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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: APRIL 10, 2022Here'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 
Trajan AV Aureus. Rome, AD 111. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V DES VI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Emperor standing to left, extending hand to two children, standing to right; ALIM ITAL in exergue. RIC II 230 corr. (also cuirassed); C. 16; BMCRE pg. 88, *; Woytek 376f (same dies); Calicó 985 corr. (same - same dies); Künker 168, lot 7735 (same dies). 7.19g, 19mm, 7h. Very Fine; lustrous metal. Exceptionally Rare; seemingly one of just seven known specimens, only two other examples on CoinArchives and the first to come to auction since 2010. From a private European collection. A nice coin from the Roma Numismatics E-Sale 95. -Editor
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Lot 270. France, Carolngian. Charlemagne (Charles the Great). As Charles I, King of the Franks, A.D. 768-814. AR denier. Class 3. Mediolanum (Milan) mint, Struck 793/4-812. Ex CNG Triton 18, 1383; Ex Joseph R. Lasser Collection. France, Carolngian. Charlemagne (Charles the Great). As Charles I, King of the Franks, A.D. 768-814. AR denier (21 mm, 1.47 g, 10 h). Class 3. Mediolanum (Milan) mint, Struck 793/4-812. + CARLVS REX FR, cross pattée / + MEDIOL, Carolus monogram. Coupland, Charlemagne 16; Depeyrot 662F; M&G 212; MEC 1, 743. Good VF, find patina. Ex CNG Triton 18, 1383; Ex Joseph R. Lasser Collection. Nice coin. From the Agora Auctions sale #105 closing April 19, 2022. -Editor
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Important Confederate States Civil War Native American Indian bronze medal, dated 22 February 1862, the front impressed with the Seal of the Confederate States, with central relief image of an equestrian statue of George Washington in Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia, with motto Deo Vindice, the verso inscribed The Congress of the C. S. A. to Stand Waite, Chief of the Cherokee, 3 1/4" dia. Stand Waite was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866, he was the only Native American Confederate general officer of the war and was the last Confederate States Army general to surrender. Auctioneers Pook & Pook Inc. of Downingtown, PA are offering this medal in an April 21, 2022 sale. I've seen nothing like it before. If genuine, some conservation may be in order. -Editor 
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1891-O MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR $1 TOKEN "68" OR "89" OPTICAL ILLUSION STRIPES A very unusual piece. Has anyone seen anything like this before? What's going on? -Editor
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Elizabeth II, 50 Pence (Libraries) 2000 Silver Proof I somehow missed this coin design when it first came out. Perfect for numismatic bibliophiles! From the Coincraft website. -Editor
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