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ALBERT KUNER COPY OF ECKFELDT-DUBOIS SOUGHTBob Cassling is a collector and researcher of Pioneer/Territorial gold coins from the California Gold Rush (1849-55). He is currently working with Doug Winter and Ron Guth searching for a very specific book from the California Gold rush era. He provided this background on his project. -Editor 
Albert Kuner was a master engraver in San Francisco during the California Gold rush era, engraving numerous now iconic coins, including the 1849 Norris Greg and Norris $5, 1849 Moffat $5 and $10, 1850 Schultz $5 as well as the most iconic coin of that era, the 1850 Baldwin (Horseman) $10 and several others. According to Edgar Adams 1912 book, Private Gold Coinage of California, Albert Kuner annotated his personal copy of the 1851 (Second Edition) Eckfeldt and Dubois book, Gold & Silver Coins and Bullion, with a "memorandum in his own handwriting over each illustration of the various California coins engraved by him". I am looking for the location of his personal copy and/or a digital version. Can anyone help? My copy has no annotations; Dan Hamelberg has three copies, but none fit the bill. FWIW, there is a copy of the book in this month's Holabird sale, but it's not described as having annotations. See the article elsewhere in this issue. -Editor Bob adds: "I am also looking for some reference as to who were the engravers at the Philadelphia Mint, besides Longacre, from late 1848 to mid 1849. The National Archives are of no help. Ron Burdette sent me some information, though no specific names during that period of time. "This is part of the bigger Territorial coin project regarding Albert Kuner."
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