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The Very Rare Thick-Paper Edition

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The Very Rare Thick-Paper Edition
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Trifet, F., & Co. CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN COINS AND MEDALS. Boston: Leonard, Bird & Co., Nov. 17, 1869. 8vo, original printed wraps. 16 pages; 727 lots. Printed on thicker, heavier stock. A bit browned. Very good or better. A previously unrecorded special edition, though George F. Kolbe offered an interleaved copy in his 63rd sale. This copy is printed on decidedly thicker paper thank the usual edition and weighs a full 1.5 ounces, against the 0.85 oz. of the regular edition. Why Trifet would have issued a special edition--much less two of them--of his sole experiment with numismatic auctions remains unknown. Unlisted in Attinelli. Ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 128, lot 1226.