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The American Numismatical Manual of the Currency or Money of the Aborigines, and Colonial, State, and United States Coins
Montroville Wilson Dickeson · 1859 · J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia
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- —The first by-date variety treatment of the dollar series (pp. 245–255) and the coinage tables. Also the origin of the series' most consequential wrong sentence: "The designs the same, with one type and but one variety, and the number coined was 19,570." Cite as evidence of what was believed, not as attribution.Early Dollars →
- The Ledger and the DateReadThe Mint counted deliveries, never dates — and confusing the two columns manufactured the most famous coin in America.
- The Way of SeeingReadNo two dies were ever alike. An 1881 auction catalogue taught the hobby to read them — and the skill has never stopped paying.
- CHAPTER FOURA Barrel of Ashes — 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)
- CHAPTER FIVEThe Book That Was Free All Along — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER TWOThe Coin the Mint Kept Not Making — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER SIXThe Two Rarest Dates — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER ONETwo Bits — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)