Workman's Books is conducting its Sixth sale, "Sale 6 - Selections from A Latin American Numismatic Library and other Consignments.". Accompanying the Latin American Numismatic Library is a sizeable consignment of books, catalogs, magazines, journals, and dealer fixed price lists on numismatics, orders & decorations, militaria, shipwrecks, sunken treasure, lost treasure, treasure hunting, lost mines, and treasure in the American West.

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Lot 3:Administration Des Monnaies et Medailles & Yves Malecot (Ed.). DECORATIONS OFFICIELLES FRANCAISES. Administration Des Monnaies et Medailles, Paris. 1956. Small fo. (6), 291, (7) pages. Original cream cloth, lettered in blue, embossed central device in silver, jacket. handsomely illustrated on 54 plates, many of then in color. Clear mylar Jacket/Book Fine. Lot weight: 5 lbs 4oz. Subject(s): French Orders and Decorations.

Lot 18:Banco de Espana. LOS BILLETES DEL BANCO DE ESPANA 1782-1979. Banco de Espana, Madrid. 1979. 4to. xvi, (2), 419, (4) pages. Original brown leatherette, gilt, slipcase. Third Edition. 492 color currency photo plates. Spanish text. Slipcover/Book Fine. This book is a pictorial and historical guide to the paper currency issues of the Bank of Spain from 1782 through 1979. Lot weight: 5 lbs 10oz. Subject(s): Spanish Paper Money.

Lot 43:Burnie, R.H. SMALL CALIFORNIA AND TERRITORIAL GOLD COINS. The Advertiser Publishing Co., Pascagoula. 1955. 4to. (4), vii, (2), 96 pages. Original blue textured card covers, gilt, 3-hole bound. Valuation tables. Table of weights. Fine. This book is a catalog and guide to the fractional and territorial gold coins of California and the other gold producing states. The topics covered include: Small California Gold: Quarter Dollars Octagon, Quarter Dollars Round, Half Dollars Octagon, Half Dollars Round, One Dollars Octagon, One Dollars Round; Territorial And State Gold: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Louisiana, British Columbia; California Gold Tokens; Miscellaneous Tokens; So-Called Dollars; and Type Listing Small California Coins Listed As To Initial Types. Lot weight: 1 lbs 1oz. Subject(s): United States Coinage.

Lot 49:Calbeto de Grau, Gabriel. COMPENDIO DE LAS PIEZAS DE OCHO REALES. Juan Ponce De Leon, San Juan. 1970. fo. (2), 733, (1) pages. Matching original blue cloth, gilt, silver corner devices. Two volumes. Inscribed by the author in Volume I. b&w coin photos throughout. Spanish and English text. cover edges worn, worn through in places, covers rubbed and soiled, Near Very Good. A comprehensive study of the Eight Reales of Spain, Mexico, Central America, and South America, an index of the rulers of the time period, and a listing of mints in alphabetical order. It catalogs virtually every eight real coin ever minted and is richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs. It is regarded by many as the definitive guide to eight reales. Rare author signature. Lot weight: 9 lbs 15oz. Subject(s): Spanish, Spanish American Coinage.

Lot 55:Calico, F. & X. Calico & J. Trigo. NUMISMATICA ESPANOLA. CATALOGO DE LAS ACUNACIONES REALIZADAS DESDE LOS REYES CATOLICOS A JUAN CARLOS I 1474 A 1998. Gabinete Numismatico Calico, Madrid. 1998. 4to. (2), 766, (4) pages. Original green buckram, gilt, jacket. 9th edition. Text illustrations. Fine. This book is a comprehensive illustrated catalog to the gold, silver, and copper coinage of the various monarchs and mints in Spain and the Spanish New World colonies from 1474 to 1998. Lot weight: 5 lbs 10oz. Subject(s): Spanish, Spanish American Coinage.

Lot 60:Carrion Letort, Eduardo. LAS MONEDAS DEL ECUADOR 1830-1997. Eduardo Carrion Letort, Quito. 1997. 12mo. 59, (2) pages. Original pictorial card covers. b&w coin photos throughout. Fine. This book is a history and price guide to the Republic coinage of Ecuador. The coins are organized by denomination and then by date with obverse and reverse coin photos for each type. Lot weight: 0 lbs 5oz. Subject(s): Ecuadoran Coinage.

Lot 86:Craig, Alan K. SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COINS IN THE FLORIDA COLLECTION. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 2000. 4to. xxv, 217, (12) pages. Original charcoal cloth over gray boards, lettered in silver, jacket. Inscribed by the author. Frontispiece, document print. Tables. Maps. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. b&w coin, document, and historical photos throughout. English text. Jacket/Book Fine. This is a catalog of the silver cobs in the State of Florida Collection that were recovered from the Spanish Plate Fleet wrecks in Florida waters and handed over to the state as part of their division from the salvors. A history of the mints and the minting processes, mint scandals, silver mining, and the coins are covered in this work. Lot weight: 1 lbs 10oz. Subject(s): Spanish American Coinage.

Lot 87:Craig, Alan K. & Ernest J. 'Seascribe' Richards, Jr. SPANISH TREASURE BARS FROM NEW WORLD SHIPWRECKS. EN RADA Publications, West Palm Beach. 2003. 4to. (2), x, 213, (2) pages. Original pictorial card covers. Inscribed by the authors. Frontispiece, map. Maps. Tables. b&w and color historic photos. b&w ingot photos throughout. Fine. This book was written to explain what is known to date regarding treasure ingots. There are over 300 illustrations plus a 42-page table of data on 963 of the silver bars recovered from Nuestra Senora de Atocha. The bars are presented in both black & white and color photos and illustrations. The people who found them, the New World regions where they were made, and details of their markings are also presented. Chapter topics include: The Mimbres Bars; The Padre Island Wrecks; A Shipwreck near Cayo Ines de Soto; The Power Plant Wreck; Treasure Bars from the Atocha; Nuestra Senora de las Maravillas; The Jupiter Wreck; Treasure Bars from the 1715 Plate Fleet; El Nuevo Constante nee Duke of York; Cuban Copper Treasure Ingots; and Old and New Falsifications of Spanish Bars. Long out of print. Scarce. Lot weight: 1 lbs 8oz. Subject(s): Spanish American Ingots.

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