Great Americana Pow-Wow Auction (August 2020)

Lot of eight medals from automotive makers: General Motors (2); 1939 Chrysler (1); Ford (5) including a .999 silver 24 kt gold electro plated 1975 dis

Lot of two bronze pieces, dated 1901 & 1907 that are remarkably like Barber dimes. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: ...

Obv.: portrait of Franklin; Rev.: Liberty bell. Br. rd., 17 mm.Unc. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fauver Colle

Obv.: VII Jubilee Of The Augsburg Confession & VI Of The Book Of Concord / American Zion / June 25, / 1880; Rev.: Gottes Wort Und Luthers Lehe V...

Choice uncirculated spiel marke with two boxers on the obverse. Br., 18 mm. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fau

Lot of two, one thin planchet, one thick planchet. 3215 obverse/ 6485 reverse. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin F

Lot of three: 3215 obverse/ 5965 reverse. Three sizes: $.50, $1.00, $2.50. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fauve

Lot of ten different, mostly AU-UNC spiel markes with the medical staff symbol. The caduseus and scales represent equal fortune and just fortune. Obv/

Lot of 23 fractional gold tokens. A variety of round, octagonal, most 1/2 dollar. Some BU. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance:

Lot of two rare29 mm speil markes with pictorial camels. One thin and one thick planchet. Ex Fauver Collection. Date: Country if not USA: State:

Two different extremely rare spiel marke counters with pictorial cannons. 14 and 18 mm. Ex. Fauver Collection. Date: Country if not USA: State:

Lot of 37 Civil War store card and patriotic tokens. New York, Newark, Bridgeport, Toledo, Albany and other cities. Flag of Our Nation; Army &...

Choice proof like silver copy of the 1861 Confederate fifty cent piece. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fauver C

Lot of nine counters. Three $10 size, two $5 size, four $2 1/2 size. The $2 1/2 die varieties: 2300/2315; 2305/2310; 2305/2320; 2310/2320. Date: C

Lot of four counters with partial wreaths: two $2.50 (18 mm); $5 (21 mm); $10 (27 mm). All rare. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Prove

Lot of thirteen $1 gold dollar size (16 mm) counters. One suffers from clashed dies. Most dated 1890. Date: Country if not USA: State: City:

Two varieties; 1) Eagle 1132/ Rays 1060, holed, 27 mm. 2) Eagle 1132/ Rays 1060, two holes, 27 mm. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Pro

Bronze, round, 27 mm with an eagle punched on one side. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fauver Collection

A group of 34 elongated coins with political campaign themes and candidates like Reagan , Bush and even George Wallace. All are in good condition, rea

Lot of fifteen quarter sized counters with image of the flying eagle depicted on the Standing Liberty quarter. Different reverses, different metals.

A collection of counters featuring the four suits of the playing card deck (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades) with denomination on the reverse. 1 (21),

Obv.: George Washington / (portrait) / 1876; Rev.: In Memory Of The Centenary / (shield with eagle above). Br. rd, 24 mm, holed. Date: 1876 Country

The Fauver George Washington Counter collection: 56 total pieces. All the size of U.S. gold pieces: $1 size (22 different); $2.50 size (12 different);

Lot of four George Washington spiel markes in the sizes of the U.S. $1, $2 1/2, $5 & $10 gold pieces. Date: Country if not USA: State: Ci...

Lot of three: 1) George Washington / 1789- 1797 //1st /President / Born Feb. 22, 1732 / Died Dec. 14, 1799 / Virginia / Federalist; Wm, rd., 31 mm. 2)

Five German gaming counters issued during the 1870 War between France and the Austrian Empire, in which Napoleon III was captured and the French army

Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson / 1892. Br. rd., 14 mm. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fauver Collection

Homenaje / Gutenberg / (portrait) // Vo. Cenzenario / Buenos Aires / 24 Junio 1900. Br. rd., 37 mm. Date: 1900 Country if not USA: State: City:

Lot of ten Hard Times tokens. Low 8 (VF); Low 19 (XF); Low 34 (F); Low 48 (EF); Low 51 (VG-F); Low 86 (F-VF); Low 97 (F); Low 98 (F-VF);Low 107(VF);

Lot of eight silver commemoratives from the Heraldic Art Co. of Cleveland. Arctic Pioneer; 1962 Girl Scouts (2); 1960 Boy Scouts; 1966 Transatlantic T

Lot of eight tokens made by the man who wrote the book on the rules of cards. "According to Hoyle" has become an aphorism for playing by t...

Lot of eleven tokens medals and one pinback medal from Israel and Palestine. Two from the American Israel Numismatic Assocition. Ex. Fauver Collecti

Obv.: J. Fremont / Born Jan. 21, 1813 / portrait; rev.: Our Country / (eagle). Rd., br., 22 mm, holed. Rare political token. Date: Country if not

Gold plated $10 sized counter with portrait of John Paul Jones. 26 mm. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fauver C

Obv.: Liberty / (bust) / 1803 Kettle; Rev.: United States of America / Eagle, Shield and Stars. Br., rd., 20 mm. There were no 1803 Quarter Eagles iss

Lot of five portrait medals of Abraham Lincoln, 20 mm each. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fauver Collection

Lot of three Lincoln medals, Br., rd., holed, 13 mm. Bust of Lincoln / 1809. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fau

Irregular bronze token with "Dear / Tan Guey " and numerous exotic symbols around the perimeter. 33 mm. Date: Country if not USA: ...

