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With the Compliments of S. K. HARZFELD,
1713 Park Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
KarafcttFs 'I'hirtccuth Sale
OF
SEPTEMBER 10, I860,
BY
V V § V C0 •!-!•
3i'hm'ston Collection.
Printed Lists of the Prices realized at this Sale, may be obtained at Twenty-five cents.
C A A L ( ) a II E
OF
An Unusually Fine Assortment of
THE NUMISMATIC CABINET of W. W. TIjURSTON, Esq.,
WELLSVILLE, N. Y.
COMl’lUSINCi TIIK
FINEST 1796 HALF DOLLAR KNOWN,
ONE OF THE f^OST COMPLETE COLLECTIONS OF \jklY DOLLARS, ;^ND SOME OF TFjE FINEST COPPER CENTS,
AMONGST THEM
JONES’ 1795 THICK PLANCHET, MERRITT’S 1823 PROOF, MICKLEY’S 1809, Etc., Etc.
U’o be ^old at AiictioU;
P337- Messrs. B .A. IST O- S 00_,
739 & 741 Broadway, New York.
ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 1880,
Commencing at 2.30 P. M.
GENTr.KMEN VNAHEE TO ATTEND THE SATE M.VV irAVE THEIU (UU)EllS KAITUri I.l.V EXECUTED I(Y THE .VUCTIONEERS AND .VLE DEALERS IN COINS.
THE COINS AVILL HE ON EXHIHITION ON THlt DAY OE THE SALE. THEY M.\Y, HES1DE>. HE E.XAHUNED AT I’lIILADELIHUA UNTIL SEPTEMBER 4,
AT THE OFFICE OE MR. HARZEELD.
Catalogue by S. K. HARZFELD,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
BOSTON:
T. R. Marvin & son, numismatic printers.
1880.
AMERICAN COIN SCALE.
('A^'A 1.0 (MrE.
ANCIENT GREEK COINS,
Solti under guarantee of genuineness. (Ix Stands for Reverse.)
1 Massilia in Gallia. Silver Drachm. A lion. Rude.
2 Neapolis ill Campania. Bull with human head. Bronze, fine. 00 3 Tarentum in Calabria. Taras riding on a dolphin. Silver
Didrachm. Very good.
4 Metapontiim in Lucania. Silver Didrachm. Head of Leii- sippus. R Ear of wheat. Veiy good.
\i{ 5 Another. Head of Pallas. Good.
6 Agrigentum in Sicilia. Silver Didrachm. Eagle. R Crab.
Fine. Very rare.
7 Dyrrhachium in Illyria. Silver Drachm. Cow suckling a
calf. R The Gardens of Alcinous. Good.
Uo 8 Hiero II., King of Sicily, 269 B. C. Bronze coin. R Tri- dent. Very good.
oo 9 Thasus, insula. Silver Tetradrachm. Head of Bacchus. R Hercules nude. Good.
JO 10 Lysimachus, King of Thracia and Macedonia, 824 B. C.
(See Humphrey, pp. 84 and 101.) Head with re- gal fillet and the horns of the Ammonian Jupiter. R Minerva sitting. Silver Tetradrachm. Very fine, rare.
)|V3 11 Philip II., King of Macedonia. Silver Tetradrachm. Head of Jupiter. R Horseman. (Illustrated Humphrey, p. 80.) Fine, rare.
fu 12 Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia. Bronze coin, issued after his death, 324 B. C., bearing portrait. Fine, scarce.
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13 Antigonus I. Gonatus, King of Macedonia, 276 B. C.
Silver Tetradraclnn. Macedonian shield ; in centre portrait of the King. Pallas. Fine, very rare. 5io 14 Boeotia. Drachm. Boeotian shield. Good, pierced, scarce.
Go 15 Thespiae in Boeotia. Bronze coin. Head of Ceres. Very fine.
?)> 16 Athenae in Attica. Silver Hemidrachm. Owl. Good, scarce.
17 Pergamns in Mysia. Silver Tetradrachm. Cistophorns.
The holy cist of Bacchus and the serpents. Very good, rare.
18 Parinm in Mysia. Silver Hemidrachm. Grinning mask.
Fine.
■]-7 19 Euboea, insula. Hemidrachm. Female sitting on prow of a vessel. Very good.
Uo 20 Antiochus I. Soter, King of Syria, 282 B. C. Silver Tet- radrachm. Portrait of the King. 11 Apollo seated. A beautiful specimen. Very rare.
G.bt>21 Demetrius I. Soter, King of Syria, 163 B. C. Tetra- drachm. Portrait of the King. B; Female seated. A beautiful specimen. Very rare.
^oo22 Antiochus VII. Evergetes, King of Syria, 138 B. C.
Tetradrachm. Portrait of the King. B Eagle. A beautiful specimen, pierced near edge. Very rare. \S's, 23 Ptolemy I. Soter, King of Egypt, 300 B. C. Bronze coin.
