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Photos of the Clapp Donation

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 USD
Photos of the Clapp Donation
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(Clapp, George H.). ANS PHOTOGRAPHS OF GEORGE H. CLAPP COLLECTION OF LARGE CENTS. AS ORIGINALLY DONATED. A suite of twenty photographic prints, 8 by 10 inches, depicting 776 cents (predominantly obverses), 1793-1814, at slightly smaller than actual size. Modern prints. Housed in three-ring binder with photocopy of the coins mentioned in the legal order directing the return of the ANS coins in the Naftzger collection. Fine. The coins were photographed in the original T. James Clarke cardboard boxes, with Clapp's handwritten descriptions at the bottom, arranged side-by-side in 4 by 9 or 5 by 9 configurations. An important photographic record of the "original" collection.