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jWM¥g rr TP •i V' ..j&K •' jfcT : Jml • v DRAWBRIDGE INN APRIL 20-23 Terms of Saxe • • 1. This Sale is conducted by and for the benefit of Early American Coppers, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, (EAC) and its members. The net proceeds ofthis Sale are utilized to further EAC’s primary activities, which are to promote, encourage and sustain a continued interest in early American copper coins and to disseminate relevant information concerning these coins. 2. THIS IS A PRIVATE SALE OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS OF EAC. 3. Each lot will be sold to the highest bidder. Should identical bids be received on any lot, the first bid received by EAC shall be given preference. Should any dispute arise between bidders on a particular lot, EAC shall decide the same. 4. There is NO BUYER S COMMISSION OR FEE. 5. Bidding shall be by mail or in person. Mail bids should be made for the maximum amount you are willing to pay for the applicable lot. Your bid will be reduced as appropriate that it is only the proper advance over the next highest bid. Mail bids should be made only on the Bid Sheet contained inthiscatalogue, and shouldbesentto the address(es) designatedthereon. EACcannot and does not assume any responsibility for or to correct any errors whatever on Bid Sheets. PLEASE RECHECKYOUR BID SHEET CAREFULLY BEFORE MAILING. No deposit is required of mail or floor bidders, however, all bidders are required to honor their bids. EAC will execute mail bids on behalf of its members, without charge or commission; however see Item 7 below. 6. Each lot shall be opened for bidding at the reserved amount set forth in this catalogue, or as determinedbyEAC. No mail bid oflessthan $25.00 on anyU.S. coin lot willbe accepted. Bidding shall increase in whole or round dollar amounts, at the discretion of EAC. Bids made in other than whole or round dollar amounts will be reduced to nearest such amount. 7. Lots delivered in any locality where this Sale is conducted may be subject to state and/or local sales tax. Any such tax may be invoiced separately after delivery of purchases. Postage or shipping, plus insurance, will be added to the invoice of purchasers who have their purchases shipped. 8. This Sale is strictly for cash; paymentinfull for allpurchases must be made incurrent U.S. funds, upon receipt of invoice or prior to delivery of purchases. Personal checks with current funds available areacceptable;no credit cardsor credit arrangementsareacceptable. Titleremainswith EAC or its consignors until purchases are paid in full. 9. Lots designated "as is" are sold on a strictly "AS IS"basis. No returns whatever. All multiple coin lots are sold on a strictly "AS IS" basis. 10. Any errors in this catalogue discovered by EAC prior to the Sale will be corrected at the time of sale. Inthe discretion ofEAC, any lot or mail bids on such lot maybe withdrawn. Lots purchased by members attending the Sale in person (or by agent in person) may not be returned for any reason. Except for the lots designated in Item 8 above, lots purchased by members bidding by mail may be returned only if; (a) there is a substantial error in the catalogue description of such lot; (b) a written claim for adjustment is made to and received by EAC at c/o Thomas Reynolds, P.O. Box 24529, Omaha, NE 68124 within ten (10) days of delivery of such lot; and (c) written permission for such return is granted byEAC. Notwithstandingtheforegoing, lotsremoved from their original holders may not be returned for any reason. This is not an approval sale. 11. Lots maybe inspectedonlyinperson and onlyduringthe designatedhours ofthe EACConvention prior to the time of sale. 12. By placing a bid, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Sale. EAC SALE ks= “sa BID SHEET APRIL i«'» 22, 1995 NAME: Address : City: State: Zip: HERE ARE MY BIDS PER LOT: I understand there is NO BUYER’S FEE, however, I will be responsible for postage and any applicable sales tax. LOT BID LOT BID LOT BID LOT BID 1 ' 1 !i | i 1 i 1 i 1 i I i i i i t i 1 ; lI 1 i | 1 ! 