Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #20

Nicaragua, Banco Nacional de Nicaragua, 500 cordobas, 1945, series 1945, serial 102769. Pick-98a. AU note with light handling and stains on reverse b

Nicaragua, Banco Nacional de Nicaragua, 100 cordobas, 1960, series 1960, serial 555485. Pick-104b. AU, very light folds.

Nicaragua, Banco Central de Nicaragua, uniface 1 cordoba obverse proof, 26-4-1962. Pick-107p. Choice UNC with cancellation marks, extra selvage on le

Nicaragua, Banco Central de Nicaragua, 500 cordobas specimen, no date (1979), series E. Pick-138s. Choice UNC, no issues.

Nicaragua, Banco Central de Nicaragua, 100 cordobas specimen, no date (1979), series E. Pick-132s. Choice UNC, no issues, with printing ink on bottom

Paraguay, Tesoro Nacional, uniface 10 pesos, no date (1865), serial 8856. Pick-26. Choice EF+ with only light folds.

Paraguay, Lezica y Lanus, uniface 50 centimos, no date (187X). Pick-S181. Choice UNC, no issues.

Lot of 2 Paraguay notes: Republica del Paraguay, 200 pesos fuertes, ley 1920 and 1923, serial A266672; and Banco de la Republica, 5 guaranies overprin

Lot of 3 Paraguay notes: Banco Central del Paraguay, 1,000 guaranies, 25-3-1952, series A, serial 1476289; Banco del Paraguay, 500 guaranies, 5-10-194

Peru, El Banco de Tacna, 1 sol remainder, 30-6-1879, serial 032533. Pick-S382r. XF with light folds and soiling.

Peru, El Banco Nacional del Peru, 10 centavos specimen, 1-1-1873. Pick-S303s. Rare specimen note in AU with mounting evidence and pencil markings on

Peru, La Compania de Obiras Publicas, 10 centavos, 4-7-1876, series A, serial 999062. Pick-S441. XF/AU note with two punch holes in left corner.

Peru, Junta Administradora, 5 soles, 30-6-1879, serial B128542. Pick-3. Light folds and staple marks but unfaded color on this XF note.

Peru, Junta Administradora, 50 soles overprint on 5 incas, 1881, series A, serial 41553. Pick-19. XF with pinholes in left side and bold overprint on

Peru, Billete Provisional, 5 reales de inca overprint on cinco soles, 1-9-1881. Pick-12. F/VF with folds and small piece missing in bottom margin.

Peru, Banco Central de Reserva del Peru, uniface 50 soles de oro obverse proof, 31-3-1933, series B1. Pick-68p. Originally part of a ABNCo presentati

Peru, Banco Central de Reserva del Peru, uniface 50 soles de oro reverse proof, no date (1933-1937). Pick-168bp. XF+ note design printed on cardstock

Puerto Rico, Tesoreria Nacional, 8 reales, 1813, series 1, serial 117154, certified PMG Choice Very Fine 35 Net / Pieces Missing, finest and only spec

Puerto Rico, Bank of Porto Rico / Banco de Puerto Rico, 10 dollars obverse proof, 1-7-1909. Pick-48p. Originally part of a ABNCo presentation book ow

Trinidad and Tobago, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, 20 dollars, 1964, serial S/I 623967, certified PMG Choice Uncirculated Net / Foreign Substan

New York, Water Works, eight shillings, Aug. 2, 1775, serial 4915, certified PMG AU 50. Fr-NY-175. A choice AU note with sharp edges, strong color an

Lot of 2 Uruguay notes of Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata: 100 pesos remainder, 23-6-1862, serial 63490; and 10 pesos remainder, 1-1-1883, serial 4

Uruguay, El Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, 1 peso Centenario issue, 18-7-1930, serial 390868. Pick-P17a. Colorful note in VF with folds

British copperplate-engraved map of the West Indies and the coasts of North and South America by Emanuel Bowen, 1747 (London), hand-colored. 17-1/2...

