Fantasy Ming Dynasty Coin

Historical fantasies for the unissued reign titles - During several Ming reigns no coins were produced, because of large scale emissions of paper money. As a gesture of filial respect the emperorShi Zong (1522-67) ordered in 1553 their production. There remains still some difference of opinion among numismatists, whether these are fantasies produced in Japan and/or Vietnam or Mingsupplementary issues. Nevertheless examples are rare and very much in demand (DH20.137a, Schjöth1173, Zeno179343) - 4.10 gr. - good VF

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Coins, Currency and Medals May 2017 (https://mpoauctions.com/en/browse?aid=26&cid=16129&lid=100885)

Late Kushan Period Gold Coin

Description: Kushan Kingdom, Gold Coin Late Kushan Period Shaka 8.00 grams / 25.25-24.60x2.84mm / The coin designs usually broadly follow the styles of the preceding Greco-Bactrian rulers in usingHellenistic styles of image, with a deity on one side and the king on the other. Kings may be shown as a profile head, a standing figure, typically officiating at a fire altar in Zoroastrian style,or mounted on a horse. The artistry of the dies is generally lower than the exceptionally high standards of the best coins of Greco-Bactrian rulers. Continuing influence from Roman coins can be seenin designs of the late 1st and 2nd century CE, and also in mint practices evidenced on the coins, as well as a gradual reduction in the value of the metal in base metal coins, so that they becomevirtual tokens. Iranian influence, especially in the royal figures and the pantheon of deities used, is even stronger.

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Lot 215: Ancient Kushan Gold Coin Late Kushan Period Shaka (www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-A3C4D0E894)

1797 Irish One Penny Provisions Token

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, IRELAND, Uncertain Issuer, Copper Penny, 1797, obv TO PREVENT THE ABUSE OF CHARITY, IN THE CONSUMPTION OF WHISKEY, THIS IS GIVEN TO THE POOR, IN DUBLIN. F., rev VALUEONE PENNY, IN PROVISIONS (ONLY) AT 168 JAMES'S-GATE 44 LOW . KEVIN-STREET 55 UPPER-COOMBE & 23 BARRACK-STREET. 1797, edge plain, not in collar (Atkins p.332, 1; D&H Dublin 1). Nearly very fineand rare.

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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, IRELAND, Uncertain Issuer, Copper Penny, 1797 (www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1695&lot=2769)

1851 Robert Patterson Mint Medal

Description: Director Robert M. Patterson U.S. Mint Medal, Julian-MT-2, Obv: Obverse bust facing left, "ROBERT M. PATTERSON DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. MINT 1835-51"; Rev: snake biting its owntail, curled within a wreath, furled scroll at top, "CODEX MONETAE 1837" ("monetary codification," a reference to the 1837 mint monetary reforms), central inscription "APARTING TOKEN OF REGARD FROM THE OFFICERS AND CLERKS OF THE MINT. 1851." Dies by famous early engraver Charles Cushing Wright. The reverse was hubbed from the 1812 Winfield Scott medal (MI-20).;Ae, 65mm, 130.64gms, EF, some stray marks, small edge bumps and a few spots. Julian MT-2.

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Lot 260: DIRECTOR ROBERT M. PATTERSON U.S. MINT MEDAL (www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-0C141A7973)

1899 German Deutcher Automobil Club Medal

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Lot 517: 1899 German Deutcher Automobil Club Medal (www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-6FF4EE68C7)

1902 Boer War Mocking Medal

Boer War Mocking Medal 1902 commemorating the Ragama Boer POW Camp in Ceylon (AM133, Hern300, Laidlaw0786a) - Obv: Man wearing cap standing beside palm tree, possibly chopping it down withmachete; hut on the left; BRITSCHE.1902.BESCHAVING / Rev: SCUM OF THE SCUM, legend around: RAGAMA KAMP HERINNERING - bronze 10.13 gram 30.4 mm - rough strike, VF/XF, very rare.

Reputedly struck over ZAR pennies (but unlikely) from dies made by C.F. Keyzer, a former employee of the N.Z.A.S.M. (NEDERLANDSCHE ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE SPOORWEG MAATSCHAPPIJ). Presumably the work wasdone after Keyzer had been repatriated.

The first batch of prisoners arrived in Ceylon on 9 August 1900 and subsequently others followed until some 5.000 prisoners had landed. Diyatalawa was the main camp. Mt Lavinia was theconvalescent camp while foreign volunteers, dissidents and irreconcilables were housed at Ragama.

In the wartime correspondence of Jeannot Weinberg, a Jewish POW in Ragama Camp, he writes, 'The Germans, Hollanders, Irish Americans are, with a few exceptions, a most disreputable lot. Theyare without exaggeration the scum of the scum'. This appellation also appeared in an article in the Times of Ceylon.

Most of the prisoners in Ceylon were repatriated to South Africa at the end of the war after signing the oath of allegiance to King Edward VII. The foreign volunteers and those who refused to signwere probably given passage on Dutch ships to the Netherlands

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Boer War Mocking Medal 1902 (https://mpoauctions.com/en/browse?aid=26&cid=16628&lid=101598)

1926 Red Cross Inundation Lifesaving Medal

1926 - Medal 'Red Cross reward for helping victims of the inundation 1925-1926' by G. Devreese (1916) - Obv. Bearded man carrying boy / Rev. Six lines of tekst and white/red enamelledshield of arms - brass 70 mm - XF

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1926 - Medal 'Red Cross reward for helping victims of the inundation 1925-1926' by G. Devreese (1916)(https://mpoauctions.com/en/browse?aid=26&cid=15163&lid=96239)

1936 Joy of Youth Medal

Medals: 1936 Commemorative Joy of Youth Medal in bronze with original box, 73mm, by R. Tait McKenzie, showing shot-put athlete between 'Rejoice oh Young Man in thy Youth', reverse showsfour nude runners to right. geese and greyhound racing right, medal commemorating the 1936 Olympic Games

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Medals: 1936 Commemorative Joy of Youth Medal(www.davidfeldman.com/auctions/browse-lots/aucP/2017-olympics-online-auction/item/289254/)

Atomic Age Medal

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Lot 417: ATOMIC AGE MEDAL (www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-86042C78F9)