Since 1971 we have specialized in all aspects of Israel, Palestine and Jewish numismatic material (ancient to modern), and ancient, medieval and modern coins, paper. David Heys steam diesel photo collection - 0. JULIE BRIDGES FAMILY ALBUMWorking under the direction of many famous CME's whose names are synonymous with steam locomotive designs: Stirling, Ivatt, Gresley, Thompson and Peppercorn - the town of Doncaster has a proud history of locomotive building. Established in 1. Plant works was one of the town's major employers and it is estimated that over 4. This undated photograph shows the inside of Doncaster Plant's Crimpsall shop with a Diagram 1. A Boiler, a type of boiler fitted to the Class B1, B2, B3/3 and B1. Class 0. 1, 0. 2/4 and 0. Born to a railway family in Doncaster, Julie Bridges contacted me via the Guest Book page, with a view to posting photographs from her family album on the web. My thanks to Julie for sharing her treasured photos.. In her emails, Julie writes: It would be so nice to share these photos instead of them being stored away in a box. A short history of the Causey near Marley Hill. CAUSEY VILLAGE (Pictured above Bob Gins the Causey) The Causey Mill was pulled down in 1938. 1 Dolls Park baseball team of 1912. 2 Jack Arndt (kneeling), Frank Arndt (standing) - Michigan City Cubs baseball team. 3 Fred Wilson in baseball uniform 1905. My Great Grandfather Samuel Toulson Walker was born in Stamford in 1. He moved to Doncaster, presumably to work at the Plant as a locomotive painter around 1. He and his wife Ethel lived on Beaconsfield Road, Hexthorpe until they died. Ironically, my dad met my mum on the tennis courts at Eden Grove, which was opened in 1. The Plant's sports needs. Hope the photos are of some interest and in good enough condition to replicate. Julie's photos of Doncaster's famous 'Plant' are true classics of a bygone age and I am delighted to post them on the World Wide Web. Established in 1. Locomotive Workshops built locomotives for both the Great Northern Railway and London & North Eastern Railway. Over the years, the works expanded rapidly reaching some 2. Century and employing more than 4,5. Above) In the group photo (date unknown) Samuel Toulson Walker is seated on the bottom row, the fourth 'full person' from the right with arms folded. Sorry I haven't any dates or other information, perhaps your site visitors could enlighten me? Yes they can! He writes - 'I expect someone has already spotted this, but the Doncaster Plant photo of Flying Scotsman seems to show the loco before the valve gear improvements introduced in 1. Also, the brass beading on the splashers looks like the finish applied for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1. He writes - 'I've just been looking at information on the British Empire Exhibition of 1. I have the very same photo of the Flying Scotsman and the Plant lads in my house. My grandfather, John Shimelds was a joiner at the Plant and is 4th from the left. As a former Plant guy myself, and now working for one of the ROSCO's it still has a very special place in my heart. It was lovely to see it on the web. Kind regards, Stuart..' (Above) The introduction of the LNER's streamlined service between London and Newcastle in the autumn of 1. British railway history. The train was named 'The Silver Jubilee' to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V's reign in 1. At the time, Gresley was the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the LNER 1. Pacific Class A4. This was essentially a development of his earlier Class A3 4- 6- 2 with boiler pressure raised to 2. However, the most startling aspect of the new engine was its sleek, streamlined casing and a Bugatti- inspired wedge- shaped front end along with a valance covering the driving wheels. In this historical photo from Julie's collection, the first of the class, No 2. Silver Link (the loco entered traffic on 7th September 1. Paint Shop, and sporting a silver- grey livery, which was also carried along the full length of the train. In this photo Samuel Toulson Walker is standing in the centre of the group hands on hips again! Dad fired the engines and Grandfather was a guard (left). Dad worked his way up the goods links to the level before passenger status, before leaving due to the difficult hours being unsuitable when raising a young family. I've emailed Doncaster Archives for information on The Plant Works, as I understand they hold some records..(Right) As mentioned above, the Class A4 streamlined Pacifics of the LNER achieved instant success, and their high- speed running on the ECML was bound to capture both the press and public's imagination. The LNER publicity machine cetainly made the most of it! Another item of interest amongst Julie's collection is this Daily Mail newspaper cutting of newly- built No 4. Guillemot, which entered traffic on 8th January 1. No 4. 46. 8 Mallard, entering traffic at the beginning of March 1. July 1. 93. 