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Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of United States and Foreign Coins of the Late Matthew Adams Stickney (sale June 25-29, 1907)
Henry Chapman · 1907 · Henry Chapman, Philadelphia
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- —Lot 849, the best single nineteenth-century document on a Class I 1804 dollar: a six-piece "original" census, the 415-grain weight, T. L. Comparette's written comparison with the Mint's own coin, and Stickney's letter of July 2, 1867 reprinted in full.Early Dollars →
- 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.
- 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.
- Twelve MarriagesReadA teaching set, ranked by lesson rather than price: attribute these twelve and you can attribute the series.