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Miller & Ryder's State Coinage of New England

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Miller & Ryder's State Coinage of New England
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Miller, Henry C., and Hillyer Ryder. THE STATE COINAGES OF NEW ENGLAND: THE STATE COINAGE OF CONNECTICUT. THE COLONIAL COINS OF VERMONT. THE COPPER COINS OF MASSACHUSETTS. New York: ANS, 1920. (4), 76 pages; 7 plates of coins. [bound with] ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE STATE COINAGE OF CONNECTICUT AND THE COLONIAL COINS OF VERMONT. (New York: ANS, 1920). 7, (1) pages. 4to, later brown cloth, gilt. Some rubbing to spine; near fine. A nice copy of the separately published edition, offprinted from the 1919 volume (Part I, published in 1920) of the American Journal of Numismatics. Includes three classic works on state copper coinage: "The State Coinage of Connecticut," by Henry C. Miller, "The Colonial Coins of Vermont," by Hillyer Ryder, and "The Copper Coins of Massachusetts," also by Ryder. Miller's work had been completed but not published when he died at age 75. All three monographs instantly became standard works, and their numbering systems remain in use today. Clain-Stefanelli 12205.