Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 46 | May 18-21, 2023

TANG: Dai Zong, 766-779, AE cash (1.71g), H-14.132A, character yuan at top, encrustation, VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. Judging by their fin...

TANG: Dai Zong, 766-779, AE cash (1.74g), H-14.132A, character yuan at top, encrustation, VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. Judging by their fin...

NORTHERN SONG: AE chess piece (16.04g), jiàng ("general", the equivalent to the king in Western chess), VF.

SOUTHERN SONG: Chun Xi, 1174-1189, large iron cash (6.01g), Qichun Mint, Hubei Province, year 10, H-17.175, Seal script, chun above, shi below on reve

WESTERN XIA: Huang Jian, 1210-1211, AE cash (4.37g), H-18.108, an attractive example! VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection.

YUAN: Da Yuan, 1310-1311, AE 10 cash (24.21g), H-19.46, ta üen tong baw in Mongol 'Phags-pa script (da yuan tong bao in Chinese), light enc...

YUAN: Zhi Zheng, 1341-1368, AE cash (3.56g), CD1351, H-19.94, maw in Mongolian 'Phags-pa script above for Chinese cyclical date, sin mao, VF, ex...

YUAN: Zhi Zheng, 1341-1368, AE 2 cash (7.31g), H-19.108, Mongolian 'Phags-pa rhi above and Chinese er below on reverse for denomination, VF-EF, ...

MING: Tian Qi, 1621-1627, AE 10 cash (21.89g), H-20.227, 45mm, on reverse shi (10 ) below, VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection.

NAN MING: Zhao Wu, 1678, AE 10 cash (6.91g), H-21.111, seal script, yi fen (one fen [of silver]) on reverse, Fine. In 1678, Wu Sangui declared himself

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (36.72g), Board of Revenue Mint, Peking, H-22.705, 47mm, East branch Mint, cast 1854-1855, a few minor rim nick

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (43.75g), Nanchang Mint, Jiangxi Province, H-22.931, 52mm, cast 1855-60, VF.

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (16.71g), Aksu Mint, Xinjiang Province, H-22.1077, cast 1853-1859, "red cash" (hóng qián)...

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (10.49g), Aksu Mint, Xinjiang Province, H-22.1077, cast 1853-1859, "red cash" (hóng qián)...

CHINA: AE 2 cash (3.30g), Fujian Province, H-24.5, fu jian tong bao // Wuchang Uprising and Five-colored flags either side, er wen (two cash) above an

CHINA: AE charm (28.00g), CCH-1478, 47mm, Fu Shou "good fortune" charm, with the "fortune" character fú written 24 times on...

CHINA: AE charm (20.12g), CCH-1774, 44mm, twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac, zi chou yin mao chen si wu wei shen you xu hai around // eight trigram

CHINA: Republic, AE 10 cash, Nanking, ND (1912), Y-301.6, CCC-653, W-993, ZL-29, Z-301.6, crossed Wuchang Uprising and Five-colored flags; somewhat sc

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, year 3 (1914), Y-329, L&M-63, Yuan Shi Kai in military uniform, light surface hairlines, EF.

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, year 3 (1914), Y-329, L&M-63, Yuan Shi Kai in military uniform, light surface hairlines, EF.

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, year 3 (1914), Y-329, L&M-63, Yuan Shi Kai in military uniform, character connected, recut star type, cleaned, PCGS ...

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, year 3 (1914), Y-329, L&M-63, Yuan Shi Kai in military uniform, cleaned, PCGS graded XF details.

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, year 3 (1914), Y-329, L&M-63, Yuan Shi Kai in military uniform, EF.

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, year 3 (1914), Y-329, L&M-73B, Yuan Shi Kai in military uniform, purple ink chop on obverse, a few very light obvers...

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, year 9 (1920), Y-329.6, L&M-77, Yuan Shi Kai in military uniform, cleaned, NGC graded AU details.

