Treasure, World, U.S. Coin and Paper Money Auction #22

Mexico City, Mexico, Banco de Londres Mexico y Sud America, specimen 2 pesos, 1883. Frampton-M251s; SCWPM-S220s. Serial 6002. Rare note printed by Am

Pachuca, Mexico, Banco de Hidalgo, 100 pesos, 21-4-1914. Frampton-M373a; SCWPM-S309a. Series C, serial 5836. Both the 100 and 500 pesos in any grade

Guadalajara, Mexico, Banco de Jalisco, 50 pesos, 5-1-1911, solid 4444 serial number. Frampton-M389b; SCWPM-S323b. Series E, serial 4444. Unlisted dat

Monterey, Mexico, Banco de Nuevo Leon, specimen 50 pesos, ND (1897-1913), certified PCGS UNC 64. Frampton-M437s; SCWPM-S363s. Two POCs. Great ink col

Monterey, Mexico, Banco de Nuevo Leon, specimen 20 pesos, ND (1893-1912), certified PMG UNC 63 EPQ. Frampton-M436s; SCWPM-S362s. Two POCs. Bold color

Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Banco Mercantil de Monterrey, specimen 10 pesos, ND (1906-11), certified PMG UNC 64 EPQ. Frampton-M425s2; SCWPM-S353As. Two POCs.

Queretaro, Mexico, Banco de Queretaro, 50 pesos, 15-4-1914. Frampton-M476b; SCWPM-S393b. Series A, serial 4955. AU, great paper quality and color.

Nicaragua, Banco Nacional, 20 cordobas, 1951, certified PMG VF 20. SCWPM-95c. Series of 1951, serial 213505. Circulated example, fully intact. PMG #8

Oman, Central Bank, 50 rials, AH 1405 (1985), certified PMG UNC 66 EPQ. SCWPM-30a. Serial B/1 774495. High-grade example of a long-standing design us

Panama, Banco Central de Emision de la Republica, 1 Balboa, 1941, popular "Arias" note, finest known in PCGS census, certified PCGS Choice...

Panama, specimen $1,000 35-year 6-1/2-percent external secured gold bond, 1-6-1926. Unsigned bond specimen dated 1926 and due in 1961. Choice origin

Peru, Banco de la Emancipacion, 4 reales, 1822, rare. SCWPM-S142. Rare and unpriced in any grade in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. XF, li

Lima, Peru, Banco Garantizador, 40 centavos, 1-9-1876. SCWPM-S163. Very few examples known; those to appear on the market all show circulation wear.

Lima, Peru, Banco de Lima, 4 soles, 1-1-1870, rare. SCWPM-S242. Serial 309809. Rare note with few surviving examples in any grade, this example being

Lima, Peru, Banco de Londres Mexico y Sud America, specimen 10 soles, 1866. SCWPM-S274s. This and the next five lots represent a set of very rare Lim

Lima, Peru, Banco de Londres Mexico y Sud America, specimen 10 soles, 1-1-1873. SCWPM-S295s. Four POCs, pen annotation "Specimen 4th March 187...

Lima, Peru, Banco de Londres Mexico y Sud America, specimen 5 soles, 1866. SCWPM-S272s. AU, light mounting remnant on reverse, some pinholes, nicely

Lima, Peru, Banco de Londres Mexico y Sud America, specimen 5 soles, 1-1-1873. SCWPM-S294s. Six POCs, pen annotation "Specimen Received 29 Jul...

Lima, Peru, Banco de Londres Mexico y Sud America, specimen 2 soles, 1866. SCWPM-S292s. Two POCs, pen annotation "Specimen 4th March 1873"...

Lima, Peru, Banco de Londres Mexico y Sud America, specimen 1 sol, 1-1-1866. SCWPM-S291s. Two POCs, pen annotation "Specimen 4 March 1873"...

Lima, Peru, Banco Nacional del Peru, 5 soles, 187X (1871-73), rare. SCWPM-S313. Serial 06945. Like most Peru bank notes of the time period, this note

Lima, Peru, Banco del Peru, 20 soles, 1-12-1877. SCWPM-S367. Serial 21325. VG, internal splits and small holes, though still fully visible with bold

Lima, Peru, Banco del Peru, 4 soles, 1-12-1873, rare. SCWPM-S363b. Serial 35639, with black authorization stamp. VG/Fine, some pinholes, light stains

Lima, Peru, Banco del Peru, sol front proof, 2-11-1864. SCWPM-S361p. Four POCs, mounted on cardstock. UNC, small paper pull, vivid green color.

