Catalogue
World Medals, cut-out badge of H.M.S. Victory, centenary memento, death of Nelson, 1905, made from copper of the Victory, (8.46 g); Edward VII, Peacemaker, 1910, (8.96 g), made from "Nelson copper", (25mm); Nelson Centenary, 1905, (7.10 g), containing Victory copper, (17mm); British and Foreign Sailors Society, (4.87 g), made from copper from Nelson's ship, (17mm); Nelson Centenary, 1905, (11.84 g), made from Victory copper, (29mm); Canada, Arms of Ontario, 1967, (21.62 g), made from nickel, copper, platinum, gold, zinc, mined in Ontario, (37mm); similar piece, but in nickel; USA, nickel medal 1871, (3.58 g), made from the ruins of the N.W.Show Case Mf'G, (25mm); Canada, busts of George VI and Elizabeth, (17.73 g), struck by the Ford Motor Company, at Windsor, from copper used in the 1937 Ford, (33mm). Toning, good very fine - extremely fine, scarce. (9)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
World Medals, Great Britain, The Clipper Cutty Sark, oval medal produced from steel in the ship's foremast, built in 1869, (55 x 37 mm); Austria, 25th Anniversary of the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, depicting five busts, with suspension loop and ribbon, (33mm); Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1901, souvenir for the benefit of the public library, made from the first steel sheet rolled in the state of Wisconsin, (48mm); Malaysia, PATA, 1972, pewter medal made by Selangor, 51mm). Toning, good very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
Passed in
World Medals, Norwegian-American Copper Mining and Smelting Co, 1907, copper medal depicting the works, (38mm); H.M.S. Victory, Save the Victory Fund, 1924, metal taken from the Victory, (32mm); Germany, Church of the Holy Cross Dresden, 1792-1897, copper medal made from the melted bells, (33mm); USA, U.S.S. South Dakota, 1942, medal coined from the battleship, (38mm); Alaska, Native Copper from Valdez, Alaska, medal depicting view of the town, "Buffet 12 1/2c in Trade check, (28mm) (illustrated). Good very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
World medals, Russia - USSR Commemorative Medal "Yuri Gagarin - 30th Anniversary of the First Man in Space" 1991, aluminium (from the Vostok-I spacecraft), (9.38 g), obv. Yuri Gagarin bust left wearing spacesuit helmet, GAGARIN below, rev. Vostok-I spacecraft in orbit above earth, with four stars, FIRST MAN IN SPACE / VOSTOK / 12.IV.1961; Bay City Michigan, Masonic Temple destroyed by fire May 19 1903, made from copper taken from the ruins, (33mm); Lord Nelson, small medal with suspension loop, (2.38 g), made from copper from Nelson's flagship Foudroyant, (17mm); Westminster Abbey, medal made from lead from the Abbey during restoration, (31mm); Vancouver, 1892 medal from metal of the wreck of the steamer "Beaver" built 1835, (18.76 g), (35mm); Norway, Nes, burning of the main church in 1854, (13.02 g), made from bell metal, (31mm); USA, 100th Anniversary of Fort Dearborn, Peacock jewellers, 1937, depicting the World's Columbian Exposition ferris wheel and a piece of steel from the Peacock vault door that withstood the great Chicago fire, (31mm); Skylab, 1974, made from aluminium from the Skylab space station, (5.36 g), (36mm); USA, Frigate Constellation, (1797), (13.98 g), struck from metal from the first ship of the US Navy, (32mm). Toning, good very fine - unc. (9)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
World medals, Selby Abbey, 1907 fire, struck from melted roof lead, (38mm); H.M.Submarine Holland I, launched 1901, sunk 1913, recovered 1982, struck from recovered battery lead, (35mm); Argentina, The Military Club 1897, struck from 1817 cannon metal, (38mm) (illustrated); Tasmania, St John's Church Newtown, 1835-1916, struck from bell metal, (31mm); Oval medal struck from ballast on the U Deutschland, July 9 1916, (40 x 25mm); Findlay Ohio, Anniversary of the Application of Natural Gas, 1887, (33mm); California Bicentennial, 1769-1969, made from coins found from an early Spanish Expedition, (32mm); Victory Liberty Loan medal, U.S. Treasury Dept, made from German cannon metal, (30mm). Toning, good very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
World Medals, S.S.Mauretania, 1935, bronze medallion made from metal from the ship, with ribbon, (33mm); Panama offical bronze souvenir medal of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco 1915, (24mm); Australia, Queen Victoria 60th Year of Reign, made from copper of the Mount Lyell mine Tasmania, (31mm); USA, The Eagle Has Landed, July 1969, white metal medal depicting the moon landing, (31mm); USA Our Standard Bearer, bust of Grant, medal made of Utah copper for the Salt Lake Tabernacle, 1941, (28mm); Union Pacific, lucky piece, 1934, medal made from aluminium in the new Pacific train, (32mm); Germany, Crash of Zeppelin near Echterdingen, 1908, bust of Graf von Zeppelin, made from wreckage material of the Airship Z.4, (33mm). Nearly very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