Portrait of the King. B Eagle. A beautiful speci- men. Very rare.
ANCIENT ROMAN COINS.
Warranted to be genuine, unless otherwise stated.
24 Roman Republic. Bronze Aes. Head of Janus. Fair.
25 Quadrans. Head of Hercules. Fine.
26 Denarius of the Gens. Very good.
27 “ Minucia Gens. Very good.
i-j 28 “ ilAm'a Gens. Very good.
29 Julius Caesar. Denarius. Head of Venus. R imp caesak. Very fine. Very rare.
Denarius. Head of Ceres. Cos. Tert. Diet. Iter. Fine, scarce.
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'o 31 .lulius Caesar. Large Bronze. l\)rtrait of Caesar. I> Pontifical Instruments. Very fine. Counterfeit. 32 Cneus Poinpeius. Denarius with portrait of Ponijjcius Magnus. (Illus. Humphrey, p. 295.) Very good. Rare.
5^33 Cassius, c CASSi iMi*. Head of Liberty. Denarius. Hood, rare.
00 34 Augustus. Medium Bronze. 11 .41tar. Fine.
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36
Lai’ge bronze. Consensu Senat Et E(] Ordin P.
Q. R. Very fine. One of tlie renowned danger- ous Paduan counterfeits.
Tiberius. Denarius. Portrait of the Emperor. Livia sitting. Known as the Trihute Penny of the Bible. Fine, rare.
\o 37 Large Bronze. Portrait. Civitatibus Asiae Res-
titutis. Extremely fine, Paduan counterfeit.
3c 38 Germanicus. Medium Bronze. Portrait. Very good.
*50 39 Caligula. Medium Bronze. Portrait. K Vesta. Very good.
jji; 40 Large Bronze. Portrait. Ijt Agrippina, Drusilla, and
Julia. Very fine, dangerous Paduan counterfeit.
41 Large Bronze. Ijl Adlocut. Coh. Beautiful Paduan
counterfeit.
42 Claudius. Medium Bronze. 14 Ceres. Fine.
43 Large Bronze. Portrait. 14 Nero Claudius Dru-
sus German Imp. Very fine, dangerous Paduan counterfeit.
U-C 44 Nero. Medium Bronze. Victoria Augusti. Fine.
45 Galba. Denarius. Diva Augusta. Good.
cj5 46 Large Bronze. Portrait. 14 Adlocutio. Very fine.
Paduan.
i,u>47 Otho. Large Bronze. Portrait. 14 Securitas. Beautiful Paduan invention. Desirable, even thus.
48 Vitellius. Denarius. Fair.
.00 49 Vespasian. Silver Denarius, ivdaea. (Illustrated Mad- den, p. 183.) Very fine. Very rare.
u-c 50 Medium Bronze. 14 Victoria Navalis. Very good.
.lo 51 Titus. Denarius. INne, piece broken off.
C|<r 52 Domitian. Large Bronze. 14 Hope. Fine.
53 Medium Bronze. 14 Fortuna. Verv good.
.lo 54 Denarius. Pallas. Very good.
Nerva. Large Bronze. Fortuna. Very good, rare.
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Nerva. Denarius. Aequitas. Fine, scarce.
Trajan. Large Bronze. OjDtimo Principi. Very good.
Medium Bronze. Roma Nicephoros seated. Veiyfine.
Hadrian. Denarius. Salus. Fair.
Large Bronze. Felicitas. Fine.
Antoninus Pius. Medium Bronze. Munificentia. Good. Denarius. Very good.
Faustina Mater. Denarius. Augusta. Very fine.
Marcus Aurelius. “ Concord. Very fine.
Large Bronze. Roma seated. Fine.
Large Bronze. R Female holding a child on each
arm and two children at her sides. . In the most beautiful preservation. Very rare.
Faustina junior. Large Bronze. Mate to the 'preceding. Augusti PiiFil. Beautiful preservation. Very rare.
Denarius. Fecunditas. Very good.
Lucilla. Large Bronze. Diana Lucifera. Fine. Commodus. Large Bronze. Good.
Septimus Severus. Denarius. Fortuna. Very fine. Caracalla. Denarius. Apollo. Good. Rare.
Geta. Denarius. Pietas. Beautiful, sharp. Rare. Maximinus I. Large Bronze. Fides Militum. Very good. Gordianus Pius. “ Very good.
Otacilia. “ Hippopotamus. Good, scarce.
Gallienus. Bronze coin of the Alexandria Mint. Fine. Salonina. “ “ “ Fine.
Severina. Small Bronze. Venus Felix. Fine.
Diocletian. Medium Bronze. Salvis Augg. Very good. Maximianus Hercules. Medium Bronze. Sacr. Moneta. Very good.
Allectus. Small Bronze. Pax. Fair, rare.
Constantins I. Chlorus. Medium Bronze. Very fine, rare. Galerius Maximianus. “ Fine.
