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Auction T17 3 Oct 2019
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Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection (Part VIII)
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, USA, Crestline, CA, George Kolbe, 1988, copper $2.50 (2), unsigned [by K. Douglas for Meyer Katz], fine numismatic books, etc, revs. book on column within wreath, edges plain, both 28mm, 11.69g/12h, 11.67g/12h; Des Moines, IA, Robert Lubetkin, bright aluminium, collector of eclectic exonumia, etc, rev. crossed mitres, roses around, edge plain, 38mm, 7.10g/12h [3]. Brilliant mint state £10-£20
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Provenance: Gifts from the issuers, latter via S.E. Schwer.
George Frederick Kolbe (b. 1941), originally from Yonkers, NY and Pasadena, CA, established his numismatic book dealership in 1967 in Crestline and the company has held regular book auctions since 1976. In 2010 Kolbe entered into partnership with David Fanning at Gahanna, OH, and Kolbe & Fanning are North America's premier numismatic book dealers. Robert Henry Lubetkin (1925-2013), originally from Mt Vernon, NY, served in World War II and moved to Des Moines in 1948, where his career was spent largely in management positions in the city's Younkers department store
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, USA, Crestline, CA, George Kolbe, 1988, copper $2.50 (2), unsigned [by K. Douglas for Meyer Katz], fine numismatic books, etc, revs. book on column within wreath, edges plain, both 28mm, 11.69g/12h, 11.67g/12h; Des Moines, IA, Robert Lubetkin, bright aluminium, collector of eclectic exonumia, etc, rev. crossed mitres, roses around, edge plain, 38mm, 7.10g/12h [3]. Brilliant mint state £10-£20
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Provenance: Gifts from the issuers, latter via S.E. Schwer.
George Frederick Kolbe (b. 1941), originally from Yonkers, NY and Pasadena, CA, established his numismatic book dealership in 1967 in Crestline and the company has held regular book auctions since 1976. In 2010 Kolbe entered into partnership with David Fanning at Gahanna, OH, and Kolbe & Fanning are North America's premier numismatic book dealers. Robert Henry Lubetkin (1925-2013), originally from Mt Vernon, NY, served in World War II and moved to Des Moines in 1948, where his career was spent largely in management positions in the city's Younkers department store