NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: APRIL 11, 2021
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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: APRIL 11, 2021
Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these.-Editor

Lot 1167. Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-205 BC).
Tetradrachm (silver). After 217 BC Chr. Alexandria.Vs: The draped busts of Zeus Serapis with a laurel wreath, Tainia and Atef crown and Isis with a wreath of ears and a crown side by side on the right.Rs: eagle with flared wings and double horn of plenty standing on lightning bundle to the left, head turned to the right; between the legs delta-iota.
Above is the Google-translated version of the lot description.Great double bust.-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 1167. Ptolemäisches Königreich. Ptolemaios IV. Philopator (221 - 205 v. Chr.).(https://www.sixbid.com/en/solidus-numismatik/8353/griechische-mnzen/6920493/ptolemisches-knigreich-ptolemaios-iv-philopator)

UNITED KINGDOM Proof Victoria, 1837-1901. 2 pounds 1887, London. Jubilee head. In US plastic holders of PCGS with the rating PR 62 CAM
From Muenzenonline Live Auction.Beautiful coin, picturing the great-great-grandmother of BOTH Queen Elizabeth II and her late husband Prince Philip.-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
LOT.NO:112 Great Britain 1887(https://www.muenzenonline-auktion.ch/catalogDetail/detail/live-auction-no.-14-part-i-1612786195/Great-Britain-1887-564489)


AN ANTIQUE CURLING CLUB MEDAL. Birmingham 1908. 27 grams. 4 cm diameter.
From Hannam's Auctioneers. Not often one sees a curling club medal.-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
AN ANTIQUE CURLING CLUB MEDAL. Birmingham 1908. 27 grams. 4 ...(https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/
bd0dfdc4dda0f245cd7cfc7986e9777a/1f1638c9faeb7c2641b7b1e9c67628d0/
fine-antiques-oriental-works-of-art-lot-1098/)

We've all heard of Chinese Hell Banknotes, designed to be burned to honor the dead. But Hell Banknotes picturing U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson?Apparently these 1960s-era notes are also known with images of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Stalin, Khruschev and Harold Wilson. What, no Richard Nixon?-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
10 CHINESE HELL BANK NOTES CRISP UNC(https://auctions.bidalotcoinauction.com/lots/view/1-4FHIWG/10-chinese-hell-bank-notes-crisp-unc)

1978-S proof set with an off-center double-printing error on the front of the packaging. Unusual and scarce.
In the horse-of-a-different-color department, here's something you don't see every day - an off-center double printed proof set box label. From the stock of error dealer Jon Sullivan; a small number of these oddball items are available.-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
1978-s proof set off-center double-printed(https://www.sullivannumismatics.com/coin/1978-s-proof-set-center-double-printed?v=7147)
