Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

Lot of 46 Bolivian coins, holed as the ones attached to the woven pieces listed in this auction. 18th & 19th century, from diez centavos to 8 re...

An incredible woven doll, eight inches tall, covered with over 65 coins dating from 1773 through 1867. All Bolivian silver coins, from 18th century re

28 coins sewn onto a purse. Dating from 1788 through the 1850s, numerous denominations and sizes. One of several in this auction. City: State:

Over 32 coins sewn onto a 7 x 5" woven purse. 1791 coin, 1816, etc. Some coins have come loose. City: State: Date: hwac# 28561

Similar to others in this auction, this piece has two purses and over 60 coins from the 18th & 19th centuries. Chile, Peru and Bolivia are repr...

Woven doll in pant suit with over 50 coins sewn onto the fabric, several loose coins 18th & 19th century coins. City: State: Date: hw...

Over 70 old coins sewn onto a 6 x 6" purse of colorful fabric. Coins date as recent as 1907, as old as 1813, with many dating from colonial day...

Metal tray with an 1853 gold dollar embedded in the bottom. 2 1/2 x 2 1/4", 1 " tall. Hole in front of tray. City: State: United Sta...

Indian Head $5 gold piece mounted on a silver case, 3 1/2 x 2", 3/4" deep. No marks to indicate it's sterling but appears to be. The m...

Bust of Marianne left, REPVBLIQVE FRANCAISE. Hub face, 40mm. Rusted. The hub is unsigned, but it appears to be the work of Oscar Roty. The design was

Obverse: Liberty with wreath, agricultural products and building. Reverse: EXPOSICION DE MAQUINARIA / Y / PRODUCTOS / AGRICOLAS / EN / COYOACAN / 1896

Obverse: Statue of cleric holding Bible over his head. 1489 GUILLAUME FAREL REFOMATEUR 1589. Signed: F. LANDRY. Base of statue signed CH GUEL. Reverse

Male lion with loop. The die face is stamped 1895 / J K DAVISON / PHILA. Likely a die for a small charm for jewelry as Davison produced jewelry as wel

Coat of arms, MERITORIOUS SERVICE. Die for the miniature version of the Pennsylvania National Guard Service medal. Die face 18mm. Clean, deep die face

Bust left, PENNSYLVANIA FEDERAL SERVICE /WORLD WAR. Die for the miniature version of the Pennsylvania National Guard Victory medal. Die face 17mm. Cle

Coat of arms, COAT OF ARMS OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. Hub face 33mm. Perhaps used to make seal dies for notarization seals. Even layer of oxidation.

42nd Annual Session Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress Medal City: State: United States Date: hwac# 35750

Small (1 1/8") facsimile silver ingot from Colorado suspended from the head of a cow. "1892 ounces. .925 fine". Very unusual. This ba...

Pans are 2.75". One is in two pieces. Fancy latching arm. City: State: Date: c1850-1880 hwac# 28070

Larger size. Pans are 2.5". Four weights; 2 drams, 1/2 dram, 1/2 pistol, 1/2 dracca. City: State: Date: c1880 hwac# 28069

Pans are 2.5". Box is 7" x 3". City: State: Date: c1860 hwac# 28071

Pans 2.5". Box 6.5" x 3". Bottom has a glued paper that says "From John Watson, Chemist & Druggist, 34 Grainger St. Newcastl...

Two boxes for scales for the weighing of European gold coins. The 5 1/4" x 2" box contains the hand scale one weight and a pan; the 7 x 2&...

Sewn canvas bag, 4 1/2 x 5". Printed "The London City & Midland Bank Limited 874". City: State: Date: hwac# 28542

Canvas bag with "Reno National Bank/ Reno, Nevada" stamped in red and "$2500" stamped in blue on both sides. Measures 5.5" ...

Two pieces. 1) State of Connecticut Treasury Office, Six Shillings, Feb. 1, 1789. Measures 5" x 7." and 2) Comptroller's Office, One P...

Pack of 50 2 mark notes. Red ink, 3 3/4 x 2 1/2". Wrapper labeled "Berlin". City: State: zGermany Date: hwac# 35109

Large group of currency bills, many as early as 1898. 100 Ruble notes are most prevalent, other denominations are mixed in. The notes are lushly illus

Sealed package of 100 Frederick Douglass $20 play money notes. 6 x 2 1/2". City: State: Date: hwac# 35110

Lot of 9: mostly funny money, 100th anniversary of the Jumping Frog Celebration 1948, dopey dough, E Pluribus Kiddem IOUs, an 1874 French Club of San

While several proof examples exist (as seen in the Ford Collection), this may be the only issued piece of this denomination in existence. Issued Decem

Grab bag of 19 pieces including advertising scrip from New York clothing stores, Chicago Savings Bank, City of Mantramck, City of Long Branch New Jers

1) Jones Cash Store, Portland, Oregon, Good For 10 cents. Dated 9/21/1915. 2) $1.00 certificate for Gold Producer No. 1, Inc. (San Francisco, Californ

Six pieces of Baraboo Scrip, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the founding Ringling Bros. Show. City: Baraboo State: Wisconsin Date: 1933 h

Three groups of paper money: Bank of MPA 1000 bucks (about 30 notes); Great Society Funny Money, c1966 anti-inflation notes issued by Bob Wilson, chai

Rare set of fourteen checks issued 1859-61 for "Coin Sent You." This meant that the bank of D.O. Mills & Company in Sacramento was sen...

