The Fonrobert Sale

Weyl, Adolph. DIE JULES FONROBERT’SCHE SAMMLUNG ÜBERSEEISCHER MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN. EIN BEITRAG ZUR MÜNZGESCHICHTE AUSSEREUROPÄISCHER LÄNDER. AMERIKA. I. ABTHEILUNG: NORD-AMERIKA. Berlin, (18. Februar 1878 und folgende Tage). Tall 8vo, somewhat later cloth-backed mottled boards. vi, 558 pages; 6205 lots; text illustrations. Hand-priced throughout. Original prices realized list bound in. A bit trimmed, affecting some hand-pricing; else near fine. Important, and about as nice a copy one can find of this fragile publication. This particular volume of the famous series of sales has never been reprinted, and lists in considerable detail Fonrobert’s important and extensive collection of over six thousand American and Canadian coins, medals and tokens from colonial to contemporary times. Still useful, particularly for tokens and medals. Clain-Stefanelli 11968. Grierson 212 and 312. Ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 128, lot 1246 at $900 hammer.