MORE HOLABIRD MAY 2021 SALES SELECTIONS

14K gold-plated Sterling silver belt buckle, intricately carved, with an 1899 S $20 double eagle gold coin mounted in the center with the reverse visible through a hole in the back of the buckle. Buckle is approx. 3.75 x 2.25 inches, and weighs ~3.39 troy ounces (~105.6 grams) including the coin. Buckle is marked on the back / STERLING / HE / 14 K GOLD /. Coin is in VF/XF condition, and the buckle shows very little wear in the ornate carving on the front.

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Gold-plated Sterling Silver Belt Buckle with VF/XF 1899 $20 Gold Coin [133721] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/Gold-plated-Sterling-Silver-Belt-Buckle-with-VF-XF-1899-S-Double-Eagle-133721_i41002554?t=HEBWS9)

Bank of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Jan. 2nd, 1935. Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited. PMG 25, Very Fine. 2.75 x 5.75"

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Bank of Nova Scotia $10 Bank Note [134029] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/Bank-of-Nova-Scotia-10-Bank-Note-134029_i41002708?t=HEBWS9)

Unarguably one of the best looking examples of college currency. Three beautiful vignettes on obverse, "will pay five dollars to bearer in College Currency." Lithographers: The Kellogg and Bulkeley Co. of Hartford. This bill is for use in the business practice department of Hannums Hartford Business College and is worthless for other purposes. Dated Aug. 1877.

From about 1830 through the rest of the century, the Kellogg brothers published popular lithographs in Hartford, Connecticut. They issued the second largest number of decorative prints intended for the American public, surpassed only by their New York rivals, Currier & Ives, producing thousands of lithographs, most hand-colored, which ended up in the homes and work places of Americans.

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Business College Bank Currency [131198] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/Business-College-Bank-Currency-131198_i41002710?t=HEBWS9)

City of New Orleans-Municipality No. One $50 Note Oct. 30, 1837. Unissued.

From 1836 to 1852, the City of New Orleans was made up of three municipalities, with Municipality No. One being the old city, primarily inhabited by Creoles and French. Each municipality had its own council, police force, service providers, tax-collection entity, and note-issuing bank. This large format $50 Post Note grades About Uncirculated with no rips or tears.

Lithographer: Jho. V. Childs - New Orleans This note measures 3.75" x 8.75". The obverse is black and the reverse is blue with a large N. O. in the design.

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City of New Orleans Municipality No. One $50 Note [131222] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/City-of-New-Orleans-Municipality-No-One-50-Note-131222_i41002712?t=HEBWS9)

Lot of ten. Pre and Post earthquake! Eight stereo views; with two duplicates of the Mint and the earthquake. One 4x6" photo. One postcard.

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San Francisco United States Mint Stereo View Collection [123463] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/San-Francisco-United-States-Mint-Stereo-View-Collection-123463_i41002717?t=HEBWS9)

Beautiful hand balance coin scale in black leather case, 3 x 7 inches. The seven weights are facsimile coins, one weight is missing. Some coin weights are legible: romana doppia (Vatican issued gold coins); Sovrano (sovereigns); genova. (The genovino was a gold coin used in the Republic of Genoa from 1252 to 1415.)

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Coin Scale with Facsimile Coins for Weights [131220] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/Coin-Scale-with-Facsimile-Coins-for-Weights-131220_i41002722?t=HEBWS9)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
SELECTIONS FROM HOLABIRD MAY 2021 SALES (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n18a24.html)

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