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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: NOVEMBER 4, 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 1795 Spence Anti-Slavery Farthing  Middlesex 1118 (R). Spence. Æ farthing. 2.97 gm. 20 mm. A slave in chains kneeling right; AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER around, JAMES below / THOS. SPENCE | SIR THOS. MORE | THOS. PAINE | 1795 in four lines, ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MAN around.Good Extremely Fine; toned. Rare. The anti-slavery farthing shows up less often than the halfpenny token. From Davissons E-Auction 28 -Editor To read the complete lot description, see: Denmark 16 skilling Gaming Token   Older gaming token, CARL GINDERUP, 16 skilling, copper, 24 mm, ES 1372, scarce Unusual item. I like it! -Editor To read the complete lot description, see: 1936 Venice Film Festival Award Medal   1936 Venice Film Festival award presented to RKO Export Corporation for the film ''Metropolitan Nocturne'', given in the fourth year of what is one of the world's oldest film festivals. Bronze medal pivots in its custom gilt and wood frame, featuring a relief of the winged lion on front and ''IV Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica Venezia''. Medal measures 4'' in diameter, housed in the 9'' x 7.5'' x 3'' frame. Discreet nicks to base of frame, otherwise near fine condition. Earlier we discussed the Directors Guild of America Medal. Here's a nice companion piece - a 1936 Venice Film Festival Award Medal. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see: To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: Apollo 16 Bronze Medal   A Medallic Art Company product. A little busy, but still nicely done. Would anyone know who the artist is? -Editor To read the complete lot description, see: 1987 National Security Council   I've never seen one of these before. This one's a little on the plain side, but still a nice medal. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see:  Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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