A total of 417 of 459 lots (or 90.8 percent) sold in International Coin Exchange's Auction No. 1, held at the Conrad Hotel in Dublin.

The auction featured ancient Greek coins and world coins, including a wide array of French issues.

All prices realized include the 15 percent buyer's fee.

For more information, e-mail the firm at auctionice@gmail.com telephone the company at 353 (0)86 849 33 55, or visit its Web site, www.auctionice.ie.

Some highlights:

• Greece, Sicily, Syracuse, circa 405 to 400 B.C. silver decadrachm, "unsigned but in the style of the master Euianetos," "grey toning, porous planchet," Very Fine, 13,800 ($18,744).
  
• Republic of China, 1914 Banque Industrielle de Chine specimen set of $1, $5, $10, $50, $100 and $500 notes, Peking (Beijing), all notes Uncirculated, $500 note bears a light water trace to the left border, 18,400, ($24,992).
  
• Egypt, 1927 gold medal marking King Fuad's visit to Belgium, issued by Vernier & Devreese, About Uncirculated, 11,500 ($15,620).
  
• France, 1640-A gilt tin 10-louis d'or coin, Louis XIII, choice VF, 2,760 ($3,749).
  
• France, 1665-B silver ecu, Louis XIV, Rouen Mint, AU, 8,625 ($11,715).
  
• France, 1740-A ecu au bandeau, Paris Mint, choice AU, 5,750 ($7,810).
  
• France, 1854 silver medal, Napoleon III, commemorating the construction of the railroad around Paris, by Bovy and Merley, 272.4 grams, 77 millimeters, Brilliant Uncirculated, 1,725 ($2,343).
  
• France, 1968 silvered copper-nickel pattern 5-francs, reeded edge, "only a dozen known," gem BU, 2,530 ($3,436).
  
• Italy, Parma, 1815 gold 20-lira coin, Maria Luigia, "unrecorded in Proof, probably a first strike," "Proof Uncirculated," 9,200 ($12,496).
  
• Tunisia, 1923 gold medal marking visit of Muhammad VI, Bey of Tunis, to the Paris Mint, matte finish, BU, 7,475 ($10,153).

Olympic offerings in O'Neil mail-bid sale

Olympic Games memorabilia, including participation and award medals, realized nearly a quarter of a million dollars in Ingrid O'Neil's mail-bid sale that ended Jan. 16.

The estimated total, including the 15 percent buyer's fee, is $245,304.

A total of 256 lots from the 791-lot auction were sold, or 32.36 percent, with 67.64 percent unsold (unsold lots are available post-sale for 90 percent of estimate, except for those with a minimum bid).

Highlights included several lots related to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: a silver second-place winner's medal for the sport of baseball and a bronze winner's medal for boxing; in addition, the sale offered a torch used in the torch relay for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games.

The sale offered numerous other medals and awards of the modern Olympic Games.

To view a catalog, visit O'Neil's Web site, www.ioneil.com. Telephone O'Neil at (360) 834-5202, fax her at (360) 834-2853, write to her at P.O. Box 872048, Vancouver, WA 98687, or e-mail her at auction@ioneil.com.

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