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Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 1 Coins Of The British Empire. British Guiana. 3-Guilders, 1809 (KM 8). Lightly toned, about uncirculated. This doesn’t have any of the flan flaws are evident on those that have recently been offered at auction. It would be difficult to find a better piece when compared to example that sold in part two of the Diana Collection (Baldwin’s Auctions ...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 2 Coins Of The British Empire. British Guiana. 3-Guilders, 1816 (KM 15). Superb, small toning spot on obverse, otherwise original frosty brilliant uncirculated. This is the nicest example to come up for auction in some time, the only ‘fault’ is the toning spot behind the King’s head. Estimate: £3000-4000
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 3 Coins Of The British Empire. British Guiana. 3-Guilders, 1832 (KM 21). Extremely fine, some light handling marks. every bit as nice as the example in part two of the Diana Collection (Baldwin’s Auctions 58, September 2008) which sold for more than over £1300 Estimate: £1000-1500
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 4 Coins Of The British Empire. British North Borneo. ½-Cent, 1886H (KM 1). Brilliant Specimen Strike, slightly subdued reverse. Estimate: £250-350
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 5 Coins Of The British Empire. British North Borneo. ½-Cent, 1907H (KM 1). In PCGS holder graded MS64BN. Any collector of the British North Borneo series will acknowledge the rarity of this date. A serious collector will be aware that most earlier collectors had to settle for less than an uncirculated piece. Both the Remick and Pridmore coins h...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 6 Coins Of The British Empire. British North Borneo. 1-Cent, 1884H (KM 2). Specimen Strike in PCGS holder graded SP64BN. Mint state examples of this date are rare. They obviously went straight into circulation, so any nice ones encountered today spent most of their life in Birmingham. Estimate: £250-350
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 7 Coins Of The British Empire. British North Borneo. 1-Cent, 1886H (KM 2). Specimen Strike in PCGS holder graded SP64RB. Estimate: £250-350
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 8 Coins Of The British Empire. British North Borneo. 1-Cent, 1904H (KM 3). Specimen Strike in PCGS holder graded SP64. First year of type and because of the source, possibly struck at the KN mint. There only seems to have been one piece in the archives, which is surprising, as it was the first year of type. The Remick example was a nice about u...
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 9 Coins Of The British Empire. British North Borneo. 1-Cent, 1921H (KM 3). In PCGS holder graded MS65. Estimate: £80-100
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 10 Coins Of The British Empire. British North Borneo. 2½-Cents, 1903H (KM 10). In PCGS holder graded MS64. Estimate: £120-150
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 11 Coins Of The British Empire. Burma. ¼-Pe (3), 1865 (2), different dies, 1878 (KM 18, 25.2). Very fine to extremely fine, one 1865 lightly corroded. (3) Estimate: £100-150
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 12 Coins Of The British Empire. Burma. Mu, CS1214 (1852) (KM 7.1). Toned, frosty uncirculated, though struck with rusty dies. Estimate: £200-250
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 13 Coins Of The British Empire. Burma. Mat, CS1214 (1852) (KM 8.1). Nicely toned, choice uncirculated, evidence of die clash on the obverse but well struck. Estimate: £250-350
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 14 Coins Of The British Empire. Burma. Kyat, CS1214 (1852) (KM 10). Toned, uncirculated, strong reverse frost under the tone and only a slight rub on the peacock’s left wing on the obverse. It was very easy to rationalize collecting these beautiful coins of Burma; the proximity to India with a similar size of coins, the superb effort by the Heaton...
