UNITED STATES GOLD, SILVER & COPPER COINS Encased Postage CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICAN GOLD COINS PROPERTIES OF

THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY) AND OTHER IMPORTANT CONSIGNMENTS

TO BE OFFERED AT UNRESTRICTED Public Auction Sale WAY 6, 7, 8, 1971

FIRST SESSION Thursday Evening, May 6, 1971 — 7:00 P.M. — Lots 1 - 557

SECOND SESSION Friday Evening, May 7, 1971 — 7:00 P.M. — Lots 558 - 1071

THIRD SESSION Saturday Afternoon, May 8, 1971 — 1:00 P.M. — Lots 1072-1591

Sale to be held in Conjunction with the METROPOLITAN NEW YORK NUMISMATIC CONVENTION

Convention & Public Auction Sale To Be Held In Forum Ballroom — Lower Level PARK SHERATON HOTEL Seventh Avenue at 56th Street NEW YORK CITY

Catalogued and Sold by

123 West 57th Street New York, N.Y. 10019 Telephone (212) 582 - 2580 Cable Address “STACKOIN” New York

Auctioneers: Benjamin Stack, Harvey Stack

METROPOLITAN New York NUMISMATIC CONVENTION, INc.

OFFICERS RAYMOND S. GALLO .. President HAROLD S. BAREFORD Vice-Pres. EDWARD K. HESSBERG ......... Secretary MARTIN F. KORTJOHN Treasurer

ERNEST H. BAIN — General Chairman

HOST CLUB BERGEN COUNTY COIN CLUB WILLIAM SPEER Pres. REGISTRATION DORIS CLEMENTS — Chairman

Martin F. Kortjohn Margaret Bain Raymond Gallo Edward K. Hessberg Eleanor Ahbe John Jensen

Gilbert W. Hall, III Anne Black

WOMEN’S ACTIVITIES MARGARET BAIN — Chairman

Elsie P. Hall Margaret S. Hessberg Rose Anton Fay Stefanacci Jean Granis Mary Stefanacci EDUCATIONAL

HAROLD 8S. BAREFORD — Chairman

Ken Henderson John L. Ahbe EXHIBITS

THOMAS C. WILFRED — Chairman George Topping Frank Montanaro Helge Stenberg Douglas Walcutt Michael Granis John Jensen

Edward Black

METROPOLITAN New York NUMISMATIC

CONVENTION, INc.

MEDALS — TOKENS & FAVORS GILBERT W. HALL, III — Chairman Ray Gallo Ernest H. Bain

PUBLICITY WILLIAM T. ANTON, Sr. — Chairman Rene Benedetti Thomas J. Haney

RECEPTION — COCKTAILS DOUGLAS WALCUTT — Chairman Helge Stenberg Gilbert W. Hall, III

Robert Meyer Jay Clements Everet LaBagh

BANQUET GILBERT W. HALL, II] — Chairman Ernie Bain Rocco Stefanacci

Lawrence Nilson Ralph Behringer Walter Stefomacci

HAROLD S. BAREFORD — M.C.

SERGEANT AT ARMS George Topping William J. Gehres Michael Granis

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM Saturday, May 8, 1971

MODERATOR — HAROLD 8S. BAREFORD

1. RALPH E. SOLOMON, ‘America’s Foreign Coins.”

2. CORNELIUS VERMEULE, Curator, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, ‘Painting, Sculp- ture, and the United States ‘Coinage: From the Civil War to 1970.”

3. MRS. MARY BROOKS, Director of the Mint, on a topic of her own choosing.

AWARDS — A First and Second Award in each class where warranted, a ‘Best in Show” Award, and a Dealer's Award are offered.

SPECIAL EXHIBITS AND AWARDS — For the best Exhibit of U.S. Coins judged solely on rarity, condition, completeness, and presentation.

“THE MARGARET TOPPING MEMORIAL AWARD” — For Ancient Coins.

METROPOLITAN COIN CLUBS

NEW YORK NUMISMATIC CLUB

Henry Grunthal, Pres.

BROOKLYN COIN CLUB

Morris Geiger, Pres.

THE BRONX COIN CLUB Thomas C. Wilfred, Pres.

NEW JERSEY NUMISMATIC SOCIETY

Joseph Litvany, Pres.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY COIN CLUB

John Jensen, Pres.

NORWALK COIN CLUB Myron W. Blaszczuk, Pres.

BERGEN COUNTY COIN CLUB

William Speer, Pres.

PUTNAM COIN CLUB Ralph Langham, Pres.

ANCIENT COIN SOCIETY Robert Meyers, Pres.

NORTHERN VALLEY COIN CLUB Gilbert W. Hall, Pres.

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