Tacna, Peru, Banco de Tacna, remainder 10 soles, ND (1870s). SCWPM-S385r. Serial 039623. Scarcer denomination from the Banco de Tacna series. AU+, li

Tacna, Peru, Banco de Tacna, remainder 5 soles, ND (1870s). SCWPM-S384r. Serial 085154. AU, light foxing, small paper pull on reverse, good color.

Tacna, Peru, Banco de Tacna, remainder 1/2 sol, ND (1870s) SCWPM-S381r. Serial 057876. VF, small areas of ink stains and paper pull.

Lima, Peru, Compania de Obras Publicas y Fomento del Peru, 20 soles, 4-7-1876. SCWPM-S447a. Series A, serial 12401, with black oval "EMISION A...

Lima, Peru, Compania de Obras Publicas y Fomento del Peru, 10 soles, 4-7-1876. SCWPM-S446a. Series A, serial 46380. G/VG, missing upper left corner,

Lima, Peru, Compania de Obras Publicas y Fomento del Peru, 1 sol, 4-7-1876. SCWPM-S444a. Series A, serial 150718, without Emision Pagadera overprint.

Trujillo, Peru, Ferrocarriles de Trujillo, 2 soles, ND (ca. 1880), rare. SCWPM-UNL. Series B, serial 00479. Denominated as 2 soles, good for a first

Lima, Peru, Junta del Credito Nacional, 200 pesos government bond, 17-5-1827. Serial 177, one POC. Scarce Peru fiscal document. VF, ink bleed-throug

Lima, Peru, Junta del Credito Nacional, 200 pesos government bond, 16-11-1836. Serial 18791, one POC. Scarce Peru fiscal document. VF, ink bleed-thr

Lima, Peru, Junta del Credito Nacional, 100 pesos government bond, 6-10-1831. Serial 13655, one POC. Scarce Peru fiscal document. VF, ink bleed-thro

Manila, Philippines, Central Bank, 500 pesos, ND (1949), certified PMG AU 53. SCWPM-124b. Series 66, serial F00194740, Central Bank overprint on &q...

Lisboa, Portugal, 1,000 escudos, 29-9-1942, certified PMG AU 58 EPQ. SCWPM-156. Serial 224 608BC / FD 02361. Tied with two others for finest known in

Lot of five Portuguese India, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, specimen notes, 2-1-1959. SCWPM-46s, 45s, 44s, 43s, 42s. 1,000 escudos, two POCs, specimen

Puerto Rico, National Treasury, 25 pesos promissory note, 1813. About 8-1/4" x 12-3/4". A large, uniface fiscal document printed in black...

Puerto Rico, Ministerio de Ultramar, 1 peso, 17-8-1895, with counterfoil, certified PMG Gem UNC 65 EPQ. SCWPM-7a. Serial 4503219. High grade note wit

Puerto Rico, Ministerio de Ultramar, 1 peso, 17-8-1895, with partial counterfoil, certified PMG Gem UNC 66 EPQ. SCWPM-7b. Serial 3625969. High grade

Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, specimen 1 pound, ND (1960), certified PCGS AU 58. SCWPM-21s. Punch hole cancelled "SP...

Lisboa (Portugal), Sao Tome and Principe, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, color trial 500 escudos, 18-4-1956. SCWPM-39ct. Two POCs, specimen number 23. C

Caracas, Venezuela, Banco Central, 10 bolivares, 19-7-1945, certified PMG VF 25. SCWPM-31a. Serial A684895. First date of issue for the series. Some

Caracas, Venezuela, Banco Central, 10 bolivares, 5-10-1950, certified PMG VF 25. SCWPM-31a. Serial C2894314. As with prior lot, some circulation wear

Caracas, Venezuela, specimen 15,000 bolivares six-percent national debt coupon bond, 1896. Series 3a. ABNCo printed specimen bond with all coupons a

Caracas, Venezuela, specimen 5,000 bolivares six-percent national debt coupon bond, 1896. Series 5a. ABNCo printed specimen bond with all coupons at

Caracas, Venezuela, specimen 2,500 bolivares six-percent national debt coupon bond, 1896. Series 6a. ABNCo printed specimen bond with all coupons at

Study group of 11 world (mostly Latin American) reverse proof notes, ca.1880s-1990s, uniface. Buenos Aires, Argentina, Republica Argentina, 10 pesos

English copperplate engraving by Ogilby entitled "Pagus Hispanorum in Florida" (1671) showing a scene of St. Augustine, hand colored. 15-...

