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Stack's. PUBLIC AUCTION SALES. JOHN J. FORD, JR. COLLECTION. COINS, MEDALS AND CURRENCY. PARTS I–XXI. NUMISMATIC AMERICAN HISTORY. New York etc., 2003–2007. Twenty-one volumes, complete for the initial series. 4to, original matching pictorial card covers. 5464 pages; 10,885 lots; numerous portraits; profusely illustrated throughout, largely in full color. Prices realized lists laid in to all. Generally fine. A set of the 21 volumes of the initial series of this encyclopedic series of Numismatic American History auction sale catalogues, documenting the fabled collection assembled by John Jay Ford, Jr. (The three follow-up sales held in 2013 are not included.) The production values exhibited by the catalogues themselves are exceeded only by the depth of numismatic scholarship contained therein. They will long remain indispensable to scholars, collectors, and dealers interested in the truly fascinating world of American numismatics that lies beyond dates and mintmarks. Ex Richard A. Eliasberg Library.