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The Nygren Sale

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 USD
The Nygren Sale
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Chapman, Henry. THE SPLENDID COLLECTION OF PIONEER GOLD COINS, U.S. POSTAGE AND REVENUE STAMPS, SWEEDISH (sic) COINS AND BOOKS FORMED BY THE LATE A.C. NYGREN, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AND GALESBURG, ILLINOIS. Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, Auctioneers, April 29, 1924. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. iv, 43, (1) pages; 605 lots; frontispiece portrait; 5 halftone plates of pioneer gold coins. Spine a bit weak; very good or better. One of the most important sales of pioneer gold coins ever held. Adams 44: "1864 gold proof set. 1880 $4. Reid $5, $2.50. Extensive RR territorial gold: Blake, Dubosq, Mass. & Cal., Kroll fractional." Ex Charles Davis's March 1997 auction of the Henry Chapman and NASP libraries. Davis 212.