1 A Fine Collection

OF

U* S. and Foreign Coins*

Catalogued by

THE J. W. SCOTT CO., L’D.

Sale June 12, 1899.

CATALOGUE OF

A DESIRABLE COLLECTION OF

U. S. AND FOREIGN COINS, Including^ a complete set of

Cents in very fine condition,

and many curious and inter¬

esting Oold, Silver and Cop¬

per Coins from all parts of

the world, representing all

ages and nations.

The Property of Dr. S. L. Lee.

CATALOGUED BY

The J. W. Scott Co., Ud, - 36 John St., New York City*

SOLD BY

HENRY C. MERRY, Auctioneer,

351 FOURTH AVENUE.

MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1899, Commencing at 2 P. M.

JOS. HOLMES, PR,, 73-79 FULTON ST., N, Y.

NOTICE

Coins on Exhibition at Auction Room on day of sale, from 9 A, M, to 1 P. M.

Strangers making bids by mail should send de¬ posit.

TERMS OF SALE.

1. The highest bidder to be the purchaser, and if any dispute arises betweembidders, the lot so disputed shall be immediately put up again, provided the claimed bids were made in an audible voice.

2. No bids of a fraction of a cent will be received unless the lot contains over 50 pieces. Above one dollar no less than 5c. shall be advanced.

3. The goods are sold for cash and must be paid for and taken away the day'after the sale.

4. Purchasers unknown to the auctioneer will be required to

give name and address to the bookkeeper and make a deposit

of twenty-five per cent, of the amount of purchase. Out-of-town bidders, unknown to their agent, should send deposit with bids.

5. The coins are sold at so much for each one in the lot. 6. Every coin sold is warranted genuine. Coins are carefully

catalogued according to condition by known experts, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, as a check on the cataloguer—

7. The entire sale will be on exhibition on the day of the sale, from 9 A. M. to 1 p. m., and every stamp can be carefully examined,

8. Collectors residing out of town can, for a small commission, employ experts to examine the various lots and bid for them. The cataloguer or auctioneer make no charge for buying and assume no liability.

Catalogued by the J. W. SCOTT CO., L’d, 36 John Street, New York City.

Catalogue. Cents.

1 1793, flowing hair, vine and bars on edge, very fine. 2 1793, flowing hair, lettered edge, fine. 3 1794, cracked dies, obverse and reverse fine. 4 1794, cracked die, another variety, fine. 5 1794, cracked die, another variety, very good. 6 1795, lettered edge, very fine. 7 1795, thin planchet, very fine. 8 1796, liberty cap, thick planchet, fine. 9 1797, a beautiful light red uncirculated cent.

10 1798, broken die above “rty,” light brown, very slight traces of circulation, a beautiful cent.

11 1799, a good specimen of the rarest American cent, date and all letters very strong although the coin shows considerable signs of circulation, a desirable specimen.

12 1800 over 1790, very fine. 13 1801, rev. 1-000, fine. 14 1802, rev. broken die over “ at,” fine. 15 1802, another variety, very good. 16 1803, 3 touches bust, small 1-100, very fine. 17 1803, large 1-100, fine. 18 1804, broken die, a very good specimen of this, the sec¬

ond rarest of American cents. 19 1805, very good. 20 1806 over 1807, almost uncirculated, cost $16 at Wisewall

sale, very desirable in this condition. 21 1806, perfect date, fine. 22 1807, very good. 23 1808, fine. 24 1809, very good. 25 1810, perfect date, fine. - 26 1821, perfect date, fine. 27 1812, dark brown, fine.

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28 1812, darker color, not quite as fine.

29 1830, shows slight signs of circulation, fine.

30 1814, crossed 4, very little circulated.

31 1814, fine, strong impression. 32 1816, deep milling, fine.

33 1817, 13 stars, bright uncirculated. 34 1817, 15 stars, very good.

