Catalogue
World Captain Cook medals, includes Canada, British Columbia, Capt. Cook, First White Man to Land at Nootka, 1978, in oxidised silver and another in bronze (51mm) (K.98) (2); Port Alberni, British Columbia, Captain Cook Bicentennial, 1978, in nickel (34mm) (K.103); British Columbia, Canadian Armed Forces, Captain Cook Bicentennial, 1978, in golden aluminium (35mm) (cf K.104B for reverse); French Polynesia, Tahiti medal, Samuel Wallis, L de Bougainville, James Cook, (1967), in bronze (68mm) (K.26a); USA, Captain Cook Festival, Kona, Hawaii, Cook's First Pacific Voyage, 1969, in bronze (44mm) (K.32); Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, 1976, in antique bronze (39mm), bright bronze and another in silvered (32mm) (K.91A, B [2]) (3); Discovery of Hawaiian Islands by Captain Cook, 1978, in pewter (45.5mm) (K.109); Anchorage, Alaska, Captain James Cook Explorer of Cook Inlet, 1978, in dark bronze (39mm) (K.113). Uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
World medals, Canada, Centennial National Parks Canada, 1985, in nickel (32mm), in folder; British Columbia Centennial, 1966, in copper (41mm); British Columbia Sea Festival Dollar, Captain Cook, 1978, in nickel (39mm) (Klenman 104C); British Columbia, Victoria Visitor Information Centre, James Cook, 1978, in bronze (33mm) (Klenman 107), in cover; Finland, Helsinki Summer Olympics, 1940, fundraising medal in silvered (37mm); Germany, Binger Protection Society, 1883, in bronze (33mm), with ring top suspension; Germany, Fortuna, undated, in brass (17mm), holed, reverse with German text for 'Who Dares Wins'; Germany, Captain Cook medal with legends on both sides in German, (1979), in aluminium bronze (29.5mm); Great Britain, Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, 1978, in bronze (38mm); Japan, Tokyo Olympics, 1964, in bronze (30mm); Japan, Mount Aso National Park, undated, in silvered, gilt and enamel (41mm), with ring top suspension; Japan, Memory of Hiroshima, undated, hexagonal medal in silvered and gilt (42mm), with ring top suspension, reverse features statue of Mother & Child in the Storm created in 1960 in support of ban on atomic and hydrogen bombs; Malaysia, 1972, made of 97% Malaysian tin by Selangor Pewter Co (51mm). Fine - uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
World medals, Great Britain, Captain James Cook, (1978), in bronze (38mm) (Klenman 111B); New Zealand, Capt. James Cook Third Pacific Voyage, Eastern & Central Savings Bank, 1976, in bronze (42mm) (Klenman 90; M&P.1976/1); Portugal, James Cook, Endeavour 1768, (1974), in bronze (70mm) (Klenman 87B), edge numbered '97/1000'. In cases and box of issue, the last with some oxidation on edge, otherwise uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $100
Tahiti, James Cook in bronze (54mm) by Georges Guiraud, Paris, issued by High Commission of French Polynesia (Klenman K26B). Extremely fine in box of issue.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Treasure of the Aztecs, set of twelve one ounce silver and partly gold embossed medallions in display frame in slip case. Uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $350
SOLD $600