NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Faustina II Aureus

Faustina II., Gemahlin des Marcus Aurelius, Augusta, 145-175/6 n. Chr. AV-Aureus 147-150 n. Chr. Rom 7.20 g. Vs.: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, drapierte Büste n. l., Rs.: CONCORDIA, Taube steht n. r. RIC 503b; Coh. 60; Calicó 2044 Gold, attraktives Exemplar mit hohem Relief

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1812/1 Bust Half

Early Half Dollar 1812/1 Small 8 O-102a NGC AU55 $2,100 Popular War of 1812 date. The Overton number is not on the insert. Certification Number: 6522702-001

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Early Half Dollar 1812/1 Small 8 O-102a NGC AU55 (https://www.northeastcoin.com/popupcontainer.jsp?include=vi&itemKey=zi13_40000003700)

Apollo-Soyuz Robbins Medal

Tom Stafford's sterling silver Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Robbins medal, approximately 1.25" in diameter, with a raised mission insignia design on the face, and the reverse featuring raised text, "First Joint U.S.—U.S.S.R. Space Flight," and engraved with the launch and entry dates, July 15, 1975, and July 24, 1975. Serial numbered 155 on the edge. Condition is mint state, with slight tarnishing. Includes its original matching plastic case.

Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Stafford, who states that the accompanying Apollo/Soyuz Test Project Robbins Medallion #155 [was] carried by me aboard our spacecraft during the first flight of international cooperation…This Robbins medallion has an engraving of our mission patch that was designed especially for our flight. As the first international flight involving two countries, our flight included rendezvous, docking and undocking with a Soviet Union Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Soviet cosmonauts. Alexei and I exchanged a truly historic handshake in Space. During the ASTP program, NASA's policy allowed astronauts to keep disposable equipment or personal memorabilia from their mission as personal mementos, and I accordingly chose to include this ASTP Robbins medallion among mine. The ASTP Robbins Medallion flown on the mission has remained a treasured part of my personal space collection for over thirty years, ever since NASA presented it back to me in 1975, shortly after my return to Earth.

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Apollo-Soyuz Robbins Medallion - From the Personal Collection of Tom Stafford (https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/347873206777287-apollo-soyuz-robbins-medallion-from-the-personal-collection-of-tom-stafford/?cat=0)

Coins and Medals of the Duchy of Lorraine
'Histoire de Lorraine: Volumes I-VII', Nouvelle Édition, 1745-1757, Seven Leather Bound Volumes with Illustrations and Tipped-In Engravings Abbé Antoine Augustin Calmet, O.S.B. (1672-1757) for Antoine Leseure (Probably 1707-1756), Nancy,

The manuscript and posthumously published History of Lorraine dedicated to Stanislaw Leszczynski, King of Poland (1704-1709, 1733-1736) and Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1737-1766). In addition to printed frontispieces, headpieces, initial capitals, and miniature illustrations, including sovereign portraits in profile, featured plates predominantly consisting of: regional and town maps in volume one; medals in volume two; cathedral plans, renderings, and tomb monuments in volume three; and coins in volume five.

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'Histoire de Lorraine: Volumes I-VII', Nouvelle Édition, 1745-1757, Seven Leather Bound Volumes with Illustrations and Tipped-In Engravings (https://www.weschlers.com/auction-lot/histoire-de-lorraine-volumes-i-vii-nouvelle-editi_84544F5801)

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