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A Plated Parmelee Sale

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:2,250.00 USD
A Plated Parmelee Sale
A buyer’s premium of 18% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased by absentee bidders. The premium is reduced to 15% for floor bidders. See shipping info and full terms.
New York Coin & Stamp Co. CATALOGUE OF THE FINEST EXISTING COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, THE PROPERTY OF MR. LORIN G. PARMELEE, OF BOSTON, MASS. New York: Bangs & Co., June 25-27, 1890. Tall 8vo, original black cloth, rebacked in black cloth, gilt; original gilt-printed wraps bound in. 96 pages; 1443 lots; fine portrait of Parmelee; 13 fine tinted photographic plates. Handpriced throughout in red ink. Fine. An unusually well-preserved copy of this outstanding sale, rated A+ by Adams: "Absolutely definitive for patterns, colonials (several unique), and regular issue gold, silver and copper." Parmelee's remarkable collection has frequently been regarded as the finest collection of American coins ever formed. [Online description truncated; see PDF or printed catalogue for full description.]