Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

PF Ultra Cameo.35th Anniversary Panda Tri metal commemorative coin. Obverse has Panda in center with "35th Anniversary of Panda Gold Coins, 19...

AU white metal medal. Obverse has full design of St.Paul's Cathedral with initials, "W.J.Taylor." under the design. Reverse reads, &q...

England, 1886 Colonial and Indian Exposition, London, Australian Coat of Arms // STRUCK IN COMMEMORATION OF THE COLONIAL & INDIAN EXPOSITION 188...

A burning ship with rowing boat carrying survivors towards another ship. / 1.March 1825. Signed Halliday. Reverse inscrption: TO COMMEMORATE THE DESTR

THE BRITISH GLORY REVIV D BY ADMIRAL VERNON (N’s reversed) // HE TOOK PORTO BELLO WITH SIX SHIPS ONLY / NOV 22 1739 (N reversed). Betts 221, M-G 96, A

"History," Medal for the Paris Mint at the Exposition Universelle, and the Turn of the Century, 1900. Obv.: mother and child / 1900 on tab...

Portrait medal by Caque, ca. 1860. Paris Mint, Edge privy mark Pointing Hand and CUIVRE. Copper, 51mm, Toned Unc. Date: 1860 Location: France HWA

No frontiers for humanity, Switzerland unveiling a monument with a French soldier kneeling on graves behind // 80,000 French soldiers interred in Swit

Emperor of France and King of Italy. Reverse inscription covers highlights of his life from birth in 1769 to death in 1821. Bronze, 52mm, VF obverse,

Bust, JEUFFROY FECIT 1803. DENON DIR. G.D. MUSÉE C. D. ARTS // statue of the Venus de Medicis, AUX ARTS LA VICTOIRE / L'AN IV DU CONSULAT D...

1830, Providence helping a woman overwhelmed by the loss of her home, signed Barre 1930 // Inscription in a wreath of oak and laurel. Edge mark uneven

1) Ca. 1900 Paul Dérouléde, the defender of the voice of the people silver medal, 27mm AU. 2) 1889 souvenir of the assent to the top of th...

Obv.: Freie Hansestadt Bremen / ein / thaler gold; Rev.: Zur Erinnerung / An Den / Glorreich / erkampften / Frieden / Vom 10 Mai / 1871. Silver, 33 mm

Silver plate with luster still present. Loop spot removed. Obverse script," Schlosskirche.Zu.1885-1892 Wittenberg, " with Castle Church in...

Two dies from a medal made in 1986. Date: 1986 Location: Hungary HWAC# 63628

Five ounce silver pieces were made with these dies in 1986 to commemorate the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Date: 1986 Location: Hungary HWAC# 6362

Year II, Signed Mistruzzi. // Pius XI kneeling right, Pius V seated and Leo XIII standing at right, Dante, Beatrice and St.Thomas. Toned Proof-like Si

Japan Red Cross Society medal, possibly Meiji 21, 1888 current era . A good looking solid rectangular silver Japanese 1 BU-GIN, Ichibu, about 1837

Japanese Red Cross Medal with Ribbon. Design and Inscription are very legible. Bronze 30mm. Ex 1983 Bowers and Ruddy Galleries #3235. From the Roy Ha

Bronze medal, 51 mm, 77.1 grams. Obverse: five pointed star, sword and pistol; reverse: Japanese writing. Date: Location: Japan HWAC# 73068

Celebrated at Hyogo & Ozaka Japan, Union Jack and chrysanthemum on obverse. Silver. Holed as made. AU. Date: Location: Japan HWAC# 73072

Two Peso, Bust of Carlos IV. Signed G.A. Gil. // Helmented arms, PROCLAM. EN. S. MIGUEL EL. GRANDE. POR. SU. ALFEREZ. RL. D. JOSE. MARIA. LORETO. / DE

Inverted date, signed by Gil. Charles IV, CAROLO IV HISP ET IND REG MEX PROCL AN 1789 // Maria Luisa, LVDOV REG AVSPICE / ALF ARCH MEX. Silver, 42mm,

