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The Gene Reale Collection

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 USD
The Gene Reale Collection
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(Reale, Gene). THE GENE REALE COPPER COLLECTION. A COLLECTION OF HALF CENTS AND LARGE CENTS IN SUPERB UNCIRCULATED CONDITION. Lunenburg: Stinehower Press, 1995. 4to, well-bound in original black quarter morocco, decoratively ruled in gilt, with crimson grained fine cloth sides; upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt with an inset full color coin enlargement in the center; flat spine lettered and decorated in gilt; crimson silk headbands; decoratively printed pictorial endpapers. Housed in a handsomely executed black full morocco clamshell book box; red morocco panel inset on the upper cover, double bordered and lettered in gilt; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. Blank leaf, 110 pages; title printed in two colors within a decorative border; color portrait; enlarged coin illustrations in full color throughout. Inscribed to Tripp by Gene Reale and dated Jan. 19, 1998. A few scuffs to the clamshell box, else fine. [with] [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]