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WORKMAN'S BOOKS SALE 7 SELECTIONS, PART TWOHere are more selected lots from Alan Workman's seventh numismatic literature sale, which closes January 4, 2025. The catalogs are available for download as a pdf or they can be purchased through Lulu for $15. -Editor 
Lots 61 and 74 Lot 61: Bierly, William. IN GOD WE TRUST - THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, MONEY, BANKING, AND RELIGION. Whitman Publishing, LLC, Pelham. 2019. 8vo. xvi, 336 pages. original pictorial boards. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. B&w and color photos and illustrations throughout. English text. The David Baker Library. Fine. Our national motto debuted on United States coinage during the chaos and heartache of the American Civil War. It has appeared on our money ever since. Numismatic researcher William Bierly has dug deep into the origins and history of In God We Trust. Now he tells its full story, introducing Reverend Mark Watkinson, the preacher who rallied the Treasury Department to recognize Almighty God in some form on our coins . . . Mint Director James Pollock, former governor of Pennsylvania, a commanding figure who worked toward the same vision . . . and Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, nephew of an Episcopal bishop, who marshalled our nation's vast resources and financed the war with bold innovations. President Abraham Lincoln figures in the tale, as does a cast of military generals, wealthy industrialists, poets and artists, powerful bankers, and everyday Americans, North and South. Bierly shows how the upheaval of the Civil War changed not just the face of our coins and paper currency, but the very foundations of modern American banking and finance. The story continues into the renaissance of beautiful American coinage started by President Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900s . . . the revival of the 1950s, and the Unwritten Constitution . . . legal challenges by modern-day atheists . . . and controversy surrounding In God We Trust, public and school prayer, Ceremonial Deism, and other hot topics in today's headlines. Lot weight: 1 lbs 15oz. Subject(s): United States Coinage History.
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Lot 74: Bowers, Q. David. THE COPPER COINS OF VERMONT AND INTERRELATED ISSUES 1783 - 1788. Stack's Bowers Galleries, New York. 2018. 4to. xii, 163, (1) pages. original pictorial boards. Author signed bookplate. Limited edition #247 of 500 copies. b&w and color coin and historical photos throughout. English text.Fine. Lot weight: 1 lbs 15oz. Subject(s): United States Coinage.
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Lots 125 and 165 Lot 125: Cayon, Adolfo & Clemente Cayon & Juan Cayon. LAS MONEDAS ESPANOLAS DEL TREMIS AL EURO DEL 411 A NUESTROS DIAS. Cayon-Jano S.L., Madrid. 1998. 8vo. 1269, (9) pages. original charcoal leatherette, gilt. 12th edition. B&w coin photos throughout. Spanish text. Fine. This book is an illustrated catalog and price guide to the coins of Spain and its colonies for the period 411 through 1998 covering the Visigoth period through the reign of Juan Carlos I. The book is organized by denomination then by date and then by mint. Each date/mint has a type number and prices in euros in VF grade. Each denomination type has an obverse and reverse coin photo where possible. Lot weight: 6 lbs 3oz. Subject(s): Spanish, Spanish American Coinage.
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Lot 165: Craig, Alan K. GOLD COINS OF THE 1715 SPANISH PLATE FLEET - A NUMISMATIC STUDY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA COLLECTION. Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, Tallahassee. 1988. 4to. xvi, 83, (1) pages. original gray cloth, gilt, jacket. Inscribed by the author to David Baker. Map. Tables. Glossary. Bibliography. 12 color coin plates. B&w line illustrations. English text. The David Baker Library. Fine. This is a catalog of the gold cobs in the State of Florida Collection that were recovered from the 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet wrecks and handed over to the state as part of their division from the salvors. A history of the salvage operations, the minting processes, the mints, and the coins are covered in this work. Lot weight: 1 lbs 3oz. Subject(s): Spanish American Coinage.
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Lots 179 and 247 Lot 179: Crum, Adam J. [editor]. A CATALOGUE OF TREASURE FROM THE S.S. CENTRAL AMERICA. Monaco Rare Coin, Newport Beach. 2007. 4to. 25 pages. original pictorial card covers. Tables. Color photos throughout. English text. The David Baker Library. Fine. This publication is a catalog of treasure recovered from the wreck of the S.S. Central America as presented for sale through Monaco Rare Coin. Lot weight: 0 lbs 5oz. Subject(s): Sunken Treasure.
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Lot 247: Florin, Lambert. GHOST TOWNS OF THE WEST. Promontory Press, New York. 1973. 4to. (6), 872 pages. original brown leatherette, gilt, jacket. Maps. B&w photos throughout. English text. The David Baker Library. Fine. Prepared by the West's most traveled spook hunter, this is an accurate guide to over 400 ghost towns in the western U.S. and Canada. With tales of greed and gold, pictures of dust-blown ruins in the coyote country, and specters drifting out of shaft heads, the author brings back that other life in the ageless West. Hundreds of rare photos make the ghosts of the early West walk again. Lot weight: 5 lbs 4oz. Subject(s): American Ghost Towns.
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Lots 452 and 659 Lot 452: Mathewson, R. Duncan, III. TREASURE OF THE ATOCHA - A FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR ARCHAEOLOGICAL ADVENTURE. National Center for Shipwreck Research Ltd., Key Largo. 2004. 8vo. 164 pages. original blue embossed cloth, gilt, jacket. Signed by the author. Frontispiece photo. Mapped endpapers. Appendices. Bibliography. Maps. B&w and color photos and illustrations throughout. English text. The David Baker Library. Fine. This book tells the story of the finding and salvage of the 'Atocha', which sank off Key West, Florida in 1622, from the archaeologist's perspective. The author was the lead archaeologist who worked on the 'Atocha' salvage. Lot weight: 1 lbs 8oz. Subject(s): Sunken Treasure.
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Lot 659: Suarez, Rasiel. ERIC II - THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS Dirty Old Books, Tumwater. 2010. Large 4to. xx, 1455, (3) pages. original pictorial boards, jacket. Signed by the author. Limited edition #1300 of 3000.Color photos throughout. English text. The David Baker Library. Fine. The release of ERIC II follows five years of intensive work in going well beyond the scope of the first edition. Where 2005's ERIC provided a solid introduction into the field of Roman coinage this follow up aims for a much higher ambition with a fully comprehensive catalog of even the most obscure issues while maintaining the user-friendly format of the original. Also retained and significantly enhanced is the use of high-resolution color photography from cover to cover. The plates for each ruler have been upgraded with better and more photos with the rest of each section making rich use of color elsewhere. The listings are now more informative and are internally referenced with pertinent ancillary data. A significant improvement has been made in extending the catalog over the entire Byzantine series thus covering the complete span of coinage from the days of Augustus through the downfall of Constantine XI some 1,500 years later. Lot weight: 9 lbs 4oz. Subject(s): Ancient Roman Coinage.
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