PRIVATE GOLD COINS AND PATTERNS OF THE UNITED STATES
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The One Hundred Greatest Items Of United States Numismatic Literature Rank: Number 62
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This is the story of three gold rushes in American history, starting in the Appalachians in the late 1820s, exploding in California twenty years later, and concluding in Colorado in the late 1850s. Although California has most captured popular thought, all three are intertwined with private gold coinage, technically illegal but tolerated by a federal government unable to service the blood of commerce. Kagin does more than merely catalog the artifacts; indeed, the reader must persist until the detailed appendix in order to find the usual technical data. For the real treasure here is the wealth of historical context surrounding private gold coinage - stories of the coiners and the mints, of early strikes and the halting attempts of the U.S Government to absorb the gold economy. A useful associated item is a sale catalog recently issued by Kagin's, entitled The Robert Bass Collection: The Finest Collection of Pioneer Patterns Ever Assembled.
1st Edition
Photo courtesy of Thomas Wetter Numismatic Library.
KAGIN, Donald H. PRIVATE GOLD COINS AND PATTERNS OF THE UNITED STATES.
New York: 1981
406pp, illustrated
Octavo: 25.5 x 17.5
Hardbound: Black cloth, lettered in gilt, dust jacket
Photo courtesy of Wayne K. Homren Numismatic Library.
1st Edition, Deluxe
Photo courtesy of Thomas Wetter Numismatic Library.
KAGIN, Donald H. PRIVATE GOLD COINS AND PATTERNS OF THE UNITED STATES.
New York: 1981
406pp, illustrated
Octavo: 26 x 18 cm
Hardbound: Full brown cowhide, lettered in gilt, all page edges gilt, two part storage box
Limited to 100 copies.
Supplement
KAGIN, Donald H. PRIVATE GOLD COINS AND PATTERNS OF THE UNITED STATES PRICING SUPPLEMENT 1982
n.p., n.d.
68pp, illustrated
Softbound: Printed card covers