NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JUNE 20, 2021

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The E-Sylum: Volume 24, Number 25, June 20, 2021, Article 24

NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JUNE 20, 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

1720 Louisiana 10 Livres Tournois

Louisiana (New France)- Banque Royale July 1, 1720 10 Livres Tournois PMG About Uncirculated 55. This note was printed in France and issued by the Bank Royale in New Orleans. The embossed seal of the Banque Royale is at center. These notes were part of the famed "Mississippi Bubble" debacle involving Scottish financier/schemer John Law and land in New France. PMG mentions some pinholes.
From the Colonial Valley Collection, Part II

From the upcoming June 27 Heritage sale. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Louisiana (New France)- Banque Royale July 1, 1720 10 Livres Tournois PMG About Uncirculated 55.. ... (https://currency.ha.com/itm/colonial-notes/georgia/louisiana-new-france-banque-royale-july-1-1720-10-livres-tournois-pmg-about-uncirculated-55/a/62187-96181.s)

1752 Ernst August Constantin Ducat

Ernst August Constantin, 1748-1758, bis 1756 unter Vormundschaft Friedrichs III. von Gotha.

A nice gold coin from the upcoming Künker sale. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Ernst August Constantin, 1748-1758, bis 1756 unter Vormundschaft Fr (https://www.kuenker.de/en/auktionen/stueck/293998)

1812 Colombia Ferdinand VII Gold 8 Escudos

Lovely and RARE older GOLD colonial circulation type coin from Colombia in scarce EXTREMELY FINE condition.

Another nice gold coin. From the upcoming sale from The CoinHouse in Belgium. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Colombia, Spanish Colony, Ferdinand VII, 8 Escudos Gold 1812 P JF, Uniformed bust right, KM 66.2, XF ! (*) (https://www.thecoinhouse-auctions.eu/auctions/auction-21-2627062021/299/)

1935 Book: Central Bank of Manchou

Title: The CENTRAL BANK Of MANCHOU And APPENDIX Of ...

Publisher: Published by the Central Bank of Manchou, Hsinking, Manchoukuo

Publication Date: 1935

[2], ii, 89, [3]; 21, [1] pp. 2 errata slips affixed to final leaf. With 5 inserted plates depicting coins, paper money & the bank building itself. Tissue guards with printed captions. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/2" Financial information and banking regulation in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, formed in 1932. Slight bow to boards, textblock with mild vertical crease from being folded while in original wrappers. Very Good Plus. Later green leatherette binding with portion of original label to spine.

Interesting book, perhaps of interest to the banknote collectors among us. -Editor

To read the complete item description, see:
The CENTRAL BANK Of MANCHOU And APPENDIX Of LAWS PERTAINING THERETO. 1935 (https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30937446153)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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