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Complete M.E. Hart "Coins of the Golden West" Set in Original Frame. A complete 36-piece "Coins of the Golden West" set in the original frame, as marketed by M.E. Hart & Co. of 560 Powell Street in San Francisco. The frames were made by Shreve & Co. and are very similar to the well-known frames that housed single or double complete sets of 1915-S Panama-Pacific commemoratives. The present frame measures 10 x 8 inches and consists of the 36 tokens, a copper frame, five purple satin ribbons listing the header and states associated with the varieties, and the glass and velvet inset.
The tokens consist of the 1/4, 1/2, and One denominations for the Alaska Miner, Alaska Eskimo, Alaska Indian Octagonal, Alaska Indian Round, California Indian Octagonal, California Indian Round, California Minerva Octagonal, California Minerva Round, Washington, Montana, Oregon, and Idaho series, as listed on page 409 of the 2017 Guide Book.
A $1,200 invoice for the set, dated May 15, 1961, is included with the lot, along with two newspaper clippings from February 1961 of the framed set's appearance at the Essex County Coin Club. The cataloger knows of only the following auction appearances of complete framed sets: Bowers and Ruddy, 8/1978, lot 1756; Abner Kreisberg / Quality Sales, 9/1980, lot 1690; Kurt R. Krueger, 4/1990, lot 6597; Dallas Bank Collection, Stack's/Sotheby's, 10/2001, lot 605; Heritage, 1/2015, frame sold as lot 6671, tokens listed as individual lots.
Accompanying the lot is an original two-sided M.E. Hart advertising circular, 158 mm x 88 mm. The cataloger knows of only one other example, offered as lot 2691 in a March 1998 Bowers and Merena auction. Also included: a watch fob with leather belt, 137 mm. The uniface fob appears to be made of brown resin and has gilt lettering "PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION SAN FRANCISCO 1915".
Complete M.E. Hart "Coins of the Golden West" Set in Original Frame. A complete 36-piece "Coins of the Golden West" set in the original frame, as marketed by M.E. Hart & Co. of 560 Powell Street in San Francisco. The frames were made by Shreve & Co. and are very similar to the well-known frames that housed single or double complete sets of 1915-S Panama-Pacific commemoratives. The present frame measures 10 x 8 inches and consists of the 36 tokens, a copper frame, five purple satin ribbons listing the header and states associated with the varieties, and the glass and velvet inset.
The tokens consist of the 1/4, 1/2, and One denominations for the Alaska Miner, Alaska Eskimo, Alaska Indian Octagonal, Alaska Indian Round, California Indian Octagonal, California Indian Round, California Minerva Octagonal, California Minerva Round, Washington, Montana, Oregon, and Idaho series, as listed on page 409 of the 2017 Guide Book.
A $1,200 invoice for the set, dated May 15, 1961, is included with the lot, along with two newspaper clippings from February 1961 of the framed set's appearance at the Essex County Coin Club. The cataloger knows of only the following auction appearances of complete framed sets: Bowers and Ruddy, 8/1978, lot 1756; Abner Kreisberg / Quality Sales, 9/1980, lot 1690; Kurt R. Krueger, 4/1990, lot 6597; Dallas Bank Collection, Stack's/Sotheby's, 10/2001, lot 605; Heritage, 1/2015, frame sold as lot 6671, tokens listed as individual lots.
Accompanying the lot is an original two-sided M.E. Hart advertising circular, 158 mm x 88 mm. The cataloger knows of only one other example, offered as lot 2691 in a March 1998 Bowers and Merena auction. Also included: a watch fob with leather belt, 137 mm. The uniface fob appears to be made of brown resin and has gilt lettering "PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION SAN FRANCISCO 1915".