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The E-Sylum
  
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Volume 19, Number 28, July 10, 2016
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JULY 10, 2016
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NBS BENEFIT SALE AT ANA CONVENTION
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MORE ON SOTHEBY'S MILNE-HENDERSON SALE
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NEW BOOK: PHILIPPINE EMERGENCY NOTES
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NEW BOOK: TOKENS OF THE INDIAN MINTS
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NEW BOOK: EARLY COINAGE OF BENGAL
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NEWMAN PORTAL DIGITIZES THOMAS ELDER AUCTION CATALOGS
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MASSACHUSETTS TERCENTENARY PROJECT CONTACT UPDATE
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JULY 10, 2016
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MORE TROMPE L’OEIL BANKNOTE PAINTINGS
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ARTHUR HENRY KRAUS POSTCARD AND CHECK
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HARVEY RISSMILLER (1882-1963)
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RED BOOK RECOLLECTIONS: LINCOLN W. HIGGIE III 
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WALL STREET JOURNAL ON CHESTER KRAUSE
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THE NEW YORK GOLD ROOM
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ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS MORMON $20 GOLD PIECE
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QUERY: STONE MOUNTAIN SCRAPBOOK SOUGHT
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NUMISMATIC VOCABULARY: COPIES AND REPLICAS
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'SPENT BY LAWFUL GUN OWNER' OVERSTAMP
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POLITICAL PORTRAITS OF MONEY ARTIST MARK WAGNER
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HOARD OF 8,000 ROMAN COINS DECLARED TREASURE
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EIGHT ROMAN GOLD COINS UNCOVERED IN GERMANY
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STACK’S BOWERS 2016 ANA COIN AUCTION 
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KUENKER AUCTIONS 277-279 RESULTS
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EXHIBIT: NEW IDEAS IN MEDALLIC SCULPTURE
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BORINQUENEERS CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL CEREMONY
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ROCHESTER POLICE OFFICER EARNS CARNEGIE HERO MEDAL
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PELE'S MEDALS SOLD
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RUSSIAN MEDALS FOR LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS
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THE COINS OF SEBORGA
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THE BOATMAN ON THE 1969-79 CANADIAN $1 BILL
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THE MAKING OF THE NEW 50 EURO BANKNOTE
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PAYCHECK SNAFU TRIGGERS WORKER'S SPENDING BINGE
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CARTOON PARODIES FAMOUS KARSH CHURCHILL PHOTO
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PROBLEMS WITH RESELLING MACERATED CURRENCY
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FEATURED WEB PAGE: MACERATED MONEY
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JULY 10, 2016



New subscribers this week include: 
Ginny Bourke, courtesy of Ken Berger, and
Michael A Viens.
Welcome aboard! We now have 1,991 subscribers.


This week we open with the NBS Benefit Auction to be held at our General Meeting at the ANA convention next month, more information on the Milne-Henderson sale, three new books and a great new auction catalog resource on the Newman Numismatic Portal.


Other topics this week include more trompe l’oeil banknote paintings, the New York Gold Room, 'Gun Owner' overstamps, ancient coin finds and auctions, a Congressional gold medal award ceremony, coins of Seborga, and macerated currency.


To learn more about the bibliophile Invasion of Louisville,  
 the  Cohen Coin Book, Philippine emergency notes, dealers Arthur Henry Kraus and Harvey Rissmiller, terms related to copies and replicas, and the numismatic stench of dead, rotting skin, read on. Have a great week, everyone!


Wayne Homren 
Editor, The E-Sylum

 







NBS BENEFIT SALE AT ANA CONVENTION


NBS co-founder George Kolbe graciously agreed to accept and catalogue donated items for the annual NBS Benefit Auction to be held next month at the ANA World's Fair of Money.  Here's an initial listing of lots already in hand.
-Editor



George writes:



Below is a listing of items already received for the NBS Benefit Auction at ANA. These and other lots will be sold at the General Meeting of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society to be held at the American Numismatic Association Convention in Anaheim, California on Friday, August 12th, 2016. All proceeds will benefit NBS.


