LOT 3003
World Coins - USA - 1893 - Expedition AR Half Dollar Dated 1893 A.D.
Columbian Exposition. Obv: portrait of Christopher Columbus facing right with the denomination below, *UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*
COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLAR. Rev: the ship Santa Maria sailing to the left above two half planispheres that divides the date 1493 with a legend around the rim and the date below, WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO / 14 92 / *1893*. Very fine.(12.42 grams, 30 mm.). [No Reserve]
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
KM# 117.
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World Coins - East India Company - 1833 - Bombay AE Quarter Anna Dated 1833 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Obv: coat of arms of the East India Company, date below, on the ribbon is the legend: AUSP:REG & SEN:ANG:, all within a plain raised rim, 1833 AUSP:REG & SEN:ANG. Rev: the value, QUARTER ANNA. Balanced scales with Persian legend between the pans: Adil, AH date in Persian below (AH 1249). 6.41 grams, 25 mm.
Extremely fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Kent lady collector. -
World Coins - Brazil - 1835 - 'Piratini' Fantasy Counterstamped 960 Reis Dated 1835 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Type III stamp. A fantasy issued in the early 20th century in allusion to the proclaimed Riograndense Republic, a breakaway state that declared its independence from Brazil in September of 1836. This short-lived state was pejoratively nicknamed by its opponents (the Brazilian Imperialists) as the Piratini Republic after the small Piratini village, so as to downplay the size of the revolution. 16.31 grams, 35 mm.
Good very fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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World Coins - East India Company - Victoria - AE Group [2] Dated 1845 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mixed issues comprising: Victoria one cent and half cent. 13.52 grams total, 22-28 mm.
Fine-good fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Kent lady collector.
