Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 40

NORTH AFRICA: AR bracelet (146g), Opitz p. 277 (bottom right plate example), ca. 120mm & 25mm, hollow ring with elaborately decorated exterior, ...

NORTH AFRICA: AR bracelet (380g), Opitz p. 277 (top left plate example), ca. 125mm & 25mm, hollow ring with elaborately decorated exterior with ...

PANAMA: SAN BLAS ISLANDS:pair of solid gold rings from the San Blas Islands made by the Kuna people, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bilum bag, Opitz pg. 83 (plate), a very old and small example, made from native fiber, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Chimbu Bi

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk, 90mm, Papuan Highlands full circle boar's tusk nose ornament, collected in 1930 as part of the Kaake Collection in ...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk & shell breast plate, 46cm, Kubkain boar tusks with large scalloped shell and cowry shells, 18" length, these t...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk (50.12g), Opitz p.87, ca. 90mm in diameter, fully circular, used for a variety of purposes from blood money to bride price

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk (57.45g), Opitz p.87, consisting of a pair of semicircular tusks (108mm & 98mm in diameter) affixed to a rattan hand...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk bracelet, 112mm, made with pair of tusks, EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusks, 18.50cm (7¼") wide, a personal decoration made of boars tusks and cowry shells and used as money, VF, R, ex ...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boars tusk ornament, 95mm, with red cloth binding the tusks together, these types of 'personal decorations' were used as m...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bone dagger (48.13g), 255mm, animal leg bone with one sharpened end, made ca. 1920's, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: clam shell ring, 85mm, from Melawei on the Sepik River, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: conus shell necklace, 62mm plus length of cord, conus shell whorl attached to native fiber, EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: cowry shell necklace, 100cm, necklace with tops of shells filed down, EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: doga necklace, see Opitz pg.133/34, Kula pg. 23, 65cm (25½") in length, with plastic beads instead of shell beads, conus...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: doga necklace, attractive necklace with one large egg cowry attached 2 3/4" x 1 1/4" diameter, a lovely example! VF, R, ...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: doga shell necklace (43.66g), Opitz p.133, consisting of a large shell ring (ca. 66mm in diameter), attached to strings of coral bea

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: fine shell money (7.03g), small polished shell discs strung tightly on two strings, each measuring 65cm & 13cm in length, VF, ...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: German trade bead necklace (65.99g), ca. 96cm, made of turquoise, white beads and small shells, strung together on woven string, cho

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: kin shell money, 20 x 10cm (7 3/4" x 4"), pearl oyster shell with woven neck band and gum on back of shell as made, VF, ...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: kina shell money (313g), Opitz p.177, ca. 195 x 165mm, made from a single shell of the gold-lipped pearl oyster fashioned into a cre

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: kina shell money (419g), Opitz p.177 (plate example), made from a single shell of the gold-lipped pearl oyster (ca. 195mm in diamete

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: mis shell money, Opitz p.223, SET of 4 types of mis money (lolot, pabang, kuwas, sili-uro) from Lihir Island near New Ireland, each

PAPUA NEW GUINEA:Opitz pg. 236, 78mm, used on Rossel Island (Yela), VF, R, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Culturally and linguistically distinct from

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: ndap shell money (15.58g), Opitz p.236 (plate example), ca. 46 x 50mm, used exclusively by men on Rossel Island (Yela), VF, R, ex Ch

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: omak sticks, Opitz pg. 245 (plate example), 20cm (7 3/4") long plus cord, bamboo and fiber breastplate for males from the Hig...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: sapi-sapi shell money, strings of pink shell discs sewn overlapping onto plaited vegetable fibre, 21 pieces of 1" diameter sh...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell money (3.57g), ca. 195mm, consisting of numerous small colorful shell and coral discs on a wire, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collecti

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell necklace, 40cm (16") in length, 104 conus shell discs with a bailer shell pendant, each hand filed down for a flattened...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell necklace (25.22g), ca. 48cm, large black shells with orange and gray small shells on woven circular band, acquired in Papua Ne

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell necklace (99.09g), Opitz p.116, consisting of a string of conus shell discs (ca. 31cm), strung together on woven string with a

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell ring (63.29g), Opitz p.286, 101mm with an average width of 15mm, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: toea arm shell ring, 67mm, conus shell ring with banana seed decorations, used for trade and bride payment on the Trobriand Islands,

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: toea arm shell ring (112g), Opitz p.233 (Mwali), consisting of a large shell ring (ca. 65mm in diameter & 32mm tall), sewn tog...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: tooth & trade bead necklace (57.14g), ca. 120cm in circumference, consisiting of 63 teeth, 1 talon, and numerous beads strung ...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: tusk & shell necklace (89.72g), Opitz p.87, 120 x 105mm, made from two boar tusks conjoined at the end with woven plant fiber,...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: tusk necklace (75.59g), 197 x 190mm, made from bent and lacqured bamboo, with two tusks affixed at the ends with woven plant fiber,