Among important items already on hand are an early printing of Thomas Jefferson’s 1790 Report Respecting Coins, Weights, and Measures; a nice example of Henry Chapman’s 1921 Catalogue of the John Story Jenks Collection with reprint plates; and a rare video of the “Invasion of Louisville." Enroute is Ted Craige’s original copy of John Ford’s 1967 “The Franklin Hoard of United States Assay Office of Gold Coins,” which sold for $2500 in the 1983 Craige Library sale.


Anyone wishing to donate items to benefit NBS should send them posthaste to George Kolbe at P. O. Box 3100, Crestline, CA 92325. Updated listings will appear in The E-Sylum, enabling interested bidders to participate in absentia.




This is a great way to both support the club and build your numismatic library.  I shipped George a few donations myself on Thursday.
-Editor



The following items will be sold at the General Meeting of the Numismatic
Bibliomania Society to be held at the American Numismatic Association
Convention in Anaheim, California on Friday, August 12th, 2016. All items will be
sold to the highest bidder and absentee bids are welcome. If you are unable to
attend the meeting, please email your bids to NBS President Marc Ricard:

mcricard at yahoo.com. All proceeds will benefit NBS.


1. NINE COIN AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES ISSUED BY THE CHAPMAN
BROTHERS. 1880–1906. Adams/Gengerke Sale Numbers 2, 29, 43, 62, 64, 67,
70, 79, & 83. Original paper covers. An interesting selection of small format
catalogues, generally in very good or better condition (sale 79 covers worn).
Sales 70 & 79 are handpriced. Important catalogues present include 1880
Samuel Bispham sale [Adams B+]; June 1889 sale [A-]; 1894 Isaac Wood
Medals sale [A-]; 1901 Wilcox sale [A]; and 1906 Harlan P. Smith Duplicates sale
[B]. Also included is the reprint of S. H. Chapman’s famous Alvord Collection of Half Cents.
Donated by Len Augsburger.


2. SPECIAL EDITION OF THE CELEBRATED JOHN W. ADAMS
COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS OF THE YEAR 1794.
1982 Bowers and Ruddy catalogue. Original cloth. Near new. No. 139 of 256
copies, with 2 photographic plates of cents in color.
Donated by Dan Hamelberg.


3. SPECIAL EDITION OF PART I OF THE DAN HOLMES COLLECTION OF
EARLY DATE LARGE CENTS. 2009 Goldberg catalogue. Original binding, color
dust jacket. Near new. The most complete collection ever formed.
Donated by Dan Hamelberg.


4. LIMITED EDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE BOOK OF THE 1987
FREDERICK B. TAYLOR COLLECTION OF STATE COPPER COINAGE
1785–1788. Bowers and Merena. Original binding. As new. No. 93 of 182 copies.
An excellent photographic record of this remarkable collection.
Donated by Dan Hamelberg.


5. JACK COLLINS AND WALTER BREEN’S HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF
THE FIRST 1794 UNITED STATES DOLLAR. 2007. Spiral-bound as issued.
Near new. Limited edition: one of only 99 copies issued of a groundbreaking work.
Donated by Dan Hamelberg.


6. CATALOGUE OF THE JOHN STORY JENKS COLLECTION OF COINS.
Henry Chapman, 1921. Sturdily bound in later white cloth, accompanied by a set
of reprint plates, prices realized list bound in, intermittently annotated in pencil,
including prices and bidder’s initials or names (BMM, SHC, Blair, BGJ, RK, Gill,
Dietz, HC, et al). Very good/near fine.
Donated by Dan Hamelberg.


7. TWO RARELY ENCOUNTERED WAYTE RAYMOND FIXED PRICE LISTS
FEATURING UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS. Circa 1915 and 1921.
Self-covered as issued. Good or better copies.
Donated by Dan Hamelberg.



