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Elder's Hewitt & Bartlett Sale, with Plates

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:2,250.00 USD
Elder's Hewitt & Bartlett Sale, with Plates
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.
Elder, Thomas L. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF THE ROBERT HEWITT AND B.C. BARTLETT COLLECTIONS OF CHOICE AND VALUABLE COINS, MEDALS, TOKENS, PAPER MONEY, GEMS, CURIOS, ETC. INCLUDING ONE OF THE FINEST COLLECTIONS OF EARLY AMERICAN POLITICAL MEDALS AND TOKENS EVER OFFERED AT SALE; CHOICE U.S. PRIVATE GOLD, TWO EXTREMELY FINE OCTAGONAL SLUGS WITH INCUSE OBVERSE DESIGN, A RARE 1880 STELLA IN GOLD; MUCH FOREIGN GOLD WITH ANCIENT AND A JAPANESE GOLD OBAN; CHOICE EARLY MASSACHUSETTS SILVER, A NEW HAMPSHIRE CENT; FINE EARLY U.S. SILVER DOLLARS, HALF DOLLARS, QUARTERS, DIMES AND HALF DIMES, WITH HALF DOLLARS OF 1796 AND 1797, QUARTER DOLLAR OF 1823, AN 1802 HALF DIME, A QUARTER EAGLE OF 1798, U.S. $3.00 AND $1.00 GOLD PIECES; VERY RARE U.S. PATTERN COINS; ANCIENT GOLD AND SILVER COINS, CUFIC GLASS WEIGHTS, JACKSON TOKENS, MERCHANTS CARDS, U.S. FRACTIONAL CURRENCY, STONE AGE RELICS FROM THE WEST INDIES, SILVER IMAGES MADE BY THE PERUVIAN INDIANS, FINE CUT GEMS, ETC., ETC., OVER 1600 LOTS. New York, Jan. 25-26, 1918. Small 4to, bound in tan half calf by Alan Grace; marbled sides; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; original printed light brown card covers bound in; housed in matching slipcase. 78 pages, blank leaf; 1639 lots; 8 superb photographic plates. Untrimmed. Fine. A beautiful copy of this rare plated sale, the first we've offered since Ford in 2004. [online description truncated: see PDF or printed catalogue for full description]