Lot 2311

Description

Betts, Wyllys Esq., Counterfeit Half Pence, current in the American Colonies and their issue from the Mints of Connecticut and Vermont, an address before the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, 1886, New York.,17pps illustrated throughout, by line drawings. Very good, paper covers with tears and missing portions, pin-hole at top through all pages, otherwise the contents fine and the book rare.

Important for the analysis of the imitation of Great Britain regal halfpence of George III and their manufacture in United States.