35 1818, uncirculated, partly bright. 36 1818, cracked die, red, uncirculated. 37 1819, red, uncirculated.

38 1819, heavy milled border, partly red. 39 1820, cracked die, bright, uncirculated. 40 1820, perfect die, uncirculated, partly red. 41 1821, strong impression, very good. 42 1822, light olive, very fine. 43 1823, strong impression, fine, rare thus. 44 1823, fair. 45 1824, strong impression, very good. 46 1825, nick on edge, beautiful pale bronze, uncirculated. 47 1826, almost uncirculated.

48 1827, fine. 49 1827, strong impression, deep milling, very good.

50 1828, light olive, uncirculated. 51 1829, good surface, bronze color, fine.

52 1830, light olive, fine. 53 1831, light olive, very fine. 54 1831, badly broken die showing double profile, fine.

55 1832, light olive, fine. 56 1833, compact date, cracked die, very fine. 57 1834, double profile, perfect stars, fine surface, light red,

uncirculated.

58 1834, cracked die, light olive, fine.

59 1835, large date, fine. 60 1835, broad milling, fine.

61 1836, bright olive, very fine.

62 1837, beaded hair, strong, very fine.

63 1837, cracked die, fine. 64 1837, plain hair and string, uncirculated.

65 1838, uncirculated. 66 1839, head 1838, light color, uncirculated.

67 1839, “ booby head,^” fine surface, uncirculated, rare thus.

68 1839, “silly head,” cracked die, very fine.

69 1839, 1840 head, uncirculated.

70 1839, another only fine. 71 1840, large date, red, uncirculated.

72 1840, large date, uncirculated. 73 1841, brilliant proof, very rare.

74 1842, large date, fine. 75 1843, obverse and reverse 42, very fine.

2- 7 ^ 76 1843, head of 1844, red, uncirculated.

1844, very fine. / S' ^ 78 1845, proof surface, uncirculated.

/ ^ 79 1845, fine. ^*^80 1846, weak date, red, uncirculated. /j' 81 1846, fine.

■^^82 1847, uncirculated.

83 1847, very fine. / ^ 84 1847, fine. Jo 85 1848, uncirculated. yo 86 1848, very fine.

/ ZO 87 1849, red, uncirculated.

0 88 1850, red, uncirculated. ^ 89 1850, uncirculated. / ^ 90 1851, fine. / O 1852, red, uncirculated.

92 1853, uncirculated. '^‘^93 1854, red, uncirculated.

94 1855, Roman date, red, uncirculated.

95 1856, red, uncirculated.

96 1857, large date, red, uncirculated.

97 1857, large date, uncirculated. 98 1857, small date, red, uncirculated.

Z/,oo 99 1856 eagle, proof.

/y 100 Set 1857 to 1885 except the 1872, fine, uncirculated to

proof; 29.

J 101 2c. pieces 1864 to 1872, uncirculated or proof; 9.

/ 102 1873 2c. piece, proof.

103 1864 copper nickel, proof.

1792 design for cent.

^ 105 1853 nickel cent.

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•4^ 106 ■ 1^58^In(iian head cent, uncirciilated. cT^ 107 1859 cent, reyerse of 'I860, uncirculated.

/ 108 1864 copper-aluminum, uncirculated.

cfo 109 1867 nickel 5c., Liberty head, uncirculated. / 110 1867 aluminum 5c., Indian head, uncirculated.

Silver Dollars. 3 90 111 1795, flowing hair, barely circulated, proof surface. X NO 112 1798, large eagle rev., barely circulated.

^ ^ 113 1836, flying eagle, proof. 114 1859, uncirculated.

/ %o 115 1870, Liberty on globe, struck in copper. ^ ^ 116 1875, trade dollar, CC mint, iw, scratched on face.

^117 1878, Bland dollar, 8 feathers in eagle’s tail, uncirculated. /./TT- 118 1870, CC mint, fine.

