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CHINA: 12-charm set

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Charms Start Price:425.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
CHINA: 12-charm set
SOLD
1,200.00USD+ (240.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Sep 14 @ 17:13UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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CHINA: 12-charm set, complete collection of Chinese Lunar Zodiac charms, including one charm each with single Chinese character and corresponding animal below: Rat (shu), Ox (niú), Tiger (hu), Rabbit (tù), Dragon (lóng), Snake (shé), Horse (ma), Goat (yáng), Monkey (hóu), Rooster (ji), Dog (gou), Pig (zhu) // single character in seal script, all tied together with red thread, set of 12 charms, RRR. Cast in the Qing Dynasty. With original envelope and letter of purchase dated March 3, 1909 from San Francisco coin dealer W. F. Greany where he states "At last I managed to send you off a lot of Oriental coins, which I trust you will find interesting." He charged the buyer, a Mr. C.O. Hubbell, $54.04 discounting the lot to $50 which would be worth $1,671.03 in 2023 dollars.William Francis Greany (1857-1924), was born in October 1857 in California of Irish Catholic immigrants from County Galway. His father worked as a hay and grain dealer and was a Knight of St. Patrick, and a Captain of the Jackson Dragoons, the famous Irish cavalry, which he commanded for fourteen years. In 1891, Greany married Eleanor "Nellie" Frances (1870-1945) and they had a daughter Marion Frances (1899-1989). Greany’s wife Eleanor was celebrated in social circles and served as the Grand Director of the Young Ladies’ Institute of San Francisco. Among his residences was 827 Brannan Street, San Francisco, California. He was a coin, stamp and curiosities dealer who began at least by 1881, and published 32- and 24-page catalogs and widely advertised. His debut seems to have been made in the March 1881 issue of Mason's Coin Collectors Herald.