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Edgar Adams Plates with lot tickets included (the most recent being Kolbe & Fanning, sale 146, 7/15/2017, lot 261).

Notes by Saul Teichman regarding these Adams’ pattern plates:

#15, #16: Same obverse plate

#15: Plate mismatches

#17, #18: Same obverse plate

#17, #19: Same reverse plate

#25, #26, #30 Same obverse plate

#26, #31: Same reverse plate

#27, #32: Same reverse plate

#29, #31: Same obverse plate

#29, #30: Same reverse plate

#30, #31: Plate mismatches

#25 is Lohr-River Oaks example of J-1515.

#27 is 66 ANA, Coronet, Bass coin.

Adams 2/1911 sale of Woodin coins had examples of all coins photographed herein except for 20c pieces – the 1877 half dollars on plates possibly representing the J-1509, J-1523, J-1515, J-1502, J-1536, J-1531 in that auction. Reverse under #15 may belong to 1863 J-347. Probably 3 plates holding numbers 1-14 and one holding numbers 20-24 awaiting discovery.