Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2016 ANA Auction - Sess. A-C 10-12 August 2016
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MIXED LOTS. Mixed Medals, Badges & Exonumia, ca. 17th-20th Century. EXTREMELY FINE.
39 pieces in lot. Interesting grouping of different, primarily European, medals and other exonumia. Includes pieces from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries. Compositions include copper, tin, zinc, white metal, bronze, copper and silver, and the sizes range from 18 to 73 mm. Some of the more intriguing pieces include: A 1709 Russian medal commemorating the Battle of Poltava most likely a later restrike, an iron Karl Goetz medal celebrating the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania again a later propaganda restrike, and a very old uniface hanging bronze plaque of Hieronymus Savonarola, renegade priest and leader of Florence during the late 15th century. A couple of attractive later pieces include a prooflike bronze medal for the opening of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in 1840 and an equally choice White metal medal for the incorporation of the town of Stratford, Ontario, in 1885. Retail value of the lot is in excess of $1,500.00. Close inspection is encouraged. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. Average condition EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00
39 pieces in lot. Interesting grouping of different, primarily European, medals and other exonumia. Includes pieces from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries. Compositions include copper, tin, zinc, white metal, bronze, copper and silver, and the sizes range from 18 to 73 mm. Some of the more intriguing pieces include: A 1709 Russian medal commemorating the Battle of Poltava most likely a later restrike, an iron Karl Goetz medal celebrating the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania again a later propaganda restrike, and a very old uniface hanging bronze plaque of Hieronymus Savonarola, renegade priest and leader of Florence during the late 15th century. A couple of attractive later pieces include a prooflike bronze medal for the opening of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in 1840 and an equally choice White metal medal for the incorporation of the town of Stratford, Ontario, in 1885. Retail value of the lot is in excess of $1,500.00. Close inspection is encouraged. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. Average condition EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00