1 ! 1 i 1 i i i ; i t i i i ! i i i i i i i i i i i i i * HAVE READ THE TERMS OF SALE AND AGREE TO ABIDE BY THOSE TERMS. I Signed: ALL MAIL BIDS SHOULD BE SENT TO: Rod Burress EAC Sale - P. O. Box 15782 Cincinnati, Ohio 45215 MAIL BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER APRIL 19, 1995. TELEPHONE BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. DEPOSIT IS NOT REQUIRED. Your envelope must be addressed exactly as indicated to speed delivery and to ENSURE CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR BIDS. THANK YOU. EAC 1995 National Convention Welcome to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky and the 1995 Early American Coppers Convention. We are happy to again host the Annual Convention - the EAC Annual Convention has previously been here at the Drawbridge in both 1982 and 1989. This weekend will feature many activities for the copper enthusiast. The Hospitality Room, hosted by contributing EAC members nationwide, will be from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thursday evening - a great place to meet old friends and make new ones. A security area will be manned by Fort Mitchell, Kentucky police officers and will be under the supervision of Paul Padget, Rod Burress and Stu Hodge. Operating hours will be 4:00 p.m. Thursday until 9:00 a.m. Friday. Possible spouse activitiesincludevisitinglocal shopping centers, Kentucky Horse Park, Shakertown (antiques and crafts), and the Cincinnati Zoo. Contact March Wells in the Hospitality Room for more information or trip consolidations. The usual slate of copper activitieswill be presented for your enjoyment. On Thursday eveningwill be the Half Cent Happening, Large Cent Happening and Colonials Happening, chaired by Mike Packard, Jan Valentine and John Griffee respectively. On Friday morning, activities include the bourse under the direction of Paul Padget, and consisting of 50 to 60 tables; the EAC Sale lot viewing and, the viewing of an interesting group of exhibits organized by Bob Grellman. Educational activities planned by Darwin Palmer and Paul Langseth will include Friday evening speakers and hourly mini-seminars on Saturday. The annual EAC Sale catalogued by Tom Reynolds and administered by the Sale committee led by Dan Demeo will take place Saturday evening. The Board of Governors meeting will be early Saturday morning and the EAC General Meeting will be Sunday morning. We hope you enjoy this year’s Convention and your stay in the Cincinnati area. If there is anything the Committee can do to make this experience more pleasant for any EAC member or spouse, please let us know. Rod Burress, PaulPadget, March Wells Convention Committee Co-Chairmen EAC 1995 Convention Schedule Thursday • April 20 4:00 p.m. SECURITY AREA OPENS (closes at 9:00 a.m. Friday) - London Hall 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. HOSPITALITY ROOM - London Hall 7:00 p.m. - ? HALF CENT HAPPENING - Woden Room LARGE CENT HAPPENING - Ivanhoe/Beowulf Room COLONIALS HAPPENING - Grendel Room Friday • April 21 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a m. BOURSE & EXHIBITS SETUP - London Hall 