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Central Bank, Twenty Pounds, 3.3.1969, 26X 052061 (MacDevitt E-119: Pick 67b). Two letters on front and number on back,edge nicks, good fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £25
Prise de la Bastille, 1844, a bronze medal by E. Rogat, siege, rev. Donjon de Vincenne, 41mm; together with Japan, oval base silver counterstamped bar, 13.45g [2]. First about extremely fine, second fine (£30-40)
Del Rivero, C.M., El Ingenio de la Moneda de Segovia, Madrid, 1919, 85pp, 1 plate; Heiss, A., Monedas Hispano-Cristianas, vols.I and III, Zaragoza, 1962, xi + 433pp, 298pp, 128 engraved plates [3]. Original paper covers; clean copies, first rare (£30-50)
Malta, Bank Centrali ta’ Malta, One Lira (3), all 1979, A/8 713957, A/12 841958, A/14 991269, latter two with single raised dot at upper right (Pick 34a, 34b); Five Liri (2), both 1979, B/13 101056, B/17 365957, latter with two raised dots at upper right (Pick 35a, 35b) [5]. Second very fine, others all crisp uncirculated (£30-50)
Mozambique, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, 50 Escudos 1958 with E. Costa at right (Pick 106). Uncirculated (£20-30)
Early Uninscribed issues, Potin Units (2), both class I, 1.50, 1.23g (S 63) [2]. Both corroded, one chipped, otherwise fine (£30-40)
Russia, State Credit note, for 100 Roubles, 1898 with Catherine The Great at left, Timashev signature (Pick 5b). Very fine (£30-40)
Humphreys, H.N., The Coin Collector’s Manual, 2 vols, London, 1880, xxiv + 726pp, 9 engraved plates; Crowther, G.F., A Guide to English Pattern Coins…from Edward I to Victoria, London, nd [1887], 60pp, engraved illustrations in text; Walters, F.A., Some remarks on the last silver coinage of Edward III, London, 1902, 8pp, 1 plate; Walters, F.A., The gold coinage of the reign of Henry VI, London, 1903, 25pp, 2 plates; Bramah, E., A Guide to the Varieties and Rarity of English Regal Copper...
Aviation: Liga Peruana Pro Aviación, Jorge Chávez, 1910, a silver medalet, 23mm (B 910.05); Juan Bielovucic, 1911, a silver medalet by J.F.R. Whalen, 14mm (B 911.04); Los Gremios Mataderos de Lima y Callao al Ejército Nacional Aeroplano Bolognesi, 1921, silver medalets (2), both 23mm (B 921.08); Comité Pro-Aeroplano Chancay-Huacho, 1921, a silver medalet, 18mm (B 921.13) [5]. Second very fine, others better (£30-40)
Brazil, JOHN V, 6,400 Reis, 1736r, a comtemporary silver-gilt forgery, 11.40g/12h (cf. KM. 149). Scuff (or test?) marks on obverse, fine and unusual (£30-50)
Education: Inauguration of the Academia Correspondiente de la Real España, Lima, 1887, a bronze medal, 37mm (B 887.01); Quatercentenary of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 1951, a bronze medal by C. Canestri, 74mm (B 951.12); Colegio de Economistas de Lima, c.1950, a uniface bronze plaque by A. Pareja, 57 x 43mm; Colegio Antonio Raimondi, 1955, a bronze medal by R. Pelletier, 42mm (B 955.16); other pieces in base metal (4), 1917-62 [8]. Generally very fine (£30-40)
Peru, Markets: Centenary of the Gran Via, 1889, a hexagonal bronze medal, 25mm (B 889.16); Opening of the Mercado Central, Lima, 1905, a silver medal by J.F.R. Whalen, 30mm (B 905.07); Opening of the Mercado del Baratillo, 1909, a silver medalet, 23mm (B 909.04); Opening of the Panaderia Godoy, 1930, a silver medalet, 23mm (B 930.04); Mercado de la Victoria, 1935, a silver plaquette, 40 x 25mm; Opening of the Mercado de Abastos, Chincha, 1938, a silver medal, 31mm (B 938.10) [6]. Generally...
Switzerland, NATIONALBANK, 100 Franken (4), 1943, 1944 (2), 1945 (Pick 170e) [4]. Good fine to very fine (£40-50)
Tibet, Government of Tibet, 5 Srang 1942-46 (Pick 8). Two small punch-holes as last, good very fine (£30-35)
Whelan, P., The Numismatic Atlas of the Roman Empire, London, nd; Montague, L.A.D., A Guide to Roman ‘First Brass’ Coins, Bury St Edmunds, 1896, 123pp, engraved illustrations in text; Comstock, M., and Vermeule, C.C., Greek Coins [acquired from] 1950 to 1963 [by the] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1964, 78pp including 30 plates; other titles on ancient coins (2) [5]. First complete but somewhat disbound, though the atlas itself fine and fresh, second a very fine copy in original...
