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The E-Sylum: Volume 26, Number 44, October 29, 2023, Article 2

Alan Workman has a numismatic literature sale closing November 11-12, 2023. Here's some more selected lots. -Editor

Workman's Books is conducting its Sixth sale, "Sale 6 - Selections from A Latin American Numismatic Library and other Consignments.". Accompanying the Latin American Numismatic Library is a sizeable consignment of books, catalogs, magazines, journals, and dealer fixed price lists on numismatics, orders & decorations, militaria, shipwrecks, sunken treasure, lost treasure, treasure hunting, lost mines, and treasure in the American West.

Lot 201: Kelly, E.M. SPANISH DOLLARS AND SILVER TOKENS. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ISSUES OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 1797-1816. Spink & Son Ltd., London. 1976. 4to. (14), 151, (10) pages. Original black cloth, gilt, jacket. Tables. Appendix. Bibliograpy. Index. 8 b&w coin plates. English text. Jacket smudged, Near Fine. Book Fine. This book is a historical account of the Bank of England coinage issues from 1797 through 1816 to include Spanish American counterstamped and stamped coinage and silver tokens. Lot weight: 1 lbs 14oz. Subject(s): British, Spanish American Coinage.

Lot 223: Lhotka, M.D., Ph D, John F. & P.K. Anderson. SURVEY OF MEDIEVAL IBERIAN COINAGES. Sanford J. Durst, New York. 1989. 8vo. 123, (2) pages. Original printed card covers. Originally published in the Numismatist. b&w coin photos throughout. Fine. This book is a history and survey catalog of the medieval coinages that were minted in Spain and Portugal from the reign of Alfonso VI (1065) through John II (1495). The book covers heraldry, medieval letter forms, legend forms, coin types, denominations, mints and mint marks, metals, historic notes and values. Lot weight: 0 lbs 8oz. Subject(s): Spanish Coinage.

Lot 224: Lismore, Thomas. THE COINAGE OF CUBA 1870 TO DATE. ARTICLES BY PESANT BOUN IN ONE VOLUME. Roy Renderer, Miami. 1966. 8vo. 47, (1) pages. Later red cloth, gilt. Book by Lismore and three articles by Pesant bound in one volume. Lismore mis-spelled on the cover. Book: Tables. Appendix. Bibliography. b&w coin photos, line-drawings throughout. Fine. This book is a history and guide to the coinage of Cuba from 1870 through 1963. Topics covered include: Revolutionary coinage, Republic coinage, Gold and silver coins of 1915-1916, Decimals, Proclamations, and Paper money; Articles: 'Notes on Cuba's Early Coinage' by Roberto Pesant. The Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine. August, 1947 Pages 1406-1411. line-drawings throughout., 'The Rosette - A Cuban Counterstamp' by Roberto Pesant. The Numismatist. March, 1968. Pages 305-306, 'Historic Documents Reveal Birth of Souvenir Pesos' by Roberto Pesant. The Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine. July, 1968 Pages 1074-1080. b&w photos. Includes 4 miscellaneous magazine and news clippings laid in. This volume is a truly a one-of-a-kind item devoted to Cuban numismatics. Lot weight: 0 lbs 10oz. Subject(s): Cuban Coinage.

Lot 231: Magan, Ricardo M. LATIN AMERICAN BANK NOTE RECORDS. AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY ARCHIVES. Ricardo M Magan, Taunton. 2005. 4to. 206 pages. Original pictorial card covers. First edition. b&w currency photos throughout. English text. Near Fine. This is a catalog of the Latin American bank notes in the American Banknote Company archives. The book is organized by country then by issuer, by denomination and then by issue date. Each note type has an obverse photo where possible and each issue dates contain print quantity, serial numbers and comments. Each denomination may have a general comment concerning any special characteristics or history. Lot weight: 1 lbs 8oz. Subject(s): Spanish American Paper Money.

Lot 237: Martin, W. Mack & Kenneth S. Latimer. STATE OF GEORGIA TREASURY NOTES, TREASURY CERTIFICATES & BONDS. W. Mack Martin & Kenneth S. Latimer. 2005. 12mo. 95 pages. Original pictorial card covers, Wire spiral binding. Signed by the authors. color currency photos throughout. Fine. This book is a descriptive listing and rarity guide to the treasury notes, treasury certificates, and bonds used in the state of Georgia. It covers the different issuing entities that issued the currency with physical information including rarity for each note. Lot weight: 0 lbs 11oz. Subject(s): United States Paper Money.

Lot 273: Menzel, Sewall H. Ph.D. COBS, PIECES OF EIGHT AND TREASURE COINS. THE EARLY SPANISH-AMERICAN MINTS AND THEIR COINAGES, 1536-1773. The American Numismatic Society, New York. 2004. 4to. xi, 484 pages. Original blue cloth, gilt, jacket. b&w coin photos and line illustrations throughout. Minor highlighting. Jacket/Book Fine. In the 1520s the Spanish crown began to realize through expanded explorations of the likes of Hernando Cortez and Francisco Pizarro that it was in charge of an enormous empire requiring extensive settlement and systems of control.

Royal mints were founded to control, evaluate and tax gold and silver coming from the mines, as well as to produce the coins needed for everyday commercial transactions. For some 250 years the mints churned out millions of cob-style coins, many of which found their way into the treasure galleons of the day. Soon mints such as Mexico and Potosi became known as the financial 'pillars of empire' and enabled Spain to engage in seemingly endless wars of conquest and plunder. Geography, crown intransigence, bureaucratic incompetence, royal intrigues and outright scandal all had an impact on the mints and their productions.

In this comprehensive and fully referenced study, Sewall Menzel brings out the critical detail and information needed to understand the ten early Spanish mints of Mexico, Santo Domingo, Peru, Potosi, Panama, Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogota), Cartagena, Cuzco, Guatemala and Cuba and their respective coinages. Through the use of some two thousand photos and diagrams the coins are identified by mint, king, denomination, mint assayer and type. Lot weight: 3 lbs 10oz. Subject(s): Spanish American Coinage.

Lot 282: Morris, LL. D., Robert. COINS OF THE GRAND MASTERS OF THE ORDER OF MALTA. OR KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. T.R. Marvin & Son, Boston. 1884. Small square 4to. xvi, (9)-70 pages. Original black cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, protector. One of only 120 copies printed. 6 b&w plates of coins. Fine. Includes an introduction, heraldic and historic notes, by W. T. R. Marvin. Lot weight: 1 lbs 3oz. Subject(s): European Coinage.

Lot 300: Nickell, Joe. DISCOVERED. THE SECRET OF BEALE'S TREASURE. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond. July, 1982. 8vo. (2), 283-394, (6) pages. Original tan printed card covers. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 90 No.3. pp 310-324. First edition. Fine. Included as one of six main articles in this scholarly journal, is a very important but little-known monograph on the famous Beale Treasure, showing it is a hoax. Lot weight: 0 lbs 9oz. Subject(s): Buried Treasure.