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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Portland Depression Era Tokens5700 - Portland Depression Era Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
22 depression era redeemable tokens from Brigham's Bookless Budget in Portland Oregon. Items range from 1 cent to 25 cent pieces in excellent c...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Utah Mining Related Tokens5701 - Utah Mining Related Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 round brass 29mm mining related UT tokens. Date: Location: Utah HWAC# 64504
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to b********t.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Corner Bar Kemmerer City 5c  MS 61 Tokens (10)5702 - Corner Bar Kemmerer City 5c MS 61 Tokens (10)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
10 Corner Bar Kemmerer City 5c MS 61 Tokens Date: c. 1910 Location: Kemmerer City, Wyoming HWAC# 53338
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN5703 - LOT WITHDRAWN
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot Withdrawn
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Estimate : 2.00 - 3.00
 
 
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Fantasy Brothel Tokens5704 - Fantasy Brothel Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sixty fake Whore House tokens. Most in well used condition. Date: Location: HWAC# 64170
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to b********t.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Foreign Tokens5705 - Foreign Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of fourteen. A Russian penny from 1990, four holed tokens, some dating in the 1800s. Interesting pieces. Date: Location: HWAC# 75165
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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IXL Dairy Tokens5706 - IXL Dairy Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Almost 200. IXL / Cash Dairy // GF Pint Milk. Light Aluminum in poor to fair condition. Date: Location: HWAC# 48450
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 30.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Low End Tokens5707 - Low End Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 27 including a Texas Ranger pin badge (fantasy), a few German tokens, Harry Truman medals. Date: Location: HWAC# 75136
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to d******0 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Paper Token Group5708 - Paper Token Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 25 Nugget Cigar Store GF 12 1/2c Shirley Mendenhall. Approx 25 Arnettsville Sore Company booklets. Date: Location: HWAC# 73041
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to r********n for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Pirate Treasure5709 - Pirate Treasure
Holabird Western Americana Collections
We should be selling this by the pound, not the piece. About 56 to 60 encased One Dollar tokens celebrating such Pirates as Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Token Collection5710 - Token Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 45 tokens of all kinds. Mostly "good fors". One bimetallic, aluminum, brass, copper, cardboard. San Francisco, Chicago, Cisne, Ill....
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to b********t.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Amusing Tokens5711 - Amusing Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
13.9 ounce lot of Amusing Tokens. Mostly U.S. Includes: Transportation Political, Military, Amusement, Commercial. Mostly alloy. Date: Post 1900 L
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Eight Pounds of Tokens5712 - Eight Pounds of Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A whole lot of low end tokens, perfect to look through during a long baseball game on tv. Some are slugs, some brilliant uncirculated. Date: Locati
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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