PENNY WISE

From NBSwiki

The One Hundred Greatest Items Of United States Numismatic Literature Rank: Number 35

---

Clain-Stefanelli 865

The copperheads, Northern anti-war Democrats of the 1860s, were followed within a few short years by copperheads of another flavor, rabid large and half cent omnivores, devouring and disgorging all manner of historical and technical data regarding the American copper coinage of the years 1793 to 1857. The Confederacy was extinguished in 1865, but coppermania thrives to the present era, most recently formalized as the Early American Coppers club in 1969. The organization’s bimonthly journal, Penny Wise, is “without peer” among speciality publications, per Davis, and this writer concurs with the assessment. Top notch research is presented on slick paper with high quality halftone photography, all in all a bargain for the annual dues. A CD containing the entire run of the periodical is available to “EACers”, surely an enticing prospect to anyone considering membership.