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Lake Placid 1980 and Brockport, New York, 1979 (Special Olympics), First Day Cover Collection, special deluxe four ring binder produced by Readers' Digest, containing eleven different first day covers commemorating different Olympic sports. Mounted on illustrated descriptive pages (illustrations include several Olympic medals). FDC's issued during 1979/80.
Estimate $30
SOLD $0
Melbourne, `Melbourne's bid for the 1996 Games', an official presentation book from the City of Melbourne used in the bid for the Games in 1996, 120 pps., photographs throughout, text in French. Slight wear otherwise as new.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Olympic and Sporting medals, includes Russia, silver five roubles, 1980, others as keyring and medals for judo and 1980 award. Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Various Olympics, publications including `Die Olympischen Spiele 1928, st. Moritz Amsterdam'; `Olympic Games 1936'; `Olympic Games 1952, British Olympic Association Official Report'. Cover torn on first publication, pages loose on second, otherwise good. (3)
Estimate $40
SOLD $100
Various olympics, including Los Angeles 1932, playing cards 95); Melbourne 1956, commemorative bottle top, tin appeal badge, Rome 1960, tin supporter's badge for the Australian team, Innsbruck 1964, cloth badge, Canadian Olympic association, large handkerchiefs (2). Good - very fine. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
First One Hundred Years of the Modern Olympic Games, proof set of five gold and ten silver coins housed in a custom collection case. The set was issued by five countries Canada 1992, Australia 1993, France 1994, Austria 1995 and Greece 1996. Each country issued a gold and two sterling silver coins of uniform size and weight but with different denominations and designs. Together with four cases which originally housed each countries collection. FDC.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $1,150
Peru, proof, pattern twenty nuevos soles, 1996, crown size issue struck in sterling silver (0.925), commemorating 1996 games, rev. pole vaulter, Seoul 1988, plain edge, (23.5 grams), (KM.-). Brilliant FDC.
Estimate $250
SOLD $60
Peru, proof, pattern twenty nuevos soles, 1996, crown size issue struck in sterling silver (0.925), commemorating 1996 games, rev. torch, Berlin 1936, milled edge, (23.5 grams), (KM.-). Brilliant FDC.
Estimate $250
SOLD $110
Peru, proof, pattern twenty nuevos soles, 1996, crown size issue struck in sterling silver (0.925), commemorating 1996 games, rev. javelin thrower, los Angeles 1932, plain edge, (23.4 grams), (KM.-). Brilliant FDC.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Peru, proof, pattern twenty nuevos soles, 1996, crown size issue struck in sterling silver (0.925), commemorating 1996 games, rev. boxer, London 1908, plain edge, (23.4 grams), (KM.-). Brilliant FDC.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Tanzania, proof as a pattern 2000 shillingi 1996, crown size issue struck in aluminium, commemorating 1996 games and twenty five years of independence, rev. discus thrower, milled edge, (7.4 grams), (KM.-). Brilliant FDC.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Tanzania, proof as a pattern 2000 shillingi 1996, crown size issue struck in tri-metal (three rings of gold and silver plated metal), commemorating 1996 games and twenty five years of independence, rev. hurdler, milled edge, (22.1 grams), (KM.-). Brilliant FDC.
Estimate $180
SOLD $200