8. Nevertheless, the optimism of the caption writer reflects the mood of the time with a mention made of the LNER's new streamliners regularly topping the ton! The photo shows Class A4 Guillemot inside the paint shop with Samuel Toulson Walker on top of the ladder. The caption has been replicated for clarity. The combined effect of the A4's streamlining and its high- speed performance on the ECML certainly caught the public's imagination. It was one of the town's greatest triumphs. HELP! John. Tadman has recently dug out an old photograph of his wife's Great. Grandfather on the Flying Scotsman. John writes - ' I'm sorry about the quality. His name was Frederick William Perry and he died on 2. February. 1. 95. 3 aged 8. He used to live in Finchley I believe. We have some. information from a newspaper which states that he retired from the LNER in 1. Flying. Scotsman between Edinburgh and Kings Cross by 4. July 1. 93. 2. On. The National Railway Museum has told me that the LNER records are. National Archives in Kew but I have been unable to find. I would really welcome any pointers in finding any information about. Looking at this picture of Kings Cross in 1. A3 loco but I am not sure that it is the Flying Scotsman. I would welcome. views on that too. Kind regards, John Tadman. Many thanks in anticipation.(Above) HELP! Site visitor Roger M has sent me an interesting email enquiring about the whereabouts of the accompanying image featuring Michael Portillo on his visit to Donny during the making of the BBC's excellent 'Great British Railway Journeys'. I missed this particular programme. Can anyone identify the location of this veritable treasure trove of railway memorabilia? More to the point, is the collection accessible to public viewing? Within a few hours of posting the above appeal, Gordon Sharpe of Doncaster writes..'I don't know if anyone has answered your query about the 'secret museum' in Doncaster visited by Michael Portillo in Series 5 of his 'Great British Railway Journeys'. The collection is held in the tower of the Hall Cross School, now the Hall Cross Academy, originally the Doncaster Grammar School Railway Collection. Visits are possible, however it should be pointed out that the museum cannot take more than about 6 people at a time - there just isn't room. But it is open to the public in fits and starts, generally on alternate Thursday evenings, or by special arrangement with the curator, who welcomes enquiries from enthusiasts and collectors of railwayana..'Thanks Gordon..(Left) Rarely. I get a cheery email like this one from Dave Baldwin, who writes - 'I am an. Keighley Boys' Grammar school, where the founder of the Doncaster. Grammar School Collection, and greatest contributor of the museum's artefacts. Tony Peart, one time English master at Keighley Boys' Grammar. Railway. Society'. Tony was an excellent teacher and interested in 'all things transport'. Doncaster Bus Museum. On the School Society's trips to. Tony was not only a great master he was a true all- round transport enthusiast, who talks about his passion on You Tube HERE. The comment below was posted on the Keighley. Boys' Grammar School website by Ian 'Rusty' Fearnside, one time metalwork master at the school, who, sadly, has also passed away. He writes - . 'I remember Tony well because he used to make great use of 'my' metalwork room. He had boys queuing to be kept in! At. Kirkcudbright (the school camp) he used to disappear every morning and return. Dave's refreshingly honest. IMPORTANT NOTICE - I have kindly been contacted by Richard Newman who advises me that the new curator of the Hallcross Tower Museum is Peter Sargieson.. Richard, thank you very much for the update and my sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused by the previous posting. This updated notice was posted 7 March 2. Above) The stunning images from the NMSI collection shows the superb artwork commissioned by the 'Big Four' railway companies and later British Railways for posters across the country. The NMSI family is comprised of four award- winning museums, each with their own diverse identity: the Science Museum, the National Media Museum and, of course, the National Railway Museum (NRM) at York which houses the world's pre- eminent railway collection. The NRM is spread across three halls: the Great Hall - formerly the steam engine shed (5. A) - complete with a working turntable, while the Station Hall (previously York's central goods depot) is now laid out like a 'period' railway station. The Science Museum at Swindon is a massive site housing collections ranging from the iconic Lockheed Constellation airliner to super computers, bicycles and the last Fleet Street printing press, however the NMSI's full collection is so big that only 8% of the artefacts are on public view. The rest are hidden- away at an ex- WW2 airfield just off the M4, but enthusiasts are amply compensated by the NMSI Collections Online; it is a superb website displaying thousands of objects including a range of fabulous railway travel posters.. This link will take you to the posters featuring the railway paintings of Terence Cuneo whose career spanned more than half a century, by which time he established himself among the highest echelons of twentieth century British art. This London & North Eastern Railway poster - 'Giants Refreshed' - by Terence Cuneo was published in 1. Pacific Class locomotives in the Paintshop at Doncaster Plant: Class A4 class 'Sir Ronald Matthews' in the LNER's Garter Blue livery and the newly- constructed Class A2/3 'Owen Tudor' in Apple Green. Pricelist 3. 