COMPREHENSIVE CATALOG AND HISTORY OF CONFEDERATE BONDS.
Port Clinton: 1998. 4to, original pictorial boards. 288 pages; illustrated. Fine. More
Paper Currency
THE BANKNOTES OF THE IMPERIAL BANK OF PERSIA: AN ANALYSIS OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM WITH CATALOGUE.
New York: ANS, 2016. 4to, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. 137 pages; illustrated in color. New. Numismatic Studies 30. More
RHODE ISLAND COLONIAL MONEY AND ITS COUNTERFEITING, 1647–1726.
Providence: Society of Colonial Wars, 1942. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt. x, 112 pages; 10 plates, 4 of them impressions of colonial currency taken from the original copperplates, printed on parchment and tipped into place. Fine. A well-preserved copy of this less-frequently seen work on colonial counterfeiting. Clain-Stefanelli 13653. Davis..... More
A GUIDE BOOK OF CONTINENTAL CURRENCY AND COINS.; A Numismatic Study and Guide to Collecting.
Pelham: Whitman, 2021. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xiii, (1), 274 pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. Volume 25 in the Official Red Book Series. More
OBSOLETE PAPER MONEY ISSUED BY BANKS IN THE UNITED STATES 1782-1866.
Atlanta: Whitman, 2006. 4to, original pictorial boards; jacket. x, 598 pages; profusely illustrated in color. Jacket a bit worn; near fine. An outstanding single-volume overview of the subject. Foreword by Eric P. Newman. More
WHITMAN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OBSOLETE PAPER MONEY. VOLUME 1: AN INTRODUCTION FOR COLLECTORS AND HISTORIANS.
Atlanta: Whitman, 2014. 4to, original pictorial boards. viii, 280 pages; profusely illustrated in color. New. An exceptional work, with a Foreword by C. John Ferreri. The Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money is a multiple-volume study of currency issued from 1782 to 1866, before the modern era of National Banks..... More
WHITMAN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OBSOLETE PAPER MONEY. VOLUME 3: NEW ENGLAND, PART 2: MASSACHUSETTS, BOOK 1: ABINGTON TO GREENFIELD.
Atlanta: Whitman, 2015. 4to, original pictorial boards. xvi, 448 pages; profusely illustrated in color. New. Foreword by Anne E. Bentley. The Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money is a multiple-volume study of currency issued by American banks from 1782 to 1866, before the modern era of National Banks and the..... More
HISTORY OF STATE BANKING IN MARYLAND.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1899. 8vo, later brown cloth, gilt. 144, (10) pages. Fine. John Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, Series XVII, Nos. 1–3. A scholarly work on the subject. More
THE OTTO C. BUDDE COLLECTION OF CONTINENTAL & COLONIAL CURRENCY.
Washington, D.C. Oct. 28-29, 1969. 8vo, original printed card covers. (2), 50 pages; 1409 lots. Original prices realized list laid in. Fine. A significant sale of this material, from an era when few were collecting early American paper money. Highlights included New Hampshire 7 shillings notes of Dec. 25, 1734..... More
HISTORY OF THE PRIVATE, STATE AND NATIONAL BANKS OF GOGEBIC COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 1886-1984.
(Wakefield): 1984. First edition. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt. iv, 51 duplicated typescript leaves; illustrated, including paper money. Fine. Special Hardbound Edition. Scarce. Sullivan 649. More
THE CHARLTON STANDARD CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN COINS, TOKENS AND PAPER MONEY. 36th Anniversary Edition. 1952–1988.
Toronto: Charlton Press, 1988. 8vo, original red leatherette, gilt. Collectors Limited Edition, signed by W.K. Cross and J.E. Charlton and hand-numbered 777 of 1000 copies. Limitation leaf; (8), 2–33, (6), xxvi, (13), xxiv, 218, (6), xv, (1), 239, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. The deluxe limited edition of this standard reference..... More
FORM LETTER, FILLED OUT BY HAND, CERTIFYING THE COUNT AND SHIPMENT BY EXPRESS 2,000 SHEETS OF PRINTED BANK NOTES FOR THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.
