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The Atwater Sale

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:90.00 USD Estimated At:125.00 USD
The Atwater Sale
A buyer’s premium of 18% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased by absentee bidders. The premium is reduced to 15% for floor bidders. See shipping info and full terms.
Mehl, B. Max. CATALOGUE OF THE FAMOUS AND COMPLETE COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS FORMED BY WILLIAM CUTLER ATWATER... INCLUDING THE CELEBRATED STICKNEY 1804 DOLLAR AND THE IDLER 1804 DOLLAR... Fort Worth, June 11, 1946. 4to, later brown cloth, gilt; original printed front card cover bound in. 199, (7); (12) pages; 2398 lots; frontispiece portrait of Atwater; text illustrations; prices realized list bound in. Fine. A highly important sale. Adams A+: "MS wreath, Cap 1793 1¢. MS 1823 1¢ (2). Gem 1796 half cent. MS 1794-1803 $1. 1804 $1 (2). MS 1797, 1801 50¢. 1838-O 50¢. Proof 1878-S 50¢. MS 1855-S, 1878-S 25¢. MS 1822 10¢. 1858 $10. Extensive proof gold. 1798 $5, small eagle. 1815, 1829 $5." A "Who's Who," with biographies of twelve famous American coin collectors, is appended at the end.