/ 119 1870, CC mint, good. 3 So 120 1883 proof set including both dollars, 10 pieces, tarnished.

121 1884 proof set, slightly tarnished, 7 pieces. »r'122 1885 proof set except cent, also 1 and 3c. of 1866 slightly

tarnished; 8.

Half Dollars. 123 1794, first and last stars touch curl and bust, a very

strong impression, but little circulated, rare. XyO 124 1795, fine, strong impression.

/ (0,0^ 125 1797, well struck, sharp date, good, very rare. 3.00 126 1801, very good, rare. ^ 1^0 127 1802, good, rare.

^ O 128 1803, very good. yo 128a 1805, first star close to curl, fine.

128b 1805, star distant from curl, very good.

o 129 1806, star touches bust, fine.

130 1807, flowing hair, fine. 131 1807, turban head, fine.

132 1808, uncirculated.

133 1809, uncirculated. '

134 1810, fine.

^ O 135 1811, uncirculated. 136 1812, uncirculated.

^ (P 137 1813, uncirculated.

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32^ 139 1815, very good, rare. 9o 140 1817, fine. yo 141 1818, uncirculated.

142 1819, uncirculated. 4 o 143 1819, double profile, fine.

144 1820, very fine. 145 1821, very fine. 146 1822, very fine.

c/147 1823, very good. ' TT* 148 1824, uncirculated. •»

149 1825, uncirculated. 150 1826, fine. 151 1827, uncirculated. 152 1828, uncirculated.

tnr 153 1829, fine. 154 1830, uncirculated.

155 1830, uncirculated, good. 156 1831, uncirculated.

(Tir 157 1832, very fine. 158 1834, large date, uncirculated.

159 1834, large date, variety, uncirculated. ' ? 160 1834, small date, very good. 161 1835, very good. ^ 162 1836, barely circulated. ; ' - ^ 163 1836, milled edge, very fine, rare. x-

^ <2? 164 1837, uncirculated. ^

t/Xr^ 165 1838, barely circulated. t/Xr 166 1839, barely circulated. -

(t>0 167 1839, Liberty seated, very fine. ( '• vTiT 168 1840, hardly circulated. «

169 1841, fine.

170 1842, barely circulated.

171 1843, O mint, uncirculated. . :*

<5 0 172 1844, barely circulated. i :'£ ^0 173 1845, barely circulated. i,,i' '.‘j •: ■ ,i: : ■ - .!(> ^ ytiyi o t r-

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^ 179 1851, very fine. i

180 1852, fine, rare.

/Co 181 1852, O mint, good, rare. ' ' SfT 182 1853, barely circulated. ' ^

183 1854, O mint, fine.

184 1855, O mint, fine. ' *

185 1856, O mint, uncirculated. 4^# 186 1857, fine. LfT 187 1859, uncirculated,

188 1859, uncirculated.

4*r 189 1860, O mint, uncirculated. 190 1861, uncirculated.

4^ 191 1862, uncirculated, f .r 192 1863, brilliant proof.

193 1864, fine. 00 194 1865, fine.

Oo 195 1866, barely circulated.

196 1867, barely circulated. (oJT 197 1868 proof. ^ 198 1869, fine. C%r 199 1870, uncirculated. Co 200 1871, uncirculated.

201 1872, uncirculated. 202 1872, CC mint, uncirculated. 202a 1872, barely circulated. 203 1874, uncirculated.

204 1875, brilliant proof. C*r 205 1876, brilliant proof.

7*^ 206 1877, brilliant proof. ^ 207 1878, brilliant proof.

CiT 208 1879, brilliant proof. OiT 209 1880, brilliant proof.

210 1881 proof.

/ Mo 211 1882 proof. ^tT" 212 1892 Columbian half dollar.

sTlT 213 1832 quarter dollar, proof.

%rb 214 1852 quarter dollar, barely circulated.