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, year 10 (1921), Y-329.6, L&M-79, Yuan Shi Kai in military uniform, light surface hairlines, EF.

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, year 10 (1921), Y-329.5, L&M-79, Yuan Shi Kai in military uniform, cleaned, PCGS graded AU details.

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, ND (1927), Y-318a, L&M-49, Memento type, Sun Yat-sen, 6-pointed star, small Chinese merchant chopmark, NGC graded AU...

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, ND (1927), Y-318a, L&M-49, Memento type, Sun Yat-sen, six-pointed star, adhesion spot on reverse, EF.

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, ND (1927), Y-318a, L&M-49, Memento type, Sun Yat-sen, six-pointed star, set in custom silver dish, EF.

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, ND (1927), Y-318a, L&M-49, Memento type, Sun Yat-sen, 6-pointed star, polished, EF.

CHINA: Republic, AR dollar, year 23 (1934), Y-345, L&M-110, K-624, Sun Yat-sen, Chinese junk under sail, PCGS graded MS61.

CHINA/BELGIUM: AE plaque (138.7g), ND (1935), 83x61mm bronze plaque of the Benedictine Abbey of St. André in Bruges commemorating their Mission...

ANHWEI: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AE 10 cash, ND (1902-06), Y-36a.1, PCGS graded AU53.

FUKIEN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 5 cents, ND (1903-08), Y-102.1, L&M-294, lustrous with light toning, variety with 4 characters at top of obvers...

HONAN: Hsuan Tung, 1909-1911, AE 10 cash, CD1911, Y-20g, CL-HON.36, an attractive mint state example, PCGS graded MS62 BN.

HONAN: Hsuan Tung, 1909-1911, AE 10 cash, CD1911, Y-20g, CL-HON.36, an attractive mint state example, PCGS graded MS62 BN.

MANCHURIAN PROVINCES: Republic, AR 20 cents, ND (1914-15), Y-213.a3, L&M-497, struck in the name of the former Emperor Hsuan Tung, Unc.

MANCHURIAN PROVINCES: Republic, AR 20 cents, ND (1914-15), Y-213a.3, L&M-497, struck in the name of the former emperor Hsuan Tung in Fengtien Pr...

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 3 miscals, Kashgar, AH1311, Y-18, L&M-688, cleaned, PCGS graded AU details.

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 3 miscals, Kashgar, AH1320, Y-18a.1, L&M-718, cleaned, PCGS graded AU details.

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 3 miscals, Kashgar, AH1322, Y-18a.1, L&M-726, cleaned, PCGS graded AU details.

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 5 miscals, Kashgar, AH1313, Y-19, L&M-694, cleaned, PCGS graded AU details.

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 5 miscals, Kashgar, AH1320, Y-19a, L&M-716, cleaned, PCGS graded AU details.

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 5 miscals, Kashgar, AH1322, Y-19a.1, L&M-724, cleaned, PCGS graded AU details.

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 5 miscals, Kashgar, AH1329, Y-27.2, L&M-758, cleaned, PCGS graded VF details.

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 2 miscals, Urumqi (Dihua), AH1325, Y-33.1, L&M-804, cleaned, PCGS graded AU details.

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 3 miscals, Urumqi (Dihua), AH1323, Y-34, L&M-798, cleaned, PCGS graded AU details.

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 3 miscals, Urumqi (Dihua), AH1323, Y-34a, L&M-799, mount removed, PCGS graded AU details.

SINKIANG: Republic, AR 5 miscals, Kashgar, AH1332, Y-43.1, L&M-768A, crossed vertical Five-colored flags, two stars variety, cleaned, PCGS grade...

SINKIANG: Republic, AR 5 miscals, Kashgar, AH1332, Y-43.3, L&M-770B, crossed vertical Five-colored flags, two rosettes variety, cleaned, PCGS gr...

SINKIANG: Republic, AE 10 cash, Kashgar, CD1929, Y-44.2, CL-XJ.53, crossed Nationalist and Kuomintang flags, PCGS graded AU55.

