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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: MAY 23, 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 
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
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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
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"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.
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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
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