Auction Catalogue

19 June 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Coins including Important Irish Coins from a Private Collection (Part I)

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 780

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19 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£75

Atkins, J., The Coins and Tokens of the Possessions and Colonies of the British Empire, London, 1889, vi + 402pp, engraved illustrations in text; Thurston, E., Note on the History of the East India Company Coinage from 1753-1835, Calcutta, 1893 [reprinted from JASB 1893], 33pp; Leslie Ellis, H., British Copper Tokens of the Straits Settlements and Malayan Archipelago, London, 1895 [reprinted from NC 1895], 19pp, 1 plate; Thomas, E.R., and Dale, L.J. (eds), They Made Their Own Money…Early Canterbury Traders & their Tokens, Canterbury NZ, 1950, 94pp, illustrations in text, dj, copy no. 482 [of 500]; Raymond, W., Coins of the World: East India Co, British India [and] Native Indian States, special printing, New York, 1955, 24pp, illustrations in text; Charlton, J.E., 1959 Standard Catalogue of Canadian & Newfoundland Coins, Tokens and Fractional Currency, 7th edn, np, 1958, 40pp, illustrations in text, inside front cover with the signature of Richard J. Ford; Greig, R.M., and others, Communion Tokens, the Australian, New Zealand and Miscellaneous series, Melbourne, 1964, viii + 36pp, 19 engraved plates; other references on British Colonial coins (4) [11]. Publishers’ bindings; Atkins a fine and clean copy, but Thurston with back page detached (£80-100)