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Catalogue of John W. Haseltine's Type Table of United States Dollars, Half Dollars and Quarter Dollars
John W. Haseltine · 1881 · John W. Haseltine, Philadelphia
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- —The founding text of American die-variety collecting: the H-numbers, assigned in the sale catalogue itself for a book that was never written. The dollar section begins at lot 78. Contains the 2 Leaves / 3 Leaves distinction and the fillet-head centring description that PCGS still recognises.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 First SilverReadA shop with horses, a statute about to expire, and 1,758 coins on an October afternoon — where every early dollar comes from.
- 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.
- Twelve MarriagesReadA teaching set, ranked by lesson rather than price: attribute these twelve and you can attribute the series.
- CHAPTER SIXThe Way of Seeing, in Halves — The Early Half Dollars — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER EIGHTA New Size, and No New Law — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER THREEOne Year's Dies, Four Years' Coins — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER SIXThe Two Rarest Dates — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)