"Fred Holabird's Grand Finale": Mining, Americana, & Numismatics Live Auction (2025 October)

P. Alberich Zwyssig (1808-1854) was a monk who composed the Swiss national anthem. Rare silver medal in hard shell case with purple lining. His portra

Lot of two medals: 1) Hollywood Baseball Association / Stars / Pass; C, rd., 34 mm, concave. 2) National Baseball Museum / Cooperstown, N. Y. // Birt

Two one troy ounce silver rounds made by the Yorkshire Mint to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the California Angels baseball team (1961-1985). Th

Commemorative aluminum token featuring "Colonial Jack" (John Albert Krohn) and his wheelbarrow "The Sphinx," from his 1908 cross...

Eleven calendar medals from Franklin Mint. Each bronze issue measures 70 mm; each year has its theme. Art work of high quality. 1973: Tree of Time; 19

Gold Star Medal by US Steamship Lines. Obv: Ocean liner between the Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower with high-relief gold star at the top. 1930 app

Group of three: 1) HK-678 Battle Creek Centennial 1931; EF-AU. 2) Hibbing Minnesota Victory Jubilee 1946 satirical medal; AU. 3) Sixth Ward Saloon tok

1) Cronebane Halfpenny / (bust of St. Patrick) // Associated Irish Mine Company / 1789 / Dividing date, arms of the company: "Vert on a chevron...

Lot of two: 1) Knights of Ku Klux Klan / Realm of Michigan // Member in Good Standing; Br., rd., 32 mm. 2) United We Stand Divided We Fall // A Chival

Two uncirculated Masonic medals from the 1800s. Grand Lodge of Iowa cornerstone laying for new library in 1884; New York Masonic Temple dedication, 18

Two medals: 1) Paris Exposition 1889 medal celebrating the centennial of the storming of the Bastille; Rulau A 270; Br., rd., 30 mm. 2) Silver watch f

Interesting Civil War medallion (37 mm) which opens like an "opium dollar" to hold a picture or message of a loved one. 1st Pennsylvania C...

Pony Express Founders Medals, 1960. 1) Struck at the US Mint in Philadelphia, with a small mintage of only 3,000 pieces, this silver medal weighs 4.2

Pony Express Founders Medals, 1960. 1) Struck at the US Mint in Philadelphia, with a small mintage of only 3,000 pieces, this silver medal weighs 4.2

Three Pony Express Termination Medals, 1961. 1) This large silver Termination Medal is numbered 383 of 1,000 (on original box), was struck at the US M

Obv.: Pony Express Race 1923 / (horse and rider) / St. Joseph Mo. to San Francisco, Cal.; Rev.: Wells Fargo / Nevada / National / Bank / Of / San Fran

Wells Fargo 125th Anniversary Medal & Security Badge. First is a 3" Bronze Medal in its original presentation box. It reads "Complimen...

HK-736. Struck at the U.S. Mint according to Julian. Obverse features a strong box flying with large wings across a large horseshoe with rays extendin

Two examples of the coins made during the Free Silver political debates of 1896: 1) Bryan Money, 1896. This is a large political satirical medal from

Eight silver medals commemorating John F. Kennedy. Only one is marked sterling, but most appear to be silver. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Carter Presidential Inaugural Medal 1977 with Certificate of Authenticity. The Official 1977 Presidential Inaugural Medal. Hallmarked, serially number

Four pieces: 1) 1833 Hard Times Cent Satire of Andy Jackson; Low 51. 2) 1898 Polish American Republican Committee, Philadelphia Ward 3; Br., rd., 24 m

Issued by the Britannia Commemorative Society. Gem proof silver medal of Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965. 1.32 ounces; 44 mm. Super strike with fabulo

HK-574C. Aluminum. Produced by Russel Fister in 1959 who had worked with Dr. Bennett while he was superintendent of the Osage Indian Agency. Struck by

Choice uncirculated bronze medal by Julio Kilenyi, a 70th birthday tribute to Nobel Prize winning author and poet Rudyard Kipling. 70 mm. Struck in 19

Two So Called Dollars: 1) HK-853 Continental Dollar Restrike, copper; AU-BU. 2) HK-854 Continental Dollar Restrike, white metal, EF-AU. ^ Date: Cou

A group of eleven so-called dollars in copper, bronze, and brass including subjects such as The Pony Express, the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition Petroleu

Eleven so-called half dollars struck by Medallic Art Company commemorating various people, places, and events. See photos for design details. ^ Date:

A mixed group of eleven commemorative coins including a brass 1964 Seattle World's Fair, silver 1969 San Diego Centennial, brushed nickel 1938 T...

