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Exonumia: Tokens & Medallions Auction 73: July 12th 2009 Click on blue lot numbers to see illustrations. m |
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Lot No. |
Description |
Estimate |
| 838 | A small collection of mostly paperback books, several of which are on obscure numismatic subjects, some of which are difficult to find, Countermarks of the Ottoman Empire 1880-1922, Coins of the Sindhias, The Multiple Dirhems of Medieval Afghanistan, HB with dj. Sasanian Numismatics, with superb key to types and designs at the back, The coinage of Tripura again HB with dj. again HB Guidebook of Russian Coins [1725-1970], Mohammed Auf Abwegen, 2002, Coins of the Rasulids, 1987 and Ukrainian Paper Money 2005 , a nice little lot [9] | £20 - 30 |
| 839 | A steel die to produce the NORTHDOWN RAMBLING CLUB token, the central design being a knapsack with a walking stick behind and through one of the handles, this set on a stippled background | £40 - 50 |
| 840 | All England Lawn Tennis Championships Umpire's Medals (2) bronze d.38mm, 1932 and 1933 named to C. H. Applewhaite, nEF couple fo green spots. | £40 - 60 |
| 841 | Ayrshire, Scotland 18th. century, 'halfpenny' copper token by J.Milton [see below bust], Davis Token Coinage reference No.10, a superb piece, untouched as struck with just a hint of the original finish UNC | £350 - 375 |
| 842 | Bank Stamp, brass with wooden handle: 'FORGED' stamp of considerable age, for sorting out counterfeit banknotes. | £100 - 110 |
| 843 | Book HB with damaged dj., Corpvs Nvmismatvm Omnivm Romanorvm Pontificvm, Volume I by Adolfo Modesti, published 2002, a truly superb work which must have retailed at £100+ clean and near as new | £20 - 30 |
| 844 | Book, A History of the Royal Numismatic Society by R.A.G.Carson and H.Pagan, 1986 together with a HB with dj. The Coinage of the Ayyubids by Paul Balog, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No.12, 1980, and British Museum Occasional Paper No.59, Coin Hoards from Roman Britain, Vol. VII, 1987, all clean [3] | £20 - 30 |
| 845 | Box of numismatic publications mostly paperback 14 in all, covering many subjects, such as English Trade Tokens, European Gold Coins Guide Book, EuropeanCoins, Salisbury's Local Coinage, Tickets Checks and Passes from the County of Somerset, Co-operative Checks, Kruger Pond Imitations etc., etc. mostly clean [14] | £20 - 30 |
| 846 | British Dairy Farmers Assoc. hallmarked silver medal d.51mm, for Cheddar Cheese, named to A. W. Montgomerie at the Dairy Show 1922, EF with a light edge knock, plus original case. | £20 - 30 |
| 847 | Brothel token in brass 'FAT ANN'S PALACE' 'BEST LAYS IN THE WEST' 'CHEYENNE, WYOMING', with a heart each side dividing the legend, reverse:- 'GOOD FOR ALL NIGHT' '3$ BATH INCLUDED' of c.39mm. | £30 - 40 |
| 848 | Canadian WW2 Meat Ration Tokens bilingual (3) | £18 - 20 |
| 849 | Coin books and magazines, and some copy banknotes: a box full of Coin Monthly from 1970s', and Spink Coins of England 1994-2003, and a bundle of replica GB banknotes identified as to the types they are copies of. | £20 - 25 |
| 850 | Coin Cabinet, small compact mahogany, four trays with felts, with key. | £25 - 30 |
| 851 | Colchester, Essex 17th. century token farthing, obverse reads:- 'JAMES TAYSPELL NORTH' and continues on the reverse 'GATE COLCHESTER', in centres 'I T' a rose top and bottom, Dickinson 156, slightly rough surfaces but well centred and an even strike, uncleaned VF | £20 - 30 |
| 852 | Collection of 17th. century tradesmens tokens, 4 expertised and in paper packets one of which has the 'spider in web' symbol of the Norweb Family and states '2012 - Lon. 7373a' the other three packets also state 'London' these are with another 15 from places such as Wallingford, Bedford, Abington, Windsor, Wantage and Saxmundham, 17 x farthings, 2 x halfpennies, these are well worth a sort [19] fair to GF | £50 - 75 |
| 853 | Collection of 17th. century tradesmens tokens, Bristol 1652, struck on a thick flan and ditto but thin flan 1662 [second '6' possibly over a '5'] and another date not clear, another of St. Neotes, another of Peterborough, octagonal, Dickinson 106/7, 9 in total Fair to GF | £50 - 75 |
