The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 3, January 21, 2007, Article 4

ESSENTIAL BOOKS ON U.S. MEDALS, AND WHERE THE GAPS ARE

Dave Bowers writes: "I enjoyed the recent items about Loubat. When
anyone asks how to learn about medals, I always recommend the “big
three” for a core group: Betts, Loubat, and Julian.

"There are some highly important medals not listed, as Betts covers
pre-federal medals, Julian covers U.S. Mint medals 1792-1892, and
Loubat is mainly about congressional medals. The 1787 Columbia and
Washington medal and the 1858 S.S. Central America medal (Captain
Herndon, and the 1857 disaster) are two of them. And, of course,
the field of 20th century medals is another great subject not
presently covered by even a handy introductory guide, let alone
an in-depth treatment."

[The Stack's Ford Sale catalogs will be a great interim reference
on the topic until new references are published.  Is anyone at
work on manuscripts to fill the gaps Dave mentions?  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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