NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: MARCH 18, 2018

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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 11, March 18, 2018, Article 21

NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: MARCH 18, 2018

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

1792 Barbados Halfpenny Token

Lot 352. Barbados. Copper 1/2 Penny Token. 1792. Low mintage. Barbados. Copper 1/2 Penny Token. 1792. Crowned head left / Neptune in chariot. KM Tn9. VF. Low mintage

From Agora Auctions. Not the best condition, but a very interesting piece from elsewhere in the world during the Conder token era. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 352. Barbados. Copper 1/2 Penny Token. 1792. Low mintage. (https://www.agoraauctions.com/listing/viewdetail/39587)

1823-Dated Mexico Gold Restrike

I came across this one in the stock of E-Sylum supporters Northeast Numismatics. I wasn't familiar with these. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
1823 dated Mexico Gold Restrike (https://www.northeastcoin.com/viewImageStandalone.jsp?itemKey=zi26_9301187)

1860 Clark Gruber Mountain $10 Gold

Outstanding example of Clark Gruber Mountain Ten. Anyone who has studied these know rough and scrubbed coins are the norm. This one is better than virtually any I have seen within AU classification and better than many low mint state examples.

I saw this one in an email newsletter from E-Sylum supporter Harry Labstain Rare Coins. Nice example. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
1860 $10 CLARK GRUBER PCGS AU58 (http://hlrc.com/Inventory/CoinViewer?id=868556001&c=23)

1937 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation Gold Medal

A King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation gold medal, by Percy Metcalfe, diameter 57mm

No, not THAT Queen Elizabeth, the first one. Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia on the coronation ceremony. Nice medal! -Editor

The coronation of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth and as Emperor and Empress of India took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 12 May 1937. George VI ascended the throne upon the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII, on 11 December 1936, three days before his 41st birthday. Edward's coronation had been planned for 12 May 1937 and it was decided to continue with his brother and sister-in-law's coronation on the same date.

The media played an important part in broadcasting this show of pageantry and imperialism to the Empire, which marked this coronation as an important event in the history of television, being the world's first major outside broadcast. It was also the first coronation to be filmed, as well as the first to be broadcast on radio.

To read the complete article, see:
Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_King_George_VI
_and_Queen_Elizabeth)

To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 106 A King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation gold medal, ... (https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/2d235c2f56b4903b88bc951504f6c334/
0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/select-sale-including-collectors-sale-lot-106/)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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