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Elmer Sear's Scarce Carr & Tilden Sale

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 USD
Elmer Sear's Scarce Carr & Tilden Sale
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Sears, Elmer S. MAIL AUCTION SALE NO. 2. A CHOICE COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS. RARE GOLD PROOF SETS, ALMOST COMPLETE SETS OF GOLD $1 AND $3 PIECES, AND SOME FINE TERRITORIAL GOLD COINS AND A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES COPPER CENTS. ALSO A SUPERB COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES FRACTIONAL CURRENCY. Swansea, Oct. 1, 1909. 8vo, original printed card covers. 20 pages; 653 lots. Removed from previous binding; very good. Adams 4 in the "Miscellaneous" chapter of his United States Numismatic Literature, Volume II, rated B+: 1864, 1887, 1907 proof gold sets. Near complete $1 gold. Gem 1806 25¢, 1800 5¢. VF 1799/98 1¢. MS 1807 (Comet) 1¢. Proof cents, half cents. George Tilden's fine fractional currency." An important sale, with commentary, particularly in the large cent section of the William Carr collection. George L. Tilden's collection of fractional currency was deemed "almost without exception in the best possible condition ... and the majority of specimens are in duplicate."