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Woodward’s Ely Sale, with Three Photographic Plates

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:180.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 USD
Woodward’s Ely Sale, with Three Photographic Plates
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Woodward, W. Elliot. SALE 62. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH. CATALOGUE OF HON. HEMAN ELY’S NUMISMATIC COLLECTION IN GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, &C. New York, Jan. 8-10, 1884. 8vo, original printed wraps. iv, (3)-98 pages; 1872 lots; 3 fine heliotype plates of rare American coins and medals. Wraps taped and worn; original staples rusted, slightly affecting the inner blank margins of the first plate and early text. Very good or so. Adams A+: “Copper 1794 $1. Original 1827 25¢. Complete ½¢. Fantastic gold with complete proof sets. Revolutionary medals. MS Clinton 1¢.” The first plate depicts rare American silver coins and early medals; plate two illustrates Massachusetts silver, early medals, American silver and gold, etc.; and the final plate depicts colonials, large cents and half cents, etc. Ex John W. Adams library.