8. RARE ORIGINAL 1803 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT. 13th
January, 1804. Signed in type by President Th. Jefferson, Mint Director Elias
Boudinot, and Mint Treasurer Benjamin Rush. Ex Tennessee Historical Society
(withdrawn). Title leaf comprising pages 1–2; transmittal leaf from the President
comprising pages 3–4; pages 5–6 apparently missing; pages 7–8 comprising
Boudinot’s Report to the President; large folding Abstract No. 1 (approx. 15 by 10
inches, comprised of 2 sheets); page 12, verso blank, comprising Abstract No. 2;
pages 14–17, final verso blank, comprising Statement No. 3; blank leaf at end.
Once bound, mostly loose. Good/very good, apart from apparently being slightly incomplete.
Donated by Dan Hamelberg.


9. FIVE EARLY 20TH CENTURY FIXED PRICE LISTS OR PREMIUM GUIDES.


Arnold Numismatic Co. Numismatic Guide. 12th Edition. 1914.

Barney Bluestone/Salt City Coin Co. United States and Canadian Coins. Circa 1935

Bob Cohen. The Cohen Coin Book. 4th Edition. Circa 1935.

Overton Coin & Stamp Co. Price List. No. 5. 1949.

Norman Shultz. Fixed Price List. No. 12. Circa mid-1930s.



All small format, original card covers. Good to fine.
Donated by Dan Hamelberg.


10. THOMAS JEFFERSON’S 1790 REPORT RESPECTING COINS, WEIGHTS,
AND MEASURES. In The American Museum, Or, Universal Magazine.
Philadelphia, September & December, 1790. Pages (97)–144; (245)–288; 40; 80;
20; 20; 48. Disbound, housed in a modern black cloth clamshell box, upper cover
and back lettered in gilt. Secretary of State Jefferson’s densely printed Report,
including tables, comprises pages 36–46 in Appendix II. Public Papers. The
following 2 pages comprise a Speech of his excellency the president of the
united states, featuring George Washington’s comment in his first State of the
Union Address that “Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the
united states, is an object of great importance.” An early printing of Thomas
Jefferson’s consequential report on Coins. Also present here is a 2015
antiquarian bookseller’s printout offering another example of Jefferson’s
American Museum report, priced at $1500.
Donated by Dan Hamelberg.


11. AN ORIGINAL “INVASION OF LOUISVILLE” VIDEO. One of only eleven
VHS tapes commissioned by Armand Champa, the example at hand being Copy
No. 8 sent to George Kolbe. Recorded in ink on the cardboard slipcase are the
names of 7 recipients (the first three were retained by Champa and the last one
was not assigned). Approximately one hour in length, the color video documents
a visit by numismatic bibliophiles to the Champa library during the 1988
American Numismatic Association. Some 45 bibliophiles attended, a great many
depicted here “in action,” including John Burns, Del Bland, Armand & Kay
Champa, John J. Ford, Jr., Alan Grace, Carling Gresham, George Fuld, Frank
Katen, George Kolbe, Ken Lowe, and Jules Reiver, to name but a few. Also
included is a DVD of the recording, a trailer of which can be viewed at

https://youtu.be/Bjpjbz3u0o0.
Donated by George Kolbe.


12. JAMES KELLY’S COINS AND CHATTER. AUCTION SALE NOS. 1-8.
1952–1953. The first eight numbered “Coins and Chatter” sales. Seldom
encountered and incompletely recorded by Gengerke:
Donated by George Kolbe.



If you're unable to attend the show this year, be sure to get your bids in to Marc.    


Also be sure to check out the trailer for the Invasion of Louisville video.  Michael Sullivan, John Burns and I were the young pups fortunate to attend that historic gathering of numismatic bibliophiles.  I made many lifelong friendships that day and it remains a highlight of my numismatic experience.
-Editor











MORE ON SOTHEBY'S MILNE-HENDERSON SALE


This article from Art Daily provides more background on Sotheby's upcoming sale of the Patricia Milne-Henderson numismatic library.  Thanks to Larry Mitchell who sent this in.
-Editor








This summer, Sotheby’s will offer for sale a remarkable collection of historic numismatic books, considered to be the finest private library of its kind in existence. The Collection of Patricia Milne-Henderson: Books on Coins, Medals and Antiquities will be presented in a timed online auction between 8 and 18 July 2016. Together, the 115 lots are estimated at £92,000-132,000. 


