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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: APRIL 22, 2018Here'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
1814 George III Indian Peace Medal  Great Britain, George III (1760-1820), Indian Peace Medal, 1814 Bronzed copper. Large size. GEORGIVS III – DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARVM REX.FID:, laureate and mantled bust of George III right, on truncation, T.WYON.JUN:S:, rev., HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE – DIEU · ET · MON · DROIT, royal arms; below, 1814, 75.6 mm (Adams 12.1, no. 39, this piece), struck on a thick flan, with small patches of roughness behind the head and to the lower right of the reverse, and evidence of reverse verdigris, otherwise prooflike uncirculated, with a glossy mahogany patina, rarer than the silver issues, Adams cites seven in bronze in his census of which three are in institutional collections PROVENANCE This ex-Ford IPM is offered in the May 21, 2018 Sotheby's sale. -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: 1886 Bi-Metallic Eutopia Dollar   1886 Bi-Metallic Eutopia So-Called Dollar Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. 1886 So-Called Dollar. Eutopia Dollar. HK-1005. Silver and Gold. Plain Edge. Coin Turn. . Outer silver ring with gold center. Obv: REPUBLIC OF EUTOPIA arcs above a central beaded circle, 1886 at bottom rim, florets to either side, MODEL FOR COMETALLIC COINS AND MEDALS within smaller concentric circle, round gold center plug with sun design at center of medal. A heavy crack runs across the silver outer ring from U of EUTOPIA to 8 o’clock n the opposite end. Rev: outer silver ring with 12 signs of the zodiac, each in a separate frame within the outer circle of the design, ARGENTORUM and SILVER / 206 ¼ GRS. within inner circle, gold center reads GOLD above, 12 9/10 GRAINS at center, GRAINS below. Produced and designed by Nicholas Veeder of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, no doubt to back up the facts, as he saw them, in his 1885 booklet titled “Co-metallism: A Plan for Combining Gold and Silver in Coinage, for Uniting and Blending their Values in Paper Money and for Establishing a Composite Single Standard Dollar of Account.” The general reaction at the time was that this was simply another “goloid” experiment. The dies were engraved by Herren Bros. & Co., and are said to have cracked on the third impression; somewhere there may be two examples of HK-1005 without the die cracks seen on the present specimen. As a Pittsburgh native, Veeder's Eutopia dollar has long been something I'd wanted to acquire, but never quite managed to do before prices escalated. This piece came up on eBay this week. They
are rare but also numismatically important. The associated pamphlet is a rarity itself in American numismatic literature. -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: 1911 Chief Wah-She-Hah Medal  United States, Chief Wah-She-Hah (Bacon Rind), Osage Medal, 1911 Silver. Struck by Edward Knox Elder. WAH-SHAH-SHE KAH-HE-KEH – WAH-SHE-HAH, three-quarter facing bust of Chief Wah-She-Ha, rev., ME-KAH-SHIN-KAH WAH-SHA-SHE | E-KO-WAH-E-TAH-PE – O’MOIE-KAH-THA-1911 | E.K.ELDER, clasped hands below crossed tomahawk and peace pipe, 38.1 mm, pierced, but a blue-toned proof PROVENANCE Another great ex-Ford piece. -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: 1917 Wilson's Successes Goetz Medal  1917 - Medal 'Wilson's Successes / Wilsons Werbung bei den Neutralen' by Karl Goetz (Kienast194) - VZ President Wilson and Chinese dragon / KZ Seated Scandinavia, Netherlands, Spain en Switserland turn their back - iron cast 57 mm, brown patine, in box - Goetz medals are always a delight. There's a lot doing on in this one, and I like th patina. -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: Civilian Conservation Corps. Token  Description: Round brass 24mm. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. // GF / 10C IT / CO. 894 CCC / BONHAM, TEXAS. Please note surface condition issue. HWAC# 62312 Date: Location: Bonham, Texas An ugly piece to be sure, but an interesting artifact from the Depression-era job corp. A lot of great works came from this, and quite a number of men and women found gainful employment as a result. I
don't know how many CCC units produced tokens - have they ever been cataloged? I found this piece from the upcoming Holabird sale through Invaluable. -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: 1941 Guernsey Two Shilling Sixpence Notes  GUERNSEY TWO SHILLING & SIXPENCE BANKNOTE, 1941/1943, FOUR FOUR "THE STATES OF GUERNSEY" TWO SHILLING AND SIXPENCE BANKNOTES. THREE WERE PRINTED JANUARY 1ST, 1943, THE FOURTH WAS PRINTED MARCH 25TH, 1941. ALL ARE PRINTED WITH THE SEAL OF BAILWICK ON THE REVERSE. NUMBERS INCLUDE: BG1794, BG1795, BG1792, AND AA0093. PRINTING OF BANKNOTES LESS THAN 5 POUNDS CEASED AFTER 1945. H 2 3/8'', L 3 5/8''. These colorful little notes caught my eye this week. The one on the bottom right has one of its serial numbers out of place; is that an error? -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: Swiss Shooting Festival Medal   Switzerland Shooting Fest R-1967a Unusual juxtaposition of figures on the obverse. I don't think I've seen this before - usually the figure placing the laurel on the honoree is standing (or a floating angel does it). Another
piece from Northeast Numismatics. -Editor
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