Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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The Longacre Sale, with Addenda
Thomas & Sons, M. CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF... PROOFS AND PATTERN PIECES, UNITED STATES MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE JAMES B. LONGACRE, ESQ., OF THE UNITED STATES MINT, PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia, January 21, 1870. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 28 pages; 632 lots. Spine taped; very good or better. [with] Thomas & Sons, M. ADDENDA TO SALE OF COINS, JANUARY 21ST, ESTATE OF JAMES B. LONGACRE, TO BE SOLD AFTER LOT 250. Philadelphia, January 21, 1870. Single sheet, printed on both sides; 33 lots. Fine. Attinelli 55: "Though containing a large number of pattern pieces, yet it is not so full as might have been expected from one so long connected with the U. S. Mint." Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1844 until his death nearly a quarter century later, Longacre was in a unique position to acquire many of the items offered in this scarce sale, which featured over 100 pattern lots and "U.S. Mint Medals, Presidential, &c. ... in the finest possible condition, selected by Mr. Longacre with great care and judgment.\" Also included were important Washington and other medals and specimen sets of the English coinage of William IV and the coinage of Napoleon III. Attinelli's brief commentary includes acknowledgement of the accepted practices of the day, in contradistinction to the views of some modern researchers eager to assign nefarious motives to the holdings of various mint officials which were considered customary at the time. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $150)"
Thomas & Sons, M. CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF... PROOFS AND PATTERN PIECES, UNITED STATES MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE JAMES B. LONGACRE, ESQ., OF THE UNITED STATES MINT, PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia, January 21, 1870. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 28 pages; 632 lots. Spine taped; very good or better. [with] Thomas & Sons, M. ADDENDA TO SALE OF COINS, JANUARY 21ST, ESTATE OF JAMES B. LONGACRE, TO BE SOLD AFTER LOT 250. Philadelphia, January 21, 1870. Single sheet, printed on both sides; 33 lots. Fine. Attinelli 55: "Though containing a large number of pattern pieces, yet it is not so full as might have been expected from one so long connected with the U. S. Mint." Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1844 until his death nearly a quarter century later, Longacre was in a unique position to acquire many of the items offered in this scarce sale, which featured over 100 pattern lots and "U.S. Mint Medals, Presidential, &c. ... in the finest possible condition, selected by Mr. Longacre with great care and judgment.\" Also included were important Washington and other medals and specimen sets of the English coinage of William IV and the coinage of Napoleon III. Attinelli's brief commentary includes acknowledgement of the accepted practices of the day, in contradistinction to the views of some modern researchers eager to assign nefarious motives to the holdings of various mint officials which were considered customary at the time. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $150)"