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Priced & Partly Named Levick, Emery et al. Sale

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Priced & Partly Named Levick, Emery et al. Sale
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Woodward, W. Elliot. PRICED CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C., FROM THE CABINETS OF J.N.T. LEVICK, J. OSBORN EMERY, F.I. ILSLEY, AND L.H. ABBEY, ALL OF WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PURCHASED BY THE PRESENT OWNER, W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS. ALSO, A FINE SELECTION OF FOREIGN COINS AND MEDALS, BOTH ANCIENT AND FOREIGN. New York, Oct. 18-22, 1864. 8vo, original printed wraps. 155, (1) pages; 2942 lots. Hand-priced throughout in ink; buyers’ names for the majority of lots written in pencil. Wraps a trifle worn and dusty, with the spine splitting. Very good. The Special Priced Edition of Woodward’s fifth semi-annual sale. Very scarce. An exceptional sale, rated A+ by Adams and featuring a Brasher doubloon, the famous 1799 Abbey cent, rare quarter dollars, early proof sets, Washingtonia, and much more. The total of $9,780.16 was the second highest ever achieved by an American coin auction sale. Substantial buyers recorded herein include Levick, Bogert, Hodge, Hughes, Marshall, Zanoni, Edwards, Cohen, Strobridge, Appleton, Emery, Bailey, Lilliendahl, et al. Ex John J. Ford, Jr. library (Kolbe Sale 96, lot 1610).