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COMITIA AMERICANA AND RELATED MEDALS: The John W. Adams Collection Comitia Americana and Related Medals: The John W. Adams Collection Adams W. John The Medals: Related and Americana Comitia November 14, 2019 November Thursday, November 14, 2019 • Baltimore, Maryland The Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo Stack’s Bowers Galleries Upcoming Auction Schedule Coins and Currency Date Auction Consignment Deadline November 12-16, 2019 Stack’s Bowers Galleries – U.S. Coins & Currency Visit StacksBowers.com Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo Baltimore, MD December 11, 2019 Collectors Choice Online Auction – U.S. Coins & Currency November 22, 2019 StacksBowers.com January 17-18, 2020 Stack’s Bowers Galleries – Ancient and World Coins & Paper Money November 12, 2019 An Official Auction of the N.Y.I.N.C. 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New York, NY Front Cover (left to right): Lot 2024: 1779 De Fleury at Stony Point medal. Betts-566. Silver. Original dies. Paris Mint. Choice About Uncirculated; Lot 2053: 1781 Daniel Mor- gan at Cowpens medal. Betts-593. Silver. Original. Paris Mint. Choice Extremely Fine; Lot 2089: 1781 Libertas Americana medal. Betts-615. Silver. Original. Paris Mint. Choice About Uncirculated. “Independence Hall in Philadelphia.” Painting by Ferdinand Richardt. Back Cover (top to bottom, left to right): Lot 2096: 1777 B. Franklin of Philadelphia medal. Betts-547. Silver. Unidentified English medalist. Choice About Uncirculated; Lot 2030: 1779 John Paul Jones medal. Betts-568. Copper. Original. Paris Mint. Choice Mint State; Lot 2056: 1781 Daniel Morgan at Cowpens medal. Betts-593. Copper. Original. Paris Mint. Choice About Uncirculated; Lot 2028: 1779 John Stewart at Stony Point obverse cliché. As Betts-567. White metal. Original striking. Workshop of Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux. Choice Mint State; Lot 2021: 1779 Anthony Wayne at Stony Point medal. Betts-565. Copper. Original dies. Paris Mint. About Uncirculated; Lot 2008: 1777 Horatio Gates at Saratoga medal. Betts-557. Silver. Original striking. Paris Mint. About Uncirculated; Lot 2106: “1776” (1792) United States Diplomatic Medal. Loubat-19. Copper. Original. Paris Mint. Choice About Uncirculated; COMITIA AMERICANA AND RELATED MEDALS: The John W. Adams Collection Session 3 • 5:00 PM • Thursday, November 14, 2019 Room 308 • Baltimore Convention Center One West Pratt Street • Baltimore, MD 21201 California Office New York Office New England Office Hong Kong Office 1231 E. Dyer Road, Ste 100 123 W. 57th St. P.O. 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Adams Collection November 14, 2019 • 5:00 PM ET Lot Viewing Lot Viewing will be conducted in the Santa Ana, CA offices (by appointment only): October 21-25, 2019 Lot Viewing will be conducted in the NY offices (by appointment only): November 4-8, 2019 Lot Viewing will be conducted at the Baltimore Convention Center Room 307 as follows: Tuesday, November 12 Wednesday, November 13 Thursday, November 14 Friday, November 15 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET Auction Location Baltimore Convention Center One West Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Auction Details Session 1* Session 2* Session 3 Session 4* Session 5* Numismatic Americana U.S. Coins Part 1: Patterns of The John W. Adams Collection Rarities Night U.S. Currency Wednesday, November 13 1792 through Half Dollars of Comitia Americana and Thursday, November 14 Thursday, November 14 Room 308 Thursday, November 14 Related Medals Room 308 Room 309 5:00 PM ET Room 309 Thursday, November 14 immediately following the 6:00 PM ET 12:00 Noon ET Room 308 conclusion of Session 3 5:00 PM ET Lots 2001-2110 Session 6* Session 7* Session 8* Session 9* Session 10* Early American Coins The Robert M. Martin Collection The E Pluribus Unum Collection The E. Horatio Morgan U.S. Coins Part 2: Silver Friday, November 15 of U.S. Colonial Coins of New Jersey Coppers Collection of U.S. Half Dollars Dollars, Commemoratives, Room 308 Friday, November 15 Friday, November 15 Friday, November 15 Gold and Miscellaneous 10:00 AM ET Room 308 Room 308 Room 309 Friday, November 15 immediately following the 6:00 PM ET 11:00 AM ET Room 309 conclusion of Session 6 5:00 PM ET Session A* Session B* Session 11* Session 12* Session 13* Washingtoniana from the Washingtoniana from the U.S. Coins Part 1 U.S. Coins Part 2 U.S. Currency Collections of the Historical Collections of the Historical Internet Only Internet Only Internet Only Society of Pennsylvania Society of Pennsylvania Monday, November 18 Tuesday, November 19 Tuesday, November 19 Saturday, November 16 Internet Only StacksBowers.com StacksBowers.com StacksBowers.com Room 308 Monday, November 18 immediately following the 9:00 AM PT 9:00 AM PT 10:00 AM ET StacksBowers.com conclusion of Session B 9:00 AM PT Session 14* U.S.