McKinley button stud; 1900 Indian Head elongated penny with Theodore Roosevelt; Roosevelt Memorial Association medal. Date: Country if not USA:

Lot of two: 1) Guatimoc / "A" / 1911 / Moise S. F. // (pictorial coffe plant). Br., rd., 31 mm. 2) Sociedad Benito Juarez De Auxilios / F...

Gem uncirculated. Lot of two counters with New York City Hall obverse. One has "Jeton" reverse, the other Theodor Bollenhagen, & Com. ...

Lot of three spiel markes with the New York City hall on obverse. 1 & 2) Strassburger & Nuhn / Corner Maiden Lane / & William Street / ...

Lot of ten counters with New York City Hall obverse, and various reverses: Jeton, Spiel Marke, Eagle, blank, city hall, Bollenger & Co. Date: ...

2 different Franklin Mint medals in original boxes. 68 and 70mm, bronze proof and traditional finish Date: 1973 Country if not USA: State: City:

Obv.: Liberty head / 1855; Rev.; Not / One / Cent / But Just As Good; Br. rd. 28 mm. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Be

Lot of six: five are Liberty Head dated 1855 obverse, Not / One / Cent / But Just As Good, reverse. One has the Not One Cent side but is uniface. All

Lot of seven counters with numerical denominations inside a ring of stars. Two 2.50, two 5, two 10, one 20. Two have identical reverse, the others are

Numbers inside of wreath. Four pieces: 5 (22 mm), 10 ( 20 mm), 20 (21 mm) & 25 (24 mm). Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provena...

Uncirculated. Obv.: Peace Commerce & Plenty / (pictorial sailing ships and peace dove); Rev.: Preliminaries of Peace / Between / Great Britain a...

Unknown U.S. pictorial token with crossed pool cues, pool balls, and an "S" on one side, and 2 1/2 and an "S" on the reverse. Rd...

Lot of 18 spiel marke counters featuring pictorial animals (elephants, frogs, rabbits, horses, swans) and pictorial places: Eiffel Tower, windmill. D

Obv.: Pony Express Centennial / (horse and rider) / 1960; Rev.: Sacramento - St. Joseph / 1966 mi. / 10 days. Rd., silver, 31 mm, Unc. Date: 1960

Obv.: Ulysses S. Grant / (portrait); Rev.: Struck and Distributed In The Municipal Parade / By The Employees of the U.S. Mint / Phila. Dec. 16, 1879.

Lot of eight medals with the theme of "E Pluribus Peanut" from Plains, Georgia, dated 1976. One dated 1980 notes that a Carter dollar is ...

Lot of four: two silver Gerald Ford, one silver L. B. Johnson, one 1973 Nixon inauguration (silver?) Date: Country if not USA: State: City: P

Lot of four counters with Queen Victoria on the obverse, and playing cards on the reverse. One dated 1876. Also a Republique Francaise bust with play

Holed replica of an 1883 Liberty Head nickel gold plated to insinuate a $5 gold piece. A jewelry piece, not a coin. Date: Country if not USA: Sta

Collection of 19 "radiant eagle" counters. Two $50 size, Eagles 2100 & 2105. Six $5 size: Eagle 2040/2005; Eagle 2040/2010; Eagle 2051...

Lot of nine different spiel markes with locomotives, ranging in size from $1-5 size. None are common, most were one of a kind in the Fauver Collection

Rare book, "Indian Peace Medals in American History," hardcover with jacket, by Francis Paul Prucha, 186 pages, with illustrations, copyri...

Nine playing cards on each side of this counter. Br., rd., 30 mm. Nines is a trick-taking game played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Nine

Phenomenal collection of 17 brass, copper, silver plate and gold plate miniature U.S. Coins. Several have the word "counter" on the obvers...

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of their founding in Massachucetts by J. P. Tolman, graduate of the first class of MIT, this 24 mm silver medal feat

Extremely rare imitation U.S. $10 gold in brass and bronze. One holed, 26 mm. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fa

Very rare, R-8. Lauer's name appears below Georgio Washington's bust. Wreath reverse. Br., rd., 30 mm. Ludwig Christian Lauer was a medal m...

Lot of three, all with same die Indian chief obverse by Childs. Reverses: 1) Western Amesbury Line; Pontiac, Mich.; 2) S.D. Childs & Co.; Chica...

Lot of four: Taft fob; 1909 Taft Inauguration medal (holed); 1911 Taft Dedication medal; Hoover lapel pin. Date: Country if not USA: State: Ci

Lot of three examples: 1) Liberty Head and stars, uniface; Al, holed, 38 mm; 2) California Token / eagle // clipper ship / American flag / 1849; Br.

