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| U.S. $5 Olympic Sprinter 1992W (West Point Mint) Gold Proof |   | Gold value (0.242 oz.) on 2/3/2010: $262.32. Issued for the 1992 Olympic Games. Mintage: 77,313. Designer: James Sharpe (obverse), James Peed (reverse). Original price from the mint: $230.00.
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| SH37518. Gold coin, $5 olympic sprinter proof, Proof, weight 8.359 g, maximum diameter 21.6 mm, West Point mint, 1992; obverse LIBERTY, sprinter with an American flag behind, USA and olympic rings left, 19912 and IN GOD WE TRUST right; reverse UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FIVE DOLLARS, heraldic eagle with USA and the Olympic rings above, W (West Point mintmark) right; complete with original U.S. Mint packaging and certificate of authenticity; $315.00 (€218.93) |
| Franklin, Half Dollar, 1956, PCI Certified PR69 Deep Cameo |  | |
| SL35641. Franklin 1954 half dollar, PCI certified, Proof PCI PR67 Deep Cameo, $200.00 (€139.00) |
| Franklin, Half Dollar, 1956, PCI Certified PR69 Deep Cameo |  | |
| SL35642. Franklin 1956 half dollar, PCI certified, Proof PCI PR69 Deep Cameo, $190.00 (€132.05) |
| Kindya, Caria, c. 510 - 490 B.C. |  | Previously attributed to Phokaia in Ionia. Rare with the head facing right.
In Greek Mythology, Ketos was a hideous sea-monster, daughter of Gaia and Pontos. In time it became the name of any sea-monster. Our word cetacean is derived from this name. |
| SL28183. Silver tetrobol, SNG Keckman 920 var, SNG Kayhan 815, Asyut 688, ICG EF45, Kindya mint, c. 510 - 490 B.C.; obverse head of Ketos right; reverse incuse geometric pattern; ICG Certified (slabbed); rare; $180.00 (€125.10) |
| Celts, Danube Region, Imitative of Thasos, 1st Century B.C. |  | Imitates an issue of Thasos, Thrace under Roman rule, 146 - 45 B.C. This example is close to the original. Some of the Celtic imitations are so abstract that they hardly resemble the original type from Thasos. |
| SL28175. Silver tetradrachm, SGCV I 215, ICG F15, obverse head of Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy and grapes; reverse HRAKLEOUS SOTHROS QASIWN, Hercules, nude, standing half left, resting right on grounded club, lion's skin on left arm, HM monogram inner left; ICG Certified (slabbed); $100.00 (€69.50) |
| Judean Kingdom, Mattathias Antigonus (Mattatayah), 40 - 37 B.C. |  | |
| SLSL35643. Bronze prutah, Hendin 483, F, obverse Mattatayah (retrograde Hebrew), legend surrounded by wreath and border of dots; reverse double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, barley grain between horns, border of dots; NGC Certified, in holder; scarce; $100.00 (€69.50) |
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