Here are some results from the recent Stephen Album Rare Coins Auction 44.
-Editor
Stephen Album Rare Coins held its Auction 44 on September 15-18, 2022, at its offices in Santa Rosa,
California. The prices realized continue the trend of the firm's successful 2022 auctions, coming in at a
strong $2.2 million (including buyer's fees) with a sell-through rate of 95.2%. Many items sold for well in
excess of their estimates, including some world record results. The Joe Sedillot Collection of World
Coins, Part III was instrumental in achieving these results.
A selection of highlights follows (prices include buyer's fees):
CHINA: LOT 945: FUKIEN: Tao Kuang, 1820-1850, AR dollar, ND (1844), Kann-5, L&M-290, Changchow
Military Ration issue, character tong with open head variety, with single Chinese chopmark as usual for
this rare type, NGC graded AU details, RRR
Realized $45,000
INDIA: LOT 730: MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR rupee (11.44g), Mandu, AH1026 year 12, KM-
149.19, "fath-e dekkan" ("victory over the Deccan") commemorative, with the special couplet that
translates as "the coin of the victory over the Deccan, struck at Mandu by the Shah of the Land and the
Sea // the emperor of the time, Shah Jahangir, son of Shah Akbar"; wonderful example, without any
testmarks, bold strike, NGC graded AU55, RRR
Realized $33,600
CHINA: LOT 978: KIRIN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR dollar, CD1905, Y-183a.3, L& M-558, an attractive
lustrous example! PCGS graded MS61
Realized $33,600
WORLD: LOT 1090: IRAN: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AR 5000 dinars (22.85g), AH1294, Kian-90,
Opening of the New Tehran Mint Commemorative, with dies engraved by Franz Pechan (FP), an official
from the Vienna mint, PCGS graded SP-58, RRR, ex Durham Collection, #755
Realized $14,400
INDIA: LOT 342: FATIMID: al-Mansur, 946-953, AV 1/4 dinar (1.03g), Madinat Nabl, AH342, A-695, Nicol-
204, month of al-Muharram; exceedingly rare mint, now called Nabeul in north-eastern Tunisia (ancient
Greek city founded in the 5th century BC as Neapolis, "new city"), coastal port closest to Sicily, appealing
VF-EF, RRRR
Realized $11,400
ETHNOGRAPHIC: LOT 1705: MICRONESIA: Yap, rai stone money (12010g), ca. 1871-1931, Opitz p.316-
321, Opitz (2011) p.533 (plate example), 34 x 28.5 x 9cm (13.4" x 11.2" x 3.5", 26.48 lbs.), made from
crystalline calcite (aragonite per Opitz), holed in the center, a very nice example of this famous
ethnographic currency, VF, RR, ex Charles Opitz Collection
Realized $9,000
WORLD: LOT 1556: ESSEQUIBO & DEMARARY: George III, 1760-1820, AR 3 guilders, 1809, KM-8, Prid-4,
edge grained left, nicely detailed despite the shallow-strike that is standard for this type, much original
mint bloom present, PCGS graded MS62, R
Realized $7,200
INDIA: LOT 813: BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 1/2 rupee, 1889-C, KM-491, S&W-
6.202, a superb lustrous example! PCGS graded MS65
Realized $6,600
ANCIENT: LOT 27: ARMENIA: Tigranes II "the Great", 95-56 BC, AR tetradrachm (15.96g), Antioch on
Orontes, Nercessian-34, Kovacs-71.2, diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star
between two eagles // Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding palm frond, river-god Orontes
swimming right below, smoothing on obverse, nice reverse, VF
Realized $2,640
ETHNOGRAPHIC: LOT 1073: BRUNEI: brass cannon money (637g), 19th to early 20th century, Opitz
p.100 (plate example), cf. SS-60, 179mm, lovely old example, VF-EF
Realized $1,320
Company COO Mike Barry noted Our top three auctions of all time were all held in 2022. When we first
started our auctions over a decade ago we were happy if we could achieve a sell through rate of over
80% but now we routinely sell around 95% of the lots in our sales. All indications are that the coin
market is healthy.
The firm is preparing for its Literature Auction 1 on October 17, 2022, and a 2000 lot coin auction
(Internet Auction 18) on November 7-8, 2022. They are also taking consignments for their next Premier
Auction, Number 45, which will take place January 19-22, 2023.
Please visit
www.stevealbum.com for more information.
Wayne Homren, Editor
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