Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #15

Lima, Peru, silver medal, 1849, San Martin, encapsulated NGC AU 55. Fonrobert-9086. 27mm. Deeply (albeit unevenly) rainbow-toned with underlying luste

Puerto Rico, silver medal, 1898, Spanish American War, rare mule with RECUERDO DE PUERTO RICO and date on one side and American eagle on the other.

Puerto Rico, copper U.S. military token (1899), ex-Roehrs with original envelope. 4.29 grams, 25mm. Basically a game token for a military base at Hum

Puerto Rico, large bronze medal given to Attorney General John A. Russell (appointed by William McKinley), dated June 28, 1900, "from his frien...

Lot of 20 Puerto Rican tokens in various materials (some plastic), all catalogued in Fumero, ex-Roehrs, with some original envelopes. Various weights

Lot of 3 coins/medallions commemorating shipwrecks and salvage: U.S. silver pin-backed medallion, raising of Russian wrecks in Sebastopol, 1857-60 (ra

Seville, Spain, silver proclamation medal, Charles III, 1759. Herrera-41. 13.75 grams, 34mm. Obverse with bust of king, name and titles in legend; rev

Spain, copper medal, Ferdinand VII, 1820, Restoration of the Constitution, engraved by Caque and Barre. 75.25 grams. Massive, high-relief piece with

Cayman Islands Currency Board, ten dollars, 1996 experimental paper (X/1 note), encapsulated PCGS Gem New 65PPQ (top grade). Pick-18b. 6-1/8" x...

Quito, Ecuador (Central Bank), 100 sucres, 1971, specimen with error MUESTRA SAN VALOR (not SIN) stamped in red, engraved by Thomas de la Rue. Pick-10

Small, copper-engraved French map of the islands of the Caribbean entitled "Les Isles Antilles entre lesquelles sont les Lucayes et les Caribes...

Large copper-engraved German map of Mexico, Florida and the Caribbean entitled "Regni Mexicani Seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, C...

Copper-engraved Italian map of South America entitled "Carta Geografica della America Meridionale," by Giambatista Albrizzi and Q. Girol (...

Small British map of Porto Bello, Panama, from a sketch by Lieutenant Durell under Admiral Vernon, from The Monthly Chronologer (London), 1740, matted

Small British map of Veracruz, Mexico, engraved by E. Bowen, from the May 1, 1740 issue of The Gentleman's Magazine (London), matted for framing...

Small, British map entitled An Accurate Map of the West Indies by George Rollos (London, 1762), engraved for The Royal magazine. 8-1/8" x 10-1...

Copper-engraved French map of the Lesser Antilles entitled "Supplement pour les Isles Antilles, extrait des Cartes Angloises. Par M. Bonne, Ing...

Dutch copperplate engraving "De Stadt St. Martin," depicting Admiral Martyn Thytzoon's 16-ship Dutch West Indies fleet attacking the S...

British copperplate engraving "Perspective View of ROSEAU in the Island of DOMINICA in the West Indies," from Middleton's Complete Sys...

Lot of 3 British copperplate engravings from the 1780s-1790s showing diving apparatus, various engravers and publications, all matted for framing. Up

British copperplate engraving "DIVERS EXPLORING THE WRECK OF THE H.M.S. DOTEREL, BLOWN UP IN THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN," from The Illustrate...

Spanish colonial ledger book from 1770-1771 showing entries of gold and silver, probably from a royal assay office. 6" x 8-1/4". Handwrit...

Original Treasure Salvors stock certificate dated June 30, 1980, for 875 shares. 7-1/2" x 11". Good condition with no tears and only one ...

Pieces of Eight, by Kip Wagner, 1st edition (1966), signed by all 10 Real Eight Company members and associates. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4", 221 pp (...

Small gold chain. 7.3 grams, 9" long. Flat, oval links, very simple and much daintier than most chains from this wreck but desirable as a wear...

