Early Chinese and Far Eastern

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1695. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

WORLD. Miscellaneous. A collection of early China and the Far Eastern currency, Cash, and silver Sycee. Includes: Chou dynasty. Fish money (2) // Bridge Money // Spring and Autumn Period. Hollow handled Spade Money // Ming dynasty. Knife Money (3) // PB Cowrie, “Ant nose”, later spade currency (4) //Chin and Han dynasties. Æ Cash (14) // T’ang and other dynasties. Æ Cash, including multiples (78) // Sung dynasty, Æ Cash (135) // Sung dynasty. Iron Cash, including multiples (22) // Ming and later dynasties. Æ Cash (89) // AR Sycee. Weights from 25.94 to 123.23 g (7) // Japan. Æ Cash (76) // Korea. Æ Cash (20) // Vietnam / Annam. Æ Cash (94) // Porcelain gambling tokens (3) // Tourist coin sets from China, Japan and Vietnam (3 sets-81 coins). Average Fine condition. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Approximately 630 coins in lot.

Hollow handled Spade ex Baldwins 40 (3 May 2005), lot 1221