German copperplate engraving by Theodor de Bry, ca. 1613, showing native Americans dismembering and eating Spaniards, including pouring molten gold do

British copperplate engraving of Philip II by Vertue (from a painting by Titian), 1736 (London), hand-colored. 13-1/4" x 9-15/16" This co...

Lot of 3 French prints of Florida and California natives by Claude Louis Desrais and engraved by Jean Marie Mixelle (circa 1788), hand-colored and mat

Colombia, New Granada Waste Land Certificate for 320 hectares, dated 1-6-1861, serial 6378. DP-1685. 8-1/16" x 13-1/4" XF condition with t...

Lot of 3 documents related to USN Admiral David Porter (1813-1891), including pamphlet (1825), engraved portrait (1863) and signature (undated). Pamp

Encrusted stone cannonball, rare. 4417 grams, 6" diameter. Somewhat crude, mostly round, orangish outside (covering medium-brown matrix), cora...

Large copper-alloy funnel. 1170 grams, 13" diameter. Large seamless copper funnel possibly used to fill olive jars, heavily corroded due to im...

Copper-alloy candelabra. 590 grams, 5" long, 4" diameter at widest. Darkly patinated upper portion of a heavy copper-alloy candelabra, wi...

Lot of 2 copper-alloy belt buckles. 28.41 grams total, 1-5/8" x 1-3/8" each. Pair of dark copper-alloy buckles (used for shoes and straps...

Large earthenware "olive" jar, encrusted and repaired. 8110 grams, 21" tall and 11" in diameter at shoulders. Akin to the ampho...

Small gold chain (87 flat, oval links), with original, hand-signed photo-certificate from 1976. 6.28 grams, 7-1/2" long. Good length for a bra...

Large silver basin (plate) marked with tax stamp and LDo.IVo. / RAMYREZ under rim. 760 grams, 12-1/4" diameter. This is a large, circular, 1-1...

Lot of 2 small, natural emerald chips, 0.75 and 0.32 carat each, with original tags and certificates. Approx. 5mm each. Fairly translucent and green,

Encrusted Dutch brass candle holder from a VOC wreck, 1600s. 944 grams, 8" tall, 3-3/4" base diameter. Intact candle holder found off Vli...

Iron cannonball "4 pounder." 2.25 kilograms, 3-1/4" diameter. Solid and intact with glossy black coating from conservation, found b...

Intact earthenware "olive" jar. 3036 grams, 11" tall, 8" diameter. Spanish colonial "olive" jar recovered from a wrec...

Small silver buckle, very rare provenance. 7.14 grams, 1-1/4" x 3/4". A rather ornate, beautifully preserved buckle (used for shoes and s...

Complete gold plain-loop chain, 34.55 grams, from the "Tricentennial Treasure" find of 2015. 34.55 grams., 32-1/2" long. Hundreds of...

Gold "olive blossom" chain, 32.68 grams (with modern clasp). 32.68 grams, 24" long. A perfectly wearable length of a common type of ...

Brass navigational dividers, rare provenance. 23.43 grams, 3-3/4" x 3/4". Small dividers with somewhat sharp points, a little pitted but ...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain cup, Kangxi period, 4-paneled floral design, complete but restored. 88.11 grams, 3-1/4" diameter and 2-3/4&qu...

Lot of 30 lead musketballs with original certificates. 770 grams. Typical lead balls of various sizes, great for resale or small gifts. With original

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain saucer, "Imari pavilion" pattern, with rare red and gold color. 57 grams, 4-1/2" diameter. Typical ...

Two clumps of copper-alloy spoons (encrusted as found), 10 spoons total. 113 grams, 6" long each. Two clumps of five uncleaned spoons each, pe...

