Auction Catalogue

10 December 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Coins, Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 552 x

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10 December 2009

Hammer Price:
£220

French West Africa, Franceville, Savorgnan de Brazza, zinc 1.5 Francs, Franc, 50, 20 and 10 Centimes, all stamped F [1883] (Gad.-Elie 2.1-2.5; Zay p.249); zinc 1.5 and 1 Franc, 10 Centimes, all stamped FP [1888 revalidation] (Gad.-Elie 2.6, 2.9, 2.10; Zay pp.249-51); together with a circular zinc coin stamped F, 24mm (Gad.-Elie –; Zay –). [9]. Fourth very fine, others generally fair to fine £50-100

Provenance: First three and eighth bt Coin Galleries 1971; fourth, sixth and seventh bt P. Bosco 1996 [previously ex J.W. Garrett]; fifth H.D. Gibbs Collection, H.M.F. Schulman Auction (New York), 20-5 November 1964 (lot 1457, part), bt J.F. Schimmel November 1997; last bt Format June 1984