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 15 Coins Of The British Empire. Burma. Kyat, CS1214 (1852) (KM 11). Weakly struck but most of the mint frost is intact, about uncirculated for issue. Estimate: £1500-2000
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 16 Coins Of The British Empire. Burma. Pe, CS1214 (1852) (KM 13). Extremely fine, slightly better strike than usually seen, all the details are evident. Estimate: £300-400
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 17 Coins Of The British Empire. Burma. Proof Mu, Mat, 5-Mu and Kyat, CS1214 (1852) (KM 7.2, 8, 9, 10). Proof set in PCGS holders graded PF66, the last PF64. (4) The Mat has a more colourful tone than the three others, which may mean that there has been an upgrade at some time in the past. The Mu is a Proof-only issue, with the dot above the top l...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 18 Coins Of The British Empire. Ceylon. 1-Rix Dollar, 1821 (KM 84; Pr 82). Choice extremely fine, moderately toned. Estimate: £200-300
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 19 Coins Of The British Empire. Ceylon. 1-Rix Dollar, 1821 (KM 84; Pr 82). In PCGS holder graded MS63, lightly toned over very frosty surfaces. Die repair on this coin has changed the tips of a few strands of the King’s hair. On this example, the long lock of hair directly to the left of the laurel wreath at the top points to the colon between D:...
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 20 Coins Of The British Empire. Ceylon. Proof 1-Rix Dollar, 1821 (KM 84; Pr 82A). Moderately toned over highly reflective fields with numerous light hairlines. The example graded by PCGS as PR63 in part two of the Diana collection (Baldwin’s Auction 58, September 2008) brought more than £800. This piece is every bit as nice. There is die rust on...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 21 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ¼-Piastre, 1879 (KM 1.1). Choice uncirculated, subdued mint red. From experience and noting the pieces of this date that have come up for sale, it would prove to be extremely frustrating to expect to find this with more than 50% mint red. Estimate: £150-200
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 22 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ¼-Piastre, 1881 (KM 1.1). Choice uncirculated, 20% red. Neither Ford or Remick had this in mint state and Pridmore had to settle for a Proof. Ford had a three-piece Proof Set of this date and as he bought the Pridmore example, maybe this was a set that he was able to put back together. Estimate: £250-350
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 23 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ¼-Piastre, 1887 (KM 1.1). Choice semi proof-like uncirculated, 40% red with fewer of the carbon spots that plague this date. please note details for the 1887 ½-Piastre Estimate: £250-350
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 24 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ¼-Piastre, 1900 (KM 1.2). In PCGS holder graded MS64RB, uncirculated, subdued mint red. 36,000 minted, a different KM number due to the slightly smaller planchet. Estimate: £500-800
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 25 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ¼-Piastre, 1902 (KM 8). Choice, 80% red uncirculated. A few of this date have shown up in Mint State and have always sold for well over catalogue. Pridmore’s brilliant uncirculated sold for £200 in 1981. The ‘trick’ is to find a 1905 that looks like this. Forget finding a 1908 anywhere close. Estimate: £...
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 26 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. Matte Specimen-Proof ¼-Piastre, 1902 (KM 8 for type, finish unlisted). The obverse is full mint red while the reverse is toned, probably due to the storage conditions. It seems that most of the first year of issue of the British Colonial series had Matte Specimens struck. Early catalogues have these listed ...
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 27 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. Proof ¼-Piastre, 1926 (KM 16). Toned, choice proof. While we have a value in KM of $365 for this date, it is quite interesting to see where this ‘valuation’ comes from. It should be easy to find a recent sale and put that price in. I couldn’t find this record but what I can share is all the major collector...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 28 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ½-Piastre, 1879 (KM 2). Brown uncirculated with a touch of red. I cannot recall ever seeing a red example of this date and denomination. Estimate: £150-200
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 29 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ½-Piastre, 1881, thin 1 in denomination (KM 2). Choice red uncirculated, touch of verdigris below the date. It should come as no surprise that there are two different sizes of the ‘1’ of the denomination. It is acknowledged on the 1-Piastre but the thick 1 is a Proof only issue. The thin 1 appears to be 1....
