Buchner Gold Coin (N284) – Antique Print
(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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A window into the past: Buchner Gold Coin (N284), preserved in this antique lithograph. 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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Issued by D. Buchner & Company in 1887, this chromolithographed card belongs to the Buchner Gold Coin series, a set of baseball cards that tobacco makers packed with their products in the 1880s. Manufacturers inserted such cards as stiffeners for packages and as small incentives to buy, and the bright multicolor printing reflects the lithographic methods that made inexpensive color illustration widely available. The card comes from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, and the number N284 is a later catalog designation used by collectors.
| 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 | 4,676 × 3,781 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220568 |
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