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Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, FY1888
Bureau of the Mint · 1888 · Government Printing Office
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- p.209 · S4 p.173"Coinage of the Mints of the United States from their Organization, by Calendar Years", pp. 209–210 — the official registry AND the Director's own NOTE that it counts deliveries, not dates. The single most important document in this series.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 CarouselReadAccepted by count, exported by the crate: the banker's habit that consumed ninety-seven percent of the series.
- 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 Ledger and the DateReadThe Mint counted deliveries, never dates — and confusing the two columns manufactured the most famous coin in America.
- Twelve MarriagesReadA teaching set, ranked by lesson rather than price: attribute these twelve and you can attribute the series.
- 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)
- 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)