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Browse Catalogue of Stack's January 2006 Auction Limited to: The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 13 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Betts Medals, Part I: Medals Illustrative of Early American History → Spanish Proclamation and Other Medals Referring to the New World, 1701 - 1789 Page 1 of 2  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page Categories  •  Stack's January 2006 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 13 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Betts Medals, Part I: Medals Illustrative of Early American History → Spanish Proclamation and Other Medals Referring to the New World, 1701 - 1789 → Philip V, 1700-1724, 1724-1746 Print these Realized Prices! You'll need the Adobe PDF Reader to view and/or print the prices realized sheet. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 619 Mexico City. Philip V Proclaimed, 1701. B.89, Herrera 6, Grove PV-1 CH AU $1,800.00 Unsigned. Silver. Cast and chased. 30.1 mm. 209.1 gns. A fine cast. Obverse: Bust of Philip V. Reverse: Castle supported by lions, eagle on cactus above. Choice About Uncirculated. 620 Mexico City. Philip V Proclaimed, 1701. B.89, H.6, G.PV-1 CH AU $850.00 Unsigned. Silver. Cast and chased. 29.3 mm. 164.3 gns. A fairly crude aftercast. Obverse: Bust of Philip V. Reverse: Castle supported by lions, eagle on cactus above. Choice About Uncirculated. Categories  •  Stack's January 2006 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 13 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Betts Medals, Part I: Medals Illustrative of Early American History → Spanish Proclamation and Other Medals Referring to the New World, 1701 - 1789 → Luis I, 1724 Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 621 Mexico City. Luis I Proclaimed, 1724. B.150, H.19, G.L1-1 GD VF $800.00 Unsigned. Silver. Cast and chased. 38.3 mm. 352.9 gns. Obverse: Bust of Luis I. Reverse: Arms of the city. Good Very Fine. Thick flan. 622 Mexico City. Luis I Proclaimed, 1724. B.150, H.19, G.L1-1 VF $950.00 Unsigned. Silver, base. Cast and chased. 37.8 mm. 242.1 gns. Obverse and reverse types as the preceding. Very Fine. Dark. Thin flan. 623 Mexico City. Luis I Proclaimed, 1724. B.151, H.20, G.L1-2 CH VF $550.00 Unsigned. Silver. Cast and chased. 30.8 mm. 201.5 gns. Obverse and reverse types as the preceding. Choice Very Fine. Quite dark. Obverse bust different from that pictured in Grove. 624 Panama City. Luis I Proclaimed, 1724. B.152, H.21 CH VF $15,000.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 35.5 mm. 230.3 gns. Plain edge. Obverse: Bust of Luis I. Reverse: Arms of the city. Choice Very Fine. Dark and showing evidence of galvanic corrosion. Reverse double struck. The inscriptions on the medal correspond with the transliterations in Betts. 625 Mines of Zacatecas. Luis I Proclaimed, 1724. B.157, H.24, G.L1-19 VF $1,800.00 Unsigned. Silver. Cast and chased. 31.5 mm. 191.7 gns. Obverse: Bust of Luis I. Reverse: Mount Bufa at Zacatecas flanked by sun and moon. Very Fine and quite attractive. Somewhat dark. An important and rare piece. Grove does not included a photo of a specimen. Categories  •  Stack's January 2006 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 13 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Betts Medals, Part I: Medals Illustrative of Early American History → Spanish Proclamation and Other Medals Referring to the New World, 1701 - 1789 → Ferdinand VI, 1746- 1759 Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 626 Guatemala. Ferdinand VI Proclaimed, 1747. B.345, H.42, G.F6-25 VG $1,600.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 33.4 mm. 198.3 gns. Ornamented edge. Obverse: Bust of Ferdinand VI. Reverse: Arms of Guatemala. Very Good. Holed. Obverse off-center. 