CATALOGUE OF THE LARGE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT, FOREIGN, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COINS AND MEDALS OF THE LATE THOMAS CLENEAY, ESQ., OF CINCINNATI.
Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, December 9–13, 1890. 4to, later dark blue half morocco, gilt, with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; original gilt-printed white paper front cover bound in. 114 pages; 2777 lots; 12 fine tinted photographic plates with tissue guards; prices realized list bound in preceding the catalogue. Hand-priced in ink, with a few annotations. Fine. Item #7978
Adams 32, with plates. An unusually nice copy of this important sale, rated A+ overall: “Gold proof sets 1859–1888. 1842–1880 silver proof sets. 1825–1834 $5. MS 1797 50¢, 1804 25¢. Superb in all mint series.” The plates, tinted in colors to approximate their metallic content, depict the following coins: I–ancient Greek, Roman and foreign gold coins; II–American colonial silver and copper coins; III–United States and pioneer gold; IV–United States silver dollars; V–Gobrecht and later dollars and United States half dollars; VI–United States quarter dollars; VII–United States dimes and half dimes; VIII & IX–large cents; X–large cents and half cents; XI–silver historical medals; XII–copper colonials and foreign coins. Clain-Stefanelli 11940. Davis 185. Fanning, Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 9. From the Collection of a Patriotic American.
Price: $1,600.00