1986 Robinson S. Brown, Jr. Collection of Large Cents Auction catalogue

Scarce copy of this catalogue, used condition showing wear, with prices realized sheet.

September 30-October 1, 1986, 306 pages, 1457 lots, each lot illustrated, 40 added photographic plates, quarto, original used with cover wear, prices realized list.

Robbie's interest in coins began in the early 1960s. In 1964 he bought 16 different date U.S. large cents from a dealer in New Orleans, and that was the trigger to specialise in the series. Acquiring copies of Sheldon's Penny Whimsy and Newcomb's United States Copper Cents 1816-1857, and subsequently joining the fledgling Early American Coppers society, he set out to complete all the varieties and different die states of the entire span of years from 1793 to 1857. Only five others had previously managed it, including Sheldon himself, George Clapp, Ted Naftzger (whose collection was auctioned recently) and Denis Loring. But Robbie achieved the feat -twice! His first collection, catalogued into 1,456 lots by Jack Collins, with assistance from Del Bland, Walter Breen and others, was auctioned by Superior Galleries in West Hollywood on 30 September and 1 October 1986. 

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