Clump of one coin and several small artifacts (USA 50c seated Liberty 1843, brass tack and ring, shell and earthenware shard), encased in Lucite. 524

Lot of 2 pre-Columbian copper-arsenic tajaderas from Oaxaca, Mexico, 1300s or later: one (large) from the Xaaga culture and one (small) from the Mixte

European morion helmet with fleur-de-lis decorations, 1600s. 1106 grams, 14" long, 9" high. Southern European colonial-period morion hel...

European trooper's helmet with lobster tail patterns, 1600s. 136 grams, 15" long, 12" high. Southern European lobster-tail helmet com...

European forged iron breastplate of siege weight, 1700s to early 1800s, with bullet musketball impact. 4750 grams, 17" tall, 14" wide. He...

Danish naval "4-pounder" bronze howitzer, late 1700s. 53.15 kg cannon, 20.50 kg carriage, 26" overall, 20" overall height, 18&q...

Spanish bronze "thundermug" salute mortar, 1700s. 6.45 kilograms, 6-3/4" tall. Sometimes called a "thundermug," small flat...

Stone cannonball from the Siege of Sluis (1587). 1760 grams, 9" diameter. Found by commercial fishermen dragging the seabed near Sluis, Belgiu...

Iron cannon-shot "12-pounder" with original wooden sabot from the James River, VA, ca. 1864. 6.65 kilograms, 6-1/2" overall length, ...

Naval barshot "4-pounder" from the American Revolutionary War, 1776. 2450 grams, 12-1/2" long, 3-1/4" diameter. Two half-cannon...

Copper gunpowder measure, US, signed "Fairbanks," ca. 1830, rare. 1805 grams, 7-1/4" height, 4-5/8" diameter. Large and sturdy ...

Spanish colonial "espada ancha" short sword, 1700s. 397 grams, 26" long overall. Hand-forged with D-form hilt that has a twisted, sp...

Spanish colonial D-guard "espada ancha" short sword, 1700s-1800s. 307 grams, 20-1/2" long overall. Interesting sword with finely car...

Iron sailor's dirk, Spanish colonial, ca. 1800. 254 grams, 15" long overall. Distinctive wavy blade design (inspired by the moro kris kniv...

Early US eagle-hilt officer's sword, ca. 1814-1825. 729 grams, 36" long overall. Mounted gilt saber with brass eagle head hilt, fluted bon...

Large, silver-mounted flintlock blunderbuss, European, 1700s. 3031 grams, 30" overall length. Complete and functioning blunderbuss with nicely...

Pair of flintlock officers' pistols with engraved silver mounts, 1700s. 624 grams each, 14" overall length. Both with bright steel 8-1/4&q...

Ornate miquelet horseman's pistol, Eastern European, 1700s. 847 grams, 19-1/2" overall length. Heavily decorated walnut stock with extensi...

Silver-mounted flintlock pistol, European, 1700s. 890 grams, 20" overall length. Tapered 13" long steel barrel--octagonal at breach--all ...

Flintlock holster pistol, European, 1700s. 890 grams, 20" overall length. Tapered steel 9-1/2" barrel with touch marks on breech, flintlo...

Spanish Mediterranean miquelet officer's musket, 1700s. 2300 grams, 62" overall length. A design made in Catalonia, Spain, and on neighbor...

Eastern European hand-held blunderbuss, ca. 1800. 1362 grams, 19-1/2" overall length. Incredibly ornate blunderbuss with gold and silver inlay...

Eastern European flintlock horseman's pistol, 1700s-1800s. 1229 grams, 23" overall length. Ornately decorated, encrusted with gemstones an...

Pair of British Royal Navy boarding pistols, ca. 1805. 1536 grams, 19-1/2" overall length. Sturdy pistols with 12" brown-tone patinated s...

Early handheld flintlock blunderbuss pistol, Eastern European, 1800s. 1275 grams, 17" overall length. Typically ornate blunderbuss with steel ...

Albanian miquelet pistol, 1800s. 755 grams, 18" overall length. An early gun in as-found condition with a 10-3/4" tapered barrel (a bit l...

