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Hardcover 1947 ANA Sale

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 USD
Hardcover 1947 ANA Sale
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Kosoff, A., and Abner Kreisberg [Numismatic Gallery]. OFFICIAL PROGRAM AND AUCTION CATALOGUE. AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION. 1947 CONVENTION. Buffalo, Aug. 26-27, 1947. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 176; (6) pages; 1754 lots; text illustrations. Prices realized list bound in. Inscribed by Kosoff and Kreisberg to Loyd Gettys, whose name is impressed in gilt on the front cover. Fine. The Special Hardbound Edition: remarkably scarce. The sale featured "The Sheraton Collection" of choice large cents, and is notable for using Sheldon's not-yet-published Early American Cents to attribute and price the large cents. It also featured remarkable colonials, including a denomination set of Sommer Islands coinage, two NE shillings and a sixpence, a Lord Baltimore groat, six Higley coppers, the "1776 New Hampshire" copper, two George Clinton coppers, etc.