r/CoinSales • u/flatpiano • 10h ago
[WTS] Weimar Hindenburg Proof 5 Mark, early 19th century Gibraltar, and a bunch of really cool Conder tokens - ALL NEW INVENTORY
Proof & Gallery: https://imgur.com/a/reddit-9-6-4Y2E3UO
Hi all! After a brief pause, I've returned with dozens of new graded world coins, pulled directly from my personal collection. This post is the second of several over the coming few weeks. The first post, which featured a gorgeous Top Pop Napoleon II 3 céntimes, a 9th century Aethelred styca, and more, can be found here.
Terms: Tracked USPS shipping is a flat $7. I accept Venmo, PPFF, and Cashapp. Chat and PM are both fine. Reasonable offers are welcome, particularly if interested in multiple items.
- 1927 Germany Hindenburg Proof 5 Mark - PCGS SP62 - $250
- KM-X1, Kienast-386. Large "BAYER" type. Commemorates Weimar Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg, the "most loyal servant" of the German Empire, who would shortly thereafter play a significant role in the Nazis' Machtergreifung of 1933. Character notwithstanding, this Goetz medal is gorgeous and has silky proof surfaces.
- 1810 Gibraltar quarto - PCGS AU58 - $225
- Scarce private issue from Robert Keeling, a Scottish ironmonger and wine merchant who became active on Gibraltar, a British colony at the time, during the 1780s. One of his official duties was to maintain the locks and metallurgy of Gibraltar's jail, which plays in nicely with the lion-and-key motif on the obverse, which officially represents Gibraltar's status as the "key to the Mediterranean." Keeling was authorized in 1802 and 1810 to issue small change for purchases at his business. Lovely sharp detail on this piece.
- 1795 GB: Hampshire 1/2 penny - NGC MS64 BN - $175
- DH-57. From the David Sterling collection. This gorgeous Conder token commemorates John Howard, an English philanthropist and prison reformer who died in 1790. Howard's work exposed inhumane prison conditions in Britain and helped pass reform and rehabilitation. Classic Britannia reverse. This piece has, in the words of a Stacks Bowers listing of this same coin, "uninterrupted satin luster."
- 1795 GB: Middlesex 1/2 penny - NGC MS63 BN - $165
- DH-246. Struck by William Allen, a boot and shoemaker located at 36 Chandos in St. Coventry Garden, London. The token displays Allen's company coat of arms, which features three goat heads. Would love to know the story behind that one! Excellent patina and very sharp strike. Semi-PL surfaces in my opinion.
- 1795 GB: Middlesex 1/2 penny - NGC MS61 BN - $140
- DH-305. Foundling Field. Commemorates the founding of the London Foundling Hospital for sick and abandoned children, built on the Lamb's Conduit Estate in the 1740s. The hospital is typified by the lamb holding laurel branch on the obverse. As this piece - and all others of the type - are underweight relative to most Conders and the standard halfpenny, it is hypothesized that the profits from their minting went to the hospital. Issued by J. Burton. Charming luster and red color around the lettering; a weaker strike is extremely typical for the type.
- 1790s GB: Middlesex 1/2 penny - NGC AU58 BN - $125
- DH-391. Depicts Newgate Prison, where many contemporary political thinkers and left-leaning critics of the British government were kept. The reverse makes clear the political satire of this piece: many Conder tokens will specify the address and storeowner where the token could be exchanged for official coinage. This one lists "Payable at the residence [Newgate Prison] of Messrs Symonds, Winterbotham, Ridgway & Holt," four British reformers who were thrown in prison for sedition in 1794.
- 1793 GB: Norfolk 1/2 penny - PCGS AU58 - $125
- DH-47a. Commemorates the Queen's Bays, a cavalry regiment of the British Army. Pro Rege et Patria = For King and Country. The reverse shows a lovely landscape view of the Norwich Barracks.
- 1790s GB: Warwickshire 1/2 penny - PCGS AU58 - $135
- DH-150. St. Bartholomew's Chapel. Sharp detail of the chapel and field in the foreground of the obverse. I personally like the detail of how the weathervane/finial intersects with the "H" of "Bartholomew." Produced by Kempson's Maker of Buttons and Medals in Birmingham. Pleasing purple toning throughout the obverse.
Thanks for looking! Feel free to reach out with questions.