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OCTOBER 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1884.
ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD.
CATALOGUE
OF
W. ELLIOT WOODWARD’S
COLLECTION
Co be ^5>olD by auction.
By Messrs. BANGS da OCX,
739 & 741 Broadway, Hew York City,
COINS ON EXHIBITION EACH HAY AT TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING. SALE WILL COMMENCE EACH DAY AT TWO O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
(Catalogue by WL. ’gltiot ^oodwavd.
BOSTON:
T. R. MARVIN & SON, NUMISMATIC PRINTERS.
1884.
IlNriDIEIX-
American Coins, 239
American Medals, . «. . . . 65
Astronomical and Mathematical Med- als and Calendars, . . . .171
Boston Collection:
Bunker Hill and Lexington, . . 30
Coins from Boston Mints, . . 21
Franklin Medals, .... 24
Hard Times Tokens of 1837, . . 51
Masonic Medals, 35
Medal and Tokens of Springfield, . 44
Miscellaneous Medals, ... 42
Miscellaneous N. England Medals, 43 New England Store Cards, . . 48
Personals, 32
School and Franklin Medals, . . 23
Secret Society and College Medals, 34 Society Medals, etc., .... 33
Store Cards, 37
Washington Medals, .... 26
Webster Medals, 29
Centennial Medals, .... 180
Coin Sale Catalogues, .... 198
Coins of Asia and Africa, East Indies, 241 Coins of Brunswick and Lunehurg, . 146
Coins of Canada:
Canada, 15
Doubtful, 18
New Brunswick,' 15
Newfoundland, 13
Nova Scotia, 13
Prince Edward Island, ... 14
Coins and Medals of Japan, . . 242
Coins and Medals of the Reformation, 167 Coins of Spain, Portugal, Mexico and
South America, .... 235
Coins of United States:
Cents, 59
t Dimes, ...... 58
Dollars, 56
Eagles 63
Half Cents, 62
Half Dimes, 69
Half Dollars 56
Half Eagles 63
Proof Sets, 65
Quarter Dollars 57
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Quarter Eagles, .... |
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Three Dollar Pieces, etc., . |
64 |
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Confederate Notes, |
118 |
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Crowns and their Multiples, |
134 |
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Crusaders and Knights of Malta, |
150 |
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Electrotypes, |
54 |
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English Crowns, .... |
250 |
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English Tokens, Silver and Copper |
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211 |
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Fabrications and Frauds, |
216 |
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Historic Coins and Medals, . |
218 |
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Japanese Sword Guards, etc., |
247 |
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Jetons of Louis XY. |
250 |
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Love Medals, Facetiae, etc., |
248 |
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Masonic Medals Medals of the American Revolution, |
173 |
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etc., ....... |
177 |
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Medals of England, Bronze, etc., |
188 |
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Medals of France, Bronze, etc., . |
192 |
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Medical Medals, .... Menagerie: |
76 |
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Monsters, |
232 |
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The Bears, |
224 |
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The Birds, |
227 |
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The Circus, |
228 |
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The Elephants, .... |
220 |
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The Lions, |
225 |
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The Side Show, .... |
230 |
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Miscellaneous American Medals, |
178 |
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Miscellaneous Coins, |
240 |
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Miscellaneous Copper Coins, |
6 |
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Miscellaneous Eastern Coins, |
244 |
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Miscellaneous Gold Coins, . |
114 |
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Miscellaneous Silver Medals, |
182 |
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Musical Medals, .... |
169 |
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Numismatic Books, |
210 |
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Numismatic Medals, Tokens, etc., |
88 |
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Printers’ Medals, .... |
170 |
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Scudi and Papal Medals, Siege Coins, Klippes, and Coins |
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214 |
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Necessity, |
151 |
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Store Cards, . . . . |
122 |
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Unique Coin of New Jersey, |
220 |
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War Medals, Crosses, Orders, etc., |
102 |
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Washington Coins and Medals, . |
70 |
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Works of Metallic Qompr. Company, |
248 |
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Works of Simon Passe, |
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CATALOGUE.
MISCELLANEOUS COPPER COINS.
Collectors will please observe the fact, that the following coins, to ISTo. 167 inclusive, were none of them taken from circulation. They are all of a quality entitling them to a place in any cabinet, with few exceptions; and the exceptions as to quality are all worthy of preservation, on ac- count of their rarity or for some other good reason. The numbers following, No. 174 to No. 213 inclusive, are trade lots, containing many good and desirable coins, but by no means up to the standard of the first- mentioned numbers.
To 1 Crowned bust of Henry VIII. Full-face, with name and titles; rev., a full-blown rose, crowned ; to the left and right H R crowned. A struck piece, evidently old ; very fine and rare. See Plate. T9.
2 1730 Farthing. George II ; fine.
20 3 1799 Penny. George III ; uncirculated.
1 4 1799 Farthings. Denomination on rev. ; fine. 3 pieces.
2o 5 1805, ‘0(3 Halfpenny and Farthing. “Hibernia”; fine.
2 pieces.
g 1813 Stiver and Half Stiver for Essequibo and Demerara. Sharp impressions ; perfectly uncirculated. 2 pieces.
7 1820 One Penn}- Token for Ireland ; very fine.
is~ 8 1821 Farthing. George IV ; red, uncirculated.
20 9 1822 Penny and Halfpenny for Ireland ; uncirculated. 2 pieces.
G 10 1822 Farthing. George IV ; uncirculated.
it 11 1825 Farthing. George IV ; uncirculated.
*u 12 1826 Halfpenny and Farthing ; uncirculated. 2 pieces.
13 1828 Farthing. George IV ; uncirculated.
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MISCELLANEOUS COPPER COINS.
3<"14 i f 15 4 16
U. 17
1VT8 11-19 6 20
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do 23 3 24 cT 25 n 26 2-o 27
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U 29 n 30
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40 >r 4i
1843, ’47 Half Farthing ; uncirculated, one nearly proof.
2 pieces.
1850 Penny Halfpenny Token. George Hotel, Castle Carry ; proof.
1851 Penny and Farthing. William IV ; very fine.
3 pieces.
1847, ’52, ’53 Half Farthings ; uncirculated, nearly proof. 3 pieces.
1854 Victoria Penny ; red, nearly proof.
1854 Halfpenny and Half Farthing ; uncir. 2 pieces.
1855 Farthings. Victoria ; all perfect, nearly proof. 3 pieces.
1857, ’58 Penny. Victoria ; red, uncir., nearly proof. 2 pieces.
1860 Bronze Penny ; uncirculated.
1852 Quarter Farthing ; red, uncirculated.
1830 Four Doubles of Guernsey; very fine.
1851 Australia Token ; rev., kangaroo; fine.
Wine Farthing. “ Good wine needs no bush ” ; very fine. The new model Crown. Gilt centre, beautiful design ; very fine.
Hellewell’s Liverpool Card. Resembles the sovereign ; brass, uncirculated.
Card of Cottrill, Die-sinker, Birmingham ; nearly proof. Half Sovereign. Holme Bridge Industrial Societ}^ ; rev., plain ; proof, scarce.
Macniven and Cameron, Pickwick Owl Pens. Almost a fac-simile of the spade guinea of George III ; brass, fine.
(808-840) Styca of Eanred, king of Northumberland ;
rev., “ Monne ” Annulet and pellet in centre ; fine, rare. 1799 Penny. George III ; uncirculated.
T. Pattinson, Cheap tea and coffee warehouse ; proof. 1792 Two Sous. Louis XVI. Head of the king; rev., in a garland of oak, Liberty cap and fasces ; bell-metal, good. 4 pieces.
1792 10 D. ; bell-metal, good.
1832, ’33, ’55 Ten Centimes ; uncirculated. 4 pieces. 1863 Five Centimes ; bronze, bright.
1854, ’64 Five Centimes; bronze, uncir. 2 pieces.
1854, ’62 Two Centimes ; bright, uncir. 2 pieces.
1853, ’55 Un Centime ; fine. 2 pieces.
MISCELLANEOUS COPPER COINS.
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x\ 42 1815 Undecim. Siege coin, Strasburg ; rev., crowned L.
Struck after the garrison had proclaimed Louis XVIII.
H43 1861 Four Kreutzers of Austria ; bright red, unc. 4 pcs. H.44 1858 Kreutzer and Half Kreutzer ; uncir. 3 pieces.
45 1865, ’70 Pfenning. Saxony and Prussia: fine proofs.
3 pieces.
% 46 1760 Ein Kreutzer. Francis I, Germany; uncir.
5" 47 1848 Egy-Krajczar. Hungary. Revolutionary coinage;
uncirculated. 4 pieces.
^ 48 1868, ’69 One Kreutzer ; very fine, red, uncir. 4 pieces.
49 1738 Twelve Pfennings. Head of Christ ; rev., five heads
of wheat. Poor-house Token, Vienna; good, scarce, ly 50 1773 One Pfenning. Poor-house Token, like the last;
nearly proof, rare.
'2- 51 1837 Small Medal, commemorating the opening of a new
canal in Holland ; obv., four ears of wheat ; to the right a paddle, to the left a rod entwined with two serpents ; bronze, perfect. 14.
r 52 1752 One and Two Pfennings. Goslar ; good. 2 pieces. 20 53 1708 Twenty Sols. Siege piece of Lille ; besieged at that time by the Duke of Marlborough and the allies ; fine. 1° 54 1758 Necessity piece. Denier of Brunswick and Lun.,
for use between the soldiers and the people ; fine, scarce.
55 1703 One Pfenning. Hanover. Running horse with
tree.
56 1797, etc. Jews’ Pfennings of Frankfort. A variety ;
good. 10 pieces.
'0 57 1816, ’47 Bread Tokens for distribution among the poor
at Elberfeld ; fine. 2 pieces.
*0 58 1793 Mayence. Siege pieces for One, Two, and Five Sols ; fine. 3 pieces.
lo 59 Frankfort. Gate-marks or tokens for three of the nine entrances to the city. One, F. T. (Friedburg-Thor,) is octagonal, the others round ; all fine. 3 pieces.
U 60 1621 2Y0 of a Gulden. Octagonal; fi ne, rare.
61 1769 One Pleller of Augsburg. Octagonal ; good.
1 ^ 62 1621 Half Kreutzer, Augsburg, and 1624 Token for a
bushel of lime ; good, the last rare. 2 pieces.
I o 63 1849 Plarom Krajczar. Hungary. Kossuth. Revolution-
ary ; fine.
1765 One Poltura. Maria Theresa. Hungary; very good.
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MISCELLANEOUS COPPER COINS.
1705 Ten Poltura. Hungary. Necessity money of the malcontents; good, scarce.
1765 One Heller. Regensburg. Keys crossed, City arms ; rev., blank. Octagonal.
1759, etc. Hildberghausen. Pfennings and Heller, dif- ferent. 3 pieces.
F. B. ; rev., a lion couchant ; nearly proof.
Sicily, ancient. The face of a lion; rev., a palm tree with five branches ; middle brass, rare.
Parchin ; rev., “Saul ” ; rude, rare.
1797 Prussian Poland. 2 pieces.
1699 Two-thirds Crown. Poland; fine, but base.
1791 Sicily. “Publica Commoditas.” Halfpenny size ; fine, scarce.
1808 Soldo. Napoleon as king of Italy.
1841 Baiocco. States of the Church.
1801 Baiocco. States of the Church. Pius VII ; fine, half dollar size.
1811 Soldo. Italy. Napoleon as emperor ; fine.
1810, ’ll Centesimo and Three Centesimi. Napoleon Emperor; fine. 2 pieces.
1854 Five Centimes. Grand Duchy Luxembourg ; good.
1859 Five Centesimi. Tuscany; good.
1869 Five Centesimi. Republic of San Marino ; fine, rare.
1838 Un'Decime of Monaco. Head of Prince Ilonore V ; very fine, rare.
1867 Five Centesimi. Italy; proof.
1849 Mezzo Baiocco. States of the Church ; uncir.
1856 Due Tornesi. Sicily; very fine.
1849 One Centesimo. Venice; uncirculated.
1837, ’44 One Pfenning. Prussia and Saxony ; uncir- culated. 2 pieces.
1669 One Or. Sweden. Arms crowned; rev., crossed arrows. Very large, diam. If inches.
1683 One Or. Like the last, but a broader piece ; fine. Size 29.
1858 4, 1, 2, and 5 Or. Sweden ; veiy fine. 6 pieces.
1802, ’49, ’51 One-half Skilling, and Four Skilling banco ; very fine and very good; the latter twopenny size. 3 pieces.
1805 f Skilling.
Sweden. Gust. Adol. IV ; uncir.
MISCELLANEOUS COPPER COINS.
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3 93 4t) 94
!T 95 C 96
12. 97
• ^ 98 99
lo 100 .<) 101 102 o 103
12-104 ^ 105 106
/>- 107
3| 108
Jo 109
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111
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R 116 3 117
r, 118
1810 2 Skillings. Denmark; red, uncirculated.
1803 5 Kopecks. Russia. Has five pellets, to assist those who can count but cannot read.
1841 3 Kopecks. Russia. Large; good.
1840 3 Kopecks. Russia. Nicholas ; good, twopenny size.
1866 5 Kopecks. Russia. Legend partly incused ; very fine.
1813 1 Kopeck. Russia ; uncirculated.
1790 5 Kopecks. Russia. Catharine II; very large and fine. Commonly catalogued as 10 kopecks.
1794 Three Grossi of Poland; fine, scarce.
1850 One Dreiling. Schleswig-Holstein ; nearly proof.
1790 4 Kopeck. Russia. Catharine II ; ungir., red.
Ancona; obv., u De Ancona”; rev., “ Epskiria ” (Epis-
copus, etc.). Two small but rare coins.
1676 Bologna. “ Bononia docet ” ; good, scarce.
1866 Five Pennia. Finland; very fine.
1840 Dieci Tornesi. Tuscany ; uncir., red, rare , two- penny size.
1860 London Crystal Palace ; rev., portrait of Shakes- peare, “ All the world’s a stage ” ; bronze, proof. 14.
1791 Copper-mine Token, Fahlun. A shield of arms crowned.
1762 Copper-mine Token, Fahlun. The obverse of this piece is a craggy mountain, on the top of which rests a blazing sun ; halfpenny size, very fine.
1803 One Maravedi. Spain; fair.
1571 Minute silver coin. Hungary. Closely resembles the coins of the malcontents issued about a hundred years later ; fine, very rare.
1657 One Albus. Small silver coin of Germany.
Bust of Frederick, king of Prussia; rev., bust of Prince Ferdinand; bronze, very fine. 2 pieces.
1814 William, Prince of Orange; red, uncirculated.
1650 Philip IV and Maria Anne, king and queen of Spain. Their busts joined ; rev., a zodiacal circle separating the sun and earth, cornucopias to the right and left; “ Urbe Novo " ; Penny size, fair, rare.
1790 Ein Kreutzer. Joseph II; uncirculated.
German Beer Token. 1 Qu. Bier; very fine.
1819 Sweden. One Skilling-species ; nearly proof.
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MISCELLANEOUS COPPER COINS.
4- 119 1880 Netherlands. 2i Cent; uncirculated. 2 pieces.
o 120 1760 Ein Gresclnff; fine, rare.
r 121 1825 One Grosz, from mint of Cracow; good.
it) 122 Pallas and a soldier standing, “ Concedat Laurea Lin- guae ” ; rev., growing grain, “ Spes altera vitae ” ; good, rare.
20 128 1611 Julich. Copper coin struck during the strife for
succession ; good, scarce.
' 124 Frankfort. Jews’ Pfennings or Tokens ; fine lot. 5 pcs.
125 1751 Liege. Different; good. 2 pieces.
126 1822 80 Reis. Portugal and Brazil ; uncir., twopenny-
size.
6 127 1830 Like the last, counterstamped 40.
10 128 1855 Two Reals. Necessity coin of Buenos Ayres.
For much information concerning the following and other rare cop- per coins, I take great pleasure in acknowledging my obligation to Mr. Lyman H. Low.
1^- 129 1621 Augsburg. 210 Par^ a Gulden. Octagonal;
very fine.
H 130 1765 Augsburg. One Heller. Octagonal; fine.
14- 131 1557 Augsburg. Corn Token ; brass, fine, rare.
13 132 Augsburg. Tokens for one bushel and one-half bushel of lime ; fine, rare.
4- 133 1841 Austrian Bath Token ; very fine.
4. 134 Berlin. . Toll Ticket, “ Iv. & R.” Heptagon ; very fine.
3 0 135 Becerra. Star in the centre ; rev., plain. Doubtless a Mexican token.
it? 136 Buda-Pesth. Toll Check for the Chain Bridge; rev., incuse ; very fine.
187 Buenos Ayres. Entrance Ticket to the Coliseum. Half dollar size ; very fine, rare.
<3 138 Brunswick. Old Brewery House Token ; fine, scarce.
(j 139 Dessau. Gate Token. Turreted wall and gate ; rev., incuse ; fine.
2-c 140 Ferrara. Italy. Church coins of the sixteenth century. Curious ; fine, rare. 2 pieces.
So 141 F ranee. Jeton. Group of men supporting a globe ; rev., bee-hive ; brass, fine.
This curious jeton appears by the conjunction of the bee-hive on the reverse, a well known Masonic emblem and as such of frequent occur- rence on French medals, with the device on the obverse, to be Masonic, but is not described in Marvin’s work.
MISCELLANEOUS COPPER COINS.
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ISd 142
?o 143
144
1 d 145 ur 146
147
id 148
149 ir 150
id 151
152
153 ( 154
155
3 156
S 157 i 0*158 to 159
« 160
Goa. Portuguese East Indies. 17(74). 30 R(eis) ; rev., has arms of Portugal ; large, rude, extremely rare.
The same. “ Meja Tanga” or 30 Reis. Large size, rude, rare like the last.
The same. 1768 ; of irregular form and rare like the preceding.
Holland. Two Doit piece. Of irregular form.
Holland. Jeton. Refers to some event of 1661 ; very- fine. Size 22.
Hamburg. Gate Tokens, 1698, etc. All different ; one with the reverse incuse appears much more ancient. Sizes 18, 20, 22 ; a rare and interesting lot. 3 pieces.
Luttich (Liege). Different coins of the Chapters of St. Lambertus, St. Jacobus, and St. Dionysius ; all fine and rare. 3 pieces.
Holland. Historical Jetons of the Low Countries ; very fine. 2 pieces.
Leipzig. Ancient Brewery House Token. Square ; scarce.
German Steam Ferry Token. Semi-circular.
Syria. Demetrius Soter. A boar’s head ; rev., a wolfs head. Doubtless a modern invention; very fine.
Persia. A lion prowling, li Bisti ; very good.
Leipzig. Brewery House Token ; old and rare.
Mecklenburg. 3 Pfennings of Gustavus Adolphus ; good.
Nuremburg Tokens, by Conrad and Wolf-Lauffer, who flourished in Nuremburg from 1618 to 1676. Quaint devices ; an interesting lot. One bears a tortoise, with a sail and “ Festina Lente ” (Make haste slowly); one an ancient ship full-rigged ; one a dolphin. 7 pcs.
Reckheim. Doits ; very good and scarce. 2 pieces.
Abbe}r Token. Old man at a table ; rev., the alphabet.
Spain. Charles II, 1684. 2 Maravedis. Irregular form ; scarce.
Spain. Coins of copper, variously countermarked, much like the first N. E. coinage. 1624, etc. These pieces have excited much curiosity, many numismatists having come to the hasty conclusion that they were of New England origin. They are really a regular coinage issued from the Spanish mints, and bear the mint marks of various places: Madrid, Seville, Sego- via, etc. 3 pieces.
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MISCELLANEOUS COPEER COINS.
<6 161
162
lo 163
'* 164 X 165 o- 166
10 167
$ 174
^ 175
1-176
la 177
I? 178 I- 179 180 i 181 1-182
It 183
l H. 184 * 185
I 186
) 18t
l- 188
It 189
L 190
V-7 191
1 . 192 I - 193
Saxe-Hildberghausen. 1783, 1788. Octagon Hellers. 2 pieces.
Magdeburg. A turret from which flames issue ; “ Tan- dem Vincitur.” Incuse; fine, very rare. 20.
Milan. Philip III and Charles VI. Quatrini. Small, square coins ; good, rare. 2 pieces.
Parma. One Sessino. 1646 ; fair, scarce.
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Crusaders’ coin, Tripolis probably.
Two heads jugata ; rev., incuse. They are old folks and look as if they might be somebody, but I am not acquainted with them.
Octagonal piece, stamped with a queer bird holding a worm, and another piece marked u Souve.” 2 pieces.
China. An uncommonly good lot ; nearly all of light bronze. 69 pieces.
Brazil, North of Europe, and others, all of large size ; poor to good. 25 pieces.
France, Germany, Belgium, etc., average over halfpenny size ; fair to very good. 28 pieces.
Venezuela, Brazil, Denmark, etc. ; fair to very fine. 40 pieces.
Prussia, Dutch East Indies, etc. ; fair lot. 25 pieces.
Batavia, Zelandia, Hanover, etc. ; fair lot. 36 pieces.
Gelriae, Utrecht, etc. ; fair to very fine. 30 pieces.
Wismar, Julich, and Berg, etc. ; fair lot. 15 pieces.
Schleswig-Holstein and other German States ; fair lot. 15 pieces.
English East Indies, halfpenny and penny size ; very good to very fine. 18 pieces.
Denmark. Skilling-rigsmark ; all good. 12 pieces.
Doits of Gelriae, Utrecht, West Frisia, etc.; good to fine. 16 pieces.
Various German States, etc. ; good lot. 60 pieces.
Similar lot. 50 pieces.
Munster, Saxony, Berne, etc. ; good lot. 40 pieces.
Denmark, etc., large and small ; fair lot. 30 pieces.
France, Denmark, Belgium, etc. ; good lot, fair size. 40 pieces.
East India Co., Italy, Hungary, etc. ; very good lot, none poor. 30 pieces.
Prussia, Saxony, etc. ; mostly good. 30 pieces.
Similar lot ; mostly good. 30 pieces.
MISCELLANEOUS COPPER COINS, ETC.
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194
195
196
^ 197 198 1199 200 \ 201 ) 202 203
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IL 204 " i 205 206 '207 208 % 209 210 211 212 > 213
Belgium, Saxony, etc. ; fair lot. 32 pieces.
East Indies and German States; good lot. 45 pieces. Saxony, Overyssel, Austria, etc. ; mostly good, some fine. 50 pieces.
Denmark, Sweden, etc, ; good lot. 30 pieces.
Italy, France, etc. ; very good lot. 40 pieces.
France, Prussia, Norway, etc. ; good lot. 25 pieces. Denmark, Prussia, Spain, etc. ; fair to fine. 30 pieces. Various German States, etc.; fair to fine. 60 pieces. German States. Variety; fair to fine. 25 pieces. Denmark. Rigsmont-skilling. Duplicates ; mostly fine. 30 pieces.
Saxe-Meiningen, France, Sicily, etc. ; fair to fine. 40 pcs. German States, etc. ; good lot. 20 pieces.
German States, etc. ; fair to fine. 30 pieces.
Another lot, quality a little better. 30 pieces.
Similar lot. 30 pieces.
Another lot, about the same. 30 pieces.
Another lot, better quality, larger variety. 30 pieces. Similar lot, but average larger. 30 pieces.
Another lot, better quality. 30 pieces.
About like the last. 20 pieces.
COINS OF CANADA.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
All these coins are arranged by Sandham’s Work, as indicated by the numbers in parenthesis.