Tibet, Government of Tibet, 25 Srang, 1948, short text (Pick 10b). Good very fine to extremely fine (£30-35)
Victoria (1837-1901), Threepence, 1893 (ESC 2103; S 3931); together with other miscellaneous world coins, in silver (7), base metal (10) [18]. First fine, others in varied state (£40-50)
George III (1760-1820), George III, Quarter-Guinea, ewer countermark (W 1893K), Guineas (5) (W 1897D, W 1975D, with ewer countermarks, cf. W1975E [no star], 1985D, ewer countermark, 1998M) [6]. Mostly very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
Set of Balance Scales and Weights for Guinea and Half-Guinea. Pans possibly re-strung, otherwise in good condition; in fitted japanned tin box (£30-50)
G.E.A. Kentfield, Five Pounds, first series, uncut sheet of three notes, prefix AC01-3 (Dugg. B363). Uncirculated; in presentation folder (£30-40)
La Marseillaise, c.1900, a silver gilt award plaque by H. Dubois after F. Rude, figures representing the Republic against the background of a brick wall, rev. tablet on palm and laurel spray, named (Offert par les Anciens Militaires et Marins Coloniaux à son Vice-President, J. Girieud, 1913), 67 x 50mm (cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, p.41, 68; cf. DNW 35, 657). Very fine (£40-60)
Opening of the Grand Junction Railway, 1837, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, façade of the railway station at Liverpool, rev. viaduct leading into Birmingham, with the city beyond, 48mm (BHM 1789; E 1302; Moyaux 11 bis; Taylor 113a; cf. Swan 32). Several surface marks and reverse with some spotting, about extremely fine (£40-60)
India, Mysore, Raja Krishna Wodeyar, gold Pagoda, 3.42g (KM. C 210). Almost extremely fine (£40-60)
Maréchal Foch, c.1918, a uniface cast bronze medal by A. Maillard for Paris-Art, bust left, figure 173 in front, 115mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.43, 93; cf. DNW 46, 806). Belgium, Hommage aux Grenadiers, 1918, a bronze plaque by A. Bonnetain, three separate busts, rev. ANVERS, YSER, PASSCHENDAELE, etc, named (Major B.E.M. Willems), 80 x 55mm [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine and in maroon case of issue (£40-50)
Tercentenary of the Birth of Molière, 1922, a bronze plaque by G. Prud’homme, bust three-quarters right in cartouche, rev. standing figure of Comedy crowning a seated Molière, 92 x 68mm (CGMP p.329; cf. BDW 5, 110). Very fine (£30-40)
Alexander III (1249-1286), Sterling, Perth, class VII, Iohan, iohan on per, 1.34g/12h (SCBI 35 –; cf. B 34, fig. 97; S 5047). Pierced at 10 o’clock, otherwise very fine (£20-30)
Conférence de Paris, 1946, a cast bronze medal by A. Galtié, Paris standing on globe, greeting the dove of Peace, rev. Parisian monuments, 99mm, edge stamped LVII (CGMP p.773). Superb red-brown patina, extremely fine, rare (£70-90)
Edward I (1272-1307), Second coinage, Penny, class Ib, Dublin, 1.42g/8h (S 6247; DF 64). Legends part flat, otherwise very fine (£30-40)
Centenary of Railways, 1939, a bronze medal by van Hall, early locomotive, three figures, boat and three ducks, rev. electric locomotive facing, 60mm (Begeer 1298; cf. Swan 326); together with other miscellaneous railway-related medals, from Brazil, Uruguay, etc (7, some in silver) [8]. Very fine and better (£30-50)
Opening of a Bridge over the Danube, 1895, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, bearded bust of Carol I left, rev. river-god surveying bridge, mermaids above, 70mm (BDM V, 369). Minor spotting on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine (£40-60)
Capture of the SS Appam by the Cruiser Möwe, 1916, medals by B.H. Mayer (2), in bronze and iron, bust of Leutnant Berg three-quarters left, rev. Appam sailing right, both 60mm (Frankenhuis 831) [2]. Very fine and better (£40-50)
Trinidad Amateur Football Association, enamel silver badges (2), by A.C. Clark, footballers with ball, backs engraved (Winners 2nd Division League 1927; Intermediate League 1928), hallmarked Birmingham, both 34 x 31mm (cf. R.J. Ford Sale, 706) [2]. First very fine, second better (£30-50)
Currency Commission, Five Pounds, 18.9.1940, 44T 085065 with overprint code letter A (Macdevitt E-091: Pick 3C). Fine (£30-40)
Tercentenary of the Birth of William Shakespeare, 1864, a gilt white metal medal by H. Brown, 43mm (BHM 2806; Allen SY-1864/10); together with other miscellaneous medals (2) [3]. Very fine and better (£40-60)
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