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Cogan’s Cauffman Sale with Plates

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:180.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 USD
Cogan’s Cauffman Sale with Plates
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Cogan, Edward. CATALOGUE OF A CHOICE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN, ENGLISH & ANCIENT GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS AND MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF EMIL CAUFFMAN, ESQ., OF PHILADELPHIA. New York, May 3-4, 1871. 8vo, later black half leather, gilt; original printed wraps bound in. (4), 40 pages; 903 lots; 2 fine photographic plates of coins. Neatly priced in red ink. Original prices realized list also laid in. Wraps a little chipped, else fine. The Cauffman sale is only the fourth plated U.S. numismatic auction catalogue. Adams 28, rated B overall (rated A for British coins): “1854-66 proof sets, other early proof singles. MS 1811 1¢. MS 1795, 1797 1/2¢.” One of the plates depicts choice early large cents and half cents; the other depicts British coins and a few rare American silver coins. Scarce, particularly with the original printed prices realized list.