The auction provides a fascinating insight into the history of British book collecting, and takes the reader on a journey through some of the greatest libraries ever assembled. The provenance of these tomes is extraordinary, from Charles II (bound specially for his library at St. James), the Duke of Northumberland, the Earl of Pembroke, and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, to William Beckford, Sir William Stirling Maxwell and the Earl of Bute. 


Many of the books in the collection date to the Italian Renaissance, when there was a craze for excavation and uncovering the glories of antiquity. Archaeological finds in Rome and elsewhere at this time meant that Roman coins existed in substantial quantities and were therefore widely available; they provided genuine and datable images of Roman history, art and culture in a portable form. The earliest book is Fulvio’s Illustrium Imagines of 1517, one of the very first attempts at identifying famous faces of antiquity from numismatic evidence. A generation later, it was understood that images on coins could enhance and clarify historical knowledge, and they were used to help identify statues of Greeks and Romans. Catalogues of coins were also used by artists as sources of images and symbols, particularly for allegorical figures. 


Patricia Milne-Henderson, an art historian who was married to Michael Jaffé (1923-1997, former Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum), began to assemble this comprehensive collection in the 1960s and, over the course of almost 50 years, sought out many rare and variant editions, with superb illustrations. 


The Earliest Book in the Collection 
FULVIO, ANDREA (c. 1470-1527) Illustrium imagines (Rome: Giacomo Mazzocchi, 15 November 1517), 8vo 
Estimate: £3,000-4,000 
Provenance: Sir William Stirling-Maxwell (1818-1878) – One-time MP for Perthshire, Rector of St Andrews and Edinburgh Universities, Trustee of the British Museum and National Gallery 


• An antiquarian living in Rome, Fulvio was a friend of Raphael, and advised him on his portrayals of the ancient city. 


• This book, one of the very first attempts at identifying famous faces of Antiquity from numismatic evidence, contains woodcut medallion portraits of classical figures (from Alexander the Great onwards). 


• The portraits used were not always historically accurate, despite the blank spaces left for some characters implying that accurate portraits were yet to be found. 


• Each page is designed to resemble an antique monument with the portrait above and the text (comprising a brief biography) carved beneath. 


• This is issue II of Fulvio's text; the first issue was printed on 7 November 1517. 


• The portraits were based on coins and medals from the collection of Giacomo Mazzocchi - appointed one of the Papal Commissioners for Antiquities in 1515 alongside Raphael and Fulvio. 


>From the Library of Charles II 


OLGIATI, GIROLAMO 
Illustrium philosophorum, et sapientum effigies ab eorum numismatibus extractae. Venice, 1583, 4to 
Estimate: £2,000-3,000 
Provenance: Charles II; British Museum, octagonal stamp in blue (indicating Royal Library provenance), and duplicate stamp, sold in 1787, sale, Leigh and Sotheby, March 1788 


• The binding by Samuel Mearne is consistent with the bindings he made for Charles II's library at St James's; records show that Mearne bound 830 books for St James's between 1663 and 1667 


• The work then entered the collection of the British Museum after the Royal Library was transferred there in the mid-18th century. 


• Olgiati was an engraver active in Venice between 1567 and 1575. 


• This work, showing portraits of Greek and Roman writers and philosophers was first published in 1567, and the different editions have varying numbers of plates. 


>From The Collection of The Earls Of Pembroke / Wilton House 
HERBERT, THOMAS, EIGHTH EARL OF PEMBROKE (1656/7-1733) 
Numismata antiqua in tres partes divisa collegit olim et aeri incidi vivens curavit Thomas Pembrochiae et Montis Gomerici Comes. London, 1746 
Estimate: £2,000-4,000 
Provenance: Earl of Pembroke’s trustees 


• This printing of "Numismata antiqua" is accompanied by two documents concerning the terms of the bequest of the collection by the eighth Earl of Pembroke. 


• Dated 31 May 1733 and 28 June 1733 they relate to the recently deceased eighth Earl of Pembroke's wish that his collection of works of art and medals and coins be held in trust for the purpose of furnishing his house at Wilton "to the end that his house at Wilton might not be found naked, to the great expense of any following Earl of Pembroke". 


ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM (1527-1598) 
Deorum dearumque capita ex vetustis numismatibus in gratiam antiquitatis studiosorum effigiata et edita. Antwerp: (Philippe Galle), 1573 
Estimate: £3,000-4,000 
Provenance: Presentation copy from Ortelius to Joannes Castelius, inscription on first title-page; Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (1656/7-1733) 


• Ortelius was one of the great Flemish cartographers, and creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). 


• Ortelius is known to have owned a collection of around 2,000 antique coins, which provided the images of heads of gods and goddesses for this work. 


• Contains the eighth Earl’s handwritten notes. 


• This was presented by Ortelius to Joannes Castelius (or Jan van de Casteels, c. 1521-1581 or 1584) - a humanist scholar from Bruges. 


• The books in the Earl of Pembroke's library at Wilton House were all bound in this typical fashion; on the title-page are the earl's pencil notes to the binder stating the covering material ("Turkey") and the wording for the lettering-piece. 


ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 


Very early colour printing 


GOLTZIUS, HUBERT (1526-1583). Icones imperatorum romanorum, ex priscis numismatibus ad vivum delineatae, & brevi narratione historica illustratae. Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana, Balthasar Moretus, 1645 


Originally published in Bruges in 1557, this volume is part of a series of republications of Goltzius' works by Moretus. 


HUTTICH, JOHANN (c. 1490-1544). Romanorum principum effigies, cum historiarum annotatione, olim ab Io. Huthichio confecta, nunc vero alicubi aucta & longe castigatiora opera Io. Sambuci. Strassburg: Wolfgang Köpfel, 1552, 8vo 


This is a Strassburg reprint of Huttich's work on the portraits of the Roman emperors from Caesar to François I, with the roundel portraits copied from the original white-on-black woodcuts by Hans Weiditz. The text is edited by Joannes Sambucus, who studied in Strassburg briefly in 1550. 


HUTTICH, JOHANN (c. 1490-1544). Imperatorum et Caesarum vitae, cum imaginibus ad vivam effigiem expressis. Libellus auctus cum elencho & iconiis consulum ab authore. Strassburg: Wolfgang Köpfel, 1534 


This is the fourth edition of Huttich’s work on the portraits of the Roman emperors from Caesar to Charles V, originally published in 1525. 


ANGELONI, FRANCESCO (1559-1652) La historia augusta da Giulio Cesare infino a Costantino Magno. Illustrata con la verità delle antiche medaglie. Rome: Andrea Fei, 1641 


Angeloni, a renowned antiquarian, was secretary to Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini, and a friend of Bellori, Domenichino and Poussin. This work not only made public his collection of coins but also contains references to artists both Renaissance and contemporary, combining his interest in collecting art both ancient and modern (he owned a substantial number of drawings by Carracci, for example). 


VICO, ENEA (1523-1567). Omnium Caesarum verissimae imagines ex antiquis numismatis desumptae... editio altera. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1554, 4to 


The coins cover Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian. This is a reprint of the 1553 edition. 


SAMBUCUS, JOANNES (1531-1584). Emblemata, cum aliquot nummis antiqui operis. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1564 


FIRST EDITION of Sambucus's emblem book, which was prepared for the press while Sambucus was in the Netherlands in 1563-1564. 


VEGETIUS RENATUS, FLAVIUS (fl. 4th century AD). De re militari libri. Accedunt Frontini Strategematibus eiusdem auctoris alia opuscula. Omnia emendatius, quaedam nunc primum edita a Petro Scriverio. Cum commentariis aut notis God. Stewechii & Fr. Modii. Antwerp: Ex officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1607 


Provenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, inscription on three title-pages 


A compilation of Classical writings on military matters, comprising Vegetius, Cato, Frontinus, Aelianus, Polybius, Hyginus, Modestus, Ruffus, and other more fragmentary sources. The illustrations from coins are used by the commentator, Stewechius, as supporting evidence for aspects of the Roman army, including ships, triumphs, and legionary standards. 


