Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

Auction Details

Welcome to our June 2018 sale!

This 5-day auction has nearly 3,600 lots covering many categories including: Numismatics, Mining, Minerals, General Americana, Railroad, Tokens, Antique Bottles, Gaming, Firearms & Weaponry, Wells Fargo & Express, and much more!

Highlights include:

NUMISMATICS
*The Hawaii Numismatic Collection: rare early Hawaiian coins, medals, and currency.

*A large coin and medal section featuring gold, platinum, and silver coins and medals from around the world. Morgan dollars, peace dollars, St. Gaudens, pennies, nickels, dimes, and more! Rarities & high-grade specimens plus large groups and sets.

*Ingots and bullion bars.

*Numismatic collectibles and ephemera.

TOKENS
*Our second large offering of tokens from the R.B. Worthington Texas Token Collection

MINING & MINERALS

*Aurora, Nevada ore specimens from the famous Gottschalk Collection plus the fabulous Con-Virginia/Dayton Cons. Comstock Ore Collection.

*Museum-quality mineral specimens from around the world.

*Mining lamps and hard goods plus stock certificates feat. Arizona, California, & Nevada

*The Prag Canadian Mining Collection

RAILROAD
*A new offering of railroad and steamer passes from the Potter Collection and others.

BOTTLES
*A pictorial Owl Pharmacy Co. bottle from Seven Troughs, Nevada, one of the all-time great Western mining camp pictorials! One of a large group of great Nevada medicine bottles in this sale. Plus an Excelsior Soda & Mineral Water bottle and other great California & Gold Rush bottles.

GENERAL AMERICANA
*Two different Wurlitzers, a Mason player piano, National cash registers, and a great group of ephemera from the Potter Collection, Prag Collection, and others!

*Finally, a large Bargain/Dealer Section featuring both entry-level collectibles and large dealer lots ideal for resale. Our philosophy for this section is to help beginning collectors start their collections and to restock dealer inventories, therefore helping grow the collecting community as a whole.

FULL AUCTION SCHEDULE

Day 1 (Lots 1000-1718)
Numismatics (1000-1614)
Currency & Scrip (1000-1042)
Gold Coins (1043-1150)
Platinum Coins (1151-1160)
General Coins feat. Hawaii Collection (1161-1418)
Medals (1419-1537)
Ingots (1538-1551)
Numismatic Ephemera (1552-1614)
Gaming (1615-1644)
World’s Fair & Expositions (1645-1667)
Wells Fargo & Express (1668-1718)

Day 2 (2000-2690)
Minerals (2000-2158)
Mining (2159-2690)
Lamps, Candlesticks, & Other Hard Goods (2159-2222)
Assay (2223-2239)
Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (2240-2690)

Day 3 (3000-3704)
Railroadiana (3000-3150)
Railroad Passes (3000-3019)
Steamer Passes (3020-3045)
Ephemera incl. Lamps (Geographic Sort) (3046-3150)
Bottles (3151-3268)
Medicines (3151-3218)
Soda (3219-3250)
Whiskey & Misc. (3251-3268)
Tokens feat. Part II of the Texas Collection (3269-3512)
Political & Presidential (3513-3544)
Civil War & Military (3545-3626)
Firearms & Weaponry (3627-3704)
Pistols, Rifles, Shotguns, Etc. (3627-3639)
Swords & Knives (3640-3661)
Ammunition (3662-3689)
Ephemera (3690-3704)

Day 4 (4000-4726)
General Americana
Assorted incl. Furniture, Hard Goods, Hats, Misc. Ephemera, Books (4000-4149)
Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (4150-4726)

Day 5 (5000-5712)
Native Americana (5000-5101)
Art (5000-5007)
Baskets (5008-5026)
Jewelry (5027-5064)
Points & Tools (5065-5072)
Ephemera (5073-5101)
Cowboy (5102-5136)
Philatelic (5137-5210)
Postal History (5137-5183)
Stamps & Revenue (5184-5210)
Art (5211-5247)
Antique Lamps (5248-5262)
Bargains & Dealer Specials (5263-5713)
General Americana
Mining
Railroad
Numismatics & Tokens

SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
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Early U.S.  Nickels Coin Board1216 - Early U.S. Nickels Coin Board
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collector's board by Lincoln Printing Company of Los Angeles "Early U.S. Nickels" 2 Shield type, 28 Liberty head 1883-1912. Board is ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to s*****a for (100.00 + 20.50BP) = 120.50
 
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Liberty Head Nickels1217 - Liberty Head Nickels
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 34 Liberty Head ("V") nickels and one well worn 1868 Shield nickel. Two of the "V" nickels are 1883 "no cents"i...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to d******1 for (40.00 + 8.20BP) = 48.20
 
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Buffalo Nickels "19"teens."1218 - Buffalo Nickels "19"teens."
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 80 Buffalo nickels. Mostly 19"teens." Some partial dates.Not sorted for "S"'s and "D"'s. Date: Loca...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Bag of Buffalo Nickels1219 - Bag of Buffalo Nickels
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bag of Buffalo Nickels. Unpicked. About 3,500 nickels. Approximately 36 pounds. A rough sample of 100 pcs at random showed about 16% 1920's, 2%...
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Buffalo Nickels1220 - Buffalo Nickels
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 64 Buffalo nickels on collector's board made by Lincoln Printing Company of Los Angeles. 1913-1937. Incomplete set, board sealed in plas...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to s*****a for (250.00 + 51.25BP) = 301.25
 
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Large Group of 1920s Buffalo Nickels1221 - Large Group of 1920s Buffalo Nickels
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1920's Buffalo Nickels. About 1,450 count. Some partials. Unpicked. Date: Location: HWAC# 74003
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
Sold to C*****0 for (500.00 + 102.50BP) = 602.50
 
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Large Group of 1930s Buffalo Nickels (Over 2,800)1222 - Large Group of 1930s Buffalo Nickels (Over 2,800)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Buffalo Nickels, 1930's some partials. About 2,836. Unpicked. Date: Location: HWAC# 70079
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 450.00 | Estimate : 900.00 - 1,300.00
 
 
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1930's Buffalo Nickels1223 - 1930's Buffalo Nickels
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Canvas bag of approx. 3,500 1930's Buffalo Nickels. Fine to XFine. About 36 pounds. HWAC# 71021
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to j******0 for (950.00 + 166.25BP) = 1,116.25
 
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1938 D/S Buffalo Nickel MS 661224 - 1938 D/S Buffalo Nickel MS 66
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice MS 66, NGC holder 004017-016 of this classic overdate. Date: Location: HWAC# 75555
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Buffalo Nickels, Low End Pieces1225 - Buffalo Nickels, Low End Pieces
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Buffalo Nickels, About 220 coins. Low end, but fun to share. Date: Location: HWAC# 74025
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to a******l for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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