Large and intact silver candlestick holder and hollow round base, marked with crown in beaded circle, certificate missing but with Fisher numbers 696

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Silver lion figurine with hole in back (purpose unknown), unique and interesting. 247 grams, roughly 4" x 2" x 1". Crudely cast but ...

Bronze cannonball (21 lb), rare, with display stand made from a deadeye (non-salvage). 9590 grams, 5" in diameter. Very dense ball with stress...

Lead or pewter button (heavy) showing St. George and the Dragon, ex-Lane (1983). 35.54 grams, about 1-1/4" in diameter. Very crude but discern...

Gold-and-diamond ring, 4-1/2 to 5 carats, clarity SI1-SI2, fancy gray color. 8.44 grams, size 5-1/2. One of the most impressive jewels we have ever s

Gold ring, octagonal, three-ridge design, 10K-12K, ex-Weller. 2.23 grams, size 5-1/2. Plain wedding band in low-karat gold (dark color), typical patt

Silver cup with Mexican silversmith stamp from the late 1600s, found on land north of the 1715 Fleet area, pictured and described in West of the Bull

Small, blue-on-white Chinese porcelain teacup, K'angxi period, ex-Ullian. 44 grams, 1-3/4" tall and 2-1/4" in diameter. Completely in...

Small, blue-on-white Chinese porcelain teacup, K'angxi period, ex-Ullian. 54 grams, 1-1/2" tall and 2-3/4" in diameter. Fully intact ...

Iron barshot, professionally conserved. 6790 grams, 12" long, each end 4" in diameter. Unique design with wide, six-sided bar flaring int...

Iron grappling hook, professionally conserved. 2045 grams, 18-1/2" tall. Typical five-point hook with loop at top, all solid and well preserve...

Wooden deadeye with original iron casing, professionally conserved. 3806 grams, 11" long. Light corrosion has exposed the stress lines of the ...

Small iron cannonball (2-1/2"), intact and stable. 1175 grams, 2-3/4" in diameter. A very smooth and solid ball but with rusty and patina...

Lot of small artifacts with Frank Sedwick certificates: 1 silver thimble; 3 brass buckles; and the remains of 1 wooden sewing kit of bronze pins oxidi

Bronze-wire buckle, intact and ornate. 23.90 grams, roughly 3" x 2-1/2". Dull in color (light encrustation) but ornate in manufacture, th...

Lot of lead musket-shot, including one 2-ball springshot and 4 loose balls. 208 grams total, each ball about 3/4" in diameter. Simple, common ...

Lot of 12 small bronze artifacts with Frank Sedwick certificates: 1 spool of wire; 1 crotal bell in encrustation; and 10 tiny religious medallions. V

Small, iron cannonball (2 pounder) painted with FROM THE WRECK OF THE REVENGE, ONE OF THE AMERICAN FLEET AT THE BATTLE OF VALCOUR, OCT. 11, 1776.&qu...

Bronze breech-loading swivel cannon with Spanish crest and weight on trunnion cap as 34-1/4 quintales (about 134 pounds). 37" long and 8"...

Large Chinese blue-on-white porcelain urn. 2264 grams, 10" tall and 8" in diameter. Cracked and repaired, also apparently once used as a ...

Lot of two small, bronze "manillas" (slave bracelets) in original boxes from the salvagers. 152 grams total, each about 2-1/4" x 2-1...

Silver and mother-of-pearl button with loop intact. 3.26 grams, 1" in diameter. Sunburst pattern inside the pearly exterior, darkly encrusted ...

Spanish armor breastplate, 1600s. 4064 grams, 16" tall and 13-1/2" wide. Heavy hand-forged construction with folded-over edge-rim, rivets...

Spanish bronze signal cannon (powder tester) with raised letter M at bottom and spiked touch-hole. 5008 grams, 4-3/4" tall and 4" in diam...

