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Auction 165  3 Dec 2022
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Lot 270

Starting price: 130 USD
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Five Major Sales
Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA, FORMED BY THE LATE JULIUS L. BROWN... Philadelphia: Lippincott, May 30-31, 1911. 94 pages; 1242 lots. Hand-priced in ink. [bound with] Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE LARGE COLLECTION OF THE GOLD AND SILVER COINS AND MEDALS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, EUROPE AND AMERICA, PARTICULARLY THE DOLLARS OF THE WORLD, FORMED BY THE LATE CHARLES GREGORY... Philadelphia: Freeman, June 19-24, 1916. 199, (1) pages; 3792 lots. Photocopy prices realized list laid in. Two catalogues, bound in one volume. 4to, later red cloth, gilt. Both catalogues with some staining, which is more distracting in the second. Good. [with] Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT, FOREIGN AND UNITED STATES COINS OF MR. STERLING P. GROVES OF CALIFORNIA... Philadelphia: Lippincott, Son & Co., January 31, 1912. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. 48 pages; 627. Hand-priced in ink. Very good. [with] Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE COLLECTION OF GOLD, SILVER & COPPER COINS OF THE UNITED STATES OF ARTHUR SARGENT, ESQ., BOSTON. Philadelphia: S.T. Freeman & Co., June 20, 1913. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. (2), 45, (1) pages; 732 lots. Set of 9 reprint plates included. Very good. [with] Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE SPLENDID COLLECTION OF SILVER & COPPER COINS OF THE UNITED STATES FORMED BY JOHN P. LYMAN, ESQ., BOSTON. Philadelphia: S.T. Freeman & Co., November 7, 1913. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. (2), 42 pages; 619 lots; 8 fine photographic plates. Hand-priced in ink. Two coins (lots 440 and 469) are cut out of Plate VII. Spine weak and taped; very good or so with damage as noted. Adams 8, 9, 11-12 and 15. Five major S.H. Chapman sales, with the Lyman catalogue including most of the plates. The Lyman sale is rated A- by Adams: "Proof 1801-02-03 $1. 1804 $1 with 6 page analysis. MS 1805 10¢, XF 1802 5¢. Excellent cents: MS chain, 1807, 1813, 1814." While it is unfortunate that two coins are cut from the seventh plate, the other seven plates are fully intact. The sale features an 1804 dollar with six pages of descriptive text. Four of the superb plates depict choice United States large cents, one illustrates half cents, and the remaining three are devoted to rare American silver coins. Davis 222. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.

Estimate: 200 USD
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