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Auction: 9026 - Ancient. English, Foreign Coins & Com. Medals
Lot: 1387

Sri Lanka (Ceylon), a collection of Colonial coinage: 50-Cents (16): 1892, 1895, 1903, 1913, 1917, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1942, 1942, 1951; 25-Cents (15): 1892, 1893, 1895, 1899, 1903, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1925, 1926, 1943, 1951; 10-Cents (24): 1892, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1941, 1944, 1951; 5-Cents (12): 1870, 1890, 1892, 1909, 1910, 1912H, 1920, 1926, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945; 2-Cents (4): 1944, 1951, 1955, 1957, Cent (20): 1870, 1892, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1910, 1912 (2), 1914, 1917, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1945, Half-Cent (12): 1870, 1891, 1898, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1926, 1937, 1940, Quarter-Cent (4): 1890, 1898, 1901, 1904; 2500 years of Buddhism commemorative 5-, 1-Rupee, 1957; Half-Farthing, issued for Ceylon, 1843, Third-Farthing, issued for Malta, 1885, generally very fine to uncirculated, many with original lustre including the 1890 5-cents (illustrated), some scarce thus (111) Estimate £ 500-600  

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