Q.David Bowers
The inventory listed on this and the following pages represents American colonial, federal, territorial and related numismatic items consigned to Bowers and Ruddy Galleries for auction, together with other pieces which were previously traded or which were sold in 1976 by Stack's. Those traded or sold prior to 1979 are indicated by an asterisk. Occasionally, certain information concerning die varieties, for example, was not available for those coins. Duplicate coins sold on many earlier instances (including several auction sales by George W. Massamore in the 1880s, private sales by Wayte Raymond, B. Max Mehl, and others in the 1920s, and other transactions prior to recent years) are not included.
The inventory includes a tabulation of provenance so far as could be determined through working with the original statements and notations of T. Harrison Garrett, Robert Garrett, and John Work Garrett, together with their correspondence with many dealers.
Positive determinations of pedigrees and rarity ratings Were sometimes impossible to determine with absolute certainty; however, working information is provided for future research or discoveries. The terms possibly, probably and .believed were used in that order to indicate the relative certainty with which the rarity and quality of a specific coin could be described.
The following attribution sources were used in the order indicated: Noe numbers for Massachusetts Silver coinage; Nelson numbers for Wood's Hibernia coinage; Betts numbers for Pitt tokens, Rhode Island and certain other early medals; Ryder numbers for Vermont and Massachusetts copper coinage; Miller numbers for Connecticut copper coinage; Maris numbers for New jersey copper coinage; Newman numbers for Continental dollars; Gilbert and Cohen numbers for half cents; Sheldon and Newcomb numbers for large cents; Valentine numbers for half dimes: Overton numbers for half dollars; Bolender numbers for silver dollars; Judd numbers for pattern, trial and experimental pieces; Lee numbers for California small denomination gold and Low numbers for Hard Times tokens. Specific reference work titles appear in the bibliography. A bibliography of auction sales cited appears at the end of this appendix.
Sommer Islands Coinage
Twopence. 23.9 grains. Fine.
Sixpence. Large portholes. 40.8 grains. Extremely Fine.
Shilling. Small sails. 70.9 grains. Fine. Holed. From Newlin on April 1, 1885. Possibly finest known.
"Pound" gold. Wuesthoff Fabrication. 109.4 grains. Fine. From Low on October 31, 1884.
Massachusetts Silver Coinage
New England Coinage (1652)
Sixpence. Noe 1. 33.5 grains. Very Fine. From Frossard on April 15, 1883, previously from the Parsons and Bushnell collections. Believed six known.
Shilling. N-1D. 70.2 grains. Extremely Fine. From S. H. Chapman on December 19, 1919, previously from the Jackman Collection.
Shilling. N-2A. 71.2 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Ellsworth Collection. *
Willow Tree Coinage (1653-1660)
Sixpence. N-1. 35.6 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Ellsworth Collection.
Shilling. N-1A. 74.2 grains. About Uncirculated. From the Ellsworth Collection, previously from the Earle and Mills collections.
Shilling. N-3C. 72.7 grains. Very Fine. *
Oak Tree Coinage (1660-1667)
Twopence. N-29. 10.8 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Crosby Collection.
Twopence. N-30. 11.3 grains. About Uncirculated. From the Crosby Collection.
Twopence. N-31. 12 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Ellsworth Collection. *
Threepence. N-27. 11 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Ellsworth Collection, previously from the Stickney and Smith collections.
Threepence. N-28. 16.7 grains. Very Fine. From the Mills Collection.
Threepence. N-28.5. 16.2 grains. Very Fine. From the Mills Collection, previously from the Whitman Collection. *
Sixpence. N-15. 36.6 grains. About Uncirculated. From the Mills Collection, previously from the Bushnell Collection.
Sixpence. N-16. 36 grains. Uncirculated. From the Ellsworth Collection."
Sixpence. N-20. 34.5 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Ellsworth Collection.
Sixpence. N-22. 33.2 grains. About Uncirculated.'
Shilling. N-1. 71.3 grains. About Uncirculated. From the Ellsworth Collection, previously from the Stickney Collection.
Shilling. N-4. 72.0 grains. About Uncirculated. From the Ellsworth Collection, previously from the Earle Collection ."
Shilling. N-5. 71.2 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Ellsworth Collection.*
Shilling. N-7. 72 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Crosby Collection.
Shilling. N-9. 71.5 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Ellsworth Collection, previously from the Earle Collection. *
Shilling. N-10. 72.7 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Ellsworth Collection, previously from the Earle and Stickney collections.
Shilling. N-11. 70.7 grains. Extremely Fine:
Shilling. N-13. 71 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Mills Collection."
Shilling. N-14. 70.7 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Crosby Collection.
Pine Tree Coinage (1667-1682)
Threepence. N-34. 18.2 grains. Extremely Fine. From the Ellsworth Collection, previously from the Stickney Collection.