^ ^ 215 1853 quarter dollar, without arrow points or rays, un¬

circulated, very rare, especially in this condition.

^4 216 1876 20c., fine, CC mint, proof surface, very rare.

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S'.oo 217 1796, brilliant, uncirculated, very .rare tlius. 218 1800, face good, every letter and star, distinct, reverse \

very good, rare. ■ ^ S,oo 219 1802, fine, very rare. ■ '

tr& 220 1805, very good.

7^ 221 1807, fine. 222 1814, very fine. . ' • 223 1820, almost uncirculated. ' '<

t/~0 224 1821, barely circulated. - 225 1829, uncirculated. ‘

<5 ^ 226 1832, uncirculated. 227 1833, uncirculated. . -

3o 228 1835, uncirculated. 3o 229 1836, uncirculated.

230 1837, uncirculated. 231 1837, Liberty seated, no stars, uncirculated.

O 232 1839, uncirculated. ^ *> .

Gold Dollars. - , 2- /O 233 1849, uncirculated, first gold dollar. / 6, t> 234 1850, fine.

/ ko 235 1851, fine. .-.i ,

/C,o 236 1851, C mint, very good. / ^0 237 1852, very fine. ‘ /238 1853, uncirculated.

/ itf 239 1854, barely circulated. / 240 1854, Indian head, large size, uncirculated.

241 1855, fine. • ■ 242 1856, uncirculated. 243 1857, uncirculated.

/J7vr244 1858, uncirculated.

245 1859, very fine.

/246 1861, uncirculated.

247 1862, uncirculated.

^,oo 248 1863, very fine, rare.

249 1870, uncirculated.

/ C S' 1873, uncirculated. • ^ / 1^ 0 251 1874, uncirculated.

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1876, uncirculated, rare.

1881, uncirculated. 1882, uncirculated.

1883, uncirculated. 1884, uncirculated. 1885, uncirculated.

1886, uncirculated. 1887, uncirculated.

1888, uncirculated.

1889, uncirculated, the last gold dollar issued. Five dollars 1803 over 1802, uncirculated. Ten dollars 1799, barely circulated.

Private gold, A. Bechtler Carolina gold, 1 dollar, scarce. — C. Bechtler Carolina gold 5 dollars, August 1, 1834,

rare.

“United States Assay Office of Gold, San Francisco, California, 1852 ” ten dollars, fine, rare.

— — — 1853 twenty dollars, very good, rare. — Kellogg & Co. “San Francisco, California, twenty

D.” 1854, barely circulated, rare.

— — — 1855 $20, very good, rare. England, Edward III. (1327-77) gold. Noble, largest

size, fine, rare.

— Charles I. (1625-49) gold twenty shilling piece, fine, rare.

— George II. 1738 2 guinea piece, very good, rare. — George III. guinea 1785, very good.

Netherlands knight in armor (dated) 1598 ducat, fine, rare.

Venice Doge Ceno, ducat, pierced.

Foreign Silver. ^ 276 Japan yen, rev. value, fine, J yen, rev. arms, very good; 2.

(mCf 277 Hawaiian Islands ^d. 1883, very fine, scarce in this con¬ dition.

278 France, Napoleon I. 1812 5f., very good.

279 — Louis Philippe 1837 5f., very good.

280 — Second Eepublic 1851 5f., fine.

281 — Napoleon III. laureated head 5f., 1869 5f., very fine.

282 Austria, Francis II. 1797 crown, Francis Joseph If.;

fine; 2.

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d oo 283 ’Hesse, Frederick II. thaler, the celebrated ‘‘Hlood

Money,” coined from silver paid for the Hessian

troops sent to America to fight for England. Rare

interesting and fine. Baden and Bavaria thalers, very fine; 2. Saxony, John Y. 1863-7 thalers, fine; 2. Frankfort 1773-1866 2gul., Itha., 3k, Ik., uncirculated; 4. Prussia, Frederick William II. and III. 1791, 1816 thal¬

ers ; 2. 288 — Frederick William IV. double thaler 1846, William

and Augusta 1861 thaler, very fine; 2. Hanover, Ernest Augustus 1848 thaler, fine. Denmark, Frederick III. 1666 2 marks, rev. crown, very

fine, scarce.

