Welcome to E-Auction 50

Eclectic, varied, sometimes unusual, but always with a concern to present a well-rounded offering of historic and attractive pieces—this is the goal that guides us each time we put together a catalog. In this sale you will see gold coins at a time when the value of gold is expanding, ancient Greek silver and bronze, Roman coinage, British coinage with a couple of particularly strong sections, 19th century provincial tokens (a specialty of ours that goes back to the late 1980’s), some appealing U.S. coins, a few medals, and more.

 

Two areas merit special comment:

 

A mythical animal—the unicorn, Scotland’s national animal—represents two sides of human society:  strength and power, and purity and innocence. The motto on the coin is pointed:  Exurgat Deus et dissipenter inimici eius (“Let God arise; let His enemies be scattered.” Psalm 68:1). Unfortunately, this declaration was seldom reflected in the flow of Scottish history.

 

The Leland Scott collection of Scottish coins has a beautiful example of “the gold unicorn”— our cover coin, the feature coin of Part 3 of his collection and this sale. Following are nineteen more Scottish coins from his collection, including a gold unite of James VI. In other parts of the catalog, you will find a few more of his well-chosen coins, including some appealing issues of Elizabeth I. The fourth part of his collection will be featured in our major sale early in 2025.

 

Next—the 331 years the Plantagenets ruled England are represented by another collection consigned to this sale. (A brief note about each ruler’s place in the family is included in the initial line of the description of coins in this section.) While there is little variation in the design, the legends and lettering reflect the changing history of these years between the 12th century Anarchy and the War of the Roses. Keep in mind, when you get to all the variations of legend for Edward III coins, the Treaty of Bretigny that ended the initial phase of the Hundred Years’ War and established Edward’s control of Aquitaine. 

 

We consider it a privilege and a pleasure to have your interest in our sales. Thank you.

 

Allan (for all of us)

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

 

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Davissons Ltd uses a soft close for its auctions, which means no lot closes until everyone is done bidding. Every time a bid is placed within the final 40 seconds of a lot closing, the timer is reset to 40 seconds. This continues until no bids are placed for 40 seconds, at which point the lot closes. There will never be more than one lot closing at once, as the next lot is not allowed to begin closing until the current lot closes.

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Bids are reduced automatically, so feel free to bid your maximum and it will be reduced to one increment over the current high bid. If a user places a bid that is higher than necessary to be the current high bidder on the lot, the displayed bid will reflect one advance over the next lower bid. For example, if a user "A" places a bid of $120 on a lot which opens at $100, "A" will be winning that lot at $100. If another user "B" bids $110, the winning bidder will be "A" at $120, one advance over the supporting bid of $110. If user "B" in this example instead placed a bid at $120, then user "A" will still be winning at $120 because they placed that maximum bid value first.

Increments can be viewed here. The next bid will always be on the next increment, so if a user is winning a lot at $100, or $105, or $109, the next bid will still always be $110.

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