The February/March 2008 Baltimore Auction

Auction Details

Bowers and Merena Auctions, America's leading rare coin auction house, continues as Official Auctioneer of the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention in 2008, with the next auction scheduled for February 27 to March 2, 2008, at the Baltimore Convention Center. This is the first of three Baltimore auctions by Bowers and Merena in 2008, continuing their longstanding and ongoing association with the convention.



There is a long list of highlights offered in the 3,220-lot auction, most notably a very rare 1870-S Seated Liberty Silver Dollar, certified VF 25 by PCGS and considered to be one of the greatest American coin rarities. This particular coin, known as The Farouk-Schultz Specimen, enjoys a prestigious pedigree and auction history including the 1935 Norman Schultz Auction and Sotheby’s 1954 sale of the King Farouk collection, “The Palace Collections of Egypt” auction.


Bowers and Merena is also pleased to host a special session of World coins, highlighted by the “Carl F. Chirico Jr. Collection of World Pattern Coins.” The Chirico Collection will be offered in 741 lots and features more than 2,500 worldwide Proofs, Patterns, Essais, Provas, Pieforts, and Trial Strikes from China, Belgium, Cambodia, France, Germany, Italy, Latin America, and Europe. The entire World session, including the Chirico coins, will be 886 lots.


“It is always an exciting event to bring together numismatic specimens from all over the world, and the Chirico Collection is an outstanding centerpiece for our World session,” Deeds said. “It represents the lifelong collection of a very passionate enthusiast. Mr. Chirico’s full collection spans the globe, but his favorite collection was Chinese pattern coins, which are very well represented in our auction.” There are more than 40 Chinese Republic Dollars, including all six Sun Yat-sen Pattern “Junk” Dollars; a Mausoleum Dollar; a General Chu Yu-pu Dollar; two Dollars signed “L. Giorgi;” as well as off metal strikes and minor patterns.
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1949-S Franklin Half Dollar. MS-65 PL FBL (NGC).755 - 1949-S Franklin Half Dollar. MS-65 PL FBL (NGC).
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
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1954 Franklin Half Dollar. Proof-67 Cameo (NGC).756 - 1954 Franklin Half Dollar. Proof-67 Cameo (NGC).
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Sold to shmort6552 for (260.00 + 52.00BP) = 312.00
 
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1893 Isabella Quarter. MS-65 (PCGS).757 - 1893 Isabella Quarter. MS-65 (PCGS).
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1893 Isabella Quarter. MS-64 * (NGC).758 - 1893 Isabella Quarter. MS-64 * (NGC).
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1900 Lafayette Silver Dollar. MS-64 (PCGS).759 - 1900 Lafayette Silver Dollar. MS-64 (PCGS).
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1900 Lafayette Silver Dollar. MS-62 (ANACS).760 - 1900 Lafayette Silver Dollar. MS-62 (ANACS).
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1900 Lafayette Silver Dollar. AU-53 (PCGS).761 - 1900 Lafayette Silver Dollar. AU-53 (PCGS).
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1921 Alabama Centennial. 2x2. MS-66 (PCGS).762 - 1921 Alabama Centennial. 2x2. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1921 Alabama Centennial. MS-65 (PCGS).763 - 1921 Alabama Centennial. MS-65 (PCGS).
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1937 Antietam. MS-68 (NGC).764 - 1937 Antietam. MS-68 (NGC).
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1937 Antietam. MS-66 (PCGS).765 - 1937 Antietam. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1937 Antietam. MS-66 (PCGS).766 - 1937 Antietam. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1937 Antietam. MS-66 (PCGS).767 - 1937 Antietam. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1937 Antietam. MS-66 (PCGS).768 - 1937 Antietam. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1937 Arkansas Centennial PDS Set.769 - 1937 Arkansas Centennial PDS Set.
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Lot of (2) Silver Commemorative Half Dollars.770 - Lot of (2) Silver Commemorative Half Dollars.
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1935/34 Boone Bicentennial PDS Set. MS-66 (PCGS).771 - 1935/34 Boone Bicentennial PDS Set. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1937 Boone Bicentennial. MS-66 (PCGS).772 - 1937 Boone Bicentennial. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1925-S California Diamond Jubilee. MS-66 (PCGS).773 - 1925-S California Diamond Jubilee. MS-66 (PCGS).
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Lot of (7) 1952 Carver-Washington Commemorative Half Dollars.774 - Lot of (7) 1952 Carver-Washington Commemorative Half Dollars.
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1936 Cleveland. MS-67 (NGC).775 - 1936 Cleveland. MS-67 (NGC).
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1936 Cleveland. MS-66 (NGC).776 - 1936 Cleveland. MS-66 (NGC).
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1936 Columbia Sesquicentennial. MS-66 (PCGS).777 - 1936 Columbia Sesquicentennial. MS-66 (PCGS).
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Sold to floor for (315.00) = 315.00
 
