PREVIEW: THE HERMAN SELIG COLLECTION (PART IV) FINAL: COINS OF JAPAN 13 OCTOBER

It is almost 20 years since Noonans (then Dix Noonan Webb) sold The Herman Selig Collection (Part III) in a two-day sale on 24 and 25 June, 2003. Now, Part IV, the final selection of Selig material, and a fascinating group of the coins of Japan, will come to the rostrum on 13 October. Selig was an enthusiastic collector of English for more than 40 years, dispersing his holdings with landmark sales of Charles I coins, the Commonwealth and Oliver Cromwell in 1989, and George III coins a decade later.

 

It is almost 20 years since Noonans (then Dix Noonan Webb) sold The Herman Selig Collection (Part III) in a two-day sale on 24 and 25 June, 2003. Now, Part IV, the final selection of Selig material, and a fascinating group of the coins of Japan, will come to the rostrum on 13 October. Selig was an enthusiastic collector of English for more than 40 years, dispersing his holdings with landmark sales of Charles I coins, the Commonwealth and Oliver Cromwell in 1989, and George III coins a decade later. His interests extended to Japanese coins from the 16th century to the 1860s, around the time that Japan ended its isolation from the world, as reflected in this sale, which provides a cross-section of denominations across the centuries from the province of Koshu and the city of Akita. Some of the coins come from the notable collection of Thomas Harrison Garrett (1848-88), the Baltimore banker, and his eldest son, the diplomat John Work Garrett II (1872-1942). Most notable is the large gold Tempo Oban (1838-60), extending to 158mm in length and weighing in at 165.11g. The anticipated highlight of the auction, it carries an estimate of £20,000-26,000. At 59 lots, the collection also includes several reference works.