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ALBUM MAY 2020 E-AUCTION 7 ANNOUNCEDHere's the press release for the May 2020 E-Auction 7 sale from Stephen Album Rare Coins. -Editor
The coins in the sale range from all areas and time periods, including machine-struck coins from all continents, Chinese cash coins and struck coins and medieval hammered Indian & Islamic coins. One category that is expected to perform well is the Shahs of Iran. Composing around 15% of the auction, the offerings are primarily gold and are mostly from the Zand and Qajar dynasties. There are also many nice offerings in the World Coins section, including some choice items graded by PCGS. It is possible to bid prior to the auction, and it is also possible to bid live during the auction as the lots hammer down one at a time. All bids must be placed through the online bidding website at: www.sarc.auction  LOT 12
The Wahhabi Sharifs struck anonymous copper coins from AH1215 to AH1240, with the possible addition of a few coins dated earlier in the AH1200s. They are rather heavy and
resemble contemporary coarsely struck copper paisa's of western India, whence it is conceivable that Muslim manufacturers from India came to Arabia to prepare these coins. All
are quite rare!
  LOT 61
  LOT 132
Here are some additional lots that caught my eye in the sale. -Editor Lot 60: Countermarked Tahmasp I Shahi
  SAFAVID: Tahmasp I, 1524-1576, AR shahi (4.60g), NM, AH956, A-2611R, countermarked 'adl-i shah 956 on weakly struck example of type A-2601, first reported example with a legible date in the countermark, EF, RR. Neat countermark. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 84: Muhammad Shah Toman
  QAJAR: Muhammad Shah, 1837-1848, AV toman (3.47g), Tabriz, AH1259, A-2904, bold strike, choice EF. Nice gold coin. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 175: 1912 German Shooting Festival Medal
  FRANKFURT: AR medal (25.46g), 1912, Steulmann-3, Peltzer Coll.-1154, 40mm silver award medal for the 17th German Federal Shooting Festival by Korschann for Lauer, Nuremberg, cartouche inscribed with XVII.DEUTSCHES BUNDES= / UND / GOLDENES JUBILÄUMS= / SCHIESSEN / FRNAKFURTa.M.:14.-21.JULI:1912 with eagle with outstreched wings on target below and city view above // bust left with HEINRICH PRINZ VON PREUSSEN PROTEKTOR around, matte finish, attractive original tone, SILBER 990 on edge, EF to AU. Nice city view shooting medal. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 228: 1932 Weimar Republic Nazi Medal
  GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR gilt medal (19.84g), 1932, Hyder & Colbert-D23, 35mm gilt silver election donation medal by the NSDAP, hands raised all around a large swastika // (swastika) / REICHSTAGS- / WAHL / 1932 / KAMPF-SCHATZ / SPENDE in center with N.S.D.A.P KAPITULIEREN-NIEMALS! around, toned reverse, lightly cleaned, "990" on edge, VF to EF, R. Truly creepy obverse image. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 304: 1929 Lundy Half Puffin
 LUNDY: AE ½ puffin, 1929, KM-Tn1, PCGS graded MS65 RD. Harman issued two coins of ½ puffin and 1 puffin denominations in 1929, nominally equivalent to the British halfpenny and penny, resulting in his prosecution under the United Kingdom's Coinage Act of 1870. The House of Lords found him guilty in 1931, and he was fined £5 with fifteen guineas expenses. The coins were withdrawn and became collectors' items. Micronation state coinage is always interesting. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 355: 1918 Gratitude of The Swiss Families Medal
  SWITZERLAND: AR medal (24.70g), 1918, Schweizer Medaillen-215, 40mm silver medal by Hans Frei, eagle flying right over sea with American flag above and holding sheaf of wheat in talons above sea with 0.800 stamped incuse at lower left margin // Swiss shield flanked by flowers with TO THE PRESIDENT / AND PEOPLE / OF THE UNITED STATES / OF AMERICA / THE GRATITVDE / OF THE SWISS / FAMILIES / 1918 below, matte finish, toned, plain edge, UNC. Love the flying eagle. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 367: BOSTONIA CONDITA Medal
  UNITED STATES: AR medal, 1822 (8.69g), EF to AU, 32mm uniface silver medal, seal of the city of Boston with view of city and ships at center with BOSTONIA / CONDITA A.D. / 1630 below and SICUT PATRIBUS SIT DEUS NOBIS - * CIVITATIS REGIMINE DONATA A.D.1822 * around, with added loop and ring, convex obverse, probably made in the late 1800's, attractive original tone on obverse, graffiti on reverse reads J. E. / WALKER / Z. Y. / Cobby '29' / Y B, plain edge, cf. Stack's Bowers February 2019 Baltimore Auction Lot 285, Thanks to Howard Daniel for pointing this one out. I wasn't familiar with this piece either. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see:
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