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New Netherlands Coin Company Sales

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:270.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 USD
New Netherlands Coin Company Sales
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New Netherlands Coin Company. AUCTION CATALOGUES AND MAIL BID SALES 1951-1977. Public Auction Nos. 35, 38, 40-61, 63, 63A, 64, 66 and 66A. Twenty-nine sales total. Various formats, original card covers. Many illustrated, some with prices realized. Generally near fine with a couple exceptions. Twenty-nine New Netherlands catalogues, comprising most of those issued during the Ford and Breen eras. Adams, Volume II, page 194: “In November, 1950, Charles Wormser hired John Ford, and perhaps the most important chapter of numismatic cataloguing was begun. Sometimes abrasive but always insightful, Ford ranks in a class with Sylvester Crosby, Lyman Low, David Proskey, and Wayte Raymond as one of the great numismatists this country has produced. His cataloguing features meticulous accuracy and conservative grading; his descriptions are full and informative, covering a range of material that spans the gamut of our hobby. Others have rivaled Ford’s penchant for detail, but none have better explored the by-ways of history and tradition for which numismatics are such a natural entry. As if one world-class numismatist were not enough, New Netherlands hired Walter Breen in 1952. Blessed with a restlessly inquiring mind and a prodigious memory, Breen added new dimensions to the firm’s research. His findings on die states, diagnostic features and the then condition census add another rich layer to the utility that New Netherlands’ catalogues will always possess.”