BOOK REVIEW: THE HOLEY DOLLARS AND DUMPS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

I just got back from Montreal.....while there, I got my copy of Chris Faulkner's new book "The Holey Dollars and Dumps of Prince Edward Island." Warren Baker brought it back from Toronto, where the first copies were available and Chris was there at the "premiere" of the book in North America. I understand Charlie Davis will be the US distributer for the book.

This is a magnificent work !!!!!!!!!! 220 x 305 mm brown cloth, gilt with decorative dust jacket. 382 pages, fully illustrated, with listings of all known examples of dollars and dumps. This book wonderfully weaves the dollars and dumps, with a history of them and their origins and a history of their use and illustrations of the decree that started the process and of merchants and illustrations of possible instruments used in the cutting and marking of the pieces. The front and rear pastedowns are illustrated with these. This is just a wonderful production....and kudos go to Chris !!!! (I do admit to prejudice in this matter as Chris is a friend of mine!!)

Hopefully Charlie will get his allotment of this book soon , which is published by Spink of London, with a grant from the J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation. I do not know what the price will be, but whatever the price, it is worth it!!

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: NEW BOOK: HOLEY DOLLARS AND DUMPS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n39a05.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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