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The Plated Hardcover Edition of the 1917 Miller Sale
Elder, Thomas L. IMPORTANT PUBLIC SALE. SPLENDID COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS FORMED BY HENRY C. MILLER, ESQ., OF NEW YORK CITY. REMARKABLY LARGE AND COMPLETE COLLECTION OF U.S. CENTS AND HALF CENTS, IN THE FINEST CONDITION OBTAINABLE; CHOICE AND RARE U.S. SILVER AND GOLD COINS; VERY RARE U.S. PATTERN CENTS, ETC. PROOF 1880 STELLA IN GOLD; FINE ANCIENT GOLD; UNITED STATES GOLD PROOF SETS; WAR MEDALS; CHOICE FOREIGN THALERS, ETC. ABOUT 1100 LOTS. New York: Elder Auction Rooms, April 13-14, 1917. Small 4to [25.5 by 21 cm], text in octavo format as issued; original green cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. 48 pages; 1082 lots; 4 superb plates depicting large cents and a few half cents. Original printed prices realized list bound in. Hinges cracked, but binding intact; plates a little wavy due to difference in size with regard to text, as often seen. Very good. Adams 144, with plates. One of the truly great large cent sales, rarely encountered with plates. Elder's introduction to the sale is well worth reading: If the cost of living is advancing so are United States Cents and Half Cents. For the past ten years there has been a steady advance in the prices realized for these interesting pieces in the best preservation. During the last year some remarkable jumps in price have been noted. The identical United States cent of 1793 which sold in 1910 for $340, brought recently over $700, while others in the same wonderful preservation, brought up to $500 apiece. I feel no hesitation in predicting that the prices of these coins will continue to advance. Money never has been so plentiful in the United States as at present, and many records are sure to be made in the near future. The collection of Mr. Henry C. Miller, one of our best numismatists, is a fitting memorial to his patience, study and skill, and I offer it for unqualified public sale with great pleasure and pride. For number, variety and condition this offering of cents and half cents even surpasses the noted Mougey Sale, which I held in 1910. The collection of all dates of Cents and half cents is remarkably complete, with hundreds of sub-varieties, while the sets of 1794 and 1796 cents rank among the finest and most complete in the land. The catalogue lists so many gems that when one commences to describe a few coins he finds here hundreds of others in like preservation,--so gives up the task. Yet I wish to speak of two coins, namely a gem 1793 wreath cent, the finest example of its kind, and the proof, partly red, U.S. Half cent of 1796, with pole. These are gems which I hope will bring $1,000 apiece and I believe them to be worth it. (The two coins brought $350 and $710, respectively.) Adams rated A overall: "Gem 1796, 1798 10¢. 1792 5¢. MS 1858 10¢. Choice patterns. 1861-D $1 gold. MS 1873-CC $1. Gold Trafalgar medal. 1880 $4. Landmark large cents: MS examples of almost every date, plus RR varieties. Near complete half cents: Proof 1796." Davis 359. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $1500)
Elder, Thomas L. IMPORTANT PUBLIC SALE. SPLENDID COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS FORMED BY HENRY C. MILLER, ESQ., OF NEW YORK CITY. REMARKABLY LARGE AND COMPLETE COLLECTION OF U.S. CENTS AND HALF CENTS, IN THE FINEST CONDITION OBTAINABLE; CHOICE AND RARE U.S. SILVER AND GOLD COINS; VERY RARE U.S. PATTERN CENTS, ETC. PROOF 1880 STELLA IN GOLD; FINE ANCIENT GOLD; UNITED STATES GOLD PROOF SETS; WAR MEDALS; CHOICE FOREIGN THALERS, ETC. ABOUT 1100 LOTS. New York: Elder Auction Rooms, April 13-14, 1917. Small 4to [25.5 by 21 cm], text in octavo format as issued; original green cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. 48 pages; 1082 lots; 4 superb plates depicting large cents and a few half cents. Original printed prices realized list bound in. Hinges cracked, but binding intact; plates a little wavy due to difference in size with regard to text, as often seen. Very good. Adams 144, with plates. One of the truly great large cent sales, rarely encountered with plates. Elder's introduction to the sale is well worth reading: If the cost of living is advancing so are United States Cents and Half Cents. For the past ten years there has been a steady advance in the prices realized for these interesting pieces in the best preservation. During the last year some remarkable jumps in price have been noted. The identical United States cent of 1793 which sold in 1910 for $340, brought recently over $700, while others in the same wonderful preservation, brought up to $500 apiece. I feel no hesitation in predicting that the prices of these coins will continue to advance. Money never has been so plentiful in the United States as at present, and many records are sure to be made in the near future. The collection of Mr. Henry C. Miller, one of our best numismatists, is a fitting memorial to his patience, study and skill, and I offer it for unqualified public sale with great pleasure and pride. For number, variety and condition this offering of cents and half cents even surpasses the noted Mougey Sale, which I held in 1910. The collection of all dates of Cents and half cents is remarkably complete, with hundreds of sub-varieties, while the sets of 1794 and 1796 cents rank among the finest and most complete in the land. The catalogue lists so many gems that when one commences to describe a few coins he finds here hundreds of others in like preservation,--so gives up the task. Yet I wish to speak of two coins, namely a gem 1793 wreath cent, the finest example of its kind, and the proof, partly red, U.S. Half cent of 1796, with pole. These are gems which I hope will bring $1,000 apiece and I believe them to be worth it. (The two coins brought $350 and $710, respectively.) Adams rated A overall: "Gem 1796, 1798 10¢. 1792 5¢. MS 1858 10¢. Choice patterns. 1861-D $1 gold. MS 1873-CC $1. Gold Trafalgar medal. 1880 $4. Landmark large cents: MS examples of almost every date, plus RR varieties. Near complete half cents: Proof 1796." Davis 359. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $1500)