The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 29, July 18, 2004, Article 23

SOUTH CAROLINA CURRENCY BOOK PUBLISHED

  From the July/August issue of PAPER MONEY:

  "A life spent collecting and studying obsolete currency of
  his native state has enabled past SPMC President Austin M.
  Sheheen Jr. to completely revise and update his 1960 catalog
  with the release of his new 368-page South Carolina Obsolete
  Notes and Scrip.

  Sheheen's work is not only a comprehensive survey of his
  subject (state, bank, railroad, town, city, private, depression
  scrip, and miscellaneous notes), but a sumptuous one at that.
  Printed on heavy 80-pound glossy paper, virtually every note
  (more than 1,000) is published in full color.

  The book's dapper author credits a brace of deceased and
  current collectors as well as the State's Museum and
  Department of Archives and History for advancing his
  knowledge of this field.

  The catalog includes basic information on the banks of issue,
  their officers, capitalization and dates of organization.  Rarities,
  note descriptions, printers? imprints, as well as listings of
  counterfeit, spurious, altered and raised notes are detailed as
  well.  A very helpful index and a comprehensive set of running
  heads (folios) make navigating the book a breeze.  Certainly
  an excellent addition to the literature and highly recommended
  as a definitive listing.

  This hardbound volume is priced at $45 (dealers inquiries
  invited) from its author at PO Box 428, Camden, S.C.
  29020.  --Fred Reed"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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