Houston Money Show Auction

Glossy chocolate brown. Smooth except for two pits at the star right of the date. The only contact marks are some well-toned scratches through NOT.

Frosty light chocolate brown and steel. Looks mint state but there is a hint of rub on the highest points of the devices. No marks or other defects.

Lustrous light chocolate with light bluish steel overtones. An attractive piece with no notable defects. The Rulau attribution and Garrett Collectio

Dark gray and steel with lighter silver on the highpoints. Sharply detailed but there are some light scratches that break the toning in the field und

Sharp and frosty with light toning and a few specks. A nice token from one of the early US coin dealers. The attribution is noted on the NGC label.

Frosty light golden brass with tiny carbon spots on both sides. Otherwise free of marks. The attribution and Crosby provenance are noted on the NGC

Bright original red. Lustrous and attractive. Size of a small cent. A fine hairline scratch in the field by the wings and a speck in the dentils; o

The cent is red & brown. Address shown is 42 E. 50th St. in New York City. Certificate #6074204 From the Provenance Collection

The cent is a lightly cleaned AU and the aluminum casing is lightly worn. Address given is 8943 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills CAL. Certificate #604

The cent is AU and the aluminum casing is nearly new. The address is 228 No. Beverly Dr. in Beverly Hills, CAL. Certificate #6041448 From the Prove

Frosty red with a few minor spots. Diameter 30.7mm. Certificate #4056103-020 From the Provenance Collection

Struck circa 1860 by Charles I. Bushnell (1826-1880) to recognize Augustus B. Sage's role in numismatics. A scarce piece. Diameter 31mm. Cert...

Patriotic token in brass: GOD PROTECT THE UNION. Glossy medium olive in the fields with lighter brassy gold on the devices. Smooth, just lightly cle

Patriotic token: NOT ONE CENT. Frosty medium brown with slightly lighter highpoints. Struck slightly off center to the top on a defective planchet.

Frosty steel brown and chocolate. No stains, spots, or marks. A bit softly struck in the center of the reverse, as usual for this variety. A nice e

Patriotic token: Washington/EXCHANGE. Frosty medium brown with coppery tan highlights from a light cleaning. Late die state with die cracks and two

Patriotic token: Washington/Star. Choice glossy brown and light chocolate. No defects, just evenly worn. Our grade is F12 as well. Certificate #33

Patriotic token: THE FLAG OF OUR UNION/ARMY & NAVY. Light to medium brown with coppery highpoints thanks to a light cleaning. No roughness or ...

Patriotic token: THE FEDERAL UNION IT MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED/ARMY & NAVY. Light to medium brown with dirt in protected areas and brighter ...

Patriotic token: THE FEDERAL UNION IT MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED/ARMY & NAVY. Steel brown with brighter tan from an old cleaning in fields and...

Patriotic token: Monitor/OUR NAVY. Sharp with some mint color on both sides but there are several spots of shallow carbon on both sides. Otherwise f

Patriotic token: ARMY & NAVY/Drum, Flags, and Cannons. Sharp but cleaned and partially retoned. Struck on a planchet that has a minor clip at ...

Sharpness EF45 with reddish crud (not corrosion/verdigris) in some protected areas on the reverse. The obverse is choice. The card of T. Brimelow, D

ROBINSON & BALLOU/GROCERS. Store Card token in brass. Glossy tan with golden tan in protected areas. Not sure about any cleaning but there ar...

A Cincinnati store card with the LEAVITT & BEVIS (hosiery & gloves) obverse and LEW BOMAN (I promise to pay 5 cents) reverse. Frosty medium...

Includes 4 US Civil War Tokens grading EF, a 1775 counterfeit British Halfpenny with a small planchet clip VG10, and a Queen Victoria One Penny Model

Sharpness VF but there are numerous rim bumps and the name of the person who received the medal has been partially effaced. May have been a pocket-pi

Bright frosty golden brass with some corrosion near the rims. Otherwise free of defects. Our grade is net EF45. Certificate #2693638-003 From the

Light olive and chocolate brown. A bit dull from oxidation but the details are sharp. An anti-paper money piece similar to many of the Hard Times To

Very attractive mint red fading to steel brown with prooflike fields. Honors Colonel Percie Kirk and Britons Own Happy Isle on the reverse. Another

Variety with a plain edge. Frosty bright silvery gray with some haze in the fields. Sharply struck and void of notable defects. The attribution and

Glossy olive brown and chocolate. Pierced at the top, as always. Attractive but there is some rub on the devices and faint hairlines in the fields.

