Buchner Gold Coin (N284) – Antique 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.)
Description
Buchner Gold Coin (N284) comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Buchner Gold Coin (N284)
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The name on this card, "Buchner Gold Coin," comes from the issuer, D. Buchner & Company, and the brand it advertised, since the Library's staff devised the title. Printed in 1887, it is a chromolithograph, a color process that layered several lithographic stones to produce bright, detailed images. Cards like this were tucked into tobacco packages in the 1880s, when manufacturers used colorful baseball images to attract buyers and encourage collecting. The card is part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, which preserves many of these small printed pieces from the sport's early commercial years.
| 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 × 4,682 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220555 |
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