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. BOURSE & EXHIBITS | Open to Public - London Hall 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. SALE LOTVIEWING * EAC Members Only - London Hall 7:00 p.m. - ? EDUCATIONAL FORUM - Woden/Grendal Room Saturday • April 22 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. BOURSE & EXHIBITS SETUP - London Hall 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. BOURSE & EXHIBITS | Open to Public - London Hall 9:00 a.m. - ? MINI-SEMINARS | Open to Public - Ivanhoe Room 7:00 p.m. - ? 1995 EAC SALE 1 EAC Members Only - Woden/Grendel Room Sunday * April 23 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. ANNUAL EAC MEETING - Woden/Grendel Room 10:30 a.m. BOURSE & EXHIBITS OPEN (Will be open at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.) 2:00 p.m. 1995 EAC CONVENTION ENDS LITERATURE LOT DESCRIPTION 1 A. Kosoff. T. James Clarke collection of large cents and a collection ofhalfcents owned by R.E. Naftzger, Jr. Sold by A. Kosoffon April 21, 1956. No PR. Used. 2 Stack’s. Judge Joseph Sawicki collection oflarge cents sold by Stack’s on February 27, 1954. Very fine. 3 Stack’s. Philip Straus collection including halfcents and an excellant group oflarge cents sold by Stack’s May 1-3, 1959. Fine condition. 4 Stack’s. Milton Holmes collection sold by Stack’s October 5-8, 1960. This is one ofthe most famous sales ofhalfcents and large cents. PR. Very fine. 5 Stack’s. Stack’s sale ofDecember 14, 1963, the most important part of which is the specialized collection oflarge cents owned by Clayton Wallace, a long time friend of Henry Hines. Very fine. 6 Stack’s. William Van Roden collection sold by Stack’s May 2-4, 1968 featuring a long run ofhalf cents and large cents many ofwhich are in the condition census. PR. Very fine. 7 Stack’s. Stack’s sale ofMarch 15, 1975 including a collection ofhigh grade halfcents owned by Dorothy Nelson. Mint. 8 Stack’s. Tad collection sold by Stack’s February 4-6, 1976 featuring the outstanding collection of large cents owned by Dorothy Nelson. Mint. 9 Stack’s. The Johns Hopkins University/John Work Garrett collection, mostly formed byT. Harrison Garrett in the late 19th century. Sold by Stack’s March 12-13, 1976. This was the first ofthe Garrett holdings offered publicly. Contained in the catalog is a nice group ofhalfcents and latge cents. No PR. Very fine. 10 Stack’s. Floyd Starrcollection ofhalfcents and large cents sold by Stack’s June 13-14, 1984. Near mint. 11 Superior. The Charles Ruby Collection, Part 1, February 11-13, 1974. Includes 502 lots ofhalfcents and large cents. Xerox PR. Fine. 12 Superior. The Charles Ruby Collection, Part 3, February 10-12, 1975. Includes 336 lots ofhalf cents and large cents. Xerox PR. Fine. 13 Wayte Raymond. Wayte Raymond mail bid sale, November 20, 1945, featuring a nice run ofhalf cents and large cents from the Hillyer Ryder collection. Fine. 14 Fixed price list from Sheraton Coin Co. for United States large cents. Winter and Spring, 1947. Very fine. 15 Fixed price list from Flambeau Stamp and Coin. Early American Large Cents. Not dated, but reference is made to PENNY WHIMSY. Very fine. LOT DESCRIPTION 16 Consecutive run ofPenny Wise from 7-15-82 thru 11-15-94. All but 3 or4 are original. Shipping fees must be paid by successful bidder. 17 Consecutive run ofPenny Wise from 1980 thru 1990. There are 66 issues and all but 3 are original. Shipping fees must be paid by successful bidder. 