STEPHEN ALBUM LITERATURE AUCTION 2

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V26 2023 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 26, Number 39, September 24, 2023, Article 3

Stephen Album Rare Coins is holding their second numismatic literature auction on October 9, 2023. Here are some lot selections. -Editor

Lot 5: Akitomo, Akiro. Kocho Genpo ([Copper Coins of the] Guangxu Era) First Study, 2nd Edition, Osaka, 1980, 177 pages, softcover, charts and rubbings throughout. In depth reference on machine struck coins of the Kuang Hsu (Guang Xu) era of Chinese copper coins. Includes some of the machine struck square hole coins and pattern types. The work was informed by Woodward and Krause, with detailed analysis of the calligraphic variations which distinguish minor variations.

Lot 25: Allen, D. F. The Coins of the Ancient Celts Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1980, 265 pages including 41 plates, hardcover with dust jacket., ex Libris Stephen Huston.

Lot 40: Anokhin, V. A. Monetnoe Delo Bospora , Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 1986, 179 pages, hardcover. Numismatic history and catalogue of the coins of Pantikapaion and Cimmerian Bosporus. The plates are decent, and many more coins are photographed than there are in his later work on Bosporus coinage. There is a rather extensive bibliography including perhaps 100 references in Russian.

Lot 127: Cox, Arthur J. and Thomas Malim. Ferracute the History of an American Enterprise , Bridgeton, 1985, 197 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Basically a biography of the inventor Oberlin Smith and a history of metal molding and the second industrial revolution. A wealth of information about the era and the evolution of business from the workshop to the factory. Includes a chapter intitled "Ferracute Goes to China" which chronicles the travels of Ferracute engineer Henry A. Janvier's trip to China to set up a coining facility in Chengtu (Chengdu).

Lot 228: Göbl, Robert. Sasanidische Numismatik: Handbücher der mittelasiatischen Numismatik, Band 1 Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, 1968, 100 pages, 16 plates, hardcover with dust jacket. Original German language edition of the standard reference on Sasanian coinage. Covers Persia or Iran prior to conversion to Islam (208-651). Very detailed treatments of all aspects of coin design and legends, many photographic plates and illustrations of design variations. A brief historical survey also included.

Lot 306: Kann, Eduard. Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins (Gold, Silver, Nickel and Aluminum) , First Edition, Los Angeles, 1954, 476 pages, 224 plates, hardcover with dust jacket. The standard English-language reference for modern coins of China. It have a good representation of Sinkiang coins including the early hammered 1/2 miscal pieces. There are more than 1,200 black and white photos of coins, plus more medals and forgeries. Includes chapters on early silver dollars, Imperial dragon coinage, Republican silver coinage, nickel and aluminum coinage, silver taels, Sinkiang Imperial and Republican coins, Mongolia and Tibet coinage, and Chinese gold coinage, as well as medals, forgeries, fantasies, valuation, mintages, and list of mints.

Lot 402: Millies, H. C. Recherches sur les Monnaies des Indigenes de l'Archipel Indien et de la Peninsule Malaie , Martinus Nijhoff, La Haye, 1871, 180 pages, 26 plates, original softcover printing.

One of the classic works on medieval coinage of Indonesia and Malaysia. It includes Java (with a large group of temple tokens), Sumatra, Chinese colonies on Bangka, Malay Peninsula (Kedah,Oudjong Salang), Johor, Trengganu, Patani, Sanggora, Borneo, Celebes, and others. It has good plates of the little gold coins from Atcheh, a very rare original copy of this classic work.

Lot 449: Op van Velde, Wybrand and David Hartill. Cast Korean Coins and Charms , Authors Online Ltd, Sandy, Bedfordshire, 2013, 397 pages, hardcover, excellent photos and line drawings throughout. The new standard catalogue of Korean coins and charms. Introductory material includes a history and list of kings, a detailed monetary history of the different historical periods, how the coins were made with nice drawings of the process from a 1905 publication, explanation of different styles of calligraphy, numbers and symbols found on coins, and an introduction to how to collect Korean coins. This is followed by a catalogue of coins and charms in the style of Hartill's books on Chinese and Japanese coins. At the end is an explanation of the iconography found on the charms. An excellent book, ex James Farr Collection Library.