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  1. Welcome to E-Auction 50

    E clectic, varied, sometimes unusual, but always with a concern to present a well-rounded offering of historic and attractive pieces—this is the goal that guides us each time we put together a catalog. In this sale you will see gold coins at a time when ...

  2. Early Dated Coinage

    For early dated coinage in E-Auction 49 see lots 132-139   D ates on coins are "a really big deal." Add a mintmark on a U.S. coin and it can be even more costly (look up an 1893 Morgan dollar with a small "S" on the reverse...). Though ...

  3. Welcome to E-Auction 49

    E-Auction 49 opens with gold coins—some where the values are numismatically based and a larger group whose numismatic cost premium has been practically eclipsed by the recent jumps in the value of gold.  The best numismatic piece in this sale is a choice ...

  4. A Style of Their Own

    A few notes on Scottish coin design from David to Mary Scottish coinage began during the Anarchy and Stephen’s reign (1135-1154). After the death of Henry I in 1135, Stephen of Blois, despite an oath to Matilda, Henry I’s daughter, seized the English ...

  5. Welcome to Auction 43

    T he first high quality, substantially pedigreed collection of Scottish coins to come to the market since the LaRiviere sale in 2006 begins in this, our major annual sale of some of the best coins we have come across in the past year. A beautiful and ...

  6. Welcome to E-Auction 48

    O ur first print catalog published the summer of 1973 included an opening note. Since then, I think the record is pretty much unbroken—opening comments, about the catalog or related issues. In a print catalog, each bit of space represents some real estate ...

  7. Welcome to E-Auction 47

    “E nding” is a key aspect of this summer’s end catalog. Over the past few auctions we have offered two major collections, a handful of smaller consignments, and have been dispersing a large collection of United States coins. Now we are at the end point ...

  8. Welcome to E-Auction 46

    M ost collections have “odds-and-ends” that have been acquired along the way—early acquisitions, impulse buys, exploring different collecting directions. One of the great appeals of coin collecting is the almost limitless variety that is available. There ...

  9. Welcome to Auction 42

    T he fifty-five Anglo-Saxon lots in this sale represent a major offering in this series, and are the heart of the collection formed by Patrick Zabel, a committed and scholarly collector who was active in the latter part of the 20th century. That was a ...

  10. Welcome to E-Auction 45

      T his catalog is very much a story of consignors. Seven different collectors are represented in this sale, and their efforts and taste are an important part of what this catalog represents. We write the descriptions, the grading and the estimates, but ...

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