| 854 | Communion Token, oval d.31x21mm white metal: 'Portmoak 1868' / '1, This Do in Remembrance of Me', GVF | £20 - 30 |
| 855 | Concorde London-Bahrain silver gilt crown-size medal 1976, toned aFDC cased with cert. | £30 - 35 |
| 856 | Concorde London-Washington crown-size silver proof medallion 1976, misty tone aFDC cased with cert. | £30 - 35 |
| 857 | Concorde silver ingots (3) 1976, 64x32mm, toned EF-aUNC in original cases with certificates. | £60 - 70 |
| 858 | Enamelled 1887 Crown in silver swivel mount. No visible damage | £50 - 60 |
| 859 | Fantasy Coins (25) crown-size modern patterns of fantasy British Empire Issues of George III & George IV, different varieties, some duplication of design but different metal flans, metals such as nickel, pewter, aluminium, copper, golden-alloy, and antique bronze finish, UNC | £30 - 40 |
| 860 | Fantasy Coins (32) crown-size modern patterns of fantasy British Empire Issues of George III & George IV, different varieties, some duplication of design but different metal flans, metals such as nickel, pewter, aluminium, copper, golden-alloy, and antique bronze finish, UNC | £50 - 55 |
| 861 | Fantasy Coins (36) crown-size modern patterns of fantasy British Empire Issues of George III & George IV, different varieties, some duplication of design but different metal flans, metals such as nickel, pewter, aluminium, copper, golden-alloy, and antique bronze finish, UNC | £50 - 60 |
| 862 | Fantasy Coins (44) crown-size modern patterns of fantasy British Empire Issues of George III & George IV, different varieties, some duplication of design but different metal flans, metals such as nickel, pewter, aluminium, copper, golden-alloy, and antique bronze finish, UNC | £65 - 75 |
| 863 | Fantasy Crowns (108) George III and William IV six different base metals types aluminium, nickel silver, pewter, golden alloy, bronzed copper, and copper and a large number of designs featuring a variety of Countries Australia, EIC, Sierra Leone, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England these with several different reverses. Including metal types perhaps as many as 50 different types generally BU and eye catching | £100 - 150 |
| 864 | Farming Medal, pewter d.51mm, Waterford Farming Society, named to F.S. Bloomfield for Yearling Heifers 2nd Prize 1872, VF | £20 - 30 |
| 865 | Farthing 1668 Surrey Guildford Dickinson 98/99 Castle between woolpacks, Town Arms initials F.M.F.S Fine/Good Fine | £10 - 15 |
| 866 | Farthing sized copper token [no date] by Thomas Spence, dealer in coins, Middlesex, London, obverse:- Man hanging from gibbet, church in the background, legend:- END OF PAIN, reverse:- Legend which reads:- MAY THE KNAVE OF JACOBIN CLUBS NEVER GET A TRICK, edge plain, Schwer 837, slightly off centre, the piece being pressurised too much, hence flan hairline crack but NUNC and with just a hint of lustre, | £90 - 110 |
| 867 | French Medallion, bronze d.50mm, Obv: 'Republique Francais' / Rev: 'Ministere des Finances, Centenaire de 1789, Administration des Monnaies et Medailles', by Louis Bollee, VF-GVF | £15 - 20 |
| 868 | Golf Medal - D & S. H. G. C. Fortuna Sequatur, Junior Monthly Medal Won by Maj Gen Stewart CB 17 June 1899'. | £30 - 40 |
| 869 | HB auction catalogue, held in Berlin, Kricheldorf, 48, Munzen und Medaillen von Sachsen, July 2002, with prices realized list, as issued, and HB book with damaged dj., European Crown Size Coins and Their Multiples, Volume I, 1486-1599 by J.De Mey, 1975 and with addenda sheets, clean and HB with dj., The Coins and Banknotes of Finland by Tuukka Talvio, 1987, as new [3] | £20 - 30 |
| 870 | HB book Moneta Mediaevalis, published Warsaw 2002 as new with 27 plates, a ditto Aksumite Coinage by Stuart Munro-Hay and Bent Juel-Jenson, 1995, published by Spink, with dj as new both excellent [2] | £20 - 30 |
| 871 | HB book The Wonders of Ancient Glass at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem by Yael Israeli, 1998, superb, together with Old Sleaford Revealed, A Lincolnshire settlement in Iron Age, Roman, Saxon and Medieval times: excavations 1882-1995 by Sheila M. Elsdon [2] | £20 - 30 |
