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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: DECEMBER 18, 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 
Charles II, Embarkation at Scheveningen, June 2 1660, silver medal by Pieter van Abeele, bust of Charles II almost facing, CAROLUS . II . D:G . MAGNÆ . BRIT . FRA . ET . HIB . REX ., rev. Fame bearing ribbon inscribed SOLI DEO GLORIA flies over a fleet sailing away from Schreveningen, on the inside of a shell below S.M. is Uit Hollant Van Scheveling aufgevaren naer fyn Conineryken Ao 1600 Juni 2, around IN NOMINE MEO EXALTABITUR CORNU EUS . PSAL. 89., 69mm, 70.98g (Eimer 210; MI i 457/48; MH 1919, 42). Extremely fine. From the Sovereign Rarities online stock; earlier from the November 2022 Noonan's sale of the Jerome Platt Collection. Great head of hair and 'stache! Excellent portrait, and a finely detailed naval scene on the reverse. -Editor
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The Execution of Archibishop Laud 1645, silver medal by John Roettiers, struck after the Restoration, bust right, wearing ecclesiastical gown and cap GVIL. LAVD. ARCHIEPISC. CANTVAR. X. IAN 1644, rev. putti hold crown and mitre over London cityscape, SANCTI CAROLI PRÆCVRSOR *, 58mm, 78.82g (Eimer 145; MI i 315/147; van Loon II, 273). Extremely fine and with only a hint of the usual die flaw. I couldn't resist including another piece from the Sovereign Rarities online stock. An amazing medal, earlier from the October 2022 SPINK sale of the Brian Harding Collection. -Editor
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XF DETAILS Higley 3 Hammers type has bold appearance with hard lightly worn surfaces. XF Higleys are extremely rare and if this coin wasn't neatly plugged, it would be in the 500k range. We have not seen a coin with surfaces, color and detail like this anywhere. This fabulous coin traces back to the Roper and Garrett collections. Garrett is considered the Eliasberg of Colonials. You must see this coin in hand. Stop by our table #424 at FUN to have a look. Great coin with a great pedigree. From the stock of Harry Laibstain Rare Coins. This one's featured in their ad this week as well. -Editor
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Spain, Ferdinand VII (1808-1833), silver 30 Sous, 1808, Mallorca, octagonal planchet, 26.86g (A&C 1285). Good Very Fine. An interesting crude siege piece from the Baldwin's online stock. -Editor
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CANADA. Lower Canada. Magdalen Island. Copper "Seal" Penny Token, 1815. PCGS VF-20. LC-1; KM-Tn1; Breton-520. I've always liked the Magdalen Island pieces. Success to the Fishery! Nice circulated example in the Stack's Bowers January 2023 NYINC Auction. -Editor
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CEYLON: AE 3 annas token (3.08g), ND (1895), Prid-4A, Lowsley-1, 23mm bronze merchant token; A. A. // 3 ANNAS, VF, R. Listed in Pridmore, Part 4, India, Volume 2 4A. No company or estate can be traced in Ceylon whose name corresponds to the initials A.A., but research and the monetary value suggestions that it was issued by the Anglo-American Direct Tea Trading Co. Lt., Nellampatty, Malabar, S. India. The company were proprietors of tea, coffee, and cardamom estates in various districts of South India. They also had tea gardens in Assam. Their Calcutta agents were Finlay, Muir & Company. This copper token is larger than a farthing. Three annas would be equal to 4½d., or 18¾ cents, the price usually paid in Ceylon to a woman for picking half a bushel of clean coffee. Another interesting plain piece. From the January 2023 Auction 45 from Stephen Album Rare Coins. -Editor
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1982 USA. ANA Building Expansion Dedication Medal. Bronze. MACO. 38mm. 28g. Medallic Arts Company. The front features an allegorical figure of a woman in flowing robes holding the ANA's lamp of knowledge symbol. The reverse features the ANA headquarters building in Colorado Springs. Nice medal commemorating the expansion of the American Numismatic Association headquarters building. From the ANA's monthly Money Museum Auction on eBay. Who is the artist? Initials R.A.W. on the obverse. -Editor
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