Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/03/2024 Auction 184	World Bulk Lots	Lot 2555	World in an album (62) a mix of countries with plenty in silver includes Canada Ten Cents 1858 VG/Near Fine, Ceylon 1/48th Rixdollar 1802 Near Fine, Iran Kran AH1307 Good Fine, Japan 50 Sen Year 11 (1922) Lustrous EF, Greenland 50 Ore 1926 NVF, Norway Ore 1876 EF with traces of lustre, Spain Two Pesetas 1870 DE M Good Fine/Fine, Russia Five Kopeks 1836 Fine, Russia Two Kopeks 1759 Fair, a good range of types, in mixed grades to EF, total list of countries as follows:- Australia, Belgium, Belgian Congo, Canada, Ceylon, Cyprus, Egypt, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Liberia, France, British North Borneo, Greenland, Monaco, Netherlands Indies, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Singapore, Serbia, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, St. Thomas & Prince, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Tunisia, and Germany, includes many useful pieces More lots like this	£600
03/03/2024 Auction 184	World Banknotes	Lot 162	British North Borneo 1 Dollar 1940 issue Pick 29, VF for wear but some staining and discoloration perhaps once cleaned More banknotes like this	£90

04/12/2022 Auction 179	World Bulk Lots	Lot 2667	World (25) South Africa (6) Halfcrown 1897 VF, Two Shillings (2) 1894 Fine/Good Fine, 1954 VF/EF with an edge nick, Shillings (2) 1892 Fine 1895 VG, Penny 1892 EF toned, USA (2) Quarter Dollar 1895O Mintmark to right, Breen 4130 About EF toned, One Cent 1853 Near Fine, Straits Settlements Quarter Cent 1862 VG/Fine, Belgium Ten Cents 1864 UNC with lustre, Australia Penny 1919 Dot below lower scroll VF, Cyprus 9 Piastres 1901 Near Fine/VG, Germany - Federal Republic Five Marks 1967F Wilhelm and Alexander Humboldt Silver Proof UNC toned, Germany - Empire One Mark 1914A NEF, British North Borneo One Cent 1896H, NVF, Chile Peso 1933 EF, Switzerland Half Franc 1877 VG Rare, Netherlands Five Cents 1868 Fine/VF Rare, New Hebrides 100 Francs 1966 A/UNC, India One Rupee 1844L GEF, Guernsey Two Doubles 1868 GEF with traces of lustre, Spain Peseta 1933 GVF, Denmark 10 Ore 1911 VBP GJ Fine, scarce, New Zealand Penny Token Auckland Licensed Victuallers Association undated (issued 1874) KM#Tn6 VF, scarce, Sweden Krone 1939G Lustrous GEF, many coins with some surface residue from vinyl storage, this possibly removable with care, a useful group with many scarce pieces More lots like this	£190
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1438	Asia mostly World War II period (42) a collection in an album in mixed grades VG to about UNC - UNC including Rare issues such as British North Borneo 1 Dollar Pick 28 dated 1st January 1936 signatures Smelt & Beckett. Straits Settlements 10 Cents Pick 8b signature Pountney titled Treasurer serial number A/68 69622. Malaya King George VI portrait 1941 issues (7) including 1 Dollar Pick 11 serial number H/52 013033. 5 Dollars Pick 12 (3) serial numbers A/89 063038, C/66 028186 and F/46 015948. 10 Dollars Pick 13 (3) serial numbers A/91 023215, D/49 047690 and H/98 067098. Along with Japanese World War II Occupation Currency in various denominations and types from Malaya, Burma, Netherlands Indies and the Philippines. A desirable and eye-catching group More banknotes like this	£500
01/09/2019 Auction 166	World Banknotes	Lot 150	British North Borneo 1 Dollar Pick 29 dated 1st July 1940 serial number K665072 signature W.A.C. Smelt. The note in black with a red guilloche at centre in the underprint and reverse with value in numerical and wording on a guilloche patter at centre on reverse. Printed by Blades East & Blades Ltd Banknote Engravers London imprinted in small script at lower centre on obverse and reverse. In a PMG holder and graded Very Fine 30. The treasurer Captain William Anthony Casterton Smelt born 29 September 1895 was appointed District Treasurer at Sandakan in March 1925 and assumed his duties on arriving in North Borneo in May 1925. He was appointed Chief Treasurer in January 1930 after returning from furlough and the chief financial controller a year later. During the visit of Governor Clifford of the Straits Settlements in June 1928, he was the acting ADC (Aide-de-Camp) or chief of staff to Governor Humpreys of North Borneo. Sir Hugh Clifford was also Governor of North Borneo from 1900 to 1901. In the New Year Honours of 1946, Smelt was granted an OBE in recognition of his services during internment in WWII, presumably at Kuching in Sarawak More banknotes like this	£460