Maximinus Daza. Medium Bronze. Genio Augusti. Very fine.
Liciiiius, Probus, Magnentius, etc. Bronze, very good.
4 pieces
Constantine the Great. Medium Bronze. Marti. Patri. Very good.
Constantins II., Deceiitius. Small Bronze. Fine. 2 pieces Julianus II. the Apostate. Medium Bronze. The sacred bull. Good, rare.
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, 90 Gratiiinus. Denarius, lirbs Roma. Very good, scarce, u 91 Theodosius I. tlie (Jreat. Medium lirouze. Virtus h^xere. Very good.
92 Leo Vr. Medium Rrouze. Fine, seai'ce.
93 Small Bronze. I’oor and lair. 2 pieces
\ 94 Vitelliiis, Geta, Septimus Severu.s, etc. Imperial Roman
Silver Denarii. Fair, interesting lot. 10 pieces
i 94a Imperial large and medium bronze coins. Rooi-, but decipherable. 10 pieces
\ 94?y Another lot, medium sized, including Caligula, Augustus, etc. Good, interesting and desirable lot. 10 pcs i 94c* Small Bronze, including Caligula, Licinius, Constanti- nus I., etc. Good, desirable lot. 10 pieces
UNITED STATES COPPER CENTS.
95 1793 Wreath Cent. Small date and legend. On reverse ES in States too high. Mint mark divides the
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Fine, good color, desirable. |
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— Wreath Cent. |
Poor, date discernible. |
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— Chain Cent. |
Fair, almost good for variety, scarce- |
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A]siERi. Very fine for this rare vari- |
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color; smooth surface. V’y desirable. |
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— Liberty Cap. |
A^ery fine for this variety ; veiy |
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Cracked die. Very fair for this rare |
variety.
A 101 1794 jMaris, No. 21 ; Frossard’s IMonograph, No. 13. The “ Short bust ” variety. A very fine, barely circu- lated specimen. Beautiful color. Very rare.
S 102 Maris, No. 20; Frossard, No. 12. “Fallen 4.” Verv
fine and rare.
e 103 iMaris, No. 7 ; Frossard, No. 5. “ Crooked 7.” Very
good, obverse almost fine.
t, 104 Maris, No. 33; Frossard, No. 19. No dividing line
in the fraction. Dr. Maris, recognized as the best authority, declares that he met with but three specimens. Strong, fine impression. Probably the rarest variety of 1794 cents.
■lO 105 Maris, No. 36 ; Frossard, No. 20. “The Plicae."
Very good.
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)3^J 106 1794 Maris, No. 31 ; Frossard, No. 26. “ Distant 1.” Good, very rare.
U 107 1795 Thin planchet; “One Cent” high up in wreath. Good, dark.
5S.^;o108 Thick planchet ; lettered edge. Well struck, barely
circulated. One of the finest specimens of this very rare type that has been offered for sale. Ex- tremely rare in this condition.
This coin was secured for Mr. Thurston by Scott & Co., at their Jonas sale, Oct. 10, 1878, for $100. Scott informed Mr. Thurston: “Fortu- nately it was our turn to bid the $100, — Mr. Cogan bidding $99.”
Ecp 109 1796 Liberty Cap. Frossard, No. 1. Nearly uncircu- lated. Obverse strong ; beautiful color. Very rare and desirable. From the Jonas sale.
IniO Liberty Cap. Open mouth variety. Fair.
yTo'^lll Draped bust, or Fillet Head. Cracked die. Per-
fectly uncirculated. A beautiful light olive cent from the Nichols hoard. Very rare.
112 Draped bust, or Fillet Head. “One” close to
“ Cent.” Good.
112a Draped bust, or Fillet Head. “One” distant from
“ Cent.” Fair.
'ico 113 1797 Fine ; dash in field.
114 Variety. Veiy good; obverse strong.
1798 Large, wide date; large planchet, unusually broad milling. Slightly nicked, otherwise uncirculated. From the Jonas sale.
116 Small date. Very fine, nearly uncirculated.
\otolll Date close to edge, delicate milling. A beautiful,
uncirculated coin.
118 1799 Date near edge and unusually strong, both 9’s being particularly clear. “ Libert}^ ” and head well struck ; color good and even. Altogether a very desirable Cent, — much better than usually offered. So 119 1800 over 1799 Fair, good for variety.
•ly 120 1800 Very slightly circulated, desirable.
3oS 121 1801 Fine, strong milling, rare.
(iv 122 Broken die. Good.
tt) 123 UNITED. Fair, rare.
124 1802 Uncirculated. Shows partly the original red color, desirable.
\yoo 125 1803 Large A well struck, perfectly uncirculated
coin. Equal, beautiful olive color. Very rare and desirable.
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120 1808 Doiibh*, iViic.t’nm line, (iood, s(!<iree.
127 1804 Broken die. (iood, nire.
