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Lot 15233

of Connecticut coppers that would have been of greatest personal importance to Barnsley but leaves us to discuss what it does include The scope of the collection far surpasses what one might expect The ledger is over 400 pages long and very few of those pages are blank While an exhaustive overview is beyond the scope of an auction description a glance through these pages shows us Washington medals forty pages of them followed by a carefully tabulated chart listing Baker s classification of the medals followed by other presidential and political medals Masonic medals Centennial medals school medals Admiral Vernon medals and so on The medals continue through page 186 of the ledger indicating the scope of his medallic holdings which include yet more Washington material listed after

Lot 15233

of Connecticut coppers that would have been of greatest personal importance to Barnsley but leaves us to discuss what it does include The scope of the collection far surpasses what one might expect The ledger is over 400 pages long and very few of those pages are blank While an exhaustive overview is beyond the scope of an auction description a glance through these pages shows us Washington medals forty pages of them followed by a carefully tabulated chart listing Baker s classification of the medals followed by other presidential and political medals Masonic medals Centennial medals school medals Admiral Vernon medals and so on The medals continue through page 186 of the ledger indicating the scope of his medallic holdings which include yet more Washington material listed after

Lot 16043

Lot 16043 medals Reference Works on Medals Includes Julian s Medals of the United States Mint the Quarterman reprint of Betts s American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals the Quarterman reprint of Medina s Medallas de Proclamaciones y Juras de los Reyes de Espa a en Am rica still in shrink wrap all three volumes of Brown s British Historical Medals ex library Kienast s The Medals of

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15057

Lot 15057 Franklin Mint Silver medals Medallic History of the United StatesFrom the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Bicentennial preparations of 1975 the series of 200 medals highlights the major events of each intervening year Every medal is hallmarked STERLING on the edge and numbered Struck in deep cameo Proof format the 45 mm medals each contain one troy ounce of silver and are individually protecte

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Lot 15609

Lot 15609 Large Group of Modern Bronze medals This lot includes 17 bronze proofs 39 mm in a plastic display frame titled Great Olympic Moments Also included are 36 bronze medals marking 15 different subjects Many of these are recent Treasury issued pieces Two gilt medals in bezels honor George Washington with the Peace medal reverse and John F Kennedy A yellow bronze 20th century restrike of the Oath to the Mint medal is also incl

Mobile Agricultural and Mechanical Association, Mobile, Ala.

Mobile Agricultural and Mechanical Association Mobile Ala Alan V Weinberg comments Pre 1900 Deep South silver Agricultural or Mechanical Society medals are almost always far rarer and more desirable than east coast or northeast society medals Probably because the South was far less wealthy or sophisticated after the Civil War less populated had far fewer medallic diesinking companies far fewer Agric Mech Societies Even the designs of these Deep South pre 1900 medals tend to be a bit cruder and less sophisticated than Northern medal

Mobile Agricultural and Mechanical Association, Mobile, Ala.

Mobile Agricultural and Mechanical Association Mobile Ala Alan V Weinberg comments Pre 1900 Deep South silver Agricultural or Mechanical Society medals are almost always far rarer and more desirable than east coast or northeast society medals Probably because the South was far less wealthy or sophisticated after the Civil War less populated had far fewer medallic diesinking companies far fewer Agric Mech Societies Even the designs of these Deep South pre 1900 medals tend to be a bit cruder and less sophisticated than Northern medal

Thomas Jefferson Large Size Indian Peace Medal

Mint struck Jefferson IPM s Finer than LaRiviere s finer than Ford s Gem Prooflike Unc Ex Stack s privately to Laird Park decades ago according to Tony Terranova who observed the transaction in the store Laird U Park Jr At 6 5 tall was an imposing distinguished looking quite knowledgable wealthy Philadelphia collector of American colonial coins selected early American historical medals and early American books maps and autographed documents of the highest rarity value His colonial coin coll n one of the finest assembled including an Unc 1792 Birch cent ex Chas Jay coll n was auctioned by Stack s in NYC on May 26 1976 Park s library was auctioned by Sotheby s in NYC Nov 29 2000 Buried in the middle of the thick library auction catalogue unannounced to the numism

Thomas Jefferson Large Size Indian Peace Medal

Mint struck Jefferson IPM s Finer than LaRiviere s finer than Ford s Gem Prooflike Unc Ex Stack s privately to Laird Park decades ago according to Tony Terranova who observed the transaction in the store Laird U Park Jr At 6 5 tall was an imposing distinguished looking quite knowledgable wealthy Philadelphia collector of American colonial coins selected early American historical medals and early American books maps and autographed documents of the highest rarity value His colonial coin coll n one of the finest assembled including an Unc 1792 Birch cent ex Chas Jay coll n was auctioned by Stack s in NYC on May 26 1976 Park s library was auctioned by Sotheby s in NYC Nov 29 2000 Buried in the middle of the thick library auction catalogue unannounced to the numism

Lot 15405

spine laid on upper cover and spine lettered in gilt Finely engraved frontispiece depicting Wright medal of Washington 6 252 pages Some penciled annotations throughout Original order form from the publisher laid in Three sheets of St Louis Stamp Coin Co letterhead laid in the backs of which have been used by Burdette Johnson to take notes on several varieties of Washington coins and medals Very good or so Baker is a foundational work on the subject and an enduring classic Rather scarce due to the fragile nature of the paper employed with Baker W S The Engraved Portraits of Washington with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters Philadelphia Lindsay Baker 1880 Small 4to original brown cloth rebacked with original spine laid on spi

Lot 15664

Lot 15664 Remarkable Collection of Swiss Shooting medals This collection of 148 medals and ribbons spans the period from 1933 through 1974 The collection includes 111 different medals issued during that time span with 17 additional undated medals and 20 duplicates These beautiful medals are closely related to the highly collectible Swiss Shooting thalers Ex Eric P Newman Numismatic Education Society Heritage Auctions 11 2018 Newman XI lot1

Lot 15664

Lot 15664 Remarkable Collection of Swiss Shooting medals This collection of 148 medals and ribbons spans the period from 1933 through 1974 The collection includes 111 different medals issued during that time span with 17 additional undated medals and 20 duplicates These beautiful medals are closely related to the highly collectible Swiss Shooting thalers Ex Eric P Newman Numismatic Education Society Heritage Auctions 11 2018 Newman XI lot1

Lot 15664

Lot 15664 Remarkable Collection of Swiss Shooting medals This collection of 148 medals and ribbons spans the period from 1933 through 1974 The collection includes 111 different medals issued during that time span with 17 additional undated medals and 20 duplicates These beautiful medals are closely related to the highly collectible Swiss Shooting thalers Ex Eric P Newman Numismatic Education Society Heritage Auctions 11 2018 Newman XI lot1

Lot 4058

h Regiment N Y N G subsequently serving as Inspector of Rifle Practice for the Seventy first in which he was Captain of Company C and from which he resigned in 1897 Mr Zabriskie was active in politics in Duchess County a member of the Democratic State Executive Committee and Chairman of the Duchess County Board of Supervisors All his life Mr Zabriskie was a collector of coins and medals and owned one of the best collections in this county in which are many rare Lincoln medals and many rare Polish coins and medals His collection of books and prints relating to the early history of New York is also notable Mr Zabriskie was also interested in breeding Ayreshire cattle and fancy poultry on his 1 000 acre estate at Blithewood He was a Director of the Poughkeepsie Trust an

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