1789, Inverted date, signed by Gil. Charles IV, CAROLO IV HISP ET IND REG MEX PROCL AN 1789 // Maria Luisa, LVDOV REG AVSPICE / ALF ARCH MEX. Silver,

1) BiMetallic medal / CASA DE MONEDA DE MEXICO 1535-1985 450TH Anniversary of the Mexican mint, Nickel and Copper, 50, AU. 2) CASA DE MONEDA DE MEXICO

Brass Medal. About 59 mm (2 1/2 in) commemorating 38th annual International Association of Professional Numismatists General Assembly Monte Carlo, M

1764 Standing Aesculapius, the God of Medicine, NON CESSIT MALlS SED CONTRA AVDENTIOR IBIT (work against the bad) // Victory with a distraught Mercury

Silver 30 mm medal with bezel. Obv.: two figures; Rev.: "Centenario / de la / Indepnedencia / Argentina / 1910. Date: 1910 Location: Argenti...

Lot of two tokens with U.S. Gold type obverses with Brazilian crest on reverse and "Imperio De Brasil" 21 and 26 mm. Copper. Date: Loc...

Silver anniversary medal, 22 mm, proof like surfaces. Obv.: portrait of man and woman; Rev.: Exmo. Sr. Gral. / Remigio Morales / Bermudez / Justa Masi

KM 162.2, Fine. Date: Location: Sweden HWAC# 75205

Commemorating the 450th anniversary of the entry of Frieburg into the Swiss Confederation. Souvenir of the July 4 and 5, 1931 celebration. Bronze, 40m

Beautiful bronze medal, 51 mm. Date: 1869 Location: Geneva, Switzerland HWAC# 75158

By August and Antoine Bovy. One of several version of the reunion medal struck as an award medal for the Society of Arts. Bronze, 58mm, Unc. Date:

...of Neuchatel, Helvetica presenting flag to young soldier, signed Huguenin Freres // Inscription and the arms of Neuchatel. Brass, 50mm, Unc. Date:

Undated, signed by Landry, Alexis Mary Piaget. Therefore Circumscription. // 7 lines in the wreath of oak leaves. Bronze, 61mm, Unc. Date: Location

Gold-plate bronze, 34mm. AU. Date: 1899 Location: Zurich, Switzerland HWAC# 73065

Uniface plaques by Henri Huguenin. 2 bronze, 1 heavily toned silver, 36mm x 53mm, Unc. Date: Location: Switzerland HWAC# 73047

Medal from Switzerland, distributed in New York. Obv.: New York Den 22 Juli 1872 / Helvetia; Rev.: Erstes Schweizerisches Nationalfest. Br., rd., with

Commemorates the Swiss Guards massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution. Uniface image of the lion scultpture, HELVETIORUM FIDEI AC VIRTUTI / DIE

Bust, LUD . LE FORT REIP . GENEV . CONSUL PRIMAR . ANN . 1734 . AET . 66 . Signed I . Dassier . F. // City of Geneva (Liberty), leaning on shield bea

Medal of the general meeting in Geneva, October 18, 1890. Seal of Geneva. Signed by Charles Richard. // Coins, books, and documents with the date of t

Uncirculated commemorative. Attractive Swiss medal, Reformation Bern Switzerland 3rd Jubilee Silver Medal 1828. Obverse design is Open Bible with ...

Lot of three Credit Suisse Gold Bars: 1 Tr Oz SN: 148327; 1/2 Tr Oz (no SN); 1/4 Tr Oz (no SN). Reverse of 1 oz and 1/4 oz are repeated logo; reverse

One half-ounce Credit Suisse Gold Bar, 9999 Fine. Reverse is bas-relief of Lady Fortuna. Date: Location: HWAC# 75939

Lot of four Johnson-Matthey 1 Troy Ounce gold bullion bars, 9999 Fine, with serial numbers: B05938, B05939, B06063, B06064 Date: Location: HWA

Johnson-Matthey 1 Tr Oz 9999 Gold Bar SN: B 06061 in original sealed holder Date: Location: HWAC# 75904

