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The E-Sylum: Volume 24, Number 21, May 23, 2021, Article 20

NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: MAY 23, 2021

Here'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

Australie, Victoria (1837-1901).
1852 Australia 5 pound gold assay

Australie, Victoria (1837-1901).

5 pounds essai, by Joshua Payne 1852 (1921), Melbourne. Gold - 44,09 g - 33 mm - 12 h. It is the only one graded! PCGS SP66+. Fleur de coin. An exceptional coin, the rarest type of 5 pounds! Work by Joshua Payne. Special strike of 7 minted only, by the Melbourne mint in 1921 on the original die. This is the finest known specimen

Great coin! From the MDC Monaco June Auction No. 7. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
(https://www.sixbid.com/en/mdc-monaco/8431/australie/7001342/australie-victoria-1837-1901-essai-de)

1896 Proof Double Eagle
1896 Proof Double Eagle

If Proof Gold is the Caviar of Numismatics, then Liberty Head double eagles are the Grade-A Beluga of the Proof Gold market. From both a rarity and visual standpoint, it's pretty hard to surpass a high quality Proof of this design.

A total of 128 Proofs of this date were made, giving it the second highest figure of any date of this design. This figure is misleading as a number were melted due to the seemingly overzealous production run (the previous three years saw mintages of 59, 50, and 51, respectively) and today this issue is quite rare with an estimated three to four dozen known.

This piece stopped me in my tracks when I saw it in Doug Winter's email blast this week. What a beauty! -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
ON HOLD - $20.00 - 1896 PCGS PR64DCAM CAC (https://raregoldcoins.com/rare-gold-coin-inventory/just-added-2000-1896-pcgs-pr64dcam-cac)

Bolen Springfield Antiquarians Medal
Bolen Springfield Antiquarians Medal obverse Bolen Springfield Antiquarians Medal reverse

"1866" (ca. 1872) Springfield Antiquarians Medal. By John Adams Bolen. Kline Restrike. Musante JAB-23. Copper. MS-66 BN (NGC).

28 mm.

Provenance: From the Robert Adam Collection of Tokens and Medals. Earlier ex Charles Litman; Donald M. Miller; Q. David Bowers; our (Stack's) sale of the Q. David Bowers Collection, January 2011 New York Americana Sale, lot 6610. Clipped lot tag included.

To read the complete lot description, see:
"1866" (ca. 1872) Springfield Antiquarians Medal. By John Adams Bolen. Kline Restrike. Musante JAB-23. Copper. MS-66 BN (NGC). (https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-RKWSZ/1866-ca-1872-springfield-antiquarians-medal-by-john-adams-bolen-kline-restrike-musante-jab-23-copper-ms-66-bn-ngc)

1933 Century of Progress Medal
1933 Century of Progress Medal obverse 1933 Century of Progress Medal reverse

1933 Century of Progress Exposition. Official Medal. HK-463. Rarity-2. Bronze. MS-65 (NGC).

I generally like Art Deco medals, but this design is just ... awkward. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
1933 Century of Progress Exposition. Official Medal. HK-463. Rarity-2. Bronze. MS-65 (NGC). (https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-RL7M0/1933-century-of-progress-exposition-official-medal-hk-463-rarity-2-bronze-ms-65-ngc)

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