Applied top aqua soda bottle with a vignette of the classic seated Liberty as found on coins of the 1860's-70's. Made by San Francisco soda ...

First seen by us. Original exchange for Platt & Newton, Shipping and Commission Merchants located in New York and San Francisco. Issued February...

Extremely good. Double-sided check. One side: Dateline Central City, Colorado, Jan. 23, 1865. Clark & Company, Bankers. Pay to Howard H. Potter ...

Lot of two. 1) The first is a print from an 1863 negative held at the State Historical Society of Colorado. Brendlinger was the mayor of Denver in 186

Sales receipt and cover from the "Gold Coin Commission House, Fred L. Grove & Co. Proprietors." The receipt and cover are addressed t...

Lot of five gold mining stocks with coin related names. 1) The Free Coinage Gold Mining Company. Cripple Creek, CO. Issued 1892. Pen cancelled. Gilt t

Three different: one Civil War, two post-War. 1) 1863 First of Exchange, blue paper, locomotive vignette, blue 2 cent adhesive revenue stamp. Pen canc

Two inch advertising mirror "Grinnell Bros. / Michigan's Leading / Music House / 24 Stores / headquarters Detroit. Albert Grinnell moved to...

Signed by AJ Ralston and W Blauvelt - bank agents. Ralston was the cousin of William Ralston. To HS McDonald - a Gold Hill blacksmith (1871 Nevada Dir

Pay on Demand to C. C. Pendergast, Agent. Signed by H. Wadsworth. To the Wells Fargo and Company, 61 King William Street, London, England. Endorsed on

These are a mystery to us. Two brass pieces that could be die trials for fobs. Both feature almost identical hotel imprints. One is for the Overland H

James Gore King was born in 1791 in New York City and died 1853 in New Jersey. A Congressman from 1849 to 1851, he founded King & Gracie, a bank...

Both are cast iron--a small (5" x 3.75" x 3.5") replica of a safe with scroll work, working dial and door; front writing: National Sa...

Dealer badge and ribbon for Peter B. Payne from the 1959 ANA convention. Medal has a beaver on the front. Reverse identifies it as a facsimile Beaver

Dated 1822, Lot of 2: 1) Bill of Exchange From Philadelphia, dated Dec. 31, 1822. 2) Check from the Stephen Girard Banker, Philadelphia, dated 30 Sept

Lot of 2: 1) 1876 real estate note secured by a deed of trust payable to the Real Estate Loan and Trust Company of Washington D.C. $100 note, 3 1/2&...

Lot of five. Includes: 1895 Bank of California (SF) Duplicate Check to be paid in Germany currency (rough edges); 1864 Wells, Fargo & Co. (SF) S...

Pair of print plates for the illustrations of the octagonal and round $50 Humbert Slugs. 1 1/2 x 3 1/2" and 2 x 4 1/2". Metal mounted on w...

Lot of 15. Earliest is an 1868 Cuban exchange w/ 50 cent revenue stamp. Also: three Barclay Bank Limited drafts (London, 1934), two Amsterdam drafts (

Two 1st Exchanges from the National Bank of South African Republic. Made payable in Paris. Amounts listed in shillings. Both have adhesive revenue sta

Lot of 16 exchanges for John Monroe & Co. Date between 1866 and 1868. Amounts are all in francs. Thirteen of the exchanges still have adhesive r...

Lot of five. 1) Rare Cuban exchange issued 1862 in Havana. J.R. Marquette. Pen and stamp cancelled. 2) Second of Exchange, A.B. & Co., New York,...

Kelly; National Bank Notes A Guide with Prices, 1981... Currency Auctions of America; The Charles Colver Collection of California National Bank Notes

Seven pieces of collectibles: 1) 1918 letter from a lithography company in San Francisco to the Farmers Bank of Carson Valley, Minden; 2) 1896 letter

Collection of three coin/currency items: Confederate $100 note, series of October, 1862; Richmond, folds, tears, chips. Three interest paid stamps on

Western and eastern Europe bank notes generally dating from 1902-1922. Hungary (36 notes), Poland (4), Italy, France, Greece, Russia, Norway, Finland

About 100 notes in all, 50 from Austria and 48 from Germany. All notes dating from about 1902-1922. Various denominations, condition. Nice group. HWAC

Collection of notes from Mexico and South America (18); Military Payment notes (10),; Far East countries: Malaya, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Hong Ko

4 1/4" sterling silver spoon labeled "Dawson" with a small gold nugget attached to the handle. City: Dawson State: Alaska Date: ...

