KLEEBERG’S NUMISMATIC FINDS OF THE AMERICAS

This week we highlight one of the most frequently consulted resources on Newman Portal, John Kleeberg’s Numismatic Finds of the Americas. This volume is no. 169 in the American Numismatic Society’s Numismatic Notes and Monographs  series and was published in 2009. The dust jacket alone (representing a comic book adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo) is immediately arresting, but of course the real substance is found in between the covers. The work is divided into three parts, with Part I providing summaries of 892 finds in North and South America. Part II covers accumulations and releases of silver dollars from the U.S. Treasury, while part III treats American coins dug outside the Americas.

The strength of the work is the copious citations – documentation for every find is cited, and in many cases multiple references are provided. The summaries themselves will whet the appetite, and for the more curious reader Kleeberg points to further background. The only possible problem we can find with the work is that computer technology was not sufficiently advanced in 2009 to support GIS methods that provide geographical insights into hoard data – hardly the author’s fault. The Newman Portal acknowledges ANS for permitting scanning of this material, and congratulates John Kleeberg on receiving the ANS Huntington Award, which was conferred on December 4.

Link to Numismatic Finds of the Americas on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/519183

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Link to ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs on Newman Portal:
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