Kolbe & Fanning
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Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA, FORMED BY THE LATE JULIUS L. BROWN, ESQ., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SOLD BY ORDER OF HIS EXECUTOR, HON. JOSEPH M. BROWN, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Son & Co., May 30-31, 1911. 4to, later tan half leather with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; original gilt-printed white paper covers bound in. 94 pages; 1242 lots; 7 very fine photographic plates of coins. Paper covers worn and repaired; contents near fine. Adams 8, with plates. Rated A- overall "Fine ancients, English. Obsidional. 1783 Washington 50¢. N.Y. in America. RR Bechtlers. Proclamation medals." The Brown catalogue is one of the scarcer large format Chapman sales, featuring fine ancient, English and European coins, pioneer gold and choice United States silver and copper coins. Plate one depicts choice gold ancient Roman, Byzantine, and a few Greek coins, and is exceptionally well-executed. Plates two and three mainly illustrate British coins and medals, along with several ancient Greek silver coins, a year two shekel, and a Chalmers sixpence. Plate four depicts important European gold coins, and plate five illustrates choice early American federal and pioneer gold coins, along with a few gold patterns. Plate six mainly depicts choice American silver coins, and the final plate is almost entirely devoted to illustrating the highlights of Brown's large cent collection. Clain-Stefanelli 15109. Davis 219. Fanning, Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 19. Ex Domenico Rossi, with his bookplate; ex Kolbe Sale 98, lot 92; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $1000)
Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA, FORMED BY THE LATE JULIUS L. BROWN, ESQ., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SOLD BY ORDER OF HIS EXECUTOR, HON. JOSEPH M. BROWN, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Son & Co., May 30-31, 1911. 4to, later tan half leather with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; original gilt-printed white paper covers bound in. 94 pages; 1242 lots; 7 very fine photographic plates of coins. Paper covers worn and repaired; contents near fine. Adams 8, with plates. Rated A- overall "Fine ancients, English. Obsidional. 1783 Washington 50¢. N.Y. in America. RR Bechtlers. Proclamation medals." The Brown catalogue is one of the scarcer large format Chapman sales, featuring fine ancient, English and European coins, pioneer gold and choice United States silver and copper coins. Plate one depicts choice gold ancient Roman, Byzantine, and a few Greek coins, and is exceptionally well-executed. Plates two and three mainly illustrate British coins and medals, along with several ancient Greek silver coins, a year two shekel, and a Chalmers sixpence. Plate four depicts important European gold coins, and plate five illustrates choice early American federal and pioneer gold coins, along with a few gold patterns. Plate six mainly depicts choice American silver coins, and the final plate is almost entirely devoted to illustrating the highlights of Brown's large cent collection. Clain-Stefanelli 15109. Davis 219. Fanning, Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 19. Ex Domenico Rossi, with his bookplate; ex Kolbe Sale 98, lot 92; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $1000)