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Important Adolph Weyl 1879 Catalogue Including American Coins

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Important Adolph Weyl 1879 Catalogue Including American Coins
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Weyl, Adolph. ITES VERZEICHNISS VERKÄUFLICHER MÜNZEN, DENKMÜNZEN UND NUMISMATISCHER BÜCHER. Berlin, September 1879. 8vo, later plain card covers, hand-lettered. (2), 90 pages; 2074 + 329 listings. Near fine. Following the firm’s listing of over 2,000 non-European (including North and South America, Australia, Africa, and the Near, Middle, and Far East) überseeischen coins, medals, and tokens for sale, including four 1859 pattern half dollars in copper, is the firm’s Kauf-Gesuche!, or want list. Under Amerika, which encompasses both continents, are listed many rare American colonial pieces and federal issues, including early silver dollars of 1794 and 1804, as well as 1836-39 Gobrecht issues. Half dollars wanted include 1796 and 1797, quarter dollars of 1796 and 1804, and an 1802 half dime. Among large cents desired were the triumvirate of 1793, 1799, and 1804. Clearly, by the 1870s, American coins were being actively collected by Europeans, the German Weyl firm was the leader in the field, and the level of numismatic sophistication was not to be underestimated.