627 Guatemala. Ferdinand VI Proclaimed, 1747. B.346, H.43, G.F6-26 F $900.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 23.0 mm. 79.2 gns. Ornamented edge. Obverse and reverse types as the preceding. Fine. Holed. Shallow clip. 628 Guatemala. Ferdinand VI Proclaimed, 1747. B.347, H.44, G.F6-27 F $200.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 16.3 mm. 30.0 gns. Plain edge. Obverse and reverse types as the preceding. Fine. Holed. Reverse off-center. 629 Guatemala. Ferdinand VI Proclaimed, 1747. B.347, H.44, G.F6-27 F $500.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 17.5 mm. 37.6 gns. Plain edge. Obverse and reverse types as the preceding. Fine. Holed twice. The obverse is inscribed FERD. VI. D. G. HIS ET IND. REX. The reverse is inscribed G. IN. EIUS. PROCLAMAT. 1747. While the types of this and the last are the same, the obverse of this is slightly different in layout. The reverse, however, is identical in layout to that...  more 630 Santiago de Cuba. Ferdinand VI Proclaimed, 1747. B.364, H.60 CH VF $6,000.00 Unsigned. Silver, base. Cast. 27.4 mm. 121.8 gns. Obverse: Bust of Ferdinand VI. Reverse: St. James armed and galloping left. Choice Very Fine. Somewhat dark and brassy in appearance. The medal was published by the Viceroy of Cuba, John de Caxigal. 631 Vera Cruz. Ferdinand VI Proclaimed, 1747. B.371, H.67, G.F6-36 EF $3,500.00 Unsigned. Silver. Cast and chased. 34.5 mm. 256.0 gns. A fine cast. Obverse: Bust of Ferdinand VI. Reverse: Arms of Vera Cruz. Extremely Fine. 632 Vera Cruz. Ferdinand VI Proclaimed, 1747. B.372, H.68, G.F6-37 EF $1,400.00 Unsigned. Silver. Cast and chased. 30.5 mm. 195.1 gns. Roughly filed edge. Obverse: Crude bust of Ferdinand VI. Reverse: Arms of Vera Cruz. Extremely Fine. 633 The Academy of San Marcos at Lima, Peru, 1754. B.398 CH VF $950.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck, no evidence of an undertype. 30.3 mm. 200.4 gns. Twin olive leaf ornamented edge. Obverse: Arms of the academy, ethnic around. Reverse: A and date. The significance of the letter A (and R on the next two) is unknown. Choice Very Fine. 634 The Academy of San Marcos at Lima, Peru, 1754. B.399 EF $800.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck, no evidence of an undertype. 30.3 mm. 207.0 gns. Twin olive leaf ornamented edge. Obverse: Arms of the academy, ethnic around. Reverse: R and date. The significance of the letter R (and A on the preceding) is unknown. Extremely Fine. 635 The Academy of San Marcos at Lima, Peru, 1754. B.399 VF $600.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck, no evidence of an undertype. 30.4 mm. 200.0 gns. Twin olive leaf ornamented edge. Obverse: Arms of the academy, ethnic around. Reverse: R and date. The significance of the letter R is unknown. A second example. Very Fine. Categories  •  Stack's January 2006 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 13 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Betts Medals, Part I: Medals Illustrative of Early American History → Spanish Proclamation and Other Medals Referring to the New World, 1701 - 1789 → Charles III, 1758-1777 Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 636 Buenos Aires. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.450, H.52 VF $600.00 Unsigned. Silver, base. Cast and chased. 35.2 mm. 190.5 gns. Obverse: Bust of Charles III. Reverse: Arms of the city. Very Fine. Somewhat brassy in appearance. 637 Chile. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.452, H.54 CH VF $3,750.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 38.7 mm. 299.1 gns. Ornamented edge. Obverse: Bust of Charles III. Reverse: Crowned arms between columns, inscription of allegiance and fidelity around. Choice Very Fine and quite handsome. Obverse slightly off-center. 638 Guanajuato. Charles III Proclaimed, 1761. B.458, H.60, G.K-28 CH VF $1,000.