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Rare 1865 Conant & Sherburne Broadside Auction

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Rare 1865 Conant & Sherburne Broadside Auction
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Conant & Sherburne. CATALOGUE OF RARE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN COINS. (Boston), December 20, 1865. Broadside [44.5 by 13 cm], folded and bound into an 8vo volume, contemporary brown half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides. 208 lots. Trimmed; folded. Binding worn at spine; very good. Attinelli 43: "This sale, I am informed, 'was got up for fun alone, by myself and several friends, every lot was sold and paid for.' The bidders assumed the names of the leading numismatists of the country." The collection, attributed to S.H. Chadbourne, was largely comprised of large cents, colonials and tokens. Ex Armand Champa library (Part IV, lot 3354).