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The E-Sylum: Volume 22, Number 25, June 23, 2019, Article 21

MORTON & EDEN JUNE 2019 SALE SELECTIONS

Morton & Eden in London have a small collection of U.S. coins coming up in a sale this week (lots 523-573). Here are some selections. -Editor

Lot 534: 1/24th Real Plantation Token

Plantation Token

Colonial America, James II, tin 1/24th real Plantation token, undated (1688), king on rearing horse right, legend reads hib, rev., cruciform crowned shields joined by chains, with sideways 4 in 24, edge engrailed with circular dot pattern (dies 8/C), typical black oxidization and corrosion, fair to fine. from a different property to the rest of the collection; discovered on the Thames foreshore in London, 2016. (400-600 GBP)

To read the complete lot description, see:
https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3274&lot=534

Lot 550: 1851 Half Cent

1851 Half Cent

U.S.A., half-cent, 1851, virtually as struck, with rich, chocolate tone, in PCGS holder graded MS63BN (150-200 GBP)

To read the complete lot description, see:
https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3274&lot=550

Lot 560: 1895 Proof Barber Dime

1895 Proof Barber Dime

U.S.A., proof dime, 1895, an essentially flawless gem mint state example with light gold toning to the fully reflective surfaces, in PCGS holder graded PR66CA (650-850 GBP)

To read the complete lot description, see:
https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3274&lot=560

Lot 572: 1871 Proof Half Dollar

1871 Proof Half Dollar

U.S.A., proof half-dollar, 1871, a beautiful deep cameo example partially toned at peripheries, in PCGS holder graded PR64+DC (800-1200 GBP)

To read the complete lot description, see:
https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3274&lot=572

Lot 528: 1878-CC Half Eagle

1878-CC Half Eagle

U.S.A., 5 dollars, 1878 CC, Carson City mint, scuffed and with surface scratches, good very fine to extremely fine and rare, in PCGS holder graded AU50 (6000-8000 GBP)

To read the complete lot description, see:
https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3274&lot=528

Here's a smattering of other lots in the sale. -Editor

Lot 1024: Spanish Silver and Copper Issues

Spanish Silver and Copper Issues

Spain, Fernando VII, miscellaneous silver and copper issues, Mallorca (Palma), 30 sous (4), 1808 (2), one octagonal, 1821 (2), one with FR: VII inverted, this toned, weakly struck, very fine for this but with possible traces of edge mounting; 5-pesetas, 1823 (2), one YND, Santander, 10-reales, 1821, Pamplona, 8-maravedis, 1823, Segovia, 8-maravedis (14), including 1828, poor, very rare; 4-maravedis (9), 2-maravedis (16), silver almost fine to very fine, both 1808 and 1821 30 sous with light edge filing, 10 reales faint chop mark and smoothed, copper many with verdigris, poor to very fine and two contemporary brass copies of 8-maravedis, one cast (48). (i) Ex G. Bauer, Glendining, 13 December 1962, lot 842. (iv) Ex Seaby, 1968, C400. (300-400 GBP)

To read the complete lot description, see:
https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3274&lot=1024

Lot 474: 1831 Poland November Uprising Ducat

1831 Poland November Uprising Ducat

Poland, November Uprising, ducat, 1831, 3.50g (F. 114), good extremely fine. Provenance: Count Emeryk Hutten Czapski (1897-1979), grandson and heir of the celebrated collector, numismatist and historian of the same name; hence by descent. (1000-1200 GBP)

To read the complete lot description, see:
https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3274&lot=474

Lot 837: 1838 Germany Ludwig I Gold Medal

1838 Germany Ludwig I Gold Medal

Germany, Bavaria, Ludwig I, Army Manoeuvres in Augsburg, September 1838, gold medal, by Neuss and Rabausch, bare head right, rev., large trophy of arms before army encampment with view of Augsburg behind, 40.8mm, 33.44g (Witt. 2675), surface scratches and scuffs in fields, otherwise extremely fine and with prooflike surfaces, very rare. Ex Numismatik Lanz, 26 November 1985, lot 459. (4000-6000 GBP)

To read the complete lot description, see:
https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3274&lot=837

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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