| 872 | HB book with dj., Frech Medals 1600-1672 [in the British Museum] by Mark Jones, Volume II, published 1988 at £75 near as new, superb | £20 - 30 |
| 873 | HB book, Coins by R.A.G.Carson, 1962, no dj. and with the bookplate of J.S.Vogelaar, with English Coins by G.C.Brooke, First 1932, spine slightly damaged, used, with Spinks Coins of England, 2007 as issued and The English Silver Coinage From 1649 by Seaby and Rayner, 1968 with dj., nice and clean [4] | £20 - 30 |
| 874 | India, engraved Calcutta Medallion, silver d.26x36mm, engraved: 'Sangit Sangha' a Hindu religious figure playing the sitar between flowers 'Calcutta' / 'Awarded to Aftabudin Khan 1922', aEF | £70 - 80 |
| 875 | Kent 17th. century farthing token of James Ruse, Meydstone in Kent, Dickinson 385, no corrosion, well centred VF | £25 - 35 |
| 876 | Lawn Tennis hallmarked silver medal 1910 d38mm, 'North British & Mercantile Sports Club', named to Leslie B. Eedy, for a Championship, lightly toned nEF with original case. | £30 - 35 |
| 877 | Lindner trays (6) each with 48 florin-sized square spaces, good condition some scratches. | £30 - 40 |
| 878 | Medallions (15) in a box, many cased, noted: Brussels Universal Exposition 1958 large silvered bronze d.71mm with attractive design GVF, USA? hallmarked silver d.43mm 19thC medal presented by the Rev. C.H. Lancaster MA (Massachussets?) iridescent EF with original case, a set of three high grade base metal King Edward VIII Coronation Medals by the Coronation Hospital Fund cased with cert, etc. | £100 - 110 |
| 879 | Medallions (2) Edward VII: Official Royal Mint 1902 Coronation bronze 55mm EF in damaged case, and another Coronation issue by E. Fuchs for Elkington: bronze 63mm GVF sometime cleaned. | £25 - 35 |
| 880 | Medallions (2), George V official Royal Mint issues: 1911 Coronation bronze 51mm in case aEF, and Silver Jubilee 1935 silver 57mm grey toned EF | £40 - 50 |
| 881 | Medallions (2): 'George Stephenson 1781-1848 Father of Railways' silver and bronze both d.51mm, aUNC, by Nordon Art Company (c.1970's) cased. | £20 - 30 |
| 882 | Medallions (3): Mayflower / Sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers, crown-size silver medals 1970, toned GEF, by Slade Hampton & Son, cased. | £25 - 30 |
| 883 | Medallions (4): Investiture of the Prince of Wales silver medals of various sizes, proof, 1969, iridescent toned nFDC, cased with cert. | £30 - 40 |
| 884 | Medallions (4): Investiture of the Prince of Wales silver medals of various sizes, proof, 1969, iridescent toned nFDC, cased with cert. | £30 - 40 |
| 885 | Medallions (4): Prince of Wales Investiture various silver 1969: 2x Mayfair issue cleaned nEF, 1x Royal Mint large issue aUNC, 1x anon GEF obv scratches, all cased, cases a little worn. | £30 - 40 |
| 886 | Medallions (8), noted: William IV Coronation brass d.28mm EF verdigris patch, 1897 'Four Generations' bronze d.32mm lustrous GEF, Prinze Albert / Exhibition 1851 white metal d.38mm GVF edge nicks, Coronation 1911 small silver EF with original packet, etc. | £30 - 40 |
| 887 | Medallion: French silver (marked 'Argent') d.36mm, 'CLEMEN. ISAURA LUD. FLORAL. RESTAURATRIX' around female portrait l. / 'HIS IDEM SEMPER HONOS, M.DCCC.XIX' around flowers. EF, light hairlines beneath tone. | £20 - 30 |
| 888 | Medallion: silver gilt d.51mm, London Bridge Opened by H M Queen Elizabeth II 1973, by Toye Kenning & Spencer, iridescent GEF with original case, case worn on lid. | £15 - 20 |
| 889 | Medallion: silver hallmarked d.45mm, North Sea Oil First Ashore 1975 with an unusual sealed encapsulated flask of oil, GEF cased with cert. | £20 - 30 |
| 890 | Medallion: silver hallmarked d.58mm, Man's First Moon Landing 1969, by Alec Brook Ltd London, EF, in original case. | £20 - 30 |
| 891 | Medallion: Sir Joseph Paxton / 'First Column Erected' (of Crystal Palace) 1854, white metal d.41mm, aEF light hairlines, with original Pinches & Co Crystal Palace brass capsule EF | £50 - 60 |
| 892 | Medallion: Victoria, gold medallion for her Coronation 1838, by Pistrucci, bust l., rev. Victoria enthroned l., receives crown from Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia, d.36mm, weight 31.45gms (Eimer 1315), tiny surface nicks and an edge knock, otherwise aEF | £800 - 1000 |
