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SELECTIONS FROM THE HOLBIRD DECEMBER 2018 SALEHere are some items that caught my eye in day one of the upcoming Holabird December 2018 Auction- A Sale to "Die" for. -Editor Lot 1281: Numismatic Literature
 Description: Lot of seven vintage auction catalogs: Thomas Elder's sale of Dr. D. W. Valentine's collection, December , 1927; Official program 1940 ANA Convention; Charles C. Rood's 1st catalog of Numismatic Literature 1930; Scott Stamp& Coin Auction, March 1937; Geoffrey Charlton Adams' auction of the Anderson Collection, June, 1905; Wayte Raymond, December, 1937; J.C. Morgenthau, Feb. 1937; B. Max Mehl's auction of William Knapp Collection, March, 1945. State: City: Date: HWAC# 85561
There are some numismatic literature lots beginning at Lot 1280. As a bibliophile Charles C. Rood's 1st catalog of Numismatic Literature (1930) especially stood out - I don't have one in my ephemera collection. Pete Smith has written about Rood in The Numismatist our print journal,The Asylum. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 1323: Two Foreign Counterstamped Pieces
 Description: Lot of two: 1) Ceylon, Coffee token, Mac Kenzie& Co., counterstamped with a wagon wheel. 2) 1840 One Rupee from the East India Company, with "PM" counterstamped on Victoria's cheek. State: City: Date: HWAC# 85529 The piece stamped with the wagon wheel looks like a U.S. Large cent to me. I reached out to our go-to Ceylon expert, my old friend Dr. Kavan Ratnatunga of Sri Lanka. -Editor Kavan writes: Neither piece is cataloged in Pridmore as Ceylon Coffee Tokens. The copper piece may have been identified as Ceylon based on that 8-spoke countermark, but it is significantly different than the documented pieces. Some U.S. Large Cents with the "TC" countermark have been identified with Ceylon, as Ceylon coins with the same countermark are known. Thanks. Here are some images from Kavan's web site. -Editor  
For more information, see: http://coins.lakdiva.org/coffee/m_m.html /a>.  
For more information, see: http://coins.lakdiva.org/coffee/lyall/tc_cm.html /a>. To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 1338: Counterstamped U.S. Coins
 Description: Lot of four: large cent stamped: "Wells Fargo / Bonded / Gardena, Calif."; silver quarter stamped "J.E.W. / to / CFC / 86." 1827 large cent with a heart stamped in the obverse field; 1845 large cent stamped "Vote The Land Free." State: City: Date: HWAC# 84718 Some more neat counterstamps. VOTE THE LAND FREE is a famous one. I don't believe I've ever seen heart image or the Wells Fargo one. The quarter isn't an advertising piece but some sort of love token or other personal event souvenir. We may never know who J.E.W. and C.F.C. were. -Editor To read the complete lot description, see:
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