Kolbe & Fanning
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Smith, A.M. [publisher]. COINS AND COINAGE. THE UNITED STATES MINT, PHILADELPHIA, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, WORK, MACHINERY, PRODUCTS, OFFICIALS. RARE PIECES OF GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL, COPPER, BRASS AND THEIR VALUE. MONEY, TOKENS, MEDALS; COLONIAL, NATIONAL, STATE, INDIVIDUAL: ESPECIALLY RELATING TO THE PAST AND PRESENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FULLY DESCRIBED AND MARKET PRICE QUOTED. ILLUSTRATED MOST PROFUSELY. Philadelphia, (c. 1885, see comments). 12mo, original brown half morocco with mottled sides; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; decorative endpapers; all page edges red. Finely engraved portrait frontispiece of Daniel Fox. 105, (21) pages; text illustrations. Binding rubbed and chipped, but sound. Very good or so. A later emission of this title, with both varieties of 1883 Liberty Head nickels depicted in the text, and with the frontispiece of Daniel Fox. See Pete Smith's trial listing (The Asylum, Fall 1991) of Smith editions for details.
Estimate: 100 USD
Smith, A.M. [publisher]. COINS AND COINAGE. THE UNITED STATES MINT, PHILADELPHIA, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, WORK, MACHINERY, PRODUCTS, OFFICIALS. RARE PIECES OF GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL, COPPER, BRASS AND THEIR VALUE. MONEY, TOKENS, MEDALS; COLONIAL, NATIONAL, STATE, INDIVIDUAL: ESPECIALLY RELATING TO THE PAST AND PRESENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FULLY DESCRIBED AND MARKET PRICE QUOTED. ILLUSTRATED MOST PROFUSELY. Philadelphia, (c. 1885, see comments). 12mo, original brown half morocco with mottled sides; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; decorative endpapers; all page edges red. Finely engraved portrait frontispiece of Daniel Fox. 105, (21) pages; text illustrations. Binding rubbed and chipped, but sound. Very good or so. A later emission of this title, with both varieties of 1883 Liberty Head nickels depicted in the text, and with the frontispiece of Daniel Fox. See Pete Smith's trial listing (The Asylum, Fall 1991) of Smith editions for details.
Estimate: 100 USD