01/09/2019 Auction 166	World Bulk Lots	Lot 2573	Straits Settlements (29) Dollar 1909 (plugged), 20 Cents 1901, 10 Cents (9) 1882H, 1884 (2), 1900, 1918, 1926, 1927, 5 Cents (4) 1881 (holed), 1901, 1910, 1919, One Cent (13) 1845 East India Company (2), 1872H (2), 1874, 1894 (2), 1897, 1919 (3), 1920 (2), Half Cent 1932, Sarawak (10) 10 Cents 1934H, One Cent (7) 1863 (2), 1870, 1920H Cupro-Nickel (3), 1930H, Half Cents 1933H (2), British North Borneo (13) 5 Cents (2) 1940H, 1941H, 2 1/2 Cents (8) 1903H (8), One Cent (3) 1887, 1935H (2), Ceylon (50) 50 Cents (2) 1919, 1928, 1943 Nickel-Brass (3), 25 Cents (6) 1895 (2), 1899, 1910, 1921, 1925, 10 Cents (16) 1892, 1894, 1899, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1925, 1928, 1941, 1944 (4), 1951 (2), 5 Cents (9) 1870 (3), 1892, 1909, 1920, 1944, 1945 (2), Two Cents 1951, One Cent (10) 1870, 1890, 1908, 1925 (2), 1942, 1943 (3), Half Cents (2) 1912, 1940, Quarter Cent 1904, India Half Anna 1944, in mixed circulated grades a few in NEF to EF More lots like this	£300
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 1110	World (72) a collection in an album in mixed grades includes a rare issue Sarawak 1 Dollar Pick 20 dated 1st January 1935, a Tonga Specimen set Pick CS1, also a few consecutive sets. Comprises countries and territories as Japan, French Indochina, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, British North Borneo, Ceylon, Seychelles, India, Sarawak, Straits Settlements, Mauritius, Singapore, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Syria, Jordan, Bahrain, Turkey (Ottoman Empire), Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and United Arab Emirates More banknotes like this	£480
02/09/2018 Auction 162	World Bulk Lots	Lot 1427	New Zealand Penny Tokens 1864 KM#Tn22 (3) each Fine, one cleaned and retoned, British North Borneo Plantation Tokens (3) Tenom Rubber Co.Ltd 50 Cents Octagonal, Fine, pierced, London Borneo Tobacco Cy. (2) One Dollar Near Fine, worn in the centre, Half Dollar VG/Fine More lots like this	£80
09/09/2017 Auction 158	World Banknotes	Lot 382	Malaysia and British North Borneo Dollar 1959 (2), $10 1961 (2) Pick 9a">Pick 9a and Pick 9 c (serial letter B) generally collectable Fine More banknotes like this	£260

05/06/2016 Auction 153	World Bulk Lots	Lot 1458	Straits Settlements, Malaya, British North Borneo, Singapore (122) a collection in album pages 19th and 20th Century includes Straits Settlements Dollars (3) amongst many other silver and other useful items, in mixed grades with some later pieces EF More lots like this	£200
05/06/2016 Auction 153	World Bulk Lots	Lot 1456	Straits Settlements Dollar 1904B VF, Sarawak (7) 10 Cents 1934H NVF, 5 Cents 1927H VF, One Cent (5) 1863 GF, 1870 Fine, 1896H GVF, 1930H VF, 1937H About UNC and lustrous, Sumatra Half Stuiver 1825 Fine with a flan crack, Malacca One Keping 1831 VG, British North Borneo (7) 5 Cents (2) 1903H NEF with some spots, 1941H Good Fine, 2 1/2 Cents 1903H Fine, One Cent (4) 1885H VF, 1891H Fine, 1904H GVF, 1935H NEF, Half Cents 1887H (2) NF and GF More lots like this	£140
06/03/2016 Auction 152	World Bulk Lots	Lot 1548	Straits Settlements (4) Dollar 1904, 50 Cents 1905, 5 Cents 1919, 1 Cent 1901, British North Borneo 5 Cents 1928H PCGS MS65, Hong Kong (2) 10 cents 1935, 5 Cents 1899, East India Company Half Cent 1845, Sarawak 1 Cent (2) 1863, 1930H, Sumatra (2) Keping 1804, AH1247 in mixed grades to VF More lots like this	£150
06/12/2015 Auction 151	World Bulk Lots	Lot 1424	Straits Settlements Dollars 1920 (10) NVF to NEF, New Zealand Crowns 1949 (11) EF to UNC, Australia Florins (9) 1954 (2), 1960 (2), 1963 (5) GEF to UNC the 1954s with edge flaws, Guyana Dollar 1970 FAO issue (20) UNC, British North Borneo Cents (15) 1882H (2), 1884H, 1886H, 1887H (2), 1888H (3), 1889H (2), 1890H (4) NF to NVF More lots like this	£440
06/09/2015 Auction 150	World Banknotes	Lot 270	Malaysia and British North Borneo Dollar 1959 (2), $10 1961 (2) Pick 9a">Pick 9a and Pick 9 c (serial letter B) generally collectable Fine More banknotes like this	£260

04/03/2012 Auction 136	World Bulk Lots	Lot 2875	Straits Settlements (55), Malaya (17), Malaya and British Borneo (9), North Borneo (10), includes Trade Dollars (3) and Dollars to Quarter Cents 1872-1961 includes many in silver, in mixed grades to UNC More lots like this	£600
07/12/2009 Auction 127	World Banknotes	Lot 231	British North Borneo 1 dollar dated 1936 prefix G, Pick28, small holes & edge nicks, about Fine More banknotes like this	£25
05/09/2005 Auction 110	World Bulk Lots	Lot 1465	Malaya - British North Borneo 5c 1941, 1c 1889, 1890, 1891, Sarawak Cent 1863, Half Cent 1870, Straits Dollar 1904, 5c 1886, Cent 1877, 1883, 1889, 1 More lots like this	£130
06/06/2004 Auction 105	World Bulk Lots	Lot 1236	British Commonwealth in high grade Australia 3d 1910, British Honduras Cent 1888, British North Borneo Half Cent 1891, Canada Dollar 1935, Jamaica Far More lots like this	£95
29/02/2004 Auction 104	World Banknotes	Lot 88	British North Borneo Dollar 1.7.1927 Pick 20 nice VG some tiny holes at the centre, and Switzerland 50 Franken 1924 Fine though with two tears at the More banknotes like this	£38

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