NEW BOOK: JOHN J. FORD, JR. AND THE "FRANKLIN HOARD"

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The E-Sylum: Volume 14, Number 29, July 17, 2011, Article 4

NEW BOOK: JOHN J. FORD, JR. AND THE "FRANKLIN HOARD"

Karl Moulton forwarded the following information about his upcoming book on John Ford and the Franklin Hoard. I've added a related note from Tom DeLorey. -Editor

A comprehensive background on Western gold items and gold rushes
The Father Kino "Silver Trade Bar" story
An extensive accounting of bars and ingots known before 1950
Hundreds of John J. Ford's personal letters and invoices from the 1950s and 1960s
The names of assayers that were in contact with Gerow Paul Franklin, the "Hoard's" namesake, along with sources in Phoenix and elsewhere
The "Franklin Hoard" material will be listed for the first time
Images of previously unknown gold and silver bars and coins that make up the "Franklin Hoard", most are in color
The 1966-1968 P.N.G. arbitration proceedings on counterfeit $20 U.S.A.O.G. coins
Walter Breen & Don Taxay's involvement
The Josiah K. Lilly gold collection "donated" to the Smithsonian Institution
The J.K. Llly appraisal -- first time ever in print
Background on gold bars including Parsons, Weigand, Kohler, Eagle, Thorne, Star, FG Hoard, Knight & Co., along with the so-called S.S. Brother Jonathan bars
The "Great Debate" of 1999 between Michael Hodder and Ted Buttrey

Counterfeits were made. Were Ford and Franklin forgers? Find the answer and more in John J. Ford and the "Franklin Hoard". The 700 page book will ship around the end of the year. Limited to 250 copies.

Pre-Publication Price $250
Regular Price after October 15, $295

Tom DeLorey writes:

I look forward to hearing Karl Moulton's talk at the ANA, based, in part, upon the letters of John J. Ford.

I once saw an interesting letter written by Ford to the Editor of The Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine circa late 1974. Apparently some article in Scrapbook had questioned the validity of a number of territorial gold issues that had been discovered or revealed by Ford in the late 1950s and/or early 1960s, which had been listed in the Redbook for a few years, only to disappear from the Redbook en masse circa 1964.

The Letter to the Editor claimed that the questionable items had been "removed from the Redbook due to lack of space." I do not know if the Letter was ever published. I do know that Ken Bressett has informed me that Ford's claim was not true.

Wayne Homren, Editor

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