Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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Renz, Russell H. A TREATISE COMPILED FROM PAPERS READ BEFORE THE DETROIT COIN CLUB: PRIVATE GOLD COINAGE OF THE UNITED STATES. A TREATISE ON THE SUBJECT OF "PRIVATE AND TERRITORIAL GOLD COINS OF THE UNITED STATES," INCLUDING THE FIRST IMPORTANT ISSUES OF THE BECHTLERS AND THE LATER CALIFORNIA COINAGE FROM THE VARIOUS PRIVATE MINTS OF THAT STATE. Detroit: Printed by D.R. Heath, (1938). 8vo, original black leather-grained pictorial black card covers, gilt. (8), 23, (1) pages; a few illustrations of coins on the title. Fine. "A very limited edition, of which this is number 128." Inscribed in blue ink on first leaf: "To Joseph Barnet from Russell Renz, M.D. 7/14/39." A pleasing production, printed by the son of the founder of the American Numismatic Association. Ex John J. Ford Library, with his bookplate; ex Kolbe Sale 93, lot 816.
Estimate: 150 USD
Renz, Russell H. A TREATISE COMPILED FROM PAPERS READ BEFORE THE DETROIT COIN CLUB: PRIVATE GOLD COINAGE OF THE UNITED STATES. A TREATISE ON THE SUBJECT OF "PRIVATE AND TERRITORIAL GOLD COINS OF THE UNITED STATES," INCLUDING THE FIRST IMPORTANT ISSUES OF THE BECHTLERS AND THE LATER CALIFORNIA COINAGE FROM THE VARIOUS PRIVATE MINTS OF THAT STATE. Detroit: Printed by D.R. Heath, (1938). 8vo, original black leather-grained pictorial black card covers, gilt. (8), 23, (1) pages; a few illustrations of coins on the title. Fine. "A very limited edition, of which this is number 128." Inscribed in blue ink on first leaf: "To Joseph Barnet from Russell Renz, M.D. 7/14/39." A pleasing production, printed by the son of the founder of the American Numismatic Association. Ex John J. Ford Library, with his bookplate; ex Kolbe Sale 93, lot 816.
Estimate: 150 USD