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 30 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ½-Piastre, 1881, thick 1 in denomination (KM 2). Choice glossy uncirculated, some mint red under the glossy surfaces, small flan flaw at base of neck. The thick 1 appears to be 1.7mm and most of the inner design of the 1 is indistinct and raised, as if the die was not finished correctly. The inner part of t...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 31 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ½-Piastre, 1885 (KM 2). Choice brown about uncirculated with a touch of mint red. Estimate: £200-300
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 32 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ½-Piastre, 1887, large “½” in denomination (KM 2). Mostly red uncirculated but struck from rusty dies. The 1887 coinage is the most common of the Victorian series to find in uncirculated. They were not well stored though and usually have carbon spots and very uneven tone, as well as often heavy signs of die...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 33 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ½-Piastre, 1887, smaller “½’’ in denomination (KM 2). Choice, proof-like uncirculated with subdued mint red. One would expect that the matrix used to make the punches and dies for a low mintage series such as these Cyprus coins would last many years and not need change until something specific was called for...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 34 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ½-Piastre, 1890, smaller “½’’ in denomination (KM 2). Brown uncirculated, subdued mint red, planchet flaw on neck, as struck. Ford’s example was a similar grade but this is nicer than Remick’s and Pridmore was only able to find a good fine. Estimate: £300-400
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 35 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. Proof ½-Piastre, 1900, small denomination (KM 2). In PCGS holder graded PR64BN, subdued mint red. ex Remick collection Ford had a three piece Proof set of this date that sold for £1700 in 1990, while Pridmore’s was a good fine. The only other nice example I can trace is the red and brown uncirculated in ...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 36 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ½-Piastre, 1908 (KM 11). Choice glossy about uncirculated with some mint red in the letters. This is one of those coins where any write-up is wasted space. Anyone who has a passing interest in the coins of Cyprus knows the rarity of this coin. The mintage of 36,000 is the first big clue, and the fact that ...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 37 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ½-Piastre, 1930 (KM 17). Red and brown uncirculated, 40% red. Ford was the only ‘modern’ collector who was able to find a nice example of this date. His piece had about 50% red. So this is the third example that I am aware of in a pleasant uncirculated grade. For rarity and price comparison, I have seen m...
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 38 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. ½-Piastre, 1931 (KM 17). Glossy brown, nice about uncirculated. Estimate: £200-300
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 39 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 1-Piastre, 1881 (KM 3.1). Choice, about uncirculated, some mint red. 36,000 minted, a different KM number due to the slightly smaller planchet. Estimate: £500-700
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 40 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 1-Piastre, 1884 (KM 3.2). Extremely fine, a few light nicks. equal to the 1882H with the lowest mintage at 18,000. Estimate: £500-700
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 41 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 1-Piastre, 1885 (KM 3.2). About uncirculated, some mint red. Starting with the 1885, the date is noticeably larger with the ‘1’ touching the bottom of the Queens bust. Estimate: £350-500
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 42 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 1-Piastre, 1887 (KM 3.2). Almost full mint red, a few light bagmarks. Estimate: £700-900
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 43 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 1-Piastre, 1889 (KM 3.2). Subdued red, uncirculated. 27,000 minted Estimate: £700-900
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 44 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 1-Piastre, 1896 (KM 3.2). Uncirculated with some mint red, but has been lightly wiped with a few resultant hairlines. The Remick and Pridmore examples had both been cleaned. I graded Ford’s an uncirculated 60. With a mintage of 54,000 pieces and a design that had been in use for almost 20 years, there was ...