L 214 1865, ’72, ’73 One Cent ; all fine. 4 pieces. (2)
i 215 1841 Rutherford’s Card. Arms ; rev., the golden fleece ;
very fine. (7)
1 0 216 1846 Rutherford’s Card : very fine. (8)
oo 217 1846 Rutherford’s Card. Another die, has larger let-
ters ; fine. (9)
NOVA SCOTIA.
1 218 1861, ’64 Cents; very fine. 2 pieces. (1)
1 1 219 1861, ’64 Flalf Cents; very fine. 2 pieces. (2)
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COINS OF CANADA.
220 v*. 221 33 222 | j 223
0 224 225
So 226
'] 22T f 228
14- 229
a. 230
C 231
1a 232
1. 233 v 234
2. 235
1 236 J.^237
14 238 is 239
) 240
1815 Head of George III. Card of J. A. Barry, Hali- fax^; fine. (3)
1814^ Bust of George III ; rev., view of Government House. Card of Hosterman and Etter ; fine. (6)
1814 Bust of George III. Card of Garritt and Alport, Halifax ; fine. (7)
1814 Military bust of Sir Philip B. V. Broke, Com- mander of the Shannon, which captured the Chesa- peake off Boston in 1813 ; rev., the ships as seen in action. Varieties; all good. 3 pieces. (8)
1815 Indian with dog. Card of Starr & Shannon, Hali- fax ; fine. (9)
1815 Indian with dog. Commercial change ; rev., a sloop ; fair. (10)
1816 Card of W. A. & S. Black, Halifax ; rev., a ware- house ; fine. (11)
1816 Same device, but without name ; very fine.
1815 Card of Miles W. White, Halifax, keg marked “Spikes, nails, etc.” ; fine. (13)
1815 Bust of George III ; rev., ship, Halifax. Varie- ties; both good. 2 pieces. (14)
1823 George III. Laureated head ; rev., two-leaved thistle, edges different ; very good. 2 pieces.- (15)
1832 Head of George IV, though dated in the reign of William IV ; fine. (16)
1840, ’43 Halfpenny, same design, head of Victoria; very good. 2 pieces. (18)
1840 Penny, like the last; fine.
1832 Penny Token. Bust of George IV ; fine.
1856 Bust of Victoria; rev., sprig of arbutus. One Penny Token ; very fine.
1856 Halfpenny, same design ; very fine. 2 pieces.
Halfpenny Token. Ship sailing to right, “ Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ” ; below the ship “Success”; rev., female seated ; fine, though it has a small per- foration. The last sold, a proof, brought $8.60. (21)
Card of J. Brown. Ship ; rev., four-leaved thistle ; very fine. (22)
Card of Robert Purves, Wallace ; rev., “ Encourage country importers ” ; pierced, scarce. (23)
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
1840 “Speed the plough”; rev., “ Success to the fish- eries ” ; fine. 3 pieces. (2)
COINS OF CANADA.
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! 241 i 242 ) 243 ) o 244
1 245
* 246 7 247
\ 248
•5M-249
M-o250
S' 251 252
'o 253
'0 254 vs 255 1- 256
**257
258
1855 Prince Edward Island; rev., “Self-government ” ; fine. (2)
1855 Prince Edward Island ; rev., like the last; fine. 2 pieces. (5)
1857 Prince Edward Island ; rev., like the last. Varie- ties ; fine. 3 pieces.
Halfpenny Token. Steamship ; rev., “ Fisheries and Agriculture ” ; very fine. (6)
NEW BRUNSWICK.
1843 One Penny Token. Bust of the queen ; rev., a frigate without sails ; very good. (1) ’
1843 Halfpenny, same design ; fine. (2)
1854 One Penny Currency ; rev., like the two preced- ing ; very fine. (3)
1854 Halfpenny Currency, like the last ; fine. 2 pieces.
(4)
1861-’64 One Cent ; very good. 8 pieces. (5)
Halfpenny Token. St.John, New Brunswick ; rev., full-rigged ship ; fine. (7)
CANADA.
1858, ’59, ’76, ’82 Cents ; uncir., five bright. 6 pieces.
Vexator Canadensis. Rude figure of a woman dancing; unusually good for the piece, rare.
1820 Sloop sailing right; halfpenny token ; “ Upper Canada ” ; rev., anvil, two spades crossed above; very fine. (14)
1820 The same; rev., “Commercial change”; fine. (15)
1821 Sloop. Halfpenny Token ; rev., a cask marked Upper Canada.
1816 Brock Token. Monument and angels ; rev., “ Suc- cess to commerce and peace to the world.” Several varieties, all good, some veiy fine. 7 pieces. (11)
1812 Brock Token. Ship sailing to right ; “Success to the commerce,” etc. ; rev., Sir Isaac Brook, (Brock) etc. ; plain edge, edge usually milled ; fine. (10)
Lesslie and Sons, York, Kingston and Dundas. Half- penny Token. Justice standing; rev., a plough. Several varieties ; good to very fine. 4 pieces.
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COINS OF CANADA.
L 259
4- 260
i 26 1 7 262 •l 263
264
i ( 265 l i 266
3 267 3 268 C 269
13 270
6 271
7^272
/>273
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> 274 275 6V 276 ) 277 ^278
1833 Sloop. Halfpenny Token. Bowsprit nearly touches the last A in Canada; one brass, line; edge of one slightly nicked. 2 pieces. (25)
1833 Sloop. Halfpenny Token ; rev., a plough; fine. 2 pieces. (23)
1830 Rev., “Halfpenny” in two lines; good. (21)
1841 Rev., like last ; line. (85)
1832 Halfpenny Token. Laureated bust of the king ; very good.
1837 Bank Token, One Penny. Habitant standing ; rev., arms of Montreal ; scroll inscribed Bank of Montreal ; uncirculated. (26)
1837 The same. Scroll inscribed City Bank ; very fine indeed. (27)
1837 The same. Scroll bearing Quebec Bank; fine. (29)
1837 Halfpenny, matches 264 ; fine. (31)
1837 Halfpenny, matches 265; very fine.
1837 The same. Scroll with the inscription “ Banque du People”; very good.
Card of Francis Mullins & Son, Montreal ; obv., a ship. Commerce token ; very fine. (32)
Card of T. S. Brown & Co., importers of hardware, Montreal ; rev., an anvil with hammer and tongs be- tween a scythe-blade and vise, spades crossed above ; very ‘fine. 2 pieces. (35)
Card of Green, Wetmore & Co., New York City; rev., from the same die as the preceding. This piece of course properly pertains to New York City, but whether regarded as belonging to the U. S. or Cana- da series, it is one of the very rarest of store cards; tin, pierced and poor.
J. Shaw & Co, Quebec ; rev., a teakettle, vise, saw, etc.; only fair, scarce. (36)
1816 Halfpenny token. Bust of Wellington; rev., “ Montreal” within a double circle; fine.
Canada Halfpenny Token in four lines; rev., ship ; fine. 2 pieces.
1854 Bank-Token. Halfpenny. View of the Bank of Montreal ; very fine. 2 pieces.
1852 Quebec Bank Token. One Penny. Habitant standing ; very fine.
1852 Halfpenny, matching the last ; fine. 2 pieces.
COINS OF CANADA.
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J 279 Un Sou. The Rebellion Token ; good, though slightly pierced. (75)
i- 280 Un Sou. Duplicates from the Levick Collection. Ten varieties; all very good or fine. 10 pieces.
^ 281 Un Sou. Another lot, five varieties; all good. 10 pcs.
lo 282 Temperance Medal. The Holy Family; rev., the sacred heart. In the exergue a beaver; tin, proof. 26.
hi- 283 Medal of a steamboat trip on the St. Lawrence, Jan. 1, 1882 ; tin, very fine. 24.
r 284 Pilgrimage Medal, Church of St. Anne, 1877 ; tin, fine. 19.
T 285 St. Anne; rev., view of the Church of St. Anne; tin, fine. 19.
9- 287 Montreal Musical Jubilee Medal, 1878 ; copper-plated, different, very fine. 14. 3 pieces.
14-288 Medal. Souvenir of the Fete Nationale. June 24, 1874; tin, fine. 20.
3o 289 Banquet and Ball at the Windsor Hotel to Gov. Gen.
Dufferin and wife, Feb, 1878 ; tin, proof, gilt, very fine. 24.
^ 290 1870 Twenty-five Cents ; silver, uncir., almost proof.
2 pieces.
' 291 1858 Five Cents; uncirculated, brilliant.
10 292 1854 Halfpenny Bank Token; gilt, with ring; very
fine.
^ 293 Lymburner & Brother. Store Card, Montreal; tin, fine, scarce.
i O'— 294 A collection of Roman Catholic Religious Medals, seve- ral of which relate to Canada. The collection is less in extent but quite as noteworthy as the one which brought in the Lewis Sale $83.16. It contains the one with the figure of St. Benedict, with the inscrip- tion against sorcery ; this is explained in Anthon’s Catalogue, No. 2314. A more perfect description, with translation, etc., will be found in Kohler Munz- belustigungen, or Historical Numismatic Amusements, VI, 105. Two of the medals represent St. Benedict standing with a shield-shaped tablet before him, bear- ing the same strange inscription ; one of these is very old and both are very rare. The medals are various in form: round, elliptical, oval, irregular, etc., and they vary in size from 12 to 29. A variety in metals, and the condition runs from fine to proof. A scarce and most desirable lot. 23 pieces.
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COINS OF CANADA.
294
1 295 r-296
if 297 I 298
I 299
3 300
3 301
V- 302
7 303
7 304
*4 305
306
> 307 lo 308
309
3 310 r 311
^ 312
Medal of the Provincial Exhibition at Montreal, Sept. 1881. Beaver on a maple-leaf; rev., population at different periods ; tin, perfect. 16.
DOUBTFUL.
Bust to left. British colonies; rev., “To facilitate trade,” 1825; very good. (1)
1812 Halfpenny token. Bust of George III in a wreath ; rev., female seated, holding scales ; several varieties, all good. 11 pieces. (2 and others)
1812 Rev., Halfpenny token ; fine. 2 pieces. (3)
1813 Ship with topsails set; rev., Halfpenny token; fine. 3 pieces. (5)
1813 Female seated. “Trade and Navigation;” rev., like the last, Pure copper, etc.
Ship. “For general accommodation;” rev., like the last ; fine. 3 pieces.
1815 Halfpenny token. Female seated, with scales and cornucopia ; rev., full-rigged ship, no inscription ; fine.
1815 Bust of George III ; rev., female seated. “ Gen- uine British copper.”
1820 Hibernia seated, with harp ; rev., frigate under sail ; very fine. 2 pieces. (8)
1814 Monogram R. H. ; rev., a ship. Halfpenny Token; very fine. (9)
“ Ships, Colonies and Commerce.” Ship with British flag; very fine. 2 pieces. (13)
1813 Halfpenny Token. Large spread eagle, tail divid- ing the date ; rev., female seated ; good, scarce. (14)
1814 Similar to the last, except the date; fine. (15)
1815 Like the last, except the date, which is below the eagle ; rev., female seated ; fine, partly red. (16)
1815 Female seated ; rev., ship, without inscription ; fine. (18)
1815 Halfpenny Token ; rev., ship under sail ; fine.
1820 King’s bust, laureated and in armor; rev., a harp with nine strings ; brass, very fine. (23)
1820 Like the last, but of poorer workmanship; good. 2 pieces. 24.
1820 George III ; rev., female seated, no inscription ; fair. (22)
II 313
COINS OF CANADA.
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*) 314 1815 Halfpenny Token. Bust of George III ; rev.,
female seated ; “ Genuine British Cop.per.” (21)
L 315 1815 Halfpenny Token ; rev., “Genuine British Cop-
per ” ; fair.
1 316 1815 Halfpenny Token. Bust; rev., ship; “Success
to Navigation and Trade ”; fine. 2 pieces. (20)
It 317 1812 Halfpenny Token. Female seated, without in-
scription ; poor, but 1 think scarce.
M 318 1815 One Halfpenny Token. Vessel under sail ; brass,
good, scarce. (29)
*]© 319 1813 Bust; “Marquis Wellington”; rev., “Com-
merce ” ; fine. (37)
<3 320 1816 Waterloo Halfpenny. Bust; rev.,' harp; nearly
fine. 3 pieces. (38)
*3 321 Similar to the last, but features different; rev., female seated within a wreath open at the top ; fine. (39)
0-322 Similar to the preceding; bust differently executed; rev., similar; about fine. (40)
So 323 Bust like No. 320 ; rev., Halfpenny Token, 1813 ; fine. (41)
Is 324 Military bust; “Field Marshal Wellington”; rev., female seated, with olive-branch and trident. Some different ; very good or fine lot. 8 pieces. (42 and others.)
325 Wellington; rev., inscription in eight lines'; nearly
fine. (44)
326 Bust to right. “ Victoria nobis est ; ” very good. 2 p.
-So 327 1812 Penny token. Bust of the king nearly surround-
ed by a wreath ; rev., female seated with scales and cornucopia ; nearly fine. (48)
So 328 Female seated, with olive branch and caduceus; rev., One Penny token ; fine. (52)
* 329 1838 Bust laureated and draped. “ Pure copper pref-
erable to paper.” Penny token ; fine. (52)
O 330 1814 Half penny token. Bust of the king; rev., frig-
ate in full sail ; very good. (54)
^ 331 Bust to right without inscription; rev., “Commercial change”; very good. I do not find this in Sand- ham.
332 1814 Female seated, with sprig in her right hand and
palm branch over her left arm ; “Commerce”; rev., bust of the king; “Great Britain;” slightly pierced, fine. I do not find this in Sandham.
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COINS OF CANADA, ETC.
^333
t 334 H 335 L 336 » 337 % 338
i' 339 ^340 7 341
h 342
1838 Female seated on a bale of goods, holding a sprig and caduceus ; rev., One Stiver. “ Pure copper pref- erable to paper.” Not mentioned by Sandham.
1814 Hosterman and Etter’s card. Nearly fine. Nova Scotia. (5)
1815 Halfpenny token. Bust of George III; rev., a ship, “Halifax” below; fine. Nova Scotia. (14)
1816 Halfpenny token. Military bust of Wellington ; rev., ship, “ Montreal” ; fine. 2 pcs. Canada. (12)
1850, ’52, ’54, ’57. Penny tokens. Bank of Upper Can- ada ; all fine. 5 pieces. Canada. (88)
1850, ’51, 52, ’54, ’57 Bank of Upper Canada. Half- penny Tokens; all fine, some red. 7 pieces. Canada. (89)
1823 Sloop. Halfpenny Token ; rev., plough; fine. Canada. (19)
“ Ships, Colonies and Commerce ” with American flag ; fine, a little scarce. 2 pieces.
“ Ships, Colonies and Commerce.” Numerous varieties, but some duplicates, from the Levick Collection ; good to bright red. 21 pieces.
A collection of the coins of Canada, selected for quality from a very large number, running through all the grades of good, fine, and very fine. Will average about fine. No duplicates. Three are perforated. 66 pieces.
A BOSTON COLLECTION.
This Collection is the result of an effort, continued through several years, to obtain even- piece relating directly or indirectly to the City of Boston, or bearing the name of Boston, whether having any reference thereto or not. No particular attempt has been made to collect the varieties of the regular coinage of 1652, and 1787-88. Such a collection it was intended to make at a more convenient opportunity, but that opportunity never presented itself ; hence the meagre display in that most interesting depart- ment. The arrangement of the personal medals may be briefly explained by saying, that any piece whatever, relating to Franklin, Webster, or any man prominently identified with the City of Boston, is entitled to a place, whilst other personal medals are excluded, unless some direct reference to the city gives them a right to appear. The medals of the neighboring cities are grouped with those of Boston. Those relating to other parts of New England will be found by themselves further on. It is perhaps not out of place to mention that these pieces were gathered with the intention
A BOSTON COLLECTION.
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of making- them the basis of a work which should comprise full descrip- tions, with so much of their history as is known, of all the coins and medals of Hew England. Such a work, by a writer well known for his former efforts in the same direction, I may say, is now in preparation, and will doubtless be laid before numismatists in due time.
COINS FROM BOSTON MINTS.
New England Shilling; obv., N. E. ; rev., XII. One of the Wyatt counterfeits in silver. These celebrated counterfeits were probably made in New York City. They were offered for sale some 25 years ago by one Thomas Wyatt, who announced that they were found in Chelsea, in a bottle mostly filled with a bituminous substance resembling tar. The alleged find comprised full sets of the Pine Tree money, including the Pen- ny, together with N. E. Sixpence and Shilling and Good Samaritan shilling. The dies were destroyed many years ago, and all these pieces are now rare.
N. E. Shilling. This piece has been long in my posses- sion. It is not of the Wyatt stamp, being several sizes less in diameter, and of size 16, while that is of size ltty I have always considered this piece a fabri- cation, but am by no means certain that it is not gen- uine ; very fine.
N. E. Sixpence. Wyatt’s counterfeit; very fine, rare.
N. E. Sixpence. Obv. and rev. like the preceding. This is a counterfeit more recent than the Wyatt’s, and is plainly stamped “copy” under the VI; silver, good, edge thin and nicked.
1650 Pine-tree Shilling. A pine-tree with four branches on a side, and two other rudimentary branches at the top, enclosed in a circle of pellets, outside of which is “ Masathusets In”; rev., within a circle of pellets, 1650 X11; outside of the circle and within another circle of dots, “New England An. Do.”
About 1854 a number of Pine-tree Shillings, all bearing date of 1650, were sold to Dr. Arnmi Brown of this city, by a man named Getchell, of Fisherville, near Concord, N. H. Mr. Getchell stated that he obtained them all from an old man living not far from his place. Three of these pieces were sold by Dr. Brown to Mr. Mickley for $100 each. The fourth is still in the possession of the original purchaser. A number of years after Dr. Brown's purchase, I bought from the same man another of the same date, and similar in design, being a duplicate of the one described in Mickley’s Catalogue, 2249, and illustrated in Bushnell’s Catalogue, Plate 1, Fig. 157. The three originally bought by Dr. Brown
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344
f 845 346
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347
A BOSTON COLLECTION.
were sold by me in the Mickley Sale, Nos. 2247, 2248, 2249, for $155. They were subsequently sold in the Bushnell Sale, and brought $135.
It is a recorded fact (see History of Lynn, pp. 121-139) that dies for the Pine-tree Shillings were made by Joseph Jenks of that place, in 1650 and 1652. This particular piece came from the collection of Dr. Wm. Pres- cott, of Concord, 1ST. II., who died at an advanced age within a few years, and it was bought by me at the sale of his collection. Dr. Prescott lived in the neighborhood of the first vendor ; he was at that time a celebrated collector and an old man, and it is my belief that he obtained these pieces together, and parted with them in the manner stated, and that they are all genuine issues of the period to which the workmanship unmistakably pertains.
The Boscawen man did not obtain for the whole of them an amount sufficient to pay for the cost of a single die. For the last one which he ever sold, I paid him a sum not exceeding, I think, five dqllars. At the time, there was nothing in the coin market offering a temptation to fraud, and if any fraud was perpetrated, the compensation received was most inadequate.
3 -> 6 348 1652 Pine-tree Shilling. Tall tree with numerous
branches ; fine.
/ 3o 349 1652 Pine-tree Shilling. Thick planchet, somewhat
clipped ; silver, looks like a cast. I think it is a genuine piece that has lain in salt water for a time.
3io 350 1642 Pine-tree Shilling. Tree with five branches on
each side. All the letters in the legend are of small size.
;ioo351 1652 Pine-tree Shilling. Resembles the last, but the
branplies are much longer; obv. fair, rev. considerably worn.
3 o352 1652 Pine-tree Shilling. Small tree, legend has large
. letters ; a cast in tin.
(<|?0353 1652 Oak-tree Shilling. Tree of regular form, shrub at
each side. This shilling is illustrated by Crosby on his first Plate ; it is mentioned as of extreme rarity. I regret, that not having his book at hand, I am un- * able to refer to his description. When his work was
issued, he had never seen even a fair specimen. He subsequently procured one which was pierced. This is nearly fine, though a weak impression. Not more than four are known, of which this is undoubted^ the best. See Plate.
f >o 354 1652 Oak-tree Shilling. Found in a little cave with a number of others at Boothba}q Me., where it had lain long under salt water, the action of which reduced its weight nearly one-half. Piece broken from the edge.
A BOSTON COLLECTION.
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^355
3oo 356
i?x 357
x\o 358 -3^359
Aot>360 *w361 Xov 362
•V 363
\}0 364 loo 365 l.io 366 Uo 367
1652 Oak-tree Shilling. Badly clipped.
1652 Oak-tree Sixpence ; fine, but a crack caused by striking extends into the edge nearly to the inner circle ; rare.
1652 Pine-tree Threepence. Symmetrical tree, pellet below the limbs at each side ; fine, scarce.
1652 Oak-tree Threepence; well spread and fine, scarce.
1662 Oak-tree Twopence ; very fine, the obv. particu- larly so.
1662 Oak-tree Twopence ; as fine as the last, very scarce.
1662 Oak-tree Twopence. Variety; fine, scarce.
1662 Oak-tree Twopence ; well-spread and very fine ; the best of the lot, though it has a slight perforation under the date.
1787 Mass. Half Cent. Eagle ; rev., Indian. Very fine, only a little circ.
1787 Mass. Half Cent. Larger date; nearly fine.
1787 Mass. Half Cent. Different; very good.
1787 Mass. Half Cent; barely circ.
1787 Mass. Half Cent. Differs from the preceding; very good.
BOSTON SCHOOL AND FRANKLIN MEDA-LS.
I£o368 Town Medal for Females. Instituted by the School Committee, Boston, 1821 ; rev., “ Merited by Phoebe W. Mallen for Superior Scholarship ” ; silver, hexa- gon, with loop and ring. 24.
I 369 City Medal for Females. 1821; rev. “Merited by Mary A. Lovejoy, 1844 ” ; silver, thick planchet, with loop and ring. 22. See Plate.
370 Boylston School Medal; rev., “Awarded by the Sub-
committee to P. J. Casey, 1847 ”; silver, fine, with four silver rings. 21.
371 Franklin Medal. “ The gift of Franklin ” ; pens crossed
above a book; rev., “Adjudged by the School Com- mittee as a reward of merit to Jas. T. Reynolds, 1819”; silver, fine. 22.
This is from the dies of the earliest issue of Franklin School Medals.
jC 372 Franklin Medal. Like the last; “Adjudged to J. W.
Patterson ” ; silver, perfect, with silver ring. 22. See Plate.
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BOSTON SCHOOL AND FRANKLIN MEDALS.
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r 374
to 375 f 376
f 377
f 378
^ 379
; ' 380 5o 381
0 382
Engraved Franklin Medal. “ Gift of Franklin, A. D. 1788 ” ; rev., “Awarded by the School Committee to Wm. H. Whitmore, A. I). 1847.” Unmistakably a plated electrotype, catalogued and sold in the Bushnell sale as an original in silver; very fine. 20. The original stolen ; electrotypes are sometimes found.
Franklin Medal. Bust of Franklin; rev., “ Reward of merit by the School Committee to.” Obverse die by Wright & Bale, reverse by Stimpson ; copper, fine, r are. 21.
Like the last, in tin ; fine, rare. 21.
Same in silver. “ Granted to C. H. A. Dali, 1833”; very fine ; pierced for a ring. 21.
Franklin Medal. Large bust to left, “The gift of Franklin, MD.CC.XC; ” rev., a scroll, “Awarded to,” beneath is a double spray of leaves and flowers ; bronze, proof. The finest of the Franklin School medals. 22. See Plate.