Single-shot percussion overcoat pistol signed "Deringer," mid-1800s. 563 grams, 9" overall length. This signed pistol of a type that...

Lot of 6 Spanish colonial iron keys (1600s-1700s), found in Panama Viejo, Panama. 1393 grams, smallest 5"-longest 6-1/2" Mostly from door...

Spanish colonial iron-bound money chest, 1700s to early 1800s. 4665 grams, 16" long, 9" wide, 9" tall. A rustic, well-used wooden ch...

Iron-forged slave/prisoner leg irons, 1700-1800s. 1882 grams, 26" overall. Hand-forged leg irons found in eastern Pennsylvania one end with bu...

Earthenware oil/wine bottle, colonial period (mid-1700s), from Haiti. 1652 grams, 11" long, 6" diameter at shoulders. Well-preserved redd...

Pair of Spanish colonial cast brass stirrups (estribos), 1700-1800s, from Colombia. 2045 grams, 10" long and 4-3/4" wide. Ornately decor...

English black-glass "horse hoof onion" bottle, ca. 1720s-40s. 860 grams, 7-1/2" tall, 5" diameter at base. Dark green bottle wi...

English black-glass "horse hoof onion" bottle, ca. 1720s-40s. 665 grams, 6" tall, 5" diameter at base. Very short and flat &quo...

Lot of 4 Dutch or English bottles (green to brown), 1700s-1800s, including one "onion," one "gin," and two ales. Onion: 711 gra...

Gilt-bronze filigree heart pendant with enamel flowers and crosses, Portuguese, mid-1800s. 16.28 grams, 2-1/2" tall, 1-1/2" wide. Ornate ...

Cast bronze African crucifix, 1800s. 532 grams, 5" x 9". Simple African bronze cross excavated from Benin, Nigeria, with interesting depi...

British navigational octant in mahogany case, early 1800s. 1695 grams, 11" overall height, 9-1/2" width. Ebony-framed brass-mounted octan...

Brass balance scale for gold coins in original box, ca. 1855. 161 grams, 9" long, 2" wide, 5/8" tall. Brass gold coin scale in rare ...

Early American gold miner's scale from the California Gold Rush period (1848), rare. 340 grams, 5-1/2" long, 3" wide, 1" tall. A...

French balance scale for gold coins in walnut case, late 1700s-early 1800s. 108 grams, 7" long, 2" wide, 5/8" tall. Great little go...

Georgian British balance scale for gold guineas in wooden case, late 1700s. 85 grams, 4-1/2" long, 2-1/4" wide, 1" tall. Petite gold...

Georgian British gold scale in oak case, early 1800s. 557 grams, 7" long, 4-1/4" wide, 1-3/4" tall. Larger scale with original parts...

Large, ornate, rectangular silver tray from Potosi, Bolivia, late 1800s, silversmith J. Guzman (stamped), double-headed eagle and heart design. 1204

Large, ornate, rectangular silver wall-hanging from the Caribbean, late 1800s to early 1900s, angel design, engraved "Angel con Eespiga ."...

Large, ornate, rectangular silver wall-hanging from the Caribbean, late 1800s to early 1900s, angel design, engraved "Angel de la Guarda."...

Cartagena, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 162(7-8), assayer E below mintmark RN to right. Restrepo-M52.3; S-C7. 5.45 grams. Full and bold shield with clear

Bogota, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Philip V, assayer not visible. Restrepo-M80; KM-17.2. 6.64 grams. Full shield, slightly off-center full cross-and-tre

Seville, Spain, 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer * to right, mintmark S to left. CT-57. 3.34 grams. Broad flan with full legends and inner details, X

Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip II, assayer B, O(MNIVM) in legend. CT-63. 6.74 grams. AU with bold full shield and cross-and-tressure, few coppe

Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, (159)6B. CT-80. 6.76 grams. XF with good full shield and cross-and-tressure, full 6 of date visible.

Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer B. CT-Type 29. 3.38 grams. AXF with nice full cross, full crown above nearly full shield.