Dr. J. Hewitt Judd's United States Pattern, Experimental And Trial Pieces, First Edition

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numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11880 Posts	Posted 04/21/2022 12:10 am Acquired a first edition of Dr. Judd's United States Pattern,Experimental and Trial Pieces, published by Whitman in 1959 for the princely sum of $28 - not much more than what a new edition would cost. Slowly adding the basics to my library. First edition was printed by Whitman in Racine Wisconsin but in the 9th edition, published in 2005, it became part of Whitman's Red Book Series. A quote from a predecessor to Dr. Judd - Patterson Du Bois from 1883, 16 years before Dr. Judd was born. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Edited by numismatic student 04/21/2022 12:29 am Report this Post to the Staff

numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11880 Posts	Posted 04/21/2022 01:50 am The first coin in the Judd Catalog of Patterns: Judd-1 1792 1C Silver Center Cent J-1, BN, PCGS SP67BN It is interesting that the engraver ran out of room when engraving the obverse legend and had to truncate the last word to INDUST similar to how the original reverse legend of the Sheldon-1 die pair for the 1793 cent also ran out of room and had to stop at AMERI. I can visualize the engraver being yelled at by his boss for poor planning. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Edited by numismatic student 04/21/2022 01:55 am Report this Post to the Staff
Raised on rock Pillar of the Community United States 634 Posts	Posted 04/21/2022 08:33 am Congrats on getting the book. Interesting tidbit on the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188001 Posts	Posted 04/21/2022 08:47 am Excellent! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Catbert Valued Member United States 72 Posts	Posted 04/21/2022 12:07 pm Love the DuBois quote! Report this Post to the Staff
Slider23 Pillar of the Community United States 4469 Posts	Posted 04/21/2022 3:31 pm Nice pick up. I also purchased this week the: United States Pattern Coins: Experimental and Trial Pieces, 9th Edition by J. Hewitt Judd a used copy for $17. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 04/21/2022 4:39 pm Funny coincidence, I just posted Dr. Judd's biography last night here on CCF: http://goccf.com/t/419770&whichpage=3#3618627 "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11880 Posts	Posted 04/21/2022 5:20 pm Not such a great coincidence. You motivated me to look for a copy of the book and start learning more about pattern issues. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 04/22/2022 5:25 pm There is always https://uspatterns.stores.yahoo.net/ a great site with a broken search system. Just about everything you need is there. Look for Pollack's Book though the Latest Whitman Red Book Series book is good too. Pollack's big blue out of print book can be expensive, but every now and then one sells cheap on ebay (under $50) I think I kept waiting and finally got my copy for $25! Usually see them at $75-200 range. The Book I mentioned from Andrew Pollack https://www.amazon.com/United-State...p/0943161584 The Whitman Book by Judd & Bowers https://www.amazon.com/United-State.../0794822533/ "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
CalzoneManiac Pillar of the Community United States 2233 Posts	Posted 04/22/2022 9:19 pm Very neat. I'd like to see something like this for every pattern listed in the book. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 04/22/2022 9:35 pm As to the silver center cents, there has been some really new (2019) and exciting discoveries with them. https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/periodical/515019 https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/periodical/627721 https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/periodical/518593 The whole paper/book https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/538104 "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 04/22/2022 9:56 pm Quote: start learning more about pattern issues. Great! I began a database of all the Two Cent patterns and sales over the past several decades, it started due to my research into the small motto proof and went from there. The Gobrecht dollars are one of the more written about pattern coins, look for the Heritage Press book on them: https://coins.ha.com/itm/books/gobr.../960011756.s Great book and a ton of information. There are a few really good free pattern catalogs: Abe Kosoff - https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publi...isplayAmt=50 Legend and Heritage both sold a lot of Bob Simpson's pattern collections, look into their archives on the NNP. I have errata sheets for the 9th & 10th editions of Judd's book if anyone needs them. Numismatic Student check your email for a little something from me to you! "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Edited by westcoin 04/22/2022 10:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Ballyhoo Pillar of the Community United States 1613 Posts	Posted 04/23/2022 3:00 pm Fantastic addition to your library. As one passionate about books, hard cover and first additions, I had to settle on the 7th edition since a first is difficult to acquire. Not impossible, but far and few between. That said, you got a really good deal. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon Report this Post to the Staff
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