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The Mickley Sale

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The Mickley Sale
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Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTION FORMED BY JOSEPH J. MICKLEY, ESQ., OF PHILADELPHIA... New York, Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 1867. 8vo, later black textured cloth, gilt. 196 pages; 3349 lots. Hand-priced in ink. Final leaf chipped and repaired, affecting three lines of text. Very good. Quite scarce, especially fully priced. Adams calls this "Perhaps the greatest U.S. collection," a superlative that seems entirely justified. Woodward's tenth and final Semi-Annual Sale, the Mickley auction was followed by an 11-year absence of Woodward from the numismatic scene (the two catalogues in his series during this period having been catalogued by Strobridge). Perhaps he felt that nothing could surpass the Mickley collection: an understandable feeling. The sale featured astounding rarities and brought very strong prices (Attinelli states that the $750 brought by the 1804 dollar was "Probably the highest sum ever paid in this country for a single coin"). Adams 17 (A+ overall, A in large cents, half cents, colonials, medals, literature, patterns, proofs, early silver, Washington, comments and British). Attinelli 48-49. Davis 1158. The flaw on the final leaf affects three words only of the catalogue (and a few words of the ad on the following page).