Ceylon
Lot 2304 SESSION 8 (2.30pm Wednesday) Ceylon
Estimate $200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $340
CEYLON, countermarked issues, T C countermarked on the reverses of Sumatra four kepings, 1804, and E.I.C. Bombay Presidency half anna, 1834. G P O Ceylon token in cupro-nickel (15 mm)(see Ford Sale lot 297). Uncertain piece, possibly a weight for 96 stivers (or double rix dollar) circa 1815, in copper (17.57 grams) or a trial, no legend, die axis upright (see M.E. Freehill & R.J. Ford article in N. Circular). Ceylon Medical College founded 1870, "The Nielsen Medal for Practical Anatomy 1905" in silver (42 mm), edge inscribed E.C.SPAAR with clasp suspension. Fine - very fine, the fourth excessively rare if not unique (5).
Ex W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 61 (lot 1530) and previously the last ex E. Wodak and J.G. Gartner Collections, ticket says the fourth may also be ex Bergsoe 1937 (lot 1730).
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