The Jeremiah Colburn Collection
Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN COINS AND MEDALS, BELONGING TO W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS., COMPRISING IN THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT THE BEST SPECIMENS FROM SEVERAL FINE COLLECTIONS RECENTLY PURCHASED, AND IN THE FOREIGN THE WHOLE OF THE CELEBRATED GREEK, ROMAN, AND ENGLISH COLLECTION OF JEREMIAH COLBURN, ESQ. New York: Bangs, October 20-24, 1863. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 160 pages; 3202 lots. Perhaps half the sale is hand-priced, with lots 423-650 (English & Scottish silver coins) and 2020-2090 (U.S. half cents) being named. Near fine. Adams 6. Woodward's 3rd Semi-Annual Sale, with about 300 lots recording the buyer's name. Surpassed only by the Benjamin Haines sale of January 1863 in the amount realized, highlights include one of the finest known 1794 dollars, early proofs, incredible colonials, and even a copy of the 1828 Watkins broadside. Adams A (overall, and for colonials, medals, tokens, Washingtonia and British). Attinelli 31-32. Davis 1155. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $100)