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Waldo C. Newcomer Collection Plates

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Waldo C. Newcomer Collection Plates
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(Mehl, Benjamin Max). THE WALDO CHARLES NEWCOMER COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS: THIRTY-FIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES DEPICTING RARE UNITED STATES SILVER & GOLD COINS, ESPECIALLY HALF EAGLES, AND A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PRIVATE, PIONEER AND TERRITORIAL GOLD COINS. Modern reproductions of the original monochrome prints produced in Fort Worth, c. late 1932-early 1933. The 35 plates illustrate the following coins: 1827 quarter dollar; 1796, 1797, 1838-O and 1853-O half dollars; 1794, 1795, 1802 bust dollars; 1836, 1838 and 1839 Gobrecht dollars; 1851, 1852 and 1858 Seated Liberty dollars; 1884 trade dollar; small denomination gold including an 1841 proof quarter eagle, the 1870-S three dollar piece, and three Stellas; 348 images of extremely important half eagles, including such rarities as the 1797 16-star heraldic eagle, 1798 small eagle, 1815, 1819, 1826 close date, 1829 and 1854-S; 330 images of private, pioneer, territorial and commemorative gold coins including pieces of Templeton Reed, Bechtler, Moffat, Parsons, Oregon Exchange Co., Pacific Co., the Mormons, Cincinnati Mining Co., Dubosq & Co., etc., as well as a Brasher doubloon, Lima style doubloon, other countermarked Brasher pieces and so forth. Total images: 767. On thirty-five modern 8 by 10 inch photographic prints (Fujicolor paper). Housed in a three-ring binder. Sharpness varies (as on all known originals). Photocopy of Newcomer inventory sheets of the early half eagles, annotated with modern attributions, also included. Fine. During the first three decades of the twentieth century, Waldo C. Newcomer was one of the most active and prominent numismatists in the United States. [online description truncated: see PDF or printed catalogue for full description]