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WORLD COINS - BRITISH NORTH BORNEO - 1891H, 1882H, 1890H - HALF CENT AND CENTS GROUP [3] Dated 1891, 1882 and 1890 AD Heaton mint, half cent. Obv: arms with small 'H' mintmark below. Rev: value HALF CENT and Chinese characters within wreath with BRITISH NORTH BORNEO Co legend and dated 1881. Heaton mint, one cent. Obvs: arms with supporters with dates 1882 or 1890 and small 'H' mintmark below. Revs: value ONE CENT and Chinese characters within wreath with BRITISH NORTH BORNEO Co legend. (81.90 grams total, with capsules). ANACS MS 63 BRN (= uncirculated), light tone, underlying full lustre/ICCS AU 55 (= near extremely fine), toned/ANACS MS 63 RB (= uncirculated), near full lustre. [3] Literature KM# 1/KM# 2. Footnotes This lot has been authenticated and graded by a specialist independent coin grading service and is encapsulated with a unique reference number that is traceable through the records of that organisation. Those represented include: ANACS - American Numismatic Association, USA (Sheldon scale) ICCS - International Coin Certification Service, USA (Sheldon scale) CGS - Coin Grading Service UK, London (grading scale of 001 to 100) NGC - Numismatic Guaranty Corporation, USA (Sheldon scale) PCGS - Professional Coin Grading Service, USA (Sheldon scale) Each coin is identified with country/state of origin, reign, denomination and date, sometimes citing a standard catalogue reference number. For comparison, a section of a concordance table is shown below which correlates the traditional English grading descriptions with CGS and Sheldon scales. The certified grade is given with the English equivalent in brackets. CGS: UK: Sheldon: 92 Almost FDC MS 67 91 Almost FDC MS 66-67 90 Near FDC MS 66 88 BU-Near FDC MS 65-66 85 Choice UNC MS 65 82 Choice UNC MS 64-65 80 Choice UNC MS 64 78 Uncirculated MS 63-64 75 UNC/AUNC MS 62-63 70 Almost UNC MS 60-61 65 Good EF MS 60-61 60 Extremely F AU 58-MS 60 55 Near EF AU 55 50 Good VF AU 55 Date Thursday 12th February 2015 - Saturday 14th February 2015, Antiquities & Coin Catalogue Auction TimeLine Auctions Ltd arranges printed catalogue rostrum Auctions, eAuctions and Timed Auctions where we offer antiquities, ancient artefacts / artifacts, antiques, collectibles, coins, medals and books for public sale.