Watch List notes:

Tunisia (Ottoman Empire), six-piece proof set of copper 8-4-2-1-1/2-1/4 kharub, Abdul Aziz and Muhammad al-Sadiq Bey, AH1281 (1864), Heaton mint, NGC PF 63 to 65 RB, ex-Briand. KM-153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159. An impressive proof set with all coins very similar in quality, luster, and color - a feat that couldn't easily be replicated individually these days, as the three highest denominations are quite rare, grades as follows: 8 kharub - PF 65 RB ("top pop," tied with one other for finest known in the NGC census); 4 kharub - PF 65 RB ("top pop," tied with one other for finest known in the NGC census); 2 kharub - PF 64 RB ("top pop," tied with two others for finest known in the NGC census); 1 kharub - PF 63 RB; 1/2 kharub - PF 65 RB; 1/4 kharub - PF 63 RB. Pedigreed to the F.P. Briand collection (Heritage auction of 2016, lot 31665).
($700-1000)