Treasure and World Coin Auction # 16

Colombia, Banco de Barranquilla, 20 centavos banknote, dated September 3, 1900. Pick-S242. 3-1/2" x 2". Crisp Uncirculated, no problems.

Cuba, Banco Espanol de la Habana, non-denominated certificate of deposit, no date (ca. 1857), first series of 2 million pesos, with counterfoil at lef

Cuba, El Tesoro de la Isla de Cuba, 20 pesos banknote, 1891, number 62799, unsigned type. Pick-41b. 7" x 4-1/4". Folded vertically and hor...

Cuba, El Banco Espanol de la Isla de Cuba, 50 pesos banknote, 1896, number 37047, encapsulated PCGS Very Fine 30 Apparent Ink Stains on Face. Pick-50a

Lot of 6 Republic of Cuba banknotes, as follows: 5 pesos, 1869, Series D, number 10300; Junta Central Republicana de Cuba y Puerto Rico, 1 peso, 1869,

Mexico (Empire), uniface 1 peso certificate, 1823, number 43,394. Frampton-M10d. 5-7/8" x 4-1/4". XF+ with diagonal cancellation cut at bo...

Mexico (Empire), 1 peso certificate (large), 1823, number 116430. Frampton-M15a. 12" x 8-1/4". Choice VF with central fold only.

Mexico, Banco de Londres, Mexico y Sud America, 1000 pesos specimen banknote, no date (1867-72), number 1208, rare. Frampton-M256s. 7-5/8" x 3-...

Mexico, Banco de Aquascalientes, 20 pesos banknote, 1902, Series A, number 05787. Frampton-M53a. 7-1/4" x 3-1/8". VG, several folds and mi...

Mexico, Banco de Chihuahua, 25 centavos banknote, 1889, Series A, number 162385. Frampton-M73a. 4-3/8" x 2-1/8". VG/F with fold in center ...

Mexico, Banco Minero de Chihuahua, 50 centavos banknote, 1914, number 942139, rare. Frampton-M151. 3-7/8" x 2-1/2". XF+, light fold in cen...

Mexico, El Banco Minero (Chihuahua), 10 pesos banknote, 1910, Series V.3, number 73477. Frampton-M134a. 7-1/8" x 3-1/8". Soft G with tiny ...

Mexico, El Banco Minero (Chihuahua), 5 pesos banknote, 1910, Series T.3, number 355850. Frampton-M132a. 6-1/2" x 2-3/4". Soft G with promi...

Mexico, Banco de Durango, 100 pesos banknote, small size, 1914, Series H, number 2368. Frampton-M338a. 6-7/8" x 3-1/4". AU with minute edg...

Mexico, Banco de Durango, 50 pesos banknote, small size, 1914, Series J, number 3135. Frampton-M336a. 6-3/4" x 3-1/4". AU, just a couple t...

Mexico, El Banco de la Republica Mexicana, 5 pesos specimen banknote, no date (1918), Series 1 (ABNC). Frampton-M318s. 6" x 2-3/4". UNC, i...

Venezuela, Leproserias Nacionales, 5 bolivares banknote, Series C (1940), number 02565. Pick-S365. 5-1/4" x 2-1/4". Soft paper, with light...

Venezuela, Banco Central, matched denomination set of 100-50-20-10-5-2 bolivares, dated March 20, 2007, all number A00000604. Pick-88 to 93. 6-1/8&q...

British copperplate-engraved map of the West Indies and the coasts of North and South America by Emanuel Bowen (published in London ca. 1744-46) entit

Italian copperplate-engraved map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Antilles by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (dated 1781) entitled "Carta del Golfo del Me...

Engraving of Simon Bolivar with facsimile signature, in oval wood frame, ca. 1870. Approx. 9-1/4" x 7". A detailed portrait of the "...

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 (...

Atocha painting: "Atocha Meets Her Fate," by Ralph Curnow (2009). 24" x 20". A dark and dramatic rendering of the Atocha's ...