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 40.5 mm. 402.1 gns. Plain edge. Obverse: Bust of Charles III. Reverse: Panis Christi radiant above mountains, loyalty inscription below. Choice Very Fine. As Betts and his editors noted, the inscriptions are not well understood. 639 Guatemala. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.459, H.61, G.K-32 CH F $2,000.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 33.0 mm. 205.7 gns. Ornamented edge. Obverse: Bust of Charles III. Reverse: Arms of Guatemala. Choice Fine. 640 Guatemala. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.460, H.62, G.K-33 CH F $1,300.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 27.0 mm. 101.6 gns. Ornamented edge. Obverse and reverse types as the preceding. Choice Fine. Holed. What appears to be an undertype is probably actually some post striking contact with another coin or object. 641 Guatemala. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.461, H.63, G.K-34 VF $350.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 20.7 mm. 51.5 gns. Ornamented edge. Obverse and reverse types as the preceding. Very Fine. Holed, plugged, re-engraved. 642 Guatemala. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.462, H.64, G.K-35 F $200.00 Stop after D. Unsigned. Silver. Struck. 16.7 mm. 24.8 gns. Obverse and reverse types as the preceding. Fine. Holed. 643 Lima. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.469, H.71 CH EF $17,000.00 Unsigned. Gold. Struck, no evidence of an undertype. 37.3 mm. 415.8 gns. Ornamented edge. Obverse: Bust of Charles III, Lima mintmark and date. Reverse: Arms of the city, oath of allegiance around. Choice Extremely Fine. Lovely bright gold color. Shallow rim bruise to left of date, small flan flaw to its right. Rare. 644 Lima. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.469, H.71 CH VF $750.00 Unsigned. Silver. Struck, no evidence of an undertype. 37.2 mm. 237.9 gns. Ornamented edge. Obverse and reverse type as the preceding. Choice Very Fine. Pale gray color with some iridescence. 645 Mexico City. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.479, H.81, G.K-5 CH EF $600.00 Obverse signed F. CASANOVA. F below curved exergual line. Silver, gilt. 45.0 mm. 556.1 gns. Curious channel edge device. Obverse: Bust of Charles III. Reverse: Arms of Archbishop Don Manuel Rubio y Salinas, his assent to the oath of allegiance around. Choice Extremely Fine. Neatly Holed. Borders routed. Old scrape in right obverse field. Nice gilding both sides, royal hair gilt but the...  more 646 Mexico City. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.479, H.81, G.K-5 CH EF $850.00 Obverse signed F. CASANOVA. F below curved exergual line. Silver. 43.0 mm. 523.5 gns. Normal edge. Obverse and reverse types as the preceding. Choice Extremely Fine. Nicely toned. Rims as struck. Small edge cut. From the same dies as the last. 647 Mexico City. Charles III Proclaimed, 1760. B.483, H.84, G.K-8v VF $550.00 Obverse signed A.B. MADERO in field below bust. Silver. 39.7 mm. 437.6 gns. Edge inscribed in raised letters CONSIDERATE LILIA.NEC SALOMON IN OMNIA GLORIA SUA [''Think of the lily. Not even Solomon is in all his glory...'']. Obverse: Bust of Charles III. Reverse: Arms of the Consulate of Mexico. Very Fine. Medium gray color. Minor impairments. 648 San Miguel. Charles III Proclaimed, 1761. B.490, Medina 108 (this medal), G.K-52 VF $1,000.00 Obverse signed F. CASANOVA F. below curved exergual line. Silver. 44.7 mm. 654.3 gns. Plain edge. Struck, probably on a cast flan. Obverse: Bust of Charles III. Reverse: Proclamation inscription in seven lines. Very Fine. Medium gray color with some obverse iridescence. Rim dents and nicks. Page 1 of 2  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page

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