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The E-Sylum: Volume 27, Number 52, December 29, 2024, Article 2

WORKMAN'S BOOKS SALE 7 SELECTIONS, PART FOUR

Here's a final selection of 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

  Workman Sale 7 Lot 110 MONEDAS ESPANOLAS Workman Sale 7 Lot 118 SCRIPTA NUMMARIA ROMANA
Lots 110 and 118

Lot 110: Calico, Ferran & Xavier Calico & Joaquin Trigo. MONEDAS ESPANOLAS DESDE JUANA Y CARLOS A ISABEL II 1504 A 1868. Gabinete Numismatico Calico, Barcelona. 1985. 4to. 544, (2) pages. original brown leatherette, photo plate device, gilt. b&w coin photos throughout. Spanish text. Some cracking along front and back edges of spine. Very Good. This book is a comprehensive illustrated catalog and price guide to the gold, silver, and copper coinage of the various monarchs and mints in Spain and Spanish America from 1504 to 1868. Lot weight: 3 lbs 10oz. Subject(s): Spanish, Spanish American Coinage.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Calico: Monedas Espanolas desde Juana y Carlos a Isabel II 1504 a 1868 (https://www.icollector.com/Calico-Monedas-Espanolas-desde-Juana-y-Carlos-a-Isabel-II-1504-a-1868_i54896645)

Lot 118: Carson, R.A.G. & Colin M. Kraay [editors]. SCRIPTA NUMMARIA ROMANA - ESSAYS PRESENTED TO HUMPHREY SUTHERLAND. Spink & Son Ltd., London. 1978. 4to. (2), xiv, 250, (2) pages. original blue cloth, gilt, jacket. Frontispiece photo. Maps. Tables. 24 b&w coin plates. English text. Very Good. Good collection of fifteen scholarly articles on Roman numismatics. Lot weight: 2 lbs 4oz. Subject(s): Ancient Coinage.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Carson: Scripta Nummaria Romana - Essays Presented to Humphrey Sutherland (https://www.icollector.com/Carson-Scripta-Nummaria-Romana-Essays-Presented-to-Humphrey-Sutherland_i54896653)

  Workman Sale 7 Lot 151 AMERICAN HALF CENTS Workman Sale 7 Lot 183 MILITARY TOKENS OF THE UNITED STATES
Lots 151 and 183

Lot 151: Cohen, Roger S., Jr. AMERICAN HALF CENTS - THE 'LITTLE HALF SISTERS'. Wigglesworth & Ghatt Co., Arlington. 1982. 4to. (2), xxii, 131, (3) pages. original yellow pictorial cloth lettered in black. Tables. Diagrams. b&w coin photos throughout. English text. Fine. Clain-Stefanelli 12278. Lot weight: 1 lbs 14oz. Subject(s): United States Coinage.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Cohen: American Half Cents - The 'Little Half Sisters' (https://www.icollector.com/Cohen-American-Half-Cents-The-Little-Half-Sisters_i54896686)

Lot 183: Cunningham, Paul A. MILITARY TOKENS OF THE UNITED STATES. VOLUME I (DOMESTIC ISSUES). Michigan Exonumia Publishers, Tecumseh. 1995. 4to. xiii, 440 pages. original black cloth, gilt. Inscribed by the author. Appendices. B&w historical and token photos and line illustrations throughout. English text. The Melvin and George Fuld Library. Fine. This book is a guide to the military tokens issued by the military installations of the United States armed forces and this volume only includes domestically issued tokens. The tokens are organized by state and then alphabetically by installation and then by denomination. Each token is described and where possible a photo is presented. Lot weight: 3 lbs 11oz. Subject(s): United States Tokens.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Cunningham: Military Tokens of the United States. Volume I (Domestic Issues) (https://www.icollector.com/Cunningham-Military-Tokens-of-the-United-States-Volume-I-Domestic-Issues_i54896718)

  Workman Sale 7 Lot 200 TOP FLYING EAGLE AND INDIAN HEAD CENT DIE VARIETIES Workman Sale 7 Lot 201 GUIDEBOOK TO THE TEN PESO BANKNOTES
Lots 200 and 201

Lot 200: Doughty, Russell B.B. THE TOP FLYING EAGLE AND INDIAN HEAD CENT DIE VARIETIES. Russell B.B. Doughty. 2017. 12mo. (6), 157, (1) pages. original pictorial card covers. Signed by the author. Color photos throughout. English text. The David Baker Library. Fine. The authoritative reference for die varieties of the Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cent series of United States Coinage. Pages feature full color and full page photographs. Lot weight: 0 lbs 13oz. Subject(s): United States Coinage.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Doughty: The Top Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cent Die Varieties (https://www.icollector.com/Doughty-The-Top-Flying-Eagle-and-Indian-Head-Cent-Die-Varieties_i54896735)

