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Scott Stamp & Coin, Ltd.: Lot of 2 Fixed Price Lists, 1890 to 1891

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Scott Stamp & Coin, Ltd.: Lot of 2 Fixed Price Lists, 1890 to 1891
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Scott Stamp & Coin, Ltd. LOT OF 2 FIXED PRICE LISTS, 1890 TO 1891. 12mo. This group lot contains the following Fixed Price Lists:
(1) Scott Stamp & Coin, Ltd., No. 2. Catalogue of Coins, Medals and Tokens of Mexico and its States, Cities, Etc., Central American Republics, and the West India Islands, June 1890, 1-390 lots, 12mo, self-covered, 32 pages, line illustrations, HMW, Removed from a bound volume. Evidence of an old vertical trisecting fold. The last leaf has been separated and is tattered at the edges else fine, 100 lots of Mexican. 146 lots of Mexican states. Sommer Islands sixpence and shilling, ex Money Tree Sale No. 26 Lot 339;
(2) Scott Stamp & Coin, Ltd., No. 3. Catalogue of the Select and Valuable Collection of Coins, Medals, and Tokens of Mexico and its States, Cities and Haciendas formed by the late [Padre] Augustin Fischer, April 1891, 1-800 lots, 12mo, original white printed card covers, 51 pages, line illustrations, HMW, Removed from a bound volume. Evidence of an old vertical trisecting fold, fine, This major reference collection of coins, medals, and tokens served as a basic reference work for U.S, collectors. No other more comprehensive English language reference existed. The number of coins, proclamations, tokens, etc. far exceeded those in Fonrobert. So scarce that it is generally unknown. Father Fischer served as Minister of the Household and Confessor to Maximilian during the Mexican Empire period; then Minister Plenipotentiary to Rome under Maximilian in 1865, ex Money Tree Sale No. 26 Lot 340. Lot weight: 0 lbs 5oz. Subject(s): Mexican, Latin American, West Indies coinage.