Franklin Medal. Impression from the dies of the last taken before the inscription on the obverse or the spray on the reverse were cut; silver, perfect ; doubt- less unique. 22.
City Medal. 1821. View of the city from the harbor, in a panel ; rev., “ Awarded to Elizabeth B. Langford, 1863 ; ” silver, proof, with loop. 22.
City Medal. Like the last; unengraved, silver, proof. 22.
City Medal. Like the last ; unengraved, bronze, proof. 22. 'See Plate.
Bust of Franklin to left. “ Instituted October 1, 1 817 ; ” rev., plain ; trial impression in soft metal, perfect. 22.
FRANKLIN MEDALS.
”ji 3c33 Bust to left. “Franklin Institute of the State of Penn- sylvania, 1824 ; ” rev., “Awarded to” “Second Pre- mium ; ” bronze, proof. 32.
4t?384 Bust to left. “Benj. Franklin, natus Boston, XVII Jan., MDCCVI;” rev., a beautiful oak wreath, en- closing the well known inscription, “ Eripuit, etc.” Dies by Dupre, 1786 ; bronze, proof. 29.
Obverse like the last, surrounded by the same motto as on the preceding. Dies by Dupre. Dated 1784; bronze, proof, very fine. 28.
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FRANKLIN MEDALS.
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Bust to left. “ Mechanics Literary Association, Roches- ter” ; rev., wreath of oak and palm ; “Awarded to ” ; bronze, perfect. 26.
Bust to left. From the same die as the last ; rev., “ House of Temperance ” ; copper, nearly proof. 26.
Large bust to left. “ Benjaminus Franklin ” ; rev., “ Natus Bostoniae in America,” etc. ; bronze, proof, scarce. 26.
Bust facing right; rev., a beaver gnawing an oak tree ; the date below, 1776 ; bronze, very fine. 26.
Franklin and Washington; their busts jugata. Com- panion piece to the last ; rev., the same ; bronze, very fine. 26.
Bust in fur cap. Without inscription; medal of the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania; splendid bronze proof. 25. See Plate.
Franklin and Montyon. Their busts joined; rev., oak wreath with long inscription in French; bronze, very fine, s^aroe. 27.
Busts of Franklin and Montyon. Like the preceding. To the right, “ Montyon le genie de la bienfaisance,” to the left, “ Franklin la bienfaisance du genie.” Medallion in copper, enclosed in a gilt ring, and set in a heavy frame of light colored wood. Diameter of medallion and ring, 6|; frame, 9 x 9| inches; very rare.
Franklin Masonic Medal. Obverse from the Series Numismatica die; rev., groups of Masonic emblems, “ Les Mac.*. Franc/, a Franklin M.\ de la La des 9 Soeurs O/. de Paris 5778 « 5829 ®;” bronze, very fine ; rare. 26.
Bust to left. “Benjamin Franklin, Nd a Boston Le 17 Janvier, 1706.” Below the bust, “ Mort a Phila- delphia en 1790 ; ” rev., plain ; lead or tin, very fine, rare. 26.
Like the last, but surrounded by a deep fancy work border ; rev., plain ; coppered. The border increases the size to 28. 8 e_<? V-v «• ^ t_
Franklin School Medal. Large bust to left; rev., “Awarded to,” etc. ; bronze, proof. 22.
Bust to the left ; rev., Time is money ” ; copper, proof.
20.
Bust the same; rev., the bust of Washington facing right ; copper, proof. 20.
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FRANKLIN AND WASHINGTON MEDALS.
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Same in tin ; fine. 20. 2 pieces.
Bust to left. “ Benjamin Franklin rev., “ Reward of merit ” ; tin, fine. 18.
Bust to left ; rev., card of R. Lovett, medalist ; copper, proof. 18.
The same ; brass, proof. 18.
The same ; rev., small bust of Washington facing left ; copper, proof. 18.
Busts of Washington and Franklin at nearly full face ; rev., “Par Nobile Fratrum”; copper, proof. 18.
Same in tin ; perfect. 18.
Franklin Press Halfpenny. View of the press on which Franklin worked; 1794 below; Latin inscription; rev., “Payable at the Franklin Press, London”; cop- per, very fine, rare.
Obv. like the last ; rev., mark of the East India Co. ; copper planchet, two sizes larger and twice the thick- ness of the last ; excessively rare, perhaps unique.
Bust of Franklin in fur cap. Wright & Bale below; rev., “ Wright & Bale, engravers and die cutters, 68 William St., New York, seals of every description, cards of address, book-binders’ tools ” ; brass, very fine indeed, and rare. 18.
Bust in fur cap, facing left; rev., card of A. D. Taylor ; silver, proof. 13.
Same;, rev., card of Stoner & Shroyer, Adamsville, Ohio ; silver, proof. 13.
Same ; rev., bust of Abraham Lincoln ; copper, proof, rare. 13.
Same as last ; brass, proof, fine. 13.
Same. Whitney & Bros.’ Token ; silver, proof, rare. 13.
Same; copper and brass, very fine. 2 pieces.
WASHINGTON MEDALS.
All the following medals will be found to have reference in some way to Washington and Boston: —
60 416 National Medal. Presented for the occupation of Boston, March 17, 1776. Naked bust facing right; rev., Washington with a group of officers mounted; bronze, proof. 43.
WASHINGTON MEDALS.
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Electrotype copy of the same, bought for, and long con- sidered an original. 43.
Medal of the Metropolitan Mechanics’ Institute. Pre- sented for Sewing Machines to Howard & Davis, of Boston ; silver, very fine, rare. 25.
Bust to right; rev., the Washington Elm at Cambridge. Centennial Celebration, June 3, 1875; bronze, very fine. 25.
Medal of the U. S. Naval Washington Temperance Society, 1842. Temperance pledge, hands clasped above ; rev., frigate, full rigged, without sails, a sailor standing, an eagle on an anchor, “ Don’t give up the ship ; ” silver, original, fine, and very rare. 23. See Plate.
Bust at nearly full face; rev., “ Liberty and Indepen- dence, July 4, 1776 ; ” copper, perfect. 22.
Same in brass ; nearly proof. 22.
Same in lead ; very fine, only two struck.
Washington before Boston; rev., “Siege of Boston, 1775-6;” silver, very fine. 20.
The same; copper, proof. 20.
The same ; brass, very fine. 20.
Washington Button. In the centre, within a ring in script type, “ G. W. ;” outside of the ring, “ Long live the President.” These buttons were fashionable for overcoats in Boston during the Presidency of General Washington; brass, as fine as when made, extremely rare. 23. See Plate.
Washington Button. Large spread eagle, with the sun above his head. “ Memorable era, March the Fourth, 1789.” Worn like the last. Commemorates the first inauguration of Washington as President; the eye removed; fine, and much rarer than the last. 23.
Medal designed and struck by Jacob Perkins for the second Presidency of Washington. Bust; rev., a blazing sun, between the rays of which appear fifteen stars representing the Union and the thirteen original States with Vermont and Kentucky, which had been added; brass, fine, scarce. 16.
The same, but struck in copper; good, and much rarer in this metal. 16.
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WASHINGTON MEDALS.
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So 440 So 441
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A Medal of similar design and struck on the same oc- casion, but of smaller size ; brass, very fine. 13.
Another from a different and much larger die. Resem- bles the first described, but the face is in expression quite different. It is very likely that this was struck from the first die cut, and that it failed before many impressions were taken ; brass planchet, slightly cracked, surface rough. I have met with this piece but once before. See McCoy Sale, 2630, which sold for -$6.50. 16.
Washington Funeral Medal. Small bust; rev., an urn inscribed “ G. W.” Worn in Boston on the occa- sion of the public observance of his death by a civic procession ; silver, pierced for a ribbon, very fine, scarce. 19.
Like the last; tin, fine. 19.
Head of Washington within an oval of pellets, struck over an English halfpenny. Evidently from a very old die, and one that so far as I am aware is other- wise. unknown. Bought in the collection of an old Boston merchant, in whose family it had been for many years; copper, fine. 19.
Washington on horseback. In the middle-ground, field with tents, in the back-ground a hill; rev., a sun, with “Washington” across the centre ; silver, proof, very rare. 20.
The same ; rev., bust of Washington within a wreath of laurel and palm ; silver, proof, extremely rare. 20. See Plate.
The same; rev., view of Mt. Vernon; silver, proof, equally rare. 20.
The same; rev., the old Hasbrook House at Newburgh, N. Y. ; silver, proof, like the three preceding ; only two or three struck. 20.
The same; rev., headquarters at Valley Forge; silver, proof, equally rare. 20.
The same. Headquarters at Tappan ; silver, proof, equally rare. 20.
Naked bust to the right. June 3, 1875; rev., two pens and two swords crossed, “ He assumed command in 1775, and resigned it in 1783; ” silver, proof, rare. 18.
Same in bronze, proof. 18.
Same ; gold plated, proof. 18.
Same in tin, proof. 18.
WASHINGTON AND WEBSTER MEDALS.
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2^ 446
IX 446a MS" 447
i 448
x 449 2.450 IS 451
20 452
%' 453 % 454
455
456
2o 457 xf 458
• • 459
Same, but Washington is clothed in a military coat ; gold plated, proof. 18.
Same ; tin, proof. 18.
Washington on horseback; rev., Liberty tree ; silver, proof, very rare. 20.
Washington before Boston; rev., card of R. Lovett, Jr.; copper, proof. 20.
Same; brass, proof. 20.
Same; extra thick planchet. 20.
Same; rev., the home of Washington at Mt. Vernon; tin, very fine. 20.
Bust of Washington; rev., bust of Edward Everett; copper, proof. 20.
Same ; rev., card of Joseph H. Merriam ; copper and brass, proofs. 20. 2 pieces. '
Bust to right within a wreath ; rev., card of Merriam) die sinker; copper, proof. 18.
Same in tin, very fine. 18.
Bust to left. “ The father of our country ; ” rev., card of Hess & Speidel, 576 Washington Street; copper, proof, very rare. 18.
Same ; tin, proof, equally rare. 18.
Similar bust. “•Washington” above ; rev., like the last; tin, proof, very rare. 18.
Medal commemorative of the sailing of the Columbia and Washington. The vessels under sail; beneath, “ Commanded by J. Kendrick ; ” rev., “ Fitted at Boston, N. America, for the Pacific Ocean, by J. Barrell, S. Brown, C. Bullfinch, J. Darby, C. Hatch, J. M. Pintard, 1787 ;” a rare medal of the period in very good condition, bronze. 25.
See American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. VI, pp. 33 and 63.
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460
WEBSTER MEDALS.
Head facing right. “ Daniel Webster ; ” rev., a column standing supporting a globe, the base inscribed “I still live,” “ Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable,” the whole enclosed in a heavy olive wreath. Dies by C. C. Wright. The finest "of the Webster medals; bronze, proof, in velvet lined morocco case. 48.
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WEBSTER MEDALS, ETC.
loo 461 Draped bust facing right ; rev., “ Defender of the Con- stitution ” ; tine copy, gilt or gilt bronze, of an other- wise unknown medal, unless the original exists amongst the medals left by Daniel E. Groux, to whom this piece may be traced with a tolerable degree of certainty. A similar medal of Abbott Lawrence will be found described further on. It is, like the Webster Medal, so far as I am aware, unknown except in this form; fine. 26.
6 462 Naked bust. Date of birth; rev., wreath, “I still live,” etc. ; copper, proof. 20.
Of the following, but three sets were struck, and as the dies belong to different owners, no more will ever be made.
-£-463 Draped bust of Webster; rev., “Dedicated to Coin and Medal Collectors, 1860 ” ; copper, brass and tin, proofs. 3 pieces. 18.
£-464 The same ; rev., a horse standing, “-Jockey Club Mem- bers’ Medal ” ; copper, brass and tin, proofs. 3 pieces.
18.
% 465 The same ; rev., witch riding a broom ; copper, brass and tin, proofs. 3 pieces. 18.
2^466 The same; rev., “Not transferable, 1853”; copper, brass and tin, proofs. 3 pieces. 18.
£"467 The same; rev., card of F. C. Key & Sons; copper, brass and tin, proofs. 3 pieces. 18.
5 468 The same; rev., Cupid on a dolphin, 1860; brass and tin, proofs. 2 pieces. 18.
£-469 Head of Webster, different dies, fine impression in wax. The dies otherwise unknown. 2 pieces.
BUNKER HILL AND LEXINGTON.
Jo 470 View of the battle. “Bunker Hill, 17 June, 1775;” rev., the monument within a circle of clouds, “ Success to the Fair, Sept. 8, 1840 ; ” bronze, original, very fine and rare. 28.
Jfo471 The same in tin. Original ; equally fine, rare. 28.
U 472 Bust. Above, “William Henry Harrison,” below, a semi-circle of stars; rev., the monument, “Harrison Jubilee, Sept, 10, 1840;” copper, gilt, original, very fine and rare. 28.
lo 473 The same. Struck from original dies ; copper, proof. 28.
BUNKER HILL AND LEXINGTON.
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Id 474 ) oo 475
;A76
loo 477
loo 478
T479 lo 480 2o4Sl
$0 484
|i 485 486 1^487
if 488
1^489 1$ 490
f 491
492 ( 493
The same in tin ; proof, very scarce. 28.
The same ; silver, proof ; only eight ' struck before destroying the dies ; very rare. 28.
Bust of Harrison, by Stimpson ; rev., the monument, “Bunker Hill, a Nation’s Gratitude;” silver, proof, very rare. 24.
Bust to left within a wreath, “ Henry Clay, the Farmer of Ashland”; rev., like the last; silver, proof, ex- tremely rare. 24.
Bunker Hill Monument, and inscription like the rev. of the last two ; rev., plain ; silver, perfect, only two struck. 24.
Bust of Harrison like No. 476; rev., bust of Clay like No. 477 ; lead, perfect, unique. 24.
Like the last; rev., the monument ; duplicate in brass of No. 475; perfect. 24.
Military bust of Harrison facing left ; rev., “ He is a freeman whom the truth makes free.” Same rev. as Boston Sabbath School Jubilee Medal ; copper, very fine. 22.
The same; rev., same as Sabbath School Jubilee, July, 1842 ; same as obv. of the last medal ; silver. 22.
A Log Cabin, “The people’s choice,” etc.; rev. of the Boston Sabbath School Jubilee Medal ; silver, nearly proof, very rare. 22.
The Monument. Centennial of the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1875. Commemorates the visit of the 7th Regiment National Guard of N. Y. to Boston; silver, proof, scarce. 20.
The same ; copper, proof. 20.
The same ; brass, proof. 20.
The Monument, with surrounding grounds, “ Bunker Hill ” ; rev., “ Warren, June 17, 1775 ” ; tin, proof. 18.
The Monument, “Centennial Anniversary, 1875 ” ; rev., view of the death of Warren, 1775; copper, perfect, with ring. 18.
The same; brass, proof. 18.
The same ; silver plated, proof. 18.
Completion of the Monument ; rev., eagle, “All hail,” etc. ; brass, perfect. 16.
Same as the last; copper, fine. 16.
Temperance Celebration; rev., like the last; brass, fine,
16.
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BUNKER HILL AND LEXINGTON.
A 494 Monument and wreath ; rev., card of Dunn & Co., 1864; copper, fine. 12.
495 A Pine Tree. “ Massachusetts ; ” rev., “ Sail on, oh Union strong and great.” Centennial medal ; silver, fine, with ring, oval. 16.
lo 496 The monument. A pin or badge; gilt, length 29. i o° 497 Continental Soldier. “What a glorious morning for America;” rev., “Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775;” silver, proof. 25.
498 Same as the last ; tin, gilt, very fine. 25. iD499 Charlestown Celebration of the Antique Association.
1875; obv., a drunken soldier with gun and rum bottle; rev., “Two. minute man;” lead un-
usually fine for this grotesque medal. 40.
PERSONALS.
A>o 500
$oo 501
v
Bust facing right. Win. Ellery Channing, D. D. ; rev., plain ; silver, proof. One of a very small number struck by Henry W. Holland, being the last remaining for sale of four or five which came to me with the Holland collection. 28.
Copy of the Gold Medal presented by Oscar, King of Sweden, to Dr. Chas. T. Jackson ; rev., “ lllis Quorum Meruere Labores ” ; under a wreath within a circle, “Jackson Med. Doctori Bostonii Amer. Sept.”; gilt, electrotype, fine, almost unique. 27.
Fine bust to left, by Gatteaux. “ Jos. Hier. Le Francois De La Lande, N. Burgi 1732”: rev., “Academiae Reg. Scient. Paris. Astronomus. Acad. Londin. Bero- lin. Petross. Holmi. Hafniens. Roter. Bruxel. Gotting. Dublin. Edinb. Bonon. Florent. Rom. Patav. Mant. Taurin. Bostoniensis Monspel. Tolos &. Socius 1787” ; bronze, proof, very rare. 27.
Abbott Lawrence. Bust facing left; rev., “A philan- thropist and patron of the arts and sciences ” ; gilt copy, companion piece to No. 461 ; extremely rare , and like the W ebster, unknown in any other form. 26.
Geo. Whitefield. Bust at three-quarter face; rev., a monument, at the side of which Religion stands, “ An Israelite indeed, a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” Whitefield died at Newburyport, xMass., 1670 ; bronze, good and rare. 21.
PERSONALS — SOCIETY MEDALS, ETC.
33
i 505 John Adams. Second President. Bust; rev., his residence at Quincy; tin, proof. 22.
$ 506 Dr. Winslow Lewis. Bust to left. Sage’s Numismatic Gallery, No. 5; copper,, fine. 20.
2^507 Jeremiah Colburn. Bust to left. Sage’s Numismatic Gallery, No. 3 ; copper, proof. 20.
1P508 Edward Everett. Bust; rev., bust of Washington ; tin, good. 20.
^509 Commodore M. C. Perry. Head to left; rev., wreath and inscription. Medal presented to the Commodore by the merchants of Boston ; bronze, very fine. 42.
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510
511
SOCIETY MEDALS, ETC.
Humane Society of Massachusetts. Life saving station, with ship in the distance, “Rescue of sailors;” rev., “ Honor, the reward of Merit, Courage, and Persever- ance ; ” bronze, perfect. 32.
Another medal of the same society. Shield with shell and star above ; motto of the State ; rev., officers of the institution in 1854 ; bronze, proof, rare. 36.
Another Humane Society Medal ; obv., like the first de- scribed; rev., wreath and names of the officers; dies by C. C. Wright; bronze, very fine, rare. 32.*
Bust of Benjamin Count Rumford; rev., “ Rumford medal for discoveries in light and heat, awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences”; bronze, proof, scarcely known in private collections. 42.
Medal of the New England Society for the Promotion of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Head of Archimedes facing right; rev., “Genius, Intelligence, Industry, Triumph,” “Archimedes, Galileo, Newton, Franklin, Watt, Fulton." On three tablets are rep- resented a steamboat and different machines ; silver, perfect, extremely rare. Like the last, it exists in scarcely any private collections. 41.
The same ; bronze, proof, as rare in this metal as in silver. 41. •
. The three last described are among the finest of American medals.
516 Medal of the U. S. Agricultural Society, awarded to Talcott, Emerson & Co., 1859; silver, electrotype, fine as an original, which it may possibly be. 48.
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SOCIETY MEDALS, ETC.
t?* 517
if 518
I & 519
I 520 I Olf 521
i^o 522 (jo 523
tot) 524
toe 525
6 526
5 527 U 528
Medal of the Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association. Female figure seated: rev., wreath and inscription; silver, proof, unengraved ; in this condition very rare.
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oJ.
Same as the last; rev., engraved, “Award to Whipple File Co., &c., 1860 ”; silver, fine. 32.
Medal of the same Association, like the preceding. En- graved, “Award to Thompson Graduating Life-seat Co., 1856 ”; silver, proof. 32.
The same. Electrotype shell of the obverse of the medal. 32.
Smaller medal of the same society. Female seated, surrounded by the mechanical powers and implements, a youth at her side; rev., inscription; silver, proof, unengraved, rare. 24.
Large Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Two females, one seated, the other standing; rev., beautiful wreath and inscription ; silver, proof, unen- graved, very rare. 33.
Another medal of the same society; rev., fine bust of Samuel Appleton ; below, MD.CCC.XLV ; bronze, perfect. 27.
The Peabody Educational Medal. “Education a debt due from the present to the future”; bronze, proof. 29.
Membership Medal of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society of New York. Engraved with the name of Henry W. Holland ; silver, very fine. 27. Medal of the Historic Genealogical and Boston Numis- matic Societies ; copper, proof. 20.
Same ; brass, proof. 20.
Medal of the Salem Charitable Mechanic Association, 1849 ; bronze, very fine. 28.
SECRET SOCIETY AND COLLEGE MEDALS.
,,2'v529 Medal of the Harvard College Hasty Pudding Club.
A sphinx, a wreath, and the date 1795 below; above, “ Concordia discors ” ; rev., a three-legged iron pot% two hands above, one holding a cup the other a spoon; over them “ IT P. C.,” below “ Seges votis respondet ” , silver, octagon, very fine and very rare. 24. See Plate.
SECRET SOCIETY AND COLLEGE MEDALS.
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Medal of the Harvard Pierian Sodality. Hands clasped, the date 1808 below ; rev., a lyre, a grape-vine on each side, Sit Musa Lyrea Solers ” ; tin, octagonal, very fine and rare. 28.
Medal of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Initials of the society, three stars above, and a hand pointing below ; rev., with the monogram “ S. P.,” below, Sept. 5, 1781 ; silver, square, with round loop; very fine. 20. See Plate.
Medal of the O. K. Society. A flat ring, in the centre of which suspended the Greek Iv. The letter is elaborately chased, and the ring, which forms the letter O, is engraved, “ Ars celare artem, 1859;” silver, perfect, with round loop. 26. See Plate.
Another Badge of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, en- graved on a large flat gold watch-key. One side has the distinguishing letters of the society, Avith hand and six stars above; rev., within an ornamental border, “ J. Foster Jenkins, S. P., December 5, 1776.” The length of this key is 2£ inches, the weight 108 grains, the gold value a little more than $4.00. I believe that this memento is of Yale College rather than Harvard. See Plate.
Medal of the “I. E. <A” Society, 1783; rev., Greek monogram, below engraved, “ C. M. W. ; ” silver, rhomboidal, longest size, 25.
The Society which struck this curious medal, has, 1 believe, never been certainly located. There was once a famous club at Harvard called
the “ Med. Fac.,” which amused itself by conferring degrees, — “ M. D. et M. U. D.,”' being the favorite and most distinguished, — Lord Timothy Dexter and the Czar of Russia, who acknowledged the honor by a liberal donation, being among the recipients. I venture the query whether the Mu Phi on this medal alludes to the Med. Phac. (!) the latter letter beinp’ the nearest approach to F in Greek, and its use, in this case, in accord- ance with the characteristic humor of the Society7.
535 Medal of the Harvard Porcellian Club, inst. 1791; rev., two right hands clasped, “ Dum vivimus viva- mus ” above two Greek abbreviations ; silver, heart- shaped, perfect and rare. 19.
BOSTON MASONIC MEDALS.
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536 Bust of Washington ; rev., the Masonic Temple at Bos- ton ; bronze, perfect, and very rare. Less than thirty of these medals were struck in all metals. 20.
BOSTON MASONIC MEDALS.
Like the last; rev., “New Masonic Temple, dedicated,” etc., eye above, square and compasses below; bronze, very fine, and as rare as the last. .^20.
Bust of Franklin facing left ; rev., like the last ; bronze, equally fine and rare. 20.
