Holiday Auction: Mining, Philatelic, Americana, & More (December 2020)

Counterstamped 1875 Seated Liberty half dollar. PARISIAN / VARIETIES / 16 ST. & B’WAY. N. Y. A burlesque show of young ladies that ran in...

We called this 1931-S Lincoln penny Gem BU a couple of auctions ago. PCGS returned the penny genuine not gradable from a previous purchaser. PCGS Gen

Lot of twelve G-F condition Buffalo Nickels: 1923; 1927; 1928; 1929-D; 1935-D (2); 1935 (2); 1936 (3); 1937. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Issued by Postal Commemorative Society, two blue binders with Washington Quarters minted by each state to celebrate our National Park heritage. The p

Container has Liberty $5 obv and rev, dated 1839. Novelty as it looks like a roll of 25 coins. In excellent condition. May have held counters. Hu

Numiscope Coin machine, apparently for counterfeit detection of US $5 gold coins by magnification. The machine does not fit a US quarter, at 24.3mm, a

Lot of two: 1) 1864 $20 Confederate States of America; CS-67; certified Very Fine 30, (edge tears; minor stains) by Legacy currency grading; Vignette

Lot of two: 1) 1864 $50 Confederate States of America, CS-66, certified Extremely Fine 40 by Legacy currency grading. Bust of President Jefferson Dav

Lot of three pieces of fractional currency:1) F-1271, fifteen cents, Bust of Columbia, AG-G; 2) F-1309, twenty five cents, Bust of Robert J. Walker,

Series of 1899, Elliott-White signatures; Fr. 280; good condition, three pinholes. This is the only issue of U.S. paper money for which a Native Ameri

The Federal Reserve Bank was created in 1913 and this was their first issue. Fr. 849, New York, Burke-Glass signatures; good condition, no pinholes.

Fr. 60; Series of 1917 U.S. $2 Note; Speelman-White; small red seal, scalloped. Good condition, no pinholes. Bust of Thomas Jefferson, at center a vie

Lot of two certified star notes: 1) Series 1963 A $2 Star Note; Fr. 1514, Legal Tender Note; certified Superb Gem New 67 PPQ by PCGS Currency. 2) 196

Lot of two: 1) Series of 1928 G, Fr. 1508, fine condition. 2) Series of 1953 B, Fr. 511, star note, AU condition. Date: Country (if not USA): St

Series of 1928, Woods-Mellon signatures; Fr. 2400; VG condition, stains lower right, some folds. Short lived series as the Gold Reserve Act of 1933 r

Series 1934 A $20 Federal Reserve Note issued for use in Hawaii during World War Two. VF condition, no folds or tears. Months after Pearl Harbor, the

Lot of nine crisp uncirculated Series of 1935 A $1 Silver Certificates, consecutively serial numbered: U44406916C-U44406924C. F-1608, Julian-Morgentha

Lot of two star note Silver Certificates: Series 1957 & Series 1957 B, G-F condition. Also a Series 1957 A silver certificate error note: revers...

1) Labor Exchange Scrip for 5/100. #248. Branch No. 158, Denver, Colo., 1897. Red writing and vignette on front: "Labor Exchange" curving ...

Three pieces of Montana scrip from the Lewistown Elks Lodge # 456: $5, 20 & 100. Yellowstone National Park Note: Uncirculated $2 bill with artwo...

Currency size bill serial number 37963 for "3" Obv.: The United States / F. Johnson's / Where you will get more/ Dry Gods, Carpets, M...

Cert. #16, issued to the estate of Thomas A. Biddle, dec'd. This is a curious certificate. Was this company somehow associated with the U.S. Gov...

Lot of 4, three varieties. Issued 1937, 1948, 1962, and 1968. All punch cancelled. Three have a bald eagle vignette. The other has an allegorical vign

Lot of 4 issued stocks, 1968-1972, punch cancelled. U.S. Banknote Corp. engraved and printed stock and bond certificates, added food stamps for the U.