Spanish colonial bronze signal cannon from Peru, 1600s. 3899 grams, 4" tall and 4" in diameter. Typical design with flared top and bottom...

Spanish bronze swivel cannon, ca. 1700-50. 32" long, 7" across trunnions. Somewhat plain in design but a desirable size and well preserve...

English iron signal cannon, 1700s, marked "19." 5078 grams, 6-1/2" tall and about 4" in diameter. Very dense and designed to si...

Iron signal cannon, American Revolutionary War period, from Savannah, GA, rare. 1665 grams, 5" tall and 2" in diameter. A plain, simple, ...

Large (rare) Spanish stone roundshot (cannonball) from a 1588 Spanish Armada site in the English Channel off the coast of Belgium. 2859 grams, 5&qu...

Spanish stone roundshot (cannonball) from a 1588 Spanish Armada site near Ostend, Belgium. 580 grams, 3" in diameter. Dark gray with lighter s...

Iron cannonball (12 pounder) from Fort Ticonderoga, New York, probably English, French and Indian War period. 5071 grams, 4-1/2" in diameter. ...

Lot of 10 iron grape shot, mid- to late 1700s, from the east coast of Florida. 420 grams, each about 1" in diameter. Similar to musketballs bu...

American Revolutionary War-period iron barshot from Virginia, ca. 1780. 4070 grams, 12" long, each end 4" in diameter. Two hemispheres co...

American Revolutionary War-period iron grenade with original wooden fuse-plug (rare), ca. 1780, cleaned and conserved. 1242 grams, 3-1/2" in d...

American Revolutionary War-period iron grenade from Virginia, ca. 1780, cleaned and conserved. 1454 grams, 3-1/2" in diameter. Stable and soli...

American Revolutionary War-period iron shell for 12-pounder Coehorn mortar, found in Virginia, ca. 1780, cleaned and conserved. 3909 grams, 4-1/2&q...

Iron cannonball (6 pounder) from West Point, New York, American Revolutionary War period. 2821 grams, 3-1/2" in diameter. Choice original cond...

Iron cannonball (12 pounder) on original wooden sabot from Port Hudson, Louisiana, American Civil War period (1863). 5410 grams, 4-1/2" in dia...

Swiss/German cavalry officer's saber, late 1600s. 37" long, 890 grams. Brass handle with "dog head" pommel, simple swept hilt wi...

Continental hunting sword, late 1600s-early 1700s. 643 grams, 26" long. Sharp, single-edge blade with light engraving at ricasso (also a small...

Spanish cuphilt broadsword, ca. 1700. 39" long, 830 grams. Wooden grip, simple cup-hilt, intact but partially rusty blade (double-sided) with ...

Hanger sword, probably Turkish, early 1700s. 446 grams, 26" long. Long, thin, still-sharp single-edge blade with crescent moon and three stars...

Mediterranean corsair sword, ca. 1720. 37-1/2" long, 910 grams. Clean, double-edged blade with blunt tip and multiple blood-groves, wooden gri...

Figure-eight cutlass, American, late 1700s to early 1800s. 700 grams, 28" long. Simple guard in the shape of a flat figure eight bent into C s...

Spanish colonial machete, late 1800s, with original scabbard. 550 grams, 25" long. Sharp, bright, single-edged German blade stamped with J.E. ...

Dutch naval boarding axe with Amsterdam mark "XXX" stamped on blade (plus uncertain maker's name), 1700s. 1537 grams, 16-1/2" lo...

English boarding axe, ca. 1780. 758 grams, 17" long. Pitted and rusty surface (but intact), the black-painted handle a modern replacement.

Rat-tail silver flintlock pistol, Eastern European, mid-1700s. 1237 grams, 19" long. This piece is ornate from end to end, with brass overlay ...

Flintlock pistol, Eastern European, mid-1700s. 1167 grams, 21" long. Ornate top of barrel and silver furniture, light engraving on lock (somew...

