理查德奧古斯特收藏

羅德島州錢幣學家理查德·奧古斯特 (Richard August) 的著名收藏歷經 60 多年的製作，將由 Stack's Bowers Galleries 展出

Costa Mesa, CA – After more than 60 years in the making, the famous collection of Rhode Island numismatist Richard August will be offered by Stack’s Bowers Galleries in a series of auctions in 2025 and 2026.

加州科斯塔梅薩——經過60 多年的製作，羅德島州錢幣學家理查德·奧古斯特(Richard August) 的著名藏品將由Stack's Bowers Galleries 於2025 年和2026 年舉行一系列拍賣會。

Known to his friends as Dick, August was a towering figure within the close-knit community of early American coin and medal enthusiasts. He was a pioneer in the fields of Betts medals and colonial paper money and an exacting builder of variety sets of most major pre-Federal copper series.

奧古斯特被朋友們稱為迪克（Dick），他是美國早期硬幣和獎章愛好者群體中的一位傑出人物。他是貝茨獎章和殖民地紙幣領域的先驅，也是聯邦前大多數主要銅幣系列品種的嚴格設計者。

Beginning decades ago, Dick was an early adopter of collecting colonial-era coins from Europe’s New World empires alongside coins more explicitly made for America. He came to focus on these coins with as much vigor as on their Redbook-listed counterparts, amassing important collections of coins from Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and the West Indies.

從幾十年前開始，迪克是收集來自歐洲新世界帝國的殖民時代硬幣以及更明確為美國製造的硬幣的早期採用者。他開始像關注紅皮書中列出的同類硬幣一樣關注這些硬幣，收集了來自墨西哥、瓜地馬拉、智利、秘魯、玻利維亞和西印度群島的重要硬幣收藏。

Selections from August’s incredibly choice collections of coins from England, Ireland, and Scotland will be the first coins from the cabinet to be offered, slated for our January 2025 New York International Numismatic Convention sale.

來自英格蘭、愛爾蘭和蘇格蘭的 8 月份精選硬幣收藏品將是內閣中的首批硬幣，定於 2025 年 1 月的紐約國際錢幣大會拍賣。

Richard August was well known as a numismatist and was a fixture at shows all over the country for decades, particularly those in his native New England.

理查德·奧古斯特是一位著名的錢幣學家，幾十年來一直是全國各地展覽的常客，尤其是在他的家鄉新英格蘭。

Beyond his life in coins (a full-time passion since before he attended the University of Virginia in the late 1950s), Dick was a high-level math teacher and tutor, a distance runner and running coach, and a passionate practitioner of hobbies ranging from gardening to fish husbandry to shooting (he competed on the rifle team at UVa).

除了他的硬幣生活之外（自20 世紀50 年代末進入弗吉尼亞大學之前，迪克就一直對硬幣充滿熱情），他還是一名高級數學老師和導師、長跑運動員和跑步教練，以及各種愛好的熱情實踐者從園藝到養魚再到射擊（他參加了弗吉尼亞大學步槍隊的比賽）。

His remarkable memory and knowledge base, as deep as it was broad, impressed his numismatic colleagues, but the collection his expertise allowed him to amass impressed his friends and rivals as well.

他卓越的記憶力和淵博的知識基礎給他的錢幣同事留下了深刻的印象，而他的專業知識讓他積累的收藏也給他的朋友和競爭對手留下了深刻的印象。

Dick’s pre-Federal copper collections are among the finest ever assembled, with unique varieties present in the Connecticut, New Jersey, and Fugio series. Along with his Vermont, Massachusetts, Machin’s Mills, and other notable copper subcategories, these collections include classic rarities and Condition Census examples, alongside interesting die states and contemporary counterfeits.

迪克的聯邦前銅系列是有史以來最好的銅系列之一，其中包括康涅狄格州、新澤西州和 Fugio 系列中的獨特品種。除了他的佛蒙特州、馬薩諸塞州、Machin's Mills 和其他著名的銅子類別之外，這些收藏品還包括經典稀有品和狀況普查樣本，以及有趣的模具狀態和當代贗品。

These were gathered through savvy cherrypicking and participation at major auctions dating back to the 1960s. His participation in the famous 1966 C.H. Stearns sale resulted in not only the expansion of his Massachusetts silver holdings, but also the acquisition of most or all of Stearns’ early American medals in a private transaction. This formed the basis of his highly important collections of Betts medals and Washingtoniana, and both series are replete with notable rarities.

這些都是透過精明的挑選和參與可追溯到 20 世紀 60 年代的大型拍賣會收集的。他參與了 1966 年著名的 CH Stearns 拍賣，不僅擴大了他在馬薩諸塞州的白銀持有量，而且還透過私人交易收購了 Stearns 的大部分或全部早期美國獎牌。這構成了他非常重要的貝茨獎章和華盛頓獎章收藏的基礎，這兩個系列都充滿了值得注意的稀有品。

His world coin holdings are extensive, with particularly notable collections from Latin America and the British Isles. Focused on the era of American colonization, roughly 1492 to 1830, Dick’s collection comprised impressive date runs of coins in every collectible denomination of copper and silver, with some gold highlights as well.

他收藏的世界硬幣非常廣泛，尤其是來自拉丁美洲和不列顛群島的著名收藏。迪克的收藏集中在大約 1492 年至 1830 年的美國殖民時代，包括令人印象深刻的不同時期的銅幣和銀幣，其中還包括一些金幣。

His coins of the British Isles are notable for their quality; selections focused on 17th century coins of England, Ireland, and Scotland will be offered in the January 2025 NYINC sale.

他製作的不列顛群島硬幣以其品質而聞名。 2025 年 1 月的 NYINC 拍賣會上將提供以英格蘭、愛爾蘭和蘇格蘭 17 世紀硬幣為主的精選作品。

Betts medals, Washingtoniana, and paper money are expected to cross the auction block in March /April 2025, followed by select Latin American, Fugio coppers, and more in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ August 2025 Global Showcase auctions. A major offering of colonial coins is scheduled for the firm’s November 2025 official Whitman Expo Auction, held in cooperation with the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4).

Betts 獎牌、華盛頓州銅幣和紙幣預計將於 2025 年 3 月/4 月進行拍賣，隨後精選的拉丁美洲銅幣、Fugio 銅幣等將在 Stack's Bowers Galleries 的 2025 年 8 月全球展示拍賣中亮相。該公司計劃於 2025 年 11 月與殖民地硬幣收藏傢俱樂部 (C4) 合作舉辦惠特曼世博會官方拍賣會，出售大量殖民地硬幣。

For more information on upcoming Stack’s Bowers Galleries auctions or to inquire about consigning call 800-458-4646 or email Info@StacksBowers.com.

有關即將舉行的 Stack's Bowers Galleries 拍賣的更多資訊或詢問委託事宜，請致電 800-458-4646 或發送電子郵件至 Info@StacksBowers.com。