Kolbe & Fanning
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John Ford's Plated 1908 Taylor & Windle Sale
Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES CENTS IN SUPERB STATE OF PRESERVATION OF FRANK D. TAYLOR, PITTSFIELD, MASS. ALSO COLLECTIONS OF UNITED STATES COINS OF THE LATE THOMAS H. WINDLE, CHARLES S. LINCOLN, AND OTHERS... Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, June 17-18, 1908. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. (2), ii, 81, (3) pages; 1423 lots (1-1422 & 506a); 6 fine photographic plates (numbered I-V & IIIA). Neatly priced in red ink; addition slip tipped in on page 34. Front cover with small stain; smaller stain to lower fore-edge corner running through entire catalogue, not affecting coin images. Very good or better. Adams 5, with plates. A rarely offered plated Chapman catalogue, in its original state. The sale was especially rich in choice early large cents, and five of the plates depict the finest ones. The final plate illustrates rarities in various series, including colonials, early U.S., patterns and private gold. One of the latter highlights was lot 506, the 1861 J.J. Conway $5 at $3,200, both sides of which are shown on the final plate. Another highlight was lot 506a, described in detail on the addition slip tipped in on page 34 over the description of lot 506 and facing the final plate (in non-plated copies the addition slip is tipped in on page 35). The coin in question was an 1849 Cincinnati Mining and Trading Company $10, described by Chapman as "Border milled. Very fine. Excessively rare, the only one known to me outside of that exhibited at the Mint in Philadelphia and which being the property of the United States Government is forever withdrawn from competition. This and the preceding piece are probably the highest prized of all the Private Mint Gold Coins." Though not illustrated, it managed to bring $3,000. Adams 5. Clain-Stefanelli 12081. Davis 198 (noting that no copies of this rare sale had been offered from 1980 to 1991). Ex John J. Ford, Jr. Library (Kolbe Sale 93, lot 290); ex Twinleaf Library (Kolbe Sale 107), lot 21; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $2000)
Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES CENTS IN SUPERB STATE OF PRESERVATION OF FRANK D. TAYLOR, PITTSFIELD, MASS. ALSO COLLECTIONS OF UNITED STATES COINS OF THE LATE THOMAS H. WINDLE, CHARLES S. LINCOLN, AND OTHERS... Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, June 17-18, 1908. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. (2), ii, 81, (3) pages; 1423 lots (1-1422 & 506a); 6 fine photographic plates (numbered I-V & IIIA). Neatly priced in red ink; addition slip tipped in on page 34. Front cover with small stain; smaller stain to lower fore-edge corner running through entire catalogue, not affecting coin images. Very good or better. Adams 5, with plates. A rarely offered plated Chapman catalogue, in its original state. The sale was especially rich in choice early large cents, and five of the plates depict the finest ones. The final plate illustrates rarities in various series, including colonials, early U.S., patterns and private gold. One of the latter highlights was lot 506, the 1861 J.J. Conway $5 at $3,200, both sides of which are shown on the final plate. Another highlight was lot 506a, described in detail on the addition slip tipped in on page 34 over the description of lot 506 and facing the final plate (in non-plated copies the addition slip is tipped in on page 35). The coin in question was an 1849 Cincinnati Mining and Trading Company $10, described by Chapman as "Border milled. Very fine. Excessively rare, the only one known to me outside of that exhibited at the Mint in Philadelphia and which being the property of the United States Government is forever withdrawn from competition. This and the preceding piece are probably the highest prized of all the Private Mint Gold Coins." Though not illustrated, it managed to bring $3,000. Adams 5. Clain-Stefanelli 12081. Davis 198 (noting that no copies of this rare sale had been offered from 1980 to 1991). Ex John J. Ford, Jr. Library (Kolbe Sale 93, lot 290); ex Twinleaf Library (Kolbe Sale 107), lot 21; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $2000)