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ORIGINAL FROSSARD AND HAYS

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ORIGINAL FROSSARD AND HAYS
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Frossard, Ed, and W.W. Hays. VARIETIES OF UNITED STATES CENTS OF THE YEAR 1794: DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED. New York: Privately Printed, 1893. Thin 4to, original red cloth, decorated in black and gilt. 18 pages; 2 tinted autotype plates. Hinges cracked with text block detached; very good or so, with defects noted. Second binding variant (maroon cloth, 0.75 inch decorative bands at top and bottom, inner filigree to cover device). Until Sheldon’s Early American Cents, the primary work on the subject. Only 250 copies printed, all of them poorly bound making this a typical example.