Kolbe & Fanning
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Depicting Both 1883 Liberty Nickels
Smith, A.M. [publisher]. COINS AND COINAGE. THE UNITED STATES MINT, PHILADELPHIA, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, WORK, MACHINERY, PRODUCTS, OFFICIALS... Philadelphia, (c. 1883, see comments). 12mo, original brown half morocco with mottled sides; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; decorative endpapers; all page edges red. Lithographic title frontispiece on verso of flyleaf. 120, (2) pages; text illustrations. Binding rubbed, but sound. Very good. Originally published in 1881, this later emission includes a page following the main text noting the production of the new 1883 Liberty Head nickels, and showing both the variations with and without the word CENTS. See Pete Smith's trial listing (The Asylum, Fall 1991) of Smith editions, where this is listed as 1883T.
(Estimate: $150)
Smith, A.M. [publisher]. COINS AND COINAGE. THE UNITED STATES MINT, PHILADELPHIA, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, WORK, MACHINERY, PRODUCTS, OFFICIALS... Philadelphia, (c. 1883, see comments). 12mo, original brown half morocco with mottled sides; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; decorative endpapers; all page edges red. Lithographic title frontispiece on verso of flyleaf. 120, (2) pages; text illustrations. Binding rubbed, but sound. Very good. Originally published in 1881, this later emission includes a page following the main text noting the production of the new 1883 Liberty Head nickels, and showing both the variations with and without the word CENTS. See Pete Smith's trial listing (The Asylum, Fall 1991) of Smith editions, where this is listed as 1883T.
(Estimate: $150)