Like the last ; rev., view of the new Masonic Temple, Boston ; bronze, rare as the preceding, equally fine. 20. Dedication Medal of the new Masonic Temple, Boston, June 24, 5867 ; tin, fine. 20.
Medal of the Coeur De Lion Commandery of Knights Templar. A bronze cross botonnce, with pin ; per- fect. 24.
This cross has on its branches at the top and sides the name of the Commandery, and on the lower comer K. t. xxiii. ; and although there is a Commandery bearing this name in Boston, this may be a New York body.
Joe 542 Medal of the McClellan Lodge instituted at Newbern, N. C., under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Mass. This was an army lodge in the 43d Regt. of Mass. Volunteers. The rev. is without inscription save the name of the regiment and the letter G. It bears numerous Masonic and military emblems ; silver, proof, with loop and ring. This medal is very rare, particularly in silver, in which but few were struck. Mr. Marvin says six or possibly ten in this form, which is unengraved. 27. See Plate.
543 Like the last, with the original bar, ribbon and clasp, the latter bearing a tiger’s head, the emblem of the Boston Light Infantry, by which the 43d Mass, was recruited ; tin, proof, very rare , 27 ; with ring and clasp, 53. hvVwY.
4c 544 Medal struck by the Boston Commandery in honor of a visit to that body by St. John’s Commandery of Philadelphia. Form a cross pattee, suspended by a , ring to a scroll-shaped clasp and ribbon ; silver
plated, very fine ; entire length, 68.
Joo545 Medal struck by one of the Lodges at Hamm, to their beloved Worshipful Master Edward Meyer, com- memorating his v25th year of service in the East ; bronze, in good condition, but the top of the medal has a perforation a quarter of an inch in diameter. This medal was discovered in a Boston foundry in a pile of metal about to be thrown into the melting pot. Mr. Marvin says he has never seen nor heard of another. 29.
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BO 537
it 538 2* 539 to 540 So 541
STORE CARDS.
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3 546
3 547
3 548
549
2T550 3c 551
Ao 552
558
554 ^r555 2- 556 £557 £ 558
559
'£* 560 A<> 561
G 562 >563
STORE CARDS.
Ayer, Wells W., 146 Washington Street; rev., plain ; German silver. 20.
Adams, John, No. 12 Elm Street. A hog running ; copper, very fine. 17.
Apollo Garden, 576 Washington St.; rev., fine head of Apollo ; copper and tin, perfect. 2 pieces. 17.
The same ; rev., bust of Lincoln. One of the rarest of the Lincolns ; copper, proof. 17.
Same in tin ; equally rare. 17.
The same ; rev. from the card of Geo. Fera ; tin, proof.
17.
The same ; rev., card of R. Chamberlain, Norfolk ; tin, proof. 17.
The same ; rev.. “ Made from copper taken from the ruins of the Turpentine Works, Newbern, N. C., de- stroyed by the rebels March 14, 1862 ” ; copper, proof, excessively rare. 17.
The same ; rev., bust facing left, “ Washington ” above ; tin, proof, extremely rare. 17.
The same; rev., “ Washington the Father of our Coun- try”; tin, proof, extremely rare. 17.
Boston Square Dealing One Price Clothing Store, Chi- cago ; rev., a hub ; german silver, fine, rare. 16.
Boston Drv Goods Store, Indianapolis ; copper, proof.
12.
Beals, J. J. & W., Haymarket Square, Boston ; rev., a clock ; brass, fine. 18.
The same; rev., “Gentlemen’s Furnishing Store.” This is one of the reverses of Currier & Greeley’s card. The piece is old, and I believe that a duplicate is un- known ; copper, perfect. 18. ■
The same ; rev., N. C. Folger, 17 Old Levee, New Orleans; copper, old, as fine and rare as the last. 18.
Brown, Curtis & Vance, Louisville, Kentucky; rev. of C. & G.’s card, “ Gentlemen’s Furnishing Store ” ; copper, very fine, extremely rare. 18.
Beals, J. J. & W. ; rev., card of C. W. Jackson, Coal Dealer ; copper, perfect, extremely rare.
Baker, Wright & Howard, Ladies’ Saloon, 81 Court Street ; tin, fine, rare. 18.
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STOKE CARDS.
0 564
' o 565
1 & 566
io56T 1 1 568
*■$1 569 l ,oc> 570
2-571
*-572 C 573
2o 574
I 575 I 576
lo 577
T 578
579 ^ 580
/581 { 582
Bradford, M. L., & Co., 142 Washington Street; tin, fme and very fine, differently countermarked. 2 pieces. 16.
Bates, Joseph L., 129 Washington St., encased Postage Stamp ; fine. 16.
Brown’s Bronchial Troches, encased Postage Stamp ; fine. 16.
Burnett's Cocoaine, encased Stamp ; fine. 16.
Burnett’s Cooking Extracts, etc., encased 10 ct. Stamp; fine. 16.
Cook, Henry, 74 Friend St. ; rev., “No surrender of the Fort Sumter of the North”; copper, proof, medal size. 27.
Cook, Henry, money broker and dealer in rare and an- tique coins, etc. ; rev., eagle on a mortar. Mr. Cook never saw nor heard of this card till I showed it to him, and it is believed that no more than two were struck. Old, and I regard it as the most desirable card in the sale ; copper, proof. 18.
Chamberlain, R., Norfolk, with the rev. of Fera’s Boston card; copper, proof, extremely rare. 18.
The same in tin ; proof, equally rare. 18.
Chase, F. J. & Co., New England Dining Saloon ; tin, fine. 18.
Carnes, Geo. W. & Co., Boys’ Clothing, 26 West St.; revs, a mirror ; brass, extremely rare. 24.
Comer’s Commercial College Bank ; tin, perfect. 13.
Dunn & Co.’s Oyster House; rev., Bunker Hill Mon- ument ; copper, fine, scarce. 13.
Ellis, W. B. & Co., 28 Bromfield St.; rev., fac-simile of the silver Dollar .of 1867 ; fine, very rare. 24.
Fera, George, Studio Building; rev., “Parties supplied at short notice ” ; tin, fine. 18.
Same rev. as the last ; obv., head of Apollo ; tin, fine. 18.
Same rev.; obv., “Soldiers Fair, Dec., 1864, Springfield, Mass.” ; copper, proof, very rare. 1 8.
Same; tin, proof, rare. 18.
Same ; obv., “ Hess & Speidel, good for 6 cents ” ; copper, proof, rare. 18.
Folger, N. C., 17 Old Levee, New Orleans; rev. of Currier & Greeley’s card : copper, perfect, old and rare. 18.
»o 583
STORE CARDS.
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6 584 >o 585 ib 586
588
I 589 ?/ 590
A 5 91
J 592
Jo 593
12.594
I 595 Jo 596
r 597 ) 0 598 ?T 599
Teoo I 601 ^602 ^603
Farnsworth, Phipps & Co., 85 Kilby Street; red, un- circulated, nearly proof, scarce.
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Store. Rev. of Currier & Greeley’s card ; rev., plain ; copper, very fine. 18.
The same; rev., “Not one cent, but just as good.” It is said that this was likewise a reverse cut for Currier & Greeley’s card ; copper, old and perfect. The only one I have seen of this combination. 18.
Heidsick & Fils, Rheims. A bunch of grapes ; rev., “ Not one cent, etc. ;” copper, very fine and exceedingly rare. 18.
Hawley, Folsom & Martin. Gents’ Furnishing Goods; rubber, fine. 20.
Hall, Henry & Co., Milk Street; rubber, fine. 20.
Hall, Dame & Bullock, 153 Devonshire Street; rev., fac-simile of silver Dollar, 1867 ; plated, very fine. 25.
Hillman, John J., 24 Sudbury Street; rev., like the last; plated, very line. 25.
Hopkins, Dr. Electric Hair Restorer ; rev., “ Catarrh Troches, 188 Main Street, Charlestown;” brass, shell card, fine. 29.
Jackson, C. W., coal dealer; rev., “ Gentlemen’s Fur- nishing Store”; copper, perfect, extremely rare. 18.
The same; rev., “Not one cent,” etc.; copper, perfect, as rare as the last. 18.
Kendall’s Restaurant Card; tin, line. 2 pieces. 17.
Lewis Harvey, Sutler’s Check, 25th Mass. Reg’t, good for 10 and 50 cts. ; copper, one a proof, fine, rare. 2 pcs.
13.
Laundry Indigo Bluing Bag; rev., Washington sur- rounded by stars ; brass, fine. 24.
Merriam, Joseph H., Die Sinker, 18 Brattle Sq. ; rev., bust of Abraham Lincoln ; copper, proof. 20.
The same; rev., bust of Merriam, “Labor omnia vicit ” (sic); copper, proof. 20.
The same ; rev., head of the Prince of Wales; copper, proof. 20.
The same; rev., head of Tom Sayers; copper and tin, fine. 2 pieces. 20.
The same ; rev., head of John G. IJeenan ; copper and tin, fine and proof. 2 pieces. 20.
Mahony, 50 Ann St. ; brass, very fine. 18.
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STORE CARDS.
2.^604
It? 605 606 1 607
10 608
I 609 3^610
2- 611
10 612
P 613
Sv 614
**615 *^616 6 1 7
i* 618 S 619 2J" 620
**A)21
;"'622
II 623 2/6 24 I o' 625 £ 626
Mansfield’s Cheap Boot and Shoe Emporium, 14 Tre- mont Row; rev. of the $10 piece of 1868; brass, gilt,
* very fine. 22.
Marston, E. & Co.; rev., “ Pajr at the counter”; tin, fine, scarce. 20.
Mechanics Savings Bank; rev., “Present this check,” etc. ; tin, fine. 17.
Messer, W. W., 212 Washington St. ; rev., “ Families supplied,” etc.; one counter-stamped 28; tin, fine. 2 pieces.
Milliken’s Hotel ; rev., “ On the European plan ” ; brass, fine, different. 2 pieces.
M. R. R. Probably a Metropolitan Railroad check ; tin, rare. 17.
Merriam, Joseph H., 18 Brattle Sq. ;.rev., a dog’s head, “ Good for a scent ” ; copper and tin, very fine. 2 pieces. 13.
The same; rev., “Not one cent”; copper and brass, very fine. 2 pieces. 13.
The same. A Toad Press ; rev., “ Good for a scent ; ” brass, fine. 13.
Maverick Coach, 1837. rev., “ East Boston, 1837 ; ” nickel, fine, rare. 13.
Same as the last reverse ; obv., bust of General Burn- side ; nickel, proof, extremely rare. 13.
The same ; copper, proof, equally rare. 13.
The same ; silver, proof, extremely rare. 13.
The same ; rev., “ C ” within a wreath ; copper, very fine, extremely rare. 13.
The same ; nickel, proof, equally rare. 13.
The same ; silver, proof, extremely rare. 13.
The same; rev., a bust, “Redeemed” below; copper, fine, rare. 13.
The same ; nickel, proof, equally rare. 13.
New England Hotel, Bowery, N. Y. ; rev, like $10 piece ; brass, shell card, fine. 22.
New England Dining Saloon ; rev., card of F. J. Chase & Co., Boston; brass, perfect. 17.
New England Dining Saloon ; rev., card of Jos. H. Merriam ; fine, good, extremely rare. 17.
“Not one cent, but just as good ” ; rev., head of Lib- erty, 1855 ; copper, good for the piece. 18.
The same ; brass, fair. 18.
STOKE CARDS.
41
' o 627 628 629
\ o 630
^631
02-632 V 633 Y634 Go 635
S' 636
t 637
} 638 6 639 S 640
3 641
3 642
3 643
644
«1 645 3 646
^ 647
The same ; rev., plain ; brass, good, very rare. 18.
Perkins, E., Congress St. ; rev., the same;- tin, fine. 17.
The same ; rev., Perkins & Co., Congress St. ; tin, per- fect. 17.
People’s Despatch, “ Boston Western R. R. Dep.” ; rev., like silver Dollar ; shell card, plated. 24.
Piper, H. & Co., Rheims. Grape leaves and grapes ; rev., “Not one cent, but just as good” ; copper, from the Levick collection, thought to be unique. 18.
Porter, Horace & Co., Washington St. ; silver, milled edge, nearly proof, rare. 16.
Peck & Burnham, Hanover St. Different revs. ; copper, fine. 2 pieces. 18.
Richards, C. A. & Co. Sonoma Wine Bitters ; rev., like $10 piece ; shell, gilt. 22.
Rutter, Wm., Red Store, Fulton Street; rev., “Songs and Ballads, Wholesale and Retail ; ” copper, very fine, one of the rarest of American Store Cards. 19.
Sullivan, J. P., “ Commissioner for the State of, etc.” Trial impression from his official seal; lead, fine. 23.
Sampson’s Ice Cream Soda Water, Court Street; tin, proof. 18.
Stanwood, H. B., 255 Washington Street; brass, fine. 14.
Stonington Line, Boston to New York; rubber, fine. 20.
Shore Line, Boston to New York; celluloid, very fine, pierced. 20.
Stimpson, Valentine & Co., 36 India Street; rubber, fine. 2 pieces. 20.
Shumway, F. P., 243 Washington Street; rubber, fine. 3 pieces. 16.
Milton, Wm. H., 4 and 6 Faneuil Hall; copper, good. 2 pieces.
Tuttle, C. F., 130 Washington Street. A bull’s head; rev., Denomination Tickets for Refreshments ; 5, 10, 15, 25 cents ; copper, proofs, scarce. 4 pieces. 13.
Ticket, Roxbury Coaches, New Line, 1837 ; nickel, fine, scarce. 13.
Thompson, A. J. & A. B. Lincoln Pat., May 22nd ; rev., plain ; two small perforations ; german silver, fine, rare. 24.
Tuttle, C. F. ; rev., head of Washington; tin, fine, differently counter-stamped. 2 pieces. 18.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
x648 . 649
Waller, D. F., Conductor, Boston and New York ; rub- ber, oval, fine. 28.
Willard, Alfred, 149 Washington St.; copper, uncir. 18.
io 650
651
Y0 652
(op 658
lot 654
I ot> 655
s
•3pd656
f 657
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bust to left, above, Broke; rev., Britannia seated; in the distance two ships in action, the Chesapeake and Shannon. Broke was the captain of the Shannon, which captured the Chesapeake off the port of Boston ; the latter commanded by Commodore Lawrence, who was mortally wounded in the action ; copper, poor. 17.
Medal presented by Congress to Commodore Lawrence for the capture of the Peacock, Feb. 24, 1813 ; bronze, fine. 42.
Bust of Com. Lawrence; rev., bust of Com. Decatur; an old medal in tin ; good and very rare . 22. Brought $6.50 in the McCoy sale.
Dedication Medal of the' Army and Navy Monument on Boston Common. View of the monument; rev., date, etc. ; tin, fine, and very rare. The only one that I have ever seen. 32.
Medal of the Boston Artillery Company; obv., an In- dian Chief with feathers, wearing a medal, below, “ H. Davis Con ; ” rev., “ Presented to John S. Somes for the second best shot, Aug. 5tli; ” silver, engraved, unique. 30.
A Sun ; in the open field of the centre, a woman and child seated. “ Pilots’ Charitable Society,” “ Henry Kelso ” below ; rev., a similar sun ; in the centre, pilot boat with lighthouse in the distance. I am uncertain, but suspect this medal may pertain to New York ; silver, engraved, fine. 36.
Champion Medal of the Shawmut Boat Club of Boston. Won at the Annual Regatta, Sept., 1872; fine gold, weight above $4.00, of beautiful workmanship, unique. 21.
Rickett’s Circus Token, or Ticket ; silver, nearly proof, excessively rare. In copper brought in the Levick sale $12.25. This circus visited Boston, on which occasion it used these tokens as tickets. 18.
MISCELLANEOUS.
43
^658 659 5" 660 5^661 3^662
) 663
\f 364 ^ 665
*fo 666
7 » 667
* 668 669
2f 670
671 l 672
) 0 673
Medal of the World’s Peace Jubilee, 1872. A Greek cross, with medallion in the centre ; tin, perfect. 32.
Medal of the same exhibition. View of the Coliseum; rev., a mirror ; gilt, fine. 24.
Small Medal of the same jubilee. View of the Coliseum ; rev., “P. S. Gilmore,” etc.; brass, fine. 18.
The same; rev., eagle, “The United States — Birthplace of Freedom ; ” brass, fine. 18.
Medal of the Boston Foreign Exhibition, 1883; rev., view of the signing of the Treaty of Paris, 1783; silver-plated, perfect. 18. See Plate.
Temperance Benevolent Society. Medal or Badge, shield shaped ; silver-plated. 21.
Badge of the Barnicoat Association ; brass, very fine. 22.
Political Badge, shield shaped. “To General Butler and the Boys of Massachusetts ; ” brass, fine. 21.
Faneuil'Hall ; rev., “ The Cradle of Liberty;” copper, proof. 20.
Liberty Tree; rev., Washington’s Headquarters at Tappan ; silver, perfect, rare. 20.
The same ; copper, very fine. 20.
Bust to left. Edward Everett; rev., “4th of July Oration ; ” copper, proof. 20.
A man on horseback. “Boston Light Dragoons;” rev., Arms of Rhode Island; brass, fine. Not more than three or four existing. 19.
Boston Whist ; copper, fine. 18.
Massachusetts for Justice. “ Freedom of Speech we never will surrender.” Tin, fine. 18.
Bramhall’s Republican Token ; Brass gilt. 15.
MISCELLANEOUS NEW ENGLAND MEDALS.
Z\ 674 Military bust facing left, Gen. F. Pierce ; rev., “ United we stand, divided we fall ’ ; copper, nearly proof; from Leonard’s dies. 26.
U 675 The same; tin, equally fine. 26.
! ! 676 Medal of eight Presidents, comprising the two Adamses • tin, fine. 25.
6;7 Bust to right, John Adams; rev., his residence; tin, fine. 22.
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MISCELLANEOUS NEW ENGLAND MEDALS.
V 678
1^679
ft 680
f 381 5^682 'j 683
lo 684
685
loo 686
P 687 , r 388
1^ 689
4-690 I o 691
9*692
2- 693
Bust to right, Franklin Pierce; rev., his residence; tin, fine. 22.
Bust nearly facing, John Brown; rev., his execution; tin, proof. 20.
Great Eastern Medal, commemorates her visit to Boston, 1859 ; copper and tin, very fine. 20. 2 pieces.
Fireman’s Medal, 1860 ; copper, fine. 20.
The same ; nickel, very fine. 20.
A Sporting Scene ; rev., shield of Rhode Island ; tin, fine, scarce.
Pilgrim Jubilee Memorial Medal. Landing at Ply- mouth ; rev., an open Bible, with a dove above ; cop- per, plated, fine. 23.
The same ; bronze, unpierced, fine. 28.
Medal for the Centennial of the Battle of Groton Heights and burning of New London, Sept. 6, 1781 ; bronze, proof. 25.
The same ; tin, proof. 25.
Centennial Medal, Lowell, 1876. “Art is the Handmaid of Human Good ” ; tin, very fine. 16.
The Charter Oak, Hartford; rev., the first meeting- house erected in Hartford ; copper, very fine. 20.
Hartford Wide Awakes: silver-plated, proof.
Sutler’s Check for 25 cents. W. A. Farr, 14th N. H. Volunteers; nickel, very fine, scarce. 14.
Vievy of the Chinese Junk Keying; rev., her history in eighteen lines. The only Chinese junk that ever rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Visited Boston in 1848 ; tin, almost proof. 28.
Token of the National Asylum, Augusta, Me.; diatite,
, fine.
' MEDALS AND TOKENS OF SPRINGFIELD.
The dies of most of the following are by John A. Bolen; such are numbered in parentheses by E. L. Johnson’s little book entitled, “ J. A. Bolen’s Medals, Cards and Fac-similes.”
£c> 694 Medal of the Springfield Bicycle Tournament, Septem- ber 18-20, 1883 ; rev., date of organization of Spring- field as a town and city ; silver plated, proof, with pin, 22.
695 Like the last; gilt, very fine.
22
MEDALS AND TOKENS OE SPRINGFIELD.
45
J 696 Base-Ball Medal. Ball player; rev., Bats and Balls, etc.; copper, perfect. (1) 20.
697 The same ; silver plated. (1) 20.
5^ 698 Fac-simile U. S. A. Bar Cent ; copper, very fine. (2) 16.
!po698a The same in silver; Q-xooocivedy rare. (2) 16.
zC699 Arsenal Medal, with sun above to left; copper; perfect. (3) 18.
700 Arsenal Medal, without the sun, and legend in smaller letters ; copper, proof. (4) 18.
J701 Same in brass; perfect. (4) 18.
^702 Same in silver; perfect, only two struck. (4) 18.
9 708 Bolen’s Card. Boy on an eagle, “Young America, 1862”; rev., “ J. A. Bolen,” etc.; copper, proof. (5) 18.
j 704 The same ; brass, proof. (5) 18.
*)^705 Washington Medal. Small bust to left; rev., “Avoid the extremes of party spirit”; silver, proof; only six struck and dies destroyed ; thick planchet. (6) 18.
0 706 Same in oroide, proof, thick planchet. (6) 18.
Co707 Fac-simile of “ Confederate ” Cent. Indian with bow and arrow, “ Inimica Tyrannis Americana”; rev., a blazing sun, the centre formed of thirteen stars ; silver, only two struck and dies destroyed. (7) 18.
<51708 The same ; copper, very fine, only forty struck. (7) 18.
"t>709 Fac-simile of Confederate of 1785; rev., sun and stars of smaller size ; silver, perfect, only two struck and dies destroyed. (8) 18.
5o 710 Same; copper, very fine. Only forty struck. (8) 18.
G711 Bolen’s Card. His bust to left, star at each side, date 1864 below ; rev., radiant Liberty cap. Johnson states that twenty-five were struck in oroide and dies destroyed ; we have it here in three metals ; silver, proof. (10) 18.
to 712 The same ; oroide, proof. (10) 18.
2-0 713 The same ; copper, proof. (10) 18.
<>o 714 Fac-simile of Higley Cent. Stag facing left ; rev., three hammers crowned, “ Connecticut 1737 ” ; copper, very fine. (11) 19.
^ J 7 1 5 The same ; nickel, rare. (11) 19.
f r 716 Washington Medal. Bust to left, “ George Washing- ton ” ; rev., quotation from Washington’s letter to Hamilton, eleven lines. Dies now useless ; copper, proof. Only ten struck. (12) 37.
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MEDALS AND TOKENS OF SPRINGFIELD.
\0c717 it 718
\f ri9
2^720
*$"721
**722
»| 723
r 724 12-725
\« 726 I.T727
1^728 iS'729 I r 73.0 Si 731
\f 732 \ 07733
2^734
to 735 \o736
>7 737
The same ; tin, proof. Only 14 struck. (12) 37.
Bolen’s Card. Head to left. Resembles No. (9) but is knurled and the date smaller ; rev., “ Stamp-cutter & Die-sinker,” etc. Obv. die and all obtainable copies destroyed ; only twenty-five struck originally ; copper. (13) "18.
Washington Medal. Bust to left, “ Washington ” ; rev., “ He lived for his country ” ; tin, proof. (14) 18.
Same as the last: copper, proof. (14) 18.
Washington Medal. Bust, “ The Father of our Coun- try”; rev., like the last ; copper, proof. (15) 18.
Soldiers’ Fair Medal. Bust of Washington; rev., “Soldiers’ Fair, Dec. 1864, Springfield, Mass.”; cop- per, proof. (18) 18.