| 893 | Numismatic Auction Catalogues and Books, a box full, includes Historia Numorum by Spink 1963. (Heavy lot, collection recommended) | £20 - 30 |
| 894 | Numismatic Books: The Coin of Southern India by Brown 1922 GC, and The Story of British Coinage by G.B. Rawlings late 19th/early 20thC showing age and use binding loose. | £10 - 20 |
| 895 | Numismatic Book: The Coinage of the British Empire by Henry Noel Humphries 1863, a deep relief moulded black red and gold gothic binding, showing age, loose and in need of repair, but an elaborate and attractive volume. (Handle with care) | £60 - 70 |
| 896 | Picture Medal: Winston Churchill large silver gilt capsule medal by Toye Kenning & Spencer 1974, containing circular colour printed cards of Churchill's life, lightly toned GEF, cased with tweezers, pen marks inside case lid. | £60 - 70 |
| 897 | Royal Grammar School Guildford 'Merriman Memorial Medal Awarded for Proficiency in Examination', large white metal d.69.5mm, 6mm thick, late Victorian, possibly upon Merriman's death in 1887, GEF, small edge nick, with original case. | £60 - 70 |
| 898 | Royal Mint Fleur-de-Coin Club cased antique-finish silver medal and badge, named, with cert. (issued early 90's) | £15 - 20 |
| 899 | Russian large bronze medallion 92mm by J.B. Gass. To Count Alexey Grigorievich Orlov, 1770. Sm -, Diakov 153.1. Uniformed bust of Count Orlov r., wearing cavalry guard helmet, Order sash over the shoulder, holding a staff, signed by Gass below. / Map of Chesme Bay with the Russian and Turkish fleets in position, an island named Spalmatore at left with a cherub head below blowing wind right. VF, edge knocks, and an attempted piercing at 12 o'clock, but as a Russian piece desirable as such. | £200 - 250 |
| 900 | Scottish communion token c23mm x 17mm x 3.5mm thick, with corners cut off, reads:- 'TROQUEER CHAPEL 1830' and the other side 'COMMUNION TOKEN. 5', white metal, originally with high finish, much of which remains, sold with old card packet GVF | £20 - 30 |
| 901 | Scottish communion token, oval shaped c33mm., obverse reads:- 'FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND DUNNINC 18.MAY.1843', within finely beaded borders, reverse reads:- 'THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME' '1st. COR. XI.23-30' within finely beaded borders, on extreme edge, each side, at top, in very small letters 'KIRKWOOD', in white metal, originally with tinned bright surface, traces of which remain VF | £20 - 30 |
| 902 | Scottish communion token, square c17mm. which reads:- 'A,C.HORNDEAN', around a central flower, stars in bottom corners ands 'flecks' in the field, reverse reads:- 'MR' [the full stop is a flower] 'A C' [with star betweem] '1787' 'suns' in the bottom corners, leaded metal, originally with bright finish, just a trace of this still visible VF | £25 - 35 |
| 903 | Scottish communion token, square c18mm., one side three castles above 'S.P.ABD.', the other side 'SOUTH PARISH ERECTED 1828' [Aberdeen], leaded metal which once had a bright tinned surface a little of which is still just visible VF | £25 - 35 |
| 904 | Solid teak? coin box, approx. 14 and 1/2'' x 10'' x 4'', on padded feet, all fitments brass, with pegged, drop front, containing 6 Abifail trays of 'shilling' size, to house 324 coins, clean, as made | £40 - 50 |
| 905 | Solid teak? coin box, approx. 14 and 1/2'' x 10'' x 4'', on padded feet, all fitments brass, with pegged, drop front, containing 6 Abifail trays of 'shilling' size, to house 324 coins, clean, as made | £40 - 50 |
| 906 | Solid teak? coin box, approx. 14 and 1/2 x 10''x 4'', on padded feet, all fitments brass, with pegged, drop front, containing 6 abifail trays to hold various sized coins [343], clean , as made | £40 - 50 |
| 907 | Steam railway aluminium? uniface, legend D.C. & S.E. 6230 STRATFORD [District Civil & Signal Engineers] c.43mm. and circular | £25 - 35 |
| 908 | Steam railway brass, one side STEAM SHED 688 with small c below, reverse 688 [LNW] and again C below. round c.41mm. with square bottom | £25 - 35 |
