The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 32, August 10, 2003, Article 7

NEW ORLEANS PLANTERS' BANK INFO SOUGHT

  Bob Leonard  writes: "I am developing a corpus of PB
  counterstamps on cut quarters of Mexican dollars, issued by
  the Planters' Bank of New Orleans.  In The Numismatist,
  June 1921, Duffield wrote, "I have records of where they
  have appeared eight times in sales, only one of them in a
  foreign sale, but it is probable that the same pieces have
  appeared in sales more than once.  In two instances the cut
  coin was described as a counterfeit."  Duffield's records
  appear to be lost (neither the ANA nor ANS preserves
  them), and I have had little success in tracing these eight
  auction appearances, though I am aware of two pieces
  published by Howland Wood in the American Journal of
  Numismatics.  Can any E-Sylum reader help?

  Also, Frank Van Valen told me that he saw an old
  illustrated book in Dave Bowers' library on several
  occasions that pictured one.   This was a French book,
  in horizontal (landscape) format, published in 1863, Frank
  recalled, and showed the PB counterstamp on a plate of
  "Coins of America" (in French).  Dave does not recall
  possessing such a book, and I haven't found it in any
  bibliography or library yet--though I have pretty scanty
  information to go on.  If anyone recognizes it, I'd like to
  purchase copies of the title page,  plate, and key to the
  plate.  Thanks!"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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