Bolen’s Card. Bust to left, 1865; rev., like No. (13). But ten struck in copper and ten in tin, when the dies, and since then most of the impressions, were de- stroyed; copper, perfect. (19) 18.
Same as the last; tin, equally fine and rare. (19) 18.
Bolen’s Card. Bust, “J. A. Bolen, 1865 ”; rev., “Die- Sinker, &c., Springfield, Mass.” Small B under Mass. ; 100 struck in various metals; The dies and most of the impressions destroyed ; oroide. (21) 16.
Same in tin, very fine. (21) 16.
Lincoln Medal. Bust to right ; “ Abraham Lincoln ” ; rev., “ With malice toward none,” etc. ; bronze, fine. (22) 16.
The same ; copper, proof. (22) 16.
The same ; brass, proof. (22) 16.
The same ; tin, proof. (22) 16.
Moore Bros. Card. “Moore Bros.” etc.; rev., “Photo- graphs made and finished in any desirable style or size ” ; copper proof. But five struck. (23) 18.
The same ; tin, fine. (23) 18.
Massachusetts Token. Eagle on a shield ; rev., wreath and seven stars; “Lexington, Baltimore,” etc. ; silver, proof. Only two struck. (24) 18.
Like the last ; rev., “ Springfield Antiquarians ” ; cop- per, proof. (25) 18.
The same ; tin, proof. (25) 18.
Bolen’s card. Bust to left ; “ J. A. Bolen, 1867 ” ; rev., like No. (21); bronze, proof. (26) 17.
The same ; oroide, proof. (26) 17.
MEDALS AND TOKENS OF SPRINGFIELD.
47
^ 738 j) 739
17740 10 741 2.7742
6 743 '^744
3^745
1^740
13 747 ^748 to 749
'if 750
u- 751 lo 752
^ 753 754 7755 f 156
14-757
*4 758
So
J 760
The same; tin, proof. (26) 17.
The same ; rev., “ Libertas Americana ” ; copper, proof. (32) 17.
The same ; brass, proof. (32) 17.
The same; tin, proof. (32)' 17.
Washington Medal. Small bust; rev., “The Union is the Main Prop,” etc. ; bronze, perfect. (27) 16.
The same ; tin, proof. (27) 16.
Jefferson Medal. Bust ; rev., “ Equal and exact justice,” etc. ; copper, proof. (28) 16.
Jefferson Medal. Bust; rev.., bust of Washington; tin, very fine, rare. 16.
Jackson Medal. Bust to right; rev., “The stern old Soldier,” etc. ; copper, proof. (29) 16.
The same, brass, very fine. (29) 16.
The same; tin, proof. (29) 16.
Lincoln Medal. Bust to right; rev., “Emancipation the Great Event,” etc. ; copper, proof. (30) 16.
Webster Medal. Bust to right; rev., “The Able De- fender of the Constitution ” ; copper, proof. (31) 16.
The same ; tin, proof. (31) 16.
Grant Medal. Bust to right; rev., “ May he in wisdom rule,” etc. ; bronze, perfect. (35) 16.
The same ; copper, proof. (35) 16.
The same ; brass, very fine. (35) 16.
The same ; tin, proof. (35) 16.
Fac-simile of the Carolina Elephant Cent. Elephant facing left ; rev., “ God preserve Carolina and the Lords Proprietors, 1694 ” ; copper, perfect, very rare. (35) 17.
Bolen’s Card. His bust to left; rev., like No. (21). The last of Bolen’s cards, and said to bear the most correct likeness of any; tin, proof. (38) 16.
Fac-simile of New York Cent. Indian. “Liber natus libertatem clefendo”; eagle on a hemisphere; “Neo- eboracus. 1787. Excelsior”; copper, perfect, rare. (39) 17.
Fac-simile of the George Clinton Cent. Bust facing- right; rev., arms of New York with legend beneath ; copper, perfect, rare. (40) 17.
Liber Natus ; rev., like the last ; copper, very fine, rare. 17.
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MEDALS AND TOKENS OF SPRINGFIELD.
3) T61
\0 762
* 763 $$"764
7^765
1^766 IS 767
•7 768 2z 769
770 S?' 771
The Fort Pynchon Medal. The old Pynehon house ; rev., its history ; brass, proof. (43) 16.
Soldiers’ Fair Medal. “ Soldiers’ Fair ” ; rev., “ He lived for his country”; copper, proof. 18.
The same ; tin, proof. 18.
Springfield Arsenal, blazing sun at the left ; rev., boy on an eagle ; silver, nearly proof, excessively rare. 18.
Like the last, but the sun does not appear on the obv. ; silver, as fine and rare as the last. 18.
Like the last; brass, nearly proof. 18.
Reverse of the small sun, “ Confederate ” ; rev., Bolen’s card ; tin, very fine and rare. 18.
“InimicaTyrannis”; rev., Bolen’s card; tin, fine, rare. 18.
Liberty-cap in a sun-burst ; rev., Bolen’s card ; brass, nearly proof, rare. 18.
The same ; copper, perfect, rare. 18.
U. S. Arsenal Medal; silver, thick planchet. Obverse die differs from No. 702.
iP 773
10 774
% 775 4o 776
One die each of the next five pieces by Bolen.
Washington Medal. Bust to left. Die by Bolen ; rev., “ Made from copper taken from the ruins of the Tur- pentine works at Newbern, N. C.,” etc. ; copper, proof, very rare. 17.
The same; rev., bust of Lincoln; copper, very fine, extremely rare as a Washington or Lincoln. 18.
Soldiers’ Fair at Springfield; rev., head of Apollo; copper, proof. 18.
The same ; tin, proof. 18.
The same ; rev., bust of Lincoln; copper, proof. 18.
to 777 Washington Medal. Bust to left. “The Father of our Country”; rev., “Soldiers’ Fair ”; tin, proof. 18.
3d 778 Bust of Washington; rev., bust of Washington; both t dies by Bolen ; copper, proof. 18.
lv779 Bolen’s Card; rev., “ U. S. Armory established,” etc.; brass, fine. 18.
NEW ENGLAND STORE CARDS, ETC.
A few of the following pieces, bearing the head of Franklin, should have appeared with the Boston cards.
10 780 Arcade House, 62 Broad St., Providence: rev., bust of Burnside, “ Rhode Island first in the Field ” ; silver, fine, very rare. 13.
NEW ENGLAND STORE CARDS, ETC.
49
4-781 % 782
6 783
3 784
3 785 Ho 786
2-787
2- 788
>u 789 6 790
8 791
5 792
3 793 l 794 4-795
f 796
f 797 T798 ID 799
3 800
^ 801
I 802
Botsford, S. N. and H. C., Bristol, Conn. ; brass, fine. 18.
Brigham, Francis L., New Bedford. A circle of pel- lets outside of a beaded circle ; copper, fine, scarce. 18.
The same, but wants the inner circle ; copper, fine. 18.
Brimelow, druggist ; various metals, all bear the head of Franklin, perfect. 6 pieces. 16.
Broas Brothers, with head of Franklin; brass, fine. 13.
Clark and Anthony, Providence, 1835 ; rev., Lafayette standing; copper, red, uncir. 18.
Charnley, Providence; rev.* “ C.”; copper, fine. 2 pcs.
12.
Dobson, H. : rev., East Boston, 1837 ; copper, proof. 13.
The same ; rev., Arcade House ; copper, fine. 12.
Fobes & Barlow, Water St., New Haven ; copper, uncir- culated. 18.
Francis, E. P. City Hotel, Fall River; nickel, per- fect. 13.
The same ; copper, brass, tin and nickel ; all very fine. 13. 4 pieces.
Gay, Frank L., Providence ; brass, nearly proof. 13.
The same ; copper and plated, fine. 12. 2 pieces.
“Good for one cent"; rev., “C”; copper, brass, tin, all fine. 12. 3 pieces.
Hooks, B., 276 Broome St.; rev., head of Franklin in fur cap, below the bust, “ Bale ” ; copper, good, very rare. 12. A very fine one, brought in the Levick sale, $3.60.
Lovett, It. Head of Franklin; copper, proof. 18.
Merriam, Jos. PL Bust of Washington ; brass, proof. 20.
March, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, N.H., 1837 ; rev., Simes, William & Co. ; copper, very fine. 18.
Milton, Wm. H. & Co., Faneuil Flail, Boston; copper, very fine. 18.
Marshall House, 1859. Head of Liberty. This card may be of Philadelphia; copper, fine. 12. 2 pieces.
Peck and Burnham, Boston; rev., planing machine; copper, uncirculated. 18.
Phillips, Providence; rev., Burnside facing; copper, rare. 12.
1 803
50
NEW ENGLAND STORE CARDS, ETC.
* 804 The same ; tin, rare. 13.
j 805 Robinson, Alfred S. Obverse of Higley copper, stag standing: bronze, proof. 17.
806 The same ; nickel, proof. 17.
807 The same ; copper and tin, proofs. 17. 2 pieces.
ID 808 Richards, II. M. & E. L, Attleboro. Lafayette stand- ing; copper, uncirculated. 18.
' 809 Robinson, R. & W. Copy of medal ; copper, fine. 18.
i' 810 Robinson, Jones & Co. Copy of medal; copper, fine. 18.
I 811 Sise, E. F. & Co., Portsmouth; copper, fine. 18.
JS 812 Scoville, J. M. L. & W. H., Waterbury, Conn. ; brass, fine. 17.
^813 Scoville’s Daguerreotype Materials; brass, good. 18.
L^814 Scoville Manufacturing Co. ; brass, very fine. 18.
6r 8 1 5 Smith, S. Merchants’ Saloon, Providence, R. I.; brass, good. 15.
■Jo 816 Tilly Haynes & Co., Springfield, Mass. View of the London Crystal Palace, 1851 ; tin, barely fair, extreme- ly rare. 18.
A 817 Toney, R. S., Bangor, Me. ; copper, fine. 12.
1 818 Wallace, A. W. Variety Bakery, Bridgeport, Conn. ; Copper, proof. 12.
^819 Wright, A. & C. F., Harvard, Mass. ; copper, fine. 13.
The last three lots comprise all the Copperheads that I have ever met
with in tliejssues of Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
2-820 Waterbury Brass Co. Checks. Different; copper. 3 pcs.
W 821 Gustin & Blake, Chelsea, Vt. ; rev., a coffee-pot ; cop- per, always poor, this is nearly fine for the piece, rare. 18.
822 Zahm, S. Id., Lancaster, Pa. Head of Franklin; brass, proof. 13.
,2-823 Burnside facing. “Rhode Island first in the Field”; rev., East Boston, 1837 ; tin, very fine, rare. 13.
C824 “ C ” within a wreath; rev., like the last; tin, fine,
rare. 12.
) 825 Head facing left, below, “ Redeemed ” ; rev., like the last; tin, fine, very rare. 12.
pj 826 The same ; silver, proof, extremely rare. 12.
ip 827 Declaration of Independence Medal ; nickel, fine. 12.
3 828 Burnside facing; rev., sporting scene; nickel, fine, very rare. 13.
NEW ENGLAND STOKE CARDS, ETC.
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2^829 Medal of the Shepherds’ Fair, Springfield. Shepherd with flock of sheep; rev., “Awarded for .Superior Clip Wool ” ; tin, very fine, and the only one I have seen, but whether for Springfield, Mass., or not, am unable to say. 18.
3*830 Medal of the Strattons, parents of Tom Thumb; rev., his equipage, with two horses; tin, very fine. 24.
3*831 Tom Thumb standing, with champagne bottle, inkstand, glass, etc. ; rev., equipage with two horses ; tin, fine, extremely rare. 24.
1 832 Tom Thumb Medal. Like the last; rev., equipage with four horses ; tin, very fine. 24.
Medal of P. T. Barnum. His bust; rev., tly New York American Museum ; tin, proof. 24.
/>834 Impression in lead from the seal of Lodge XXVII of the Hebrew Order of B'nai B’rith ; lead, verv fine. 28.
>835 Yankee Rough in star-spangled shirt. “I am ready”; rev., “ The Union,” etc. ; silver-plated, fine. 20.
(0 836 Arms of Rhode Island. Medal of the war of 1861; copper, fine, rare. 18.
W837 The same ; rev., a sporting scene ; tin, perfect. 19.
( p 838 Badge of the U. S. Sabbath School Army ; germ.-silver, fine. 20.
6 839 Catch Club. 12£ cts. ; rev., shield surrounded by stars ; copper, fine. 17.
LIARD TIMES TOKENS OF 1837.
It is particularly fitting that these tokens should form part of a New England Collection, as, so far as I am aware, they were all made in New England States, the most of them by a gentleman still living in Water- bury, Conn. The numbers in parenthesis refer to an excellent descriptive list, which, may be found in the Coin Collector’s Magazine. All in copper unless otherwise mentioned.
841 5 842
fiO
842 a Z1 843
Full-rigged ship; “ Fellow citizens, save your Constitu- tion ” ; rev., “ The glorious Whig Victory of 1834 ” ; fine electrotype from a perfect specimen. (2)
Flog running ; rev., small bust of Jackson ; uncirculated, partly red. (3)
The same in brass, ve+y good o^-fi»e, extremely rare. (3a)
Balky mule; rev., Jackson standing ; “A plain system, void of pomp ” ; very-fine, scarce. (6)
52
HARD TIMES TOKENS.
1 844
Ui845
I 846
^847
10 848
>o849 >o 850
} 851
>'2-852
> o 853
M- 854 ^855
to 856
ouV 857 *. 858
#859
% 860 J 861
#862
>%3
864 > 865
Jackson in a safe; rev., “Jackass LL. D.” ; very fine.
.(7)
Like the last, in brass, very fine indeed, and in brass very rare. (7a)
Wrecked ship Experiment, without lightning ; rev., Jackson in a safe ; very fine. (8)
Old Merchants’ Exchange ; rev., “ Millions for Defense ” ; no dash under the word cent ; uncirculated. (13)
Card of Abraham Riker ; rev., like the last ; very fine.
(14)
The same, with dash under the cent ; fine. (23) Tortoise with Safe; rev., jackass running; very fine. (16)
Design like the last, but from different dies ; uncir- culated. (17)
Like the last, but has “Financiering” instead of “ Ex- periment”; red, perfectly uncirculated. (18)
Phoenix ; rev., oak wreath, “ Specie Payment Sus- pended ” ; uncirculated. (19)
Resembles the last; different dies; red, uncir. (21)
Female Head. Laurel chaplet, hair bound by a cord, thirteen stars, seven facing ; almost proof. (24)
Like the last ; rev., “ Bentonian Currency Mint Drop” ; fine. (25)
The same ; rev., the old Centre Market; very fine. (26)
The same ; rev., “Specie Payment Suspended”; very fine. (27)
The same ; rev., “ Millions for Defense ” ; uncirculated. (28)
The same; rev., “Millions,” etc. (31)
Like the last ; rev., “ Millions,” etc. ; uncirculated, partly red. (32)
Like the last ; rev., Card of Geo. A. Jarvis ; very fine.
(38i)
Laureated head, six stars facing; rev., “Millions,” etc. The dies for this differ totally from those of any other of the series, and they are amongst the finest ; very fine and rare. (35).
Female head, face with a comically disgusted look ; rev., “Millions,” etc. A reverse found with no other com- bination ; fair, rare. (36)
The same ; rev., Card of Id. Crossman ; fine. (36£)
HARD TIMES TOKENS.
53
2/ 86(3
3o 867
• ^ 868
M-869
6-870
3 871 10 872
10 873 i> 874
10 875
1^876
(0877
v] 878 ^-°879
Small laureated head, with thirteen stars ; rev., has “ One Cent” large, “Not for tribute” small; nearly fine, very rare. (37)
Resembles the last, but with a small star at each side of the date ; almost fine, much rarer than No. (37). (38)
Ugly Female Head ; “ Loco-foco ” ; rev., “ Mint Drop ” ; fine, but weakly struck as all are ; very scarce. (41)
Female Head with laurel chaplet. At each side a spray of roses ; very fine. (42)
Like the last; rev., “Specie Payment,” etc.; very fine. (44)
The same ; rev., “ Bentonian Currency ” ; fine. (45)
Ship Constitution; rev., wreck of ship Experiment; un- circulated. (46)
The same ; rev., “ Millions for Defense ” ; very fine. (48)
The same; rev., “Millions,” etc., in four straight lines ; very fine or uncirculated. (49)
Ship Constitution ; rev., ship Experiment. Unlike any other of the series, this bears the word “Current” on both sides; uncirculated. (52)
Resembles the last, but ship has a jib-sail set ; uncir., rare ; being struck before the die was cracked. (54)
Hog running; rev., small bust of Jackson; same as No. (3) ; bought for silver, but proves on examination to be only heavily silver-plated.
1837 “ Half Cent worth of pure copper ” ; very fine indeed and scarce. Le vick’s List, No. 540.
“ Am I not a woman and a sister ” ; very fine. Levick 541.
Laureated female head, seven stars in front, six back ; “ E Pluribus Unum ” in plain field above the head; rev., “ Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute ” no dash under cent. Laurel wreath with thirty leaves and eleven berries ; nearly proof. 3208 Bushnell Catalogue, sold for $39, which sufficiently indicates its great rarity.
1837 Partially dismasted ship Experiment drifting on the rocks, “Van Buren Metallic Currency,” no light- ning above the ship; rev., “ Millions for defense,” etc., no dash below the cent. Open laurel wreath with twenty-one leaves and nine berries; bronze, nearly proof. From the Levick Sale, No. 505.
END OF A BOSTON COLLECTION.
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ELECTROTYPES.
ELECTROTYPES.
Nearly all of the electrotypes following are in the highest style of the art, and generally from the best originals obtainable. 1 think 1 recognize in many the handiwork of Mr. S. S. Crosby, whose work is never sur- passed, and seldom equaled.
\o882 Washington. Bust in citizen’s dress ; rev., “With Cour- age and Fidelity ” ; scarcety inferior to an original proof. 26.
C 883 Washington Fame Medal; extremely fine, the originals very rare. 25.
10 884 Washington Military Bust ; rev., eagle and globe; per- fect. 26.
''J 885 Washington and Franklin; rev., beaver at the root of an oak tree ; perfect. 26.
lo 886 Washington Naked Bust ; name spelled “ Wasington ” ;
of the Series Numismatica; perfect. 26. to 887 Washington Wyon Medal, 1796; perfect. 22.
lo888 Washington facing; rev., Liberty and eagle; very fine.
21.
\0 889 Washington. Card of Wolff, Spies & Clark : very fine. 17.
890 1783 Nova Constellatio. 1,000 Mills or One Dollar;
perfect copy from the only known original.
9^891 1783 The same. 500 Mills or Half Dollar. This piece
was made by Mr. Mickley from the original then in his possession ; it is apparently a silver-plated cast ; fine.
17.
T4892 1792 Large Pattern Cent; from a perfect original,
lo 893 1792 Small silver centre Cent. I recognize this piece as
from Mr. Mickley’s collection, and made by him. 14.
*0894 1792 Eagle on a rock. Trial-piece for a cent; perfect.
19.
it- 895 1792 Washington Cent; rev., eagle on a rock. Doubt-
ful if any original is known. dc896 1854 Flying Eagle Cent ; fine.
I*. 897 1778 Non dependens status; fine as a bronze proof.
18.
lo 898 Like the last, but before copying the coin was carefully manipulated to make it appear genuine. 18.
?-'899 1722 Rosa Americana Halfpenny ; fine. 17.
3o900 1722 Rosa Americana Farthing ; fine. 14.
ELECTROTYPES.
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901 1787 Immunis Columbia. Very thin, and I am inclined
to think this piece genuine ; fine. 17. .
4t>902 1785 Confederate ; rev., spread eagle; “E Pluribus
Unnm. 1787 ” ; very fine indeed. 18.
M-c 903 1785 Confederate ; rev., “Inimica Tyrannis,” etc.;
fine. 18.
904 1787 Mass. Half Cent; perfect. 16.
tfo 905 Pattern Cent; “ One Cent” within a wreath; rev., “E Pluribus Unum ” and semicircle of stars ; blazing sun in the centre ; very fine ; I know of no original, fo 906 1773 Virginia Penny of the large size; handsome as a
proof. 17.
7 o 907 1793 Liberty-cap Cent, from one of the best known.
7^908 1793 Cent; rev., links; “Ameri.” ; perfect. From the
best known specimen, with a single exception.
]o909 1793 Cent; rev., wreath; from a superb original.
3 c 910 1809 Cent; very fine, uncirculated.
* 911 1793 Half Cent; perfect.
* 912 1794 Half Cent; extremely fine.
fo 913 1795 Half Cent; thick planchet, uncirculated.
*>914 1795 Half Cent; planchet med. thick, uncirculated. *>915 1796 Half Cent; fine.
^r916 1802 Half Cent; unusually fine.
3° 917 1831 Half Cent; the original a proof.
2- ^918 1840 Half Cent; fine.
919 1841 Half Cent; from a fine proof.
920 1842 Half Cent; from a fine proof.
*r921 1843 Half Cent: from a fine proof.
3 o 922 1844 Half Cent; from a fine proof.
3- 0 223 1845 Half Cent; fine.
Xv 924 1846 Half Cent ; fine.
3^925 1847 Half Cent; fine.
Xo 926 1848 Half Cent; from a fine proof.
927 1852 Half Cent; fine.
COINS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Feeling little interest in a series of coins varying only in a figure in the date, apart from the commercial interest which every dealer has. I have never attempted to perfect for my own collection the American Mint Series ; hut I several years ago began to gather a series, designed to
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COINS OF THE UNITED STATES.
illustrate' all the marked varieties of coins ever issued by the U. S. Mint. Ignoring all considerations of rarity, and giving no attention to merely accidental differences in dies, my plan was to obtain only representative specimens, the first and last issue of every marked variety. Such a collection as is here outlined would comprise not far from two hundred pieces in gold, silver and copper. Such a collection I began and well nigh completed, but some time ago the exigencies of my business — a special demand for those particular coins within the scope of my collec- tion— led me to part with my accumulations, the absence of which I now regret, and in the place of which I can only offer the meagre list following.
SILVER DOLLARS.
3/So 929 1796 Fine, only a little circulated.
930 1797 Has six stars facing; very good, and little circu-
lated ; neck slightly scratched. fo®931 1797 Has seven stars facing ; fine, veiy scarce.
4c*932 1798 With thirteen stars ; rev., small eagle; very good
and scarce.
5cc933 1798 With fifteen stars; rev., small eagle, very good;
obv. a little blemished ; very rare.
4]W34 1799 Five stars facing; but little circulated, in this con-
dition very rare.
i:>o 935 1799 Five stars facing ; good, but not equal to the last.
4oo936 1804 Fine silver-plated electrotype,
i.p 9.37 1847 Proof, a trifle liaymarked.
Do 938 1850 Very fine ; a proof slightly damaged,
no 939 1854 Sharp impression, with scarcely any mark of cir-
culation ; so fine as this very rare.
Iot>940 1871 Obverse has proof surface; from C. C. Mint.
l.W940« 1872 Standard; nearly proof; C. C. Mint.
I oo 941 1878 Standard; uncirculated.
/W941 a 1878 Trade; splendid proof.
#>o 9^42 1879 Trade; splendid proof.
I if 943 1880 Standard ; splendid proof.
i 944 1880 Trade; splendid proof.
HALF DOLLARS.
if0945 1795 Very good; a little scarce.
Do 946 1795 Different; same quality.
^947 1805 Good.
G'948 1806 Pointed 6; very good, nearly fine.