Lot of 6 different. Includes: Boston Bank Note & Lithographing Company (1888); Security-Columbian Banknote Company (Specimen); American Bank Not...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Rare 1867 Printers Proof of a $1,000 US Loan Bond. Green border, black print, and multiple vignettes including the US Treasury,

A decade or so after the California Gold Rush began in the late 1840s, gold was discovered on the South Platte River, near the future city of Denver.

Seven pieces of Celtic Ring Money, between 15 and 48 mm. While they many not look like money, these bronze rings were used as currency by Celtic trib

Lot of ten pieces: 1864 German medal; 1877 copper with inscription in Spanish; 1931 New Guinea "Head Tax"; 2000 Australian one ounce silve...

Lot of five pieces of unusual money: 1 & 2) two Sumerian shell rings, ca 3000 BC, 20-25 mm; 3) Bullet Money from the Kingdom of Siam (Thailand) ...

This is a very old jetton with French origin. Might be King Louis XIII (1601-1643), but not certain. Piece is made of a very light gauge metal and bar

1853 Mobile Jockey Club Members Medal. Beautiful representation of a standing racing thoroughbred. Rare and popular. 28mm. Proof. Date: Country (if

Two popular 1860 Smith and Hartmann trotting horse store cards. 1.) Indian head left with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA above, 1860 below. Trotting horse

Ford’s Grand Opera House 330th Shakespearian Anniversary. Obv: bust of Creston Clarke 1865. Rev: Memorial Performance of Hamlet / 1833 Edwin

c1869-1861 Kunkel’s Opera Troupe counterstamped 1796 2 Reales Mexico City Mint. Rulau MD-86A, Brunk K-347. Date: Country (if not USA):

A.) Britian: Shakespearian actor Henry Irving became manager of the London Lyceum Theatre and hired Ellen Terry as his co-star. They performed and tou

Lot of 3. Boston, Massachusetts: Two (2) 1872 Joseph Merriam Edwin Forrest medal. Born March 9 1806 / Just to Opposers and to Friends Sincere / Rose b

1890 Twenty-fifth anniversary medal presented by Tony Pastor in commemoration of his service to the management of in New York City. Tony Pastor is som

Group of seven different medals from Union Coffee. c1880s Union Coffee Company Limited issued a series of medals commemorating women from the theater

Philadelphia: 1821 Charles Wilson Peale Philadelphia Museum Admission Medal. Bust of Peale on the obverse, Admit the Bearer on the reverse. Believed t

Rowing medal marked Oct. 5, 1883. Schuylkill, Anniversary//Blank/Brass//30mm Please see photos for more detail and condition. Date: 1883 Country (i

Medal awarded for discus competition. Piece is made from brass and measures 30mm. Please see photos for more detail and condition. Date: Country (i

Jenny Lind: Four (4) medals and tokens with Swedish prima donna Jenny Lind’s portrait. Westervelt cataloged 32 such medals in a 1921 American

Seventh German Federal Shoot Medal. It took place in Munich in 1881//Train the eye and the hand for the Fatherland. Made of brass and measures 30mm. P

A third anniversary sharpshooter medal from a Sharpshooter Festival in New York. Medal is made of aluminum and measures 30mm. Please see photos for mo

1.) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1871 Philadelphia Rifle Club 25th anniversary token. Eagle with target on the obverse, text on reverse. Rulau Pa-Ph 32

Southborough, Massachusetts: 1865 St. Mark’s Athletic Association. St. Mark’s was a boys school founded in 1865. It is co-ed today.

One is from Capital Lacrosse Club. It has a pictorial of balls and crossed sticks. The reverse reads Champions of the World. It is made of aluminum an

So-Called Dollar, HK 767: Obv: Ada Rehan / 1893 / portrait; Rev: The Silver Statue Justice / of the state of Montana / (pictorial). Irish born actress

V.E. Duncan/ Bouse/ Ariz// G.F./ 12 1/2¢/ In Trade. Rd., Br., 21mm. R-9. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Bouse Prov