SINKIANG: Republic, AR sar (tael), Urumqi (Dihwa), year 6 (1917), Y-45, L&M-837, with rosette variety, environmental damage, PCGS graded VF deta...

SZECHUAN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 5 cents, ND (1898-1908), Y-234, L&M-351, cleaned, PCGS graded VF details.

SZECHUAN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR 10 cents, ND (1898-1908), Y-235, L&M-350, PCGS graded VF25.

SZECHUAN: Republic, AR dollar, year 1 (1912), Y-456, two-year type (with year 2 being rare), VF-EF.

SZECHUAN: Republic, AR dollar, year 1 (1912), Y-456, L&M-366, Military Government issue, seal script character han at center, character yin conn...

TAIWAN: Republic, 4-coin mint set, 1965, KM-MS1, Centennial Birthday of Dr. Sun Yat-sen commemorative, uncirculated mint set includes silver 100 and 5

YUNNAN: Republic, AR 20 cents, ND (1911-15), Y-256a, L&M-423, posthumously in the name of Emperor Kuang Hsu, three circles under flaming pearl, ...

YUNNAN: Republic, AR 50 cents, ND (1920-31), Y-257.2, L&M-422, K-170, posthumously in the name of the Emperor Kuang Hsu, four circles under fier...

YUNNAN: Republic, AR 20 cents, year 38 (1949), Y-493, L&M-432, K-774, Provincial Capitol Building, one-year type, surfaces smoothed, PCGS graded...

YUNNAN: Republic, AR 20 cents, year 38 (1949), Y-493, L&M-432, K-774, Provincial Capitol Building, one-year type, cleaned, PCGS graded XF details.

YUNNAN-SZECHUAN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AE 20 cash, CD1906, Y-11w, CL-YN.02, rim damage, PCGS graded VF details.

CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): AR 10 yuan, 2000, KM-1325, Lunar Series, Year of the Dragon // Yangzhou Five Pavilion Bridge, scalloped edge, mintage...

HONG KONG: Victoria, 1841-1901, AR 5 cents, 1897, KM-5, fully lustrous, NGC graded MS65.

TIBET: Qian Long, 1736-1795, AR sho (3.28g), year 58 (1793), Cr-72, L&M-637, pierced, VF.

TIBET: AR kong-par tangka, BE15-24 (1890), Cr-A13.1, L&M-627, an attractive nearly mint state example, PCGS graded AU58.

TIBET: AR kelzang tangka, ND (1910), Y-14, square in square type, lightly cleaned, PCGS graded XF details. This special tangka, struck in better silve

TIBET: AR tangka, ND (1910), Y-14, square in square type, EF. This special tangka, struck in better silver than the normal ga-den tangkas, was distrib

TIBET: AR tangka, ND (1910), Y-14, square in square type, EF. This special tangka, struck in better silver than the normal ga-den tangkas, was distrib

TIBET: AR tangka dkarpo sa rpa, ND (1953), Y-31, Second Monk issue, PCGS graded AU50. Formerly it was assumed that these tangkas were distributed to m

TIBET: AR tangka dkarpo sa rpa, ND (1953), Y-31, Second Monk issue, EF, ex Charles W. Lueders Collection. Formerly it was assumed that these tangkas w

TIBET: AR tangka dkarpo sa rpa, ND (1953), Y-31, Second Monk issue, EF. Formerly it was assumed that these tangkas were distributed to monks on behalf

TIBET: AE 5 skar, BE15-48 (1914), Y-17.2, snow lion left, lion looking back and upwards with scroll ornaments around, a bold strike for type! PCGS gra

TIBET: AE sho, BE15-60 (1926), Y-21a, snow lion facing left with scroll ornaments around, scarce variety without dots in arabesques, an attractive min

TIBET: AR 5 sho, Mekyi Mint, BE15-52 (1918), Y-18.1, autonomous Tibetan issue, large snow lion looking backwards with sun and three ornaments within s

TIBET: AE sho, BE16-6 (1932), Y-23, snow lion facing left with sun above and scroll ornaments around, type a with "circle" mark, a lovely ...