COINS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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5o 949 Jo 950 4-ou 950a so 951 £v 952 *o 953 ?V954 f 955 956 f 957 j' 958 fo 959 JoDGO
f 961 962 /o 963 r0964 *7 965 966 & 967 V* 968 /V969 M> 970 /V971 1o 972 973
iT974 5o 975 //976 /d 977-
ik>978 ^7^97 9 *0 980
1809 Very good.
1819 Brilliant, nearly proof.
1815 Very good, almost fine, scarce.
1827 Very fine.
1828 Sharp impression ; obv. with proof surface.
1829 Very good; doubly struck, showing two faces.
1831 Brilliant, with polished, nearly proof surface.
1832 Brilliant, uncirculated.
1832 Nearly as fine.
1834 Small date ; brilliant, with proof surface.
1834 Large date ; about fine.
1836 Lettered edge ; fine.
1838 With bust, edge reeded and lettered. A curious counterfeit, style of 1836.
1838 Bust, reeded edge ; very fine.
1838 Like the last; equally fine.
1842 Very fine.
1843 Very fine.
1844 Very fine.
1851 Orleans Mint; very good, scarce.
1851 Orleans Mint, larger mint-mark ; good, scarce. 1855 Very fine.
1857 Very fine.
1858 Very fine.
1868 Uncirculated.
1874 Splendid proof.
1875 The goddess on this piece has been divested of her drapery, and other changes have been made which are not improvements on the original design.
1876 Proof.
1877 Brilliant.
1877 Brilliant; S. F. Mint.
1880 Splendid proof.
QUARTEB. DOLLARS.
1796 Pierced, poor, rare.
1804 Very good, almost fine for the date, rare so good.
1805 Bather better than the last, uncommonly good for the date.
1806 About like the last; unusually good.
<3o 981
58
Jo 982 jv 988 ia*-984 ioSTSd 3 o° 986
***987
2o-©988
^7989 3c> 990 if 991 ^>992 vV998 f 994 J-V995 3^ 996 997 ^ 998 999 )do 1000
S 1001 1002 ^ 1008 *71004 yf LOOS )f 1006 ^ 1007 U 1008 1009 U 1010
Joo 1010«
•non
u> 1011« 2fl012
COINS OF THE UNITED STATES.
1806 over 1805 Fair, scarce.- 1815 Good, scarce.
1818 Very good, nearly fine.
1826* Proof; rev. considerably tarnished; rare.
1821 Sharp' impression, a little haymarked, but very fine and originally a proof.
1822 Stars a little fiat, hair on the obv. and feathers on the eagle slightly rubbed, h-uk-tv proof-mipression ■with much of its original brd-l-lian-e}'.
1825 Lhw+ofi, a little haymarked, small l stamped above the head ; very rare.
1828 Sharp impression ; nearly proof, rare.
1831 Fine, polished surface, like proof.
1835 Fine.
1838 Bust, and Liberty seated ; both good. 2 pieces.
1839 Fine.
1847 Very fine.
1853 Fine.
1854 Very fine.
1856 Uncirculated.
1857 Uncirculated.
1858 Uncirculated.
1859 Splendid proof.
1873 Uncirculated.
1876 ‘Splendid proof.
1876 C. C. Mint; proof surface.
1877 Proof surface.
1877 S. F. Mint ; brilliant ; obv., splendid proof.
1878 Brilliant.
1879 Brilliant, rarer than- proof.
1880 Tarnished proof.
1880 Brilliant, uncirculated.
1875 4' went}7 Cent Piece ; splendid proof.
DIMES.
1805 Barely circulated, rare.
1821, ’23, ’27, ’28, ’29, '30, ’31, ’33, ’34, ’35 ; all good, a number very fine. 10 pieces.
1827 Stars flat; but little circulated.
1837 Liberty seated without stars ; very fine.
COINS OF THE UNITED STATES.
59
vi 1013 26 1011
Jo 1015 *2.1016 2^-1017 :* 1018
rot, 1019
Jo 1020 2.0 1020a 1021 1022
I ol023 ^ol024 2-5 1024a
h0 1025 i.jS 1026
¥im
!o<?1028
fTol028a lo 1029 0*1030
^1031
1838 Sharp, uncirculated.
1839, ’40, ’42, ’44, ’47, ’49, ’51, ’58 ; all uncirculated or fine.
’53, ’54; ’55, ’56, ’57, 14 pieces.
1859 Splendid proof.
1870 Splendid proof.
1875 Splendid proof.
1875, ’77, ’82, ’83; all brilliant. 5 pieces.
HALF DIMES.
1795 Brilliant, uncirculated, with almost proof surface ; very rare. .
1795 Good, not usually found better.
1800 Poor, scarce.
1801 Somewhat battered ; rare.
1802 Of this Half Dime, known by ail to be the rarest
of the series, I think it unnecessary to give any particular description ; suffice it to say, that it is probably the finest specimen in existence. It cost the owner a very large sum of money, and unless a suitable starting bid is made, it will not be offered for sale, but if offered it will positively be sold with- out limitation or reserve, ik A .
183(^ Liberty seated ; very fine.
1846 Good, much better than usually found, very rare.
1849 Proof impression ; scarce.
CENTS.
1793 Flowing hair; rev., chain ; “ Ameri.”
1794 An evenly struck, handsome cent ; a little defect in the planchet back of the head, but fine and very desirable.
1794 Short head ; very good. 1794 Larger head ; almost fine. 1794 Different; fair.
1795 Lettered edge ; poor.
1795 Thin planchet ; “One Cent” in the middle of the wreath; good impression; pe r fee fil y- -unci ro n - lated, a beautiful light bronze, very rare.
1795 Thin; “One Cent” high in the wreath; but little circulated.
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COINS OF THE UNITED STATES.
3c 1032 1796 Liberty cap. Doubly struck, date shows plainly
above and below the head ; perforated.
<1^1033 1798 Very good.
£2VL033a 1799 Genuine ; fair, the rarest of the cents, to 1034 1800, ’01 Barely fair. 2 pieces.
tS"1035 1801 Good, to 1036 1802 Good, tc 1037 1803 Good.
1038 1803 Very good, nearly fine.
Ho 1038a 1804 Fair, but doubtful. io 10386 1805 Dark color ; very good.
4 1039 1806 Fair.
3* 1040 1807 Good.
l So 1041 1809 Very good, much better than usually found, rare.
1042 1809 Not so good as the last, scarce.
1042a 1810 Dark color; very good.
1043 1811 Poor, scarce. 2 pieces.
1044 1812 Stars flat. -Steel -eolor ; barely circulated.
1045 1812 Obverse a little scratched ; better impression than
the last.
(o-ol046 1813 Very fair or good.
1046a 1814 Fair and good. 2 pieces.
■ 1047 1816 Bright, uncirculated,
iff 1048 1816 Different, same condition.
1049 1817 Fifteen stars ; fine for this variety, which is scarce,
yt 1050 1817 Thirteen stars ; well struck, and only a little
circulated.
y0 1051 1818 Large, open date; uncirculated and of fine color.
1052 1818 Different date ; nearly as fine.
yj 1053 1819 Fine obv. of handsome purple color, resembling
a proof.
h 1054 1819 Different ; barely touched by circulation.
if* 1065 1820 Bright red ; uncirculated.
lv 1056 1820 Stars flat; uncirculated.
3d 1057 1821 Circulated, but very good.
$C!058 1822 Same condition.
i.3o1059 1823 Original, bu-t little cireuhtfed ; scarce so fine.
*ri060 1826 Fine impression, barely circulated.
<L1061 1827 In same condition,
jo 1062 1828 Like the two preceding.
COINS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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1063 1829 Nearly as fine.
1064 1830 But little circulated.
1065 1831 Fine, very little circulated.
1066 1832 Slightly circulated, steel color. A perfect 1832
is a very rare cent.
1067 1833 Fine.
^1068 1834 Very good, little circulated.
1069 1835 Same condition.
1070 1836 Broken die ; very fine.
1071 1836 Perfect die ; nearly as good.
1072 1837 Sharp; barely circulated.
>*'1073 1837 Different d ie ; nearly as good.
> 1074 1838 Perfectly uncirculated, in parts red.
1075 1838 Different; very fine.
1076 1839 Booby and Silly heads; very fine and fair. 2 pcs.
1077 1840 Small and large dates ; both nearly fine. 2 pcs.
1078 1841 Fine.
!>c1079 1842 Very fine.
ft 1080 1843 Splendid proof; obv. has one or two minute dark
spots. From the Montanye Collection; extremely rare.
1081 1843 Very fine.
* 1082 1844 Very good.
1083 1845 Fine.
V 1084 1846 Uncirculated.
1085 1848 Uncirculated, red.
1086 1849 Very fine.
f 1087 1850 Uncirculated, mostly red.
1088 1850 Uncirculated, of beautiful color.
S 1089 1851 Uncirculated, red. s'1090 1852 Uncirculated, red.
1091 1853 Bright; obv. with proof surface.
1092 1853 Uncirculated, red.
1093 1854 Uncirculated, red.
1094 1855 Straight date ; uncirculated, red.
1095 1855 Die broken over the ear ; very fine.
1096 1856 Uncirculated, red.
1097 1857 Large elate ; uncirculated, red, scarce.
1098 1857 Large date ; uncirculated, scarce.
1099 1857 Small date ; uncirculated, red.
1100 1857 Small date ; fine impression, uncirculated, scarce.
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COINS OF THE UNITED STATES.
HALF CENTS.
10 1102 ko 1103 M- 1104 7A105 7-0 1106 r 1107
V1108 lo 1109 to 1110 lollll 13 1112 01113 VollH
00 llOOrt 1794 Fine, scarce, ib 1101 1795 Thin planchet ; fair or good.
1800 Very fair.
1803 Fine.
1804 Fine.
1806 Red; uncirculated, rare.
1807 Good.
1808 Very fair.
1809 Very good.
1810 Good, scarce.
1826 Very good.
1828 Twelve stars; barely circulated, seauee.
1828 Thirteen stars ; uncirculated, red, sea-ree.
1829 Fine.
1831 Veiy good, only a little circulated. I think this piece is an alteration ; it is however so neatly done as almost, if not quite, to defy detection, and I am unwilling to pronounce upon it with certainty. If, as I suspect, an alteration, it is certainly the best [ ever saw.
1833- Good.
1833 Fine impression and fine condition.
18.34 Uncirculated.
1835 Uncirculated, partly red.
1841 Splendid proof ; extremely rare.
The reverse of the last and the following proof Half Cents among the ’40’s, are all taking on a beautiful purple color, which is an improvement on their original brilliancy.
0,1120 1842 Splendid proof, rarest of the half cents with one
exception.
1843 Splendid proof, excessively rare.
1844 Splendid proof, excessively rare.
1845 Splendid proof, excessively rare.
1846 Splendid proof, as rare as the last.
1847 Splendid proof, the rarest of the half cents.
1849 Large date ; fine.
1851 Uncirculated, partly red.
1853 Very fine.
if 1115 <>1116 *1-1117 to 1118
10 0*1119
foid 121 iovdl22 1123 (0 o*ll 24 * Tod 125 15 1126 2o1127 */■ 1128
GOLD COINS.
63;
1129 7 1130 61131 i 1132 1133
^1134 itt 135
1136
^1137
So 11 38
i b°
•> 1139
^1140 oollll io 1142 3rll43 p"1144 7^ 1145 rS'1146 ^1147 zai48 1149 >V1150 o*1151 ooll52 SUL153 rai54
7^ 1155
1854 Fine.
1855 Red, uncirculated.
1855 Proof surface, very fine. 1857 Red, uncirculated, scarce. 1857 Uncirculated.
GOLD COINS.
EAGLES.
1795 Fifteen stars ; very fine.
1797 Large eagle on rev.; very fine, scarce.
1801 Very fine, scarce.
HALE EAGLES.
1795 Reverse, small eagle ; first and last figures in tire date touch the bust.
1795 Different die; part of the surface retains the mint nearly proof polish.
1795 Reverse has large spread eagle like 1798 ; in very fine condition and excessively rare. Brought in the McCoy Sale $60.50 ; have known the piece to sell for $100.
1798 Very fine ; rev. nearly proof, rare.
1802 Uncirculated, anknmt-proDf.
1803 Proof, a little haymarked.
1804 Proof obv. ; rev. perfect.
1806 Brilliant, nearly or quite proof.
1809 Uncirculated.
1810 Very fine.
1812 Uncirculated.
1813 Fine.
1814 Very fine.
1818 Almost proof.
1820 Splendid proof ; excessively rare.
1823 Extremely fine and rare.
1825 Struck over 1824; fine proof, extremely rare.
1826 Uncirculated; very fine condition, and excessively rare.
1827 A proof impression ; brilliant, exceedingly rare.
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GOLD COINS.
»^ot?1156
itiji 1157 U^1158
1159
<GUL160
1828 In fine, nearly proof condition. The obverse engraved with date and name. For a more full description see Ely Catalogue, No. 840. With three exceptions this is undoubtedly the rarest coin in the American Mint series.
1829 Large planchet ; brilliant, uncir., excessively rare.
1830 Uncir., sharp, nearly proof impression, one of the rarest of the series.
1832 Uncirculated, extremely rare.
1859 Proof impression ; very fine.
$(n> 1161
m 1162 37*1163 £oco1164
fa 1165 1166 1167
^1168
uCc
1169
> 1170
hfl 171 Vo 1172
U 1173
1174
^J1175
;>1176
Ml77
Fc1178
THREE DOLLAR PIECES, ETC.
1859 Perfect, scarce.
1868 Splendid proof, very scarce.
1878 Brilliant, uncir., scarce.
1806 Quarter Eagle ; proof, a sharp impression, so rare that no record was made of its coinage. Brought $90 at the McCoy Sale.
1829 Quarter Eagle ; sharp, proof impression, rare.
1831 Quarter eagle ; very fine.
1834 Quarter Eagle, the new type; very fine, scarce.
1835 Quarter Eagle ; fine and very rare. In the sales that have taken place its occurrence is very infre- quent.
1853 Twenty Dollar Piece. Eagle with upraised wings holding a shield ; “ United States of America,” etc. ; rev., lathed work ; on a tablet across the centre, “United States Assay Office of Gold, San Francisco California 1853 ” ; very fine and scarce.
1851 Dollar ; very fine.
1853 Dollar; uncirculated.
1852 California Half Dollars, round and octagon ; proofs. 2 pieces.
1868 California Half Dollars, round and octagon ; proof. 11 pieces.
1868 California Quarters, round and octagon; proof. 11 pieces.
1874 California Half Dollar; proof.
1875 California Quarter Dollars, octagon; proof. 11 pieces.
1881 Cal. Half Dollars. Octagon; proofs. 10 pieces.
1881 Cal. Half Dollars. Round ; proofs. 9 pieces.
PROOF SETS.
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PROOF SETS.
1179 1857 Dollar, Half Dollar,- and Half Dime, splendid
proofs, the rest uncirculated. The proofs of this date are rare. 7 pieces.
These proof sets ;ire in the original packages as they left the Mint. A few pieces will be found slightly tarnished from contact with the paper. By the method explained in one of my former catalogues, this tarnish can be instantly removed, but I have not thought it worth while to do it.
<*1179a
-11795
o 1180
«1181
*1182
-1X83
$1183 a c 1184
o 1185 1186
1187
1188 r 1189
1190
1191
1192
1193 1191
1195
1196
1197
1858 Splendid proof set, includes the nickel cent;
excessively rare. 7 pieces.
1860 Splendid proof set. 7 pieces.
1867 Splendid proof set, several pieces tarnished. 10 pieces.
1869 Splendid proof set. 10 pieces.
1870 Splendid proof set. 10 pieces.
1872 Proof set. This set is badly tarnished, otherwise perfect. 10 pieces.
1873 Trade Dollar set ; proof. 7 pieces.
1875 Splendid proof set, contains the twenty cent piece, usually wanting. 8 pieces.
1879 Splendid proof set ; contains both dollars. 8 pcs.
1880 Splendid proof set ; contains trade and standard dollars. 8 pieces.
1874 Minor proof set; scarce. 3 pieces.
1875 Minor proof set ; scarce. 3 pieces.
1879 Minor proof set. 3 pieces.
1880 Minor proof set. 3 pieces.
1881 Minor proof set. 3 pieces.
1883 Minor proof set ; first issue. it; 3 pieces.
1883 Minor proof set ; second issue. 4 pieces.
1883 Minor proof set; third issue. 5 pieces.
1883 Duplicate of last. 5 pieces.
1884 Minor proof set. 3 pieces.
1884 Duplicate of last. 3 pieces.
AMERICAN MEDALS.
1198 Medal presented to General Scott by the Common- wealth of Virginia; dies by C. C. Wright. Bust; rev., a column surmounted by an eagle ; bronze, per- fect. 56.
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AMERICAN MEDALS.
\ocll99
& 1200
ho 1201 3^1202
1203 So 1204
V 1205 £*1206 3*1207 3ol208 lY 1209
lot, 1210
^1211
.D 1212 10,1213
101214 1^ 1215
10 1216 P1217
Medal to Captains Creighton, Lowe and Stouffer, for services in saving life, presented by the city of Phila- delphia ; bronze, perfect. 46.
Large Medal of the New York Crystal Palace, 1853 ; tin, almost proof, scarce. 45.
Peace Medal of John Tyler; bronze, perfect. 40.
Bust of Lafayette ; rev., “ The Defender,” etc., within wreath ; gold-plated, proof. 30.
The same ; bronze, proof. 30.
Prize Medal of the American Institution for the Pro- motion of the Mechanic Arts. Bust ; rev., engraved,
“ N. Camper, for Superior Planes ” ; bronze, bruised, 32.
National Medal to John Egar Howard, for the battle of Cowpens ; bronze, proof. 30^.
Bronze Medal to Gen. Wm. Washington, for the same action ; bronze, proof. 30.
Smaller Medal of the N. Y. Crystal Palace, 1853 ; tin, bronzed, fine. 28.
Medal struck on completion of the Erie Canal ; tin, very fine. 28.
Haverford College Medal; rev., “Founded by the Society of Friends”: bronze, proof. 26.
Bust of Louis XVIII ; rev., “ Gallia et America Foederata.” Beautiful group representing America ' and France ; bronze, perfect, scarce. 30.
Bust of Pitt, in large peruke facing left ; rev., “The man who having saved,” etc. ; bronze original, rough planchet. 24.
The Bishop Vail Medal; for the College of the Sisters of Bethany, Topeka, Kansas; bronze, proof, rare. 20.
Harzfeld’s Masonic Medal of Lafayette. Fine bust ; rev. Masonic emblems ; silver, proof, few struck. 16. (Marvin, 281.)
The same ; rev., “Advocate of Constitutional Liberty ” ; tin, proof. 16.
Tertio Millennial Medal of the settlement of Santa Fe, New Mexico ; rev., view of San Miguel Chapel ; tin, proof. 20.
Bust of Elias Howe, the inventor of the Sewing ma- chine ; copper, fine ; rev. incuse. 32.
Father Matthew Temperance Society Medal; brass, fine, rare in this metal. 28.
AMERICAN MEDALS.
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if 1218
7^ 1219
1220 ; b 1221
i o 1222 12.1223 U 1224 % 1225
f 1226
if 1227
4 1228
' 1229 i% 1230 12-1231
ic 1232 71233
**1234
Temperance Medals. A variety, without duplicates ; brass and tin, six very fine, two of sizes 26, 30.
7 pieces.
Lord Baltimore Medal. ' Settlement of Baltimore ; bronze, proof. 20.
Same ; copper, fine. 20.
Medal of the Golden Wedding of Robert and Louisa Gilmore. Their busts joined; rev., Cupid with torch of Hymen. This medal is from the private collec- tion formed by President Madison, and was pur- chased by Mr. Ely of Charles H. Parsons of Wash- ington, D. C. At the time of the Ely Sale, with several others from the Madison Collection, it was mislaid and could not be found ; tin, surface oxy- dizecl. 24.
Golden Wedding Medal. Daniel N. Warner, and Bet- sey Wilder ; tin, proof. 21.
Thomas Swan, Mayor of Baltimore, 1856. Bust; rev., shield ; tin, fine. 27.
Bi-centennial Medal of Germantown, Pa. ; tin, proof.
20.
Religious; Methodist Medals. John Wesley and his mother. Francis Asbury and others, Shurtleff Col- lege. All different ; various metals, a fine and scarce lot. 9 pieces. 16, 26.
Medals of Events. Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Atlantic Cable, Arrival of the Great Eastern, etc. ; copper and tin, all very fine. 11 pieces. 20, 21.
Head of Liberty, surrounded by stars, 1873 ; rev., a blazing sun within an oak wreath ; the only one that I have seen ; brass. 22.
Patriotic Medals. “ I am ready,” “ Long may it wave,” “ No surrender,” etc.; various metals, all perfect.
8 pieces. 16, 20.
Nassau Waterworks Medal; tin, very fine. 21.
Tennessee Historical Society Medal ; tin, proof. 26.
Medal of the Southern Exposition, Louisville, Ky. ; tin, proof. 29.
“ Scientia est Potentia ” Medal ; tin, fine. 25.
Medal of the Hungerford Collegiate Institute, March 12, 1861; silver, proof, very scarce. 22.
Medal of the Haverford School. Seal of the corpora- tion ; rev., south front of the college building ; but few struck; silver, proof. 26.
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AMERICAN MEDALS.
1235
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The so-called Carolina Medal; “George Reigning”;
rev., “ Caroline Protecting.” This piece is now well
known to be a. token or ticket in a lottery for the ' «/
disposition of the celebrated Jernagan Silver Cistern. This remarkable work of art, the locality of which had been for a long time unknown, has been lately discovered in the plate room of the Hermitage Palace at St. Petersburgh. It is 51 feet in length, and massive, of fine silver, its weight more than a quarter of a ton ; silver, good. 24.
Carolina Medal ; obv., a hand holding grape leaves and tendrils, beneath “ Posteritate.” “Centennial Cele- br’n of So. Ca. Society, March 28, 1837 ” ; rev., en- graved, “In honor of John Neufville, one of the Founders, first Presiding Officer, and first Treasurer of the South Carolina Society ; silver, nearly proof, excessively rare , so rare that I have never seen nor heard of another. 21.
Carolina Medal or Badge. A pole supporting a Liberty cap inscribed free, around this device “ City of Charleston,” on a label engraved “No. 341 ” ; rev., plain. This is understood to be a badge or medal carried b}r free negroes in the old days of slavery ; copper, oval, perfect, and exceedingly rare. 26.
Carolina Medal. A tree laden with fruit, “ Fructus Decora,” “ Hortic’I. Society Charleston Dec: 19- 1830 ” ; rev., a wreath of oak and olive, “ Awarded to Jose C. Winthrop For the best Specimen of Arti- chokes.” Dies by Wright & Bale, and so far as I know, a medal hitherto undescribed ; silver, fine, and I have no doubt exceedingly rare. 24.
Set of the Seals found on Continental Currency ; thick copper medals, fine. 3 pieces. 24.
Medals oPFairs in various cities, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Zanesville, etc. ; copper, brass and tin. No duplicates; an interesting lot, average about size 20. 27 pieces.
Wealth of the South series; “No submission to the North”; palmetto tree, corn, cotton, rice, etc.; copper, brass and plated, all perfect. 11 pieces. 14.
Personal Medals. King William, Bismarck, Stephen Girard, General Sherman and others. No duplicates ; fine lot, mostly perfect; various metals; average size above 20. 19 pieces.
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1242 The old New York Politicals. Verplarick and Seward;
rev., “A Faithful Friend,” etc.; brass, -fine. 2 pcs. 18.
