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The Harlan P. Smith Collection, with Reprint Plates

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:110.00 USD Estimated At:175.00 USD
The Harlan P. Smith Collection, with Reprint Plates
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Chapman, S.H. and H. CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF COINS OF THE UNITED STATES FORMED BY THE LATE HARLAN P. SMITH, ESQ. Philadelphia, May 8-11, (1906). 4to, later white cloth; black spine label, gilt. (6), 138, (10) pages; 2416 lots; original prices realized list bound in. Complete set of 14 B&B halftone reprint plates housed in a pocket at the end. Large cent buyers' names written in pencil. Near fine. Adams A+: "'Non Vi.' 'Liber Natus.' Outstanding gold: 1815, 1822 $5. MS 1802 25¢. 1849 ff proof sets. Excellent patterns. A landmark sale." A most important collection of American coins, rich in all series but particularly notable for Smith's superb collection of large cents. The sale also included a small but choice offering of ancient and foreign gold and silver coins, and "one of the greatest series of Pattern pieces ever offered."