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— Christian YIII. Ird., England, Victoria ^ crown, Greece, George 2d., Belgium, Leopold II. If., Italy,

Victor Emanuel If., fine; 5. Holland, William II. 1848 2Jg., fine. Peru, cob dollar 1773, fine. — Chile dollars, fine ; 2. Guatemala, R. Carrera 1870 peso, fine. Bolivia 1850 lb., fine, Colombia 1869 Jp., good; 2. Mexico, Maximilian 1867 dollar, very good.

— Republic 1872-8 dollars, 1876-70 \ and fine; 4.

— Ferdinand VII. 1821, Zacatecas mint, fine. 1804 dollar. Bank of England, beautiful, uncirculated. — same, struck in copper, beautiful proof. Japan bu and J bu, oblong, uncirculated; 2.

Siam bullet money 1-16 tical, 1861 issue gt., fine, scarce, Frederick, 1628, rare ; 3.

Interesting Copper Coins. Ceylon 1789 2s., thick, heavy, coin.

Ceylon 1809 rude stamp on piece cut from copper bar, rare. >

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4/^ Ireland (gfih'mbney coined from‘^catihon^"arid used in

place of silver) Jame^ II.-1690 ^-shilliMg >pi6Ce, uncir-

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copper coins, barely circulated. 309 Crimea 1141 Arabic inscription, struck under native-

Khans before Kussian conquest, very large and heavy,

rare. ■ . ■ 310 Sweden copper dalers of Baron de Gortz, complete set

of 10. 311 — Frederick I. 1 daler, Plate money 4|x5|in., rare and

curious. 312 Egypt glass money of the Fatimides dynasty, 10th cen¬

tury, white, fine, rare. 313 — another variety, blue, equally rare. 314 Tartary 1683, struck for army besieging Venice; 2. 315 Siam porcelain coin, inscription “Everlasting source,”

white and red, fine, rare. 316 Silesia 1672 necessity coins cast in gun metal, rare. 317 China sword or key money, A. D 14 (these coins are all

cast and cannot be warranted), inlaid with gold, per¬ fect condition, rare.

318 Washington Cabinet Medal, struck at U. S. mint, bronze proof, size 38.

319 Robinson Medal awarded by Congress for saving the life of Sec. W. H. Seward, bronze size 48.

320 Nevada Centennial medal, silver size 24. 321 Rome, silver Denarius, Faustina, Antoninus, etc. ; 3. 321a Roman and Greek coppers ; 6. 322 California gold |^d. octagon 1855, uncirculated, very rare. 323 — — J octagon 1854, uncirculated, very rare. 324 — — dollar octagon 1854 (?), uncirculated, but dam¬

aged, rare. 325 U. S. 1892 Columbian \ dollar, uncirculated. 326 — 1893 Columbian J dollar, uncirculated. 327 Confederate J dollar 1861, restrike, very fine, rare. 328 Washington medal, 1799 Funeral medal, “ He is in Glory,

the world in tears,” silver, pierced.

329 — 1861 mint, oath of Allegiance, “ The Constitution is sacredly obligatory on all,” silver proof.

330 — “Time increases his fame,” silver proof. 331 — 1859 Pater Patriae silver proof.

332 — 1795 cent “Liberty and Security,” very good.

