UNITED STATES PATTERN, TRIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES

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The One Hundred Greatest Items Of United States Numismatic Literature Rank: Number 40

Clain-Stefanelli 12440, Davis 10, Sigler 21

The first substantial attempt at a comprehensive catalog of United States patterns, Adams-Woodin created a template that has been used ever since – year-by-year overview commentary followed by an annual listing of patterns. A total of 1752 patterns are herein enumerated, many from the Adams collection, though to be sure other provenances are integrated, notably of Granberg and Brand, and specimens from the Mint Cabinet are also detailed. The Woodin collection was essentially released en masse by the Mint Cabinet in 1909 in exchange for two gold half union patterns, and forms the basis of this work. Said to consist of “two large crates,” a formal inventory of the 1909 Mint group has never been revealed, leading to all manner of speculation regarding precisely what Woodin acquired at the time. In any case, the present volume is likely the closest that we shall ever come to such an inventory.

1^st Edition, Softbound

ADAMS, E. H. & WOODIN, W. H. UNITED STATES PATTERN, TRIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES. BEING A LIST OF THE PATTERN, TRIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUE BY THE UNITED STATES MINT FROM 1792 UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.
New York: 1913
196pp, illustrated
Octavo: 23.5 x 16 cm
Softbound: Blue card covers
American Numismatic Society American Numismatic Series No. 1

1^st Edition, Hardbound

First Edition.
Photo courtesy of Thomas Wetter Numismatic Library.

ADAMS, E. H. & WOODIN, W. H. UNITED STATES PATTERN, TRIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES. BEING A LIST OF THE PATTERN, TRIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUE BY THE UNITED STATES MINT FROM 1792 UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.
New York: 1913
196pp, illustrated
Octavo: 23.5 x 16 cm
Hardbound: Blue cloth, lettered in gilt
American Numismatic Society American Numismatic Series No. 1

Available interleaved, limited to 300 copies.

Interleaved first Edition.
Photo courtesy of Charles Davis Numismatic Literature.

1^st Edition, Special Limited

First Deluxe Edition.
Photo courtesy of Heritage Numismatics.

ADAMS, E. H. & WOODIN, W. H. UNITED STATES PATTERN, TRIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES. BEING A LIST OF THE PATTERN, TRIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PIECES WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUE BY THE UNITED STATES MINT FROM 1792 UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.
New York: 1913
196pp, illustrated, interleaved
Octavo: 23.5 x 16 cm
Hardbound: Full flexible brown morocco, all edges gilt, lettered in gilt
American Numismatic Society American Numismatic Series No. 1

Limited to 50 copies, although the highest number recorded is 12.^[1]