NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 30, 2017

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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 30, 2017

Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these. -Editor

1500 AD Silk Trade Token

Description: 1500 AD SILK TRADE TOKEN

There was no additional description for this thingamajig. Does anyone recognize it? Where is it from? -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 224: 1500 AD SILK TRADE TOKEN (https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-F354A69817)

1646 Newark Siege Nine Shillings

This piece was featured in an article in the Nottingham Post July 25, 2017. -Editor

A ninepence coin minted in Newark when the town was under siege has sold at auction for £1,600.

The silver diamond-shaped civil war coin went under the hammer at a specialist currency auction yesterday (Wednesday, July 26) at Tennants Auction House in Leyburn, North Yorkshire.

Tennants spokesman said the lot was one of the most interesting coins in the sale.

He said: "This rare, diamond-shaped coin was minted in Newark under the reign of Charles I.

"Newark was a site of strategic importance to both Royalists and Parliamentarians during the Civil War, as two major roads – the Great North Road, and the Fosse Way – ran through the town.

To read the complete article, see:
Ninepence coin minted in Newark sells at auction for £1,600 (http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/ninepence-coin-minted-newark-sells-246013)

Ceylon Plantation Tokens

Ceylon, Plantation tokens, Pilo Fernando, Slave Island, Colombo, 4 1/2d, 2 1/4d (Pr. 33, 34). (2).

Plantation tokens are an interesting sub-specialty of world exonumia. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Ceylon, Plantation Tokens, Pilo Fernando (http://www.baldwin.co.uk/ceylon-plantation-tokens-pilo-fernando.html)

1922 Banque De Paris Medal

France - silver medal - Bank of Paris and the Netherlands - 50th anniversary 1872 - 1922. Medal weighs 195 grams and is equipped with a mark in the edge: silver. Magnificent image. Medal has a nice patina.

-Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
France - Medal ''Banque De Paris et des Pays-Bas (Paribas) 50e Anniversaire 1872-1922' ('Bank of Paris and the Netherlands' (Paribas's) 50th Anniversary 1872 - 1922') by Henry Nocq – Silver (https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/12916879-france-medal-banque-de-paris-et-des-pays-bas-paribas-50e-anniversaire-1872-1922-bank-of-paris-and-the-netherlands-paribas-s-50th-anniversary-1872-1922-by-henry-nocq-silver)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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