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Catalogue of a Large and Important Collection of Coins, Medals, Books PUBLIC AUCTION SALE C ata logu e o f a La rge and I mpo rtant C o l le ct io n of COINS MEDA LS BOOK P R , , S , A PE MONEY CURIOS E , , tc . The P o ti s of Se a I ndividu als ff d Wi r per e ver l , O ere tho u t Res erve Inc lu ding : Large and Va rie d Lines of Un i ted States and Fo i n G o ld a nd Si l r C in of Al l S iz and A re g ve o s es ges , Hun re of i Tha e a nd M a Fi C C d ds S lver l rs ed ls , ne o lon ia l o ins and Pa Mon a 1 85 ] i er Do per ey , R re S lv l l ar , Handso m e Art M a B d l , Man o ks o n N umi matic Co l l c ti n G u n e s y o s s , e g , nery , n I ian , e tc . etc Au to a h Cu io t d s , , , gr p s , r s , e c . , Over 2250 Va i Lot To be r ed , S ld in Thre e Se ion s o ss s , On TH URSDAY FRI , DAY and SA T URDA Y ANUA Y J 30th , 3 I s t and F B UA Y l R , E R R s t , 1 9 1 9 ’ Comm nci om t h e ng Pr p ly Eac Day at o clo ck in the Afterno o n By THE ELDER co m CURIO co . At THE ELDER AUCTI ON ROOMS 32 a t 2 3rd t e t N E s S re , e w Yo rk ’ EXHI I TI N ; Each da s ots o wil B O y l nly l be s how n on da of s ale o nly y , to I . M. N o ot P l s sho w n or delivered duri n the s le g a . — N TE ase ad t O Ple re he terms of the s ale befo re biddin g . Cata o u d b TH M S L l g y . ELDER Ma e O A , n ager F or THE ELDER COI N CUR I O COM PANY - Thi ty tw o East Tw t - thi d St . N C r en y r , e w Yo rk i ty . T h elep one 5899 Gramercy N TE . I n o d to ass ist bidd s M , r . Elder ll l O r er er wi be g ad to advis e th m in a d to the a u e reg r v l e of an lo t in this s ale y , A LARG E AND I MPORT ANT S ALE. The present sale must be considered o ur most i mportant sale of the no v ol season . For other sale we have held in month s in cl udes such a T he . ume of Coins , Paper , Money , Cu rios , Books , Autograp h s and the like balance of the Po ill on Mason ic Medallic Collection i s offered fi rst . Th is is followed by some interestin g early Colon ial an d Continental Coin s , Medals and Token s . We note long lines of United States Gold Coin s , with 1 86 1 Dah l on some rarities , in cludin g the very rare dollar of , struck at the i s collec ega Mint . There a splendid line of Un ited States Silver , a fine of tion United States Cents and Half Cents , much fine Colonial and Conti nental l o t o f Paper Money , a varied Broken Ban k , Confederate , Un ited States and other paper money . Rare Naval an d Military Medals are liste d . Perhaps the best features of the collection offered are the splen did lots o f Foreign Silver Crowns , Multiple Crown s , Silver Medals and Sm aller Foreign Silver Coins . Of these t here are several h undred varied lots , h n Do not many of t em in the best co dition obtainable . overlook the good lot ma nifi of Foreign Copper and Nickel Coins an d Pattern s , mostly in g centi condition . Two or three Indian Medals in Silver should intere st co l . to lectors Many large lots , acceptable dealers in coins , sh ou ld attract bids . We note many fine and artistic medals in both silve r and b ron ze , A foreign and meri can . The books cover a wide variety of subjects , with several h un dred o n Numismatics , general collecting , Indians , Gunnery , History , etc . A few interestin g lots of Curios , Weapon s and Reli cs are added , makin g this sale s one of great intere t to collectors , and one surpassing in val ue an d size the one we last held . ° one o n Th is sale will be made of three session s , com men cin g Th u rsday , h 3 0t , 3 1 s t o n jan uary contin uing Friday , the , an d endin g Saturday , Feb ru l ’ s t. ary Each session com men ces promptly at o clock . Please read o f , to the terms the sale wh ich wil l be strictly adhered in eve ry in stan ce . of New bidders are especially reminded this . We regard th is a s one of our most interesting sales , wh ich we th in k wi ll , and sh o uld , a ttract many b . us fe w ids Please favor with a bids , an d do th is early to avoi d the rus h at the last moment . D (Si O THE EL ER COIN CURI COMPANY . 8 1 9 1 8 . New York , Jan uary , ORDER OF S A LE . On T h u s d a anua 3 0th Lots 1 to 742 I nc r y, J ry , , l us ive . On F id a , anua S l st ots 743 to 1 485 I ncl r y J ry , L , usive . On atu d a eb ua l s , t, ot 1 486 to End of ata o S r y F r ry L s C l g ue . SI Z E S OF 0 0 l AN D ME DALS . i n th i s Ca ta l o ue i v n g g e i n Mi ll i m a zr es . nup1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 u 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 I I I I ” I I I 0 J. J. l. ABB R E VI A TI ON S . — — G . G o . o R . R i d gh t . h — - — . c H a i r co r . R R e v e v . d e rs e . — — - e t . U . L L f U n c . L i b — e t — i r . 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