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American Journal of Numismatics, vols.19-22
American Numismatic and Archaeological Society / American Numismatic Society · 1884 · American Numismatic Society (Boston/New York)
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- p.381John A. Nexsen's first published 1804-dollar census, April 1887 (six pieces); the July 1887 "127 dollars of 1804" counterfeit-panic clipping; E. L. Royal of the Mint Cabinet correcting the public record in October 1887; and Nexsen's addendum on the Linderman coin.Early Dollars →
- Collecting the SeriesReadWhat a completable set means in a series whose best coins live in museums — three honest paths, and two habits of numerical hygiene.
- Presents for KingsReadThe Mint's cabinet had no 1804 dollar in 1838 — because the coins were only then being made, as gifts for a Sultan and a King.
- The Census-Taker of BrooklynReadJohn A. Nexsen ran an eighteen-year census of the most disputed coin in America, found the decisive evidence, and repudiated his own theory in print.
- The Fakes, Shown OpenlyReadThe ghost census, the shipwreck that never sailed, and the Mint as its own counterfeiter — the series' syllabus, photographed.
- CHAPTER FOURA Barrel of Ashes — The Early Half Dollars — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)