 Inventory of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Connecticut Coppers. Formed by Mr. Frederick C.C. Boyd from collections assembled by William Wallace Hays, Dr. Thomas Hall, Virgil Brand, and Hillyer Ryder. Preserved for study and dispersal to a later generation of collectors by Mr. John J. Ford, Jr. Recorded in Frank Katen's numismatic library copy of Edward Miller's The State Coinages of New England (ANS 1920). The inside cover with Katen's ex libris, the fly leaf with his library stamp and the following handwritten inscription: ''June 6, 1993. After seven days of uninterrupted labor John J. Ford, Jr. and I finished this inventory listing of his collection of Connecticut coppers. This is one of the finest such collections ever assembled, and it is fitting that its description was completed on the anniversary of D Day in Europe, 1944. [signed] Michael Hodder.''
The inventory takes the form of Mr. Ford's penciled notations of the adjectival grades of each Connecticut in his collection along with short but detailed descriptions of each coin's surface quality, die state, defects, rarity rating, Miller corrigenda notes, and provenance, each written beside the appropriate Miller listing. As an example, under 1785 Miller 5.1-F.5 we find Mr. Ford noting that 5.1 and 5.2 are identical and describing his two specimens as ''AU-55, minor rev. flaw. [Bought from] Elder [lot]141 [sale date] 6/1/22'' and ''AU-58, glossy, seriously flawed, clip. [Bought from] Elder [lot] 878 [sale date] 4/8/16''. A unique record of a great collection. There are no notations in either the Vermont or Massachusetts coppers sections of the book.@@
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