Treasure, World, U.S. Coin and Paper Money Auction 23 - May 15-16

British East India Company ship's blunderbuss, 1806. 3046 grams, 37" overall length, 20-1/2" barrel length. Fully functioning bell-mo...

English flintlock boxlock screw-barrel pocket pistol, 1800-1820. 397 grams, 6-3/4" overall length, 1-7/8' barrel length. Cute little clean...

Northern European naval flintlock "sea service" pistol, 1800s. 1214 grams, 15-1/2" long, 9" barrel length. Typical naval boardi...

Spanish colonial escopeta musketoon, early 1800s. 2309 grams, 30" overall length, 15-1/2" barrel length. Miquelet-lock style small musket...

Bronze handbell, Spanish colonial, late 1500s. 333 grams, 3-1/2" tall, 3-1/4" in diameter. Just like a ship's bell but in miniature! ...

Lot of two small bronze bells (two different types), Spanish colonial, late 1500s. 77.20 grams total, cowbell is 1-5/8" x 1-1/4", crotal ...

Lot of two black-glass case gin bottles, ca. 1750-90. 554 grams, 9-1/4" tall, 3" square sides; 683 grams, 9-1/2" tall, 3-1/2" s...

Lot of three black-glass ale bottles, ca. 1750-90. 679 grams, 8-1/4" tall, 4" in diameter; 713 grams, 9-1/2" tall, 3-1/2" in di...

Lot of two Dutch bottles: "onion" bottle, ca. 1760-1780 and case gin bottle, early 1800s. Gin bottle = 961 grams, 10-3/4" tall, 4&qu...

Lot of four bottles: Two black-glass ales and one cylinder, 1750-90, plus one clear milk bottle, ca. 1850. 927 grams, 9" tall, 3-3/4" in ...

Collection of 8 Spanish iron "skeleton" keys, 1600s-1700s. 1217 grams, key length ranges from 4-1/2" to 6-1/2". Attractive grou...

Lot of two iron "skeleton" keys, colonial period (1600s). 154 grams total; 5-1/4" and 5-1/2" long. Used for any kind of warded ...

British colonial naval/military officer's money box, ca. 1800. 1486 grams, 9" wide, 6-1/2" deep, 4" tall. Small, polished, recta...

Seventeenth-century style Spanish Catalan money box, 1800s. 3520 grams, 16" wide, 7" deep, 7" tall. Elaborately decorated carved har...

Early British prisoner shackles, 1700s. 974 grams, 12-3/4" long. Early hand-forged, straight-arm iron shackles secured by a small lock or blac...

Early cast-iron ball-and-chain with shackle, 1800s. 5810 grams, 35" long chain, 5" in diameter ball. Rare early shackle with 18 pounder b...

Spanish colonial silver spoon, probably 1550s to 1590, marked "Sevilla," hindsfoot-pattern handle, very rare. 33.81 grams, 6" long. ...

Bronze candlestick holder (two parts), Spanish colonial, late 1500s. 180 grams total, 3" diameter in base; candle holder 3-1/2" tall. Ear...

Large silver fork, Spanish colonial, ca. 1770s-1780s. 72.23 grams, 8" long. Solid, heavy rather utilitarian fork with Guatemalan touchmarks on...

Small pewter plate, European, with hallmarks and 1804 date. 447 grams, 9" in diameter, 1" deep. Typical plate for its period with raised ...

Ornate bronze finial (hollow), possibly religious, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 116 grams, 3" x 2-1/4". Well-constructed and heavy hol...

Bronze pommel or finial in the form of a woman's head, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 197.9 grams, 2" tall. Despite years of encrustation...

Collection of bronze weights, consisting of two nested-cup sets and six disks, Spanish colonial (1600s). 393 grams total, disks from 3/8" to 7...

Small cupel for metal refining, Spanish colonial (1600s), rare. 15 grams, 1-3/4" tall, 1-1/4" in diameter. It is probably very rare to fi...

Pocket sundial, bone, Spanish colonial (1600s). 15.26 grams, 2-1/8" in diameter if whole. Before there were clocks and wristwatches, the only ...

Small bronze chisel or axe-head, Spanish colonial (1600s). 74 grams, 2-1/4" long. Cute, well-constructed artifact without ornamentation and wi...

Lot of seven brass or bronze spurs, 1700s-1800s, mostly intact. 1952 grams total, from 6" to 7-1/2" wide. Enough spurs to start your own ...

Large wooden smoking pipe (1800s). 135 grams, 11" long. Well-worn simple wooden pipe with an exterior silver-rimmed bowl (interior bowl wrappe...

Queen Victoria's Great Seal of the Realm, ca. 1850s. 634 grams, 6-1/4" in diameter, 7/8" thick. Very rare and historically important ...

Small, 18K gold pillbox, French, engraved "Mai 1913." 19 grams, 1-1/2" x 7/8" x 3/8". From a bygone era, this lovely, ti...

Small, 14K gold Tiffany pillbox, ca. 1950s. 22 grams, 1-3/4" x 1-3/8" x 3/8". Slightly larger and more elaborately decorated box tha...

Burgos, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, crescent to left, circlet to right of shield, mintmark B below cross, rare. CT-36. 2.13 grams. Choice ful

Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible, flipover double-strike. 5.33 grams. Off-center strike with bold full cross over parti

Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B. KM-20. 4.70 grams. Good full cross and shield with bold full S-B to left, a bit worn (VF) and wi

Bogota, Colombia, 8 escudos, 1823JF, PCGS AU details / tooled. Sed-6; Restrepo-165.3; KM-82.1. Lustrous, with surface hairlines and light scribble ma

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer not visible. KM-36. 10.98 grams. Full cross and shield (the latter slightly off-center) but all

Spain (mint uncertain), cob 4 reales, Philip II or III. 7.88 grams. Bold cross and nearly full shield, moderately corroded, mostly darkly toned. &...

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P. S-M19; KM-45. 24.51 grams. Full shield and cross and bold oMP, no corrosion but typically shi

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible (P). KM-38. 7.31 grams. Nearly full cross and shield despite flat spots and moderate

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1649(O), with crowned-(?) countermark on cross. S-P35; KM-19b; CT-506. 13.75 grams. Thin and crude from corrosion but w

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, (1652)E transitional, McLean Type I, rare. S-P37; KM-A16.2; CT-894. 2.26 grams. Very thin from corrosion but with clear

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer L. S-M21; KM-46. 19.11 grams. Full assayer next to nearly full shield, good cross, typical flat

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV or Charles II, assayer not visible. 25.21 grams. Very solid (much more so than the norm for this wreck),

Lot of three Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8-4-2 reales, Charles II, assayer L where visible, all interesting shapes. 34.10 grams total. Neat assortment o

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Charles II, assayer L. S-M21; KM-39. 11.05 grams. Not much corrosion but with most of flan not struck (uneven thick

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer J, ex-Treasure Salvors. KM-47. 17.93 grams. Moderately corroded and dark but with bold full dot-8

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible, ex-Treasure Salvors. KM-47. 20.87 grams. Nearly full shield and cross but peripheral

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible. KM-47. 26.84 grams. Very solid specimen (no corrosion) with nearly full cross, nearl

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible. KM-47. 25.41 grams. Solid specimen with very little corrosion but weakly struck cros

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible, encrusted as uncleaned, ex-Treasure Salvors. KM-47. 26.52 grams. Darkly oxidized but