NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 9, 2017

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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 28, July 9, 2017, Article 23

NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 9, 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

Books on Medals and Coins

MEDALS AND COINS LASCEY (J.C), Medals struck .....by order of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1818, 8vo; PINKERTON (J.), An Essay on Medals, 3rd Edition in 2 vols, 1808 (rubbed); Histoire Metallic de Napoleon, London 1819, 4to, title foxed, damaged binding; The Medalic History of England, 1802, 4to, calf worn; FOLKES (M), English Coinage, Silver and Gold, no date [circa 1830]; and - A Table of English Silver Coins, 1745, binding worn (7)

Some numismatic literature for our bibliophile readers. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Sale B120717 Lot 414 (http://auctions.cheffins.co.uk/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=B120717++414+&refno=++164924)

1899 Junon and psyche Medal

BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL FRENCH SILVER MEDAL by LEVILLAIN LIMITED NUMBER # 6 OUT OF 291 STRUCK IN BRONZE & SILVER EDGE ;CORNUCOPIA- ARGENT -SALAMANDER- 6 EXTREMELY RARE MAIER # 2

No Kathy Griffin jokes, please. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
FRANCE-1899-SAMF-"JUNON & PSYCHE" SILVER MEDAL BY LEVILLAIN -NUMBERED 6 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRANCE-1899-SAMF-JUNON-PSYCHE-SILVER-MEDAL-BY-LEVILLAIN-NUMBERED-6/122571847260)

c1910 Argentina Livestock Exposition Award Medal

This is a 49 mm (just under 2 inch) in diameter, 57-gram (2.0 ounce) undated circa 1910 Silver-Plated Bronze Art Nouveau Rural Society of Argentina Livestock Exposition Award medal by French Sculptor Adolphe Rivet (1855-after 1912). It was struck by the Monnaie de Paris and is edge marked BRONZE along with the cornucopia mint mark.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Argentina/French Silver/Bronze Livestock Exposition Award Medal by Adolphe Rivet (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Argentina-French-Silver-Bronze-Livestock-Exposition-Award-Medal-by-Adolphe-Rivet/382149019798)

Huge Head of Elephant Bronze Model

France HEAD OF AN ELEPHANT huge cast bronze studio model by Drago 183mm (over 7"

Here's a neat item from E-Sylum advertiser Hedley Betts. Follow the link and zoom in. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
France HEAD OF AN ELEPHANT huge cast bronze studio model by Drago 183mm (http://www.ebay.com/itm/152614314252)

1928 $5000 Federal Reserve Note

Fr. 2220-F. 1928 $5000 Federal Reserve Note. Atlanta. PCGS Very Fine 30 PPQ. The 1928 series notes are vastly more scarce than their 1934 counterparts. PCGS has graded a scant six pieces for the catalog number. It lands as the second finest on the PCGS population report, the finest a 45PPQ.

This note is one of the highlights in Stack's Bowers Galleries' Currency Auction at the ANA World's Fair of Money on August 2nd in Denver, Colorado. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Fr. 2220-F. 1928 $5000 Federal Reserve Note. Atlanta. (https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-7VF0N)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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