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The Randall Sale, with Plates

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 USD
The Randall Sale, with Plates
A buyer’s premium of 18% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased by absentee bidders. The premium is reduced to 15% for floor bidders. See shipping info and full terms.
Woodward, W. Elliot. THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH SALE. CATALOGUE OF THE NUMISMATIC CABINET OF MR. J. COLVIN RANDALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. COMPRISING AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF THE ISSUES OF THE UNITED STATES MINT, IN GOLD AND SILVER, SEVERAL OF WHICH FOR CONDITION, AND ONE, AT LEAST, IN DESIGN, UNIQUE. SUCH A COLLECTION, IN GOLD AND SILVER MINT COINS, HAS NEVER BEEN OFFERED BEFORE. New York, June 29-July 1, 1885. iv, (3)-76 pages, blank leaf; 1749 lots; 2 fine heliotype plates. Neatly priced in purple ink. Bound by Alan Grace in blue half calf, gilt, decorated in blind; original printed wraps bound in. Near fine. Adams A+: "Complete regular mint series, best ever for condition. Proof 1795 $1. 1853-O 50¢, no arrows. MS 1804 25¢, etc., etc." The plates mostly depict rare and choice American silver coins, along with a few large cents, colonials, and other pieces. Ex Armand Champa Library (Sale III, lot 2673).