Dated 3 September 1845. On double-sheet stationary [20 by 25 cm] of Danforth, Bald, Spencer & Huffy, but with “Bald” struck out in most instances. Folded into a stampless cover with a New York postmark dated 3 September 1845 for 5 cents. Generally fine and preserved within a custom-made acid-free..... More
DIRECTORY OF NEW JERSEY BANKS, 1804–1942.
(No place): New Jersey Bankers Association, 1942. 8vo, original printed card covers. viii, 98, (2) pages. Copies of Supplement Nos. 3 and 5 laid in. Near fine. One of the best works on the subject, by the main bibliographer of bank note reporters and counterfeit detectors. More
AMERICA'S CURRENCY, 1789-1866.
New York: ANS, 1985. 8vo, original green printed cloth. xii, 142, (6) pages. Fine. The proceedings of the second Coinage of the Americas Conference, featuring articles by Ball, Carlson, Criswell, Newman, Vlack and others. More
CATALOGUE OF FIRST PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF COINS, MEDALS AND PAPER MONEY, THE PROPERTIES OF SOME OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST COLLECTORS...
New York: September 30, 1905. 8vo, original printed card covers. 39, (1) pages; 852 lots plus many bis lots. Hand-priced with annotations indicating its use during the auction itself. Very good or better. Adams 1 (rated B+ for colonials). A saleroom copy of Elder’s inaugural sale, at least in the..... More
1825 LETTER TO PERKINS & HEATH REGARDING PLATES FOR £1 NOTE ON THE PLYMOUTH BANK.
Written on two sides of a 25 by 20 cm sheet of an unruled double-sheet self-mailer. Folded for mailing; remnant of wax seal, with minor loss from opening. Hand-rated, with strong black and weak red postmarks. Very good. An interesting letter discussing changes to be made to plates engraved by..... More
HOLOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, DATED NOVEMBER 27, 1845 TO EDWARD HAWKINS, ON THE NEW ENGLAND MONETARY SYSTEM.
Written on both sides of two sheets of Whatman’s Turkey Mill notepaper. Both sheets were folded for mailing and have been affixed at margins to hand-ruled paper borders for incorporation in an album. Accompanied by typewritten transcription of part. Overall condition is nearly fine, entirely legible and with clear signature..... More
THIAN’S MASTERPIECE AND THE EARLY LITERATURE OF CONFEDERATE PAPER MONEY.
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 243–244, describing..... More
THIAN’S MASTERPIECE AND THE EARLY LITERATURE OF CONFEDERATE PAPER MONEY.
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 235–236, providing..... More
THIAN’S MASTERPIECE AND THE EARLY LITERATURE OF CONFEDERATE PAPER MONEY.
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 191–192, describing..... More
THIAN’S MASTERPIECE AND THE EARLY LITERATURE OF CONFEDERATE PAPER MONEY.
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 159–160, describing..... More
THIAN’S MASTERPIECE AND THE EARLY LITERATURE OF CONFEDERATE PAPER MONEY.
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 59–60, providing..... More
THIAN’S MASTERPIECE AND THE EARLY LITERATURE OF CONFEDERATE PAPER MONEY.
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers housed within original black and red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt. 40 pages; illustrated in color; original leaf from Thian’s The Currency of the Confederate States of America housed within archival Mylar holder. The leaf comprises pages 15–16, describing..... More
THIAN’S MASTERPIECE AND THE EARLY LITERATURE OF CONFEDERATE PAPER MONEY.
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2019. Oblong 4to, original pictorial card covers. 40 pages; illustrated in color. New. One of 100 copies printed. This publication traces the development of the study of the Treasury Notes issued by the Confederate States of America and outlines the literary history of the subject. Beginning..... More
THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN THE UNITED STATES.
Chicago: 1913. 12mo, original blue cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. Frontispiece portrait; 176 pages; 12 additional plates. Previous owner’s name on pastedown; near fine. A substantive early bank history. Clain-Stefanelli 1441. Sullivan 366. More