LOT 3463
USA. Ku Klux Klan Nickel Alloy Members Token. 1920s-1930s. ID or 'Challenge' coin.
SYMWAO - MIAFA with eagle standing left on hilly terrain with burning cross to left / NON SILBA * SED ANTHAR *, fasces above crossed-stick emblem with plain edge. About Extremely Fine.(10.82gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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England. London, John Baker of the White Swan without Moorgate AE Halfpenny Token. Dated 1667.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
✿ IOHN • BAKER • AT • Y • WHITE, swan to left / ✿ SWAN • WITHOUT • MOREGATE around, HIS HALFE PENNY 1997 in four lines. Williamson, London 1965. 1.52gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found White Waltham, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-9C8F54. -
England. Group of Twenty Six [26] Williams Bros. Two Shilling and Other Denomination Tin Tokens. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: various denominations of Williams Bros. Stores Ltd tokens. 45gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Germany. Nürnberg, Hans Krauwinkel AE Rechenpfennig. Circa 1586-1635.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
✿ SCHIF * PFENING * NVRENBERG, ship to left / ✿ HANS * KRAVWINCKEL * GOTES, lozenge with four fleur-de-lis. Neum. 32255; Stalzer 213; Mitch. 1480-1485. 2.01gr, 26mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
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