Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12

may readily be noted. The stock was
part of the numismatic cabinet of Prof
Charles E. Anthem, whose energy in col
lecting rare foreign coins has been very
great, and his reputation has become
something more than local.
Prof. Anthon's collections consisted OF
specimens from almost every European
country, those of France, England. Bel
GUM, Switzerland, Spain, Portug1al
and Italy being considered the most val
liable and interesting. We give an ac-
| count only of the sale of the French
coins, but this will serve to show the in
test in the business.
This stock consisted of 43S COINS and
medals from the days of Charlemagne
down to the present day, and the prices
are IN some cases as curious as the coins
themselves.
A silver penny of the time of the great
historic character, Char1emagne, brought
1926. On the diverse side was cross,
surrounded by the inscription, "Carlvs
Rex FIR" On the reverse side is the
legend, Karolvs, -tMet x VII" An
other of the same coins, not quite SO
fine, was knocked down for So. ALouis x.
gold "Aiguel was soldtor $425. Abeau-
tiful silver medal, struck off in 994,
brought $17. 1t bore laureate bust of
King Henry III. in embossed armor on
the diverse side. On the reverse side,
Victory and Peace, floating in the air,
hold wreath over the the standing fig
ure of the king. In the field are the
words Henry H." The inscription is
Get ce-et-Bello-Arma." A bronze
medal on the massacre OF st. Bartholo-
NEW, struck in 1879, was sold for So. SO.
The buyer was evidently pleased at his
purchase, but not SO much on account
of the medal itself as from the fact that
he had, as he quietly remarked to
friend near by, customer for that
piece from whom he knew he could OBJ
tain $25. A bronze medal of 1880, bear
ing bust of Richelieu, was run up to
SO. The medal is by Waring, and COM
memorates the success of the cardinal
against the Hug1enots. A gold double
Louis dor, of 1640, when Louis XIII.
was reigning in Franco, was eagerly
sought after. 1t started at S. and was
knocked down at $14. On the diverse
side was a laureate head of the king,
and on the reverse cross formed of four
crowned pairs of LIS. with heur-de-lis
LII ottcu dLSIo. Lie coinage OF UQo louis
and the double louis began in France in
1910, and specimens are very rare.
AS might have been expected the bid
ding for the coins and medals of the
French revolution was lively, but the
prices realized were not, as rule, very
large. A bronze medal of 1889, COM
memorating the surrender of all priv
ileges by the national assembly, brought
$3.50; silver medal on the storming of
the Tuilleries, S., and silver medal on
the commencement of the republican era,
s.. A medal in silver on the execution
of Louis XVI, struck at Vienna in 1893,
was sold for So, and another of the same
date on the execution of Louis XVI. and
Marie Antoinette, $3.50. On the diverse
side of this medal are the heads of the
royal pair crowned with palms, and the
inscription in German, "Martyrs
Through Monsters OF their People," On
the reverse is representation of the
death of the king, the executioner hold
ing up his hand, surrounded by multi
tude of figures.