THE FREDERICK B. TAYLOR COLLECTION
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The One Hundred Greatest Items Of United States Numismatic Literature Rank: Number 88
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A landmark sale for colonial copper, the Taylor catalog was immediately a reference de rigueur for any collector of the 1785-1788 states copper series. A necessary companion are the Limited Edition Photographic Plates of the same sale, issued in a handsome purple volume, of which one hundred and eighty-two numbered copies were produced. The twenty-three plates depict, to full effect, many hundreds of Vermont, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut state coppers. The tout ensemble is in turn a mandatory “go with” item for Maris' A Historic Sketch Of The Coins Of New Jersey reference on New Jersey coppers (#18 on our list), as the Taylor cabinet included multiple Maris plate coins. One is tempted to also add Crosby's Early Coins Of America (#2) to our little collection here, and as usual, there is no end to books!
Softbound Catalog
Photo courtesy of Thomas Wetter Numismatic Library.
Auctions By Bowers and Merena, Inc. THE FREDERICK B. TAYLOR COLLECTION.
New York, NY: Bowers & Merena Galleries, March 26-28, 1987
317pp, 3916 lots, illustrated, 2 color plates
Quarto
Softbound: Pictorial card covers
Hardbound Catalog
Auctions By Bowers and Merena, Inc. THE FREDERICK B. TAYLOR COLLECTION.
New York, NY: Bowers & Merena Galleries, March 26-28, 1987
317pp, 3916 lots, illustrated, 2 color plates
Quarto
Hardbound: Brown leatherette, lettered in gilt
Plate Volume
Photo courtesy of David Sklow - Fine Numismatic Books.
Auctions By Bowers and Merena, Inc. LIMITED EDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES: STATE COPPER COINAGE 1785-1788: TAYLOR COLLECTION MARCH 1987
Wolfesboro, NH: 1988
23 Photographic plates
Oblong Quarto
Hardbound: Purple cloth, lettered in gilt