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: wooden figurine (92.89g), Opitz p.249 (plate example), 117 x 80 x 31mm, carved boar with two sets of tusks, a section of front left

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: woven bracelet, made from native fiber, used as a decoration many years ago, before the natives realized that these plastic like rin

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: woven shell bracelet, 80mm, band woven from lily root decorated with two rings of nassa shells, EF, RR, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA:LOT of 2 bracelets from made from woven lily root, they were used in trade with a nominal value, lot of 2 items, ex Charles Opitz Col

PHILIPPINES: AV ring (11.68g), Opitz p.240 (plate example), also known as lingling-o, 20mm ring interrupted by a thin slit at the thick end, made by t

PHILIPPINES: brass ankle money (232g), ca. 120mm in diameter, large hollow ring with geometric patterns, attached to four small rings, VF, ex Charles

PHILIPPINES: brass earrings, 38x55mm, very old tribal earrings with colored thread tied around top, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

PHILIPPINES: brass ring money (12.12g), 24mm, small pendant in traditional shape, Fine, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

PHILIPPINES: mother of pearl shell necklace, made of five etched shell rectangles attached to a woven neck band, made by the Ifugao tribe, VF, ex Char

SOLOMON ISLANDS: armband shell money, 170x95mm, Malaita & Eastern Solomons armband shell money discs in decorated pattern with hibuscus fiber, v...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: bakiha shell ring, 107mm / 4" in diameter with yellow section on 1/3 of the surface, used as chief's money on New Georgia ...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: bamboo comb (22.01g), 283mm, made from eight sharpened bamboo sticks with intricate binding, EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: coix seed money, 46cm (18"), from Santa Cruz Islands, a very old example, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: conch shell armband (83.05g), ca. 85mm, thick ring with smooth, well-crafted surface, choice VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Acqu

SOLOMON ISLANDS: cone shell ring, 74mm, shell ring with 2 3/4" diameter decorative relief on outer edge, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: feather coil money, Opitz pg. 142, Knox pg. 50, 92cm, Santa Cruz feather coil piece, the round bark-like piece is the end of the coil

SOLOMON ISLANDS: fossilized clam armlet (240g), Opitz p. 298, 110 x 20mm, made from fossilized clam shell, lovely example with fine workmanship, ca. 1

SOLOMON ISLANDS: human hair money, Opitz pg. 159/60 (plate), 102cm (40") in length, made from plaited human hair, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collecti...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: kesa shell (107g), Opitz p.174, 65mm wide & 47mm tall, made on Choiseul Island from the shell of a sea worm, an important symbo...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: mbokomo shell plaque, cf. Opitz pg. 220, 105mm, "barava money", small piece of plaque made from giant clam Tridacna gigas...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: pink shell money (27.13g), Opitz p.63, ca. 180cm, made of numerous small polished shell discs strung together, attached with red clot

SOLOMON ISLANDS: sapi-sapi shell money (80.22g), Opitz p.294, numerous small shell discs on two strings measuring 224cm in total length, used as late

SOLOMON ISLANDS: shell & bead money (48.05g), cf. Opitz p.52, 97cm, consisting of numerous small shell discs separated by red trade beads, VF, e...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: shell & dog teeth necklace (218g), Opitz p.132, more than 3 meters in circumference, made from numerous small shell discs and d...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: shell & teeth money (25.28g), ca. 50cm, consisting of numerous small shell discs and five groups of ten porpoise teeth, all str...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: shell & teeth money (4.79g), ca. 43cm, composed of numerous tiny blue and white shell beads and porpoise teeth strung together ...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: shell beads (61.27g), Opitz p.301 (plate example), 220 x 25mm, consisting of a patterned braided headband, attached to 15 brown shell

SOLOMON ISLANDS: shell money, 85cm, double-row shell discs braided together in a circle, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: shell money (5.31g), 37cm, consisting of numerous small white shell discs on a string, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: tafuliae' shell money, Opitz pg. 330 (plate), 292cm (115") in length, large tafuliae' from the Malaita Island, shells ...

SOLOMON ISLANDS:LOT of 2 pieces of Melawei clam shell ring, 102mm and 108mm (4") in diameter, lot of 2 items, ex Charles Opitz Collection. T...

SOUTH EAST ASIA: cloth headband, 127cm (50") long, Southeast Asian "Hill Tribe" handwoven headband with metallic pendant at center, t...

