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NEWMAN PORTAL SCANS DANCE OF DEATH CATALOGThe latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is a catalog of creepy numismatica illustrating the Dance of Death. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following
report. -Editor
Without doubt one of the more macabre items we’ve handled on the Newman Numismatic Portal recently came through the scanning queue at the American Numismatic Society, which partners with the Newman Portal on digitization. The American Art Association, a New York firm, in 1922 published the auction catalog A notable collection of coins and medals bearing emblems illustrative of “The Dance of Death,” collected by Miss Susan Minns of Boston, Mass. Skulls, skeletons, and dead bodies are littered throughout the cabinet, which must have been quite the conversation starter between Miss Minns and her acquaintances. The plates are halftones but illustrate the concept well enough. Lot 603 is described as follows:  BRUNSWICK AND LUNEBURG, John Frederic, Octuple Crown, crowned J F cipher in olive wreath. Reverse, Death at seaside strips the numbered branches from a fir tree, 79 the final. MAGNIFICENT SPECIMEN OF THIS VERY RARE COIN. Size 60. Per the ANS copy of the catalog, the 40-lot collection, primarily consisting of European gold, silver, and bronze medals, was sold en bloc to Whitney Warren for $1800. Cool item, one we can revisit at Halloween. If you have or know where to find electronic images of some of these items, whether from the catalog or not, please let me know. It would
be interesting to illustrate some of these in color in a future issue. -Editor
Link to sale catalog on NNP:
Link to sale catalogs of the American Art Association on NNP:
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