VELIUS, CASPAR URSINUS (c. 1493-1539). Chronicorum mundi epitome, in singulos annos curiose digesta. Frankfurt: Christian Egenolff, October 1534


To read the complete article, see: 


Sotheby's to offer a remarkable collection of historic numismatic books

(http://artdaily.com/news/88566/Sotheby-s-to-offer-a-remarkable-collection-of-historic-numismatic-books#.V34e67grKhc)



An article about the sale "Introduction to Numismatic Books" is on the firm's web site.
-Editor



To read the complete article, see: 


Introduction to Numismatic Books

(www.sothebys.com/en/news-video/blogs/all-blogs/sotheby-s-at-large/2016/07/introduction-to-numismatic-books.html)
 



THE BOOK BAZARRE
OVER 500 NUMISMATIC TITLES: Wizard Coin Supply has over 500 numismatic titles in stock, competitively discounted, and
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NEW BOOK: PHILIPPINE EMERGENCY NOTES


E-Sylum regular Dr. Ken Berger recently published his book about Philippine currency circulation during the Japanese occupation in World War II, Philippine Emergency notes: Counterstamped, Signed & Initialed (CSI) - Cebu Province.
It is the product of years of scholarly research. Congratulations!  He submitted this information about it.  Thanks.
-Editor




This book has been in development for many years. It is the most extensive and
detailed examination of the 1941 and 1942 Cebu Emergency Currency ever
compiled, along with the counterstamps, signatures and initials which are found
on many of them.


The book has an initial printing of only 200 copies. It consists of 214 pages, along
with a CD which contains color scans of all the notes and an addendum that has
additional information which was obtained after the book went to print. Finally,
each book has an original 1941 One Peso Philippine National Bank Note from
Cebu whose last two numbers of the serial number match the last two numbers
of the book number.


The world-renown Philippine numismatics specialist, Neil Shafer, says the book is a “great
achievement…” and has gone into “a realm of relative completeness....” Ray
Czahor of Cookie Jar Collectibles, a well-known dealer and collector of Philippine
numismatics, says it was "an enormous project that required untold hours to
examine the details of many thousands of notes to detect differences between
them.”


The cost of the book is $50.00 plus $3.00 P&H. Copies may be obtained from
either the author at 

csinotes at juno.com or P.O. Box 90314, San Diego, CA 92169,
or from Ray Czahor of Cookie Jar Collectibles at 

cookiejarpi at verizon.net or Box
428, Savage, MD 20763. Copies will also be available at the Philippine Collectors
Forum at the ANA in Anaheim in August.




NEW BOOK: TOKENS OF THE INDIAN MINTS



Robert Puddester writes:


I have a new e-book available in my Medals of British India series entitled TOKENS OF THE INDIAN MINTS. Previous volumes in this series dealt with Commemorative and Historical medals and the Army of India medal. This time I am doing the tokens of the Indian mints based on my research within both mints and also moving into the digital world and trying an e-book.




Congratulations!  Robert included the following information. 
-Editor




TOKENS of the INDIAN MINTS – (new volume in the Medals of British India Series) –600 tokens, passes, tickets, checks and weights of the British India period, struck by the Calcutta and Bombay Mints, compiled from many weeks of research inside the mints. This e-book contains hundreds of new tokens not previously recorded or published including;


       86 tokens, passes, tickets, ordered by governors, viceroys, and finance, treasury, accountant-general and collector departments of government;

       34 passes, workmen's tickets and internal tokens of the Calcutta Mint, mint canteen tokens, mint compound, garden and delivery tokens/tickets, access passes and bullion office passes and tokens

       73 railway passes of private, government and princely state railways including the passes  adopted by an independent India; Royal mail postal tickets; transportation badges, tickets and tokens   

       224 metallic tea garden tokens, 58 new finds struck in the Calcutta Mint and not previously known; chronology of first tokens struck at Calcutta Mint, agents and gardens placing the orders

       61 commercial and government bank tickets, passes and tokens

       25 port, dock, customs and harbour tickets and passes

       36 weights, soldier's and retreat clubs tokens

       numerous private company tokens and miscellaneous government issues including 1874 famine token

       many tokens without text or with abbreviations now identified for the first time

       239 pages, rarity and valuation, numerous illustrations throughout, fully searchable, all with unique numbers for easy reference in dealer's lists, auction catalogues and collections

