The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 52, December 23, 2001, Article 2

HAIN COLLECTION OF MASSACHUSETTS SILVER

  The January 15-17, 2002 sale by Stack's of New York
  features the most comprehensive collection of Massachusetts
  silver coins ever auctioned - over 180 different specimens
  of silver shillings struck in Boston by the order of the
  Massachusetts General Court.  The coins were designed
  by silversmiths John Hull (1624-83) and Robert Sanderson
  (1608-93).  Advertisements for the auction tout the catalog
  as "certain to become the definitive reference work for this
  historically important series,"  and that is probably not far
  off the mark.  It's an uncommon occurrence for such a
  specialized collection of rarities to come to market, and
  catalogues for such sales often become the defacto reference
  for the series.   Would anyone care to nominate the "top ten"
  catalogs which stand as definitive reference works for their
  specialties?

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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