United States Coin Company. CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES SILVER AND COPPER COINS, INCLUDING MANY CHOICE SPECIMENS FROM THE BRANCH MINTS; A SPLENDID EAGLE OF 1798; RARE PATTERN COINS AND HARD TIMES TOKENS. THE MARYLAND PENNY, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC OFFERINGS OF RECENT YEARS... New York, October 11, 1917. 8vo, original printed card covers. 30, (2) pages; 656 lots. Near fine. [with] United States Coin Company. CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF SOUTH AMERICAN GOLD COINS, INCLUDING A REMARKABLE SERIES OF COLOMBIA; THE HALF CENT COLLECTION OF DR. GEORGE P. FRENCH; A COLLECTION OF CENTS IN REMARKABLE PRESERVATION... New York, December 5, 1917. 8vo, original printed card covers. 25, (1) pages; 628 lots. Some later annotations; near fine. Adams 39 and 40. In his description in the first sale of lot 329, the Lord Baltimore Maryland "denarium," Raymond writes, "This piece has been examined by eight or ten of the leading numismatists and experts of this country, both dealers and collectors; two of these gentlemen have expressed doubts about the authenticity of the coin, while the others have assured us that it is undoubtedly a genuine piece of the period." Rated B-: "Mint-marked silver. Low 62, AR. Maryland penny (copy). Proclamations, other Latin." The second sale is rated B+ by Adams: "Fine Mass. notes. Excellent copper from Dr. French: MS half cents, near complete; important cents, most of which re-appear in 1928 FPL." Scarce. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.