekaterinburg mint.
5 КОПѢЕКЪ 1864 Е. М. in four lines; all within wreath / Coats of arms, ribbons at crown. Yeoman 6a; Bitkin 302-316. Fine.(26.87gr, 37mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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United States of America AR Half Dollar. Dated 1953. Denver mint. 'Franklin' type. Dies by John R. Sinnock and Gilroy Roberts.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
LIBERTY IN GOD WE TRUST, bust of Benjamin Franklin to right; JRS in small lettering on truncation, date to right / UNITED STATES oF AMERICA, Liberty Bell flanked by ·E· PLURIBUS UNUM and small eagle; mintmark above, denomination below. KM 199. 12.46gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ottoman Empire. 'Abd al-'Aziz CU 40 Para. Dually dated RY 4 and AH 1277 (AD 1865). Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint. Countermarked for the church of 'Birth of Christ Saviour' in Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Toughra; ٤ سنة (RY) below / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية around denomination; AH accession date below; c/m: ΣΓΧ 1883 [ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ 1883 (=Birth of Christ Saviour 1883)] in two lines within incuse circle. KM 702 (Turkey); Wilski G18-08. 21.14gr, 36mm.
Good Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Ottoman copper coins were countermarked for use in Greek communities under Turkish control, who continually suffered a shortage of coinage. -
China. AE Knife Money. Circa 1st millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Cast bronze, knife-shaped currency used in ancient China, particularly during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, evolved from actual tools into symbolic money. 13.32gr, 136mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