128 Very line, strong impression. Ikndeet die. One ol
tlie best speeirnens ever offered at sale, and a mncli better s[)eeimen than is usually found even in the linest colleetions. Very rare and desirable.
120 1805 Fine impression, touched only by cabinet tri(;tion. Rare and desirable.
180 1806 Very tine for date. Very rare in this condition.
181 1807 Fxtremely fine. Almost uncirculated. Idght olive color. Very rare and desirable.
ij' 182 1807 over 1800 A remarkably fine specimen for this variety. Barely circnlated, and having good color and surface.
18-1 1808 Surface slightly corroded, otherwise nearly uncir- culated. Unusually strong impression. Rare and desirable.
188a Twelve star variety. Very fine, rare.
184 1809 Strictly uncirculated, light olive color ; obverse and reverse sfiarp. Very rare and desirable. From the renowned Mickley collection.
i+o 185 1805 Very good, scarce.
(,0 185a 1806 (food, scarce.
to 185^ 1808 Twelve star variety. Good, scarce.
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pression, rare.
Date distant from rim. Very good.
Crossed 4. Strong, uncir. coin. Verv desirable.
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“ Very good.
Plain 4. Verv good.
Uncirculated, bright.
18 stars. Uncirculated.
15 stars. Very good, scarce.
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158 1828
V 1^4 1828
vu 155 1824 3d 156 1825
157 1826
158 1827 5d 159 1828
Fine PROOF impression, original. The variety “over 1822.” Beautifnl color. This fine speci- men, the most desirable Cent in this collection, probably no finer specimen being in existence, is illustrated in Frossard’s Monograph, over 1822 Surface somewhat corroded, otherwise an unusually strong and fine specimen. Desirable. Strong impression. Very fine, scarce.
Fine, scarce.
Very tine, scarce.
Uncirculated, scarce.
Fine.
160 1829 Uncirculated, scarce, lio 161 1830 Uncirculated, olive color, ar 162 1881 Fine.
168 1832 Uncirculated, bright red, very rare.
164 Very strong impression ; cleaned.
U 165 1838 Very fine.
166 Double face. Uncirculated.
166« 1884 Proofs weakly struck. From the Mickley sale. Very rare.
Jo 167 1885 Fine.'
loT 168 1836 Uncirculated, olive color, yr 169 1837 Uncirculated.
^t) 170 1838 Uncirculated, olive color.
^,0 171 Very fine.
\io 172 1839 Booby head. Very fine, scarce.
1,1^0 172a Silly head. Uncirculated, rare.
loo 1725 1839 over 1836. Very good, rare.
1^1.= 173 1840 Uncirculated, scarce.
\ioo 174 1841 Brilliant proof , Extremely rare.
\oo 175 Uncirculated, scarce.
5i 176 1842 Large date. Very fine, scarce.
177 1843 Type of 1842. Fine.
■tij 177a 1843. Barely circulated. Very rare.
ifo 178 1844 Very fine.
179 1845 Fine.
0^cl 180 Fine proof. Extremely rare.
Jo 181 1846 Very fine.
,'iij 182 1847. Uncirculated, bright red. l.C 183 1848 Very fine.
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184 1849 Uncirculated, bright red. ,V 185 1850 186 1851 ,r 187 1852
188 185H
189 1854
190 1855 Straight and slanting 55.
Uncirculated, bright red.
2 pieces
00 191 Slanting 55. Proof. Very rare.
>.0 192 1856 Straight and slanting 5. Uncirculated, bright red.
2 ])ieces
196 Slanting 5. Proof, very rare.
[,.f 194 1857 Large date. Uncirculated, bright red, scarce.
fi' 195 Small date. “ scarce.
j-o 196 Large date. Fine.
197 1802, ’07, ’10, '14, ’17, ’18 (2), 19 (2), ’20, ’22 (2), ’26,
’41, ’54, ’57. Fair lot. 15 pieces
198 Lot of Cents; dates between 1817 and 1856. Fair to
good. 40 ])ieces
i«r 199 1794, 1796, 1800, 1834. Fair. 4 pieces
(j I99a Complete set of Cents, from 1793 to 1857. The 1793, 1799, 1804, and 1809, beautiful electrotype copies; the other dates genuine. Poor to very good, all dates showing distinctly. Desirable. 64 pcs
UNITED STATES HALF DOLLARS.
y.c 200 1794 Nicked on hair of Liberty, otherwise very fine, rare.
201 Several initials and date 1813 scratched on piece ;
' otherwise almost fair. Date good. Scarce.
3o 202 1795 tlaseltine and Randall’s variety. No. 2. A berry under each T in States, and at out of proper place. Very good, strong.
i.pr 203 H. & R., No. 4. Double date. Fine, rare.
y.' 204 H. & R., No. 5. The a in States corrected from an
E. Break in die between 5 and lowest right star. Good.
205 II. & R., No. 8. Lowest lock of hair curled and
closed, and touching two rays of lowest star, while second straight lock of hair touches one ray of second star. Fine.
