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A Nifty Group of Coin-made Objects. China & West

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 650.00 USD
A Nifty Group of Coin-made Objects. China & West
<Our item number 105020><B>A Nifty Group of Coin-made Objects. China & Western Europe, 18th - early 20th century.</B> First, a circular box made from British shillings of George III; also a Victoria 3 Pence was used to create a tiny padlock &#40;key included&#41;; also a fob made up from silvered half pennies of Edward VII &#40;1901-1910&#41;, these punched with high relief portrait of the king. From China, a cylindrical box is made to resemble a stack of half dollars of Yuan Shih-kai, whose coin forms the lid. Related: a pair of finger nail clippers - - one a coin-like souvenir of the George VI coronation in 1937; and another made from a reduced size imitation of a Spanish-Mexican 8 Reales of Charles III. A good lot. Lot of 6 coins. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;400-650. <I><BR>Irving Goodman, Personal Collection.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 105020<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN=CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/38jpegs/105020.jpg"> </P></IMAGES> "