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Auction: 23127 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 32: Indian and Islamic Coins Featuring the Klaus Bronny Collection of Bhutanese and Nepalese Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 9627

The Fred Pridmore Collection | India and South East Asia (25) | Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Kingdom of Kandy, (c. 17th Century), silver Larin or 'Fish Hook' Money, 4.68g (Codrington 163), very fine; Batavia, Dutch East India Company, AE Bonk Bars, 2 Stuivers, 1818, 26.39g (Scholten 666); 1 Stuiver, 1818, 14.70g (Scholten 668), both very fine and scarce; East India Company, Singapore, Official Merchant Issues for Sumatra, Keping Token, AH 1219 (1804) (11), (Prid. Malaya, p.116-119), fair to fine; Keping Token, AH 1247 (1804), (Prid. 3), fine; 'Fighting Cock' Keping Token, AH 1411; AH 1247 (cf. Prid. Malaya, p.116-119), pierced, fine; India, East India Company, William IV (1830-1837), Half-Anna, 1835 B, plain edge, 12.54g (Prid. 131), rubbed and hairlined, fine; Straights Settlements, Victoria (1837-1901), Cent, 1872, plain edge, 8.71g (KM 9; Prid, 162), fair; Thailand, Kingdom of Lannathai, (c.1296-1556), K'a K'im or Tamlung, Chiengsen, i.m wheel, 59.84g (Mitch. South East Asia 687), marks softly struck, yet very fine; Thailand, Rama IV (1851-1868), Bullet Money, 2 Baht, 8 dots in Chakra, 30.50g (KM C138); Salu'ng, 3.85g (KM C125); Rama III (1824-1851), Fuang, 1.87g (KM C63); Pai, 0.44g (KM C 51), all very fine; Loas, Kingdom of Luang Phrabang (1707-1889), AE 'Canoe Money' Lat, c. 19th century, 17.54g (Mitch. 3024), additional metal deposit to one end, very fine (25)

The Fred Pridmore Collection

ii/iii) Bonk Bars: struck from bars of copper imported from Japan, these bars were made in Batavia from 1796. Although they are more commonly found in Sri Lanka, they were also current in Batavia itself, as well as the rest of Java, Cheribon and Bantam.

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£450