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The Numismatist, vol. 22 (1909) — Lincoln cent introduction and V.D.B. controversy coverage
American Numismatic Association (ed. contributors) · 1909 · American Numismatic Association
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- —"The Idler-Granberg 1804 Dollar", printing Capt. John W. Haseltine's letter defending it as an original — thirteen arrows, intact edge lettering, the weights — and the admission that gives the game away: "Forty years ago I knew that Mr. Idler had an 1804 Dollar and he bound me to secrecy in reference to it, as he made his electrotypes from it."Early Dollars →
- The Census-Taker of BrooklynReadJohn A. Nexsen ran an eighteen-year census of the most disputed coin in America, found the decisive evidence, and repudiated his own theory in print.
- The Fakes, Shown OpenlyReadThe ghost census, the shipwreck that never sailed, and the Mint as its own counterfeiter — the series' syllabus, photographed.
- 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.