 

Price: US$ 39.50


Full details and purchase at 

www.PuddesterFoundation.org  

  



NEW BOOK: EARLY COINAGE OF BENGAL


As noted in earlier articles, sites like PrintAsia.com may be able to offer better deals for books published in India, but here's a new title available from Bagchee.com. Below is their overview for a new book on the early coinage of Bengal.
-Editor




Early Coinage of Bengal: c. 2nd Century BC-10th Century AD: With Notes on Harikela and Akara Coins by Nicholas G. Rhodes


Authors (s):	S.K. Bose (Author) , Noman Nasir (Author)
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-13:	9789351967408
Pages:	x+244p., Printed on imported Art paper, illust. 45 colour plates, 100+ B&W pics, Size: 9.492" X 7.339"
Pub. date:	23.06.2016, 1st. ed.
Publisher:	Mira Bose
Language (s):	English
List price:	US $ 142,00
Bagchee price:	US $ 127,80


Foreword, Preface, Geographical and Political Formations, Life of the People Early Bengal, Communication Waterways, Trade and Commerce Inland and Sea borne Routes, Circulation of Cowrie shells as medium of exchange, Bead and Ornaments, Early Coinage of Bengal Economic Zones a) Chandraketugarh b) Wari-Bateshwar c) Mahasthangarh d) Samanta e) Harikela f) Akara g) Tamralipta h) Puri Kushana i) Sundarbans and Coastal Bengal.


For more information, or to order, see: 


Early Coinage of Bengal: c. 2nd Century BC-10th Century AD: With Notes on Harikela and Akara Coins by Nicholas G. Rhodes

(www.bagchee.com/books/BB102520/early-coinage-of-bengal-c-2nd-century-bc-10th-century-ad-with-notes-on-harikela-and-akara-coins-by-nicholas-g-rhodes)

 



ROSENBLUM AUCTION





Lot 338 Netherlands, Herzogenbusch Concentration Camp



Our Summer 2016 auction 46A featuring the "Philadelphia Collection" Part Three is now online, with a closing date of July 11, 2016. Please click on the link to the auction
 here. 



Bill Rosenblum         Bill at Rosenblumcoins.com         720-981-0785








NEWMAN PORTAL DIGITIZES THOMAS ELDER AUCTION CATALOGS


The latest additions to the Newman Numismatic Portal are the auction catalogs of U.S. coin dealer Thomas Elder.   Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report.  The plate image below is the Large Cent plate from the 1917 Henry C. Miller sale with Hayes numbers in black ink
-Editor








Thomas Lindsay Elder was one of the most prolific cataloguers in American numismatics, with 292 numbered sales to his credit, per Martin Gengerke. His auction catalogs cover the period 1903-1940, and Elder’s torrid pace was matched only by his terse descriptions. Elder’s ecomony of words once reduced an otherwise desirable 1907 high-relief Saint to three words: “kind won’t stack.”  Despite the brevity, John Adams gives the Elder catalogs high marks for breadth and quality of material. 



The Newman Portal has digitized the entire series, less a few stray issues. Many thanks to scanner John Graffeo (Internet Archive staff onsite at the American Numismatic Society) for patiently working through this extensive run. With the addition of a group of plated Elder catalogs, and Elder sale addenda previously loaned by Dan Hamelberg, this online collection will be a useful adjunct to the series descriptions by Martin Gengerke and John Adams.


Link to Elder catalogs on Newman Portal: 


https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctioncompanydetail/23


 


Be sure to click the link and browse the collection.  But set aside some time; my hand got tired just scrolling through the list!   Wow.
-Editor

 



MASSACHUSETTS TERCENTENARY PROJECT CONTACT UPDATE


Last week Dick Johnson passed along information from the New England Numismatic Association about their new project to update the catalog of medals  of the Massachusetts Tercentenary of 1930.   The project coordinator email address has been changed from what appeared in the NENA newsletter.  The correct address is:  massterc1930 at verizon.net.  
-Editor



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