Auction: 26004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 205
Imperial British East Africa Company, Mombasa, Victoria (1837-1901), Quarter Rupee, 1890 H, Birmingham, crowned sun, scroll reading LIGHT AND LIBERTY beneath, rev. value within wreath, MOMBASA above, edge milled, 2.91g, 12h (KM 3), brushed, yet with some lustre, very fine and single year of issue, only 12,000 struck; East Africa & Uganda Protectorates, Edward VII (1901-1910), 25-Cents, 1906, crowned and draped bust right, rev. lion walking right in front of mountain, edge milled, 2.92g, 12h (KM 3), speckled toning, extremely fine; 25-Cents, 1910 H, edge milled, 2.92g, 12h (KM 3), speckled toning, extremely fine; Aluminium Half-Cent, 1908, central hole dividing crown and value, flanked by fleurs, rev. central hole flanked by tusks, value above, edge plain, 0.97g, 12h (KM 6), die flaw to E and W in EDWARD, uncirculated and single year of issue, scarce (4)
Provenance
i) SNC, November 1977, 11988 - "Nearly extremely fine" - £18 [with ticket and Spink envelope]
ii) SNC, November 1977, 11708 - £16 [with ticket and Spink envelope]
iii) SNC, November 1977, 11709 - "Grey toning, attractive" - £25 [with ticket and Spink envelope]
iv) SNC, November 1977, 11713 - "Rare in this condition. Mint State" - £40 [with ticket and Spink envelope]
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Estimate
£200 to £260
Starting price
£140