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Rare Betts Addenda to the McCoy Sale

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 USD
Rare Betts Addenda to the McCoy Sale
A buyer’s premium of 17.5% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased. See shipping info and full terms.
Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF A FEW PIECES FROM THE COLLECTION OF C. WYLLYS BETTS, OF NEW HAVEN. TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION AS ADDENDA TO THE COLLECTION OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD. May (21), 1864. 8vo, self-covered. 4 pages; 45 lots. Fine. The Betts addendum is noteworthy as it lists the owner’s fabrications of American colonial coins. A note following the title states: “Very many of the pieces here offered, are struck from excessively rare dies, recently engraved, all of which are destroyed; and every piece being the best in existence, it is the sincere wish of the owner that they meet with satisfaction.” Attinelli 36-37.