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 45 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. Proof 1-Piastre, 1900 (KM 3.2). In PCGS holder graded PR65RB, subdued mint red. ex Remick sale. Estimate: £2000-3000
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 46 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 1-Piastre, 1908 (KM 12). Medium brown about uncirculated, a few light marks but some reverse mint red. 27,000 minted Estimate: £1000-1500
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 47 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 1-Piastre, 1927 (KM 18). Choice red and brown uncirculated, hint of a fingerprint in front of King George’s crown. Remick and Ford had similar grades but that is all we have for comparison. Estimate: £600-800
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 48 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 1-Piastre (5), 1938, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1949 (KM 23, 23a, 30). The 1938 choice brilliant uncirculated, 1943, 1945, 1946, red and brown uncirculated, the 1949 brilliant uncirculated. (5) Estimate: £120-150
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 49 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 4½-Piastres, 1901 (KM 5). Nice lightly toned, frosty uncirculated. Estimate: £300-400
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 50 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 4½-Piastres, 1921 (KM 15). Choice brilliant uncirculated. Estimate: £300-400
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 51 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 9-Piastres, 1901 (KM 6). Nice moderately toned, frosty uncirculated, the reverse is quite superb. Estimate: £400-500
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 52 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 9-Piastres, 1919 (KM 13). Choice uncirculated. Estimate: £200-300
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 53 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 9-Piastres, 1940 (KM 25); Shillings (2), 1947, 1949 (KM 27, 31). All choice brilliant uncirculated. (3) Estimate: £120-150
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 54 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 18-Piastres, 1901 (KM 7). Nice frosty, lightly toned, about uncirculated. As nice as the Remick example. Estimate: £700-900
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 55 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 18-Piastres, 1907 (KM 10). Frosty, choice extremely fine. No collector of Cyprus coins has to be told that this is the rarest type coin of all. Estimate: £1200-1500
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 56 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 18-Piastres, 1913 (KM14). Nicely toned, frosty uncirculated. With a mintage of only 25,000 pieces the £1300 that was paid for Remick’s nice example still seems very reasonable. A few were well taken care of, being the first year of this new type, and they fell into the hands of someone who cared. Estimate:...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 57 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 18-Piastres (2), 1938, 1940 (KM 26). Nice frosty brilliant uncirculated. (2) Estimate: £150-200
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 58 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 2-Shillings (2), 1947, 1949 (KM 28, 32). Unusually nice, choice brilliant uncirculated. (2) Estimate: £150-200
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 59 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. 45-Piastres, 1928 (KM 19). Beautifully toned, choice uncirculated. Estimate: £300-400
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 60 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. Proof 45-Piastres, 1928 (KM 19). Lightly toned, choice proof. Estimate: £700-900
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 61 Coins Of The British Empire. Cyprus. Proof 3-, 4½-, 9- and 18-Piastres, 1901 (KM 4, 5, 6, 7). Beautifully blue toned proofs, a few marks under the tone but very strong cameos. (4) Ford was the only one of our ‘name’ collectors who owned the 1901 Proof set. It sold for £2900 in 1990. From experience though, I have seen a number of single Proof...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 62 Coins Of The British Empire. Gibraltar. Quart, 1810, large date (KM Tn3.1; Pr 21). Glossy uncirculated with a touch of mint red. Estimate: £120-150
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 63 Coins Of The British Empire. Gibraltar. Quart, 1810, small date, rev no punctuation (KM Tn3.2; Pr 22). Glossy about uncirculated. Estimate: £80-120
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 64 Coins Of The British Empire. Gibraltar. Bronzed Proof Quart, 1841/0 (KM 2; Pr 5). Choice. Proof only date Estimate: £1000-1500
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 65 Coins Of The British Empire. Gibraltar. Quart, 1842/0 (KM 2; Pr 6). Uncirculated with some mint red. Estimate: £250-350
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 66 Coins Of The British Empire. Gibraltar. 2-Quarts (2), 1810, large date (KM Tn4.1; Pr 18). Both glossy brown, softly struck as usual, about uncirculated. (2) Two different dies, mostly noticeable in position of letters in relation to castle’s towers. There is also a difference in the horizontal bars in the centre bottom door, one has four lines...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 67 Coins Of The British Empire. Gibraltar. 2-Quarts, 1810, small date (KM Tn4.2; Pr 19). Glossy brown and virtually mint state. The brickwork is more intricate on the small date variety. The centre bottom door has five horizontal lines. Estimate: £150-200
