France (2) 12 Sols (1/10th Ecu) 1757 Mintmark & (Aix Mint) Privy Mark Anchor KM#511.26 Fine/Good Fine with some adjustment lines, this date unlisted by Krause, Half Ecu 1646A Paris Mint KM#164.1 VG
USA Gorham Manufacturing Co. 1896, 'Bryan Dollar' 52mm diameter, 53.3 grammes of silver, Plain edge. Uniface, A GOVERNMENT DOLLAR CONTAINS// 412 1/2 GRAINS// COIN SILVER 900/1000 FINE// --- //THIS PIECE CONTAINS// 823 GRAINS COIN SILVER// IN VALUE THE EQUIVALENT OF// ONE GOLD DOLLAR// SEPT. 16th. 1896.// GORHAM MFG. CO, SILVERMITHS. in 9 Lines, About EF. These pieces were struck for the Presidential campaign of 1896, for William Jennings Bryan, and represent the difference in size between a Silver Dollar and the silver bullion equivalent of a Gold Dollar. The market price of silver on Sept. 16th was used for comparison. Bryan fought for monetary reforms as part of his Presidential campaign. He was narrowly defeated in the election by William McKinlay. An interesting piece of USA Political history. Uniface examples are recorded as are hand-inscribed reverse types. Gorham Silver was founded in 1831 by Jabez Gorham and Henry L. Webster, and was well-known for high quality spoons, thimbles, jewellery and other small items. They were the first in America to use a steam-powered drop press. Such was their prowess in manufacturing that even Tiffany & Co. outsourced all it's silverware production to them.
British West Africa One Tenth Penny 1936 Edward VIII KM#14 with mis-shapen hole and some additional incuse lettering on the obverse, with much of the reverse legend malformed, the mintmark not visible due to poor striking in this area, EF, comes with a normal 1936KN Edward VIII KM#14 coin for comparison this UNC
France100 Francs Gold 1855A Paris Mint KM#786.1 NEF with signs of light cleaning in the fields, but not unpleasantly so, and retaining significant eye appeal
France100 Francs Gold 1909A Paris Mint KM#858 with a flan flaw on the obverse EF with some contact marks and small rim nicks, the flagship coin of the French Gold series of the period
France100 Francs Gold 1869 A, Paris Mint KM#802.1 EF, the reverse very near so, with some contact marks, the impressive design fully accentuated on the gold issue. This series with very low mintages, only 29,000 minted of this Paris mint issue
France40 Francs Gold 1806 A, Paris Mint KM#675.1 GVF/NEF with some light hairlines, the 40 Franc Gold issues a short-lived and interesting series containing many one-year types
France20 Francs Gold 1815A First Restoration, Louis XVIII, Paris Mint KM#706.1 EF/NEF the reverse with some light adjustment lines, a short-lived, two-year type
Austrian States Bishopric of Salzburg Gold Ducat 1642 Obv Arms in an oval shield below a hat, no inner circle PARIS D G ARCHI EPS SAL SE AP LE Rev St Rupert seated with salt box and crozier, the mitra divides the legend on top SANCTVS RVDBERTVS EPS SALISB 3.4 g, VF on a wavy flan and plain edge
Romania (2) 250 Lei 1935 KM#536 About EF/EF and lustrous, Rare, note: Bank reports show that all but 9,330 of the 4,500,000 minted were melted. 100 Lei 1932 Paris Mint KM#52 GVF
FranceHalf Ecu (3) 1646N Montpeier Mint KM#164.14 Near Fine with some scratches, 1648 & Aix Mint KM#164.23 approaching Fine, 1649A Paris Mint KM#164.1 About Fine and problem-free
Scotland - Lanarkshire - Dalzell Farm, Countermarked on France5 FrancsNapoleonic era, Paris Mint, (date obscured by the countermark) , Countermark NVF, host coin F/GF, this countermark mostly seen on the later period French pieces c.1812, Extremely Rare, we note there was no example in the Neil Beaton Collection
East AfricaShilling 1941 I the rare type II KM#28.2 VF/GVF darkly toned with some spots, sold along with the normal 1941 I KM#28.1 VF toned for comparison
GibraltarCrown 1967 VIP Proof KM#4a nFDC with a hint of golden tone, Very Rare, Krause states a mintage of 50 pieces, Ex-Rasmussen, comes with a standard 1967 Crown UNC for comparison
Russia INA PatternRouble 1825 Constantine, Obverse, portrait of Constantine in very high relief. Reverse, contemporary Russian arms. Struck in pewter. This was an experimental piece made by the minters from an obverse die to show that the reverse design was adversely affected (i.e. the eagle detail would not strike properly) by using the raised obverse die. Therefore a shallow portrait die was made for production purposes. An example of the shallow die striking is included for comparison. Unique, Prooflike UNC
France 1792 FrenchRevolution 5 Sols in copper 40 mm Obverse LES FRANCAIS UNIS SONT INVINCIBLES Exergue L'An IV DE LA LIBERTE. Reverse REVOLUTION FRANCAIS with MEDAILLE QUI SE VEND CINQ-SOLS A PARIS CHEZ MONNERON (PATENTE) in six lines KM#Tn35 EF toned with Proof-like fields
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