Sample List #N2

Adams, John W. THE INDIAN PEACE MEDALS OF GEORGE III, OR HIS MAJESTY’S SOMETIME ALLIES. Crestline, George Frederick Kolbe: 1999. 8vo, original red cloth, black morocco spine label, gilt. 164 pages; frontispiece; folding color plate; 32 duotone plates. Fine. Copy 84 of 450 cloth-bound copies printed letterpress on Frankfurt mouldmade paper by the Bird & Bull Press. $100 in cash; $125 in trade.

Anton, William T. and Bruce P. Kesse. The Forgotten Coins of the North American Colonies: a Modern Survey of Early English and Irish Counterfeit Coppers Circulating in the Americas . Iola, WI: Krause, 1992. 112 p., [incl. 10] p. plates; hardcover; as new, $80 in cash; $100 in trade.

Bowers and Merena. The Greenwald & Jackson Collections and other important properties . New York, NY, Sept. 11-13, 1995. 232 p.,[3221] lots : ill. ; original card covers; Colonial & early American coins: lots 3001-3325; near fine, $15 in cash; $20 in trade.

Bowers & Ruddy Galleries. The Garrett Collection. Sales 1-4, 1979-1981; four volumes in slipcase. Sale 1, Nov. 28-29, 1979: 153 p., [16] p. of plates; 622 lots : ill., includes prices realized list; Sale 2, Mar. 26-27, 1980: 193 p., [20] p. of plates : ill.; lots 623-1195; Sale 3, Oct. 1-2, 1980: 157 p., [20] p. of plates : ill.; lots 1196-1692; Sale 4, Mar. 25-26, 1981: 180 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., includes flyer for “library case” (i.e. slipcase); lots 1693-2354; all softcover; Colonial coin lots: 551-606 in Sale 1, lots 1196-1541 in Sale 3 and lots 1693-1742 plus 2253-2264 (Colonial and Continental currency) in Sale 4; fine, $60 in cash; $75 in trade.

Bowers, Q. David. Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins . Atlanta, GA: Whitman, 2009. xiv, 332 p. : ill.; includes bibliography and index; original pictorial hard covers; some pencil notations on p. 251 & 254; fine, $40 in cash; $50 in trade.

Caldecott, J.R. & Alfred Chitty. Spanish Dollars adapted for U.S. Colonial Use, also West Indies & Australia . Reprint from the British Numismatic Journal. Salina, KS: Olympic Press, 1963. [21] p., [8] p. of plates ; ill. ; original stapled card covers; fine, $10 in cash; $12 in trade.

Carothers, Neil. Fractional Money: a History of the Small Coins and Fractional Paper Currency of the United States . Reprint of J. Wiley, NY, 1930. Wolfeboro, NH: Bowers and Merena Galleries, 1988. xiii, 372 p. : ill., includes index and bibliography; soft cover; as new, $40 in cash; $50 in trade . Includes chapters, “The Origin of Subsidiary Coinage” going back to the medieval period (p. 8-16) and “Fractional Currency in the Colonies” (p. 17-36).

Cook, Todd. Uncovered: the Lost Coins of Early Americans – Still a Secret . Xulon Press, 2006. 249 p. includes bibliography; softcover; signed by the author; fine condition; $20 in cash; $25 in trade. “Own the coins of Pirates, Puritans and Pochahontas!” — Cover.

Criswell, Grover C. North American Currency: the Standard Paper Money Reference . Iola, Wis.: Krause, 1965. 910 p. : ill.; hard cover; ex-libris Royal Canadian Numismatic Association; overall good, $30 in cash; $35 in trade. “Completely illustrated and priced. Colonial and Continental Currency; United States Currency; Canadian Paper Money; Mexican Paper Money; Confederate Paper Money and Bonds; Notes and Bonds of the Individual States, Cities, Counties, Towns, Railroad Companies and Merchants” — T.p. Includes chapter on “Colonial Currency” (p. 96-107) and “Continental Currency” (p. 108-109).

