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The "Mint State" Americana & Numismatics Auction (2025 May)

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 308, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States

Auction Details

Day 1, May 2nd, 2025 (Lots 1000-1558)

Bottles feat. Polak Collection (Lots 1000-1108)
General Americana (1109-1494)
Geo. Sort feat. John Muir & Rare Nevada Documents
Maps & Books
Gaming
General Store & Furnishings
Misc. Categories
Stocks & Bonds (1495-1558)

Day 2, May 3rd, 2025 (Lots 2000-2542)

Native Americana (Lots 2000-2064)
Cowboy (2065-2090)
Militaria, Weaponry, & Political (2091-2187)
Minerals (2188-2319)
Minerals & Fossils
Gold Specimens
Mining (2320-2460)
Assay
Ephemera & Artifacts
Art (2461-2542)

Day 3, May 4th, 2025 (Lots 3000-3542)

Transportation (Lots 3000-3118)
Auto feat. Car Vase Collection
Aviation
Railroadiana, Stage, & Steamship
Vintage Toys (3119-3259)
Numismatics feat. Fred Weinberg Collection (3260-3542)
Currency
US Mint
Ephemera
Ingots & Bullion
Coins
Medals
Tokens

TIMED-ONLY

Day 4, May 5th, 2025 (Lots 4000-4779)

Minerals & Mining (Lots 4000-4087)
Bottles feat. Polak Collection (4088-4227)
General Americana (4228-4508)
Numismatics (4509-4779)

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Carson City Mint Assay Document c.1915 [194548]3280 - Carson City Mint Assay Document c.1915 [194548]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This assay document is for 30 oz. of gold amalgam with 24 oz. of silver. They are low grade ores .870 silver and .112 fine gold worth $65.35. The doc
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Carson City Mint Ephemera (4 pieces) [194754]3281 - Carson City Mint Ephemera (4 pieces) [194754]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four pieces of Carson City Mint history: 1) check from The Bullion and Exchange Bank signed by the Superintendent of the Carson City Mint when it prod
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to B*********g for (500.00 + 125.00BP) = 625.00
 
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Carson City Mint Museum Silver Medal 1964 [196020]3282 - Carson City Mint Museum Silver Medal 1964 [196020]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
NGC certified MS 64 PL. Official souvenir medallion for the State of Nevada's 100th Anniversary. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Assistant U. S. Treasurer Discusses the Gold Market 1877 [196205]3283 - Assistant U. S. Treasurer Discusses the Gold Market 1877 [196205]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ten page handwritten letter dated February 13, 1877 on the letterhead of the Office of U.S. Assistant Treasurer, New York. Signed honorable Charles F.
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Last Will & Testament of David Rittenhouse, First Director of the United States Mint [196206]3284 - Last Will & Testament of David Rittenhouse, First Director of the United States Mint [196206]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) was an astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania and the first d
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sold to d*****4 for (6,750.00 + 1,687.50BP) = 8,437.50
 
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Mint Director Patterson Letter re Rumford Medal, 1839 [196738]3285 - Mint Director Patterson Letter re Rumford Medal, 1839 [196738]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This letter is an important discovery of a January 19, 1839 letter written to Daniel Treadwell regarding the Mint paying $400 to "Mr. Furst&quo...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to d*****4 for (850.00 + 212.50BP) = 1,062.50
 
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Mint Director Patterson Letter Re: Mint Theft of Copper, 1840 [196516]3286 - Mint Director Patterson Letter Re: Mint Theft of Copper, 1840 [196516]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fascinating letter (May 13, 1840) from Mint Director Patterson dismissing a key employee John S. Benezet. Benezet had regularly received copper coins
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to d*****4 for (1,000.00 + 250.00BP) = 1,250.00
 
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Mint Director Patterson Envelope, c 1840s [196739]3287 - Mint Director Patterson Envelope, c 1840s [196739]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Folded cover sheet lacking the original contents of a letter written to Mint Director Robert M. Patterson, with a red Woodstock, Virginia circle cance
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Estimate : 300.00 - 700.00
Sold to d*****4 for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Mint Director Explains 1834 Gold Coinage [195511]3288 - Mint Director Explains 1834 Gold Coinage [195511]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Friday August 15, 1834 edition of the Lowell (Mass.) Mercury, four page broadside, with an article on page two by Director of the Mint Samuel Moore e
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Letter of Visit to U. S. Mint 1836 [196639]3289 - Letter of Visit to U. S. Mint 1836 [196639]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dated September 1, 1836; stampless folded letter to Norwich, Connecticut. Three pages from Sarah T. Allen to her brother Henry Allen, telling in detai
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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