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MORE U.S. COINS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Last week's Featured Web Page was a selection of U.S. coins from the British Museum collection. Here are some notable specimens, courtesy of Saul Teichman, who originally suggested the page. Thanks!
-Editor
Saul writes: Most of the nicer British Museum pieces got there in 1818 from Dorothea Banks. By the way, some surprising condition rarities in the British Museum include
1853-O No Arrows Half Dime
1806 Half Dollar pointed 6 stem not through claw
1901-S Half Dollar
1869-S half eagle
Catherine Eagleton of the British Museum is working on a book about the history of the BM collection, and she promises it will have a good bit of information on Sarah Sophia Banks and her collection, which was donated to the BM by Lady Dorothea Banks, her sister-in-law in 1818 after Sarah's death. We're looking forward to it!
-Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
FEATURED WEB PAGE: BRITISH MUSEUM U.S. HOLDINGS
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n54a20.html)
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