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Beautiful pair of German Pistols circa 1850

.41 Caliber Single Shot Percussion Caps

Barrel tops are marked:

KLETT U. SOHNE. IN ZELLA ST; BLASIL

Wonderful original case coloring on the lockplates, barrels, triggerguards, and buttplates.

Checkered grips.

Accoutrements include powder flask, bullet mold, nipple wrench, and powder measurer.

Engraved lockplates, hammers, triggerguards. Horn nose caps.

Safeties ahead of hammers.

The only mentionable defect in either pistol is a minimal wood crack behind the lockplate on one of them. It is pictured above. Otherwise they are in excellent condition.

The case, while original, has not survived nearly as well.

Rather than any type of cloth lining, it was made of thin green wood top, surfaces, and partitions.

The top and sides of the case have been repainted. A crack on the top has been pictured for quick identification.

It has compartments for additional ramrods that are missing.

Additionally the top is not secured by metal hinges but rather by typical German hinges that are quite frail.

The pistols alone are worth the entire price of the set.

$4,900

French Rapier circa 1775-1790

American Revolution Era

38 inches overall.

Historically known among collectors by the name small sword.

Thin three sided blade with blood grooves on all three.

The hilt and counterguard are made of silver over a copper base, known as "Sheffield plate."

Elongated pommel. Oval counterguard which has a slight wobble and is not in danger of becoming separated from the hilt or blade.

Fine condition.

$3,850



1799 Bust Dollar

1799/8 Variety

PCGS graded VF25

(Old type PCGS holder)

A wonderful example of an original silver dollar.

It is called an overdate because beneath the last digit 9 of the date, a faint remnant of the number 8 is visible.

The reason for that is that when the coin was struck at the Philadelphia mint in 1799 a die from the previous year had to be used. The die engraver failed to completely obliterate the last digit 8 before engraving the 9. That does not add any significant value as such a thing occurred fairly often in our early years of minting coins.

$4,950



Shipwreck of the SS Republic

Sunk October 25, 1865

Originally named the SS Tennessee, the Republic was built in Baltimore in 1853, originally serving as a merchant ship. At the onset of the Civil War she was impounded by the Confederate Navy and used as a blockade runner.

When New Orleans was captured in 1862 she was seized and refitted by the Union. The Tennessee became a well armed fighting machine and often served as Admiral David Farragut's flagship.

In 1865 the Tennessee was purchased by a shipping company and renamed the SS Republic.

She sailed from New York to New Orleans delivering cargo and money to fuel the city's post-war economy. On October 25, 1865, carrying $400,000 in coins and cargo she sank in the coast of Georgia in a hurricane.

More than a century later a number of American silver half dollars were recovered from the wrecksite. The coin pictured was one of those. A few years prior it had been struck at the New Orleans mint, its large "O" mint mark being quite visible on the reverse side just above the letter "F" in "HALF DOL."

It is an interesting coincidence that the coin was on the Republic, returning to its place of origin.

NGC has authenticated the coin and sealed it is the customary plastic "slab" identifying the coin's date and mint mark and the fact that it had been on the Republic when it sank.

Coins from other US mints were also on that ship when it sank.

We just acquired six of these half dollars, all with the New Orleans mint mark. They are all in similar condition and are in NGC holders like the one pictured. The holders all recite SHIPWRECK EFFECT, and all of the coins show some residue of their years in the ocean.

$485 each

1885 Liberty Nickel - NGC MS62

This is the key date of the "V" nickel series. The very clean and bright coin is only graded MS62 and not higher. Nevertheless it is graded uncirculated and is very elusive. Even the higher circulated grades of this date are seldom seen.

And it is part of the small family of coins that are priced higher in uncirculated condition than in proof. Apparently the proofs were saved by collectors a few generations ago while the 'new' coins that the mint released quickly found their way into circulation.

$2,900



Silver Swiss 40 Batz

Dated 1813

Zurich mint

Graded MS 61 by NGC

$725

Silver Creek, New York National Bank Note

Series 1929

Graded an impressive Choice UNC 63 PPQ (premium paper quality).

$560

1862 Austin County, Texas

25 cent note

Poor condition but very rare

Issued at Bellville, October 1, 1862

Nothing was ever printed on the reverse side. It was always blank. The paper is extremely thin so the bleed through from the obverse side nearly looks as though it was printed on the reverse.

$300



1863 Austin County $2 Note

Just as rare as the preceeding note but in slightly better condition. There are old tape repairs on the reverse side.

Issued at Bellville. The hand written date appears to read "1863."

Another date at the bottom appears to be "1867." That may be the date the note is due for payment.

$475



Joe Montana First Playoff Game Ticket Autographed and Certified

Montana's playoff debut defeating the Giants paved the way for the next week's game against the Dallas Cowboys.

The world knows that in the Coyboys game Joe threw one of his most famous passes, to Dwight Clark, The Catch. Then on to the Super Bowl, the Bengals, and his first of four Lombardi Trophies.

$985