Criswell, Grover C. North American Currency: the Standard Paper Money Reference . 2nd ed. Citra, Fla..: Criswell’s Publications, 1969. 942 p. : ill.; hard cover; ex-libris Royal Canadian Numismatic Association; overall good, $35 in cash; $40 in trade. “Completely illustrated and priced. Colonial and Continental Currency; United States Currency; Canadian Paper Money; Mexican Paper Money; Confederate Paper Money and Bonds; Notes and Bonds of the Individual States, Cities, Counties, Towns, Railroad Companies and Merchants” — T.p. Includes chapters on “Colonial Currency” (p. 96-111) and “Continental Currency” (p. 112-114).

Crosby, Sylvester S. The Early Coins of America; and the Laws Governing Their Issue comprising also descriptions of The Washington Pieces, the Anglo-American Tokens, Many Pieces of unknown Origin of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, and the First Patterns of the United States Mint . Reprint. [United States] : The Token and Medal Society, 1965. 378 p. : ill. ; includes index ; hard cover; ex-libris Doug Robins with his ownership stamp in the top right-hand corner of the front flyleaf; fine $40 in cash; $50 in trade. Originally published by the author in 1875. — T.p.

Fredrickson, Jaye, and Sandra Gibb. THE COVENANT CHAIN. INDIAN CEREMONIAL AND TRADE SILVER … CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1980. Small square 4to, original hard cover with dust jacket. 168 pages; numerous illustrations, some in color. Fine. A remarkable exhibition catalogue of Indian trade silver, including peace medals, gorgets, and various coins, medals and tokens. $60 in cash; $75 in trade.

Frossard, Ed. Franco-American Jetons. Silver Spring, Maryland: Frank & Laurese Katen, 1977. (reprint of original 1899 ed.) [15] p., [2] p. of plates; stapled card covers, slight creases at top and bottom right-hand corners; otherwise near fine, $20 in cash; $25 in trade.

Gilboy, C.F., ed. Aspects of the Numismatics of North America: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Regina, Saskatchewan 16 July 1985. (Regina Coin Club Special Publication no. 1). Regina: The Club, 1986; 288 p., hard cover with dust jacket and insert, as new condition, $25 in cash; $30 in trade. Includes a chapter “The Colonial of the United States and their Contemporary Foreign Legal Tender” by S. J. Durst, (p. 267 to 278). This chapter comprises the entire section of this work on the United States of America.

Hepburn, A. Barton. A History of the Currency of the United States: with a Brief Description of the Currency Systems of All Commercial Nations. New York: Macmillan, 1915. xv, 552 p. ; includes index; hard cover; very good, some yellowing to the pages; includes chapters on “Colonial Currency” (p. 1-12) and “Continental Currency” (p. 13-22); $40 in cash; $50 in trade.

Hoober, Richard T. “Financial History of Colonial Virginia”. Reprinted from The Numismatist. ANA, 1953. 32 p. ill. ; original stapled card covers; near fine, $15 in cash; $20 in trade.

Johnson, Pat. Coins of Spanish Influence in the New World. Houston, TX: Houston Numismatic Exchange, 1969. 67 p. : ill. ; original stapled card covers; includes index; very good, $15 in cash; $20 in trade.

Karlson, Geneva. Library Catalogue of the American Numismatic Association . 2nd ed. Colorado Springs, CO: ANA, 1977. xlii, 768 p. ; softcover; some creasing around edges, front top right-hand and back top and bottom left-hand corners creased, small area near edge about 2/3 up finish worn off, lower front edge bumped, front edge slightly torn about 1/6 down from top; overall good; dedicated to the memory of Aaron R. Feldman (1894-1976) ANA 14033, U.S. dealer and numismatic literature aficionado who coined “Buy the book before the coin” and with a write up about him on p. v; $40 in cash; $50 in trade.

Kenney, Richard D. “Early American Medalists and Die-Sinkers prior to the Civil War”. The Coin Collector’s Journal. January-February, 1954. 24 p. : ill. ; original stapled card covers; fine, $20 in cash; $25 in trade.

Kenney, Richard D. “Struck Copies of Early American Coins”. The Coin Collector’s Journal . January-February, 1952. 16 p. : ill. ; original stapled card covers; fine, $20 in cash; $25 in trade.

Kleeberg, John M., ed. Circulating Counterfeits of the Americas. (Coinage of the Americas Conference, Proceedings no. 14). New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1998. xiii, 277 p. : ill. ; includes bibliographic references; hardcover with gilt lettering; as new, $50 in cash; $60 in trade. Includes an appendix by Eric P. Newman, “Appendix 1: A Counterfeiter’s Arrest Proves the Circulation of Massachusetts Silver Shillings as Late as 1784” (267-270).

