The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 1, January 7, 2007, Article 5

LOUBAT'S MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE U.S. HOARD INFORMATION SOUGHT

NBS Board member John W. Adams writes: "Inspired by our new editor
of The Asylum, David Yoon, I am working on a somewhat tardy book review
of Loubat's Medallic History of the United States (published in 1878).
Copies of this work have always been easy to locate, thanks to a
hoard discovered in the 1960s or 1970s. Do any of our readers know
just when and where the hoard was discovered?"

[The one-volume 1967 reprint by N. Flayderman of New Milford, CT is
also fairly easy to locate, with most copies offered on the Internet
in the $30-$40 range.  I have a nice mint condition copy of the reprint
purchased in the 1990s, leading me to believe that at one time there
was a publisher's backstock of the reprint as well.

But John's question is about a hoard of the original large-format
two-volume 1878 edition.  Numismatic periodical ads from the 60s or
70s might yield a reference to the book, either as a news item or
advertisement.  An auction catalog of the era might also include a
run of mint-condition copies of the book.  Lot descriptions in
numismatic literature auctions of the 90s through today might also
yield clues.  Suggestions, anyone?  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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