A shield-shaped medal in brass or brassy bronze. A thick piece with a diameter of 72 millimeters in all directions. No marks, just light friction on

A beautiful, very elaborate high relief medal toned dark bluish gunmetal gray with lighter toning in the engraved area. Our grade is consistent with

Lustrous and bright with just a few microscopic contact marks in the field left of the building and a speck of carbon over the second C in CHICAGO. T

Frosty light silver and gray. Sharply struck in silver with a reeded edge. Oval-shaped (35.0 x 29.6 millimeters). Inscribed as the "Official...

A high-relief medal struck for PANAPEX in Manila but not inscribed to a recipient. Diameter 52.6 mm, weight 1143.5 grains. From the Wayte Raymond Co

Medium silvery gray. Lightly worn and the only defect is a small planchet crack on the edge at the top of the obverse. The devices are clear and str

Attractive glossy light silvery gray blending to bluish steel in protected areas. Lightly worn with a few planchet cracks, the strongest one above th

Frosty and sharp. No marks other than a few spots of dark bluish steel toning. Certificate #

Dull light silvery gray. Covered with fine erosion from salt water after being lost for more than a century in a sunken ship. The date is clear as a

Very attractive bluish steel with delicate overtones of rose blending to dark gray and steel in protected areas. The highpoints are a lighter shade o

Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with bluish steel overtones in protected areas. The fields are slightly reflective and this piece has excel

Mellowed red with very attractive overtones of rose on the reverse. Essentially flawless. The Brand provenance is noted on the NGC label. Certifica

Bright silver with fine hairlines in the fields from the cleaning. A couple small spots of dark bluish steel toning on both sides but no significant

Frosty light silvery gray, slightly darker gray on the highpoints. Possibly lightly cleaned long ago. A couple tiny specks left of the sun are the o

Very attractive glossy medium gray with lighter silvery gray on the devices. Smooth and the only mark is a scrape at the rim over the M in MATER. Th

Olive and chocolate brown with traces of lighter brown and tan in protected areas from an old cleaning. Sharply detailed but there are old scratches

Glossy light steel brown. Smooth and free of defects. Struck slightly off center to K-6 leaving portions of the legend off the planchet but the rema

Bright silver with fine hairlines from a cleaning. A spot of dark toning at the small device right of the date is the only notable mark. The date an

A counterfeit of the rare genuine version. Glossy light silvery gray with cloudy toning. Certificate # Ex Ed Sarrafian 10/1996-Neil Rothschild Coll

Light silvery gray with a few clouds of slightly darker gray. Lightly cleaned but there are no notable marks and there are traces of mint frost in pr

Bright silver with frosty devices and reflective fields. Essentially flawless except for a few tiny ticks in the field before the portrait. The Pitt

Light brown and tan with minor reflectivity in the fields. No marks or other defects. Sharply struck. The Pittman provenance is noted on the PCGS l

A flawless one-ounce piece of .999 fine silver that commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Bank of Beijing. Certificate #2064267-008

One ounce of fine silver honoring the birthday of Bei Bei the panda, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Great Wall of China. Looks flawless. Certi

A 1.1-ounce (31.1 gram) medal of fine silver sold at the 2016 ANA Convention in Anaheim, California. Flawless. Includes the official Certificate of

Same as the preceding lot but without the official Certificate of Authenticity. Looks flawless. Certificate #4400142-033

A flawless one-ounce piece of .999 fine silver that commemorates the World Money Fair in Berlin. Certificate #4527773-003

A beautiful high relief piece with pandas on the obverse and the Great Wall of China on the reverse. Massive and flawless. Certificate #4508841-023

Glossy medium steel gray with slightly lighter silvery gray in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and the only flaw is a chip out of the edge o

Type with nothing below the king. Glossy chocolate blending to darker steel and olive brown in protected areas. Sharpness VF20 but there is a dull s

Type with "Sea Beasts" below king. Glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown on the devices. Looks smooth to the unaided eye but a glass...

Glossy light brown with chocolate toning in protected areas. Smooth devices with minor roughness in protected areas. Listed on page 38 in the 2023...

