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DEPARTMENTS
69 COUNTERFEIT DETECTION Reuss-Schleiz 2 talers.
71 THE YN PERSPECTIVE The need to read.
Kenny Sammut
73 AROUND THE WORLD Pious and propagandized.
Ursula Kampmann
75 EARLY AMERICAN MONEY Bragging rights.
Ray Williams
77 CLASSIFIED ADS
79 GETTING STARTED World notes.
Mitch Sanders
81 COLLECTOR’S PRICE GUIDE Colonials, half cents, cents,
2 cents, 3 cents, nickels.
95 ADVERTISER INDEX
96 HUMOR Good old gold.
Jerry Cestkowski
Duplicitous twins.
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Hooked on books. PAGE 71
A message of faith. PAGE 73
Overrated underachievers.
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