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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: FEBRUARY 24, 2019Here'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 Imitation of Philip II of Macedon Tetradrachm  EASTERN EUROPE. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon (2nd-1st centuries BC). Tetradrachm. "Audoleon/Vogelreiter" type. Obv: Stylized laureate head of Zeus right. Lanz 673; OTA 336/2. Condition: Good very fine. Weight: 14.27 g. From the March 2019 Numismatik Naumann sale. Celtic coins have an odd Picasso-like quality. Zeus looks like he's blowing bubbles, and that's an oddly-proportioned horse and rider. Interesting coin. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see: Kumaragupta Elephant Rider Stater  Kumaragupta, 414-455. Ô-Stater, Elephant Rider-Typ; 8.15 g. König reitet l. auf einem Elephanten, von einer kleinen Gestalt mit einem Sonnenschirm geschützt//Lakshmi steht v. v. mit Lotus. Kumar Variante B. From upcoming the Künker Auction 318. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see: 1864 $100 Interest Bearing Note  Friedberg 212a (W-3280). 1864 $100 Interest Bearing Note. PCGS Currency Very Fine 30. This impressive $100 Interest Bearing Note is one of just four examples known for the catalog number. It bears an engraved issue date of August 15, 1864 and displays Lieutenant General Winfield Scott at the center of the note. Black die counters with 100 overlapping Roman numeral Cs are at upper left and right. Green Roman numeral Cs are at upper right and left of center and green 100 die counters are to the bottom left and right. A small red spiked Treasury Seal is to the right. The engraved signatures of Colby and Spinner are seen at bottom left and right respectively. These notes bore 7.3% interest and were payable semi-annually in "lawful money." Buyers were banks and other investors. These notes never passed hand to hand in general circulation. This particular example has the "promise to pay" filled in with "Secretary of the Treasury for redemption." The back is printed in green with large Roman numeral C counters at left and right. Language on the back, right of center, explains that the notes could be converted to bonds any time after five years, payable 20 years from August 15, 1867 with six percent interest per annum. This example is bright and evenly circulated with ample margins. The printed inks are bold with vibrant green protector inks as well. All four examples of the catalog number are privately held. This note, with serial number 213729, is the finest graded example of the four. It is the plate note seen on page 629 of the Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Paper Money by Q. David Bowers. From the Stack's Bowers March 2019 Baltimore sale of The Joel R. Anderson Collection of United States Paper Money Part IV. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see: Compugrade Medals   Three silver-dollar sized anodized aluminum Compugrade medals issued at the 1990 ANA. Scarce. $50 each From the Sample Slab Update #30 (February 2019) published by David Schwager. -Editor To read past issues of Sample Slab Update , see: To read an earlier E-Sylum article (also based on Sample Slab Update content, see: 1999 Brookgreen Gardens Medal   From the eBay stock of dealer Steve Hayden. -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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