McCawley, Chris and Bob Grellman. Ninth Annual C-4 Convention Sale featuring the John Griffee Collection of St. Patrick’s Farthings . Boston, MA, Nov. 8, 2003. 142 p.; 678 lots : ill. ; original coil-bound card covers; fine, $35 in cash; $40 in trade.

McKay George L. Early American Currency. (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 104). New York: ANS, 1944. 8vo, original printed card covers. xi, 85 pages; 36 plates. some writing on front cover in red pen and previous owner’s stamp on title page but overall very good condition. $45 in cash; $55 in trade.

Mayflower Coin Auctions. THE OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF COLONIAL, UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN COINS FORMED BY MR. C.H. STEARNS OF WAKEFIELD, MASS. Boston, Dec. 2–3, 1966. 8vo, original printed card covers. 99, (1) pages [lacking integral bid sheet]; 1252 lots; illustrated throughout. Near fine. Mayflower is perhaps the most notable series of American auction sale catalogues not included in Adams, and this is probably their most important catalogue. The sale features a major collection of colonials [and early American coins, lots 3-294] and over 400 lots of large cents, many in choice condition. Ex Dan Freidus Library. $30 in cash; $35 in trade.

Mehl, B. Max. CATALOG OF THE CELEBRATED NUMISMATIC COLLECTION FORMED BY WILLIAM FORRESTER DUNHAM. COMPLETE SERIES OF THE UNITED STATES COINAGE. Fort Worth: June 3, 1941. 4to, original embossed gold and silver card covers. 287, (1) pages; 4169 lots; frontispiece portrait of Dunham; text illustrations; prices realized list; inserts. Covers worn and chipped around the edges; else near fine. One of Mehl’s most important sales. Adams A+: Landmark Sale. Virginia shilling. 1822 $5. Proof Kellogg $50. MS 1822 10¢. 1804 $1, 12 page write-up. Proof 1852 half cent, original. Definitive for encased postage, pattern dimes. Fine Confederate, Canadian tokens (p. 248-261; lots 3609-3717, 3741-3743 , 3753-3773), hard times tokens; American colonials, lots 2745-2835 (p. 201-206) and American Colonial and Continental notes: lots 3956-3973; includes prices realized list; $100 in cash; $125 in trade.

Miller, Henry C. The State Coinage of Connecticut. Reprint. Wayland, MA: Ovolon Pub. Co., 1962. 62, [5] p., [5] p. of plates : ill. ; original stapled card covers, top right-hand corners bent; $25 in cash; $30 in trade. “Reprinted from the American Journal of Numismatics, Volume LIII, [1920]”. — T.p. verso.

Mossman, Philip L., ed. Coinageof the American Confederation Period. New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1996. 346 p. : ill, ; hardcover; as new, $40 in cash; $45 in trade. Includes a chapter by Eric P. Newman, “New Thoughts on the Nova Constellatio Private Copper Coinage” (p. 79-113).

Nelson, Philip. The Coinage of William Wood, 1722-1733. Reprint. New York: Sanford J. Durst, 1978. 44 p., [3] p. of plates : ill.; includes index; original stapled card covers; fine, $15 in cash; $20 in trade. “First published 1903, reprinted Spink & Son Ltd., London, England, 1959.” — T.p. verso.

New England Rare Coin Auctions. The A.J. Amato Collection and Other Major Consignments . Boston, MA: July 21-22, 1978. xiv, 193 p. [5] p. of advertisements; 1695 lots : ill. [7] p. of col. plates (including unlabelled graphic background to the cut-out cover); soft cover, stamped in red “COMPLIMENTARY COPY”; includes prices realized list; Colonial coinage: lots 1-42; fine, $25 in cash; $30 in trade.

New England Rare Coin Auctions. The A.J. Amato II Collection. Boston, MA: Nov. 10-11, 1978. viii, 114 p.; 1794 lots : ill. [4] p. of col. plates; soft cover, top of spine bumped and bent; some creasing to back cover; includes prices realized list; Colonial currency: lots 1-11 & Colonial coinage: lots 12-28; otherwise near fine, $25 in cash; $30 in trade.

