STOP PRESS
Monday, 03 August 2020
STOP PRESS
The Noble Numismatics Sale 124 realised a total of $4.5 million. The Mark Freehill British Colonial coins shattered records for South East Asia and British Indian Presidencies categories in. Overall The Mark Freehill coins realised three times their estimate.
Outstanding new world records were:
Lot 1704: Ceylon pattern rix dollar 1815, $18,910
Lot 1706: Ceylon proof rix dollar 1821, $9,760
Lot 1726: Ceylon proof five cents 1890 in silver, $10,370
Lot 1926: Penang pattern pice 1810, $17,690
Lot 2122: Singapore Port of Susa one cent 1804, $11,590
Lot 2133: Singapore proof keping (1834/5), $7,320
Lot 2143: Singapore uniface proof keping in silver (1835), $15,860
Lot 2150: Siam proof keping (1835), $36,600
Lot 2195: Sumatra pattern three kepings in silver 1787, $32,940
Lot 2230: Gold Coast proof silver ackey 1796, $9,760
Lot 2255: Sierra Leone proof silver dollar 1791, $12,810
Lot 2397: Isle of Man, Douglas Bank five shilling 1811, $11,590
Lot 2602: Oliver Cromwell silver crown 1658, $22,570
Lot 2628: George II crown 1743, $18,300
Lot 2978: Syracuse dekadrachm, $56,680
Lot 4159: Madras gold pagoda, $8,540
Lot 4215: Madras pattern rupee, $14,030
Lot 4306: Bombay ‘First Blank’ 1864, $20,740
Lot 4441: Jahangir square gold mohur, $70,760
Lot 4508: Sikh Empire group of 15 silver coins, $9,150.
A full review of this history making sale will be coming soon.