| 909 | Steam railway, plastic canteen token, reads:- Derby L.M.S. LOCO WORKS the other aside CANTEEN with pellets above and below, in nice grade with no scratches | £20 - 25 |
| 910 | Swiss silver medallion d.33mm, 1351-1951 commemorating Zurich' 600th Anniversary, lustrous aUNC | £15 - 20 |
| 911 | The Coins of England by Henry Noel Humphreys, 1846 a very clean copy with all the plates and tight binding, deep red boards, gilt as are page edges, the best we have had, clean, fine | £20 - 30 |
| 912 | The Retreat York bronze mental nursing medal 1919 named, VF | £40 - 60 |
| 913 | Tin of various modern Coronation Medals, Commemoratives etc (approx 30) | £25 - 30 |
| 914 | Tokens & Medallions (15) a variety, noted: Oddfellows' 18thC 1/2d Fine, Birmingham beehive 1/2d 1792 F/VG, a crown-size silver Queen Mother medallion, etc. | £20 - 25 |
| 915 | Tokens (3) Norwich, Robert Blake Two Pence, Birmingham Workhouse Penny 1812, One Penny Token 1812. AVF, last fair. | £10 - 15 |
| 916 | Tokens (67) mainly 18th Century ½ds, Fine - GVF with a few better types seen | £400 - 600 |
| 917 | Tokens (6) an assortment of British 18th and 19thC, noted York silver sixpence 1811 Cattle and Barber VF, etc. | £20 - 30 |
| 918 | Tokens, Medallions, Forgeries & Repros (80) noted:Birmingham Mint nickel advertising token nEF edge nick, USA George Washington bronze medalet or token d.18.5mm portrait r. / 'Born 1732 Died 1799' VF, Polish aluminium medal d.50mm 'Poznan 1929' VF, French Revolution Commem. bronze medal d.32mm 1939 GVF edge nick, German notgeld tokens x16, etc. | £70 - 80 |
| 919 | Trays - 1x Lindner Coin Tray for 42 coins, and 3 wooden Lighthouse trays (no spaces) (4) | £18 - 20 |
| 920 | Trench Art: a George V penny GF set on top of a well-made miniature model army cap fashioned out of copper, very unusual. | £25 - 35 |
| 921 | Ulster Volunteer Force fobs, two silver, the other smaller in Gold with the word 'U.V.F. London Brigade'. (3) | £150 - 160 |
| 922 | Unidentified silver crowned cross medallion with 'Exsulate Fidelis' around rose centre, d.31x56mm, toned aEF | £20 - 25 |
| 923 | USA medallion: nickel d.25x37mm in the shape of a pocket watch: 'Souvenir World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893' / 'Compliments of Keystone Watch Case Co.', aVF dent rev. | £15 - 20 |
| 924 | Wales Fantasy Crowns (60) 1808 (30) obverse George III laureate head GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX, reverse three plumes HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE WALES CYMRU and 1830 (30) obverse William IV bare head GVLIELMUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D: reverse dragon ANNO DOM. 1830 WALES CYMRU both dates with 5 of each in six different base metals aluminium, nickel silver, pewter, golden alloy, bronzed copper, and copper generally BU and eye catching | £125 - 175 |
| 925 | Wales Fantasy Crowns (60) 1808 (30) obverse George III laureate head GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX, reverse three plumes HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE WALES CYMRU and 1830 (30) obverse William IV bare head GVLIELMUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D: reverse dragon ANNO DOM. 1830 WALES CYMRU both dates with 5 of each in six different base metals aluminium, nickel silver, pewter, golden alloy, bronzed copper, and copper generally BU and eye catching | £100 - 120 |
| 926 | Winston Churchill medals, Wedgwood plaques and plates, badges, a silver bookmark, and many other related misc. items and memorabilia housed in a glass top case. | £100 - 110 |
| 927 | World Fantasy Crowns (54) George III and William IV six different base metals types aluminium, nickel silver, pewter, golden alloy, bronzed copper, and copper and a large number of designs featuring a variety of countries Australia, EIC, Sierra Leone, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England these with several different reverse. Including metal types perhaps as many as 50 different types generally BU and eye catching | £75 - 100 |
| 1020 | Coin Weight: William III with portrait / 1 Guinea W, VF (late addition, the lot number is not incorrect) | £20 - 25 |
