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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: MAY 16, 2021Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these. -Editor 
UNITED STATES. John Paul Jones (1747-1792) Medaglia 1779 (opus: A. Dupré) (56 mm.) La cattura della fregata britannica HMS Serapis da parte della USS Bonhomme Richard. Per la series "Comitia Americana". Busto in uniform verso ds. con i capelli raccolti R / L'impegno navale, HOSTIVM NAVIBVS CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS, Scontro tra vascelli. Betts 568; Adams e Bentley, cap. 8th; BHM 222, R2; MH 580; CP 105/22; Ford XIV, 203rd SPL + From the upcoming Bertolami Web Auction 100. See the article elsewhere in this issue about numismatic literature offered in the sale. -Editor
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A decent Feuchtwanger cent. -Editor
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Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Flown Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 43F, Personally Presented by Deke Slayton to and Directly from the Estate of NASA Legend Chris Kraft, with Slayton's Signed COA and Handwritten Letter of Appreciation. This 35mm sterling silver medal is one of only ninety-three flown (of 285 minted) aboard the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first international manned space effort, July 17-19, 1975, with U.S. crewmembers Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand, & Deke Slayton and Soviet crewmembers Alexei Leonov & Valery Kubasov. The obverse features the mission insignia depicting the docking maneuver above the Earth and the names of the mission and crewmembers. The reverse features the title "First Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. Space Flight" and the engraved dates. The serial number is on the rim along with the sterling and Robbins hallmarks. This mission effectively ended the "Space Race" between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. We seldom are able to offer flown examples of this mission's medal and this one is likely the nicest we have ever handled. Cool space item from the Heritage May 21-22 Space Exploration Auction. -Editor
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$5 OBSOLETE BANK NOTE. ISSUED BY THE BANKING DEPARTMENT OF THE VERMONT COMMERCIAL COLLEGE AND USED FOR TEACHING, NEAT PIECE OF HISTORY College currency is an interesting numismatic sideline. -Editor
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