Lot 201: Douglas, Duane D. GUIDEBOOK TO THE TEN PESO BANKNOTES ISSUED BY BANCO DE MEXICO, S.A. Sociedad Numismatica de Mexico, A.C., Mexico City. 1977. 4to. 114 pages. original pictorial card covers. Inscribed by the author. B&w currency photos throughout. Spanish and English text. cover sun-faded and browned from age. Very Good. This book is a catalog and price guide to the ten peso banknotes of Mexico issued by the Central Bank of Mexico that circulated from 1925 to 1975. Lot weight: 0 lbs 14oz. Subject(s): Mexican Paper Money.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Douglas: Guidebook to the Ten Peso Banknotes Issued by Banco de Mexico, S.A. (https://www.icollector.com/Douglas-Guidebook-to-the-Ten-Peso-Banknotes-Issued-by-Banco-de-Mexico-S-A_i54896736)

  Workman Sale 7 Lot 387 COB COINAGE OF COLOMBIA Workman Sale 7 Lot 631 ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GOLD AND SILVER COINS OF THE WORLD
Lots 387 and 631

Lot 387: Lasser, Joseph R. & Jorge Emilio Restrepo. THE COB COINAGE OF COLOMBIA 1622-1756. Pertinax Press, New York. 2000. 4to. xvii, 150, (8) pages. Original blue cloth, lettered in silver, gilt center device. Inscribed by the author to Alan Craig. Map. Tables. Charts. Bibliography. b&w coin and coin detail photos throughout. English text translated and edited from Spanish by William L. Bischoff. The Alan Craig Library. The David Baker Library. Fine. This book is a study of the gold and silver cobs of all types and denominations minted and produced in the areas now known as Colombia. The book starts with a history of Nuevo Reino de Grenada and its silver and gold cob production. The second part of the book is a catalog of the coins as listed according to rulers and according to denomination, mint and assayer. All coin types have an obverse and reverse coin photo, type designation, assayer information, notes on rarity and other descriptive information. Lot weight: 1 lbs 5oz. Subject(s): Colombian Coinage.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Lasser: The Cob Coinage of Colombia 1622-1756 (https://www.icollector.com/Lasser-The-Cob-Coinage-of-Colombia-1622-1756_i54896922)

Lot 631: Smith, A.M. ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GOLD AND SILVER COINS OF THE WORLD - ILLUSTRATING THE MODERN, ANCIENT, CURRENT AND CURIOUS, FROM A.D. 1885 BACK TO B.C. 700. A.M. Smith, Philadelphia. 1886. 8vo. 511, (1) pages. original brown cloth decoratively stamped in black; lettered in gilt. Finely engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. Lithographic title preceding the printed title. Tables. B&w line illustrations and print illustrations throughout. English text. shelf wear along edges, corners bumped and worn, Very Good. A popular nineteenth-century American numismatic work. Smith (born Anders Madsen Schmidt in Denmark) became interested in numismatics in the mid-1870s and published several works on coins before this work. It may have been written to compete with John S. Dye's popular 1883 Coin Encyclopedia, and, judging from current availability, was at least as successful. A delightful feature of this work is the extensive use of reproductions of numismatic frontispieces and vignettes taken from early numismatic publications. Lot weight: 3 lbs 10oz. Subject(s): World Coinage.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Smith: Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Gold and Silver Coins of the World - Illustrating the Modern, An (https://www.icollector.com/Smith-Illustrated-Encyclopaedia-of-Gold-and-Silver-Coins-of-the-World-Illustrating-the-Modern-An_i54897166)

To visit the firm's website:
https://workmansbooks.square.site/

Sale link: https://www.icollector.com/The-David-Baker-Numismatic-and-Treasure-Library-and-other-Consignments-Sale-7_a68681
PDF sale catalog: https://workmansbooks.com/downloads/WB%20Auction%20007%20catalog.pdf
Print catalog: https://www.lulu.com/shop/alan-workman/sale-7-the-david-baker-numismatic-and-treasure-library-and-other-consignments/paperback/product-v8jre6n.html

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
WORKMAN'S BOOKS SALE 7 SELECTIONS (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n48a02.html)
WORKMAN'S BOOKS SALE 7 SELECTIONS, PART TWO (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n49a03.html)
WORKMAN'S BOOKS SALE 7 SELECTIONS, PART THREE (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n50a02.html)
WORKMAN'S BOOKS SALE 7 REMINDER (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n51a02.html)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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