Money
of the World: Coins that Made
History, Ira and Larry Goldberg, Editors. Published 2007 by
Whitman Publishing.
Written by six renowned numismatic
historians and compiled by noted numismatic auctioneers and authors,
Ira and Larry Goldberg, this magnificent book illustrates how coins
were shaped by the development of Western Civilization, and how they
sometimes helped shape it in turn. Some of the finest coins
struck in their day for the needs of commerce now tell the history of
ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, the European
Renaissance, the Age of Reason, Revolutions from 1776 to 1914, Colonial
Latin America and Latin American Republics. Each coin is featured
in both an actual size photograph and a full color enlargement. An
appendix lists market values for the coins by grade. 312 pages.
Money of the World: Coins that Made History, Hard
bound, ISBN 978-079482062-6. Regularly $49.95,
Our Price: $39.95
Two presidents, an Egyptian king, a pre-eminent American
scultor, the man who put Al Capone behind bars, and several of the most
prominent collectors and dealers of the 20th century are all part of
the remarkable true story of the world's most valuable coin. You don't
have to be a coin collector to enjoy David Tripp's riveting tale of
American history, liberally spiced with greed, intrigue, deception and
controversy as it follows the once secret odyssey of this prized object
through the decades. 363 pages with dozens of
contemporary photographs.
Illegal
Tender, Hard bound, ISBN 0-7432-4574-1. Regularly $26.00, Our
Price: $20.95
Augustus
Saint-Gaudens 1848-1907 by various art curators and
historians.
Published 1999 by Musée des Augustins and Éditions Somogy.
The leader of the so called American
Renaissance, Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a major figure in American
sculpture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and has
been called the "American Michaelangelo." Selected by former President
Theodore Roosevelt to re-design American coinage, Saint-Gaudens
contributed two of America's most beautiful coins. This catalogue,
prepared to coincide with an exhibition of his work in France,
illustrates and documents his remarkable career. 215 pages with scores
of photographs.
Augustus
Saint-Gaudens 1848-1907, Soft
bound, ISBN 0-9670113-1-0. Regularly $45.95, Our Price:
$36.95