206 1795 H. & R., No. 10. C'urls distant tVom star.s. Vory good.
,y< 207 H. & R., No. 20. Break at the right of reverse.
connecting top of am in America with rim. Good, rare.
208 H. & R., No. 26. Second s in States out of proper
position. M in America corrected. Very’ good, strong. Rare.
j,. 209 H. & R., No. 26. Fair.
210 1796 15 stars. Good for this extremely rare coin; the date particularly so. Desirable.
ivo.op 211 15 stars. A perfect beauty. Uncirculated, and
showing the origina] mint lustre. Our venerable friend, Edward Cogan, will be accepted as suf- ficient autliority f/iat thin is the finest 1796 Half Dollar known to exists — superior to the sjoeeirnen in the Root sale. Mr. Thurston secured the coin at private sale through Mr. Cogan, for $325, and con- sidered it a bargain at that.
bo 00^1^ 16 stars. Good, the date and the word I^ibertv very
good. Extremelv rare. Desirable.
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u-i.do 213 1797 Very good, — both obverse and reverse. Slightly plugged near the edge, but so well done as to be almost undiscernible. Extremely rare. Very de- sirable.
_3.‘!5c 214 1801 Good for date, scarce.
t oo 215 1802 Very good, fine for date. Rare.
216 1803 Very good.
1805 over 1804. Very good, difficult to get better. Scarce.
218 1805 4 berries on laurel branch. Very fine, strong, scarce.
219 5 “ “ Good.
i'.oc 220 1806 Pointed 6. Double T in Liberty. Stem of olive branch through eagle’s claw. Strictly uncircu- lated, bright. Rare thus.
Go 221 Pointed 6. Stem not through eagle's claw. Very
good.
Go 222 Same ; broken die ; different lettering. Fine.
223 1806 over 1809 Pointed 6. A variety heretofore un- published, caused by inverting the figure punch 6 in sinking the die. ddie figure 9 shows distinctly. The die has broken across the planchet from 8 to E. Very good for variety. Extremely rare.
\ ii^ 224 1806 Blunt 6 ; 6 close to 0. Very fine, bright, rare.
.3 So 225 Blunt 6; 6 far from 0. Uncir., bright, very rare.
r 226 1806 over 1805 Hliint,6. Ver\ rsiK;.
« 227 1807 I lead to right ; type of 180t). IJiMrirciilated. bright.
f 228 Same typt;; lowest left star inoi’e distaiil from Imst
and date. hail'.
( 220 Head to riglit ; type of 1808. Fair.
u 230 Same t,V[)e ; correcU'd .6 in denomination ; hreaU in
die conneets cliin of I/iberty wiili the lireast. \h“ry fiiK', rare.
^ 231 1808 V’^ery good, lini' for date.
20.2 1809 Die cracda'd on reverse. V(*r\ hue.
233 Ferfei't die. Fim*.
f 20.4 Slight variety. Very good.
:: 235 181(1 Doable pointed arrow.s. llneii'cnlated. lo 236 ('raeketl die. Good.
-j 20)7 — — Single pointed arrows. Very line, sharp. '
,0 238 1811 Perfect milling. Dncirculated.
V 20)<> Outer ray of stars prolonged to edge: almost with-
out milling. Fine.
^ 240 1812 Fine, sharp, r 241 1813 C close to 50. Fair.
lb" 242 G distant from 50. Fine.
4-0 243 1814 over 1813 IJncircnlated, rare.
.. 244 1814 Fine.
V 245 Very good.
246 1815 A sharp, barely eircnlated sjieeiinen ; veiy difficnlt to find better. Very rare and d('sifable.
„t>247 Fine for this rare date ; much better than nsnally
offered.
Jo 248 1817 over 1813 Fine for variety, scarce.
10 249 Un eircnlated.
.0 250 Very good.
j. 251 Slight variety. Very good.
5" 252 1818 over 1817 First 8 very large. Uncircnlated, rare.
0 253 1818 over 1817 First 8 small and too far from 1. V’^ery
good.
1 254 — Duplicate of the last.
:d 255 1818 Very fine.
256 Very good.
50 257 Brilliant proof, extremely rare. A beautifnl and
desirable specimen.
»o258 1 819 ob er 1 818 Wide date, thick nnml>ers. I ’ ncirenlated.
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259 1?<19 over 1818 Thin, slanting 5 in 50. Very fine.
260 Duplieate, fine.
261 1819 5 in 50 out of order. Uncirculated.
262 5 in 50 straight. Proof surface, rare, desirable.
ivo ‘263 1820 over 1819 Uncirculated, scarce.
1 10 264 1820 Small, curled 2. Uncirculated.
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Large, straight 2. “
Duplicate. Very good.
1821 Proof surface ; sharp. Pare, desirable.
5 in 50 not in proper position. Good.