English copperplate engraving entitled "The Battel Between the Spaniards and the pyrats or Buccaniers before the citty of Panama," publish...

Large copperplate-engraved Dutch map of Mexico by Hondius, ca. 1606-30, hand colored. 17-3/4" x 21-1/2". Detailed map from the reissued M...

Large copperplate-engraved Dutch map of the Caribbean by Blaeu, ca. 1662, hand colored. 17-3/4" x 23". Detailed and accurate map for the ...

French copperplate-engraved map of South America entitled Amerique Meridionale by Nicolas Sanson (1657), re-engraved ca. 1700 by Antoine de Winter, ha

French copperplate-engraved map of Paraguay by Nicolas Sanson (1657), reprint ca. 1705 from the first Dutch edition of Sanson's pocket atlas, ha...

French copperplate-engraved map of Peru by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1753), engraved by Robert Benard, hand colored. 16-3/8" x 9-5/8". Depi...

German copperplate-engraved map of Panama by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1754), reprint ca. 1758. 8-3/4" x 13-1/4". View of Panama reprinted ...

Italian copperplate-engraved map of the Bay of Campeche and the Yucatan peninsula for Marco Coltellini (1763), hand colored. 12" x 9". Ma...

Military document signed by Simon Bolivar, dated Nov. 9, 1817, very rare. 8-3/8" x 6-1/8". A very rare military document personally signe...

Puerto Rican slave-transfer document for a child slave, dated 12-3-1869. 8-3/8" x 6-7/8". Original Puerto Rican slave-transfer document f...

Unique set of newspapers with accounts on the sinking and salvage of the Spanish 1715 Treasure Fleet, consisting of four issues of The Post Boy (Lond

Histoire des Avanturiers / Histoire des Pirates Anglois, four volumes (1744), by Alexandre-Olivier Oexmelin (Exquemelin) and Charles Johnson (translat

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 (...

Gold and Silver of the Atocha and Santa Margarita, Christie's (New York) auction catalog of June 14-15, 1988, signed by Fisher family and associ...

Intact blue-on-white porcelain "kendi pot" (rare), from the "Hoi An Hoard" wreck (late 1400s). 545 grams, 5-1/2" tall and ...

Large stone cannonball from a Spanish Armada wreck (1588). 10,030 grams, 8" diameter. Recovered off the coast of Belgium near the Battle of Gr...

Large (dark) natural emerald, 5.58 carats, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 7/16" x 5/16". Somewhat crystalline shape with even dark-green...

Large (light) natural emerald, 5.08 carats, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 7/16" x 3/8". Nugget-like crystal, about half green and the o...

Lot of seven natural (light) emeralds with two certificates, six totaling 10.15 carats plus one at 1.41 carats, from the Atocha (1622). About 1/4&q...

Encrusted silver bowl, from the Atocha (1622). 579 grams, 2-3/4" tall and 7-1/2" in diameter. Simple bowl with steep side, only about 20%...

Large lot of 43+ small, natural emeralds, with original Frank Sedwick certificates, from the Maravillas (1656). Each up to 1/4". Mostly small ...

Large earthenware jar with flat bottom, encrusted top, from a Dutch wreck off Grenada (1600s). 12" tall, 11" widest diameter (7-1/2"...

Double-wheel, hand-carved wooden pulley from a wreck off the Netherlands (1600s). 3,087 grams, 19" long x 9-1/2" wide x 4-3/4" thick...

Gold-and-pearl "Madonna" brooch, large and ornate, from the 1715 Fleet, plated in Dreamweaver. 59.79 grams, about 3-1/2" x 2-1/4&quo...

Matched pair of gold-and-pearl earrings from the 1715 Fleet. 7.09 grams total, each about 2-1/4" long. Nearly identical earrings, made with ho...

