Printed Auction 34

Charles I. 1625-1649. AR coronation badge. 1.23 gm. 26 mm. By Nicholas Briot. 1626. Bust of Charles II, right, head bare, in ruff, armor and riband for medal; N B F below (Nicholas Briot fecit) / No reverse. MI 243/11 (Extremely Rare). Richly toned Extremely Fine.

MI notes "This is an embossed plate made by Briot. It is of rough work and was probably hurriedly executed for distribution at the coronation and to be worn by spectators."

Charles I. 1625-1649. AR. 15.17 gm. 34 mm. Memorial; by James & Norbert Roettier; struck at Tower Mint. 1649. His armored and draped bust right; CAROL D.G. M. G. F. ET. H. REX & GLOR. MEM. / A hand reaching down from heavenly clouds holding a crown; sheep without a shepherd in a pasture with hills in the background below; VIRTVIT EX ME FORTVNAM EX ALIJS (Seek virtue from me, fortune from others). Eimer 162b. MI I: 347/201. Good Extremely Fine; attractive old toning; well designed medal.

Lafayette. 1757-1834. Gilt medal. 14.81 gm. 28 mm. Ca. 1878. His bust right, GENERAL LAFAYETE horizontally beside, 1757-1834 below; W. H. KEY F on truncation (designer) / THE UNTIRING ADVOCATE OF CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY in six lines. Uncirculated; minor carbon spots; fine quality work. William H. Key was an assistant engraver at the Philadelphia Mint after the Civil War. An "expert Die-sinker," Forrer notes that he was "still in service in 1892." Forrer notes that he engraved two Lafayette medals. (Forrer, L. Biographical Notices of Medallists...Vol III. I-Maz Spink. London. 1907. pp. 145-146.)

Lafayette. 1757-1834. Copper medal. 16.42 gm. 28 mm. His bust right, GENERAL LAFAYETE horizontally beside, 1757-1834 below; W. H. KEY F. on truncation (designer) / THE UNTIRING ADVOCATE OF CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY in six lines. Uncirculated; red and brown.

General Ulysses S Grant. Circa 1868. Silver medal proof. 2.67 gm. 18 mm. Bust left, PAQUET in script font on truncation (not PAQUET F. as Julian notes). / LIEUT. GEN. U.S. GRANT COMMANDER IN CHIEF U.S. ARMY in a plain field. Julian PR 42. Choice Extremely Fine.

The tall letters and script font are suggestive of Anthony Paquet's later work on patterns for Seated Liberty coinage, as well as the famous Paquet Reverse double eagle.

Panama Canal Service Medal. Ladder Badge. 30 mm. Plus bars and pin. By Victor D Brenner (designer of the Lincoln head penny). Bust of Theodore Roosevelt left (Roosevelt actually sat for the sculpture by Brenner) Engraved at bottom, H. W. LOTZ, the recipient. (This piece came from one of his descendants. While I did not find his name in the records, it was apparently his wife, mentioned in a brief note about social life of the Zone, who was elected vice-grand in the Isthmian Canal Rebekah Lodge, No. 1. At one point, the Canal Record noted that one third of the American employees at the Canal were occupying married quarters) / A view of the Culegra Cut in the finished Canal with steamers passing through, Gold Hill to the left and Contractor's Hill to the right; THE LAND DIVIDED THE WORLD UNITED in two lines; PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES around a raised rim. Two numbered bars, each indicating two years of service and work on the Canal. The bars were numbered sequentially as they were awarded to workers. These are numbered 794 for the years 1910 to 1912 and 1165 for the years 1908 to 1910

CM-10.2 R (4). (http://www.coins-of-panama.com/canalmedals.html). Extremely Fine; a few minor marks on the surface; the pin on the reverse is in perfect condition. This is a particularly well designed and fascinating piece of American history.

