LOT Heritage Rare Coin Galleries  /  2007 Long Beach, CA Sig. Coin Auction #430  / 

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This group of Medals, consists of, Five Scarce Game Cou

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This group of Medals, consists of, Five Scarce Game Cou
<B>Group Lot.</B></I> Consists of: <B>Five Scarce Game Counters from the 1850s-1860s,</B></I> (ca. 1860) Washington-In Unitate Fortitudo, STRENGTH IN UNITY gaming token, Baker-607, AU, one of a group of game counters produced by Ludwig Christian Lauer in Nuremburg, Germany, in the mid-1860s, the image of Washington is based on an 1817 print by Giuseppe Longhi; 1849 California Counter Gambling Token, five dollars with miner, brass, VF, used in the old gambling halls and saloons of the West; 1855 Half Eagle California Counter, AU, gold-plated copper, rare, the obverse resembles a federal half eagle, the reverse has an eagle perched atop a globe with OUR COUNTRY; (ca. 1850s) Double Eagle Size Spielmarke, AU, made by Lauer, listed in Rulau and Fuld's <I>American Game Counters</B></I>; and <B>Five Liberty Head Game Counters from the 1850s,</B></I> Gold Dollar Size Spielmarke, AU, made by Lauer, listed in Rulau and Fuld's <I>American Counters</B></I>; Quarter Eagle Gaming Counter, Theodore Bollenhagen & Co., AU, the reverse depicts a popular view of New York City Hall, the token was engraved and made in Germany for Bollenhagen; Eagle Gaming Counter, Theodore Bollenhagen & Co., AU, the reverse depicts a popular view of New York City Hall, the token was engraved and made in Germany for Bollenhagen; Double Eagle Sized Spielmarke, AU, made by Lauer, listed in Rulau and Fuld's <I>American Game Counters.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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