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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 15, April 8, 2001, Article 16 EARLIEST AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION? Eric P. Newman writes: "In my library there may be the earliest piece of American numismatic literature containing an illustration. The woodcut illustration is not of a coin or paper money but of the 1756 hanging of the notorious "Owen Sullivan" for counterfeiting in New York. It is illustrated on a plate in Kenneth Scott's, "Counterfeiting in Colonial America." My pamphlet is entitled "A Short Account of the Life of John ____, Owen Syllavan, etc.", published in Boston in 1756. Only one other copy is known according to published bibliographical research. There are many earlier American publications on money which have no illustrations. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts have illustrations of paper money but they are not numismatic and include a range of subjects. Naturally there are many earlier European numismatic publications with illustrations. Can any of our bibliomaniacs confirm, refute or throw further light on this situation? I would be appreciative."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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