8B - Spring 2. Note: This list is now out of date. It is included here for informational purposes only. Fixed Price List 3. BTo order the printed list, please send us a self- addressed, stamped #1. U. S., $1 USD for overseas addresses). Please contact us by phone, fax or e- mail to place an order. Some characters, especially those using Hebrew or Greek fonts, may display incorrectly on your screen. View the PDF version of this list for the most accurate transcription of these characters, or contact us to clarify any questions you may have. We are not responsible for typing, layout or display errors. We will do our best to correct errors as they are brought to our attention. Prices are subject to change without notice. INTRODUCTIONANCIENT AND WORLD GOLD COINSANCIENT JEWISH COINSANCIENT GREEK COINSGREEK IMPERIAL COINSROMAN COINSBYZANTINE, ISLAMIC, TURKOMAN COINSMODERN AND MEDIEVAL COINS, MEDALS AND TOKENSOPERATION BERNHARD BANK NOTESOur Tentative 2. Schedule is at the end of the list. Miracles of Miracles! It's been less than a year since our last Fixed Price List of ancient and world coins was mailed. This year we had hoped to get this list out in early February but we'll settle for just about the end of winter. As many of you no doubt know by now after 3. Colorado we finally decided that mother nature was the winner. One too many very heavy spring snow storms and we found a house down the hill. We still have boxes and cartons that need to be unpacked but there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day for us to come close to catching up. We are beginning to write our spring auction catalog in mid- March. Many of those items are being offered on this list. At first we were going to have special sections devoted to tokens and medals but instead we decided to list these items under their country of origin. In addition we bought two large collections of Israel and Palestine currency much of which is listed in our annual Israel/Palestine/Judaic stock list which is being issued at the same time as this list. Ask for a copy or just take a look at our website. And near the end of February we bought a huge collection of world coins. This collection consists of perhaps 3. The not so good news is that there really isn't much of an order to the collection and the majority of the coins are in paper envelopes many of which are unmarked. We've listed a handful of the coins on this list, others will be offered for sale at shows, occasional lists and on our website. If you want to send us a want list by fax, email or regular mail we will certainly try to offer you those coins if we find them. We ask that you do not call us with your want list as your list will probably be lost on our desk. As we will just be going through the collection randomly we can't even give you an idea when we will run into a certain country although most countries are located in 2 to 5 places. Please note that gold and silver coins have been priced when gold is about $9. We reserve the right to change prices if necessary. An asterisk * indicates that a photo of this item is on our website. Many of our most recent purchases have not been photographed. If you can't find the image please email us and we will either give you instructions on how to view the item or we will send you the image directly. We can provide images of most items worth $2. In most cases the only paper photograph we can supply is a digital rendering in black and white. As you can see we've had to raise our postage rates again as the US Post Office is again raising their rates. In most cases we spend more on mailing, insurance, mailer's etc. And our minimum shipping charge is $5 no matter how your order is shipped or how much (or little) the value of the shipment is. The best time to reach a real person (either Bill or Rita) is between 9 AM and 6 PM Mountain time Monday through Friday although we are known to answer the phone before and after those hours and during the weekend. If we are not in, or not answering the phone, please leave a short but clear message and we will return your call. If we can't understand your phone message after two tries we will just erase it. As you can see we are continuing to use a 5 digit number (most of the time) which makes it easier for our computer to find pictures. You can use those numbers and/or a description when ordering items. As we write this commentary to the list and look at the calendar we realize it was just about 3. Our daughter was less than 2 months old and Rita had already left her job when I made the decision to give this a try. I still am not sure what I'm going to do when I grow up. Most of the time we have not regretted our decision and the times that we regretted it were not for long. We've had a few opportunities through the years to join other, larger firms and become part of . Just a few years ago I had a preliminary meeting with a large company which wanted to get into the world and ancient coin business but frankly when they started talking about . Thanks to all of you who have helped make this the right decision. Some of you are receiving your first list from us and we've been dealing with some of you even before we went into this full time. A long time and lots of friends. If this sounds like retirement talk, think again. I'm having too much fun. ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN GOLD COINS OF THE WORLD (back to top). Ionia. Electrum 1/1. Crude Lion’s head right/Incuse punch around 5 pellets. Gold Tremissis (1. Bust right/ Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus crucifer, star below to right. Gold 1/4 Ducat of Prague. Bust right/ Crowned Imperial Eagle, Lion of Prague in center of shield. KM- 1. 50. 5, Fr- 3. Austria). EF, spots of corrosion . Kingdom of Acre, struck in Imitation of. Circular Islamic legends, both sides. Probably struck in either Jerusalem or Tripoli. Toughra with denomination below within floral border/Date, mint within floral border. George slaying the dragon . KM- 7. 52, Fr- 3. S- 3. 85. 6a. Young Head left/Shield. KM- 7. 35. 1, Fr- 3. S- 3. 86. 1. Bust right/Value and shield in wreath. Laureate bust left/Value and date in wreath. Conservation Series/ Sitatunga. John and Robert Kennedy/1. Anniversary of Independence. Bust of President Kwame Nkrumah/Arms. Very low mintage, only 1. Bust of Ahmed Sekou Toure half left/Arms. Very rare, only 1. Dagger/Degenerated image of goddess Kali. Gold 2. 0 Lirot Fr- 1, KM- 3. Proofs $1. 20. 0 4. Another set, as above. Western Wall in Jerusalem/Olive leaf around sword within star- like desgin. Gold 5. 0, 1. 00 & 2. Lirot . 3 piece set. Cedar Trees and Value/Dove and tree trunk. NGC Proof 6. 6 Ultra Cameo. Roe standing left/Lilies . NGC Proof 6. 5 Ultra Cameo. Gold 1 New Sheqel Leopard/Palm Tree. NGC Proof 6. 5 Ultra Cameo. Fox/Cluster of grapes. NGC Proof 6. 4 Ultra Cameo. Stork standing right/Fir Tree at left. NGC Proof 6. 7 Ultra Cameo. Gold 1. 0 New Sheqalim . Burning Twig and Value/Burning Bush. Jacob and Rachel floating in air. NGC Proof 6. 7 Ultra Cameo. Only 5. 55 minted/ Musical Score. Art and Culture Series. Bust of President Felix Houphouet Boigny/Elephant and value within wreath. Rectangular. 2. 23 gold/. Silver. Bust of President Jomo Kenyatta left/Fly whisk above value and date. Head of Queen left/ Crowns arms, date below, value to left and right. Arabic legends both sides. Elizabeth II of England. Piece Proof Set with gold. United States. Removed from Jewelry . Removed from Jewelry . Mountain/Pick and Shovel. Helmeted head of Athena right (off- center)/Owl stg r., head facing olive spray & crescent to l, AOE to right, Mem in between. Head of Athena right/ Owl standing right AOE to right. Crescent (?) to left of owl Square flan . Head of Ptolemy I right/Eagle, wings spread. Head of horned mythological animal right/Forepart of bull right, traces of legend. Toned VF$2. 25. SC- 1. AR Hemi- obol (. 2. Male head right with long hair/Lion’s head facing, with open jaws and protruding tongue. John Hyrcanus/Antiochus VII. Lily of Jerusalem/anchor. Macabbean coin of Jerusalem. Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews/Double cornucopia, pomegranate between. Greek Monogram to lower left. Palm branch flanked by 4 lines of/Hebrew/Lily, . Yehohanan the High Priest and Head of the Council of the Jews/Double Cornucopia, pomegranate between, monogram of 3 dots in triangle lower left. Yehudah the High Priest and the Council of the Jews/Double Cornucopia, adorned with ribbosn, pomegranate between them. As above but nicer F- VF$7. Alexander Jannaeus. AE Prutah (3. 0. 2) Similar but 3 partial strikes of 8 ray star with Hebrew letters in rays reading Yehonatan the King on reverse. Similar, but Brockage of obverse (anchor) on reverse. Legend/Double Cornucopia, adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns. Anchor/Aramaic legend. Typically crude and off- center. The obverse is exceptionally nice for this very crude issue. The reverse almost blank as usual. AE2. 3 (1. 3. 9. 5) Double Cornucopia, . F- VF, some flat areas. The cornucopia side is sharp and clear, the legend side is weak. Coin is attractive and well centered. AE Prutah (1. 7. 2). Double cornucopia, ear of barley between/ Retrograde Hebrew . Usual flan handles broken off. Another but this a high grade example with two handles. Tripod, Ceremonial bow, year 3 and monogram/Military helmet with cheek pieces and straps, flanked by 2 palm branches. AE Prutah (1. 2. 7) . Cross surr by closed diadem and incomplete inscription (as usual)/Tripod Table. Cross, outside diadem, portions of . Scarce, seldom offered. Anchor legend/Double Cornucopia with caduceus between, dots above. Another, a little less expensive. Cornucopia/Eagle/1st Jewish coin with graven image. Double Cornucopia/ War Galley, left, with oars & cabin, legend in 3 lines. Bunch of grapes on vine with small leaf/Tall helmet with crest & cheek straps caduceus below left. VF+, nice green patina. Prow of Galley right, HPW/EON in wreath. Another, but much nicer. AE Prutah (1. 1. 3) . Similar, P upside down in obverse legend.
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