Lot 1323 BRITISH INDIA: William IV, 1830-1837, AV mohur, 1835(b), KM-451.1, S&W-1.15, without initials on king's truncation, restrike, PCGS graded Proof 62. From as early as 1806 the East India Company had hoped to achieve a single currency for all of its Indian Presidencies. This was achieved in 1833 when the rupees of Bengal moved into line with those of Madras and Bombay. After some experimentation in 1834 by Act XVII of 17 August 1835, the Company moved forward towards a uniform coinage, not only of weight standard, but also of design. Under the new system the silver rupee was legal tender. The gold double mohur and mohur coins, although initially passing at 30 and 15 rupees, were to float in terms of the rupee according to the metal market. The gold coins were not legal tender. Estimate $12,000-14,000

Lot 1509 KIRIN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR dollar, ND (1898), Y-183, L&M-516, large scales on dragon variety, PCGS graded MS62. Estimate $10,000-15,000

Lot 1294 SIKH EMPIRE: AV ½ mohur (5.47g), Amritsar, VS1878, KM-24, Nanakshahi obverse couplet, with two 5-petal rosettes in the field // standard reverse style, with "78" of the date sufficiently clear, superb bold strike, PCGS graded MS63. Mohurs of the Sikh Empire are rarely offered for sale and examples are only seen on the market once every few years. Estimate $10,000-15,000

Lot 1453 CHINA: SYCEE: AR 50 tael (liang) sycee (1737g), Sinkiang Province, Cribb-BMC-Class-XVI, Group A, #111, Xinjiang Yuanbao Chinese Turkestan Principal Ingot, Local Tax Ingot, stamped twice vertically dao yàn (Circuit Inspector) and once horizontally with Turki inscription "[Silver] Smith Ahmad at the Pasha's Office", minor surface marks with well applied and clearly defined stamps and attractive old tone, VF, RR. Although similar in style and manufacture to the Hubei Ersibao (Class XIII) ingots, the Sinkiang ingots are clearly a class of their own. Aside from the use of multiple languages of Chinese and Uighur, they are cast from a smaller mold with narrow sides which causes them to be smaller and broader at the base. Estimate $8,000-10,000

Lot 1488 CHIHLI: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR dollar, Peiyang Arsenal mint, year 23 (1897), Y-65.1, L&M-444, long horn variety, with much original bright white mint luster! PCGS graded AU58. Estimate $8,000-10,000

Lot 1720 TIROL: Sigismund, 1477-1490, AR guldinar, 1486, Dav-8087, Levinson IV-49a, Frey-274, mintmaster Wenzel Kröndl, large date variety, SIGISMVNDVS ARCHIDVX AVSTRIE in gothic characters around portrait of Sigismund of Habsburg standing in armor, wearing crown and holding orb; shield with arms of Further Austria to left, crested helmet to right, all within toothed inner circle // knight on horseback right holding flag with date below and sixteen provincial coats of arms counterclockwise; Nellenburg, Elsass, Kyburg, Tirol, Montfort, Portenau, Krain, Steiermark, Alt-?sterreich, K?rnten, Windische Mark, Hohenberg, Habsburg, Pfirt, ?sterreich ob der Ems, with Tyrolian Hapsburg arms at center bottom, bold strike, plugged and expertly repaired, PCGS graded VF details., NGC graded VF20, RR. This is the oldest dated thaler-sized coin, preceded in 1484 by the halfguldiner. Archduke Sigismund had already produced gold florins in large numbers, but the Schwaz silver mine was yielding a huge amount of silver ore, so the idea for a large silver coin worth a gold guilder arose. Its formal name of guldengroschen comes from the fact that it is the equivalent denominational value in silver relative to that of the goldgulden (60 kreuzer). Estimate $8,000-10,000

Lot 1362 BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR ½ rupee, 1911 (c), KM-521, Prid-318, S&W 8.61, nice natural toning, one-year type, a fine example of this true rarity! PCGS graded MS64, RR. On the coin, the King appeared wearing the chain of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire. Because of poor engraving, the elephant looked very much like a pig. The Muslim population was enraged and the image had to be quickly redesigned. Most of these were melted. Estimate $7,000-9,000

Lot 1022 GUPTA: Kumaragupta I, 409-450/52, AV dinar (8.08g), BMC-254/56, Kumar p.316 (class II), Peacock Type: Kumaragupta, nimbate, standing left, his hand empty, bending over a peacock // the god of war Karttikeya, holding a spear and seated astride a resplendent facing peacock, which is perched atop an altar, VF, RR. Estimate $5,000-6,000

Lot 1813 GREAT BRITAIN: AR medal (176.9g), 1859, Eimer 1187, BHM 1272, 77mm silver award medal of the Zoological Society of London (Founded 1826) by Benjamin Wyon after Thomas Landseer, a group of 11 birds with ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY / OF LONDON / 1826 incuse in exergue // a group of seven animals (elephant, 2 giraffes, hippo, water buffalo, and 2 llamas) in a forest setting, hairlined fields, but has retoned nicely, a magnificent example of this classic medal, TO WILLIAM DOUGALL CHRISTIE,FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY, IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NUMEROUS VALUABLE DONATIONS TO THE MENANGERIE.AUGt. 1859. inscribed on edge, an outstanding example! Unc, RR, ex Jerry D. Williams Collection. Certainly one of the most popular medals of the nineteenth century. Christopher Eimer states that "the List of Fellows of the Zoological Society of London (1957) records the number of medals awarded: five in gold for special services; fifty-nine in silver, twenty-two in bronze (for keepers)." The design was approved in 1837 and the first medal awarded was in 1847. We know of only one other silver example selling at auction, at Christie's (ironically!) on December 9, 2012 for an extremely fine specimen. Photo size reduced. Estimate $1,200-1,500

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