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....................................................................MODERN GOLD COINS PAGE 1

ISRAEL

1967 Six Day War Victory Medal dated: 5/6/67- 5/10/67
35mm (30.0g) .900 fine gold. Numbered 1211/1250. Moshe Dayan and Yitsak Rabin in front of the wailing wall/ Israeli special forces insignia.

Brilliant Uncirculated.................$1800

Central American Bank gold 50 Pesos 1970, ( 20 grams, 900 Fine.) KM-X1, Struck to mark the 10th anniversary of economic integration. mintage of 1500. Mimics the design of the Central American Replublic escudos.

NGC PF68 Ultra Cameo..........$1800

ETHIOPIA Menelik I

1897 Pattern Talari (Thaler) Proof Gold restrike from the silver pattern dies. (40.2g.) KM X1 Amharic legend: "He is the Conqueror, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, One Birr" Extremely Rare. Purportedly from a mintage of 10 pieces, struck by Pinches in London in 1950 to commemorate the post war liberation of Ethiopia.
NGC PF68 Cameo........................$3850

ETHIOPIA. Menelik II 1889 - 1913

10 Werk Presentation Medal, n.d. (1897) Gold, oval, 52.8 x 44mm, (30.01 grams). Obv. Crowned bust r. after Lagrange All-Conquering Lion of Judah at top, faint Amharic name Menelik at base. Rev. Armored St. George spearing the dragon. Gill M42. Exrtremely Rare, esp in this condition. 5 Pieces minted according to Heritage Auctions.

Uncirculated.................... $4800

AUSTRIA, Wien (vienna)

Medallic 6 Dukats (20,85g.) (1843), signed by the artist K. Lange. Salvatormedaille. City View of Wien/ Bust of Christ. Forrer S. 298; Slg. Horsky

Proof Uncirculated...................$2350

AUSTRIA, FRANZ JOSEPH I.

1848-1916 Proof 100 Corona, (33.85 g) .1908, commemorating the emperor’s 60th year of reign. Bare head right. Rev. Allegorical figure in clouds. Fr. 514. KM 2812. Sch. 646.1. Very rare in proof.

NGC PF63.........................sold

Germany World War I: Baron von Richthofen. 1918 "The Red Baron." (27,95 g . 985 fine gold) 36 mm. Rittermeister Manfred FRHR V Richthofen facing/ Eagle with flying helmet and grave stone dated 1 april 1918, signed by the artists Karl Goetz below. "80" with arrow (planes shot down by Der Rote Kampf Flieger) Kienast 288. Very Rare. A Few Light Marks, in the finest style and high relief
About Uncirculated................sold

BULGARIA Ferdinand I.1887-1918. WORLD WAR I

4 Dukaten 1917. (12,65 g.) Minted the year before his abdication upon his defeat by the allied forces in 1918. Schl. 5.3.4.
Fr. 7.

VF/EF holed...................$850

Czechoslovakia 1937

14K Gold Medal (Hallmarked pt.585 on rim with K for Kremnitz mint) (35 grams), 38mm; "Celostatina Vystava Postovych Znamok Bratislava 1937." / "Pro Filatelia" (engraved) "Arnost Berka." medalic tribute to philatalist convention in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, the last year of autonomy before the country was annexed and partitioned by Germany in 1938-9.
Very rare

UNCIRCULATED.....$2200

ITALY. 1943 (struck in 1970)

Benito Mussolini.Medallic/Pattern 100 Lire, 35mm (32.2g fine Gold). Helmeted bust of Il Duce l. Rv. Fasces with ax and lion's head. Rev: copy of the Vittoreo Emanuele pattern struck in 1928, Obv: with Mussolini's bust substituted for the King's.Bruce X2c. very rare.

Uncirculated...................$2650

China. Republic, ND (1945)

Sycees: Central Mint: Gold 5-Tael Bar, Obv: bust of Sun Yat-Sen, ancient “Pu”, Rev:

Extremely fine..............

China. Republic, ND (1945)

Sycess: 1.002 gold bar struck during the Chiang Kai Shek rebellion. obv: Ancient "pu" weight,  Rev: Characters (made by the central bank of China, year 4) (1.002 ozs.) Very Rare.

AU............................$4800

China. Republic, ND (1945)

Sycess: .992 gold bar struck during the Chiang Kai Shek rebellion. obv: Ancient "pu" weight,  Rev: Characters: (made by the Cantral Bank of China, year 4) (.992 ozs) Very Rare.

AU.............................$4800