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American Journal of Numismatics, vols.39-41
American Numismatic and Archaeological Society / American Numismatic Society · 1904 · American Numismatic Society (Boston/New York)
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- p.122Nexsen, April 1905: the recantation and the final thirteen-piece census. "No one now believes that they were coined in 1804. I must therefore repudiate all that I said in these articles about originals and restrikes."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.
- 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.