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Winter 2022 Showcase Auction – 27 October - 4 November 2022

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Part 1: Th, 27.10.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Fr, 28.10.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 01.11.2022, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 4: Tu, 01.11.2022, from 10:00 PM CET
Part 5: Tu, 01.11.2022, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 6: We, 02.11.2022, from 4:00 PM CET
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Part 8: Th, 03.11.2022, from 5:00 PM CET
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Part 10: Fr, 04.11.2022, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 11: Fr, 04.11.2022, from 11:00 PM CET

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Lot 2276

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Circa 1889(?) “Button Die.” Albert WI-27 for type. Brass. About Uncirculated.
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Circa 1889(?) “Button Die.” Albert WI-27 for type. Brass. About Uncirculated.

40.3 mm. A curious item, the design of which we have not seen before. The same design is plated in Albert, and the entry describes a button, with an engraved device of 33 mm diameter. He notes that it is in the Smithsonian. If that diameter is correct, this is too large to be a die, not to mention it is an unlikely material as a die would likely be steel. In short, we really don't know what it is, but as the design is plated in Albert, it seems fitting to offer it here.

From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Purchased from Jim Skalbe, December 2007.

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Starting price	1 USD
Estimate	300 USD

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