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The Numismatist, vol. 20
American Numismatic Association · 1907 · American Numismatic Association
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- —Farran Zerbe's report of the Stickney sale: the 1804 dollar at $3,600 to "Hercules", the Brasher doubloon at $6,200 in the same sale, a five-day total of $37,859.21 — and the sentence that fixed the coin's title, "The 1804 dollar has been restored as the 'King of American Rarities'".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.
- Presents for KingsReadThe Mint's cabinet had no 1804 dollar in 1838 — because the coins were only then being made, as gifts for a Sultan and a King.