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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1823/2 Large Cent. N-1. Rarity-2-. VG-10 BN (NGC).81 - 1823/2 Large Cent. N-1. Rarity-2-. VG-10 BN (NGC).
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1833 Large Cent. N-3. Rarity-1. MS-67 RB (NGC).82 - 1833 Large Cent. N-3. Rarity-1. MS-67 RB (NGC).
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1836 Large Cent. N-7. Rarity-4. MS-62 BN (NGC).83 - 1836 Large Cent. N-7. Rarity-4. MS-62 BN (NGC).
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1839 Large Cent. N-13. Rarity-2. Booby Head. MS-66 BN (NGC).84 - 1839 Large Cent. N-13. Rarity-2. Booby Head. MS-66 BN (NGC).
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Lot of (10) Coronet Cents.85 - Lot of (10) Coronet Cents.
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1853 Large Cent. N-13. Rarity-1. MS-63 RD (PCGS).86 - 1853 Large Cent. N-13. Rarity-1. MS-63 RD (PCGS).
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1854 Large Cent. N-13. Rarity-3. MS-65 RB (NGC).87 - 1854 Large Cent. N-13. Rarity-3. MS-65 RB (NGC).
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1855 Large Cent. N-4. Rarity-1. Upright 55. MS-66 RB (NGC).88 - 1855 Large Cent. N-4. Rarity-1. Upright 55. MS-66 RB (NGC).
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1855 Large Cent. N-4. Rarity-1. Upright 55. MS-64 RB (PCGS).89 - 1855 Large Cent. N-4. Rarity-1. Upright 55. MS-64 RB (PCGS).
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1855 Large Cent. N-4. Rarity-1. Upright 55. MS-64 BN (PCGS).90 - 1855 Large Cent. N-4. Rarity-1. Upright 55. MS-64 BN (PCGS).
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1856 Large Cent. N-14. Rarity-1. Slanting 5. MS-65 RB (NGC).91 - 1856 Large Cent. N-14. Rarity-1. Slanting 5. MS-65 RB (NGC).
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1856 Large Cent. N-14. Rarity-1. Slanting 5. MS-64 BN (PCGS).92 - 1856 Large Cent. N-14. Rarity-1. Slanting 5. MS-64 BN (PCGS).
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1856 Flying Eagle Cent. Snow-2. Proof-63 (PCGS).93 - 1856 Flying Eagle Cent. Snow-2. Proof-63 (PCGS).
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1856 Flying Eagle Cent. Snow-3. MS-62 (PCGS).94 - 1856 Flying Eagle Cent. Snow-3. MS-62 (PCGS).
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1857 Flying Eagle Cent. Snow-PR3. Proof-63 (PCGS).95 - 1857 Flying Eagle Cent. Snow-PR3. Proof-63 (PCGS).
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1857 Flying Eagle Cent. MS-62 (PCGS).96 - 1857 Flying Eagle Cent. MS-62 (PCGS).
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1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Large Letters. Snow-PR1, the only known dies. Proof-63 (PCGS).97 - 1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Large Letters. Snow-PR1, the only known dies. Proof-63 (PCGS).
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1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Large Letters. MS-63 (PCGS).98 - 1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Large Letters. MS-63 (PCGS).
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1859 Indian Cent. MS-63 (NGC).99 - 1859 Indian Cent. MS-63 (NGC).
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1860 Indian Cent. Rounded Bust. MS-64 (PCGS).101 - 1860 Indian Cent. Rounded Bust. MS-64 (PCGS).
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