102

Plated Frossard Collection, etc.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 USD
Plated Frossard Collection, etc.
A buyer’s premium of 18% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased by absentee bidders. The premium is reduced to 15% for floor bidders. See shipping info and full terms.
Frossard, Ed. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS OF ED. FROSSARD, OF IRVINGTON, N.Y. COMPRISING EARLY ISSUES OF THE AMERICAN MINT, REMARKABLE ALIKE FOR BEAUTY AND RARITY. COLONIAL COINS, PATTERN PIECES, JACKSONIAN AND FEUCHTWANGER CURRENCY, CONFEDERATE COINS AND MEDALS, A SET OF 1794 CENTS AND HALF CENTS. AMERICAN MEDALS, SILVER; FRACTIONAL CURRENCY, ETC., ETC. RARE AND VALUABLE REPRESENTATIVE FOREIGN COINS OF ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES, IN GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM AND COPPER. New York: Bangs, Oct. 2-3, 1884. 77, (3) pages; 1038 lots; 9 fine tinted heliotype plates. Hand-priced in red ink. [bound with] Frossard, Ed. CATALOGUE OF THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTION OF WILLIAM POILLON, ESQ., OF NEW YORK. PART I.... New York: Bangs, Dec. 12-15, 1883. 121, (1) pages; 2562 lots. Hand-priced in ink. [bound with] Frossard, Ed. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN COINS AND MEDALS, OF E.T. HOWARD... New York: Bangs, May 15-16, 1884. 61, (1) pages; 1154 lots. Hand-priced in red ink. Thick paper copy. Three catalogues, bound in one volume. 8vo, contemporary brown half morocco with mottled sides, gilt; original printed front wraps bound in. Binding a bit worn, with joints taped. Interiors near fine. The very important Frossard collection, with 9 heliotype plates, bound with two additional sales. The first is a Thick Paper Copy, one of only 100 issued. Adams A+: "Silver store cards. 1797 small eagle $10. 1797 6 stars $2.50. Shooting thalers. 1794 1¢ varieties." The catalogue is justly famous for Frossard's remarkably fine collection of 1794 cents. The sale also featured rare and important coins in many other fields. Even regular catalogues have been scarce from the time of issue. [online description truncated: see PDF or printed catalogue for full description]