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American Journal of Numismatics, vols.23-25
American Numismatic and Archaeological Society / American Numismatic Society · 1888 · American Numismatic Society (Boston/New York)
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- p.335Nexsen's revised twelve-piece census, April 1891; Sylvester S. Crosby reprinting the Northampton newspaper of March 5, 1805 with the full CY1804 abstract (the 19,570 figure); and Crosby's "Mint Reports and Early Coin Dates", quoting the Director's NOTE and listing the dates the printed figures require you to believe in.Early Dollars →
- 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.
- The Ledger and the DateReadThe Mint counted deliveries, never dates — and confusing the two columns manufactured the most famous coin in America.
- CHAPTER FIVEThe Ledger, Twice — The Early Half Dollars — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER FOURThe Blank and the Question Mark — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)