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Scarce Halpern Hardcover Large Cent Sale

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Scarce Halpern Hardcover Large Cent Sale
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Stack’s. THE MAGNIFICENT HERMAN HALPERN COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS. New York, Mar. 16-17, 1988. 4to, original white cloth, as issued with the original printed card cover and vertical title mounted on the front cover and spine. 244 pages; 774 lots; numerous monochrome text illustrations, many enlarged; 8 pages of full-color illustrations of large cents in the text. Prices realized list laid in. Set of eight Stack’s Special Color Illustrations of the Herman Halpern Collection, printed on thick stock, in the original printed envelope loosely laid in. White cloth a little discolored; near fine. The Special Hardbound Edition. Ex June 1, 2004 Kolbe John J. Ford, Jr. Sale I, lot 874, with his diminutive ex libris. Reportedly, only twenty-five copies were specially bound by Stack’s. The catalogue won the 1988 Numismatic Literary Guild award for the best auction catalogue of that year. The collection itself ranks among the finest ever formed, and is especially notable in terms of condition and pedigree.