David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature 

Welcome to the Web site of David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature. We sell rare and out-of-print numismatic literature from all times and places. Our current inventory includes works on ancient, medieval and modern numismatics, including a wide variety of material on American numismatics. Items range from the 16th to the 21st century and come in over a dozen languages.

June 4, 2009 Auction 

Our second mail-bid sale closed on June 4, 2009. A PDF of the catalogue can be downloaded here. The prices realized list is available here. The sale included a wide array of material on numismatics from the ancient, medieval and modern periods, in a dozen languages and spanning the 16th through the 21st centuries. To read the post-sale press release, click here.

May Issue of The Bookshelf

The May issue of The Bookshelf, a brief fixed price catalogue, is now available. The Bookshelf is published on a regular basis, and features a variety of works on coins, medals, tokens and paper money from around the world. We hope you enjoy it. Click here to download a copy.

Some material remains available from past issues of The Bookshelf. Click here to download the March issue. Click here to download the January issue.

Facebook

David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature has a business page on Facebook. Simply go to www.facebook.com and search for the full business name (not just my name: I do not use my personal page for business). Featured on the Facebook page are many photographs of items from our auctions. Check it out.

New Phone

David Fanning has a new cell phone number. He can now be reached at
(614) 256-8915.

October 28, 2008 Auction Prices Realized

The prices realized list for our October 28 auction is available here. Thank you to everyone who took part: the sale was very successful, with some very strong prices seen on fine material. The catalogue (sans illustrations) is available here. The sale included a wide variety of material on ancient, medieval, foreign and U.S. numismatics, and featured a number of rare and important works. Contact us today to be added to the mailing list for future offerings.

Send us an e-mail if you would like to be notified upon the publication of new catalogues. 

We hope to make this site a useful resource for collectors of numismatic literature and those who use such literature in their research. Check in with us as we develop this site and see what's new.

Thanks for visiting!

What We Do

David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature specializes in rare and out of print publications pertaining to numismatics. This includes books, periodicals, auction catalogues and fixed price lists, ephemeral publications, letters and other memorabilia. We buy and sell important works, and work with collectors and researchers to locate copies of the texts they are looking for. For those wishing to sell, we offer flexible consignment rates for inclusion in our catalogues. Contact us for more details.

Current Catalogues

The catalogue of our June 4 mail-bid auction, including numismatic literature from around the world, is available here.

The March issue of The Bookshelf, our regular fixed price list, is available here.

The January issue of The Bookshelf  is available here. Some lots remain available.