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1893 Columbian Exposition. MS-67 (NGC).778 - 1893 Columbian Exposition. MS-67 (NGC).
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,400.00) = 2,400.00
 
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1935 Connecticut Tercentenary. MS-66 (PCGS).779 - 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary. MS-66 (PCGS).
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
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1935 Connecticut Tercentenary. MS-66 (PCGS).780 - 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1935 Connecticut Tercentenary. MS-65 (PCGS).781 - 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary. MS-65 (PCGS).
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (342.00) = 342.00
 
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1935 Connecticut Tercentenary. MS-64 (NGC).782 - 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary. MS-64 (NGC).
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1936 Elgin. MS-65 (PCGS).783 - 1936 Elgin. MS-65 (PCGS).
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1936 Gettysburg. MS-65 (PCGS).784 - 1936 Gettysburg. MS-65 (PCGS).
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Sold to floor for (525.00) = 525.00
 
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1922 Grant. Star. MS-63 (NGC).785 - 1922 Grant. Star. MS-63 (NGC).
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Sold to floor for (1,400.00) = 1,400.00
 
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1922 Grant. MS-64 (NGC).786 - 1922 Grant. MS-64 (NGC).
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Sold to floor for (230.00) = 230.00
 
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1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial. MS-65 (PCGS).787 - 1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial. MS-65 (PCGS).
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Sold to floor for (5,000.00) = 5,000.00
 
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1935 Hudson Sesquicentennial. MS-67 (NGC).788 - 1935 Hudson Sesquicentennial. MS-67 (NGC).
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (4,200.00) = 4,200.00
 
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1935 Hudson Sesquicentennial. MS-65 (PCGS).789 - 1935 Hudson Sesquicentennial. MS-65 (PCGS).
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1935 Hudson Sesquicentennial. MS-64 (PCGS).790 - 1935 Hudson Sesquicentennial. MS-64 (PCGS).
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1924 Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary. MS-65 (PCGS).791 - 1924 Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary. MS-65 (PCGS).
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1924 Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary. MS-65 (PCGS).792 - 1924 Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary. MS-65 (PCGS).
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1918 Lincoln-Illinois Centennial. MS-66 (PCGS).793 - 1918 Lincoln-Illinois Centennial. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1921 Missouri Centennial. 2~4. MS-65 (NGC).794 - 1921 Missouri Centennial. 2~4. MS-65 (NGC).
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1923-S Monroe Doctrine Centennial. MS-64 (PCGS).795 - 1923-S Monroe Doctrine Centennial. MS-64 (PCGS).
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1938 New Rochelle. MS-66 (PCGS).796 - 1938 New Rochelle. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1937-D Oregon Trail Memorial. MS-66 (PCGS).797 - 1937-D Oregon Trail Memorial. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1939-D Oregon Trail Memorial. MS-67 (NGC).798 - 1939-D Oregon Trail Memorial. MS-67 (NGC).
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1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-66 (PCGS).799 - 1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-66 (PCGS).800 - 1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-66 (PCGS).
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Lot of (2) San Diego, CA Pacific International Exposition Commemorative Half Dollars. MS-66 (PCGS).801 - Lot of (2) San Diego, CA Pacific International Exposition Commemorative Half Dollars. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1935 Old Spanish Trail. MS-66 (PCGS).802 - 1935 Old Spanish Trail. MS-66 (PCGS).
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1925 Stone Mountain Memorial. MS-67 (PCGS).803 - 1925 Stone Mountain Memorial. MS-67 (PCGS).
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1935 Texas Centennial PDS Set. MS-66 (NGC).804 - 1935 Texas Centennial PDS Set. MS-66 (NGC).
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Sold to floor for (725.00) = 725.00
 
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