NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: APRIL 11, 2021

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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: APRIL 11, 2021

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

Ptolemy IV Philopator Tetradrachm

Lot 1167. Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-205 BC).

Tetradrachm (silver). After 217 BC Chr. Alexandria. Vs: The draped busts of Zeus Serapis with a laurel wreath, Tainia and Atef crown and Isis with a wreath of ears and a crown side by side on the right. Rs: eagle with flared wings and double horn of plenty standing on lightning bundle to the left, head turned to the right; between the legs delta-iota.

Above is the Google-translated version of the lot description. Great double bust. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 1167. Ptolemäisches Königreich. Ptolemaios IV. Philopator (221 - 205 v. Chr.). (https://www.sixbid.com/en/solidus-numismatik/8353/griechische-mnzen/6920493/ptolemisches-knigreich-ptolemaios-iv-philopator)

1887 Proof Victoria 2 Pounds

UNITED KINGDOM Proof Victoria, 1837-1901. 2 pounds 1887, London. Jubilee head. In US plastic holders of PCGS with the rating PR 62 CAM

From Muenzenonline Live Auction. Beautiful coin, picturing the great-great-grandmother of BOTH Queen Elizabeth II and her late husband Prince Philip. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
LOT.NO:112 Great Britain 1887 (https://www.muenzenonline-auktion.ch/catalogDetail/detail/live-auction-no.-14-part-i-1612786195/Great-Britain-1887-564489)

1908 Birmingham Curling Club Medal

AN ANTIQUE CURLING CLUB MEDAL. Birmingham 1908. 27 grams. 4 cm diameter.

From Hannam's Auctioneers. Not often one sees a curling club medal. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
AN ANTIQUE CURLING CLUB MEDAL. Birmingham 1908. 27 grams. 4 ... (https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/
bd0dfdc4dda0f245cd7cfc7986e9777a/1f1638c9faeb7c2641b7b1e9c67628d0/
fine-antiques-oriental-works-of-art-lot-1098/)

Lyndon B. Johnson Hell Banknotes

We've all heard of Chinese Hell Banknotes, designed to be burned to honor the dead. But Hell Banknotes picturing U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson? Apparently these 1960s-era notes are also known with images of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Stalin, Khruschev and Harold Wilson. What, no Richard Nixon? -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
10 CHINESE HELL BANK NOTES CRISP UNC (https://auctions.bidalotcoinauction.com/lots/view/1-4FHIWG/10-chinese-hell-bank-notes-crisp-unc)

Off-Center Double-Printed 1978-S Proof Set Box

1978-S proof set with an off-center double-printing error on the front of the packaging. Unusual and scarce.

In the horse-of-a-different-color department, here's something you don't see every day - an off-center double printed proof set box label. From the stock of error dealer Jon Sullivan; a small number of these oddball items are available. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
1978-s proof set off-center double-printed (https://www.sullivannumismatics.com/coin/1978-s-proof-set-center-double-printed?v=7147)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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