Lot 532 QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 500 cash coin tree, Board of Revenue mint, Peking. H-22.720 for type. Prince Qing Hui mint, 'sun & moon' above, cast May-August 1854, brass (huáng tóng) color, cast tree of 14 coins. All coins are obverse up except one example which is inverted on the tree. It is much more highly detailed in the casting than other specimens. The inverted example is also one millimeter larger that the other examples and connected to the tree by a larger spur. This one example on the tree is likely a yang qian (sample coin). This tree is of the utmost rarity and likely unique. We know of no other specimens in existence in private or museum collections, EF, RRRR. Estimated Value$55,000 - 75,000. After the consignor had acquired possession of a house, he discovered the item in a old cabinet. Since he had lived in Hong Kong and China back in the 1980’s he took an interest in researching the object, deciphered himself the characters Xian Feng Yuan Bao and concluded that this object could have some historical interest. The house in question had been acquired in the early 1900’s by the previous owner's ancestor after he had made money in the Far East in the second half of the 19th century where he spent years as director of a trading house. One can assume that this extremely rare item came into the family’s possession during this period. In order to learn more about the item, the owner then consulted Mrs. Helen Wang from the British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, who directed him to Mr. David Hartill who wrote the book " Cast Chinese Coins ". He then searched the internet to see which auction houses specialized in cast Chinese coins and came across our firm’s name. Estimate $55,000-75,000

Lot 1440 MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AV zodiac mohur (9.92g), Agra, AH1028 year 13. KM-180.20. BMC-358 (same obverse die). Pisces obverse: two fish, each with 3 fins, surrounded by the radiate sun, Good, RR, ex Skanda Collection, Lot 363. Estimated Value$20,000 - 25,000. Traces of mount, as this piece was used in jewelry or another decorative object for many years, accounting for the wear and the loss of weight. Estimate $20,000-25,000

Lot 1268 KUSHAN: Huvishka, ca. 155-187, AV dinar (7.91g). G-359 (same dies). Half-length profile bust of king left, above the clouds, holding mace & spear, wearing leather helmet & bejewelled tunic // Nana seated on lion (with left forepaw raised), nimbate, tiny crescent above, holding staff tipped with protome of a horse, attractive VF, RRR, ex Skanda Collection, Lot 41. Estimated Value$15,000 - 20,000. No example of the Nana-on-lion type has yet been posted on CoinArchives. Estimate $15,000-20,000

Lot 1886 PONDICHÉRY: AV pagoda, ND (1715-1774), KM-50, Lec-32, Vishnu standing, ornaments left & right // crescent (moon) in center, pellet adjacent, granulated border around, NGC graded MS65, RRR. No example posted on CoinArchives since September 2007 (different subtype, Lecompte-34). The pellet next to the crescent may represent a star or planet sometimes seen next to the moon. Estimate $8,000-10,000

Lot 1014 EGYPT: Fuad, king, 1922-1936, AR 20 piastres, 1933//AH1352. KM-352. London Mint Proof of Record specimen, of which only three proof examples are known (all graded by PCGS or NGC, two as PF64, one as PF63), never released to the general public, like the 10 piastres intended either for donation to museums or to be kept in the Royal Mint cabinets, PCGS graded Proof 64, RRR. Estimated Value$9,000 - 11,000. Another of the greatest rarities of modern Egypt, and a magnificent mate to the 10 piastre 1933//AH1352 in this auction (Lot #XXX). Estimate $9,000-11,000

Lot 1013 EGYPT: Fuad, king, 1922-1936, AR 10 piastres, 1933//AH1352. KM-350. London Mint Proof of Record specimen, of which only two proof examples are known (the other known specimen was deaccessioned from the Melbourne mint museum in Australia some years ago), essentially as struck but for cabinet toning over deeply mirrored fields consistent with the finest workmanship of the Royal Mint, PCGS graded Proof 64, RRR. Estimated Value$6,500 - 8,500. One of the greatest rarities of modern Egypt, never released to the public in proof, and much rarer than the 1937 Farouk silver proofs. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire this type in proof. Estimate $6,500-8,500