5 correct. Uncirculated.
Last 1 in date not in proper position. Very good.
1822 50 C. wide. Fine.
^ 50 C. closer. Uncirculated.
1823 Corrected 3. Very tine.
Large C close to 50. Very fine.
Large C farther from 50. Very fine.
Small C. Very fine.
Small C ; double profile. Fine.
1824 Proof surface ; sharp. Rare and desirable.
A variety which has recently been joublished as
being “ over 1822 whicli is over 1820, and which in turn is over 1819.” Very fine, the best speci- men of this variety ever offered. Rare.
1824 C close to 50, Uncircidated.
C farther from 50. Very good.
1825 18 in date slanting. Fine, sharp.
Double profile. Uncirculated.
Lowest right star touches bust. Uncirculated.
“ “ distant from bust. “
50 close to C. Fine.
50 C wider. Uncirculated.
1826 Brilliant proof ; beautiful sharp impression. Very
rare and desirable. •
Small C in 50 C. Fine.
Large C in 50 C. Fine.
6 in date too high. Very good.
1827 Curled 2. Uncirculated.
Straight 2. ‘‘
Slight variety. Very good.
^ ’205 1827 (' vci’V closci to 5(). \^‘iy ^ood.
. 2'Ofi 1828 \^iri(!ty No. 1. Ljiro-c diilo, 2 with knoli inul cui-l
(2). V(o-y lino, vory lait^,
^ 207 No. 2. laifgo date, curled 2 (2) Very lino, rare.
208 No. 2. Larger olirlt^d 2. VNiry lint;.
r 200 Nio. 4. Small date, .straight 2 (2)- Small lollor.^
on reverse. Fine im()ression.
•y 200 No. 5. Same*, large lettt'ison I'cverse. liowei- pa'O
of first S in Slates closed up. Uncirculated.
j. 201 No. 0. Similar to [ireeeding, hut S correct, l^oiut
of A in America touches rim. V'^ery tine.
0 202 1820 Troof surface. Sharp, heaiitifid impr(*ssiou. \A-ry rare.
r 202 Small 5 in 50. li ueii-eiilated.
^ 204 ljurg(‘ 5 in 50.
. 2)05 VV'^ide date. Veiy hue.
. 200 Close date. Fine.
j 207 vSlight varieties. Strong impressions.
^ 208 1820 Proof surface. Sharp, fine imj^ressiou,
„ .200 — — Uncirculated.
^ 810 Slight varieties. Fine.
^ 211 1831 Proof surfa(;e. Fine, sharp. Pare.
^ 812 Uncirculated. Varieties.
^ 818 Fine.
<, 2,14 1822 Brilliant proof surface. Rare.
s 815 Uncirculated,
210 Fine.
X 817 -
, 218 1828 50 0 close. Fine.
% 810 50 C wide. “
820 1884 Small date, small lettering. Brilliant jn-oof surface. Very rare.
o 2)21 Large date, small lettering. Brilliant proof surface.
Very rare.
o 822 Large date, large lettering. Uncirculated, rare.
, 823 Small date, small “ ftneirculated.
, 2,24 “ 18 close. F^ine.
, 2,25 “ 18 wide. Very good.
, 820 ” Slight varieties. Very good. 2 })ieces
\ 827 ivai-ge date. 1 of date near bust.
•K 2,2K 1 “ distant from bust. \'erv good.
2 pieces Vhuy rai'C.
2 |)ic(;cs
2 pieces 8 j)icces
8 pieces 8 pieces
8 jiieces
829 1834 lo 880 1835
iT 331
^ 332
good.
Large date. Very Proof surface. Very rare.
Large C in 50 C. Uncirculated. Small C in 50 C. Fine.
.L33
^ Ss> 33)4 1836
U 835 ^3 336
5'r-837
y>-338
:iyoo839
340
U 341 1837
Slight varieties. Fine. 2 pieces
Lettered edge, type of 1835. Brilliant^ sharp
proof. Very rare, very desirable. The lettering- on edge is curiously misstruck, every letter being double: FFIIFFTTYY CCEENNTTSS, etc. liettered edge. Proof surface. Fine, rare.
“ “Fifty Cents A Dollar on edge. Very fine.
“ Fine. 3 pieees
“ Fine. 8 pieces
Heeded edge, type of T837. Gobrecht head.
Hrilliant proof. Sharp and perfect impression. Extremely rare, mdy one or two more proofs being known. Very desirable.
Heeded edge. Lhicirciilated, bright and sharp. Very rare in this condition.
Uncirculated.
jr 342
(j. 343 1838
344
345
\.o«346 1889
347
jw-t/ 848
349
Fine.
Thick letters. Uncircnlated.
Thin “ “
Thick and thin letters. Fine. 2 pieces
Head of 1838. Phila. Mint. Uncirculated.
Head of 1838. Orleans Mint. “
Liberty seated, type of 1840. Uncirculated.