SOUTH EAST ASIA: shell necklace, 97cm (38") in length, very old Naga tribe necklace with filed worn down cowries, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collecti...

TAIWAN: horn plate money, 13 pieces of buffalo horn plate strung together, 3/4" x 1-1/2" per plate, one chipped edge, made by one of the i...

TAIWAN: horn plate money (9.48g), 39 x 32mm, fan-shaped section of water buffalo horn, attached to two small brass jingle bells and tiny black beads,

TAIWAN: horn plate money (9.73g), 39 x 33mm, fan-shaped section of water buffalo horn, attached to two small brass jingle bells and tiny black beads,

TAIWAN: jacket money "cloth", Opitz pg. 166-67 (lower plate example), Dubin pg. 237, 89 x 35cm (35" x 13 3/4"), made from more t...

TANGANYIKA: woven string money (57.02g), ca. 6.5 meters, made from plant fiber dyed black, likely over 100 years old, choice VF, ex Charles Opitz Coll

THAILAND: Kingdom of Lavo, lead dumbell ring (37.35g), Mitch-2615, Fine, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

THAILAND: Kingdom of Lavo, lead dumbell ring (47.77g), Mitch-2615, Fine, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

THAILAND: AR belt, 71cm (28"), silver alloy Hill Tribe belt of 32 segments with cotton ties, a lovely piece! EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

THAILAND: AR neck ring, Opitz pg. 284 (plate example), 190mm, somewhat debased silver Hill Tribes neck ring with flattened back-turned ends used by th

THAILAND: AR necklace, 41cm (16"), silver alloy Hill Tribe necklace of 22 segments, a lovely piece! EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

THAILAND: base silver bracelet (139g), 72 x 18mm, diamond-shaped exterior with dotted decoration, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

THAILAND: stone axe, ancient Thai stone shoulder axe, Fine, ex Paul Dillingham, Charles Opitz Collection.

THAILAND: tin alloy "fish" money (64.62g), 81mm (3-1/8") in length, discovered in Aythia, from old uncertain Western auction firm, VF...

TIMOR: AR ornament set, Opitz p.136, consisting of 4 silver earrings from Timor Island, once used as bridewealth payment, secured on blue felt display

TIMOR: AR ornament set, Opitz p.136, consisting of 4 silver earrings from Timor Island, once used as bridewealth payment, secured on purple felt displ

TIMOR: AR ornament set, Opitz p.136 (plate example), consisting of 4 silver earrings from Timor Island, once used as bridewealth payment, secured on p

TOGO: quartz disk (199g), Opitz p.273, 67 x 54 x 27mm, ca. 17th-19th century, used as money by various Akan people along the west African coast, also

TOGO: quartz disk (95.08g), Opitz p.273, ca. 54 x 47 x 25mm, used as money by various Akan people along the west African coast from the 17th to the 19

TURKESTAN: tea money, 34x24mm, small North Turkestan tea brick money used by the Kyrgyz and Kalmyk people and reportedly valued at two paras, attached

TURKEY: coin belt, 175mm, belt with 43 coins on hand woven strip, includes Ottoman Turkish coins of Mahmud II, Abdul Hamid II, and Mehmet V and Egypti

TURKEY: coin cloth, 175mm, cloth sewn with 24 coins, trade beads and a single shell, pierced coins are all from Sultan Mahmud II, 1½ kurush bi

UNITED STATES: AR trade brooch (1.87g), ca. 1760-1820, Opitz p.356 (plate example), Fine, circular body with pin, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

UNITED STATES: carved scrimshaw, EF, 112mm, sperm whale tooth Scrimshaw with 18th to early 19 century ship design, 4-1/4" in length, ex Charles...

UNITED STATES: glass beads (160g), VF, with a medal of Innocent XI (Peace of Nijmegen), all strung on leather cord ca. 50cm in length, used by Russian

UNITED STATES: porcupine quill basket, EF, 135mm, Vintage Native American porcupine quill basket ca. late 19th century, with round lid, featuring meti

UNITED STATES: steel flint striker (38.64g), Opitz p.146, VF, 62 x 32mm, plus two pieces of flint, used for trade with Native Americans from the colon

UNITED STATES: turquoise money, Opitz pg. 359/60 (plate), EF, 50cm, Native American currency used by the Hopi and Zuni tribes, an old string 19 1/2 ...

UNITED STATES: turquoise money, Opitz pg. 359/60, VF, 30cm, Native American currency used by the Hopi and Zuni tribes, an old string 12" length...

WEST AFRICA: AE boat anklet (397g), Opitz p.278 (plate example), ca. 130 x 90mm, made by the Senufo people of West Africa and used as money, pleasing