World Medals, submarine "Deutschland", visit to Baltimore, brass medal set within a large iron cross, 1916, to commemorate the arrival of the first commercial submarine, surrounding depiction of submarine sailing, made from iron carried to America by the submarine, (73mm). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
World Medals, USA, mini-coin, 1971, silver coin made from silver carried to the moon on the flight of Apollo 14; Statue of Liberty, medal and folder, Postal Commemorative Society, 1985, (38mm); Continental Currency Dollar 1776, pewter replica of the dollar; USSR, peace medal, 1988 Disarmament Ruble, "made from missile metal", of reclaimed Soviet SS-4 rockets, (40mm); China, Beijing Public Transport Commission medal, gold plated, in case of issue, (50mm). Good very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Henry V, (1413-1422) gold quarter noble, (1.65 g), Class C, mm pierced cross, annulets on cusps, lis above shield, broken annulet to left and cinquefoil to right of shield (N.1382, S.1756). Slight flan indentation, good fine or better and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $2,600
Edward IV, (second reign, 1471-1483), angel, London Mint, mm heraldic cinquefoil, (1480-3), (S.2091, North 1626 XXI). Tiny spade mark to tip of left wing, good very fine or better.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $4,800
Henry VIII, (1509-1547), crown of the double rose, second coinage 1526-1544, crowned H, crowned K either side of crowned rose, mm rose, (S.2273, N.1788). Indentation on flan, good very fine.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,600
Mary, (1553-1554), fine sovereign (30s), 1553, mm pomegranate (S.2488, N.1956). Full round coin, good fine/nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $25,000
SOLD $18,000
Anne, after the Union, third bust guinea, 1714 (S.3574). Diagnostic die cud above second A in Anna, graffiti below bust, extremely fine.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $3,600
George III, guinea, fifth laureate head, 1789 (S.3729). Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,600
George III, third guinea, first head, 1803 (S.3739). Very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $460
George III, new coinage, half sovereign, 1817 (S.3786). Nearly fine/fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
George IV, sovereign, wreathed head type, 1821 (S.3800). Very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,200
George IV, bare head sovereign 1829 (S.3801). Nearly extremely fine/extremely fine.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $2,000
George IV, laureate head left, half sovereign, 1824 (S.3803). Obverse hairline scratch, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $650
SOLD $650
William IV, sovereign, 1835 (S.3829B). Obverse brushed with a few nicks, good extremely fine.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,400
Queen Victoria, young head, sovereign shield reverse, 1843 (S.3852). Good very fine/nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $900
SOLD $950
Queen Victoria, young head sovereign, 1857/5 (?) (S.3852D). Good fine/very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $850
Queen Victoria, young head, sovereign, shield reverse 1862 (S.3852D) wide date. Good very fine/nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $850
Queen Victoria, young head sovereign, St. George reverse, 1880, no BP (S.3856C). Very fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $800
Queen Victoria, young head, half sovereign, 1849 (S.3859). Good fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $460
Queen Victoria, young head, half sovereign, 1871 die number 67 (S.3860). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $460
Queen Victoria, young head, half sovereign, 1872, die no 326 (S.3860D). Good fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $380
Queen Victoria, young head, half sovereign, 1884 (S.3861). Good very fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $420
Queen Victoria, Jubilee coinage, five pounds, 1887 (S.3864). Surface marks, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $4,200
Queen Victoria, Jubilee coinage, five pounds, 1887 (S.3864) with engraved suspension "Presented by/ Walter Butler/ to his Father/ as a token of love & esteem/ 1896". Soldered mount in silver gilt, otherwise cleaned extremely fine.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $3,800