Flintlock pistol, Eastern European, ca. 1750. 995 grams, 19" long. Ornately carved stock with nicely decorative brass furniture, a few minor r...

Eastern European (probably Ottoman) flintlock holster pistol, mid-1700s. 1061 grams, 20" long. Rusty barrel with light engraving, plain brass ...

British East India Company flintlock pistol, ca. 1800-15. 1555 grams, 15-1/2" long. Unusually large 80-caliber big-bore officer's sidearm ...

Belgian "pepper box" percussion pistol, early 1800s. 781 grams, 8-1/2" long. Interesting transition piece from simple percussion pis...

English screw-barrel percussion pocket pistol, ca. 1840s. 514 grams, about 6" long, the case 8-1/4" x 6-1/4" x 2". Excellent sp...

Spanish colonial percussion trabuco (blunderbuss), 1800s, converted from miquelet after 1840. 2088 grams, 28-1/2" long. Popular shipboard, coa...

Lot of 30 lead musketballs, some with carvings or marks and holes, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 48.5 grams total, each about 1/2" to 3/4&q...

Glass/wood display of 132 Naval buttons, various metals and nations, 1700s to 1900s (Revolutionary War to WWII). 16" x 10-1/2" x 2" ...

Brass/iron nautical dividers, Dutch, 1600s. 47 grams, 4-3/4" long. Fully functional and intact, both the brass part at top and the iron points...

Ebony octant, probably English, early to mid-1700s. 1203 grams, roughly 15" x 13" x 3". This navigational device was used to measure...

Sea-captain's long-glass (telescope) marked "S. ABBOT," late 1700s (American Revolutionary War period). 564 grams, 25-1/2" long....

Wooden ship's compass made by Spencer Browning & Rust (London), late 1700s-early 1800s. 207 grams, 3-1/4" tall and 5" in diameter...

Spanish colonial brass espuelas (spurs) with steel rowels and rawhide straps, late 1700s to early 1800s. 798 grams, each spur about 8". Origin...

Pair of brass Spanish covered stirrups (estribos), late 1700s to early 1800s. 1950 grams total, each about 10" long. Basically backless brass ...

Iron "armada" chest with key, no cover plate, early 1600s. About 75 lb, 29" x 14" x 14". A typical German-made strongbox f...

Iron "armada" chest, no keys, with cover plate, late 1600s, painted. About 100 lb, 24" x 13" x 13". Another typical German...

Lot of 4 iron "skeleton" keys on original ring, Spanish colonial (late 1600s to early 1700s), found in Lima, Peru. 678 grams, each about ...

Iron padlock with key, Spanish colonial (late 1600s to early 1700s), found in Lima, Peru. 344 grams, roughly 6" x 3". Square lock with na...

Iron padlock with key, Spanish colonial (late 1600s to early 1700s), found in Lima, Peru. 367 grams, roughly 4" x 4". D-shaped lock with ...

Iron padlock with key, Spanish colonial (late 1600s to early 1700s), found in Lima, Peru. 299 grams, roughly 6-1/4" x 3". Square lock wit...

Spanish colonial wooden "money box," 1700s. 2434 grams, 13" x 8-1/2" x 8". Small-size (tabletop) chest in original conditi...

Spanish colonial mortar and pestle, 1600s. 2495 grams, the pestle 8" long and the mortar 3-1/2" tall and 5" in diameter across the t...

Large brass mortar, probably 1700s. 5410 grams, 5-1/4" tall and 8-1/4" in diameter. Plain but massive, with thinly flared top and heavy b...

Spanish colonial-period brass candlestick holder, 1600s-1700s. 1169 grams, 11" tall. Early candlestick made of a turned stem and base with dri...

Lot of 2 Spanish-style silver wall sconces, each with 3 candle holders, ornate and intact, probably made in Mexico in the late 1800s, total of 51 oz o