A history of the Comstock lode in Nevada. Pp. 354-355 discuss coinage in circulation and the possibility of being short-changed, which became part of the rationale for the twenty-cent piece.
Call for data to be used in the Official Register of U.S. government employees. Extracted from National Archives & Records Administration, record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 1 (general correspondence), box 107, courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
Clarification regarding postage regulations as related to official government business. Extracted from National Archives and Records Administration, record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 1 (general correspondence), box 107, courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
Listing of Confederate currency issues, with pages for mounting specimens, none of which are present in this (Newman library) copy. Ex. Kolbe, 7/30/1993, lot 161.
Thompson's Bank Note Reporter listed trusted bank note issuers, as well as discount rates for suspect notes. This supplementary edition, published by Scott & Co., represents a link between the counterfeit detectors of the mid-19th century, and the later 19th century dealers, in this case Scott of New York.
The 1870s and 1880s represented the heydey of the dealer "house organ," with a trio of prolific authors (Mason, Frossard, and Proskey here) informing the public on various aspects of numismatics. Competing with other periodicals, the Coin Collector's Journal generally stood above the fray, avoiding the politics of personality and focusing on purely numismatic matters. The Journal boasts important technical content, such as the Robert Coulton Davis series on U.S. patterns beginning in 1885. A die variety study of U.S. large cents appears in serial form beginning in 1887. Note, the Coin Collector's Journal was edited by Edouard Frossard during its first year, and then by David Proskey for the remainder of the series.
Apparently an exhibit catalog for the collection of Canadian collector L. N. Collier. Author attribution is not confirmed. Note a later (1891) version of this catalog also exists.
Mint Director H.R. Linderman's report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877. This copy is previously from the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, which acquired it from the Mint Director.