Struck in copper plated bath metal. About 25-30% of the copper plating remains and there are a few small splashes of brassy toning on the reverse. M

Choice frosty bright golden tan with brown toning on the highpoints. Looks mint state but there is a hint of rub on the highest points of the devices

Several points sharper but covered with microscopic granularity. The only marks are some small planchet chips around the rims. Slightly glossy dark

A sharp, choice example that some call Proof. Medium reddish brown. Listed as brass on the old envelope but looks more like bronze. Produced by Alf

Sharpness close to mint state but there are shallow planchet laminations on the reverse with small patches of dark planchet slag. Very sharply struck

Ten points sharper with a small planchet void on the rim at the bottom of the reverse and traces of very fine verdigris on both sides. Glossy olive b

Glossy chocolate brown with frost in protected areas. Flattened at the top of the obverse and bottom of the reverse. Prior owners have claimed this

Glossy light to medium steel brown. Smooth and free of defects, just worn. Choice for the grade. Late die state with obvious swelling in the center

Glossy chocolate brown blending to olive brown in protected areas. Looks smooth but a glass reveals microscopic granularity in the fields and protect

Slightly sharper but a glass reveals very fine roughness in some of the protected areas. No marks, just light wear on the devices. Glossy chocolate

Grades are F-VF sharpness net VG10 for minor defects. All have a clear date and readable legends. Listed on page 42 in the 2023 "Redbook.&quo...

Struck in copper at the Pottiers Mint. Slightly rough but not too bad. Later die state with a long die break from the middle of the nose. Not a fla

Struck in billon silver at the Lyon Mint. Dark olive and silvery gray. Glossy with microscopic granularity under the glossy toning. No marks or oth

Rather glossy chocolate brown and steel with a splash of reddish brown toning covering the lower third of the obverse. The reddish area contains trac

Five points sharper but covered with microscopic granularity. No marks or verdigris. Olive brown and steel with lighter highpoints. See page 42 in

Slightly sharper but there are a few rim dents on an otherwise smooth, attractive piece. Glossy light to medium brown blending to chocolate in protec

Glossy light to medium brown blending to chocolate in protected areas. The only mark is a short, light scratch at the bottom of the second P in POPUL

Slightly sharper with areas of fine porosity on both sides. No verdigris or notable marks. The 60 is weak but the rest of the date and all of the le

Strasbourg mint. Frosty bright silvery gray with darker gray toning on the highpoints. Nicely struck and free of defects with just a touch of fricti

Grades are VG to XF. Includes three dated 1775 and one Britons Happy Isle (Atkins-60). The first 3 have a readable date, the last is undated. Lot o

Includes 14 halfpennies and one farthing. Some have a date but most are rough. Inspection recommended. Lot of 15 coins. Certificate # From the Ne

Slightly sharper with areas of fine roughness on both sides. No verdigris and the only mark is a minor planchet clip over EX in REX (as struck). Sli

A few points sharper but dull from uniform extremely fine granularity. No verdigris. A light scratch in the field before the chin is the only mark.

Sharpness F12 but dented and bent. Otherwise quite nice (surprisingly) with glossy medium brown toning and a clear date. A popular date for Machin...

Sharper, especially on the reverse, but there are fine hairline scratches on both sides, mostly on the obverse. Reasonably smooth but a glass reveals

Sharpness F15 but covered with fine planchet striations mixed with granularity. No marks or verdigris. Rather glossy medium brown and chocolate. Th

Significantly sharper but there are myriad fine scratches on both sides. The scratches do not break the toning but they are visible to the unaided ey

Sharpness VF30 but covered with fine roughness and the planchet is slightly bent. No marks or verdigris, and the toning is a rather attractive slight

Sharpness near VF25 but covered with fine granularity. No verdigris and the only mark is a tiny punch in the center of the reverse. Slightly glossy

Glossy light olive and steel brown. Smooth and quite nice except for some obvious dull dents at the throat on the obverse and on the chest of the sea

The obverse is weaker, the reverse is stronger. Both sides are mostly smooth but do show some small pits. No verdigris or contact marks. The date i

Choice glossy light to medium chocolate brown. A premium Machin's halfpenny except for a hole that was punched through the shield from reverse ...

Glossy light to medium brown with puffs of olive brown on both sides. Looks smooth to the unaided eye but there are microscopic planchet voids in the

Sharpness VF25 but covered with fine to moderate granularity on all but the highpoints. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown. No marks or verd

Ten points sharper but lightly corroded, strongest on the left side of the obverse. No marks or verdigris. Medium olive brown and steel. The date a

Glossy light to medium chocolate with a splash of steel over the knee of the seated figure. Most of the planchet is smooth and attractive but there i