Catalogue
France, Charles VI, (1380-1422), silver gros dit florette, issue of 1417, obv. + KAROLVS FRANCORV REX around with triple dots between words, crown over three lis, rev. cross with fleur de lis and ends, crown in two angles opposite each other, around + SIT NOME DNI BENEDICTV, circle under small cross, (Lafaurie 381a, Duplessy 377A, Ciani 507). Toned, good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $440
France, Charles VI, (1380-1422), silver blanc dit Guener, issue of 1389, obv. + KAROLVS FRANCORV REX around with round O's, shield with three lis, rev. cross with fleur de lis and crown, respectively in each angle, around + SIT NOMEN DNI BENEDICTV, (Lafaurie 381a, Duplessy 377A, Ciani 507). Toned, fine - very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $210
France, Louis XI, (1461-1483), billon gros de Roi, issue of December 1461, obv. + LVDOVICVS DEI GRA FRANCOR REX around, crown over three lis, rev. cross with fleur de lis at ends, around + SIT NOMEN DOMINI BE[NEDI]CTVM, (Lafaurie 532, Duplessy 548, Ciani 752). Toned, weak in places good fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $420
France, Louis XI, (1461-1483), silver blanc a la couronne, issue of 1461, obv. + LVDOVICVS FRANCOROM REX around, shield with three crowns around a trilobe, rev. cross with crowns and fleur de lis in each alternative angle within a tetralobe, around + NI DOMNI BENEDIT, (Lafaurie 534, Duplessy 550, Ciani 755-6). Toned, nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
France and Low Countries, Burgundy, Charles the Bold, (1467-1477), silver double partard, issued 1468-1474, Flanders mint, obv. arms of Burgundy in plain field, around, KAROLVS DEI GRA DVX BVRG CO FLA, rev. cross with lis and fleurs at each end, around SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM, (VG & H 23-3 [p.20], Roberts 7825). Good fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $280
France, Charles VIII, (1483-1498), silver karolus, issue of 1488, obv. + KAROLVS FRANCOR REX around, large crowned K with lis each side, rev. cross with crowns at ends, with fleur de lis in each angle, around + SIT NOMEN DNI BENEDICTV, (Lafaurie 568, Duplessy 593, Ciani 814). Toned, nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
France, Henry II, (1547-1559), silver douzain aux croissants, 1550, Lyon mint, obv. + HENRICVS 2 DEI GRA FRANCOR REX, crowned arms, crown either side over crescent, rev. cross of fleur de lis H and crown in angles, (Lafaurie 835, Duplessy 997, Ciani 1305); Louis XIV, (1643-1715), silver four sols, 1675A, (KM.232.1); Louis XVI, (1774-1793), silver fifteen sols of the First Republic, 1791 I, Limoges mint, (KM.604.5). First toned and crinkled, otherwise fine and scarce; others fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
France, Louis XIV, (1643-1715), one twelfth ecu or ten sols, 1660 Z, Grenoble mint, (KM.210, Duplessy 1488). Good very fine, very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
France, Louis XIV, (1643-1715), one twelfth ecu or ten sols, 1662 &, Aix-en Provence mint, (KM.199.14); others similar of Dombes, Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans (1650-1693) 1665, (KM.40, Boudeau 1094); Principality of Orange, William Henry of Nassau (1650-1702), 1661, (KM.90, Boudeau 1013); Italy, Massa di Lunigiano, silver eight bolognini, 1665, (KM.38). Fine - good very fine, second plugged, all scarce. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
France, Louis XV, (1715-1774), three lis in oval with branches, ecu, 1774 L, Bayonne mint, (KM.551.9, D.1332, Gad. 323). Fine - good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
France, Charles X, silver five francs 1827 H (KM.728.5). Good very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
France, one franc, 1849A, (KM.759.1). About very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
France, franc 1860A, 1915, 1920, the last brilliant uncirculated, ten centimes, 1896A, 1936(3), Lithuania, litas, 1925(2), two litu, 1925, 1935, Greece 30 drachmai, 1964. All in 2 x 2 holders. Good very fine - uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
France, five francs, 1870 A (KM.819). Also Australia mis struck fifty cents 1983 reverse rim scalloped out of place, Indonesian plated copy of Netherlands 2 1/2 gulden 1840. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Germany, Westphalia, Bishopric of Muenster, silver pfennig, issued c.1075, obv. three towers and wall about city, traces of +MIM[IORA]DEIORD, rev. cross with pellets in angles, around +ODDO + * VIIIC, (Illisch III, 13, Kunker Auction Sale 93, [June 23-4, 2004], [lot 3334], Serrure 'Traite de Numismatique du Moyen Age' Fig.1127 [p.637]). Toned, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Germany, Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenburg, Ernst August, silver two thirds thaler, 1691HB (KM.340); Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV, coronation silver thaler, 1861 (KM.488); Austria, Franz Joseph I, silver thaler, 1865E (KM.2245). Fine - extremely fine, the first polished. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Germany, Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, George Ludwig (George I of England), silver thaler, 'Wild Man' type, 1726 EPH (KM.114, D.2076). Toned, very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Germany, Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, Georg II Wilhelm, (1665-1705), silver two thirds thaler, 1692JJJ, obv. arms, rev. horse to left, (KM.346.1). Attractive grey tone, nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $190
Germany, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Rudolf August (1666-1704), silver twenty four mariengroschen or two thirds thaler, 1678, (KM.516). Very fine or better.
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
Germany, Frankfurt, silver two gulden, 1848 (KM.338 ). Toned, good extremel7y fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, thaler, 1864A (KM.310). Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Germany, Nurnberg, Joseph II, silver thaler (city view), 1765 SR, (K.M.350, D.2494). Nearly very fine, scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Germany, Prussia, Wilhelm I, commemorative silver three marks, 1913A, Defeat of Napoleon (KM.534). Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
Germany, Prussia, Wilhelm II, five mark, 1914A (KM.536). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Germany, Saxony, Friedrich August III (I), (1763-1827), silver Convention thaler, 1793 EDC, obv. head to right, rev. crowned arms, (KM.1027.2, D.2701). Attractive tone, very fine or better.
Estimate $180
SOLD $160
Germany, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, five mark, 1903A (KM.Y173). Toned nearly extremely fine/extremely fine.
Estimate $270
SOLD $420
Germany, Weimar Republic, silver three reichmark, commemorative 1000th year of Rhineland 1925A, (KM.46). Lightly toned, good extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Germany, Weimar Republic, five reichmark, 1927 A (KM.56 ). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Germany, Weimar Republic, five reichsmark, 1928J (KM.56). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Germany, Weimar Republic, silver five reichmark 1932A, oak tree reverse, (KM.56). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110