New Netherlands Coin Company. 56TH CATALOGUE OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN, FOREIGN COINS, TOKENS, MEDALS. THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN, PART II FEATURING FINE UNITED STATES HALF CENTS, LARGE CENTS. New York, June 27–28, 1962. 8vo, original printed card covers. 51, (2) pages; 795 lots; 4 fine plates. Prices realized list laid in. Fine. Rated A– overall by Adams; Colonial and early U.S. coins: lots 1-98; $20 in cash; $25 in trade.

New Netherlands Coin Company. 59TH CATALOGUE OF UNITED STATES COINS … CANADIAN DECIMAL COINS … U.S. NUMISMATIC LITERATURE… New York, June 13–15, 1967. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. (2), 136 pages; 1370 lots; 6 plates. Prices realized list laid in. Fine. Lots 15–163 comprised an excellent selection of rare and desirable American numismatic literature, superbly catalogued at the zenith of his career by John J. Ford, Jr., in characteristically meticulous, inimitable style. A copy of the catalogue belongs in the library of anyone seriously interested in American numismatics; Colonial and early American coins: lots 334-494; 1028-1078; $30 in cash; $35 in trade.

New Netherlands Coin Company. 60TH PUBLIC AUCTION SALE. New York, Dec. 3–4, 1968. 8vo, original printed card covers. (2), 116 pages; 758 lots; 16 plates. Prices realized list laid in. Fine. “A strong candidate for best executed catalogue ever.”—John W. Adams. An incredible sale. The full title page points out some of the highlights: Canadian coins from the Brand and Lathrop collections; 43 lots of Massachusetts silver; Earle’s Lord Baltimore shilling; a Standish Barry threepence; a Chalmers shilling and sixpence; a silver Immune Columbia; colonials from the F.C.C. Boyd collection; New Jersey coppers from the Hall, Brand, Würtzbach and Boyd collections; and private and territorial gold including a J. Parsons and Co. $2.50 piece and an 1849 Mormon $20 piece. Adams 60 (rated A+ overall, A+ in colonials, A in private gold, and A in Canadian). $30 in cash; $35 in trade.

New Netherlands Coin Company, with Numismatic Fine Arts, Hans M.F. Schulman and Henry Grunthal. 1952 ANNUAL NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION, OFFICIAL PUBLIC AUCTION SALE. New York, Aug. 16-21, 1952. Small 4to, original printed card covers. (7), 158, (3) pages; 4880 lots; 48 plates. Prices realized list laid in. Fine. Possibly the finest ANA convention sale. Conducted jointly by four different firms, the New Netherlands material tends to receive the most attention, including as it does the Homer K. Downing large cents and selections from his library. John J. Ford, Jr. claimed to have done much editing of the other three firms’ material, in addition to his work on the New Netherlands section. Cataloguing the Downing large cents was the first job Walter Breen did for New Netherlands. Other material includes the Gibbs Canadian, Rumbel’s patterns and Lesher dollars, Wayte Raymond’s assay medals, and coins of the world. Colonials and early American coins and paper money: lots 188-196, 723-724, 742-753, 2362-2426, 2449-2454, 3900-3906, 4340-4341. A classic sale (rated A+ overall by Adams). Adams 38 (under New Netherlands) and 10 (under Schulman). Davis 779. $35 in cash; $40 in trade.

Newman, Eric P. The Early Paper Money of America. Racine, Wis.: Whitman, 1967. 360 p. : ill.; hard cover with dust jacket that has many small tears and chips; otherwise near fine; includes photocopies of germane articles and six photographs of early American paper money by Douglas Robins; ex-libris Douglas Robins, $60 in cash; $75 in trade. “An illustrated historical, statistical and descriptive compilation of data relating to American paper currency from its inception in 1686 to its transformation by virtue of the ratification in 1789 of the Constitution of the United States, encompassing over 500 issue of the individual American Colonies (1690-1776), the United Colonies (1775-1777), the United States of America (1777-1785), the individual American states (1776-1788), banks, cities, counties, factories and individuals (1686-1789)” — T.p.

Newman, Eric P., ed. Richard G. Doty, Assoc. ed. Studies on Money in Early America . New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1976. 216 p. : ill.; hard cover; some felt marker underlining on p. 1; otherwise overall very good; $50 in cash; $60 in trade.

