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RECORD PRICE FOR RARE EARL & KOEHLER COIN BOARD
Coin board maven and researcher Dave Lange submitted this report about a record sale earlier this week. Thanks. -Editor
Collectors of vintage coin boards know all too well that the E&K brand is the rarest among the seven publishers of large coin boards during the years 1935-48. Only four titles were offered by this Portland, Oregon company, and all were printed in 1939. The board which set a new record for ANY coin board sale is Lange Variety EK1cAb.1 in the book Coin Collecting Boards of the 1930s & 1940s, and it is one of just three confirmed to exist. The board grades Very Fine, based on the photos provided. The previous record price for a vintage coin board was held by this same variety. I sold that example just a couple years ago for $230 in a private sale, but I was neither the seller nor buyer in this latest transaction. It was placed on eBay by South Park Coins of Forney, TX without any particular fanfare. The new record holder is in similar condition to the earlier piece, yet it brought well over twice as much with seven bidders participating. Here's a link to the new winner:
Coin World also covered this sale, with an article by Jeff Starck. -Editor
To read the complete article, see:
To vist Dave's Coin Collecting Boards web site, see:
While you're there, order one of his books and get smart on this growing field. -Editors
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