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Washington medal, large “Liberty and Security,” very

good. — 1783 “Washington and Independence,” rev. “Unity

States ol America, one cent,” fine. — 1783, rev. “United States,” very good. — 1791 “ Washington President,” rev. small eagle, “One

Cent,” fine. New York, Excelsior cent, rev. eagle “ E Pluribus Unum,

1787,” very good, very rare. Connecticut Granby or Higley, Deer, rev. indistinct, poor

but very rare. New Jersey, horse-head and plow, legend “ Caesarea

Georgius,” rev. shield, legend “ Britannia,” a curios-

ity, good, rare. Connecticut, obv. mailed bust, legend “ Georgius Kex,”

rev. Liberty seated, legend “ Inde et lib, 1788,” good,

curious. 1783 “Georgius Triiimpho,” rev. Voce Popoli, good. Vermont, obv. Mailed bust, Vermon Auctori,” rev.

Britannia, fine, rare. Mailed bust to left, rev. “ Britannia 1747, rare. Silver Medal of the famous Hasty Pudding Club 1795,

original with initials of member’s name in wreath, very

rare. Be-engraving in copper, scarce. Postage stamps encased in brass and mica and used as

currency during early part of the War of the Bebel-

ion, Ic., rev. “ Ayer’s Sarsaparilla to purify the blood,”

fine, rare. — — — 5c., rev. blank, rare.

— — — 10c., rev. blank, rare.

— — — 30c., rev. Kirkpatrick & Gault, a very rare

and valuable piece. Fractional notes issued by the government to take the

place of above set, 5, 10, 25, and 50c., fine, uncirculat¬

ed ; 4.

Set old war bills used by the State Bank of New Bruns¬

wick, New Jersey $1 to $500, all beautifully engraved,

partly signed, uncirculated ; 12.

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^.e>0 352 Canada 1838 Bank of Montreal ^p., side view of bank, fine, but pierced, very rare.

353 — 1839 Bank of Montreal ^p., side view of bank, very good and very rare.

354 — — — Ip., side view of bank, very fine and very

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355 — Un Sou, Montreal, bouquet with seven shamrock

leaves, Breton’s No. 690, very fine, a very great rarity. 356 — Souvenir de la fete national, 24 Juin, 1884, Montreal,

small brass, pierced, rare.

357 _ » The Starr Manfg. Co. (limited). Makers of the cele¬

brated Acme skates, Halifax, Dartmouth, N. S.,” rev. star, lead, fine.

358 — “ Northwest, 1885, Canada,” obv. “ Victoria Regina et Imperatrix,” war medal, no clasp, silver, fine, rare.

359 England, Crimea, 1854, sailor’s medal, faintest marks of wear, rare thus.

360 — Turkish medal given to the English, French and Italian soldiers in same war, silver, very good, rare.

361 — Egypt 1882, not worn but nicked, scarce. 362 — 1815 Waterloo medal for officers, has never had a

clasp on, very good and very rare thus. 363 — Edward YI. Crown 1551, fine, rare. 364 — Elizabeth 1569 6p. and shilling, fine; 2.

365 — Charles I., king on horseback, \ crown, good but clipped, rare.

366 — Commonwealth 1653 crown, an interesting memoir of the time when England was a republic, fine, very rare.

367 — Charles II., restoration 1662 crown, good.

368 — William and Mary, 1689 double head J crown, very good.

369 — William III., 1698 single head, after death of Mary, fine.

/• 9^ 370 — — — 1696 crown, good.

371 — George II., 1746 \ crown, Lima below bust, struck . ^ from silver captured at that city.

^ jO 372 — — 1741 crown, very good.

373 — Victoria 1847 gothic crown, lettered edge, almost un- circulated, very rare.

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EDgland, Victoria, the Godless florin 1849, so called from

having had the Dei Gratia omitted from the legend,

interesting, scarce, very fair. Ireland, James 1. (1603-25), rev. harp, very good, rare.

Russia 1846-66, set silver 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50k., Ir., un¬

circulated ; 7. — 1860-64, set copper J, 1, 3 and 5k., tarnished; 5.

Rome, Pius IX. copper 1, 5b., uncirculated, but tarn¬ ished ; 3.