Newman, Eric P. “Varieties of the Fugio Cent” The Coin Collector’s Journal , July-August, 1952. p. 10-20 : ill. ; original stapled card covers; fine, $20 in cash; $25 in trade.

Richardson, John M. “The Copper Coins of Vermont”. Reprinted from The Numismatist . ANA, 1962. [24] p. : ill. ; original stapled card covers, apparent water damage (covers and pages slightly rippled); otherwise good, $10 in cash; $12 in trade.

Rulau, Russell. Discovering America: the Coin Collecting Connection : a Catalog of Man’s Westward Age of Exploration from Phoenicia and Roman Times through the Irish, Norse and Portuguese Seafarers to Columbus and to Post-Columbian Explorers to about 1700 . The author, 1989; 328 p.; softcover good condition (top-right bumped); $20 in cash; $25 in trade.

Ryder, Hiller. The Colonial Coins of Vermont. Slafter, Edmund. The Vermont Coinage. Reprint. New York: Sanford J. Durst, 1981. 9, 52 p. includes [8] p. of plates : ill; soft cover; fine, $20 in cash; $25 in trade. Originally published by the American Numismatic Society in 1920; includes “plates, related data historical and descriptive material from the Pine Tree Auction of February 15, 1975.” — T.p.

Ryder, Hillyer. The Copper Coins of Massachusetts. Reprint. New York: Sanford J. Durst Numismatic Publications, 1981. 10 p., [1] plate : ill. ; original stapled card covers; fine, $10 in cash; $12 in trade. “Originally published by the American Numismatic Soitty in 1920.” — T.P. verso.

Selections from The Numismatist: United States Paper Money, Tokens, Medals and Miscellaneous . Racine, WI: Whitman Pub. Co.; ANA, 1960. 317 p. : ill., ports ; hardcover; lettering rubbed/worn; ex-libris the Canadian Numismatic Association Library; overall good, $25 in cash; $30 in trade. Includes sections of articles on “Early American Coins and Tokens” (p. 9-31) and “Colonial and Continental Paper Money” (p. 125-144). Specific reprinted articles may be cited upon request.

Stack’s. JOHN J. FORD, JR. COLLECTION. COINS, MEDALS AND CURRENCY. PART XII. New York: October 18, 2005. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 264 pages; 147 lots; profusely illustrated throughout with detailed descriptions of each lot. As new. Features Numismatic American [Colonial] History: The Silver Coinage of Massachusetts, New England Coinage, Willow Tree Coinage, Oak Tree Coinage, Pine Tree Coinage; $40 in cash; $50 in trade.

Stack’s. JOHN J. FORD, JR. COLLECTION. COINS, MEDALS AND CURRENCY. PART XIII. New York: January 16, 2006. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 212 pages; 870 lots; profusely illustrated throughout, largely in full color. As new. Includes French colonial coins and tokens (The 1751-1758 Franco-American Jetons are lots 457-521), Betts medals, etc.; $35 in cash; $40 in trade.

United States. Bureau of the Mint. Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, and Medals in the Numismatic Collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, PA . Washington: The Mint, 1912. 634 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; hardcover, original blue cloth with gilt lettering, corners slightly bumped; includes black cloth page marker; near fine; $80 in cash; $100 in trade. Colonial coinage listed from1-28; (p. 23-25).

Vlack, Robert A. Early American Coins. 2nd ed. Johnson City, NY: Windsor Research Publications, 1965. 112 p. : ill.; includes bibliography and index; hardcover; as new; “a comprehensive listing with valuations of early American coins and tokens use in the American Colonies and earl America, prior to the establishment of the United states Mint issue of 1793, including the Washington issues up to 1796.” — T.p.; $40 in cash; $50 in trade.

Vlack, Robert A. AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE FRENCH BILLON COINAGE IN THE AMERICAS. N.p.: Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2004. 4to, original blue cloth lettered in silver. x, 157, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. The standard work, now out of print; $100 in cash; $125 in trade.

Welles, Edwin Stanley. SOME NOTES ON WAMPUM. Newington, 1924. 8vo, original printed card covers. 26, (2) pages. Fine. A Paper Read before the Connecticut Historical Society February 5, 1924. Number 44 of only 100 copies printed. Ex John J. Ford, Jr. library. $40 in cash; $50 in trade.