Two silver commemorative medals: First is a Nebraska Centennial, obv inside the rim reads: // HONOR TO OUR HERITAGE / 1867 / 1967 / DEDICATION TO OUR

Three Masonic pennies: 1) 1861 Canton Ohio; 2) 1901 Miami Florida; 3) 1951 Auburn, California. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prov

Lot of two: 1) 1856 Temperance Declaration medal; wm, rd., 33 mm. 2) Dateless large cent counter stamped "BOSTON" on obverse, holed. ^ Da...

Mostly uncirculated, not the usual group. Churchill Downs (5); Apollo 11 (2); Mississippi River Parkway (2); U. S. Navy Bicentennial China Lake 1975 (

Six brilliant uncirculated medals: 1) Deluxe Guardhouse case (4 x 5 x 1 inch) with a David Hall autographed PCGS 30th Anniversary medal from 2016. 2)

Blue binder with the 1966 series of sixty dollar gaming tokens made by the Franklin Mint: Proof Like Specimen Set No. 0980. All the known Nevada casin

Chinese Mother of Pearl Gaming Tokens. Here are five examples of pre-1840 Chinese mother-of-pearl gaming counters: round, oval, rectangle, long rectan

A large group of Good For 5 Cent Tokens, mostly for Slot Machines, including Chas Fey Victory Bell Slot Tokens. Charles Fey is the man who invented s

Twenty plastic gaming chips (33 mm), ten red center, ten white center with monogram "C S" in center. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Sta...

These are unidentified colored plastic gaming sets (about 20 sets). Appear to be European, possibly Scandinavian. There are 6 pieces in each multicol

A wide and varied group of gaming collectibles including dice, playing cards, cribbage, poker chips, roulette, etc. see the list in the photo. These w

Poker chips: 24 red, 25 blue and 49 white; all with horse and rider. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Balloon Route Trolley Trip pinback. In Excellent cond and complete. No damage. This commemorates a 1915 balloon route trolley trip on the Pacific Ele

Lot of 3. 1. Pinback Commemorating The Landing of Sir Francis Drake on Marin Co. Chore w/dpic of Drake. Unk. year. 2. Golden Gate International Exp

Lot of 3. 1. c1900 Fireman climbing ladder w/baby rescue. Excellent cond. 1.5". 2. c1900 Calif. Game & Fish Protective Assoc. pinback w/qu...

1.5 " square pinback. Young George Washington holding an axe w/chopped cherry tree. Bottom, the famous phrase "I cannot Tell A Lie"...

C1900 rare pinback celebrating Abe Lincoln 100 anniversary of his birth. "Honest Abe Mackinshirts" phrase around head. Bastian Bros, print...

1900 President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt campaign pinback. Both pictured on front, in the image of a dinner bucket, slogan "Employment f...

Lot of 2. 1. Theodore Roosevelt Presidential 1904 pinback. Single photo of Roosevelt. Ehrman mfg. printer. 2. McKinley and Roosevelt 1900 campaign

Lot of 2. 1. Charles E. Hughes for President pinback. Hughes started his political career as Gov. of N.Y. Then, in 1910, Taft nominated him to the S

Lot of 2. 1. Famous Skidoo 23 w/devil holding pitchfork and box of Skidoo on it. Made by Whitehead & Hogg Co. 1896. 2. Smoke Hartford Times Cig...

Lot of 3. 1. Perfection Cigarettes Advertising Premium Pretty Lady Celluloid Pin Back Button ~ Whitehead & Hoag 1896. . Shows men c1900 holding...

Lot of 4. 1.c1905 Friehofer's Buster Brown Bread 1.5" pinback in good cond. Buster and dog Ty on face of pin 1.5". 2. 1910 Kellogg...

"Native Copper / From / Seward, Alaska / (overhead view of a mining camp surrounded by mountains) // Good For / Northern / 12.5 c. / In Trade. ...

PCGS certified Genuine: Cleaned- UNC Detail Alaska Gold. From the Coins of the Golden West Series by Mary G. Hart. ^ Date: Country (if not USA):

Lot of three: 1) BROWN BEAR / KODIAK / ALASKA / BUS LINE // GOOD FOR / RETURN FARE; Br., rd., 21 mm. 2) Ship's Tavern / Kodiak, Alaska // Good ...

