Null 1800s 28 ASSORTED IRISH DUBLIN TAVERN TOKENS WITH corrosion spots and heavy…

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1800s 28 ASSORTED IRISH DUBLIN TAVERN TOKENS WITH corrosion spots and heavy toning. Still legible, all different, mainly brass

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1800s 28 ASSORTED IRISH DUBLIN TAVERN TOKENS WITH corrosion spots and heavy toning. Still legible, all different, mainly brass

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Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

W. & J. RIGBY, DUBLIN AN 80-BORE PERCUSSION TURN-OVER POCKET PISTOL, no visible serial number, circa 1835, with round turn-off 1 1/2in. barrels, muzzles starred for a key (absent), deeply engraved breeches with carved and engraved ribs, border and acanthus scroll engraved boxlock action with radiused edges and central engraved hammer, the left side of action signed in script 'W. & J. RIGBY' within a panel, the right with 'DUBLIN' in a similar panel, chequered walnut grip of flat Irish form (some wear at head, one screw absent from top-plate), concealed automatic trigger and lower half-guard for nipple.

Russia Token to Fighters for the Motherland and Freedom 1917 AE 28 mm; Without original ribbon; manufactured by Kuchkin; original name: Жетон Борцам за Родину и Свободу; Condition-I

Russia Token to Fighters for the Motherland and Freedom 1917 WM 28 mm; Without original ribbon; manufactured by Kuchkin; original name: Жетон Борцам за Родину и Свободу; Condition-I

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON (IRISH MATHEMATICIAN, ASTRONOMER AND PHYSICIST 1805-1865): AN AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED 'WILLIAM R. HAMILTON' FROM THE OBSERVATORY, DUBLIN, ADDRESSED TO RICHARD TAYLOR AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY, Letter reads: ‘I hoped to have received before now a copy of my … on Dynamics. Captain Beaufort, I am sure, would … me one such copy, if you would … to send it to him, and I should not wish to trouble him with more than one at present.’ William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was appointed the Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin and the director of the Dunsink Observatory. He worked on Fourier analysis, geometrical optics and quaternions, contributing greatly to modern linear algebra and theoretical physics. 19cm x 10cm

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