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Germany, Weimar Republic, silver five reichsmark 1925G 1000 yrs of Rhineland (KM.47). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Germany, five reichsmark, 1929A (KM.68) Graff Zeppelin Flight. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Germany, five mark, 1971D 500th Anniversary Birth of Albrecht Durer. Uncirculated. (25)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Germany, Munich Olympics, ten mark, 1972D(5), F(5), G(5), J(5) (KM.132); 1972d(2), F(2), G(2), J(2) (KM.133); 1972D(5), F(5), G(5), J(5) (KM.135). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (48)
Estimate $350
SOLD $380
Greece, partial type collection, 1860s-1960s, includes some silver issues. Fine - uncirculated. (34)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Guernsey, crowns, 1977 (KM.31). Uncirculated. (200)
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
Honduras, silver lempira, 1931 (KM.75). Toned good extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Italy, Milano (Duchi), Galeazzo Maria Sforza, (1466-1476), silver testone, obverse, around GALEAZ ? M ? SF ? VICECOS ? DVX ? MLI ? QIT, mitred head with armored bust to right, pellet-in-annulet to left, reverse, around P P ? ANGLIE ? Q3 ? CO ? AG ? IANVE ? D, a crested helmet left above familial coat-of-arms of Sforza, branding irons with buckets to left and right, G3 M across field (Cf. CNI V 67 (legends); Morosini 8; Crippa 6/B; Biaggi 1548). Bright, nearly very fine/good very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $550
Italy, Milan, Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza und Ludovico Maria Sforza, (1480-1494), silver testone, obverse, IOGZ M SF VICECOMES DVX MIL SV, bust to right, reverse, arms, around LV PATRVO GVBNANTE, (Biaggi 1570). Nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $800
Italy, Milan, Ludovico Maria Sforza, (1494-1499), silver testone, obverse, LVDOVICVS M SF ANGLVS DVX MLI, bust to right, reverse, arms, around PP ANGLE Q3 CO ACIANVF D 7C, (Biaggi 1579). Nearly very fine/very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
Italy, Milan, Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Milan, 1535-1556, silver denaro of eight soldi (24mm, 2.5gm), obverse, St Ambrose, reverse, Pillars of Hercules (Crippa p64, 16A). Edge wear above Pillars, otherwise fine/very good.
Estimate $50
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Italy, Casale, William II Paleologus, (1494-1518), silver testone, obverse, bust to left, wearing beretta, medallion around neck, around GVLIELMVS MAR MO FE 7, reverse, quartered arms of the Paleologus family, SACRI RO IMP PRINC VIC PP, (CNI II pg. 105, 28 [bust description incorrect], Morosini 8). Nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Italy, Pavia, Galeazzo II, Visconti of Milan, (1359-1378), silver pegione, (2.46 grams), obverse, helmet with dragon crest, around GALEAZ VICECOMES D MEDIOLANI PP 3C, reverse, St. Sirus seated facing, around S.SIRVS PAPIA, (Biaggi 1844). Fine or better and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Italy, Venice, Tomaso Mocenigo (1413-1423), silver grosso, obverse, S.M.VENETI TOM MOCENIGO, doge standing left, St. Mark standing to right, cross between, Doge to left on right, P C across, reverse, IC XC Christ seated on throne around TIBI LAUS GLORIA, (Biaggi 2866). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Italy, Venice, Francesco Foscari, (1423-1457), silver grosso or grossetto, obverse, FRA FOSCA[RI] SM VENETI /D/V/X, doge and St. Mark standing facing, holding banner between them, reverse, +TIBI LAVS 3 GLORI, Christ enthroned facing, (Biaggi 2873). Nearly very fine, areas of flat strike.
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Italy, Kingdom of Napoleon, silver five lire, 1812M, Milan Mint (KM.10.4). Good fine/nearly very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Italy, Naples and Sicily, Ferdinand II, silver one hundred and twenty grana, 1856 (KM.C.153c). Good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Italy, and States, twenty centesimi - ten lire, 1828-1927, all silver issues, includes Sardinia, one lira, 1828P (KM.C.103.1). Mostly fine - nearly extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Italy, Papal States, assorted issues including Papal States, one soldo 1867, half soldo 1867. one baiocco 1759 Rome another Cubbio, two baiocchi 1795 Perugia, others (2); Vatican issues, 1980 year set; five hundred lire 1958 and 1963 both Sede Vacante. Good - uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Italy, Papal States, half baicco, 1816, 1849, 1850, 1851; baioco, 1801, 1802, 1831; Vatican, 1934-1986, five centesimi - one thousand lire, mixed issues and dates; also, three medallic issues, 2000. In a green album, fair - FDC. (169)
Estimate $180
SOLD $260
Italy, copper five centisimi, 1861M, 1861N, 1861B, 1862N, 1867N, 1867M, 1895R, 1896, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1916. Mostly fine - uncirculated, some scarce. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Italy, Kingdom, Umberto I, silver five lire, 1879R (KM.20). Good very fine.
Estimate $170
SOLD $170
Italy, Kingdom, Emanuele III, silver five lire, 1936 Yr XIV (KM.79); Lithuania, silver ten litu, 1936 (KM.83). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Italy, assorted fifty centimes issues, 1919R plain and 1919 reeded edge, 1920 plain and reeded edge, 1921 plain and reeded edge, 1924 reeded edge (damaged), 1925 plain and reeded edges, 1939 XVII, 1939 XVIII, 1940 XVIII, 1941 XIX, 1942 XX, 1943 XXI. A good selection, fine - extremely fine, last rare. (15)
Estimate $120
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Italy, Republic, one lira - ten lire, 1948-1952, includes scarce one lira, 1948 and two lire, 1949 (KM.87, 88, 89, 93 [2]). Mostly extremely fine or better. (5)
Estimate $50
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Japan, silver ten sen, Year 3 (1870) shallow scales (KM.Y.2). Good very fine.
Estimate $50
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Jersey, crowns, 1977 (KM.44). Uncirculated. (120)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Lithuania, John Casimir, (1648-1668), copper solidus, 1661 (4), 1663, 1664 (2), 1665 (5), 1666 (6), others uncertain dates, all reverse SOLI MAG DVC LIT (and date), (KM.50, Hutten-Czapski 2200, 2247, 2268, 2289, 2302). Some weakness in places, otherwise very good - very fine, all scarce. (20)
Estimate $150
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Mexico, Philip II, (1556-1598), silver cob eight reales, Mexico City Mint, assayer -, not dated issue (cf.Cayan 161 [p.160]); another Philip V (1700-1746), cob eight reales, undated, assayer -, (KM.47a, cf.Cayan type 134) (holed); another two reales uncertain ruler (probably Philip III-IV), from Mexico City Mint; another Philip V (1700-1746), cob one real, 1717 (two dates), Potosi Mint, assayer Y, (Cayan 1415). Poor - good fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Mexico, colonial issue, Philip III (Felipe III. King of Spain), 1598-1621. silver cob eight reales (39mm, 24.48gm), Ciudad de MÇxico or Mexico City Mint, dated 1620-D (asayer D), obverse, crowned coat-of-arms, reverse, coat-of-arms within ornate quadrilobe, (KM.44.2, Calic¢ 117, ME 4935). Very fine, a clear and attractive example with a full four digit date, clear assayer letter and mint mark, well struck obverse displaying most aspects of the shield, with grey tone, original surfaces and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
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