Poland, Sigesmund III. 1629 Crown, very good. Guatemala 1894, Peruvian 5p. counterstamped back and

front with dies of Jr. piece, uncirculated, rare.

— 1894 Chilian 1 peso, counterstamped same as last, uncirculated, rare.

South African Republic 1892, portrait of President Kruger, 5s., uncirculated.

— \ crown, same as last, uncirculated. United States 1836 flying eagle dollar, very good, rare. — 1875 trade dollar, CC mint, uncirculated, rare. Malta, Emmanuel de Rohan 1790 30 tari (crown), flne. Cuba 1897 Republic, souvenir dollar, beautiful, uncircu¬

lated.

Saxony, Maurice 1549 crown, portrait to right, very good, rare.

— Christian, John and George, portraits of the three dukes, 1598 crown, fine.

— John Casimer and John Ernest, portraits of the two dukes, crown, very good.

— 1615, portraits of the eight dukes, 1615 crown, very good, rare.

— John George, 1657 duke on horseback, rev. inscrip¬ tion in twelve lines, crown, edge injured by having

been in frame, otherwise, very good, rare.

— John George 1630, square crown, fine rare.

Medallic crown, obv. the crucifixion, rev. the serpent on cross, 1528, rare and curious, fine.

Brandenburg, Albert 1548, Margrave to left in armor, fine, rare.

Mansfield, David 1609, Count on horseback killing drag¬

on, crown, has ring on edge, fine, rare.

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two cuts, otherwise fine, rare.

398 Babylonian cylinder of great antiquity, clipped, very rare.

399 Borne, Julius Csesar, bronze with portrait, piece broken

out below neck, otherwise fine, rare. 400 Persia 1296, J, Ik. and 2k., uncirculated; 4. 401 Denmark 2rd., Coronation crown, portrait Christian IX.

and Frederick VII., fine, scarce. 402 China, Kwang Tung province 7m. 2c., barely circulated. 403 Bolivia Department Potosi 1852 medallic crown, angel

bearing wreath inscribed “ El Jral Belzu,” rev. tem¬ ple, beautiful proof.

404 Zurich crown 1726, obv. arms, rev. view of city, very good. 405 Eritrea 21., fine. 406 Cambodia, Nordom I. set silver 25, 50c., 1, 2 and 5fr.,

copper 5 and 10c., uncirculated; 7. 407 France, Henry V. 1832, 1, 2, 5fr., uncirculated, rare; 3. 408 — war medal, Italian war 1859, fine.

BID IvISX.

The ]. W. SCOTT CO., L’d, 36 John SI., New York.

I authorize you to represent me and to buy for me (acting as my agent) the lots named below, contained in your Auction Sale held on June 12, 1899, the prices annexed being my limit for each piece. All purchases to be forwarded by express or registered mail at my expense.

Yours truly.

LOT BID Dollars. Cents.

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Tile J. TTST. SOOTT OO., UJD, 40 John Street, New York City,

INCORPORATED 1889.

Under the Management of MR. J. W. SCOTT. ESTABLISHED 1860.

Philatelists and Numismatists. Correspondence solicited on either of the above

branches of study. Circulars and other information

furnished free on application.

THE METROPOLITAN PHILATELIST,

16 Pages, Weekly, Post Free, 26 cents Per Year.

J. W. SCOTT’S BEST ALBUM. Brought up to Mar., 1898, and new pages added

every month.

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weight of linen ledger paper, backed with Japanese

silk paper to prevent rubbing.

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can be arranged in any order. Ample quantities of

blank pages are provided to allow for peculiarities of

shade, blocks or any varieties that may be desired.

THE COMPLETE BOOK, BOUND IN THREE VOLUMES, With Changeable Leaves and Covers, $20. Amateurs only interested in certain countries

can buy pages singly or by the dozen, and can select

any sheets they require.

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