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• Norton's Literary Letter, six issues, numbered as follows:
  
  
  no. 1: October 1857
  no. 2: 1858
  no. 3: 1859
  no. 4: 1859
  New Series no. 1: 1860

  New Series no. 2: 1860

  
  

  The Letter is an important source of information related to antebellum American numismatics. A number of numismatic references are noted:

  
  

  No. 1:

  p. 4, account of 1792 half disme with woodcut

  No. 2:

  p. 3, note on Getz half dollar, use of portrait of George Washington on coins, and the 1792 Mint Act

  p. 4, 1778 NON DEPENDUS STATUS piece

  p. 8, "A few words about Coins," discussing coin collecting

  pp. 41-43, Coins and medals for sale by Charles B. Norton

  No. 3:

  pp. 4-7, "The Literature of American Numismatics" (mentioning James Mease's 1834 article and many other early sources)

  pp. 8-17, "American Medals," a substantial listing of the series

  p. 18, "Prices of Coins," giving recent auction results

  No. 4:

  pp. 7-8, "Masonic Numismatics"

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  New Series No. 1: 

  pp. 44-45, Coins for sale by Charles B. Norton
  

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