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 68 Coins Of The British Empire. Gibraltar. 2-Quarts, 1813 (KM Tn6; Pr 12). Glossy uncirculated, touch of mint red, a few very minor planchet flaws and evidence of die rust. Issued by Richard Cattons, goldsmith. The grade surpasses what Pridmore, Ford and Remick were able to find. The 1810 tokens are not difficult to find in high grade but anythi...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 69 Coins Of The British Empire. Gibraltar. 2-Quarts, 1820 (KM Tn9; Pr 25). Glossy uncirculated, a touch of mint red, minor edge flaw on reverse that turns into a die cud on the obverse. This is struck with a medal die axis while the 1810s and the 1813 in this sale have a coin die axis. Remick’s example was graded ‘with lustre’ but it was from an ...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 70 Coins Of The British Empire. Gibraltar. 2-Quarts, 1842/1 (KM 3). Uncirculated with some mint red. Estimate: £250-350
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 71 Coins Of The British Empire. Gold Coast. Proof ¼-Ackey, 1796, off-metal strike of the silver issue, in bronzed copper (KM Pn3; Vice 8B). In NGC holder graded PROOF66. The die crack through A of ACT, as mentioned in Vice’s book, extends all the way up to the elephants trunk. We would generally call an off-metal strike like this a Pattern, but d...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 72 Coins Of The British Empire. Gold Coast. Proof Ackey, 1796, off-metal strike of the silver issue, in bronzed copper (KM Pn7; Vice 2B). In NGC holder graded PROOF66. Parliament spelt correctly, as on all of these off metal strike copper pieces. The ungraded example in Diana part 2 wasn’t quite as nice as this and it sold for more than £400. Es...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 73 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Silver “Pattern” 1-Mil, 1863 (Pr 193c). In PCGS holder graded SP63. ex Goodman collection While this has been graded a Pattern, it is more likely a bit of ‘mint sport’, struck at the request of someone important at the mint. It is struck on the same size planchet as the 5-Cent. The reverse has been d...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 74 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Pattern 1-Mil, 1863, die axis is 90° off medal axis (Pr 302). In PCGS holder graded PR64BN. This is the same die axis as lot 345 in the Remick sale, where it was described as “1.37gms...very thin flan”; it sold for £575. The other two Pridmore 309s in that sale had a medal die axis and were struck on pla...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 75 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Pattern 1-Mil, 1863, medal die axis (Pr 310). In PCGS holder graded PR64RB. Remick’s example sold for £230. While this is one of the commonest of the Hong Kong pattern 1-Mils, it is quite distinctive with its lack of internal ‘squares’. Estimate: £400-600
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 76 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 1-Mil, 1864 (Pr 194). In PCGS holder graded MS60BN, mint red on the edge, rare. ex Remick collection, £2900 Goodman’s example brought US$5750 Estimate: £6000-9000
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 77 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 1-Mil, 1865, without hyphen between HONG and KONG (KM 2). Almost full red, brilliant uncirculated. Estimate: £100-150
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 78 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Pattern 1-Cent, 1862, coin die axis, obv in between the Chinese characters, at 2 o’clock there is the lion rampant, at 4 o’clock the initials R.M., at 8 o’clock the initials T.G, and at 10 o’clock an anchor, rev lion rampant to either side of the date (Pr 298). In PCGS holder graded PR64BN. PCGS incorrect...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 79 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Pattern 1-Cent, 1862, coin die axis, obv as the Indian Rupee of 1860-1861, L.C.WYON under the bust (Pr 267). In PCGS holder graded PR63BN. The Remick example sold for over £3300 but it had the medal die axis. The die axis hasn’t generally been acknowledged, so it would be interesting if future cataloguer...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 80 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Pattern 1-Cent, 1862, coin die axis, obv as the Indian Rupee of 1860-1861, L.C.WYON under the bust, rev crossed hammer to left of date and lion rampant to right (Pr 270). In PCGS holder graded PR63BN. Not in the Goodman or Remick collections Estimate: £5000-7000
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 81 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Pattern 1-Cent, 1862, coin die axis, obv as Hong Kong circulation issue, rev lion rampant on both sides of the date, R.M. at 3 o’clock and T.G. at 9 o’clock (Pr 283). In PCGS holder graded PR62BN. Remick’s example brought £2600 and Goodman didn’t have this. For those collectors and observers who are keep...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 82 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Pattern 1-Cent, 1862, medal die axis (Pr 292). In PCGS holder graded PR62BN. This is the one of the mulings of two Reverses, one with the four Chinese characters as Pr 254 et al. The other Reverse is as Pr 264 with One Cent Hong Kong 1862. Goodman’s example brought $2185 while Remick’s brought over £250...