The Centennial of the Panama Canal is being celebrated this year, 2014. Building the Canal was a remarkable engineering achievement and the work was particularly difficult and demanding. Keeping engineers and skilled workers from America was difficult. These medals, beginning with the medal and header with subsequent bars were awarded to US citizens who worked at least two years in the zone. For more information, a bit of time spent searching the internet will turn up copies of the Canal Record, the weekly publication for people in the zone, a PBS American Experience presentation on the Panama Canal and different websites about the Centennial celebration and more—enough that I found myself spending a substantial amount of time reading about this historic achievement. If requested, I will send a copy of the Canal Record that mentions Mrs. Lotz as well as describing the design process and listing the requirements for these medals. (AD)

Atkins, James. Tradesmen's Tokens of the Eighteenth Century. London. 1892. Quarto. 415 pages. This was the definitive reference for the series published nearly a century after Conder's work. Dalton and Hamer cite Atkins' numbers throughout their early 20th century work. Contemporary quarter leather binding, maroon buckram boards, title, date and a token image stamped in gold on the spine. Also including two loose handwritten sheets written on all sides describing Spalding tokens. Useful indexes and a still useful catalog of legends on the imitative regal coinage of 1770s England. Very Good copy; contents fresh and fine; some scuffing on spine; binding is intact but the front cover is partially loose. "J. W. Hayes. 1911" in red ink in a neat hand on title page.

Ex Libris Wayne Anderson.

Bell, R. C. A collection of his works on tokens (6 volumes). •Vol 1: Commercial Coins 1787-1804

•Vol 2: Copper Commercial Coins 1811-1819

•Vol 3: Tradesmen's Tickets and Private Tokens 1785-1819

•Vol 4: Specious Tokens & those struck for General Circulation 1784-1804

•Vol 5: The Building Medalets of Kempson & Skidmore 1796-1797

•Vol 6: Political and Commemorative Pieces Simulating Tradesmen's Tokens 1787-1802. Published between 1963 and the mid-1980s. Volume 1 is octavo, 307 pages plus index; photos in text. The other volumes are all 8 1/2 by 11 format (quarto). All are hardcover with pages numbering in the mid to high 200s (other than Vol 5 which has 175 pages plus index. The photos are large size. Bell provides background and related information as well as discussion of the tokens selected. The dust jackets are missing for Vol 2 and Vol 4. All the volumes are near Fine to Fine. There are minor problems on some of the dust jackets. The first volume has an embossed owner stamp and a book plate. Volumes 5 and 6 are essentially as new.

Six useful works including Betts on American Colonial.

•Betts, C. Willys. American Colonial History. Contemporary Medals. 1970. 310 pages plus indexes. Quarto. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gold stamped title on front and spine. The standard reference for this series that has significant overlap with the British historical medal series. Fine copy.

•Berry, George. Taverns and Tokens of Pepys London. Seaby. 1976. Hardcover. 140 pages plus Bibliography and Index. Extensively illustrated. Fine copy.

•Davis, W. J. Nineteenth Century Token Coinage. 1904, 1969 reprint by Seaby. Large quarto. Dust jacket. 284 pages. 15 plates. The standard reference on the 19th Century series. Fine copy, minor wear and tear on the dust jacket.

•Gavin Scott, J. British Countermarks on Copper & Bronze Coins. Spink. 1975. Hardcover. Dust jacket. 179 pages plus 10 plates. Standard reference for this series. Fine copy, minor tears on dust jacket.

•Holland, S. Canal Coins. Baldwin. 1992. Card covers. 68 pages plus Index. Illustrated in text. As new.

•Mays, James O'Donald. Tokens of Those Trying Times. 1991. Hardcover. Dust jacket. 248 pages including a complete reprint of the Dalton reference on silver tokens of the 1811-1812 period. Mays was a major collector of the series and provides the only extensive discussion of this short-lived issue of silver coins that I am aware of. As new.

Conder, James. An Arrangement of Provincial Coins, Tokens, and Medalets issue in Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies within the last twenty years; from the farthing, to the penny size. Ipswich. 1798. Octavo 330 pages. Three engraved plates. The first extensive listing of the series; a reference used during the 19th century until the publication by Atkins in 1892. The divisions are made by county, a format followed by Atkins and by Dalton and Hamer. Each piece is numbered and listed with a description of the obverse, the reverse and the edge. Early quarter leather binding with raised band, brown buckram boards and a red leather label on the spine. Generally near Fine condition with minor browning; on the page tips; contents generally clear and fresh; the binding is tight; the final four pages and fly leaves are tight and intact but the end paper is separated from the preceding signature.