Gobrecht book new from Heritage
Heritage Auction Galleries and Ivy Press announced
Dec. 1 the release of the 136-page book Gobrecht Dollars. It is the most
thorough review to date of the existing scholarship on these controversial and
much sought-after coins, according to Heritage.
“This reference book, the result of five and a half
years of work, is intended for the general numismatist that is looking for a
deeper understanding of these fascinating coins,” said Mark Van Winkle, editor
of the tome and chief cataloger at Heritage. “It gathers together the diverse
threads of the Gobrecht story without delving into the more speculative areas
of die markers and their possible consequence for establishing emission
sequences.”
The overriding question of emission sequences is an
area that is, and has been, under investigation for some time and, it is
reasoned, will eventually lead to a generally accepted striking order.
“Without a doubt this book is important to a wide
range of numismatists,” said Van Winkle. “It is not, however, the last word on
this fascinating series.”
Heritage says the book brings together all the best
known writings on Gobrecht dollars from the past 20 years. It is based upon a
series of three articles written by Jim Gray and Mike Carboneau in 1991, 2000
and 2001 and expounded upon by those two writers, along with scholarship by Van
Winkle, John Dannreuther and Saul Teichman. The book brings together their most
up-to-date findings about Gobrecht dollars based on the coins themselves as
primary sources, rather than secondary sources (some of which date to 1860).
Source: numismaticnews.net