NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: MAY 31, 2020

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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: MAY 31, 2020

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

1760 Voce Populi Infant Head Halfpence

Nelson-1, W-13820 'Infant Head' variety, considered to be Rarity-6.

A rare, distinctive and seldom seen variety with a youthful obverse portrait.

And this is a fantastic example with rich medium brown color, hard smooth surfaces, a sharp and even strike and nothing in the way of post minting issues.

From Coin Rarities Online. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
1760 Voce Populi ½p Infant Head, Rarity-6 (https://www.coinraritiesonline.com/product/1760-voce-populi-%c2%bdp-19/)

Book: Medals of the British Navy
MEDALS OF THE BRITISH NAVY, and how they were won, W.H. Long, London 1895, zahlr. Farbtafeln, 450 S., goldgepr. Ln., m. Ex-Libris John Gretton (1. Baron of Stapleford, 1867-1947, 2facher Goldmedaillen-Gewinner d. Olympischen Spiele Paris 1900, Geschäftsmann u. konservativer Politiker

For bibliophiles and medal collectors is this book on British Navy medals. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 350: MEDALS OF THE BRITISH NAVY (https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/MEDALSOF-THE-BRITISH-NAVY-350-c-79C4EB2978)

1933 Lincoln Exhibit Medal

1933 LINCOLN EXHIBIT AT THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPO MEDAL

Nice medal. This exhibit was sponsored in part by the Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. Below is a link to a digital copy of the exhibit brochure from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. -Editor

To read the exhibit brochure, see:
The Abraham Lincoln exhibit group, Century of Progress, 1833 to 1933, Chicago. (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t9t163p7x&view=1up&seq=5)

To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 348: 1933 LINCOLN EXHIBIT AT THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPO MEDAL (https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/1933-LINCOLN-EXHIBIT-AT-THE-CENTURY-OF-PROGRESS-E-348-c-3CA4432B3A)

Gettysburg National Parks Medal

GEM FRESH QUALITY. HEAVY SUCKER.
RARE AND HARD TO FIND.

WITH ORIGINAL BOX, EVERYTHING IS CRISP FRESH
NO PAMPHLET INCLUDED, I DON'T THINK THEY OFFERED ONE
MEASURES 3 INCHES ACROSS. THICK AND HEAVY
MEDALLIC ART COMPANY. STAMPED YEAR 2000 ON THE EDGE.

The Medallic Art Company produced a vast number of great medals over the years, and I'm always running into ones I hadn't seen before. like this Gettysburg medal. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
RARE MACO Civil War GETTYSBURG REMEMBRANCE TRUST BRONZE MEDAL National Parks (https://www.ebay.com/i/383530037432)

1955 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent

1955 1C DOUBLED DIE OBV DDO PCGS MS64BN CAC

I noticed this one in the stock of Harry Laibstain Rare Coins. Beautiful coin. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
1955 1C DOUBLED DIE OBVE DDO PCGS MS64BN CAC (http://www.hlrc.com/Inventory/CoinViewer?id=869642002&c=23)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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