STANDARD CATALOG OF UNITED STATES TOKENS, 1700–1900

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The One Hundred Greatest Items Of United States Numismatic Literature Rank: Number 54

The breadth of this work is perhaps best expressed by the massive fifty-five page index. The remainder of the book, well over a thousand pages and including over five thousand photographs, delivers precisely what is promised by the title. Rulau thus achieves what “at one time may have seemed impossible” – a comprehensive guide to all United States tokens for the period in question. While the Civil War store card and patriotic token sections are deliberately abbreviated (readers are referred to Fuld's Patriotic Civil War Tokens & U.S. Civil War Store Cards - #41 and #43 in our survey), there is simply no better guide for the generalist. The contributors list runs two full pages of small print, meaning that Rulau has effectively acted as the CEO of a medium sized company in order to produce this titanic tribute to the token.

1^st Edition

First edition.
Photo courtesy of Steve Shupe Numismatic Library.

RULAU, Russell. STANDARD CATALOG OF UNITED STATES TOKENS, 1700–1900. EARLY AMERICAN TOKENS • HARD TIMES TOKENS • U. S. MERCHANT TOKENS • PATRIOTIC CIVIL WAR TOKENS • CIVIL WAR STORE CARDS • U. S. TRADE TOKENS • TOKENS OF THE GAY NINETIES.
Iola, WI: 1994
824pp, illustrated
Quarto
Softbound: Pictorial card covers