Auction Catalogue

9 December 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 917

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9 December 2010

Hammer Price:
£2,700

Russia, USSR, uniface trial 5 Kopecks (2), both 1924, in copper, globe within wreath, edge plain, 16.41g; value and date within wreath, edge plain, 16.40g (KM. TS1-2); LITHUANIA, Republic, Specimen set, 1925, comprising 50, 20, 10, 5, 1 Centu (2) (KM. 71-5); POLAND, Republic, uniface trial Grosz, 1923, in copper (?), crowned eagle (cf. KM. 8a) [9]. Extremely fine, the 5 Kopecks with traces of original colour; all contained in a fitted contemporary case, the inside lid inscribed ‘King’s Norton Metal Co. Ltd - Becos Traders Ltd - Russian, Lithuanian, Polish Coinage’; very rare and interesting £400-600