Coins / Medals / Objects

ALPHABET SET.
Set of letter blocks.
England, circa 1800- 1850.

Alphabet set of 179 pieces of bone, each approx. 15 x 18 mm., letters incised and filled in with black ink by hand;...

A fine, early alphabet set, consisting of rectangular bone letter tiles in a well made wooden box; used in education...

Australian: $2850 (Approx. US $2607, Euro €1908) Quote ref.

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[ANSON] PINGO, Thomas.
Silver medal for Anson's voyage and his defeat of the French.
London, 1747.

Silver medal, diameter 43.3 mm., with Anson crowned by Victory at right, on the reverse Victory on hippocamp, the names...

Rare silver medal honouring Anson's circumnavigation of 1740-44, with the names of his officers, intertwined in...

Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, , 382; Eimer, British Commemorative Medals,, 38; Hawkins and Grueber, Medallic Illustrations of British History, 325.

Australian: $6400 (Approx. US $5853, Euro €4285) Quote ref.

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[BAUDIN] MONTAGNY, P.A.
Medal commemorating the voyages of the corvettes commanded by Captain Baudin...
France, Pierre Montagny, An 9, 1800.

White metal medal, 38 mm, attractive silver-gray patina, peripheral die break obverse, reverse "Die 2" (with 'C' over...

Very uncommon issue of this rare voyage medal, commemorating the French expedition of the corvettes Géographe...

Bramsen, I, 72; Milford Haven, 174.

Australian: $4600 (Approx. US $4207, Euro €3080) Quote ref.

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[CHILDREN] ALPHABET BLOCKS.
Set of Children's Blocks.
France, circa, 1880.

24 timber blocks, chromolithgraphed with five3 paper guides, some a little creased; original box.

French children's alphabet blocks with a Kangourou. A remarkably complete set for such an early and obviously well-used...

Australian: $1450 (Approx. US $1326, Euro €971) Quote ref.

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[COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION] HAGELBERG, W.
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year: Souvenir of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition.
Berlin, W. Hagelberg, 1886.

Colour printed card, 115 x 166 mm., with pull-out tab which opens a booklet of eight black & white scenes with...

Very scarce Christmas souvenir of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1866, depicting scenes from the Empire...

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[COOK] MEDAL.
Capt. James Cook: Courage and Perseverance.
London, c. 1780.

Bronze medal, 37 mm., a few edge knocks, but unusually well struck and well preserved, about extremely fine.

Extremely rare: the "Courage and Perseverance" medal, struck soon after news of Cook's death reached England. This,...

Beddie, 2833, 2834, 2835; British Historical Medals, 218; C.W. Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, 555; Gullick, Australian medals and badges, Sydney, 1915, p.140; Klenman, Faces of Captain Cook, K3; Marquess of Milford Haven, 'British and Foreign Naval Medals', 375; Mira, James Cook, His Coins & Medals, pp.38-9; Nan Kivell and Spence, p. 79.

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[COOK] PINGO, Lewis.
The Royal Society Medal, in commemoration of Captain Cook...
London, Royal Society, 1784.

Bronze medal, 43 mm. diameter, relief bust of Captain Cook on recto, full-length relief portrait of Fortune leaning...

The Royal Society's formal memorial to the great navigator: one of 577 bronze specimens. Fellows of the Royal Society...

Beddie, 2795; Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, , 553; Klenman, K5; Marquess of Milford Haven, 'British and Foreign Naval Medals', 734; Mira, Captain Cook: his coins & medals, pp. 35-7; Nan Kivell and Spence, p. 72.

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[DUMONT D'URVILLE] CHARLES X.
Medal for the departure of the first voyage of the Astrolabe.
Paris, Depaulis, 1826.

Bronze medal, 50 mm., good even tone, traces of die-rust, about extremely fine.

Rare original medallion commemorating the departure on 25 April 1826 of the first voyage of the Astrolabe to the...

Marquess of Milford Haven, 'British and Foreign Naval Medals', 190.

Australian: $4500 (Approx. US $4116, Euro €3013) Quote ref.

[DUMONT D'URVILLE] CHARLES X.
Medal for the departure of the first voyage of the Astrolabe.
Paris, Depaulis, 1826.

Bronze medal, 50 mm., extremely fine.

Rare original medallion commemorating the departure on 25 April 1826 of the first voyage of the Astrolabe to the...

Marquess of Milford Haven, 'British and Foreign Naval Medals', 190.

Australian: $4850 (Approx. US $4436, Euro €3248) Quote ref.

[DUMONT D'URVILLE] LOUIS PHILIPPE I.
Original Commemorative Medallion for the Voyage of the Astrolabe and the Zélée.
Paris, Barre, 1837.

Bronze medal, 51 mm., attractive even tone, a few edge nicks, extremely fine.

A fine example of the rare original medallion commemorating the departure on 7 September 1837 of the second voyage of...

British Historical Medals, 1207; Marquess of Milford Haven, 377.

Australian: $4300 (Approx. US $3933, Euro €2879) Quote ref.