nnan0092 J. Colvin Randall notebooks, circa 1898 David Hill ANS Archives ©2011
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Finding aid encoded by David Hill using EADitor ©2011 Finding aid written in English Descriptive Summary J. Colvin Randall notebooks Notebooks containing lists and notes on U.S. gold, silver, and base coins and proof sets, 1794-1898. English Randall, J. Colvin, d. 1901 circa 1898 American Numismatic Society 3 notebooks (1 folder)

A page from one of the notebooks

 Biographical Note

J. Colvin Randall (d. 1901) was a Philadelphia numismatist and coin dealer who was an expert in die varieties of American coins.

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 Coins--Collectors and collecting Coin dealers--United States Randall, J. Colvin, d. 1901 United States Mint Notebooks Lists (Document genres) Scope and Content Note

Contains three notebooks with handwritten labels: (1) “Types & Varieties of U.S. Gold & Silver” lists coins from 1794 to 1884; (2) “Proof Sets” has notes on U.S. silver, gold, and minor or base sets from 1857 to 1898; and (3) “Proof Sets &c” lists the number of gold, silver, and base sets from the Philadelphia Mint from 1874 to 1898.