Gold chain, 91.44 grams, 88 inches long, fine-braid links, from the 1715 Fleet. Tightly woven and very snakelike gold braiding, impressively long bu

Gold chain, 66.54 grams, 24 inches long, heavy-braid links with original clasp, from the 1715 Fleet. Thick links of boxlike braiding somewhat tightl

Gold chain, 34.73 grams, 67-1/2" inches long, complete loop of very fine simple links, from the 1715 Fleet. Circular links with flat insides ...

Gold chain, 30.00 grams, 30-3/4 inches long, fine-braid links, from the 1715 Fleet. Small and boxy links in a fairly tight snakelike braid with unfi

Gold chain, 31.35 grams, 22 inches long, "olive blossom" design, from the 1715 Fleet. A perfectly wearable length of a common type of sm...

Gold chain, 30.24 grams, 16 inches long, heavy "olive blossom" design, from the 1715 Fleet. Most of the gold chains found on the 1715 Fl...

Gold chain, 9.17 grams, 7 inches long, fine "olive blossom" design, from the 1715 Fleet. A short (bracelet-length) chain of typical &quo...

Gold-and-emerald ring, size 7-1/4, from the 1715 Fleet. 5.05 grams. Very solid and intact ring with rectangular, table-cut emerald of decent transluc

Small, low-karat gold ring, size 5-1/4, from the 1715 Fleet. 2.51 grams Typically dainty ring of minimal design with black stains over dull copper-go

Ornate silver shaker (pounce box) from the 1715 Fleet. 313 grams, 2-3/4" cube. Unlike gold, very few shipwreck silver artifacts are solid enou...

Large, ornate silver salt cellar with open top from the 1715 Fleet. 74.88 grams, 2" tall and 3-1/2" in diameter. Thin but amazingly well-...

Clump of cannonball, wooden spike and copper coins from the Admiral Gardner (1809). 3340 grams, roughly 6" x 4-1/2" x 3-1/2". Encrus...

Model 1816 Springfield rifle, converted from flintlock to percussion (rare), from the Lady Elgin (1860). 3940 grams, about 6-1/2' long with bay...

Rare "cathedral" (Gothic) pepper sauce bottle, with wooden stand, from the S.S. Republic (1865). 259 grams, 8-3/4" tall and 2-1/4&qu...

Two deck prisms or deadlights (one round, one rectangular) from late-1800s wrecks in the Florida Keys. Round prism 3-1/2" diameter and 1-3/4&q...

Megalodon (huge shark) tooth, approx. 25 million years old. 6-1/4"" x 4-1/2", 508 grams. Matte black with much gray enamel remaining...

Petrified ammonite shell in matrix, approx. 150 million years old. 6" x 5" x 2-1/2", 1593 grams. Large chunk of unpolished tan-color...

Huge natural Colombian emerald specimen in matrix. 460 grams, 4" long, 2-1/2" wide, 2" tall. Fascinating display of Colombian emera...

English Cromwellian breastplate and "lobster tail" helmet, 1600s. Breastplate 5,050 grams and 14" x 18-1/2"; helmet 1,300 gram...

Dutch bronze one pounder cannon, late 1600s to early 1700s. 200 lbs+, 49-1/2" long, 2" bore. Large cannon with ornate dolphin "sea m...

Spanish colonial period officer's transitional rapier-sword, early 1700s. 580 grams, 34" overall length. A transitional piece--somewhere b...

French model 1833 naval cutlass, dated 1840. 1359 grams, 33" long, 26" long blade. French model 1833 navy cutlass dated 1840 with origina...

British naval model 1845 cutlass (unmarked). 1219 grams, 32" long, 27" long blade. Well-preserved British service cutlass featuring a sli...

Mexican officer's dirk, 1825-1850. 418 grams, 19-1/2" long. Unusual, rare short sword with gilt brass mounts, knight's head pommel hea...

British model 1858 Type 1 Enfield bayonet cutlass. 1058 grams, 32" long, 26-1/2" long blade. Leather checkered grip, steel guard, and ove...

Chinese bronze hand cannon, 1500s-1600s. 254 grams, 4-1/2" long. A forerunner of the handgun, the hand cannon was widely used in China from th...