Lot of 6 forks, 7 inches long with small gold nuggets on their handles. Engraved on the back "Holmes & Edwards - Inlaid", they are tho...

Sterling Silver. Auburn and Placerville. Both have a 'gold pan' with gold (not real). City: Auburn / Placerville State: California Dat...

One die struck; one engraved (back has Sutter's Mill , Cliff House). City: Grass Valley State: California Date: hwac# 35609

Sterling silver spoon, 4" long. City: Mt. Lowe State: California Date: hwac# 35113

Two Sterling Silver Spoons. 1) Champion Mine in Nevada City. 2) Empire Mine in Grass Valley. City: Nevada City State: California Date: hwac#

Three Nevada City Spoons featuring different engravings of schools. Washington School, Nevada City High School and Nevada City Elementary School.

Two Spoons from Nevada City. One with handle designs of a standing bear and state name California, on back engraved "Virginia 1897". The s...

One spoon with a sketching of Nevada City, CA and a very intricate flower design throughout the handle. The other spoon includes an engraved sketching

The smaller spoon engraved with Nevada City, CA with a Indian Chief handle design. The second spoon engraved with a sketching of Gault Bridge Nevada C

One small spoon engraved with a sketching of Lone Pine. The larger spoon engraved with a sketching of the Nevada City, CA Court House, with many intri

One spoon engraved with a sketching of the Old Washington School in Nevada City, CA with a flower design on the handle. The second spoon with am engra

One spoon engraved with a sketching of the Carnegie Public Library and many intricate designs on the handle including Eureka state capital California

Two sterling silver spoons engraved with sketchings of the Nevada City Court House. One spoon includes initials G.G.W. on handle. City: Nevada Cit

One is from the Champion Mine and one is from the Home Mine. City: Nevada City State: California Date: hwac# 35612

1) "Struck it at Last" Golden Gate spoon. 2) Sacramento "Eureka" spoon. City: San Francisco State: California Date: hwa...

Light blue enameled "Denver", "struck it rich" and a miner holding a nugget with milling buildings at top. Reverse has a pack bu...

Lot of 2: 1) Durango Colo. 5" long; 2) Cripple Creek Gold, Elkton Mine pictorial with a miner on the handle 5 1/2" long. City: State:...

Sterling Silver. Both are very ornate with great pictorials. City: State: Colorado Date: hwac# 35610

Sterling 5 3/4" silver spoon, enameled scene of blacks working in the cotton fields. Engraved on the handle "Birmingham, Alabama." ...

Enameled watermelon on spoon marked "Atlanta" with black man's face at top. Reverse is enscribed "A.C." and copyright 1895. ...

Very rare souvenir of Nashville, Tennessee, with enameled black man eating watermelon, labeled "The Real Thing". 6" long, marked ste...

Each with Montana crest on top front and American crest on top back. Back of spoon says Patented February 23, 1915 by William Rogers & Son AA. T...

Bernice is a small short-lived Churchill County mining camp. Fabulous find! City: Bernice State: Nevada Date: hwac# 35615

1) The choice spoon is a gold wash Joshua Tree. 2) Goldfield, Nevada with a gold pan with gold (not real). City: Goldfield State: Nevada Date:

Brownsville inside spoon with a design around it. Texas down the handle. Texas Lone Star and cattle at top of spoon. Maker was P&B with each let...

Lot of 6 spoons made from foreign coins; 1760 Spain, 1929 Netherlands, 1811 Nicaragua; 1821 Germany; 1801 Germany; 1894 Guatamala. City: State:

9 Various sterling silver spoons, 8 of which are George III era spoons from different British manufacturers, one is a Thomas Wallace II era spoon. Man

Lot of 3 mother of pearl handled pieces from the Geo. C. Shreve & Co. of San Francisco. Carving knife, fork and piercing piece. George Shreve li...

Seventeen inch long pearl handled carving knife made by M. Price of San Francisco. A gold rush relic. Michael Price, Jr. (1833-1889) apprenticed as a

15 Carving set pieces. Includes stag/antler knife (14.5") & fork. Four additional knives. Five knife sharpeners. The rest are carving forks...

22 piece set. 1 tray (dimensions 20.5" L x 14.5" W), 1 round stand (diameter 8"), 1 tea pot (height 7.75"), 1 round bowl (diamet...

An 8 piece collection of silver plated tableware made by Wilcox Silver Plate Co. The set includes 1 large tray (28" L x 19.25" W), 1 medi...

1 Wilcox International Silver round plate (Diameter 10"), 1 larger shell shaped serving bowl (8" L x 10" W x 1.75" D), 1 Reed &a...

1 Ronson small tray (9.5" L x 6.25" W), 1 small serving bowl (10" L x 7.5" W x 1.25" D), 1 small round bowl (diameter 6&quo...

7 Embossed souvenir plates and platters of a variety of different places and metals. Locations include Philadelphia, Chicago, Buffalo, San Francisco,