^ 1243 Bust of Thomas Wildey; rev., card of F. C. Key & Sons ; silver, proof, only two struck ; cost §3.00. 24.
1244 Communicant’s Token. “ R. P. C.” ; “The Bush was not Burned”; tin, proof. 15.
The letters It. P. C. signify ‘ ‘ Reformed Presbyterian Church,” many
bodies of which use these tokens.
5" 1245 Lafayette Masonic Medal. Bust ; rev., emblems ; copper, proof. 18.
l!> 1246 Lafayette. Bust ; rev., commemorates the Banquet at Paris in 1830 ; bronze, fine. 17.
10 1247 Massachusetts. Eagle standing on a shield; rev., “ Lexington, April 18, 1775, Baltimore, April 18, 1861 ” ; copper, proof, double-thick planchet. 18.
1248 Mobile Jockey Club. Member's Medal ; silver, pr’f. 18.
1249 The same ; nickel, proof. 18.
#1250 Large eagle with wings spread, standing on a cannon.
A spirited design, struck on the obv. of a U. S. Cent, with the usual rev. ; fine, the only impression from the die that I have met with.
1251 The Detrick Medal. “The 21 Detricks assembled in Baltimore, Christmas, 1880”; rev., a wreath; copper, proof, rare. 18.
!0 1252 Medal of the Philotechnic Institute, Camden, N. J. ; copper and tin, proofs. 2 pieces. 16.
1253 Irish Medals. In honor of Grand Parades, March, 1875 and 1878; tin, fine. 2 pieces. 20.
I C 1 254 Fireman's Medal. “In Peace Firemen, in War Sol- diers ” ; tin, proof. 32.
,r 1255 Fireman’s Medal. New York procession in honor of the Prince of Wales; tin, fine. 19.
1 1256 Fireman’s Medal. Rainbow Fire Company, Reading, Pa. ; tin, proof. 21.
1257 Fireman’s Medal. An ancient tub above, a shield inscribed 6, all surmounted by a coiled serpent ; rev., a lamb bearing a cross and banner; 1762. This curious medal appears to be a cast in brass ; it is in good condition and very old, and though made from dies, it was probably never struck. I am informed by a prominent Philadelphia collector that it is a medal of old engine No. 6 of that city. It is cer- tainly remarkable ; brass. 30.
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>0 1258 Medal of Gen. Blanco, President of Venezuela ; tin, proof. 32.
*c 1259 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Florence. Busts jugata. Com- memorates the 100th performance of the “ Mighty Dollar ” at the Park Theatre, New York ; tin, proof. 45.
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1260 Charles Carroll of Carrollton ; rev., “ The surviving Signer,” etc. Purchased for genuine, but proves to be a highly finished electrotype, in appearance equaling a bronze proof. 32.
>o 1261 Gen. Meade. His bust facing left ; rev., “ The Victor at Gettysburg,” etc. Copy ; fine as a bronze proof. 50.
I do 1262 Silver-plated copy of the Medal presented to the Cap- tors of Major Andrd ; fine ; even copies are rare, oval. 36.
3(>1263 Copy of the Commodore Preble Medal. “ Ante Tripoli MDCCCIV.” 41.
1264 Sage’s Historical Tokens. “ Odds and Ends,” Lovett's Series, etc. ; all proof or fine. 16 pieces. 20.
WASHINGTON COINS AND MEDALS.
So 1265 Bust to right; rev., The Washington Mint Cabinet ; bronze, proof. 38.
Io<j1266 Washington before Boston. Bust; rev., Washington with officers on horseback; national medal for the occupation of Boston ; bronze, proof. 44.
>11267 Funeral Medal, by Westwood. Bust in citizen’s dress to right; “George Washington, Esq.,” etc.; rev., “With Courage and Fidelity,” etc.; bronze, fine, * very scarce. 26.
>- v' 1268 Another Funeral Medal. Bust with aged features ;
rev., “ The Hero of the People, the Pride of his Country,” etc. ; bronze, fine, scarce. 24.
1269 Washington Medallion. Bust at three-quarters face;
iron, fine. 64.
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1270 The Voltaire Medal. The bust on the obv. bears no
resemblance to any authentic portrait of Washington. It is said to be the portrait of Jeremy Bentham ; rev., emblems and implements of war ; bronze, a rare medal, in good condition. 26.
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3 L 1271 The Eccleston Medal. Bust in armor; rev., an Indian standing ; “ The land was ours,” etc'. ; bronze, per- fect, scarcely less than proof. 48.
^0 1272 The large size Sansom Medal, 1797 ; bronze, proof, scarce. ,29.
I o 127 3 The smaller Sansom Medal; original, fine. 26.
1274 The same ; silver-plated. 26.
h 1275 Bust to left; “ Gnl. George Washington " ; rev., oak wreath ; “ Born Feb. 22d 1732, Died DecT 14, 1779 ” ; tin, very fine and rare ; brought $5.00 at the McCoy Sale. 27.
5o 1276 Military bust to the left, resembling the preceding, sur- rounded by the names of the different Presidents from Washington to Jackson; rev., flying eagle hold- ing a shield and scroll, “Independence” above ; tin, very fine, rare. 32.
tfo 1277 The Twigg Medal. Half-length bust facing right ;
rev., “ General of the American Armies,” etc. ; tin, nearly proof. 23.
Jo 1278 Wyon Medal. Bust; rev., inscription in three concen- tric circles, cannon, fasces, etc., in the centre; bronze, fine. 22.
3* 1279 Double-head Washington Cent ; fine.
Ly 1280 Duplicate of last ; equally fine.
9o 1281 1783 Unity States of America Cent ; very fine.
•A 1282 1783 “ Washington and Independence.” Bustlaureated
and draped.
pi' 1283 1791 Small eagle Washington Cent. Military bust to
left, “Washington President”; rev., plain; edge lettered “Payable at the Warehouse of Thos. & Alex’r Hutchinson ” ; copper, fine. 19.
72-b 1284 1791 Large eagle Washington Cent. Spread eagle,
“One Cent” above; rev. plain; edge lettered “ Bradley, Willey, Snedshill, Bersham ” ; copper, very fine. 19.
j.x 1285 1791 Large eagle Washington Cent. The design like the last, but differently treated. The letters are made with a different set of punches, and the shield on this piece has a border, which the last one lacks. Edge lettered “ Payable at Shrewsbury ” ; copper, perfect. 20.
The first two of the last three pieces were originally of the Davenport Collection, afterwards of the Colburn Collection. They were first pub- licly sold in Semi-annual Sale, No. 2, April, I860; they afterwards
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appeared in the Bushnell Sale. They seem to prove what is generally believed, that the 1791 Washington Cents are of English origin. That two dies existed for the large eagle cent of this date, I never until now suspected. The two pieces in the Colburn Collection were obtained from the widow of Hancock, the English die-sinker; the other is from a little collection recently sold in New York, and has hitherto been unknown to collectors. Each one of the three is of extreme rarity and believed to be unique.
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Small bust of Washington facing right, between two branches, “ Washington Market Chowder Club, 1818,” u Member’s Badge.” This piece is 'from the Levick collection. It is in gold, in perfect condition, and undoubtedly unique. It has been well known for many years, and no other in gold has ever ap- peared. A single impression besides this exists in silver. One of the rarest and certainly one of the most interesting of the Washington series. It is illustrated in the Levick catalogue. 16.
Bust to right. Japanese Embass}r Medal; tin, proof. 34.
Washington Temperance Society. Bust ; rev., man and woman seated at a table; tin, fine. 22.
“The Father of his Country”; rev., National Monu- ment; tin, fine. 25.
The Season Medals. A set ; one, with a woman spin- ning and a child in a cradle, is a genuine original in copper, somewhat abused, but in fair condition ; an- other, a man sowing wheat, an original in bronze, is in fair, nearly fine condition. The third, a pastoral scene, a cow and calf, sheep and lambs, etc., is a per- fect silver-plated electrotype from a proof impression. In the McCoy sale a complete set of these medals, three in silver and three in bronze, sold for $900. They are all extremely rare. 3 pieces. 30.
Season Medal. Man sowing wheat, another plowing in the distance; like the last, a perfect silver-plated electrotype ; I have seen no other such copies. 30.
Liberty and Security Washington. Edge lettered ; “An asylum for the oppressed of all nations” ; copper, uncirculated, partly red ; portions of the original red remaining; very rare so fine. 21.
The smaller Liberty and Security piece ; the rev. die muled with the Irish halfpenny; copper, lettered edge, rare. 18.
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Naked bust to left ; rev., oak wreath enclosing an in- scription in six lines; dies by Wright ; tin, very fine, scarce. 28.
Head to left, surrounded by ornamental work and in- scription ; rev., long inscription, and fine view of New York Crystal Palace; obv. die by Moran, rev. by Paquet ; silver, proof, scarce. 33.
Medal of the Washington Benevolent Society, 1808. Liberty crowning a bust of Washington ; rev., “Be- nevolence”; silver, fine, scarce. 28.
Perfect copy of the rare Halliday Medal ; in appear- ance a bronze proof. 35.
Set of the Washington Headquarters. Small bust facing left in a panel surrounded by scroll-work and stars; rev. of each, a building occupied by Wash- ington as headquarters during the Revolution; copper, proof, very few struck. 10 pieces. 18.
Same in brass, very rare, but few were struck ; very fine. 10 pieces. 18.
Similar set in tin. The obv. die is different ; rev., the same. The obverses with one exception have a border of lancework with stars ; proof. 10 pieces.
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Bust to right within a panel, eagle above, scroll-work and stars surrounding ; rev., equestrian statue, Union Square, New York; bronze, proof. 32.
The same ; tin, proof. 32.
Bust facing ; rev., “ He is a Freeman whom the Truth makes free ” ; brass, fine. 22.
The same; rev., Sabbath School Jubilee; lead, unique.
22.
California Centennial Medal ; portrait of Washington in a wreath ; obverse and reverse show California in its early days and as now existing ; tin, fine, scarce. 26.
The Allegiance Medal ; bronze, fine, on thick planchet.
19.
Same on thin planchet. 19.
Bust to left. Card of N. & G. Taylor Co. ; tin, very fine. 24.
The same ; brass, nearly proof. 24.
Masonic Washington; rev., emblems, Fredericksburg Lodge ; copper, proof. 18.
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Bust to right; rev., temperance declaration, “Tem- perance is the Fountain of Health ” ; copper, very hue. 27. |
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Bust to right ; rev., “ North Point and Fort McHenry silver, perfect. 20. |
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Full length Washington, verjr high relief, brought in the McCoy sale, $5.75 ; tin, very fine and scarce. 16. |
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Naked bust facing right ; rev., Independence Hall, the “Birthplace of American Independence”; copper, gilt, and tin, proof. 3 pieces. 24. |
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The same ; rev., Centennial Fountain ; brass, proof. 24. The same; rev., American Colonies, 1776; brass, proof. 24. |
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The same; rev., “Free and United States, 1876 ”; brass, proof. 24. |
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Philadelphia Semi-Centennial Medal, 1832 ; copper, very fine. 20. |
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The same ; tin, proof. 20. Bust ; rev., “ Time increases his Fame ” ; bronze, proof. 18. |
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Bust to left, “ The Father of our Country ” ; rev., card of R. Chamberlain ; tin, proof, only five struck. 18. |
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The same. “Washington”; rev., Soldiers’ Fair; five struck ; tin, proof. 18. |
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The same; rev., “ He lived for his Country”; five struck ; tin, proof. 18. |
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Merriam’s small Washington ; copper, brass and tin, all fine. 3 pieces. 18. |
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Merriam’s large Washington ; copper, very fine. 20. Bust; rev., residence; the same rev. plain ; tin, fine, the latter rare. 2 pieces. 22. |
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Bust. New York Evacuation Medal; tin, proof. 20. Bust; rev., “Pro Patria,” others with different revs.; copper, all fine or proof. 4 pieces. 20. |
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Washington Temperance Benevolent Society. Bust within a wreath, name of artist, Bale, outside ; silver, fine, scarce. 14. |
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Ugly head facing; rev., “A man he was,” etc.; tin, very fine. 20. |
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Military bust at about half length ; rev., Independence Plall ; tin, fine. 20. |
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A collection of Washington medals and tokens in various metals, including silver, in size from very small to 18, in quality from fine to proof. No dupli- cates in the lot, and many are quite scarce ; a num- ber are of the mint issues. This collection makes a nice little cabinet by itself. Many deserve a separate description, but neither time nor space can be afforded. 68 pieces.
Small bust to left, “George the Great”; rev., date of birth and death ; silver, proof. 18.
The same ; brass, proof. 18.
The same ; copper, proof. 18.
Bust ; rev., Liberty-cap, stars, etc. ; copper, proof. 18.
Equestrian Statue, various revs. ; copper, proof. 3 pieces. 18.
Small bust, on a cloud ; rev., Lincoln ; copper, fine. 18.
The same; rev., McClellan; brass, fine. 18.
Bust to left, “Patriae Pater”; rev., “Providence left him childless,” etc. ; copper and tin, fine. 2 pieces.
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The same ; rev., Woodgate’s card; brass, fine. 18.
1789 Robinson’s Washington Cent; copper, fine. 20.
Bust. Abraham’s card, Weston, Mo. ; brass, very fine. 18.
Bust to right; rev., “ Washington ” across a blazing sun ; copper, fine. 20.
Small bust. Card of N. & G. Taylor Co. of small size on thick copper planchet ; copper, fine. 16.
Bust to left, “ Dedicated to the Children of America” ; tin, proof. 22.
The Newburgh Centennial Medal; tin, proof. 17.
St. John’s Guild Floating Hospital Medal; tin, fine. 18.
Bust; rev., monument; bronze, fine. 19.
Bust ; rev., date of birth and death ; tin, fine. 19.
Washington and Lafayette, heads face to face; rev., “Par Nobile Fratrum”; copper, proof. 18.
Electrotypes of rare W ashingtons. Series Numismatica. Half Dollar of 1792, Funeral Medal, and eagle above globe ; all fine. 4 pieces.
Centennial Medal. Bust in a tablet, framed, and sup- ported by two angels ; rev., allegorical group. One of the finest of the centennials ; tin, proof. 34.
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MEDICAL MEDALS.
It will be noticed that the scope of this Collection is somewhat more extensive than is usual with collectors of medals in this department. Whatever relates to' medicine, however remotely, finds place here. Medals of practitioners, of men eminent for knowledge of medicine or collateral branches ; all that concern the sale or use of medicines ; all relating to hospitals and charitable institutions, the causes of death, disease, famine or natural convulsions ; the doctor who prescribes, the apothecary who pre- pares the medicine, and the undertaker who finally covers up the work, whatever bears the emblems of mortality, all may be found here.
Some time since, in conversation with a prominent collector in this department, in response to an inquiry as to the extent and direction of his collection, he said, “I have not yet got to preserving the cards of apothecaries.” When my friend reads this note, and observes that the collection is largely made up of apothecaries1 cards, I trust he will change his method, and by giving particular attention to this interesting specialty, make some reparation to the cataloguer, whose life has been chiefly spent in the occupation 'referred to.
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> 1354 Aldrovandus, Ulysses, Italian Naturalist and Physician.
Bust facing right; rev., date of birth, death, etc.; bronze, very fine. 26.
1355 Amsterdam. Ticket of Admission to the Botanical
Garden of that city. Full-length figure of Aescula- pius in bold relief; rev., an altar bearing a scroll surmounted with a crowned shield and two cornuco- piae, the scroll inscribed with the name of Dr. Jaco- bus Demas, 1740 ; bronze, fine and rare. Purchased at a large price in the Fowle Sale. 32.
1356 Amsterdam. Like the last, but inscribed with the
name Gisbert Van De Wenter, 1729 ; about as fine as when struck. Brought from Europe by Dr. Wins- low Lewis ; light bronze. 32.
1357 American Aloe. A view of the plant in blossom ; rev.,
' a long inscription, describing the plant and giving
an account of its flowering at Nuremburg in 1726; tin, nearly proof, and original, as shown by the cop- per plug inserted before striking ; very~ra#e. 30.
1358 Alphonsus, Dux Per. Ill, etc. Bust to left ; rev.,
illustrates Samson’s riddle. A man seated on a cu- rule chair, holding a lion's head, from which bees emerge, “De Forti Dulcedo” ; to the left a serpent entwined around a stump; silver, slightly pierced, rare. 18.
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1359 Ayer’s Sarsaparilla to purify the blood ; rev., encased
postage stamp ; fine, scarce. 2 pieces. 16.
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Ayer's Cathartic Pills, “The Currency to Pass ” ; rev., one, three and ten cent post-stamps encased; fine, scarce. 3 pieces. 16.
“Take Ayer’s Pills”; rev., three cent stamp encased ; fine. 16.
Ames, George B., Belvidere, 111. Business card ; brass, proof. 13.
Atherton’s Wild Cherry Syrup, Whitehall, N. Y. ;
brass, fine. 12.
The same ; copper. 12.
Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough. Bust in ar- mor; rev., a winged figure conquering Mars and Death, the latter personified by a prostrate skeleton ; tin, nearly proof, original. 30.
Balbi Paulus Bapta, “Aet- An. LXXV.” Bust with aged features; rev., “Medico, Philosopho, Mathe- matico, Praestantissimo, Petrus Philippus Bozzolus, &c., An. MDCCLXIX”; cast in true bronze. 48. Consalvi, Cardinal Ercole ; rev., Minerva standing, at her left an altar, around which a serpent is coiled ; bronze, fine. 32.
1368 Broussaix, Francois J. Y. Distinguished as a physician and an author. Bust ; rev., inscription in fourteen lines; bronze, good, slightly blemished. 32.
Bienfaiteurs Du Mont-Carmel. Medal of the Central Committee ; rev., a circle of stars, outside of which “ Charite, Hospitalite ” ; bronze, very fine. 32.
Borromeo, Carlo, Cardinal, Saint, and Philanthropist; rev., an altar, on which is a lamb ; “ God rejoices in humility ” (Lat.) ; old, cast in true bronze, and fin- ished by the artist like other works of the period. 32.
“During the prevalence of the plague at Milan, in 1576, he gave his personal attendance to the sick at the risk of his life, and spent all he pos- sessed in ministering to their wants.” Died in 1584, and canonized 1610.
Brabant. Art Medal. Fame seated, is inscribing on a broken column, her hands guided by a serpent, the names of the artists of Brabant ; rev., a wreath, a burning lamp and the implements of art. The ser- pent on this medal, it is evident, stands as an emblem of wisdom and not of health ; the same remark is applicable to a number of medals in the collection ; a beautiful gold-plated proof medal. 32.
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Bichat, M. F. X., great French Anatomist. Bust; rev., inscription ; bronze, very fine. 26.
Birch, Thomas, Surgeon and Man-midwife, Birming- ham. View of the Doctor amputating. a leg ; rev., the Doctor giving a demonstration of anatomy ; copper, fine and rare. 24. See Plate.
Borromeo, Carlo ; rev., the Cathedral at Milan : gold- plated, proof. 20.
The same. Bust like the last; rev., “ Humilitas,” a crown above, “ M. I). C.” below ; gold-plated, proof. 20.
Buffon, Geo. L. L., French Botanist and Naturalist. Bust; rev., inscription. Copy. 28.
Boerhaave, Hermann. Fine portrait ; rev., inscription ; bronze, proof. 26.
Burchell, Basil. “ Famous Sugar Plumbs (s«c) for Worms, and Anodjuie Necklace for Children”; bronze, proof, rare. 18. See Plate.
Bath Tokens. Various obv. and rev. : one with head of Bladud, others with views of Public Buildings ; bronze, several proofs, all very fine. 5 pieces. 19/
Blanco. A serpent feeding from a dish ; rev., a cactus, “ Quartillo ” ; brass, fine. 17. See Plate.
Botsford, S. N. and H. C. Medical and Electrical Apparatus, Bristol, Conn. ; brass, good. 17.
Browning Bros., Market Street, Philadelphia ; brass, proof. 18.
Baker, R. L., Charleston, S. C., 1837 ; nickel, pierced, scarce. 12.
Brimelow, T., 732 Third Avenue, New York, Drug- gist. Cards, Soda Tickets, Sanitary Fair Token, heads of Washington, Franklin, etc., a great variety; various metals. 16 pieces. All but one, 15.
Blockson, A. J., New Lisbon, Ohio. Soda Check ; tin, fine. 13.
Brain, W. G., Springfield, Ohio; copper, proof. 12.
Brown & Dills, Drs., Piqua, Ohio ; rev., Branch Office, Troy, Ohio ; copper, good. 12.
Buffum’s Mineral Water, Pittsburgh; copper, fine. 12.
Bingham and Jarvis, Drugs and Medicines, Coopers- town, N. Y. ; copper, good. 12.
Bennett, Dr. “ If you get sick use Dr. Bennett’s Medicines”; copper, fine. 12.
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Bennett’s Cards. Several varieties ; copper, all good. 5 pieces. 12.
Cuvier, Frederick, Professor of Comparative Anatomy. Naked bust; rev., figure and inscription; bronze, fine. 27.
Chamberlain Bros. ; rev., a mortar ; brass, proof. 13.
Comstock & Bro., Albion, N. Y. ; copper, perfect. 12.
Cary, PI. C. O., Amesville, Ohio. Different ; copper, good. 3 pieces. 12.
Chapman, W. B. and others ; nickel, fine. 3 pieces. 12.
Ching, I. “The best Medicines in 4he World.” Portrait ; rev., coat of arms of Great Britain ; cop- per, fine, scarce. 18.
Chester, I. “ Druggist and Chymist.” Aesculapius standing ; rev., a gate and a ship ; “ Prosperity to the City of Bristol ” ; copper, fine, scarce. 18. See Plate.
Devins and Bolton, Druggists, Montreal; rev., head of the Queen ; copper, fine, rare. 18.
Dundee Halfpenny, 1796. View of the Infirmary; rev., arms of the city, etc. ; copper, fine. 18.
Delta Psi Fraternity Medal, 1860. Bears a skull, a sword and key ; brass, fine. 18.
Diehl, J. J., Undertaker, New York. A wreath en- closing a coffin; copper, fine. 16.
Drake’s Plantation Bitters S. T. 1860 X. Encased Postage Stamp ; brass, fine. 16.
Dayton, M. N., Martinsburg, Ohio. Drugs, Medicines, etc. ; copper, fine. 12.
Drugs, Dry-goods, etc. ; rev., a two-leaved thistle ; copper, good. 13.
Dillon, Dr. E. & Son, Tremont, Ohio ; copper and brass, fine and nearly proof. 12.
Death. Table of signs to indicate the nature, whether doubtful, natural or violent ; rev., degrees of rela- tionship ; bronze, fine. 20.
Death personified by a skeleton prostrate beneath the feet of Christ. “Morte mea Vici,” below “1 Cor. 15 ” ; rev., Christ rescuing a man from the jaws of a monster, “ Quo Sim Tibi Janua Vitae.” below “ Joh. 14.” A quaint and curious piece ; silver, fine. 16.
Electric Extractor Co., Broadway and Fulton Sts., New York; rev., a mirror; brass, fine. 24.
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Daniell, Dr. Stephen, Aet. Ann. LXX. His bust in a long peruke ; rev., device and inscription, date MDCCXXVI. Cast in true bronze as are most medals of the time ; fine. 48.
Elberfeld Bread Token, 1816 ; copper, fine, scarce. 16.
Eacly, Dr., 58 Dean St., Soho : rev., a phoenix ;
u Health Restored ” ; copper, fine, scarce. Small farthing size.
Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway. Naked bust facing right ; rev., crowned female pouring a libation on an altar of Aesculapius, before a statue of Pana- ceia ; silver, fine. 23.
Fredericks, Archbishop of Milan. Bust in cardinal's hat : rev., the brazen serpent, “ Hinc Salus.” Ancient cast in true bronze, minute perforation over the head ; fine. 52.
Famine Medal. Mother nursing her child, another child begging for bread ; rev., scales, an anchor, and sheaf of corn, prices of bread and beer, 1816 and 1817 ; silver or plated, very fine. 22.
Flemming, Dr. D. L., Philadelphia; tin, good, one proof. 2 pieces. 15.
Frederick’s Pharmacy, Philadelphia ; copper and tin, proofs, different. 2 pieces. 15.
Farnam’s Bronchial Tablets, Hinsdale, Michigan; brass, fine, scarce. 15.
“ Frost’s Medicine sold by druggists ” ; copper, fine.
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Fleming, Joseph, Pittsburg, Pa. ; copper, good. 12.
Gassendi, Pierre, Anatomist and Philosopher. Bust in skull-cap; rev., inscription ; bronze, proof. 26.
Galvani, Ludovicus. First observer of the phenomena usually called galvanism ; rev., inscription ; bronze, proof. 26.
Gall, Joseph, the founder of Phrenology. Bust to right, hair in a long queue; rev., a skull, “ Distribvit Partes Animae Sedesqve ”; silver, fine, rare. 25.
Gvsberta, Maria. Mortuary Medal, emblems; the winged hour-glass ; rev., inverted torch, amaranth wreath, etc. ; bronze, proof. 18.
George III of England. Bust laureated and facing right ; rev., an altar, round which a serpent is en- twined, “ Felicitas Publica. Sal. Reg. Rest. 1789 ”; silver, nearly proof. 22.
.MEDICAL MEDALS.
81
3o 1124
1424a
f 1425 f 1426
I 1427 A 1428
"7 1429
7^ 1430
1°1431
^o0
1432
^01433 io 1434
1 1435 >° 1436
1437
1438
George III. “Lost to Britannia’s Hope, but to her Prayers Restored.” Like the last a Thanksgiving Medal for the restoration of the king’s health ; copper, fine. 19.
Another of the same series. The king’s head ; rev., Justice standing; beautiful proof, copper. 32.
Gruber, John P., New York. Scales; copper, fine. 13.
Gordon, W. J. M., and others, Philadelphia; nickel, fine. 12.
Gillett and Niles, Hudson, Mich. ; copper, proof. 13.
Humboldt, Alexander von. Published in 1797 a treatise on the Irritability of Muscles and Nerv- ous Fibres. Bust; rev., “Earth and Heaven he explored, revealed Nature and freed the Mind”; tin, fine. 32.
Humboldt. Portrait facing right ; rev., heavy oak wreath enclosing “ Sollemnia Saecularia Diei Natalis Celebrata Berolini D. XIV Sept. MDCCCLXIX”; silver, splendid proof, rare. 25.
Hufeland, Christoph. William. Bust facing right; rev., group of five figures and inscription; bronze, good, scarce. 26.
Henrietta Elizabeth. Bust; rev., a tablet crowned, 1683, beneath the tablet emblems of mortality, skull and crossbones ; silver, very fine. 18.
Heine, Solomon, rich German Jewish banker and philan- thropist, uncle of the poet Heinrich Heine. Bust; rev., view of the hospital built in commemoration of his wife, Betty Heine, at Hamburg, in 1841 ; on the obv., “ Love of mankind is the crown of all virtues ” (Ger.); bronze, good. 33.
Reduced copy of the last ; copper, gilt. 15.
Hahnemann, Samuel C. F., founder of the homoeo- pathic school, of medicine. Bust; rev., inscription ; tin, has been copper-plated, good. 25.
Hosack, David, distinguished physician and writer; rev., emblems, “Artaud Science ” ; bronze, proof. 22.
Hewett, Dr. J. G., Bonesetter, Prince St., New York; copper, thick planchet, very fine. 19.
The same ; copper, thin planchet, nearly proof. 19.
Holloway, great English quack medicine man ; rev., Panaceia seated by an altar feeding her favorite snake; copper, penny size, fine.
82
MEDICAL MEDALS.
51439
251440
n 1441
So 1442
3 1443
3 1444 3 1445 3 1446 5"0 1447
2oo1448
i^o1449
The same, halfpenny size ; fine, scarce.
Humanity Medal, Treasury Department of the United States; bronze, fine. 22.
Haviland, Stevenson & Co., wholesale druggists, Charleston, S. C. ; rev., large eagle on a mortar, bear- ing a scroll inscribed, “Established 1823”; copper, proof, very scarce. 18.
Hanney, Sir Samuel. “ Original, genuine, and only infallible preventive of a certain disease ” ; a rhinoce- ros standing; rev., inscription in ten lines; copper, halfpenny size, fine, scarce.
Holmes & Norton, Druggists, Rockford, Ills. ; copper, very fine. 12.
Hill, Dr. H. H. & Co.; copper, proof. 12.
Hunt, J. W., Delplios, Ohio ; copper, fine. 12.
Hall, E. W., Whitehall, N. Y. ; copper, fine. 1 2.
Hygeia before an altar; rev., plain; from the antique; copper, oval, fine. 20.
“ Health prolongs thy life, and Joy causes the time to pass” (Ger.) ; obv., Hygeia or Panaceia feeding a serpent ; rev., Apollo standing ; beautiful silver medal in nearly proof condition ; dies by Loos. 23.
Jussieu, Bernard De. Bust to left ; rev., inscription; bronze, proof. 26.
Jussieu was distinguished not only as a physician, but also as a botanist, being- the first to suggest a classification of plants by their affinities, an idea perfected by his nephew, even more celebrated as a botanist than himself.
lot, 1450
3 1451 Id 1452 ar 1453
1 s"o 1 4o4 id 1455 rC 1456
c 1457
Josepha Marie, Archduchess of Austria. Bust; rev., an angel carrying a torch is represented as bearing her aloft. This beautiful medal commemorates her death by small-pox in 1767 ; silver, nearly proof. 27.
Jennings, Dr. B. R., Ravenna, Ohio; copper, good. 12.
Johnson, Professor. Bust of Kossuth; brass, good. 14.
Kane, Dr. Elisha K. Bust above a tablet representing an Arctic scene; rev., Masonic emblems; brass, proof, rare in this metal. 32.
Like the last ; silver, proof, very rare. 32.
Like the last; tin, proof. 32.
Kane, Dr. Naked bust to right; rev., date of birth, death, etc. ; bronze, line. 24.
The same ; rev., card of E. C. Key & Sons, Die Sink- ers ; copper, proof. 24.
MEDICAL MEDALS.
83
lo 1458 200 1459
l?o 1460
iScl461 >.(0 1462
1463
2o 1463a
1464
3 1465 3 1466 3 1467 3 1468
J So 1469
Same in brass, proof. 24.
Kraussin, Frau Elizabetha. Bust in ruff facing left ; rev., a woman seated, giving bread to little children, with appropriate inscription. Frau Kraussin of Nu- remburg was renowned for her munificent charities ; she was born in 1569 and died in 1639 ; splendid silver medal. 28.
Longhope Friendly Society, established Jan. 6, 1845. Two right hands clasped ; rev., an angel hovering over a sick bed, by the side of which stands an attendant, “ I was sick and ye visited me ” ; tin, fine, rare. 40.
Lavoisier, A. Laurent, eminent Chemist. Bust; rev., date of birth and death; bronze, proof. 26.
Linnaeus, Carolus. Bust facing right; rev., plain; bronze, perfect and very rare. 23.
Luttich (Liege). u Monnaie de presence” of the Cathe- dral. “ Eccles Leodi,” cross-bones with flame above and below ; rev., “ Anniversar 1653 ” a death’s head, below which are the cross-bones ; copper, good, very scarce. 13.
Liege. Like the last in general design, but without the date ; other slight differences may be noticed; copper, fine, scarce. 14.
Louis XV. Bust to the right; rev., a palm-tree under which stand Apollo and Hygeia. . In the exergue, “ Prem. In Acad. Reg. Chir. Paris Fund.” etc. ; silvered, cast. From the Lewis Col- lection. 32.
Louis XVI. Bust; rev., “ Soci6t6 Royale de Mede- cine ” ; silvered copy, fine. 18.
Lenoir, J. F., druggist, Indianapolis; rev., mortar; bronze, proof. 12.
Ludlow & Bushnell, druggists, Springfield, Ohio; copper, different, fine. 2 pieces. 12.
Leipzig. Ticket of the Hof-apotheke at the sign of the White Eagle for one glass of “ Cold Sour Water ” (Ger.) ; copper, oval. 13.
Malpighius, Marcellus. Bust facing left. Malpighi was the first who used the microscope in the study of anatomy; rev., “ Tutissimo Lumine Exhibito ” ; old cast in true bronze, small irregular perforation near the edge of the planchet. 55.
8 1
MEDICAL MEDALS.
1470
li 1471
lo 1472
1473
*10 1474
* 1475
1476
1477
1478 3 1479
l So 1480
1481
1482
i - c 1483
h 1484
1485
Manetti, Xaverius, keeper of the Botanic Garden of Florence ; rev., a garden, in which appear Aescula- pius and Mercury as attendants on a sick woman; old cast in true bronze, line. 49.
Mark, Dr., and his little men, “Third Class”; rev. plain ; brass, fine. 20.
Moore, John Bramley. Fancy Fair held at Liverpool during his mayoralty for the benefit of the Infirmary Hospitals; tin, proof. 28.
Medal of the Earthquake at Lisbon, 1755. Death with his foot on the earth ; rev., a gardener tending his plants; silver, fine, scarce. 19.
Maria Theresa. Bust; rev., a group, a woman and three children ; medal of an orphan asylum ; bronze, fine. 31.
Miller’s Invigorator, three varieties, two incuse ; copper, fine. 3 pieces. 12.
Napoleon. Bust facing right; rev., Aesculapius stand- ing, with his pigmy son Telesphoron ; “ Ecoles de Medecine ” ; bronze, very fine. 26.
Nash, C. W., Brownsburg, Indiana; copper, fine. 13.
Needles, C. IT., Philadelphia; tin, fine. 13.
N ill. Geo. C., Lagonia, Ind. ; rev., a mortar ; brass, fine. 13.
Orfila, M. J. B.; rev., “ Association Des Medecins De La Seine Fondle En 1883, Decretee D'Utilite Pub- lique En 1851.“ Bronze, extremely fine, scarce. 32.
Prison* Ship, the old Jersey. Under the ship, skulls and cross-bones ; bronze, fine. 20.
Priestley, Joseph, eminent Chemist, discoverer of Oxy- gen, Nitrous and Muriatic Gases. Bust facing left, with inscription naming the learned Societies of which he was a fellow, including those at Cam- bridge and Philadelphia; rev., inscription in thirty- five lines ; tin, proof. 32.
Phallic Medal. Head of Piiapus, with appropriate adornments. This medal does not admit of full des- cription ; yellow bronze, fine, rare. 26.
Price, T., Kent Road, London ; copper, good ; farthing size.
Peter, R. & J. T., Druggists, Clarkston ; copper, fine. 12.
Pottenger, I). R. & Co., Warsaw, Ind. ; copper, uncir- culated. 12.
1486
a 1487 vso 1488
7 1480
,oc
1490
0*1491
i
I.
D
1492
1493
1494
^ 1495
y 1496 J> U97
A 1498
W1499
Pulmonales for Coughs and Colds ; cop., nearly p’f. 12.
Medal of the Meeting of a Medical Society of Germany at Prague, 1837 ; dark bronze, line. 28.
Rush, Benjamin. Bust to left; “ Benjamin Rush, M. D. of Philadelphia” ; rev'., a landscape, a river meander- ing through fields, a portion inscribed “Sydenham”; in the foreground a book resting on a rock, “ Read, Think and Observe ” ; in the ex., “ MDCCCVIII ” ; silver, proof. Rare in any metal, and in silver one of the rarest of American medals, only one other known. 27.
Rush; the same in bronze, fine, very rare. 27.
The same ; rev., an altar or monument, on the top of which rests an open book : on one face the bust of Aesculapius, on another a cinerary urn, above “Sydenham,” below “ MDCCCVIII.” The dies of the Rush Medals are by Durst, Chief Engraver of the Mint, of which Dr. Rush was Treasurer for four- teen years ; bronze, very-fine and much rarer than the preceding. 27.
Redi, Franciscus. Bust facing right ; rev., a bacchana-* lian scene, illustrating his celebrated poem Bacco in Toscana ; cast, like most medals of the period (1684), krTme-brerrze. 56.
Rose, Dr. Frederick. Bust of James Buchanan; rev., a group, a man kneeling to Aesculapius, who is driv- ing back Time with his scythe and hour-glass. Medal presented by the U. S. Government, for kind- ness to the officers and crew of the U. S. Steamer Susquehanna; bronze, perfect. 48.
Riverius, Lazarus. Bust facing left ; rev., “ The origi- nal Spaw in St. George’s Fields, so memorable in the Plague, 1665 ” “ For the Proprieterrs T. Townshend Alchymist to His Majesty 1760” (sic); silver, fine, rare. 20.
Royal Preventive ; rev., an eagle surrounded by stars; gilt, very fine. 15.
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The same ; bronze, perfect, rare. 15.
Ross, Albert, druggist, Cincinnati; copper, brass, tin and plated, fine. 4 pieces. 14.
Rinehart & Gray, druggists, Troy, Ohio ; copper, per- fect. 12.
Randall & Co., Monument Square, Baltimore ; rev., view of the monument, “Mineral Water, City Hotel”; nickel, fine, old and rare. 12.
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MEDICAL MEDALS.
1500
Uk> 1501
‘C 1502
1503
iWl504
1505
r 1506 to 1507 301508
% 1509
3 1510 3 1511
J 1512
J 1518
1514
1515
1516
J jo 1517
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Stifft, Andrea Joseph. Bust loaded with decorations; rev., three figures in a boat welcomed to the shore by a figure with a mural crown, long inscription; silver, about proof, a beautiful medal and rare. 30.
Sanitary Fair Medal. Bust of Lincoln ; rev., Columbia with banner and eagle, “ Northwestern Sanitary Fair, Chicago, 111., 1865 ” ; bronze, bruised. 36.
Sanitary Fair Medal, Philadelphia, 1864. Tent scene, “ We give our Wealth for those who give their Health for us ” ; bronze, proof. 36.
Schmidt, Dr. Johann, Buergermeister of Bremen, elected April 26, 1821 ; plated, fine. 32.
Sicard, Roch A. C., Teacher of the Deaf and Dumb. Bust to left; rev., long inscription; bronze, proof. 26.
Epee, Ch. Michel De L\ Bust to left; rev., inscrip- tion. A medal presented to the Pope, Pius VII, by the Directors of the Paris Institution for Deaf Mutes on his visit, Feb. 23, 1805 ; bronze, proof. 27.
Spolasco, The Baron. “ The real friend of the people,” etc. Eminent English quack ; copper, fine. 15.
Suit, S. T. Whiskey for medicinal use only; plated, brass and tin, fine. 3 pieces. 18.
Stuart, Dr., Maxwell St., Glasgow. Private Medical Establishment, 1841. Doctor and patient ; rev., wo- man nursing her baby ; “ Midwifery and Nursing ” ; copper, very fine, scarce. 14.
Steinfeld, S. French Cognac Bitters ; copper, fine. 3 pieces. 16.
Senour, F., Druggist, Indianapolis ; tin, fine. 13.
Stebbins & Wilson, Ann Arbor, Mich. ; copper, fine. 13.
Tansey & Ballard ; rev., mortar, etc., Plainville, Ind. ; copper and brass, very fine. 2 pieces. 13.
Twyford, A. S, Newcomers Town, Ohio ; copper. 12.
Taylor, A. B., Philadelphia; silver or plated, brass and tin, different, very fine. 3 pieces. 13.
Troemner, H., Philadelphia ; copper. 12.
Winter, Aloysio de. Bust at three-quarters face ; rev., “ Medico Chirurgo, Per X Lustra, Optime Merito, Collegarum Monac. Pietas ” ; bronze, very fine. 27.
Washington Benevolent Society Medal, 1808. Liberty crowning the bust of Washington ; rev., Benevolence ministering to a sick man; silver, nearly proof. 26.
MEDICAL MEDALS.
87
S' 1518
3 1519
IST1520
3 1521 3 1522
3 1523
3 1524 •o 1525
3 1526
^527
1528
v 1529 i^o 3530 1531 71532
' o c 1533
1534
1535
Fleury, Andr6 Hercules de. Cardinal, Almoner to the Queen of France and afterwards to Louis the Great; obv., bust at three-quarters face ; rev.,, implements of peace and art ; plated copy. 34.
Warmkissee, Peter, Duane St., New York; copper and brass, fine. 2 pieces. 14.
Warriner, J. P., Andersonville, Ind. Token for 25 cents; nickel, fine, rare. 16.
Welles, Henry C., Waterloo, N. Y. ; copper, good. 12.
Ward, William, West Bromwich. Head of Victoria; rev., “ Manufacturer,” etc. ; copper, fine. 14.
Winans, F. B. & Co., Bellaire, Ohio; copper, one pierced, different. 2 pieces. 12.
Walker, C. R., Neuralgia King; copper, fine. 12.
Wiltsee, John F., Funeral Furnisher, Cincinnati ; obv. of twenty dollar piece; copper, fine, rare. 22.
Diehl, J. J., Undertaker, 133 Essex St., New York ; copper, fine. 16.
Vincent de Paul, Saint, founder of several charitable orders and institutions. Bust facing left; rev., in- scription ; bronze, proof. 26.
The same. Has bust to the right ; rev., “ Hospice-De La-Maternite ” ; bronze, proof. 26.
Medal. “An Soulagement De L’Humanite.” Retort around which a serpent is coiled ; rev., heavy wreath, field blank for inscription ; bronze, proof. - 24.
Medal of Stockholm. A woman with two children ; rev., inscription in ten lines in Swedish, ending thus: “E. Coll. Med. 1795”; bronze, very fine. 21.
St. Elizabeth, patron saint of women ; rev., view of a hospital for women founded 1657 ; eld cast in tree bronze. 34.
Skjelderup, Michael, Dr. and Professor of Medicine. Fine bust to left ; rev., Aesculapius standing ; bronze, proof. 22.
Bridge, Wm. H. Engraved, “ Presented for his Cour- age and Humanity in rescuing Geo. Bates from drowning, August 9th, 1833 ” ; silver, with ring, perfect. 29.
Female Preventive or Morsonic Amulet; rev., head of Liberty in a circle of stars ; tin, very fine. 22.
Medal of the Great Central Fair of the U. S. Sanitary Commission, June, 1864; bronze, perfect. 36.
88
NUMISMATIC MEDALS, TOKENS, ETC.
1536 Memorial of the Sanitary Fair at Wapakoneta, Ohio ;• plated, fine. 14.
NUMISMATIC MEDALS, TOKENS, ETC.
In forming this Cabinet, the collector has allowed himself the broadest possible latitude; briefly, whatever relates directly or indirectly, by its inscription or device, to coins or medals, or the making of them, finds a place here. All that concerns Mints, their employees and machinery, their opening, closing and transfer, tire visits to them of Royal person- ages ; collectors of coins and medals ; the owners of fine collections ; all distinguished for their knowledge or love of Numismatics, come properly within the limits of this little collection.
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y*1547
I0UL548
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Annual Assay Medal of the U. S. Mint, 1860. Head of Liberty garlanded ; rev., a wreath ; bronze, proof. 21.
Annual Assay Medal, 1861. Design like the last ; bronze, very fine. 21.
Annual Assay Medal, 1868. Columbia standing, bear- ing an olive branch, and applying a torch to the em- blems of war; aluminum, proof. 21.
Annual Assay, 1869; obv. design like the last, wreath on rev. different, “Let us have Peace”; aluminum, proof. 21.
Annual Assay, 1869; obv., seated figure of Liberty, abound it thirteen stars; rev. like the last; alumi- num, perfect, rare. 21.
Annual Assay, 1870. A conglomerate design, ap- parently intended to represent an alchemist sus- rounded by implements of the art. -It suggests, however, Justice arrayed as a cook brewing a cup of tea for a dog, who seems patiently waiting while watching a snake who is making a determined effort to commit suicide by getting inside himself. Below this beautiful picture the name of Pollock is con- spicuous ; rev., wreath and inscription ; bronze, very fine. 21.
1051552 Annual Assay Medal, 1870. Duplicate of the last; fine proof in aluminum. 21.
1553 Allan, John. Bust facing right; rev., the antiquary, “A real Antique but alas it is indecipherable”; silver, proof ; rare in silver. 20.
T 1554 The same ; tin, perfect. 20.
NUMISMATIC MEDALS, TOKENS, ETC.
89
U 1555 Bogart, Henry. Sage's Numismatic Gallery, No. 2 ; copper, fine. 20.
Id 1556 Buslmell, Chas. I. Bust to left. Sage’s Numismatic Gallery, No. 1 ; copper, proof. 20.
3ol557 Bembo, Petrus. An Italian Cardinal and Private Sec- retary to Pope Leo X. He devoted his time and means to the formation of a library and a cabinet of medals. Fine bust in cardinal’s hat; rev., date of birth and death ; bronze, nearly proof. 27.
3ol558 Barthelemy, J. J. Bust facing left ; rev., a long in- scription concerning his titles and acquirements; bronze, perfect. 27.
0,5 1559 Bank of France Medal. “ An. VIII”; revi, Minerva and Fortune standing, “La Sagesse Fixe La For- tune ”; Minerva having dropped her Gorgon shield, is acting upon the suggestion, and is holding Fortune by the collar; octagon; silver, fine. 24.
1553 a Byrne, Eleanor Rugg. Bust; rev., “Byrne Ore Gold” ; copper and tin, proofs. 2 pieces. 19.
*o 1554a Bceke-r, Carl von. Mortuary Medal to Prince Charles of Plensburg ; type-metal, very fine, rare. 18.
■1555a Bolen, John A. Bust; star to right and left, small 1864 below; copper, proof. 18.
’ 0 1556a Bolen, John A. Larger date; rev., radiant Liberty cap, “United States of America, Liberty” ; copper, fine. 18.
1557a Bolen, John A. Boy on an eagle, “ Young America, 1862 ” ; copper, proof. 18.
1558a The same; brass, very fine. 18.
1559a Bolen, John A. Large bust. 186$); tin, fine. 16.
1560 Bank Drafts on the Royal Bank of Ireland ; copper,
very fine. 12.
1561 Black, Samuel PL, Electrotyper, 1860, 142 Elm St.,
New York ; electro. 18.
1562 Black, S. H., 1859; rev., 13 Lispenard St., New York;
electro. 18.
1563 Black, S. H., 410 Broadway, New York; electro, fine.
18.
1564 Bridgens, Metal Tokens, William St., New York ;
all different, two with head of McClellan ; copper and brass, proofs, and uncirculated. 6 pieces. 13.
1565 Burr & WSitsill, Medals, etc., Philadelphia ; rev., Lib-
ertas Americana ; tin, proof. 14.
90
NUMISMATIC MEDALS, TOKENS, ETC.
1566
I0t>1567
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1SVL568
Iod1569
**1570
1^1571
>1572
>4578
6*1574
I 1575
'1576
2t>1577
3 1578
5" 1579
^1580
1^1581
Burr & Whitsill ; rev., Carpenter’s Hall ; bronze, proof. 14.
Bribery Medal of Hamburg. A band presenting a piece of money ; rev., a hand held over the face