Baldwin & Sons
Auction 85 26 September 2013
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† AFRICA. East AFRICA. East African Protectorate, Victoria, Bronze Pice (3), 1897, 1898, 1899 (KM 1).All extremely fine for issue with a touch of lustre.(3)
Despite high mintages there was obviously great demand for these coins as they are rarely found this nice. Ten years later the circulating coinage was nickel so these may have been melted down.
The Ford collection contained all three dates of the Proofs, lot 205, they sold for £300.
Part of the Arielle Collection Of British Colonial Coins.
Estimate: £100-150
Despite high mintages there was obviously great demand for these coins as they are rarely found this nice. Ten years later the circulating coinage was nickel so these may have been melted down.
The Ford collection contained all three dates of the Proofs, lot 205, they sold for £300.
Part of the Arielle Collection Of British Colonial Coins.
Estimate: £100-150