Spooner says R 10; 1902-1911. D. & B. / LAST CHANCE SALOON // GOOD FOR 5c IN TRADE (round-center cutout); Br.; rd., 21 mm. ^ Date: Country ...

NGC certified: AU Details, corrosion. Spooner lists as a saloon 1910-12; R-8. Extremely rare! THEODORE LOPEZ / CONCHO, / ARIZ. // GOOD FOR / 25 / CENT

Gila County town of Miami: Spooner says it's an R 8; circa 1909-1914. SUNSHINE / SALOON / MIAMI, ARIZONA. //GOOD FOR / 12.5c / IN TRADE; Br., S...

Fifth Cavalry, Nogales, Arizona. "Fifth Cavalry Post Exchange / Nogales / Arizona // 5;" Br., Sc 8, 26 mm. This token likely dates from 1...

Listed as R-9 in Arizona Tokens & Scrip by Hal Birt Jr. Unused. Pink cardstock. Polaris is an American ghost town in the northern part of Yuma C...

Spooner says R 10 (1909-1911). Navajo County town. NGC certified VF Details, corrosion. WINDSOR BAR / YONT & PITMAN / PROP. / WINSLOW, ARIZ. / ...

NGC certified VF Details. POST EXCHANGE / ALCATRAZ / ISLAND, CAL. / PATRICK & CO. S.F. // GOOD FOR / 10c / IN / MERCHANDISE; Br., rd., 25 mm. ^...

Extremely rare token from the Calaveras County mining town: THE CRYSTAL SALOON / N.A. / BANCHERO / ANGELS, / CAL. / IRVINE JACHENS. // GOOD FOR / ONE

Issued July 1895 to H. Gillen. Five meals punched. Green cardstock. 2 x 3.75" ^ Date: 1895 Country (if not USA): State: California City: A...

The only known token from the Inyo County Panamint Valley mining camp: HEADQUARTER'S / SALOON / CHRIS. WICHT / BALLARAT / CAL. // GOOD FOR / 12...

Extremely rare Fresno pictorial token: 1) Good For / 1 / Drink / Eagle Bar // The / (pictorial eagle) / Harrigan & Timmons; Al., rd., 35 mm. 2)...

Extremely rare token! William Poole, proprietor, Mill Street near Main in an advertisement in the Grass Valley Morning Union, 1886 (tokencatalog.com)

Henry and Giacomo Deferrari are listed in business directories from 1905 and the census for Tuolumne Township as saloon keepers. A newspaper report li

Lot of two: 1) IN TRADE ONLY / 25 / HARTSOOK / INN / HARTSOOK, CALIF. // GOOD FOR / 25 / ORCO / PAT. PEND. / THE OSBORNE REGISTER CO. / CIN. O. U.S.A.

From the Placer County mining camp: RUSSELL & SCHWAB / IOWA HILL // GOOD FOR / 1 / DRINK; Br., Sc 8, 29 mm. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): St...

Two pocket mirrors and one aluminum medal from beach-side attractions near Los Angeles, California. Mirrors (55mm diameter) are attributed by the cons

Finest known: NGC graded MS 64. M.I.N.R.A. / 10c / IN TRADE (all incuse) // (blank); Al., rd., 29 mm. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Cali

NGC graded MS 62, probably the finest known. M.I.N.R.A. / 25c / In Trade // (reverse blank); Wm, rd., 40 mm; listed as two known. ^ Date: Country (i

Very rare Nevada City token! NGC certified VF Details, whizzed. RAMSEY & WILLIAMS / MFRS. / BRET HARTE / CIGARS / NEVADA CITY / CALIF. //GOOD ...

NGC graded XF 40. CENTURY MINING CO. / 10 / CENTS / STORE. // GOOD FOR / 10 / CENTS / IN MERCHANDISE; Wm, rd., 21 mm. "Late in the fall of 188...

NGC graded AU 55. PASO ROBLES HOTEL / (edifice) / C.A. KLINKNER & CO. S.F. GOOD FOR / ONE / DRINK; Al., rd., 34 mm. This hotel was built in 189...