18 United States HalfCents by Ebenezer Gilbert. Blue hard papercover. Photographic plates ofcoins. Near mint. 19 United States HalfCents by Ebenezer Gilbert. Green hard papercover. A later reprint. Very fine. 20 United States HalfCents by Ebenezer Gilbert. Reprint by Hewitt’s Numismatic Books. Very fine. 21 United States Cents and HalfCents by Ed Frossard. Published in 1879. Blue hard cover, which shows wear. Heliotype plates oflarge cents dated 1793-1857. Fine. 22 Varieties U.S. Cents 1794 by Ed Frossard. Published in 1893. Red hard cover. Very fine. — 23 United States Coinage of 1793 Cents and HalfCents by Sylvester Crosby. Published in 1897. Paper cover, which is tattered. Fine. 24 Cents OfThe United States by Francis Doughty. Davis reprint of 1934. Brown hard coverbook. Very fine. 25 United States Cents of 1794 by E. Gilbert andThomas Elder, published in 1910. This is an update ofthe Hays book using the Gilbert collection forthe plates, the quality ofwhich is slightly better than those published in 1893. Very fine. 26 United States Cents ofthe years 1795, 1796, 1797 and 1800 by Clapp and Newcomb. Published by the ANS in 1947. The last ofthe three large format works by Clapp and Newcomb. Four photographic plates. Very good. 27 United States Cents of 1796 by E. Gilbert and Thomas Elder. Published in 1909. Brown hard cover. Fine. 28 United States Cents ofthe Years 1798 and 1799 by George Clapp. Published in 1931. Blue hard cover. Very fine. 29 United States Cents ofthe Years 1801, 1902 and 1803 by Howard Newcomb. Published in 1925. One of 100 copies. Five magnificent photographic plates. Very good. 30 United States Cents 1793, 1794 and 1796. Three items bound as one: 1. The plates of 1793 cents from Crosby’s book on 1793’s, with no text. 2. Gilbert on 1794 cents, text and four plates, published in 1910. 3. Gilbert-Elder on 1796 cents, text and two plates, published in 1909. Covers fair, marbled endpapers and contents fine. 31 Early American Cents by Sheldon. Published in 1949. The 1st edition ofwhat became Penny Whimsy. Hard cover. Dust cover in pieces. Autographed by many EAC members. Very fine. LOT DESCRIPTION 32 Attribution Guide for United States Large Cents, 1840-1857 by Bob Grellman. Published in 1986. Hard paper cover. 28 pages. Very fine. 33 1794 Large Cents Graded and Updated by Tom Morley. Published in 1979. The hard cover edition ofthe Morley grading guide for 1794’s. Mint. 34 The Strange Career ofDr. Wilkins by Q. David Bowers. Published in 1987. Gives information on Dr. Wilkins and his counterstamping activities. 95 pages. Paper covers. Very fine. 35 Studies on Money in Early America. Published by the ANS in 1976. Important because of attribution information on Vermonts. Blue hard cover. Very fine. 36 United States Cents 1804-1814 by George Clapp. Published by Wayte Raymond in 1941. Brown paper cover. 12 pages. Very fine. 37 A brand new bottle ofCARE. Care has been offthe market for several years. A much better product than Blue Ribbon. Protects copper coins. SHARP- NESS NET LOT DATE VARIETY RARITY GRADE GRADE COMMENTS COLONIALS 38 (1785) 20 12 Bar Cent. Brown with smooth surfaces. Old scratch or dig under A right foot ofA. long time ago, someone tried to remove dirt from between the bars which resulted in many light pin scratches between the bars. 39 1787 M4-L 1 12 12 Connecticut. Mailed bust Left. Homed Bust. Brown with smooth surfaces. 40 1787 1-B 5 30 20 Fugio. Brown with even porosity. Two obv. rim bumps or planchet defects at 8:00 and 8:30. 41 1787 2-C 6 15 10 Fugio. Club Rays. Brown with even porosity. 42 1787 6-W.l 5 40 40 Fugio. Brown with smooth surfaces that are coated with lacquer. Small planchet lamination at IO. Tiny rev. rim bruise at 3:30. Late die state. 