Buchner Gold Coin (N284) – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique lithograph of Buchner Gold Coin (N284) brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Buchner Gold Coin (N284)
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The Buchner Gold Coin card, catalogued as N284, is a tobacco-era trade card from 1887, when cigarette and tobacco makers slipped colorful cards into their packages to build brand loyalty. Issued by D. Buchner & Company, it was printed as a chromolithograph, a multi-stone color process that let makers reproduce bright, detailed portraits and graphics cheaply in large runs. The Library's title for the card was assigned by staff, and it is part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards, which preserves a record of how the sport was marketed in the late 1880s.
| Created / published | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1880-1890.Chromolithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,771 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220554 |
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