How Do I Learn More?

In addition to poring through the information on this site, you could check out some of the excellent references which are available on the various colonial series.

There are books of all shapes and sizes, both specific and general, technical and airy.

For the purposes of a broad and general overview, we would suggest the Redbook (of course), Sylvester Crosby's ‘Early Coins of America' published in 1875, the colonial section of the Breen Encyclopedia (noting that not all of the information therein is 100% accurate).

Online information is available as well, including Lou Jordan's work on the Notre Dame website and the Coinfacts site assembled by Ron Guth. The Colonial Coin Collectors Club (known as C4) is also an excellent source of information and camaraderie in this field.

Some invaluable information exists also in some of the important colonial auction catalogs of the last 30 years or so and we would recommend several as follows:

  1. Stack's series of John Ford Sales (some, but not all of which, are viewable online at the Stack's website).
  2. Bower's and Merena's Eliasberg Collection Sale, Part I (which contains a limited offering of superb pieces).
  3. Bowers and Merena's series of Norweb Collection sales.
  4. Stack's Roper Collection sale.
  5. Bowers and Ruddy's series of Garrett Collection sales.

There are also a slew of detailed reference books and catalogs relevant to the study of specific areas of colonial coin collecting. If you have an interest in a focused specialty, let us know and we will do our best to point you in the right direction.

Created on: July 06, 2007

 
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