VENEZUELA
1452
Guayana (Provincial Coinage). Copper ½-Real, 1815. Castle. Rev. Lion of Castile (KMC41.2; Stohr P2).
In NGC holder graded AU55 Brown, clear full date and nice surfaces.
Rare this nice.
$ 1,000
Necessity issue struck during the War of Independence.
WEST AFRICA
1453
Dahomey, West Africa (Benin). G L Gaiser, Hamburg Factory, Porto Novo. Copper Merchant’s
Token.
G. L. GAISER . PORTO NOVO. Rev. HAMBURGER FACTOREI
, 24mm (Sönnich Grossmann,
Thorsten Krawinkel & Karl Schulz, Marken und Zeichen der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, 2009,
G 002.01.01). Small scratch on the obverse and a couple of dark spots, almost as struck with some
original mint red.
$ 100
The company, founded in 1859, opened its first African factory in 1869 and the Porto Novo factory in 1883, from which
time this token probably dates.
YEMEN
1454
al-Mutawakkil Yahya b. Muhammad (1322-1367h / 1904-1948 AD). Gold Presentation 5-Lira (Riyal),
1344h, 40.69g (KM YF10; F 2). Extremely fine, possibly ex-mount.
Very
rare
.
$ 3,500