43 1787 7-T 5 12 10 Fugio. Brown with reasonably smooth surfaces. Small obv. rim dent at 2:30. Tiny rev. rim bruise at 4:00. Two areas of light pitting on rev. SHARP- NESS NET LOT DATE VARIETY RARITY GRADE GRADE COMMENTS 44 1787 8-B 3 60+ 60+ Fugio. Brown with some faded mint red. Smooth, lustrous A surfaces. planchet lamination is on lower rev. Some minor planchet striations. 45 1787 8-X 3 60 60 Fugio. Brown with peeps ofmint red. Smooth surfaces that have some typical planchet striations. Late die state. 46 1787 9-Q 6 15 15 Fugio. medium brown with smooth surfaces. Some minor rim disturbances. 47 1787 10-T 5 30 30 Fugio. Medium brown with choice surfaces. Small obv. rim bruise at 1:00. 48 1787 12-M 4 7 6 Fugio. Brown with surface roughness. Small obv. rim bruise at 5:30. 49 1787 13-X 3 30 30 Fugio. Brown with smooth surfaces. Tiny obv. rim bruise at 7:30. 50 1787 13-X 3 60+ 60+ Fugio. Brown with some faded mint red. Choice, lustrous surfaces. Some minor planchet striations. 51 1787 14-0 5 15 10 Fugio. Brown with even granularity. 52 1787 15-H.l 5 7 6 Fugio. Brown with slight surface granularity. Two small pits on obv. 53 1787 15-V 6 10 4 Fugio. Dark brown with porosity. 54 1787 18-U 4 35 30 Fugio. Medium brown but cleaned long ago. Smooth surfaces. Tiny rev. rim nick at 9:00. Heavily clashed. 55 1787 104-FF 63 62 Fugio. New Haven Restrike. Faded mint red. Choice surfaces. Small spot at top ofU. Smaller spot at top of 1. Some old marks at top of YO. 56 1652 Noe 25 5 20 20 Massachusetts PineTree Shilling. Well centered. Not cleaned. Small clip at 3:30. 57 1787 R 6-A 5 20 12 Massachusetts halfCent. Brown withbasically smooth surfaces. M Old, curved scrape between and M. Old damage on lower torso. 58 1788 1-D 1 40 30 Massachusetts cent. Period after Massachusetts. Brown with smooth, glossy surfaces. Some minor rim bumps. SHARP- NESS NET LOT DATE VARIETY RARITY GRADE GRADE COMMENTS 59 1787 R-13 50 30 Vermont. Britannia Variety. Brown with even porosity. 60 1788 R-25 15 12 Vermont, bust right. Brown with minute surface graininess, some roughness over UC. 61 1783 Baker 1 35 35 Washington. Unity States. Brown with smooth surfaces. Some striking weakness. Struck thru something at obv. rim at 2:00. 62 1783 Baker 2 20 15+ Washington. Draped bust. No Button. Brown with smooth surfaces. Tinv obv. rim bruise at 5:30. Another at 10:00. Another on rev. at 9:00. Some minor circ. marks. 63 1793 Baker 18 20 15 Washington. Ship Halfpenny. Lettered Edge. Brown with smooth surfaces. Several obv. and rev. rim disturbances. 64 1722 45 45 Wood’s Hibernia Halfpenny; First Type; Harp at Left. Medium brown with choice surfaces. Some minor rim bumps. Scarce type. HARD TIMES TOKENS 65 1834 Low 8 1 63 63 Running Boar. Brown with 20% mint red. Choice, lustrous surfaces. 66 1837 Low 23 4 25 25 Liberty-Not One Cent. Brown with choice surfaces. 67 1837 Low 45 1 62 61 Not One Cent. Brown with 10% mint red. Choice surfaces. Tiny rev. rim nick at 12:30. Four small spots ofgreen verdigris on rev. 68 (1833) Low 51 1 63 63 I Take The Responsibility. Brown with 5% mint red. Choice, lustrous surfaces. 69 1838 Low 54 1 30 30 Am I NotAWoman. Medium brown with smooth surfaces. 70 1841 Low 60 45 45 Daniel Webster. Brown with choice 1 surfaces. 71 1841 Low 67 1 62 62 May 10th. Brown with 20% mint red. Choice surfaces. Ex-Roy Harte II, Lot 1161. 72 1833 Low 73 3 20 20 Francis Brigham. Brown with smooth surfaces. Some minor circ. marks. 73 (1837) Low 97 1 60 60 Merchants Exchange. Brown with 10% mint red. Smooth surfaces. 74 (1837) Low 98 60 60 Merchants Exchange. Medium 1 brown with some peeps of mint red. Choice surfaces.

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