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The Numismatist, vol. 12
American Numismatic Association · 1899 · American Numismatic Association
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- —The by-date series on early dollars; the Snowden vs Dickeson mintage discrepancy for 1799; and the New Orleans Times-Democrat's "Diamond Dollars of 1804" shipwreck tale printed entire — alongside the hobby's contemporary refusal to believe it.Early Dollars →
- 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.