Walter Breen
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
The whole book could be rewritten from beginning to end, so numerous are the new specimens of rarities, amended descriptions of known varieties, and first-time descriptions of new varieties, and so desperately are new illustrations needed. This task is in progress but completion is still years away. Some of the necessary information has already appeared in Swiatek and Breen's Encyclopedia of U.S. Gold and Silver Commemorative Coins, and my Encyclopedia of U.S. Half Cents [1984], and Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins [1988], and various Bowers and Merena and Stack's catalogues. In every instance, data in my Encyclopedia update any earlier versions. In the meantime, the following will make the 1977 book usable. - Walter Breen, 1989
L = Left column, R = Right column, b = bottom (e.g., b-10 = 10th line from bottom), Ency = my Encyclopedia [1988], G$ = gold dollar, 5$ = silver dollar, and so on.
| PAGE | LINE | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|
iiR |
9 |
or hairmarks" should read: or "hairmarks" |
iiR |
34 |
1916 should read: 6/24/1922 (per CW 2/10/79, p.14) |
iiiL |
b-10 |
confusion. the should read: confusion. The |
iiiL |
b |
not emergent should read: no emergent |
3R-5R |
Entire account superseded by Ency pp.22-30. |
|
3R |
27 |
unsatisfactory or should read: unsatisfactory for |
4L |
22 |
See pedigrees at Ency p.24. |
5R |
5 |
NYC policeman should read: NYC tran sit policeman |
5R |
b |
but I have not seen it should read: Thomas Tallarico showed me one, at 1981 ANA. |
6L |
26 |
thanthe should read: than the |
6L |
28 |
harpshings. should read: harp strings. |
6R-7L |
Entirely superseded by Ency pp. 30-31 |
|
7R |
last paragraph: This and 8L top paragraph are superseded by Ency pp.113-16 |
|
7R |
b-7 |
Dudly should read: Dudley |
7R |
b-S |
270 = 1,000 Units should read: 270 grs. = 1,000 Units |
7R |
b-3 |
ahve should read: have |
7R |
b-2 |
onamented should read: ornamented |
8L |
4 |
Amended pedigrees at Ency 1099 - 1105. |
8L |
b |
fifty tons should read: forty (auditory error for 14?). Entirely superseded by Ency pp.117-8. |
9R-13R |
Partly superseded by corresponding sections in Ency. |
|
31R |
13-51 |
Philip Scott Rubin compared the unique copper (with stars) impression with Amon Carter Jr's prooflike 1794 silver dollar, and found that both are in the identical (earliest) die state. No other top grade 1794 dollar has proof surface. This suggests that the Carter coin may have been meant as a presentation piece despite its adjustment marks (first struck?) Obv. differs in spacing of date and LIBERTY from that of the copper dollar without stars, a condition discovered by Michael Hodder in preparing to catalogue the latter (1989 ANA). |
33L |
b-6 |
even then should read: even than |
33R |
8 |
Add: Another one is ex J.C. Randall, Garrett. |
34R |
b-15 |
Two B-1's ... Add: (Eliasberg and ex Allenburger colls.) |
34R |
b-15 |
about seven B-2's ... Add: (including NN47:1557ex Newcomer, Green, MacAllister, Clarke; and Cornell- Oglethorpe:824, ex Ten Eyck:507 Oglethorpe:824, ex Ten Eyck:507 |
35L |
14 |
2894 should read: 2,984 |
35R |
b-ll |
Struck probably Sept. 22, 1796 when the denomination was begun, |
35R |
b-6 |
above field sharp, should read: above shield sharp, |
36R |
20 |
Baldenhofer:1206. Add: Possibly ex McCoy: 1946, French |
36R |
1802 |
Dr. Martin Klein. Add; Possibly ex McCoy: 1947. |
37R |
For pedigrees see Breen [1984], p.311. |
|
39R-40L |
Cent. Add; One ex W.S. Lincoln (ca. 1890), Benjamin H. Collins, Frossard 144:673 (3/23/1897), as proof, date spaced 1817: probably Newcomb 6, spaced 1817: probably Newcomb 6, |
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