“ “ Fine.
tv 350 351
t|i 352 y,o 353 7S 354
356 yv357 tv 858 fv 359 \po 360
1840 Proof surface. Rare.
Phila. Mint. Fine.
Orleans “ Fine, scarce.
1841 Proof surface. Rare.
Orleans Mint. Fine, scai-ce.
1842 Small date. Beautiful brilliant proof.
rare. Very desirable.
Small date. Fine.
“ Very good.
Large date. Fine.
1843 Uncirculated impression.
1844 Uncirculated, bright.
2 pieces
Extremely
2 pieces 2 pieces 8 pieces
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361 1844 Phila. and Orleans Mint. Very good, 2 pieces
362 1845 Uncirculated impression.
363 1846 Proof surface. Rare.
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-4 364 |
— Corrected 6. Fine. |
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365 |
— Curl of 6 narrow, small date. |
Fine. |
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jr 366 |
— Curl of date wide, large date. |
Fine. |
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367 — |
— Very good. |
2 pieces |
,r 368 1847 Phila. Mint. Uncirculated impression.
369 Orleans Mint. Fine.
io 370 1848 Date close to base of Liberty. Uncirculated, bright.
371 Date farther from base of Liberty. Good.
).' 372 1849 Uncirculated. 2 pieces
y: 373 1850 Fine.
874 1851 Orleans Mint. Fine.
00 375 1852 Very slightly circulated, desirable. Rare.
376 1853 Very good.
377 1854 Orleans Mint. Fine.
Jo 378 1855 Phila. Mint. Splendid proof . Extremely rare. iV 379 Orleans Mint. Fine impression.
380 1856 “ Uncirculated.
381 “ Slight variety in date and Mint Mark.
Very good.
rv 382. 1857 Fine impression,
383 Proofs very rare.
384 1858 Uncirculated, bright.
n- 385 Brilliant proofs very rare.
386 1859 p- 387 1860 888 1861 p 389 1862 890 1863 K 891 1864 p- 392 1865 393 1866 io 394 1867 395 1868 ,, 396 1869 397 1870 5, 398 1871 399 1872
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\D«5 400 1873 Brilliant proof . With arrows.
ICO 401 “ Without arrows.
V' 402 1874 403 1875 <4c 404 1876 405 1877 U 406 1878 'pc 407 1879
408 1859 Orleans Mint. Very good.
U 409 1864 Uncirculated, bright. iT 410 1865 Fine impression, rv 411 1866 Good.
g; 412 Without “ In God We Trust.” San Fran. Mint. Good.
fv^413 1867 San Francisco Mint. Fine.
pi 414 Phila. Mint. Uncirculated, bright.
Z? 415 1868 Good.
416 1869 Uncirculated. j'^ 417 1870 Fine.
418 1871 Fine.
419 1872 Very good.
420 1825 Uncirculated, bright.
,lv 421 1828 Very good.
L^422 1795 H. and R. No. 8. Fair.
Uc 423 1801 Date distinct. Very poor, scarce, iv 424 1807 Head to right. Good.
3>o 425 1836 Reeded edge. Worn, date good. Scarce.
\iv 426 1851 Fine, scarce.
(iT 427 Very good.
428 1852 Good for date, rare.
V 429 1876 Brilliant proof, rare.
(.0 430 1878
SMALL PROOF SETS AND MINOR COINS.
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431 |
1869 |
Brilliant |
proof set. |
1, 2, 3, and 5 Cents. |
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CO c — |
1870 |
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» 433 |
1872 |
u |
“ Rare. |
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'X05 434 |
1873 |
“ Very rare |
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5-j 435 |
1874 |
U |
1, 3, and 5 Cents. |
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436 1875 Brilliant proof set.
5^ 437 1876 , JO 438 1877 „;439 1878 ^0 440 1879 ^sT 441 1880
to 442 1866 Broken set, brilliant. 3o 443 1873 444 1877 '?,0 445 1878 ij 446 1870 no 447 1880
1, 3 and 5 Cents. Scarce.
“ Scarce.
“ Very rare.
Scarce.
“ 4 sets.
2, 3, and 5 Cents. Rare.
1, 3, and 5 Cents. “
3 and 5 Cents. Rare.
ii
448 1875 5 Cent Nickel. Brilliant proof, r] 449 1865 3 Cent “
3o 450 1865 2 Cent Copper. Proof, ar 451 1866 “
452 1868 “
5'; 453 1872 “ “ “ Scarce.
454 “ “ “ “
3^ 455 1873 “ “ Brilliant proof, very rare,
ic 456 1864, '65, ’67, ’69. 2 Cent Copper. Uncir. 5 pieces
457 1865 (2), ’70, ’71 (2), ’72 (2). 2 Cent Copper. Good.