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 83 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Pattern 1-Cent, 1863, coin die axis, design of the circulating coins soon to be released, with the central reverse dot, large flan, 30.8mm, of the Pattern series (Pr 287). In PCGS holder graded PR64RB, brilliant uncirculated. Remick’s piece has the same die axis and is struck to a ‘Proof’ standard. It so...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 84 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Pattern 1-Cent, 1863, medal die axis (Pr 165B). Nice brown Specimen Strike, a touch of reverse verdigris. The only difference, to give this coin a Pattern designation, is the addition of the central reverse dot. There are a number of differences on Pr 165B that haven’t been properly broken down. There a...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 85 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 1-Cent, 1863 (KM 4.1). Choice red and brown uncirculated. Estimate: £100-150
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 86 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Proof 1-Cent, 1865, medal die axis (KM 4.1). In PCGS holder graded PR64BN. It seems that the Royal Mint had run out of the ‘energy’ necessary to strike Proof coins after the fluster of 1862-1863 so the copper coins were tendered out to Soho and Heaton and therefore were struck more as a Specimen than a P...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 87 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 1-Cent, 1876, medal die axis (KM 4.1). Specimen Strike, in PCGS holder graded SP66RB, the obverse is full mint red, while the reverse is a subdued red. Struck at the Heaton mint without a mintmark. The Remick “Proof” had a coin die axis. Estimate: £1500-2000
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 88 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 1-Cent, 1877 (KM 4.2). In PCGS holder graded MS64RD. Two year type. Estimate: £300-400
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 89 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Proof 1-Cent, 1879, medal die axis (KM 4.3). In PCGS holder graded PR64RB. Only the first two of the three “Proofs” in the Remick sale were Proof and they came with both die axes. I also believe they were KM 4.3, and that there is no KM 4.2 for this date. Estimate: £1200-1500
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 90 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 1-Cent, 1900H (KM 4.3). In PCGS holder graded MS63RD. Estimate: £100-150
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 91 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 1-Cent, 1900H (KM 4.3). In PCGS holder graded MS65RD. Estimate: £100-150
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 92 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Proof 1-Cent, 1941 (KM 24). In PCGS holder graded PR64RB. This is the rarest type coin of the Hong Kong series. The Proof seems to be slightly more common than an uncirculated due to the de-accession of duplicates from the Canadian and Australian Mints back in the 1970s and 1980s. Estimate: £15,000-20,000
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 93 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 5-Cents, 1866 (KM 5). In PCGS holder graded MS66, partially toned with greens and reds. Estimate: £300-500
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 94 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. Error 5-Cents, 1867, brockage struck without a collar giving it a very dish-shaped look, a hint of reverse can be seen (KM 5). Uncirculated. It would hard to believe that this is a legitimate error that escaped into circulation. It is much more likely that it was struck on purpose as some sort of test of...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 95 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 5-Cents, 1872H, overdate 72/68, Arabic 1 in date (KM 5). In PCGS holder graded MS67, toned, predominately in greens on the obverse and reds on the reverse. ex Heaton Mint Holdings There were about 21 examples of this date in the Heaton Mint dispersal of the 1970s, but not all were as nice as this. Rem...
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 96 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 5-Cents, 1873H, Arabic 1 in date (KM 5). In PCGS holder graded MS66, just a hint of tone. ex Heaton Mint Holdings There were about 14 examples in the Heaton Mint Holdings. Due to the way that the Remick material was sold, we were not able really to study what he thought were different varieties. He h...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 97 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 5-Cents, 1873, round top 3, no overdate and Arabic 1 to date (KM 5). Nice frosty brilliant uncirculated. Estimate: £150-200
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 98 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 5-Cents, 1874H (KM 5). In PCGS holder graded MS66, moderately toned with some reds and blues. The toning is not consistent with most of the Heaton mint material, while the grade is. Also quite typical are the numerous die breaks. While most of the Heaton material is pristine and first strikes off the di...
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 99 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 5-Cents, 1874H (KM 5). In PCGS holder graded MS65. Estimate: £200-300
Date 05.05.2009
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Baldwin's Auctions, Auction 59-60, Lot 100 Coins Of The British Empire. Hong Kong. 5-Cents, 1875H (KM 5). In PCGS holder graded MS65, fully frosty and brilliant. Estimate: £300-400
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