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The 1871 Clay Sale

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The 1871 Clay Sale
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Strobridge, William H., and W. Elliot Woodward. CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS & MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF CHARLES CLAY, M.D., OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. New York: Leavitt, Dec. 5-7, 1871. 8vo, original printed wraps. 97, (3) pages; 1356 lots; First 108 lots hand-priced in pencil with winners’ names. Back cover detached but present; wraps chipped; very good. A significant sale. Clay was a Manchester numismatist mostly remembered today for this sale and for his work on the coinage of the Isle of Man. Adams 9 for the Strobridge series and C for the Woodward series, receiving his highest rating (A+ overall, A in large cents, colonials, Washingtonia, comments and British). Attinelli 62, where he implies that Strobridge, though credited on the title as the cataloguer, may have played a lesser role: “Messrs. W.E. Woodward and W.H. Strobridge also contributed slightly to the above sale.” The presence of very obvious counterfeits in the sale (including two NE “pennies”) makes one wonder about the level of involvement by Woodward (Strobridge specifically mentions them in his introduction). Davis 1025.