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George Kunz Correspondence
Important Archive on Improving U.S. Coinage
George Kunz Correspondence Improving U.S. Coinage. George
Kunz was an important figure in the late 19th and early 20th
century movement to redesign U.S. coinage that Roger W. Burdette
masterfully chronicled in his three-volume Renaissance of
American Coinage. Burdette notes:"George F. Kunz appears as a 'behind the scenes' player throughout the period of coinage redesign, His association with Tiffany & Company as mineralogist and supervisor of the company's lucrative medal stamping business, and active membership in the American Numismatic Society, kept him in touch with mint officials."
Included in this lot are 15 letters to Kunz on various letterheads covering a period from 1893-1897 discussing the improvement of U.S. coinage. Some of the more important correspondents include famous artists Daniel Chester French and J.Q.A. Ward, officials of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Architectural League of New York, the National Sculpture Society, the Department of Archaeology and Palaeontology of the University of Pennsylvania, the National Academy of Design, and the Committee on Coinage Weights and Measures of the House of Representatives. Topics include the rejection of Augustus Saint-Gaudens' design for the reverse of the Columbian medal, a competition for a new design for the silver dollar sponsored by the National Sculpture Society, some brief mention of a proposed international coinage, and much more.
Auction Info
2015 April 22 - 26 CSNS US Coins Signature Auction - Chicago #1219 (go to Auction Home page)
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April, 2015
22nd-26th
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