History & Art in Numismatics

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

All the Money in the World by Douglas Mudd. Published 2006 by Collins.

Coins and paper money are an important source of cultural and historical information. Explore the extraordinary diversity and artistry on money from ancient times to the 21st century in this visually stunning and highly entertaining work by Douglas Mudd, Curator of the American Numismatic Association's Money Museum, as the underlying connections between numismatic imagery and history throughout the world are revealed. 175 profusely illustrated pages.

  All the Money in the World, Hard bound, ISBN 978-0-06-088837-4. Regularly $24.95, Our Price: $21.95

Illegal Tender: Gold, Greed, and the Mystery of the Lost 1933 Double Eagle by David Tripp. Published 2004 by Free Press.

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

Striking Change by Michael F. Moran. Published 2008 by Whitman Publishing.

In 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt challenged the brilliant and famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to produce new U.S. coin designs as beautiful as those of the ancient Greeks. This tale of their great collaboration offers a fresh look at the life of the artist and the remarkable partnership he forged with a President with a bold new vision for America to reinvigorate the country's numismatic art. Author Michael Moran explores Saint-Gauden's coin designs in the context of his monumental sculptures and American culture of the time. Striking Change illuminates the politics, the genius, the struggles, and ultimately the triumph of an extraordinary American journey. 432 pages.

Striking Change, Hard bound, ISBN 978-079482356-6. Regularly $24.95, Our Price: $19.95

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

Numismatic Art in America (2nd ed.) by Cornelius Vermeule. Published 2007 by Whitman Publishing.

In the 2nd edition of this classic text, author Cornelius Vermeule traces American coinage from the first Federal issues of the 1790s into the 1960s, and renowned numismatic researcher David T. Alexander carries the study into the 21st century. Vermeule explores the artistic heritage and merits of American coinage and medals and analyzes the influence of the popular arts upon coin design. He examines the inspirations of particular compositions and styles in both European and American painting and statuary and sets the coins in the context of the eras that produced them. Studying America's numismatic art yields a broader understanding of the shaping of its history. 289 pages with hundreds of illustrations.

Numismatic Art in America, Hard bound, ISBN 978-079482274-3. Regularly $29.95, Our Price: $23.95

Discovering America - The Coin Collecting Connection by Russell Rulau. Published 1989 by Krause Publications.

Journey back in time to trace the discovery of the new world as never before presented. Follow westward exploration beginning with the Phoenicians and Romans and continuing with the Irish, Norse and Portuguese seafarers through Columbus and subsequent explorers to about 1700.  Coins, medals, tokens and paper money in use at the time of the voyages or subsequently issued to commemorate the events give an insightful historical perspective. 327 pages.

Discovering America - The Coin Collecting Connection, Soft bound, ISBN 0-87341-129-3. Regularly $19.95, Our Price: $10.95

Greenback - The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America by Jason Goodwin. Published 2003 by Henry Holt and Company.

With a wry and admiring eye, author Jason Goodwin has written a biography of the dollar, giving us the story of its astonishing career populating the plains, building the great cities and expressing the urges of democracy and opportunity. Greenback looks at the dollar over the years as a form of art, a kind of advertising, a reflection of American attitudes, and a builder of empires. It introduces the people who have championed or ambushed the dollar over the years: presidents and statesmen, artists and engravers, pioneers and frontiersmen, bankers shady and upright, safe-blowers and crooks, and dreamers of every stripe. 321 pages.

Greenback - The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America, Hard bound, ISBN 0-8050-6407-9. Regularly $26.00, Our Price $20.95