David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature  

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David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature's first auction, with a closing date of October 28, was a strong success. 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. Selected highlights included:

• The Journal of the Senate, First Session, Second Congress (1791–1792), featuring the complete text of “An Act Establishing a Mint, and Regulating the Coins of the United States,” with the discussion leading up to its passage and other important historical context: the foundation of U.S. coinage.

• A charming copy of Patin’s 1683 Introductio ad historiam numismatum

• Godonnesche on the medals of Louis XV (1736)

• Erasmus Froelich’s 1737 Quatuor tentamina

• Mechel on Hedlinger’s medals (1776-1778)

• 18th-century American almanacs, newspapers and mercantile publications discussing coinage

• The 1798 first American edition of Kyd on bills of exchange

• Simon (1810) and Lindsey (1839) on Irish coins

• Important European catalogues including the Jeronimo Vries catalogues of the 1847 Van Gelder sale, a bound volume of very early J. Schulman sales, Hess’s 1891-1892 Reimmann sale, and several Ars Classica sales

• Several 19th-century U.S. works on counterfeit detection

• Winslow Howard’s heavily annotated copy of the 1855 Kline sale

• A large paper copy of Hickcox on the paper money of New York

• Copy number 1 of Hough on Washingtonia, published by Woodward

• An original Crosby in a Nova Constellatio binding

• A fine leather-bound set of Loubat

• A number of 19th-century American auction sales with photographic plates, including a plated copy of the 1886 Maris sale

• The second edition of De Knight on U.S. currency

• A plated copy of Elder’s 1908 Gschwend sale

• A plated copy of the Malcolm N. Jackson sale (US Coin Co., 1913)

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A printed catalogue was issued and copies with the PRL are available for $15 postpaid (in the U.S.) or $12 plus postage for international customers. Contact us today to be added to the mailing list. There is no charge for future catalogues.

Select consignments are being accepted for future mail bid sales or fixed price catalogues.

For more information, please contact David Fanning at <dfanning@columbus.rr.com>.