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Sarawak
was a privately-owned nation ruled by the Brooke family. The Sultan of
Brunei awarded it to the English adventurer James Brooke in 1841 for
his help in putting down a rebellion, thus he became the first "White
Rajah" of Sarawak. The throne eventually passed down to his
grand-nephew Charles Vynar Brooke in 1917. In 1933 he issued
this bronze 1/2 Cent. The coin was stuck only a single
year. The 18mm coin depicts his head on the obverse and the
denomination on the reverse. The coin was struck at the Heaton mint in
England and has a mintage of 2 Million pieces. Due to the
heavy destruction suffered during World War II, Charles ceded the
country to Great Britain in 1946. It is now part of Malaysia.
This is a scarce, high-grade coin issued by an English family that
controlled an entire Asian nation.
LAST
CENT OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES WAS FROM PHILADELPHIA
This
1945 Netherlands East Indies cent was struck at the United States Mint
in Philadelphia. It was expected that the coins would be
needed after the liberation if the Netherlands East Indies (now
Indonesia) from the Japanese. The "P" mintmark is next to the date. The
23.5mm bronze cent has a center hole, which was an unusual production
requirement for the United States mint. The obverse depicts a
rice plant and the legends in Dutch. Indonesia gained
independence shortly after World War II, bringing an end to Dutch
rule. 
Tibet is a fabled and
isolated country located
high in the Himalayas that is now controlled by China. This copper 1
Sho coin was issued from 1918 to 1928. It features a snow
lion on one side and inscriptions on the other. The
Snow Lion is a mythological animal that represents cheerfulness and
clarity of thought.
The
Demak Sultanate was founded about 1475 by Sultan Pangeran al Patah,
also known as Raden Patah. He was of Javanese nobility and his mother
may have been a Chinese princess who had been exiled from China.
His Sultanate was the first Muslim state in Java.
He quickly expanded his Sultanate to include most of the
northern coast of Java and southern Sumatra. This was
an important step in bringing Islam to what is now Indonesia.
The Sultan ruled until his death in 1518. The Sultanate
lasted about another 30 years, until it collapsed in a dynastic
feud. The Sultanate prospered through trade in spices, rice
and its control over Javanese trading ports. This
Pitis of Sultan Pangeran al Patah is one of the few
affordable coins of the Demak Sultanate. The uniface tin coin
is approximately 19mm to 20mm in diameter and grades Very Fine.
Palembang
is one of the oldest cities in Indonesia. It is located on
the Musi river on the island of Sumatra. The Sultanate of
Palembang was established in the early 17th century by Javanese nobles
fleeing from dynastic intrigues after the collapse of the Sultanate of Demak. It soon
became the
one of the greatest agricultural and trade centers in the Malay
area. It controlled much of the lucrative spice trade – until
it was taken over by the Dutch in 1821. This uniface tin 1 Pitis was
issued by Sultan Muhammad Bahauddin. It is dated AH1203,
which is 1789AD. 
Tonkin
was a French protectorate, that later
became part of North Vietnam. Tonkin issued only a single
coin, a zinc 1/600 Piastre, (1/6 cent) dated 1905.
The coin, commonly called a Sapeque, was intended to replace the widely
used Annamese cash coins in circulation. It was struck in the
style of a cash coin: round with a square hole. One side of
the coin had Chinese legends, the other had French legends.
The coin proved to be unpopular with the Vietnamese and most never
entered circulation. The coin is Uncirculated, however it will have
some spots as is typical of zinc coins.
In 1968 South Vietnam issued this
unusual 12-sided coin as part of the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization's (FAO) coin program. One side
depicts a female farmer with a sheaf of rice in a rice paddy.
The legend "CHIEN-DICH THE-GIOI CHONG NAN DOI" translates as "World
campaign against hunger". The other side features the
denomination. It was the highest denomination
released into circulatoin by South Vietnam before it fell to the
communists in
1975. The nickel-clad steel coin was struck at the Hamburg
mint and has a mintage of 500,000 pieces. It is an attractive
coin from a fallen nation.
