How close was the Ford collection to being a complete Red Book collection?

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• EagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 20, 2010 5:09AM

  Since there were no Federal issues in that collection, not close at all.

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• CaptainRon Posts: 1,189 ✭✭

  December 20, 2010 5:21AM

  I did not realize that, thanks Rick.

  

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• Coinosaurus Posts: 9,645 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 20, 2010 5:23AM

  A Red Book collection is not that hard, there are only 60 or so volumes in the set

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• BillJones Posts: 34,843 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 20, 2010 6:22AM

  Yea, Ford did not have much respect from a collectors' and historic standpoint for the regular issue U.S. coins so he didn't collect them.

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• ambro51 Posts: 13,949 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 20, 2010 6:59AM

  He didnt have an 1864 Feuchtwanger Three Cent Piece......

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