Catalogue
South Africa, Republic, 18 carat gold postage stamp replicas, by E.Tiessen Pty Ltd, of 2 cent and 4 cent, 1971, each 18g. In case of issue with certificate, number 054, FDC. (2)
Estimate $1,300
SOLD $1,300
USA, James Buchanan Indian Peace Medal, 1857 (restrike), in bronze (76mm) (Julian IP-36; Belden 50), obverse, bust of Buchanan right, reverse, a settler and native American standing, facing each other before an American flag. Good very fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
USA, Pacific Southwest Exposition at Long Beach, California 1928 in gilt bronze; San Francisco Mint medal 1874-1937 in bright bronze; Retirement Life Payments Association, Honor Medal Award National Campaign Committee, 1939, in bronze; various state tokens and check pieces for transit and revenue, G.Valente Italia Hotel good for one drink token, as well as a Masonic penny 1870 for Lebanon, Mo. Chapter, also an oval aluminium tag for Marius Dupin 1913, St Gaudens 697 and a CHECKER badge in blue and yellow enamel, two lugs on reverse (probably a hat badge for a Checker Taxi Cab driver). Mostly fine - uncirculated. (25)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
USA, U.S. Customs Inspector's hat badge, c1950s, in gilt silvered and enamel, numbered on reverse at top, 6088. Very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Vatican City, Pope Paul VI, 1975 set of three small silver medals in red case of issue, middle medal with John XXIII, dated 1976. Portugal, reissue commemorative set of five silver coin like medals 1889-1908 Carlos and Amelia, with certificate No 719 (series Kings of Portugal). Uncirculated. (8, 2 sets)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Yugoslavia, Republic, Marshall Tito anniversary, 1943-1983, in .900 fine gold, oval hallmark and ZN (3.96g), another (3.48g). Proofs, nearly FDC. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Yugoslavia, Republic, Tito coin like medals, undated, in .900 fine gold (4.98g), another in .900 fine gold (1.99g); Brioni, 1947-1987 (4.96g); Yugoslavia Air Transport No 89 in .900 fine gold (1.85g). Proof-like, nearly FDC. (4)
Estimate $450
SOLD $440
Yugoslavia, Republic, Marshall Tito, 1937-1977 in .925 fine silver (34.71g), 40th anniversary, 1943-1983 in .925 fine silver (14.81g), another (10.96g), Brioni 1947-1987 (10.92g), another (4.98g); in silver, 1943-1973 (2.97g and 2.01g) 1892-1980 (2.06g) plain edge, Grad Osijek 1809-1989 (12.88g), Kozara 1942-1972 in .900 fine silver. All coin-like with milled edges (except 1977, 1980); also two hundred dinara, 1977 (KM.64a) (2). Nearly FDC. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
World medals, Brazil, Cajuense Regatta Club, 1886, winner's medal in silver (29mm), with suspension loop, obverse, sculling crew rowing boat left, reverse, wreath and in the centre, Vencedor' (Victor), unnamed; South Africa, Greyville Quoit Club, undated, in 9ct gold (5.95g; 23x27mm), obverse, a compass (drawing tool) above a quoit with a scroll across it and inscribed, 'Greyville Quoit Club', reverse inscribed, 'Won by/A.Taylor'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
World medals, Canada, Saskatoon Coin Club Annual Show, 1969, in white metal (40mm); Czechoslovakia, badge for Rally of Czechoslovak Sokol in Vienna, 1982, in bronze (40mm), uniface with pin back (obverse with V.Slet meaning Vsesokolsky Slet 'Meeting of all Sokol members'); Israel, Moshe Dayan Six Day War Commemorative, 1967, in silver (40mm); France, Souvenir of Ascension to Summit of Eiffel Tower, 1900, in silvered bronze (41mm); Germany, Reunification, 1990, one ounce fine silver ingot by Degussa; Great Britain, Crufts Centenary Dog Show Participant's medal, 1991, in bronze (38mm), unnamed, National Trust Runnymede proof medallion, undated, in gilt bronze (37mm), in plastic case, QEII Coronation medalets, 1953, both in bronze (2), and a souvenir medalet from New Plymouth Exhibition Carnival, 1904, in bronze; Italy, Jubilee Holy Year Rome, 1975, in white metal (34mm), by Manfrini; Japan, City of Osaka, 1990, in gilt bronze (34mm), cased; USA, California State presentation medal, undated, in gilt bronze (51mm), uniface with blue and gold neck ribbon, unnamed; First Lunar Apollo Flight, 1968, in white metal (39mm), Mardia Gras New Orleans, 1978, in white metal (39mm); Vatican, Pope John Paul II, undated (c1987), in silvered bronze (35mm); Yugoslavia, Tito Memorial, 1892-1980, proof in silver (24mm), by Cisto Zlato, cased. Very fine - uncirculated. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World medals, Great Britain, Admiral Vernon medal, in brass, undated (c1739), obverse, Admiral Vernon three-quarters figure left, reverse, ships in harbour and below 'By Courage And Conduct'; Italy, Vatican, Clemens XI, 1713, casting in bronze (39mm), by E.Hamerani, obverse, Pope Clemens XI bust left, reverse, Moses with the Jewish people crossing the Red Sea (Miselli 92); Peru, Queen Victoria, To Commemorate in Lima The LX Year of H.M. Reign, 1897, in silver (30mm), by SM Lima, pierced for suspension; USA, Magnolia Anti Friction Metal Co, 1890, in lead (43mm), obverse, magnolia in centre, above, 'Queen Victoria St', around company name and below, London New York & Berlin, reverse, veiled head of Queen Victoria left, Five Shillings below, legend, 'The Best Journal Bearing Metal In The World'. Good; thin scratch in front of nose, otherwise very fine; very fine; edge bumps, otherwise fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
World medals, Union Interparlamentaria badge, for Conference at Mallorca in 1967, in gilt and enamel (30.5mm) (2, one with lapel lug and one with pin back), features arms of City of Palma de Mallorca . Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30