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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 52, December 17, 2017, Article 21

NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: DECEMBER 17, 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

1780 New Haven Lottery Ticket

1780 New Haven Lottery ticket

1780 New Haven Lottery ticket back

1780 CONNECTICUT LOTTERY NEW HAVEN FOR BUILDING a BRIDGE OVER EAST RIVER - SIGNED in RED by LT. HENRY DAGGETT & on the BACK a NOTATION in BLACK that COLO LEVERETT HUBBARD RECEIVED 10 DOLLARS for this (PRESUMABLY WINNING) TICKET on JULY 14, 1781.

MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 3.5 x 1.5 INCHES

Last week we mentioned colonial-era lottery tickets. Here's a nice one for sale on eBay that I came across this week. Since the winning tickets get turned in (and were often destroyed), most of the surviving examples are probably losers. I don't think I've ever come across a winner like this. -Editor

To read the complete description, see:
1780 CT LOTTERY WIN NEW HAVEN EAST RIVER BRIDGE LT H. DAGGETT & COL L. HUBBARD (https://www.ebay.com/itm/232566784363)

1906 Silver Carnegie Hero Medal

1906 Silver Carnegie Hero medal obverse 1906 Silver Carnegie Hero medal reverse

This is the first slabbed Carnegie Hero medal I've seen. The silver examples are rare. -Editor

1906 Nelson Smith Carnegie Hero medal inscription

To read the complete description, see:
1904-CARNEGIE-HERO-FUND-AWARD-MEDAL-NELSON-V-SMITH-1906-SILVER-76mm-NGC-MS63 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/382304860167)

1958 Belgian Congo International Expo medal

BELGIAN CONGO AND RUANDA URUNDI INTERNATIONAL EXPO medal obverse BELGIAN CONGO AND RUANDA URUNDI INTERNATIONAL EXPO medal reverse

BELGIAN CONGO AND RUANDA URUNDI INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITITION Brussels bronze 91mm

A very busy but nicely done obverse. -Editor

To read the complete description, see:
BELGIAN CONGO AND RUANDA URUNDI INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITITION Brussels bronze 91mm (https://www.ebay.com/itm/162801897703)

1960 India Gold Tola

1960 IndiaGold Tola obverse 1960 IndiaGold Tola reverse

INDIA-BRITISH, TOLA, 1960, BOMBAY, EF(40-45), GOLD, KM:45

To read the complete description, see:
INDIA-BRITISH, TOLA, 1960, BOMBAY, EF(40-45), GOLD, KM:45 (https://www.numiscorner.com/collections/our-experts-favorite-items-december-2017/products/india-british-tola-1960-bombay-ef40-45-gold-km-45)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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