Not exactly "new", but new to us - recent E-Sylum subcriber Martin Bertelsen and searched our archive for his interest area, Arizona tokens. He writes:
I found lots of references to Hal Birt who wrote the original books on the subject. However, I found no references at all to the new book on Arizona tokens by Peter Spooner. He was quoted in the
article on Hal but only in passing about how Hal Birt was a mentor. He was indeed, I knew him also and Peter has picked up where Hal left off and has published a book "Arizona Tokens -
2010". He is now working on another revision but the 2010 book is still available.
At my suggestion Martin asked Peter to forward the following information about the book. Thanks, everyone. -Editor
The Standard Reference work on Arizona Trade Tokens.
Built upon the foundations of “Arizona Trade Tokens” by the pioneer in the field, Hal Birt Jr. This new 294 page book has quickly become the Standard Reference in the field. The number of
listings has been greatly expanded from Hal Birt's book and now contains 3,460 separate listings from 260 Towns, many of them long gone. This reference is also the first time that Arizona Tokens
have been given catalog numbers.
The basic reference, since it was published in 2010. There are no other references specifically on Arizona Tokens out there. It is spiral bound, and has listings on the Tokens of Arizona going all
the way back to Territorial days. Some of the towns listed here, where tokens were issued, and the town abandoned or destroyed, may be remembered nowhere else. It has rarity and value estimates. If
you collect Arizona Tokens, this book is a must.
Price $50.00 + $7.95 S&H
Wayne Homren, Editor
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