Welcome to our December Coin Galleries Sale, a longstanding tradition of the Stack's firm that features Ancient, World, and U.S. Coins, Medals, Tokens, Orders & Decorations, and Paper Money available for sale through mail and online bidding. The closing date for this sale is Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:00pm, and features items from the following collections and consignors:
Sale Highlights
Lot 5
HATRIA. Picenum. Ca. 280 B.C. Æ Aes Grave Quatrunx. Good Very Fine.
Lot 30
KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 B.C. AV Stater. Pella, ca. 323/2-315 B.C. Extremely Fine.
Lot 64
OLYMPIA. Elis. The 93rd Olympiad. 408 B.C. AR Stater. Fine to Very Fine. Very Rare.
Lot 263
Roman Empire. Antoninus Pius, A.D. 138-161. AV Aureus, A.D. 155-156. Rome. Choice Extremely Fine.
Lot 286
ROMAN. Bronze Votive Uniface Plaque, ca. A.D. late 3rd or 4th century.
Lot 467
BELGIUM. Leopold I, 1831-1865. 20 Francs, 1835. MS-63 (NGC).Ultra Rare Restrike.
Lot 496
FRANCE. Third Republic, 1870-1940. Essai Piéfort 100 Francs, 1929. Gem Brilliant Uncirculated.
Lot 555
GERMAN STATES. SAXONY. Johann Georg II, 1656-1680. 2 Taler, 1661. Choice Extremely Fine.
Lot 575
ENGLAND. Early Anglo-Saxon Period. Gold Thrymsa, ca. 655-675. Very Fine.
Lot 673
POLAND. Thorn. Suzerainty of Polish King Sigismund III Vasa, 1587-1632. Siege or Brandthaler, 1629. About Very Fine.
Lot 712
SPAIN. Carlos III, 1759-1788. 8 Escudos, 1776/5 S CF. VF-35 (PCGS).
Lot 731
SWITZERLAND. Cased Set of 26 Swiss Shooting Festival Coins and Medals, 1842-1898.
Lot 739
CAMBODIA. Norodom I, 1835-1904. ¼ Tical (Salong), CS 1208. MS-65 (NGC).
Lot 832
BOLIVIA. Felipe V, 1700-1746. Cob 8 Reales, 1730 M. Potosí. About Extremely Fine.
Lot 1154
GERMAN STATES. BAMBERG. 1687 Bishop Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg Portrait Medal. Gold oval uniface. Choice Extremely Fine. From the Stack Family Collection.
Lot 1282
GREAT BRITAIN. SCOTLAND. Star of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Instituted 787, Revived 1687 and 1703. About Uncirculated. Ex ANS Collection.
Lot 1409
1825 Erie Canal Completion Medal. White meal. About Uncirculated.
Lot 1512
New York. New York. Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger. One Cent. 1837. HT-268, Low-120. Breen 6-I. German silver. Rarity-1. MS-65 (NGC). Ex Ford, formerly part of Breen's study group.
Lot 2314
1827 half dollar. O-120a. R-3. Square Base 2. MS-62. From the collection of a Bust half dollar enthusiast.
Lot 2765
South-Carolina. 1777 (Act of December 23, 1776). Partial Double Pane of Six Notes. Choice Uncirculated. Ex Ford.
Lot 2827
Virginia. Mountain Road Lottery. 1768. Ticket. Issued. Fine Net. Signed by George Washington. From a Distinguished Collection of Early American Lottery Tickets.
Lot 2831
Virginia. The Jefferson Lottery, Richmond, Virginia. April, 1826. Ticket. Issued. Choice About Uncirculated. From a Distinguished Collection of Early American Lottery Tickets.
Lot 2866
Eben Whitney, Glassboro, New Jersey. Jan. 1, 1863. Uncut Scrip Note Sheet of Fifteen Subjects with Three Coin Vignetted Notes. Unissued Remainder. Extremely Fine.
Lot 2974
United States of America. Six Per Cent, Stock of 1812. Act of 14th March, 1812. Four Hundred Dollars. Unissued Remainder. About Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