Lot 867 RUSSIAN EMPIRE: Nikolas I, 1825-1855, AR 25 kopek (4.98g), 1829. Cr-159. Bitkin-128. СПБ mint, mintmaster НГ, a fantastic example! NGC graded MS66. Estimated Value$7,000 - 8,000 Estimate $7,000-8,000

Lot 1324 GUPTA: Samudragupta, 344-378, AV dinar (7.49g). Mitch-4788/90. Kumar-A.1. Lyrist type: king seated on couch, playing the lyre, which rests on his knees // Lakshmi seated on wicker stool, holding diadem & cornucopiae, long line below reverse legend, which repeats the king's name, gorgeous strike, choice EF, R, ex Skanda Collection. Estimated Value$6,000 - 8,000 Estimate $6,000-8,000

Lot 1815 BENGAL PRESIDENCY: PATNA MINT: AV ½ mohur (6.17g), "Murshidabad", AH1202 year 19 (frozen). Stv-5.31. Prid-69. KM-—, struck at the Patna mint (1795-1796), identified by the secret mark (dot in right-hand circle of pellets on the obverse), oblique milling rising to the right, tiny nick at the edge, choice About Unc, RRRR. Estimated Value$6,000 - 8,000. Pridmore assigned the silver & gold coins with the secret mark in the right-hand circle to Dacca, but further research by Paul Stevens has correctly reassigned this mark to Patna (in his book, "The Coins of the Bengal Presidency", pp. 217-219). Pridmore was unable to confirm any example of the half mohur, but Stevens noted one example that sold in the Baldwin's Sale 22, Lot 136, in 2000. This is of the highest rarity, perhaps only two pieces thus far confirmed. Patna was a Mughal mint from Akbar until AH1178, then British 1179-1183, though the name was changed to Azimabad during the middle of the year 1117 (1705). Estimate $6,000-8,000

Lot 1350 GUPTA: Skandagupta, ca. 449-467, AV dinar (8.40g). Mitch-4866. Altekar: plate XIV:12/13, Kumar: p.351. King & Lakshmi standing, with the Garuda standard between // Lakshmi seated cross-legged on lotus, holding a pasa in her rignt hand, legend sri skandagupta, neatly struck, choice VF, RR, ex Skanda Collection, Lot 147. Estimated Value$6,000 - 7,000 Estimate $6,000-7,000

Lot 1256 KUSHAN: Huvishka, ca. 155-187, AV dinar (7.96g). G-182.2a (this piece). Narrow half-length profile bust of king left, above the clouds, holding mace & ankusa // Serapis standing, holding orbed staff, right arm outstretched, pointing with extended forefinger, Greek ΣAPAΠO to the right, choice EF, RRR, ex Skanda Collection, Lot 32. Estimated Value$6,000 - 7,000. Serapis was the Greco-Egyptian deity representing the land, the sea, the sky, and the underground amalgamated. Estimate $6,000-7,000

Lot 649 IRAN: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AV 10 toman (28.95g), AH1311. KM-945. Fr-59, facing portrait of the Shah // royal text, which translates to "the esteemed sultan and supreme khaqan Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar", with denomination dah toman below, About Unc, RR. Estimated Value$5,000 - 6,000 Estimate $5,000-6,000

Lot 1030 GUINEA: FOUTAH DJALON: aluminum 5 francs pattern, 1894. Lec-4. Lion walking left, crescent above, KAHEL below // Arabic sandarvâl in oval (for the French entrepreneur Olivier de Sanderval), PCGS graded Specimen 58 Secure Holder, RRR. Estimated Value$3,500 - 4,500 Estimate $3,500-4,500

Lot 604 MANCHUKUO: K'ang Te, 1934-1945, copper-nickel chiao, year 6 (1939). Y-8. JNDA-20.1. Japanese Puppet State; gorgeous examples, with glistening proof surfaces, hint of russet toning, NGC graded Proof 65, RR, ex Daniel K Ching Collection. Estimated Value$3,000 - 4,000. An example graded PR65 by NGC sold for $4600 at Heritage Signature Sale 3051, Lot 30419; the only other one on CoinArchives, PR64 by NGC, sold for $4000 at Stephen Album Auction 25, Lot 878. Estimate $3,000-4,000

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