NGC-certified Bohemia ‘Three Emperors’ Coin Offered in Ginza Auction

Highly prized vintage gold coins from Europe are among hundreds of rare world coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®) and banknotes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) offered in an upcoming sale. Bidding is already underway for the 35th Ginza Coin Auction, which will be held on November 18, 2023.

A standout coin in the sale is a rare Bohemia (1612-19) Prague 10 Ducats graded NGC MS 60 (lot 823), with a starting price of 30,000,000 JPY (about $198,000). This coin is known as the Three Emperors for the rulers featured on its obverse. They are Maximilian I and his grandsons Charles V and Ferdinand I, who ruled the Holy Roman Empire in succession from 1508 to 1556. Together, the Habsburg rulers established their land as a formidable force in Central Europe.

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Also available is a Great Britain 1839 15-Piece Proof Set that includes an Una and the Lion 5 Sovereign graded NGC PF 62 Ultra Cameo (lot 922), with a starting price of 25,000,000 JPY (about $165,000). Only around 400 examples were struck of the “Una and the Lion,” which is generally regarded as the most beautiful coin in British numismatics. The coins were struck to celebrate Victoria, who became Queen of England in 1837 at the age of 18. Her 63-year reign is one of the longest of any monarch.

Included within this 15-piece set is a Plain Edge Sovereign graded NGC PF 62 Cameo, a Plain Edge Half Sovereign graded NGC PF 64 Ultra Cameo, a Crown graded NGC PF 64, a Half Crown graded NGC PF 65 Ultra Cameo, a Plain Edge Shilling graded NGC PF 63 Cameo, a Plain Edge 6 Pence graded NGC PF 63 Cameo, a Groat graded NGC PF 64 Cameo and a four-piece Maundy Set (a 4 Pence graded NGC PF 65, a 3 Pence graded NGC PF 64, a 2 Pence graded NGC PF 63 and Penny graded NGC Proof Details).

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Other NGC-certified coins in this auction include:

• a five-piece US 1915-S Panama-Pacific Set, including a Gold Dollar graded NGC MS 63, a Round 50 Dollars graded NGC UNC Details and an Octagonal 50 Dollars graded NGC MS 63+ (lot 1024) with a starting price of 20,000,000 JPY (about $132,000)
• a Japan M10(1877) 10 Yen graded NGC PF 64★ Cameo (lot 690) with a starting price of 12,000,000 JPY (about $79,000)
• a US 1915-S Panama-Pacific Round 50 Dollars graded NGC MS 63 (lot 1022) with a starting price of 8,000,000 (about $53,000)
• a US 1915-S Panama-Pacific Octagonal 50 Dollars graded NGC MS 62 (lot 1023) with a starting price of 7,000,000 JPY (about $46,000)
• a Great Britain 1847 Gothic Type Crown graded NGC PF 64 Cameo (lot 925) with a starting price of 3,000,000 JPY (about $20,000)
• a Great Britain 1887 5 Sovereign graded NGC PF 63 Cameo (lot 931) with a starting price of 3,000,000 JPY (about $20,000)
• a Great Britain 1699 5 Guineas graded NGC AU Details (lot 905) with a starting price of 2,500,000 JPY (about $17,000)
• a British India 1835.(C) Gold Restrike 2 Mohurs graded NGC PF 64 Cameo (lot 951) with a starting price of 2,400,000 JPY (about $16,000)
• a Great Britain 1847 Gothic Type Crown graded NGC PF 63 (lot 926) with a starting price of 2,200,000 JPY (about $15,000)
• a Great Britain 1893 5 Sovereign graded NGC PF 61 Ultra Cameo (lot 934) with a starting price of 2,000,000 JPY (about $13,000)
• a Vietnam 1848-83 Annam 4 Tien graded NGC MS 63 (lot 1030) with a starting price of 1,200,000 JPY (about $7,900)
• a Kingdom of Macedon Alexander III, 336-323 BC graded NGC Ancients MS, 5/5 Strike and 3/5 Surface (lot 805) with a starting price of 1,200,000 JPY (about $7,900)
• a Danzig 1923 25 Gulden graded NGC PF 65 Cameo (lot 847) with a starting price of 1,000,000 JPY (about $6,600)
• an Italy 1867R XXI Papal States 5 Lire graded NGC PF 65 (lot 963) with a starting price of 1,000,000 JPY (about $6,600)
• a French Indo-China 1889A 1 Piastre graded NGC PF 63 (lot 873) with a starting price of 800,000 JPY about ($5,300)
• a North Korea 1992 Gold 2,000 Won – Kim Jong II 50th Anniversary of Birth graded NGC PF 66 Ultra Cameo (lot 970) with a starting price of 400,000 JPY (about $2,600)

Some of the PMG-certified banknotes also in this auction include:

• a China, Ta Ching Government Bank ND (1910)10 Dollars graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 465) with a starting price of 500,000 JPY (about $3,300)
• a Malaya / British Administration 1940 5 Dollars graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 514) with a starting price of 500,000 JPY (about $3,300)
• a Malaya / British Administration 1940 1 Dollar graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated (lot 515) with a starting price of 300,000 JPY (about $2,000)
• a China, Russo-Asiatic Bank ND (1910) 50 Dollars - Harbin graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 466) with a starting price of 300,000 JPY (about $2,000)
• a China 1914 10 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (lot 439) with a starting price of 250,000 JPY (about $1,700)
• a China 1917 100 Dollars - Tsingtau Specimen graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine (lot 445) with a starting price of 250,000 JPY (about $1,700)
• a China 1917 100 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine (lot 452) with a starting price of 200,000 JPY (about $1,300)
• a China 1902 10 Dollars Specimen graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 432) with a starting price of 150,000 JPY (about $990)

All starting prices are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol represents US Dollars.