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NEW BOOK: CHARLTON NUMISMATIC LITERATUREAlan Roy has published a useful 20-page free checklist of Charlton publications. Thanks! -Editor
I did a talk, an introduction to collecting Canadian numismatic literature, at the RCNA convention and wanted to give the audience something to take home with them. So I created a "Checklist of Charlton Numismatic Literature". I'm hoping this will provide interest in some to begin collecting the most popular series of coin catalogues published in Canada. If anybody has questions or corrections, I can be reached at alroy477@gmail.com Here's an overview from the publication's Introduction. -Editor  The Charlton Catalogue has been the true "standard" for Canadian collectors for over sixty years. James E. Charlton, the proprietor of Canada Coin Exchange, began publishing a pamphlet listing the values of Canada's coins. He wasn't the first; New York dealer Wayte Raymond had already issued a price guide to Canada's decimal coins and tokens. But Charlton began publishing his catalogue yearly, and it was well received. Whitman Publishing of Racine, Wisconsin began printing Charlton's catalogue in 1960. Many collectors are now familiar with these blue hard cover catalogues. Whitman's distribution system increased sales. After the Charlton catalogue returned to Canada in 1971, Whitman decided to produce a competing reference called Coins of Canada, by James Haxby and Robert C. Willey. A boom in the coin market prompted Charlton Publishing to make changes to the Standard Catalogue. It was split into several separate volumes covering coins, bank notes, government paper money, and colonial tokens. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, they began publishing the Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins twice a year to document the quickly rising prices in the coin market. Since the 1990s, Charlton sought to expand its scope by publishing catalogues on Canadian Tire cash bonus coupons, die varieties, medals, communion tokens, trade dollars, and more. To download a free copy, see: THE BOOK BAZARREWayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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