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Vlack Plates on Vermonts, etc.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 USD
Vlack Plates on Vermonts, etc.
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(Vlack, Robert A.). FOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES OF VERMONT COPPERS. No place of issue, undated. Four photographic prints: 20.5 by 14 cm. Loose. Essentially as new. Accompanied by a photocopied sheet comprising a columnar table, contemporary to the period, of BB numbers, Ryder equivalents, Sheldon rarity, basal value, condition census and dates. [with] THREE PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING RYDER-38. Three 10 by 12.5 cm black and white photographic prints depicting two obverses and one reverse of this rare variety. No photographer information available. [with] (Vlack, Robert A.). SIX PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES OF WASHINGTON MILITARY AND DRAPED BUST PIECES. No place of issue, undated. Six photographic prints: 18 by 12.5 cm. Loose. Fine. Depicted on the excellent plates of Vermont coppers are twenty-four die varieties issued by the legal Rupert Mint, twelve varieties issued by Machin's Mills, and one counterfeit. All are assigned "BB" numbers. Ex John J. Ford, Jr. library (Kolbe Sale 93, lot 220). Also included are some rarely seen plates depicting Washington pieces and photographs of two examples of the rare Ryder-38 Vermont copper.