7 pieces
y, 458 Cents. 1857, ’59, ’62, ’63 (2), ’64 Nickel ; ’64, ’65, ’67, '69, ’71, ’73 (2), ’74 to ’80 Copper. Fine to uncir- culated. 20 pieces
r 459 Cents. 1857, ’58, ’60, ’61, ’62 (2), ’63, ’64, (2), Nickel.
Uncirculated. 9 pieces
If 460 Cents. 1864, ’65, ’67, ’71 (3), ’72 to ’78 (2), Copper.
Uncirculated. 14 pieces
461 Cents. 1862 Nickel. Proof. 2 pieces
,10 462 Cent. 1856 “ Worn, date very good, scarce,
u-o 462a Cent. 1877 Bronze. Brilliant proof, rare.
UNITED STATES PROOF SETS.
Comprising all of the Silver and INIinor Coins issued in each year.
'5'o 463 1866 Set of 10 pieces. Brilliant proofs, rare.
Iso 464 1868 “ 10 “
f.oo 465 1869 “ 10 “ “ “
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5^^oo 466 1870 Set of 10 pieces. Brilliant proofs, rare.
5-^6 467 1871 “ 10 “
468 1872 “ 10 “ “ Rare.
<j i+o469 1873 “ 10 “ “ Old type. Contains
the rare 3 cent piece silver and 2 cent pee copper.
y(/<^470 Set of 7 pieces. Brilliant proofs. New type. Trade
Dollar set.
fffji 471 1874 Set of 7 pieces. Brilliant proofs.
472 1875 “ 8 ‘‘ “ First year of 20 Cent
piece. Rare.
473 1878 “ 9 “ Com^dete set; con-
tains both Trade and Bland Dollars, the latter having eight feathers in the tail. Rare.
.i'^o474 1879 Set of 8 pieces. Brilliant proofs. Rare on account of the Trade Dollar.
AfrO'^475 Broken set. 6 pieces. Brilliant proofs. The Standard
Dollar and Half Dollar out.
PATTERN PIECES.
476 1838 Pattern Half Dollar in silver. Obverse, Head of
Liberty. R Standing eagle. Brilliant proof, ex- tremely rare.
477 Pattern Half Dollar in silver. Same obverse. R
Flying eagle. Brilliant proof, extremely rare.
3.00 478 1856 Nickel Cent. Small flying eagle. Fine, rare.
479 1858 Nickel Cent. Indian head. R Laurel wreath. Fine, rare.
po 480 1861 Confederate Half Dollar. Struck on U. S. Half Dollar, 1861. Scott’s issue. 500 struck.
481 1879 The Metric Patterns. $4 Gold Piece “Stella”;
Goloid Dollar ; and Silver Metric Dollar. Set of 3 pieces. Beautiful proofs. Desirable.
W e add here :
^00 482 1714 Queen Anne Farthing. Struck in silver. (Variety Henry No. 2.) Obv. Anna Dei Gratia. R Britan- nia. Broad rim. Fine, extremely rare.
w-.7^483 1847 Pattern Silver Gothic Crown of Queen Victoria of England. Lettered edge. Fine proof, extremely rare.
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UNITED STATES SILVER DOLLARS.
484 1795 Flowing hair; 2 leaves mider eaeli wing of eagle. Good.
jb 485 Flowing hair; 8 leav«*s under (‘ach wing of eagle.
Very good.
|o 486 Fillet head ; fair, head and eagle worn, date good.
oc48(F? Flowing liair ; narrow date ; the curl conies to an
aliriipt point between two stars; the lower star on the right is beneatli the host. 1,1 17 berries. Very good, rare variety.
■jd 4866 1797 Seven stars facing. Fine, scarce.
-j. 486c Six stars facing. Very good, scarce.
1. 487 1799 - “ Good.
ly. 488 Five stars facing. Very good.
w 489 1800 Very good.
490 1801 Fair, date good.
. 491 1802 Good.
D.s 492 — Fine.
io 493 1802 over 1801. Good, scarce, n 494 1803 Good.
495 1804 hilectrotype.
j.r 496 1836 A little worn. Fine, rare, and desirable.
.0 497 1840 Fine, li' 498 1841 Very good. i.s" 499 1842 Fine.
L 500 1843 Fine.
. 501 1844 Fine.
.r 502 1845 Very good.
^ 508 1846 Fine.
0 504 Orleans Mint. Very good. '
r 505 1847 Very fine.
." 506 1848 Very good.
, 507 1850 Fine.
0 508 1853 Veiy good, scarce.
3 508a 1855 Fine, nibbed on neck of eagle. Rare, f 509 1856 Very good, scarce.
510 1859 Orleans Mint. Very good.
511 San Francisco Mint. “
512 1860 Orleans Mint. “
513 1861 Very good.
514 1862 v vl' 515 1864 \Sfl 516 1865
516a 1865 Proof, haymarked.
46
44
44
Scarce.
UTi 517 1866 Fine, ui 518 1867 Very good, uo 519 1872 Fine.
»5o 520 San Francisco Mint. Very good.