American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals by the Late C. Wyllys Betts
by Betts, C. Wyllys
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Winnipeg, Manitoba: Canadian Numismatic Publishing Institute, 1964. Undetermined. very good. reprint. 332pp. Tall octavo. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board. Medal reproduced in gilt to front board. Light shelfwear and bumping to corners, edges of boards, and head and tail of spine. Small drawing of anchor to front pastedown, embossed stamp of previous owner to title page, and a few penned corrections to text, else a clean copy. very good The 1964 Canadian reprint of this guide to American colonial medals from 1556 - 1783. Over 600 medals are described and many are illustrated with line drawings. This influential text was one of the first comprehensive studies of American colonial medals. 1964
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- American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals by the Late C. Wyllys Betts
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- Betts, C. Wyllys
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- Used - very good
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- Canadian Numismatic Publishing Institute
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Date Published
- 1964
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- American History|American Revolution|Collecting|Colonial America|Colonial American History|Medals|Numismatics
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