The Standard Catalogue of United States Coins 1953 (Wayte Raymond, 1953 HC) 16th

WAYTE RAYMOND STANDARD CATALOGUE INFORMATION

"The 1935 edition (published in 1934) was the first, and it continued

annually through the 1945 edition (published in 1944) except for 1943

when only a 16-page supplement was published. The 1946 edition was

the first numbered one, the 11th, and thereafter this catalog was

published irregularly through the final 18th edition of 1957, of

which Olga E. Raymond, Wayte's widow, was the editor. In that edition

only, the substantial contributions of John J. Ford, Jr., and Walter

H. Breen were recognized, although the 1938 edition and all subsequent

to it did list names of the contributors.

"The contents of the catalogs, as well as the titles, varied somewhat

from year to year. The 1940, 1941 and 1942 editions had extensive

merchant token supplements and for that reason are desired by token

collectors. Others included listings of colonial, obsolete and

confederate paper money.