Bechtler gold "now over 100 years old!"
CaptHenway
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Doing some research on Thomas Elder gold tokens for an article, and have a copy of a page from Elder's last sale catalogue, May 25, 1940, that lists one sitting on the desk in front of me.
The next lot is a "C. BECHTLER FIVE DOLLARS"
After a description and a grade is the comment "Now over 100 years old."
We take that for granted, but when he started doing sales they weren't!
TD
The next lot is a "C. BECHTLER FIVE DOLLARS"
After a description and a grade is the comment "Now over 100 years old."
We take that for granted, but when he started doing sales they weren't!
TD
Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Author of "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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