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MORE SELECTIONS FROM NUMISMATIC AUCTIONS SALE #57
Here are some more lots that caught my eye in the upcoming Numismatic Auctions LLC Auction Sale #57, which closes June 29, 2015. Thanks
to Steve Davis for sending me the images. -Editor
Lot 927: Civil War Dog Tag. Liberty Seated Half Dollar, 1858
Possible Civil War Dog Tag. Liberty Seated Half Dollar, 1858- O with single-line letter punch “J.L. BERCH” across obverse and holed at 12 o’clock. Host coin Toned VG, countermark EF. A little research might yield the background of Berch. ($75+) Steve Davis adds: The soldier in lot 927 had a colorful history in the Civil War out of Racine, WI - his family settled postwar in a town about 20 miles from my office where this item came from - he played a role in the escape of a freed slave. For more information, see:
Lot 950: Pedley-Ryan Dollar, 1933
Pedley-Ryan Dollar, 1933. HK-825. Double-struck ltly toned Unc. Scarce. ($150+) Lot 1125: Araucania-Patagonia: Piedfort Peso in Silver, 1874
Piedfort Peso in Silver, 1874. Bruce-X#13. Hairlined Proof with some scattered inclusions. Very scarce as a piedfort and lacking in recent auction records, originally acquired in 1958. ($1000-1500) Lot 1181: Brazil Fantasy Ceara 960 Reis Countermark
Countermarked Coinage. Fantasy Ceara 960 Reis Countermark Star on Mexico 8 Reales, 1798-MoFM. See Bruce notes on such issues. Host coin retoned VF, c/m EF. An example as of many spurious issues from the Howard Gibbs/Hans Schulman Auction, Lot 1186: British Honduras Fantasy Countermarked French Ecu
Fantasy Countermarked French Ecu, 1726-T. Features incuse “Crowned GR” c/m – See Bruce-X#5. Host coin toned VF, c/m EF. Ex: Hans Schulman as Jamaica, interesting history on this blatantly spurious issue. ($100+) 1187. Decimal Coinage. Cent, 1909. KM- Lot 1207: Costa Rica Fantasy Countermarked 8 Reales Countermark
Fantasy Countermarked 8 Reales Countermark on genuine Morgan Dollar, 1878-S. See Bruce-X#20 and detailed notes. Nicely executed on gold and violet toned Unc host coin. Ex: Howard Gibbs/Hans Schulman Auction of 3/18-19/1966 – Neat curio item. ($100-150) For more information, see:
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