The Philatelic West, published by L. T. Brodstone, Superior, NE. Organized by year. This copy courtesey of the Nebraska History Library (History Nebraska - formerly the Nebraska State Historical Society).
Photographic plates of U.S. coins, mostly pattern pieces, apparently by Edgar Adams, representing coins sold by Adams to Virgil Brand. Date is approximate. Courtesy of Saul Teichman. Teichman notes:
Many of these coins, the ten 1877 half dollars (see plate 4), the two 1875 gold patterns and the 1885 trade dollar (see plate 2) were sold to Virgil Brand by Adams on April 26, 1911 as noted below:
1875 $5 in gold (Brand ledger #57881) $750 plate 2 1875 $10 in gold journal (Brand ledger #57882) $750 plate 2 1877 half dollars (10) J1503, J1504, J1506, J1510, J1512, J1514, J1516, J1526, J1528, J1540 (Brand ledger #s 57883-57892) $50 each 1879 dollar patterns (2) - $50 each, probably goloid 1880 goloid dollar patterns (2) - $50 each 1885 Trade dollar (Brand ledger #57897) $750 plate 2