This
set includes the first coins issued by the British Mandate of Palestine
in Uncirculated condition. Great
Britain gained control of Palestine from the Ottoman Empire after World War I. It
issued its first coins for Palestine in 1927, including these
1 and 2 Mils
coins. Both coins are bronze and have similar designs. In
order to satisfy the Jews and Arabs in the territory, as well as their
British rulers, the coins have their legends in three different
languages, Arabic, English and Hebrew and the date in both the AD and
AH calendar. An olive branch, representing peace, is on the
reverses of both coins. In 1948 the Mandate was dissolved
with most of the territory going to the newly declared State of Israel.
The 1
Mil is 21mm and the 2 Mils is 28mm. Both coins still retain
most of their original bright mint luster.
The
Kathiri Sultans controlled the towns of Seiyun and Tarim in what is
now Yemen. After losing much of their territory to rival tribes they
agreed to become a British Protectorate. Seiyun was the capital, and
Tarim is a major center of Islamic learning. In 1897 they had
this silver 12 Khumsi coins struck at the Heaton Mint for their
territory. The coin is all in Arabic, except for the Heaton
mintmark and are dated AH1315. 12 Khumsi was
equivalent to
1/10 Riyal. The coin is 18mm in diameter. It is a rarely seen coin from
a now forgotten nation.
Edward
VIII reigned for less than a year in 1936, before he renounced the
throne in order that he could marry Mrs. Wallace Simpson, an American
divorcee. This bronze 10 Cents from British East Africa is
one of the few coins that were issued in the name of Edward VIII during
his brief reign. One side of the 30mm coin shows four elephant
tusks. The other shows the imperial crown and the name of the
monarch. The coin has a center hole to make it easy for
natives to carry it on a string and to make it easily distinguishable
from other coins. British East Africa is now the independent
nations of Uganda,
Kenya, Tanzania and Somaliland. LION ON SCARCE COIN OF
SHORT-LIVED RWANDA-BURUNDI
After Belgian
Congo gained its
independence in 1960, Belgium issued a coin for what was left of its
African territories: Rwanda and Burundi. Only a
single coin type was issued for the joint territory of Rwanda-Burundi:
a brass 1 Franc. This brass 1961 brass 1 Franc coin features
a walking lion on one side. The other has the names of the
territories and the denomination. In 1962
Rwanda and Burundi were both granted independence 
A bloody
civil war broke out in the Belgian
Congo upon it gaining independence from Belgium in
1960. Katanga, a mineral rich province in the south, declared
itself independent from the rest of the Congo.
Various factions were
supported by the United States and the Soviet Union, while the United
Nations tried to negotiate a truce. This Uncirculated 1961 1
Franc 1961 was issued only a single year. Shortly thereafter
Katanga was
forcibly reunited with the Congo. The coin displays the
country's traditional form of money, the Katanga Cross, on one side of
the coins. A bunch of bananas is shown on the other.
The
Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia
in 1938, incorporating part of it into
Germany. In the western portion of what remained they created
a puppet state called the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. From
Bohemia and Moravia we offer the zinc 1 Korun coin that was struck from 1941
until 1944. One side depicts the Bohemian lion. The
other has Linden branches, the date and the denomination. 
Following World War II, Yugoslavia
changed its name to The Federal People’s Republic of
Yugoslavia. The communist nation, under the control of Josip
Tito, steered an independent course from the Soviet Union. It
issued one series of coins before changing its name to the Socialist
Federal Republic in 1963. Starting in 1991 the country
completely collapsed into the indepedent nations of Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
and Montenegro. The coins
include the aluminum 50 Para, 1, 2 and 5
Dinars dated 1953 and the attractive aluminum-bronze 10, 20 and 50
Dinars dated 1955. The coin features the emblem of Yugoslavia
on the obverse of each coin. All coins are Uncirculated.
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