Three different tokens: 1) PACIFIC SALOON / 614 J ST // GOOD FOR / 5c / IN TRADE; Br.,rd., 21 mm. 2) THE PACIFIC / SALOON // GOOD FOR / 5c / IN TRADE;

Rare! NGS certified AU Details, environmental damage. POST EXCHANGE / CAVALRY / CAMP / 5c / SAN DIEGO, CAL. // 5c; Br., rd., 21 mm. ^ Date: Coun

Extremely rare! William Frank & Co. were at 406 and 408 Stockton in 1867. Then at 406 and 408 Battery St. 1868-69, and at 406 Battery St. in 18...

Choice condition pictorial token! HOTEL MONTGOMERY / SAN JOSE, CAL. // GOOD FOR / 2.5c / IN TRADE / PATRICK & CO. S.F.; Al., octagonal, 30 mm. ...

Lot of four: 1) The Potter // Good For / $1 / In Trade; Br., 37 mm. 2) Rancheros Visitadores // Good For / 50c / In Trade; Al., rd., 30 mm. 3) Pioneer

Six Santa Barbara, two maverick and one San Luis Obispo tokens. SLO: Pioneer Cigar Factory. Santa Barbara: Havanah Cigar Factory; Imperial Bar; The Sm

G.C. SAWTELLE / SANTA SUSANA / CAL. // GOOD FOR / NO. 2 / 1 BOX / PITTING; Al., rd., 25 mm. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City:

From the Stanford University campus: ENCINA STORE / JACK / MEYER / PROP. / STANFORD UNIV. // GOOD FOR / 50c / IN MERCHANDISE ONLY; Bimetallic, rd., 3

Extremely rare token from the Tehama County hot springs just east of Red Bluff: TUSCAN / SPRINGS // GOOD FOR / 5c / IN TRADE; Br., rd., 21 mm. ^ Date

Dealer lot of sixty tokens. The 1896 Voter Registration (Vallejo) shows Russell Javines Coe as a saloon-keeper, 1900 Census: Russel J. Coe, saloon ke

Extremely rare in NGC certified AU 58 condition! BLACK BUTTE SALOON / E. DEBON / WEED, CAL. // GOOD FOR / 10c / IN TRADE; Br., rd., 21 mm. Built in

Obv.: Indian Head with 13 stars; Rev.: California / 185 ? / Gold. 11 mm; 0.5 grams. Tests 18 carat. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Califo

Two Cal Gold Charms (tokens) dated 1884. Uncirculated, octagonal, 10 mm. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Provenance:

Two dozen brilliant uncirculated octagonal and round Cal gold tokens. 12 mm round; 11 mm octagonal. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Californ

NGC certified MS 65 PL. 1884 dated California Gold charm. Arms of California; Wreath #2. Octagonal, 11 mm. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: C

Three Cal Fractional gold pieces, holed for jewelry use: 1) BG 878: 1875 round 1/4; 2) BG 798: 1875 octagonal 1/4; 3) BG 913 1872 octagonal 1/2. ^ Da

Three choice Gold Rush rarities: 1) Newman Bros. Comp S. Marke (1856-66). 2) California Counter / Flag $20 gold size; damaged at center. 3) Brown Bros

Lot of five tokens: 1) Flory's General Store, Dos Palos, GF $5 In Trade. 2) D. Bordagaray, Coalinga, GF 10c. 3) Redwood Station, Santa Clara, GF...

Lot of four tokens from the Mother Lode: 1) ARMSTRONG / BROS. / ALLEGHANY // GOOD FOR / 10c / IN TRADE; Br. rd., 21 mm. (John William Armstrong and hi

Two California tokens: 1) F. C. Duncan / Livermore // 12 1/2 / Cts. / In Trade; Br., Sc 12, 26 mm. 2) Yellowtop Milk Farms / Van Nuys // One Quart / M

Twenty-one maverick tokens, reportedly determined to be from the Denver area based on outside investigation. Includes round, scalloped, octagonal, bra

Extra rare. It is believed that Denver Novelty Works may have made the famous Lesher Referendum Dollars (according to NGC). This is a pocket edition o

Reported as Wenatchee, Idaho by out consignor. Good for 5 cents. March 25, 1885. 1.75 x 3.25" Not listed on tokencatalog.com. This company oper...

Maverick Brunswick Balke pictorial pool table token. GOOD FOR / 5c / W.M. COLLINS. / IN / TRADE // THE J.M. BRUNSWICK & BALKE COS / CHECK ; Br.,...