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Bement's American Collection, with Plates

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,200.00 USD Estimated At:1,750.00 USD
Bement's American Collection, with Plates
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Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COLONIAL AND STATE COINS, UNITED STATES COINS AND FOREIGN CROWNS, THE PROPERTY OF CLARENCE S. BEMENT, ESQ., PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia: Messrs. Davis & Harvey, Auctioneers, May 29, 1916. 4to, original white cloth and boards, gilt. vi, 61, (1), (4) pages; 827 lots; halftone frontispiece plate; 9 very fine photographic plates; prices realized list bound in following the plates. A fine copy. The apparently rare post-sale edition, with the prices realized list bound in (pre-sale plated hardbound copies are a centimeter taller and, of course, lack the prices realized list). Adams A-: "XF Elephant 1/2¢. MS Oak Tree 6¢. MS 1795-1797 $1. Gem cents--some incredible. C. Bechtler $5. 1793 Washington peace medal." An exceptional sale, featuring American colonial coins, replete with great rarities, and an impressive array of United States large cents in superb condition. The frontispiece depicts a Washington Indian Peace medal; plate I illustrates choice American colonial coins; II mostly depicts 1870s pattern silver dollars, along with a few halves and the remaining colonials; III illustrates United States and pioneer gold coins and superb United States silver coins, mainly early dollars; IV-VI depict large cents; VII concludes the large cents, also depicting half cents, patterns and other assorted American and foreign rarities; VIII & IX illustrate European crowns. Clarence Sweet Bement was a collector's collector. [online description truncated: see PDF or printed catalogue for full description].