Contest number two for YN.

$37 whitman

 

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$38
Harvey G. Stack Family

 

I said that I would offer up a hint today, so here it is. The publisher of The Star Coin Book

 

B. Max Mehl$34

 

B. Max Mehl $49?

 

B. Max Mehl $42

 

B. Max Mehl $36

 

B. Max Mehl $38

 

B. Max Mehl $40

 

B. Max Mehl $44

 

B. Max Mehl $46

 

B. Max Mehl $30

 

B. Max Mehl $28

 

B. Max Mehl $26

 

K2Coins, you have the correct dealer, try to research his prices back in the day.

 

I haven't been online the past few days- too bad I missed this thread when it was fresh. My first inclination was Max Mehl.

 

B. Max Mehl
sold every coin for around $2.50 for proof trade dollars... so some where around $30

 

SALES IN 1930
1873 Proof. $2.50.
1873-S Unc. $2.50.
1874 Proof. $2.50.
1875 Proof. $2.50.
1875-CC Unc. $5.00.
1876 Proof. $2.50.
1876-CC, VF, $4.00.
1877 Proof. $2.50.
1877-S Unc. $1.50.
1878 Proof. $2.50.
1878-S Unc. $1.50.
1879 Proof. $2.50.
1880 Proof. $2.50.
1881 Proof. $2.50.
1882 Proof. $2.50.
1883 Proof. $2.50.

 

The contest is still alive, only the dealer has been named, prices are still a bit off.

 

B. Max Mehl’s sale of the F.H. Knoop Collection, December 8, 1931, contained a date run of trade dollars. Among Proofs, the 1883 took top price at $2.50, followed by 1873 and 1878 tied at $2.25 each.
1873 Proof. Very scarce in Proof, as are all. $2.25.
1874 Proof. Slight spot on reverse. $1.90.
1875 Br. Proof. $1.75.
1876 Proof, with complete wire edge on obverse. $1.75.
1877 Fine. $1.75.
1878 Purple Proof. Scarce. $2.25.
1878-CC Good. $2.50.
1879 Proof. $1.75.
1880 Proof. $2.25.
1881 Proof. $1.60.
1882 Proof. $1.60.
1883 Proof. $2.50.