TIBET: AR 1½ srang, BE16-11 (1937), Y-24, L&M-660B, Autonomous Tibetan issue, snow lion facing left in front of Mount Kailash with two suns...

TIBET: AR 3 srang, Tapchi Mint, BE16-8 (1934), Y-25, L&M-659A, autonomous Tibetan issue, snow lion left, ornaments above and below, PCGS graded ...

TIBET: AR 3 srang, BE16-11 (1937), Y-26, L&M-658, Autonomous Tibetan issue, snow lion facing left before Mount Kailash with two suns in the back...

TIBET: AR 3 srang, BE16-11 (1937), Y-26, L&M-658C, Autonomous Tibetan issue, snow lion facing left before Mount Kailash with two suns in the bac...

TIBET: AR rupee, Chengdu, ND (1911-33), Y-3.2, L&M-359, Szechuan-Tibet trade issue, small portrait of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu with collar, ...

TIBET: AR rupee, Chengdu, ND (1911-33), Y-3.2, L&M-359, Szechuan-Tibet trade issue, small portrait of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu without colla...

TIBET: AR rupee, Chengdu, ND (1911-33), Y-3.2, L&M-359, Szechuan-Tibet trade issue, small portrait of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu without colla...

TIBET: AR rupee, Kangding, ND (1933-39), Y-3.4, L&M-359, Szechuan-Tibet trade issue, small portrait of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu with flat no...

TIBET: AR rupee, Kangding, ND (1939-42), Y-3.3, L&M-359B, Szechuan-Tibet trade issue, large portrait of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu without col...

AJMAN: Rashid bin Hamad, 1928-1981, AR 5 riyals, KM-3.1, a fantastic quality example! PCGS graded MS66.

BURMA: Mindon, 1853-1878, AR kyat (rupee), CS1214, KM-10, peacock, lightly toned, one-year type, Choice VF.

BURMA: AE medal, 1865, Pud-865.4.1, 49mm, a bronze unissued award muled medal for the Agricultural and Horticultural Society, unsigned: animals under

BURMA: AE opium weight (321.38g), late 18th century, Gear Group 2, Period C, 71mm tall, hintha bird-type on polygonal base with horizontal lines and b

CEYLON: George III, 1760-1820, AR 48 stivers (8.80g), 1809, KM-77, elephant, somewhat crude, as usual, VF.

CEYLON: 2-coin proof set, 1957, 2500 Years of Buddhism, containing an example of the 1 rupee (KM-125) and silver 5 rupees (KM-126), in custom Capitol

FRENCH INDOCHINA: AE cent, Paris, 1895-A, KM-7, one-year type, hints of red, NGC graded AU50 BN.

FRENCH INDOCHINA: AR 50 centimes, 1936, KM-4a.2, Lec-261, lightly toned on prooflike surfaces, NGC graded MS64.

FRENCH INDOCHINA: AR 10 centimes, 1937, KM-16.2, a fantastic example with full luster on both sides, NGC graded MS66.

ACEH: Ala'ud-Din al-Qahar, 1537-1571, AV kupang (mas) (0.56g), ND, Fr-16var, Leyten-A6d, well struck, PCGS graded MS62.

ACEH: Ali b. Ala'ud-Din, 1571-1579, AV kupang (mas), ND, Fr-16var, Leyton-7c, well struck, PCGS graded MS62.

BORNEO: Da Gang, 1822-1854, tin/lead cash (7.18g), Montrado region, Millies-258, da gang gong si // he shun (referring to the He Shun Gongsi Federatio

JAVA: Anonymous, AV mas (24 krisnala), 8th-10th Centuries, Mitch-SEA 723, Wicks-100, Medang Kingdom issue, Devanagari character // incuse lingam, Fine

JAVA: British Occupation, tin duit, 1814, KM-244, Sc-614. Prid-26, NGC graded AU55.