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    25 May 1999

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    Lot 193

    Countermarked coins, Awadh bin Umar (1283-1327 AH/1866-1909 AD), E.I.C. copper -Anna, -Anna, both dated 1307 AH (KM.2,6), host coins poor, fine to very fine; Austrian Taler (3) of Maria Theresia, '1780', with three different countermarks - circular, 10 mm., and circular, 15 mm., both dated 1307 AH (KM.35,36), and with later pentagonal countermark for Yemen from die of 1/16-Ahmadi Ryal (1367-74 AH 1948-55 AD), as KM.13 (see note KM.p.1751; Bruce X2; Brunk p.372, fig.79), fine to very fine, the last double-struck and possibly a private later issue (5)

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    GBP 154

    Estimate

    GBP 70 - GBP 100

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    Countermarked coins, Awadh bin Umar (1283-1327 AH/1866-1909 AD), E.I.C. copper -Anna, -Anna, both dated 1307 AH (KM.2,6), host coins poor, fine to very fine; Austrian Taler (3) of Maria Theresia, '1780', with three different countermarks - circular, 10 mm., and circular, 15 mm., both dated 1307 AH (KM.35,36), and with later pentagonal countermark for Yemen from die of 1/16-Ahmadi Ryal (1367-74 AH 1948-55 AD), as KM.13 (see note KM.p.1751; Bruce X2; Brunk p.372, fig.79), fine to very fine, the last double-struck and possibly a private later issue (5)

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