NOTE: THIS LARGE CENT MANUSCRIPT (ASSIDE FROM THE GOLD COIN MANUSCRIPTS) WAS WB's FIRST NUMISMATIC STUDY/WRITING WHICH BEGAN WITHIN THE CUSHING VA HOSPITAL, LATE SUMMER/EARLY FALL OF 1947.
DESCRIPTION: SCAN 1: TWO PAGES ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CHAIN CENT. FOXED. FOUR ORIGINAL PAGES: THE "ORDER OF EMISSION IN 1793 CENT COINAGE" IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE VERY FIRST PAGES WB WROTE CONCERNING NUMISMATICS! FALL/WINTER 1947. ALL SOURCES CITED: WHS, CROSBY, FROSSARD, CROSBY-LEVICK, OTHERS. A WB AUTOGRAPH NOTICE TO S. MOSER, LOWER MARGIN ON PAGE 2. ALL 4 PAGES WITH HORIZONTAL FOLD. EVEN FOXING. PAGE 2 NEAR LEFT EDGE, CENTER, IS A STAIN. ANNOTATED IN PEN & PENCIL (S. MOSER). ORIGINAL 1950 MANUSCRIPT 1793: 3 PAGES. FOXED. ANNOTATED.
SCAN 2: FOUR PAGES. VISUALLY SELF EXPLANATORY. SOURCE MATERIAL IN AUTOGRAPH: DIE VARIETIES & PAIRINGS, PROVENANCES. THE WHITE PAGE WITH BROAD LINES ARE MID 1980's. WORN, WITHOUT TEARS, HOLES OR STAINS. THE CANARY LEGAL SIZE HAS CREASES & FOLDS AT TOP; DATED 1/57 UPPER RIGHT.
SCAN 3: FILE COPY OF 5 PAGE LETTER FROM WB TO D. LORING 11/16/84. SOME PERSONAL COMMENTS & 1793 INFORMATION. LIGHT FOXING, DOT MATRIX PRINTER PAPER ATTACHED BOTTOM TO TOP, LIGHT FOXING, LEFT TRAC REMOVED. ALSO INFORMATION NOT MENTIONED BY WHS: 16 VARIETIES OF TURBAN HEADS. ALSO ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SINGLE PAGE "THE 1810 SO CALLED RESTRIKE". FOXED & ANNOTATED. ALSO 1808-14 S-277-295 IN AUTOGRAPH IN 4 COLORS OF INK. ALSO ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT S-293, SINGLE PAGE. EXTENSIVE PENCIL ANNOTATIONS. LIGHT FOXING.
SCAN 4: TWO PAGE SIGNED LETTER FROM PETE SMITH TO WB. BRIGHT WHITE PAPER. PS INFORMS WB OF S-277, S-278, S-285; AND MORE. ENCLOSURE ALSO INCLUDED: EIGHT PAGES "UNITED STATES TURBAN CENTS 1808-1814" INFORMATION FOR S-278-95 DIE PROGRESSION.
SCAN 5: SINGLE PAGE LETTER-APRIL 29, 1988-FROM P. SMITH TO WB. BRIGHT PAPER, 9 PARAGRAPHS, CLEAR BLACK INK SIGNATURE. INFORMATION SOURCE PLAYERS NAMES. LETTER FROM SCOTT RUBIN-2/5/86-NAMING KNOWN PROVENANCES OF HEAD OF '93 OBV. OF '94 DATES. 14 SINGLE SIDE PAGES ATTACHED BOTTOM TO TOP. SOMEWHAT FOXED.
SCAN 6: FOUR PAGES EAC XXI/120 PAGES 113-6. NINE PAGES S-277-95 COMPANION TO SCAN 4. PETE SMITH. PAPER IS VERY BRIGHT WHITE, NO DAMAGE SEEN.
NOT SCANNED: NOV. 1978 ANA NUMISMATIST ARTICLE PHOTOCOPY, 2 PAGES. "STRAWBERRY LEAVES AND SHINERS" C.W.A.CARLSON.
CONDITION: WITHIN DESCRIPTIONS ABOVE.
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