August 2023 Global Showcase Auction – 14 - 21 August 2023
Live Sessions: Ancient and World Coins, Currency
Part B: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part D: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part C: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 3: We, 16.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 16.08.2023, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part 5: We, 16.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 17.08.2023, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part E: Th, 17.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Th, 17.08.2023, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 18.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 10: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Mo, 21.08.2023, from 4:00 PM CEST
Description
1739 Admiral Vernon Key. Adams-Chao unlisted. Rarity-7. Pinchbeck, 19.7 x 18.1mm. Extremely Fine.
26.6 grains. Not listed in Adams-Chao, but placing this immediately after the Vernon corkscrew makes sense to us. This tiny key handle (with the blade of the key broken off and missing) depicts Vernon on the obverse and a Portobello scene on the reverse. The surfaces are rough and dark from ground exposure, but good detail persists. ADMIRAL VERNON is easily read on the obverse, as is PORTO BELLO on the reverse. A charming Vernon item that Syd thought very highly of.
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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Dan Sedwick, April 1998; DNW's sale of April 2019, lot 1060.
Estimate: $1600
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Bidding
| Price realized | 800 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 1'600 USD |
