NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: OCTOBER 1, 2023

1587 Protestants Supported Medal

Protestants Supported in the United Provinces, AR Medal, 1587, by Gerhard van Bijlaer, DEO OPT MAX LAVS ET HONOR IN OE ÆVVM QVOD (m.m rose), saltire stops, Elizabeth enthroned, attended by her courtier, the Earl of Leicester, as she tramples on a hydra, five naked figures kneel before a shield representing the provinces, 1587 in exergue, rev. QVEM DEVS CONFICIET SPIRITV ORIS SVI, saltire stops, popes, bishops and other religious figures fall from celestial clouds, 53mm, 45.11g, 12h (MI i 139/99; van Loon I, 369; Eimer 53), struck on a slightly concave flan, once lightly cleaned and now retoned, very fine, scarce

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PROTESTANTS SUPPORTED IN THE UNITED PROVINCES, AR MEDAL, 1587, BY GERHARD VAN BIJLAER, DEO OPT... (https://live.spink.com/lots/view/4-B5RKYN/protestants-supported-in-the-united-provinces-ar-medal-1587-by-gerhard-van-bijlaer-deo-opt)

1796 Ventriloquist Token

London - uncertain locality, Joseph Askins (ventriloquist), Jacob's Halfpenny 1796, Man standing left with peg-leg, rev. four-line legend, edge diagonally milled, 29mm/9.43gm. (DH 252a). Good Extremely Fine with some iridescence and fair amount of original lustre, rare ‘R'. Ex. ‘an old Surrey Col.' via Mark Rasmussen Sep. 2016

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London - uncertain locality, Joseph Askins (ventriloquist), Jacob's Halfpenny 1796 (https://thestrand.com/auctions/calendar/list#/lots/0dd643c7-1e44-4424-b079-2fd90651d1d0)

1838 New York and Harlaem Railroad Token

Hard Times token LOW 370 R5 HT-298 EF Details with scratches. The N-York & Harlaem Railroad Company. B & S N.Y. with railroad car on reverse (600-750)

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1838 New York City Hard Times Token Harlaem Railroad Harlem HT-298 Low 370 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/225785098009)

Civil War Scrip Payable in Confederate Notes

Franklin Foote and Millet 10c
Grade: F/VF
July 22, 1862. White and Son Printers.

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Franklin Foote and Millet 10c (http://www.lynknight.com/items/1195985)

Scheinfeld Camp Money

United Nations, 1946. Lot of 3 Issued Scrip Notes from the Scheinfeld DP camp located in Bavaria, Includes: 10 Centu on light green-blue paper, S/N 002554; 50 Centu on dark green paper, S/N 01323; 1 Doleris on tan paper, S/N 01147. Scheinfeld camp money is bilingual – Lithuanian on the obverse, English on the reverse. All notes feature a red serial number on the obverse, while a blue, hand-stamped Scheinfeld UNRRA (Team 569) emblem resembling a globe appears on the reverse. Notes are in AU-UNC condition. (3). Sold "AS IS" no returns accepted.

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UNRRA Team 569, 1946, Lot of 3 Displaced Persons Camp Scrip Notes (https://auction.archivesinternational.com/UNRRA-Team-569-1946-Lot-of-3-Displaced-Persons-Camp-Scrip-Notes_i50392087)

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