Large earthenware "olive" jar. 8690 grams, 20" tall, 11" in diameter, 4" lip. Akin to the amphorae of ancient times, "...

Small stone cannonball. 321 grams, 2-1/4" diameter. Whitish in color due to rolling on the seabed, rather small for its type, typically much l...

Iron cannonball. 2050 grams, 3-1/2" diameter. Typical ball with mostly intact surfaces, part glossy and part matte but all deep black as profe...

Large iron adze/pick. 1760 grams, 16" long and 5-1/2" wide. Impressively large and heavy and still somewhat solid despite heavy oxidation...

Copper hull-pin. 1890 grams, 18" long, 1" thick. A long, straight rod of copper with flat washer fused at one end, the other end broken o...

Clay smoking pipe. 22.08 grams, 6-1/2" long. Unusually dark brown in color, with small bits of white coral adhering to the outside and coating...

Lot of 3 brass crotal bells. 31 grams total, 1" to 1-1/2" in diameter. All three intact (rare thus) with loops at top and neat slits in b...

Lot of 25 colored glass trading beads. 66 grams total, 1/2" to 1-1/4" long. Typical tubes of blue, green and red (plus some striped red-a...

Intact silver plate with tax stamps and owner's mark. 299 grams, 9-1/4" in diameter. Fully intact and solid (very light surface corrosion ...

Encrusted silver plate, intact. 529 grams, 9" in diameter. Complete plate with only a small portion of oxidized silver exposed, the rest neatl...

Intact earthenware "olive" jar, very rare. 3775 grams, 11" tall and 9" widest diameter. A phenomenal artifact, reported to be o...

Long steel rapier blade. 366 grams, 45" long. This piece was among a large shipment on this wreck, all the blades without hilts and rather wel...

Steel smallsword with hilt. 274 grams, 32-1/2" long. Apparently not part of the shipment of rapier blades on this ship but similar, with inter...

Short steel sword blade. 178 grams, 20" long. Among the shipment of rapier blades on this wreck were some short, single-sided sword blades lik...

Gold and red-coral rosary, complete and intact. The chain about 27" long, the cross about 2" x 1-1/2". Few shipwreck artifacts conve...

Gold-and-amethyst ring (~22K), about 3-4 carats. 4.21 grams, size 1-3/4. A curious jewel with large, rectangular, high-quality "emerald-cut&qu...

Gold-and-ruby buckle, ornate and intact. 19.61 grams, about 1-1/2" x 1". At first this looks modern because of polishing and the addition...

Gold "olive blossom" chain, intact. 43.91 grams, 32-1/2" long. A common type of gold chain from the 1715 Fleet, consisting of small,...

Lot of 26 small pieces of gold "olive blossom" chain. 31.87 grams total, about 21" total length. The usual type of chain from the 17...

Dutch bronze "six-pounder" cannon with Amsterdam proofmark, encrusted inside. About 90 lb, 28" long, 10" across trunnions, 5&qu...

Large gold reliquary pendant with engraved I-H-S (first three letters of "Jesus" in Latinized Greek), ex-Art McKee, plated in Weller's...

Small gold ring in encrustation with x-ray slides. 57.03 grams, approx. 2" x 1-1/2" x 1-1/2". About 3/4 of the outside of this tiny ...

Ivory fan/comb fragments in Riker box, ex-Meylach collection. 13.7 grams total; up to 4-1/4" long. A lot of six broken pieces of thin ivory wo...

Brass navigational dividers, complete and intact. 18.41 grams, 4-1/4" long. Very delicate and exceptionally well preserved, with sharp points ...

Large bronze navigational dividers, intact except for iron legs. 49.00 grams, 3-1/2" long. Thick-gauge bronze (darkly patinated) with operatio...

Stone grinding wheel. 40 lb, 15" in diameter and 2-1/2" thick. A big disk of greenish-gray stone (somewhat light for its size) with white...

Pair of spoons (one brass, one pewter). 61.30 grams total, 5-1/2" to 6" long. Simple spoons in mostly intact condition, just a few pieces...