California Coiners and Assayers
Hardcover
2000 · Wolfeboro, NH
by Owens, Dan
Wolfeboro, NH: Bowens and Merena, 2000. Hardcover. VG (Bookplate inside front cover, slight hint of a fold on first fifty pages, otherwise clean.). Black glossy & illus. boards. 448 pp. Numerous bw plates. "This book breaks new ground in numismatics! For the first time in western and numismatic history, in one encyclopedic dictionary is told the story of coiners, assayers, and others who created gold in the form of coins and ingots, for use in commerce during one of the most pivotal eras of American history." (from the introduction by Q. David Bowers). (Inventory #: 21215)