The E-Sylum v18#38 September 20, 2015

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The E-Sylum

  An electronic publication of
  The Numismatic Bibliomania Society

Volume 18, Number 38, September 20, 2015
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM SEPTEMBER 20, 2015
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CHARLES DAVIS SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 SALE RESULTS
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BALDWIN'S PROSPERO LIBRARY CATALOG AVAILABLE
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NEW BOOK: HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL COINAGE IN ENGLAND
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BOOK REVIEW: ABEL BUELL AND THE CONNECTICUT AND FUGIO COINAGES
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BOOK REVIEW: LINCOLN’S METALLIC IMAGERY
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ANS DIGITAL LIBRARY ANNOUNCED
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OCTOBER 2015 PAN SHOW LECTURE SERIES SPEAKERS 
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: SEPTEMBER 20, 2015
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ANSWERS: DENOMINATIONS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE
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MACOMB MEDAL JUST ONE HIGHLIGHT OF SALE
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COUNTERFEITING AND 1817/4 OVERDATE BUST HALVES
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QUERY: ARTIST NICHOLAS GEVELOT INFORMATION SOUGHT
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ISAAC FRANCIS WOOD (1841-1895)
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THIAN MASTER CONFEDERATE CURRENCY ALBUM OFFERED
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DESIGNING THE PEACE DOLLAR
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BURNS MEMORIAL REFERENCE LIBRARY DEDICATION
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THE DYING ART OF THE OBITUARY
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SWEDEN'S BLODSKLIPPINGAR OR 'BLOOD KLIPPE' 
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EXHIBIT: THE SUN KING AND THE PRINCES OF MONACO
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AN 1839 VICTORIA PROOF SET
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NUMISMATIC TOUR OF CUBA PLANNED
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ARTIST INCORPORATED SIGNATURE INTO SCOTTISH BANKNOTE
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THE VIMY MEMORIAL ON THE NEW CANADIAN $20 BILL
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BOMBAY HOOK WILDLIFE REFUGE QUARTER LAUNCH
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THE H.L. HUNLEY LOOKS LIKE A SUBMARINE AGAIN
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SOME RECENT COIN DESIGNS: SEPTEMBER 20, 2015
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ARTICLE PROFILES BROTHERS IN CANADIAN MINT'S DESIGN CONTEST
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TREASURE HUNTING IS THE SCHMITT FAMILY BUSINESS
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SELECTIONS FROM THE ERIC P. NEWMAN COLLECTION PART VII
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EARLIEST MONEY USING THE DOLLAR AS A UNIT OF VALUE
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NEW EXHIBIT OF ST ALBANS ROMAN COIN HOARD
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PROTECTING PAPER OBJECTS IN CORNERSTONES
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FEATURED WEB SITE: NOTRE DAME COLONIAL CURRENCY
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

New subscribers this week include:
Wolfgang Schuster.
Welcome aboard!
We now have 1,880 subscribers.

This week we open with the results of Charlie Davis' recent literature sale, Baldwin's Prospero fixed price list, one new book and two reviews.

Other topics include Medieval and pre-decimal coinage in England, denominations named after people, Colonial currency, 
Confederate currency, submarines and teenaged vixen, the Peace dollar, and the Bombay Hook quarter.

To learn more about the ANS Digital Library, coiner Abel Buell, numismatist Isaac Francis Wood, artist Nicholas Genvelot, the treasure-hunting Schmitt family, coin press makers Morgan & Orr, Thian's currency album, Blood Klippe, and Charlie Chaplin tokens, read on.   Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum

CHARLES DAVIS SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 SALE RESULTS

Charlie Davis reported the following results for his numismatic literature sale last week.  Thanks.
-Editor

Our mail bid sale of September 12 was quite successful, raising a little over $150,000.  Comprised of the Charles Horning Collection of Bangs catalogues, a fine ancient and medieval library from Newport RI, and numerous early American plated catalogues, there was substantial interest in all sections of the catalogue.

It was gratifying to see that no fewer than 20 individuals won at least one of Charlie's Bangs catalogues, some of which had not been seen in 20 years. 

The prices paid for seldom offered Chapmans showed that they are the bellwether of the market.  The Henderson catalogue with its four plates brought $9,487.50, Bascomb & Brown $3,737.50 and Taylor-Windle at $2,990.  Even the oft offered Stickney, bidding perhaps stimulated by the inclusion in our catalogue of previously unpublished notes on his relationship with the U.S. Mint, brought $2,875

The unbound Crosby Early Coins of America, quite rare in its original wrappers, may be considered a bargain at $7,187.50.

In the ancient section, Greek fared better than Roman with the catalogues of Jacob Hirsch receiving more bids than any lot in any section of the catalogue. A long bound run of the early issues of the Numismatic Chronicles, ex Harvard College, brought $6,900

A handsome priced and named Sotheby's Montagu Collection of English Coins realized $2,645.

Catalogues and the price list may be obtained by writing to Charles Davis at 

Numislit at aol.com

Charles Davis
P.O. Box 1
Wenham, MA 01984

Tel: (978) 468 2933
Fax: (978) 468 7893

http://www.numisbook.com

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:

CHARLES DAVIS SALE CLOSES SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n30a03.html)

BALDWIN'S PROSPERO LIBRARY CATALOG AVAILABLE

As noted last month, the Baldwin's firm is selling the Prospero library, an important grouping of numismatic books associated with the Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins that the firm sold in 2012.   The fixed price catalog is now available.
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Reference books are the foundation blocks upon which great collections are built. Without these carefully researched works, many completed after a lifetime's study, the understanding of coins, and by association their value - historic, social, economic, artistic and monetary - would be lost.

The Prospero library focusses solely on Greek numismatics and as such contains many of the most important catalogues and references written on this vast and fascinating area. In terms of quality, the Prospero library is utterly unsurpassed.

The vast majority of the books have been carefully and beautifully bound. Some originally, but many recently, with a large proportion by that great renowned bindery Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London's oldest and most prestigious bookbinders.

Most of the major reference books published during the last century or more relating to the coinage of Magna Grecia, mainland Greece and Asia Minor are included here, and many of the lesser known and inexpensive titles have been given the same lavish treatment.

The books within this unique catalogue present the collector with a wonderful opportunity to add to their own burgeoning library, and for all of those who have not yet begun represents a fantastic place to start the wonderful journey of building a library of their own.

To view the full Prospero Library Fixed Price List, see:

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