One-ounce Johnson-Matthey 9999 Fine gold bullion bar with serial number A00845. Date: Location: HWAC# 75948

Lot of three Johnson-Matthey 1 Troy Ounce gold bullion bars, 9999 Fine, with serial numbers: B05945, B05950, B05974. Date: Location: HWAC# 75937

Housed in a black presentation box lined with black velvet, these five ingots are each three ounces of Idaho silver. The mines represented are: Consol

Lot of 14 Graf Zepplin Silver Ingots. Commemorative " First Europe-Pan-America Round Trip May 1930." .999 Fine Silver Date: Locati...

Graf Zepplin Silver Ingots. Commemorative " First Europe-Pan-America Round Trip May 1930." .999 Fine Silver Date: Location: HWAC...

Lot of 6 Silver Bars with"Santa for President" and face of Santa. Each is .999 One Troy Ounce. Limited to 2000. Date: Location: HW...

The Hamilton Mint "America's Greatest Events, Group IV. " Five Silver Bars sealed in the original case. Features "Invention of ...

Lot of 8, "Happy Birthday" .999 Fine, 1 Ounce Silver Bars. Say it with Silver!! Date: Location: HWAC# 74069

Lot of nine one ounce silver bars: 3 Graf Zeppelin; 1 Welcome to Boston, ANA 1973; 2 "Santa for President Merry Christmas"; The Cheetah 19...

An ingot of unknown origin, possibly Japanese but not found in books. We offer no opinion on this piece and invite you to study the photo or examine i

Dateline Nevada, Cala., April 16th, 1860. Issued to Jacob ----for $566 to be paid at sight. Signed Birdseye & Co. Ship vignette (top center) and...

Issued in Sacramento, Sept. 16, 1865 for $5,000 in Gold Coin to S.J. Shern. Signed DO Mills & Co. Very attractive exchange with two different sh...

No. 15031, issued June 16, 1860 to David Schlecht for $50. Signed DO Mills & Co. Two ship vignettes. Folds, creases, some toning. 4 x 8.5" ...

Lot of 3 for the London & San Francisco Bank, Limited. 1) 1874 Receipt for Telegraphic Transfer for funds paid at Drexel, Morgan & Co., New...

No. 5454, issued for 15 shares to G. Vignean of San Jose on Jan. 19th, 1894. Signed by the president, Wendell Easton, and secretary., G.D. Barnard. No

Rare. This was the first bank incorporated in California. No. 22, $52.60. Issued February 23, 1859. Signed by G.D. Street. Vignette at left of the ban

Two different for this SF firm with large ties to Paris, which explains why one of these is all in French. 1) 1879 Second of Exchange for $292.50, blu

Lot of s Second of Exchanges both issued in 1882. To be drawn at the New York office. 3.75 x 8.5" Folds. The company was established in 1861 by...

Two different 1865 Second of Exchanges. One is to be paid in U.S. Gold Coin for $100, drawn on Drexel, Winthrop & Co. in New York. This has a 20...

Lot of five bullion deposit receipts issued by the United States Mint at San Francisco dated from 1907 to 1935. Deposits from Oroville and Downieville

Lot of 3. All dateline Denver. 1) 1866 signed by JH Goodspeed, cashier. Some staining. 2) 1867 signed by Kountze & Co. 5 cent IR adhesive stam...

Both dateline Denver. 1) 1866 signed by Luther Kountze, president. Some staining on left. 2) 1867 signed by J.S. Raymonds, cashier. Staining on righ

Two different. 1) 1867 draft issued for $200. Signed Kountze & Co. RN-B revenue imprint. Vignette of Denver looking west with foothills and snow...

Leather pouch 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches with drawstring stamped on both sides "Compliments / The Bank of Telluride / Telluride, Colorado." Dat...

Fourth of exchanges are not common! This one is also very early. Dateline Augusta (Geo), February 1st, 1820. No. 4, issued for 1,000 pounds sterling t

8.5" x 5.5" broadside for the sale of $1,800 in bank notes at a July 9th, 1887 public auction in Blanchard, Iowa by C.G. Anderson, assigne...

