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jsliles New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 07/11/2015 2:31 pm Hello folks - first time poster. nice community you have here. I have made a pretty incredible find - an intact Raphael Thian "The Currency of the Confederate States" album. After doing some basic research this morning, it appears that there are only a handful of these known to exist. http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis...icleId=24571 My question to this forum - who are the experts that I should be contacting to document/analyze this find? It seems like Pierre Fricke is one. I found his website. Anyone else? Thanks in advance for your help. I'll try and upload a picture. Report this Post to the Staff

lettow Pillar of the Community United States 742 Posts	Posted 07/11/2015 2:49 pm Fricke is your best bet. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 07/14/2015 11:31 pm Ken Lowe (RIP) of the Money Tree with his partner Myron Xenos found a copy after almost 100 years that was unknown, they sold it in a private treaty to Armand Champa (RIP) he had two copies in his amazing library that were sold by Bowers & Merena. There is some great write up in the Money Tree's Out on a Limb journal, and both copies are in Armand's Auction Catalogs I have all of the info including photos of the books, your's looks just like one Armand had, not the big one though. I can provide more info when I get home, I'm at the coffee shop at the moment. Meadowview clued me on to this thread/post. THIS IS HUGE NEWS in the world of Numismatic literature. Do you want to keep it or sell it? If you are selling I have some ideas, feel free to PM me regarding this. George F. Kolbe would be the GOTO guy on this book or possibly Charles Davis. I can put you in touch with either of them if you'd like, just send a PM. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
BuckeyeCoinGuy Pillar of the Community United States 711 Posts	Posted 07/14/2015 11:55 pm Best advice I can offer is to listen to Westcoin. That guy loves books. Report this Post to the Staff
BullionPirate Valued Member United States 61 Posts	Posted 07/17/2015 03:33 am Interested in more info about this. Report this Post to the Staff
MeadowviewCollector Pillar of the Community United States 4409 Posts	Posted 10/14/2015 3:15 pm I decided to look at Stacks for a better photo of $500 Interest Bearing Note. While scrolling down through the numerous lots I noticed that there was a Thian's Confederate Currency album which reminded me of this post. It is one and the same. The lot description also provides more detail about the discovery. I thought members here might like to have an update on this piece. http://www.stacksbowers.com/BrowseA...Default.aspx -MV Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 11/02/2015 04:03 am Looks like this is the same copy as the OP posted about, it is expected to sell for around $50-80K a lot of money for a book! Wish he would come back and tell us more of the story. http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n38a15.html Stack's/Bowers auction link: http://www.stacksbowers.com/BrowseA...Default.aspx Currently at $36,000! "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Edited by westcoin 11/02/2015 04:08 am Report this Post to the Staff
MeadowviewCollector Pillar of the Community United States 4409 Posts	Posted 11/17/2015 6:34 pm The book sold for $49,937.50! I find that jaw dropping considering in the lot description it was almost tossed in the trash. Congrats to jsliles on saving this piece of history---karma she has smiled on you. -MV Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 11/18/2015 4:45 pm My guess was close @$50K then, what a score to pull out of stuff headed to the trash! "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
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