Lot of twelve tokens. Nine in the shape of suits: 2 clubs, 2 diamonds, 2 hearts, 3 spades. Three 3 card tokens: one snail, one fish reverse, one with

Lot of eleven spiel markes resembling U.S. coinage. Two marked "jeton" have the seated liberty obverse and eagle reverse to look like seat...

Provenance: Lot 1720 of the Kessler- Spangenberger Public Auction Sale, April 28-29, 1981, New York City. Obv.: For / Gallantry / And Humanity / Dec.

Lot of seven pieces from the "free coinage" campaign of Williams Jennings Bryan in 1896 and later proposing a ratio of 16 to 1 price for s...

Metal case with Windsor Castle on obverse, royal crest on reverse. 24 mm. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fauv

An enormous lot of over 300 wooden nickels covering business, services and advertising from as far away as Guam. Included are GF a drink at a tavern i

Lot of seven store cards N. C. Folger Clothing Co. with Eagle reverses of the $10 gold piece size. Obv.: Clothing Store / Youth Boys / Children...

Daniel Ball & Co.; Foster & Parry. Br. rd., 27 mm. Date: Country if not USA: State: Michigan City: Grand Rapids Provenance: Benjamin...

Lot of four: 1) 1935 San Diego; 2) 1933 Thirty Years of Progress (HK 465); 3 & 4) 1953 50 Years Forward on the American Road. Ex. Fauver Collect...

In the style of a so-called dollar. 37mm. One side has "Golden Gate Gate International Exposition" and a bridge scene. The reverse is a ra...

HK 405, bronze, 38 mm, R-6. For Georgia Exposition Fund. Date: 1915 Country if not USA: State: California City: San Francisco Provenance: Fred

Lot of 22. Companies and numbers include. Older & Co. #466, 467, 474a, 475, 487. Gould’s Saloon #287, 287a. Professor Johnson Soap 3...

Lot of three: 1) Obv.: National / meet / L. A. W. / Washington, D. C. / 1892; Rev.: 2 10; 26 mm wide shield white metal with ribbon attached. 2) Obv.:

Alaska 69 Medals and 2 tokens Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance: Benjamin Fauver Collection

Lot of 7. 1. #16-- Switzerland: 1867 medal by Landry commemorating the 1867 opening of the Public Waterworks in Neuchatel. The obverse image of Helvet

Los Angeles Unified School District Merit Award, Four Phase Systems to Lou Rodriguez, and Equitable Life Assurance Society to S. V. Maffey Date: Co

Brass Education Medals; Stanford University; Denison School 1966; Booker T Washington; Reedley High School; American Association of Teachers of Spanis

Lot of 3. 1. #1--England: Crude bronzed copy of 1842 medal commemorating the christening of the Prince of Wales. Obverse image of the christening. Rev

Lot of 5. 1.#12-- Switzerland: Fob (removed) honoring a Zurich doctor. Circa 1823. Bronzed white metal, 50mm. 2. #15-- France: Bronze medal souvenir o

Zur Erinnerung An Den Besuch In Meissen, 48mm, pictorial of Castle. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance:

Lot of seven U.S. fraternal medals, c1905-1958. Includes: National Convention K of C, Los Angeles, Cal., June 5-11, 1905 (three pieces chained togethe

Lot of 4. 1. #5-- Germany: St. Peter’s church in Hamburg. Obverse view of the church built between 1342-1516. Reverse view of the church afte

Lot of four pattern pieces,silver, copper, nickel and 24kt gold on copper. Five made of each in 2011. Obverse: Image of Cinon Dora, last hereditary ch

Lot of five rifle shooting badges and medallions, c1930s-1960s. Includes: 15mm copper one-sided Daisy Air Rifle medallion; 30mm brass Colt 125th Anniv

Lot of nine ROTC medals, c1970s. All pins with ribbons and medals, with awards for "For Military Achievement," "Outstanding Cadet,&qu...

Lot 6. 1. #2-- Switzerland: 1930 medal commemorating William Farel, French evangelist and founder of the Reformed Church in Newchantel. Obverse high r

Lot of 5. 1. #4-- Switzerland: Daniel Jean Richard high relief bust by F. Landry. Reverse inscription honoring him as the father of the Swiss watch in

Lot of 4. 1. #3-- Switzerland: Obverse inscribed altar dedicated to the recognition of patriotism. Reverse inscription honoring J. J. Huguenin. Dated

Obv.: Mascot / Saloon / Skagway; Rev.: Good For / 12 1/2c / In Trade. Wm, rd., 23 mm, NCS certified Genuine. Date: Country if not USA: State: A

Lot of two: 1) Oswald Bros., GF One Load, NGC MS 63 BN. center hole; 2) Ames & Foster Smoke House, GF 25c, NGC AU 58. Date: Country if not US...

Lot of two: 1) Good For 25c, NGC AU 58; 2) Good For 5c, NGC AU 55. Date: Country if not USA: State: Arizona City: Gila Bend Provenance: Fred H

Jerome/Capitol Saloon/Tom Carroll/25mm/Brass Reverse unreadable, unless you have eagle eyes. Listing for this token not found. This token was found