| Description |
1850 Eckfeldt and DuBois With California Gold SamplesPhiladelphia: Published by the Authors, 1850. 12mo, original black paper boards lettered in gilt and silver, featuring embossed illustrations of American gold and silver coins in metallic tints; all page edges gilt. Fine frontispiece engraving of the Philadelphia Mint building; 60, (2) pages; 3 text illustrations; attractive plate of California and Mormon coins printed in gold and in relief on a royal blue background; two actual samples of California gold on page 45 mounted under a small cardboard rectangle with round windows to allow viewing [the sample on the left contains native grains of gold held in place under mica, and the other sample is a thin sheet of processed ore]; tipped-in illustrated sheet at the end describing Mormon coins. Covers scraped, with some loss to paper covering; spine worn. Ex-library, with occasional ink stamps throughout. Cardboard gold sample holder fully intact. Good to very good. Very few libraries are found with three copies of this remarkable book. Estimate $2,000. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15210 (realized $1200).
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