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ERIC NEWMAN PAPER MONEY CORRESPONDENCEThe Heritage auction of researcher Eric P. Newman's correspondence files is a great opportunity for researchers and bibliophiles. Here are additional highlights submitted by Bruce Hagen and Maureen Levine. Thanks! -Editor
The Fascination of American Paper Money
Selections from the Eric P. Newman Correspondence Files Closing Soon
Eric P. Newman's fascination with paper money led to a lifetime of scholarly research and prolific writing
on the subject. His correspondence files are now offered unreserved in Heritage's Showcase Auction
#63247, closing Monday March 25, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. CDT. Decades of documents include letters
between Eric and other legendary currency specialists from
Below are some 
Lot 52041. Research Files on Colonial and Continental Paper Money. Featured within is an unpublished manuscript on Colonial notes by William West Bradbeer, best known for creating the numbering system for Confederate currency references.
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Lots 52042 and 52043. Research Files on Banking History and Paper Money Issues of Missouri and Early Research Materials on Missouri Paper Money. To date there is no book on Missouri Obsolete currency, nor is there a comprehensive reference work on the State's numismatics. These complementary lots contain invaluable material for the specialist and, perhaps, future author.
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Lot 52044. Research Files on Early American Paper Money Outside of Missouri. Here researchers
will find insightful correspondence on many aspects of the subject from a veritable
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Lot 52058. Files on U.S. Paper Money. Fred Marckhoff's groundbreaking articles for the Numismatic Scrapbook in the early 1960s were mainly based on correspondence and manuscripts in this lot. They would be an apt foundation for a reference work on American Western and Territorial Paper Currency.
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Lot 52067. Research and Publication Files for the Fifth Edition (2008) of Newman's Book, The Early Paper Money of America. Debate over which is the most significant of multi-edition titles is inevitable, but the fifth edition of The Early Paper Money of America was a labor of love and a collaboration that initiated color images, plates, and numerous updates making it an essential book as influential as Crosby. (Note that the files for the previous editions are also included in the sale as lots 52063 through 52066.)
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Lot 52071. Research and Publication Files for "Discovered! The First Engraving of an Audubon Bird" (2010), written by Newman with Robert M. Peck. The hunt for Audubon's first published engraving of a bird culminated in the discovery of a running grouse vignette by Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co. This article (published in the Fall 2010 issue of the Journal of the Early Republic) received widespread attention, as the discovery unveiled within it is important not only from a numismatic point of view but from the perspectives of naturalists, ornithologists, and anyone interested in the broad category of Americana.
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Lot 52093. Publications on Various Aspects of Paper Money. There are several notable works here from Gene Hessler to Nolie Mumey, and eclectic monographs in between.
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Eric P. Newman never lost his passion for paper currency and his book, The Early Paper Money of America, is the standard reference work on the subject. Collectors and researchers will want to peruse the items in this sale while there is still time. This U.S. Coins Showcase auction closes on Monday, March 25, at 7:00 PM CT. Please log onto ha.com/63247 to view lots and bid. Numismatic research is never really complete - there is always more to discover. Even the venerable 1875 Sylvester Crosby work on The Early Coins of America, still used today, has inspired and spawned numerous complete books and specialty clubs focusing on research areas that were mere chapters in the original work. Who will stand on the shoulders of this numismatic giant and see even farther into the future of the field? -Editor
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