Mint Bag Label. "Mint of the U.S., New Orleans. 1860-0, Silver Dollars, $1,000." Date: 1860 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana HWAC# 75105

Lot of 4. 1) Two Board of Health, Comptroller of the City of Baltimore drafts, issued in 1876 and 1879, from appropriation from the Marine Hospital.

1) 60 day First of Exchange from WT Williams to Jon Watt Co? 1858 with sailor and allegorical lady vignette. 2) First of Exchange from Patterson. Mull

Lot of 4. 1) Best is pictorial draft for L & A. Scharff, Distillers, 1879, with Native American vignette and bourbon label vignettes. Tear with ...

Memo. of Silver Bullion deposited at the Mint of the U.S. at Carson City, Nevada. BA No. 2. "Before Melting, 23.95" "after melting 2...

Lot withdrawn

Rare! Inc. March2, 1895. No. 34, issued for 15 5/13 shares to Moritz Scheeline, a Reno banker, on May 24th, 1895. Signed by the president and secretar

Lot of 8. Includes: 1866 Gould & Curry, Virginia City check signed by Janin, IR and Nevada adhesive revenue stamps; two pictorial State Controll...

For $5000 in gold coin. Punched, right black smudge. Date: 1899 Location: Buffalo, New York HWAC# 69040

Letter to "Charlie & John regarding a coin silver soup ladle on the one side reading "Theo: Dubosq / Philadelphia. Date: 1958 Locati...

1) Mineral del Monte, 1867. Blue paper, text in Spanish. 4.25 x 8.5" Small mining town in Hidalgo. 2) Two First of Exchanges, Manuel Dunde, 187...

Allender's Gold Coin Scale is adjusted to weigh & guage all American Gold Coins "and is a perfect protection against COUNTERFEITS...&qu...

Mid-nineteenth European scales. This is technically a balance scale. In all probability,tis scale was used to determine weights of coins, as indicated

Balance Scale and Loose Weights. Pans are 44 mm (about 1 3/4 in). One counterfeit detection, "Half Guinea" weight. Two Victorian Era ,Br...

12 mostly embossed coins of the world postcards. Framed 1874 Carson City Savings Bank check with 1870 coin vignette. Date: Location: HWAC# 73034

Rare. Tickets $1 each. Prizes from $1 to $10,000. George Washington portrait at lower left plus other vignettes. Printed signature of secretary John

Lot of 17. 1) Pennsylvania: Drexel, Harjes & Co. Duplicate of Exchange, Philadelphia, 1886; unnamed Philadelphia Second of Exchange, 1852, picto...

1) Continental Bank Note Company Engravers Plate. This sheet would have been sent to National Banks with samples of what the Continental Company could

Approx 60 treasure hunter magazines including Treasure, Lost Treasure and Western Treasure. Mostly 1970's issues. Date: 1970's Location: ...

7 Books & Auction Catalogs, Numismatics related. Private & Fractional Gold 1) California Coiners and Assayers 2)California Gold, Dollars,Ha...

Clark, Gruber and Company (1860-1865) A Pioneer Denver Mint by Nolie Mumey, edition limited to 800 signed copies. This signed copy of #287.pp.87. D

2 VHS tapes, 2 Gold Coins of the Old West by Winter, Carson City Morgan Dollars by Crum, Crime of 873 by Van Ryzin, James Crawford-Master of the Mint

Kenneth W. Lee wrote this early reference on California fractional gold based on his long career dealing in the subject. As Q. David Bowers notes in t

Early edition of the book that used U.S. Treasury currency plates to aid in the detection of counterfeit currency in the 19th century. Hard cover, 4 1

Hard bound, 72 page, 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch, green covered edition of the first work on private and territorial gold coins in the United States. Only one

1851. This is the second edition. All plates are present. Outside of little and light foxing, this book is in near perfect condition. 9 x 6". S...

The Story of The Bank of California, National Association and its First 100 Years in the Financiall Development of the Pacific Coast, by Neill C.Wilso