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Since the initial book on the Forgotten Coins of the North American Colonies was published in 1992 by Krause Publications there has been much advancement of these contemporary counterfeits by American & Foreign collectors. This book is not so much a research exercise into new areas of contemporary counterfeit collecting but a tribute to an individual who started many people in collecting these coins when at this time in 1992 few if any collectors thought of collecting contemporary counterfeits. Today most collectors of any advanced collecting interest have associated contemporary counterfeits in their collection. Today if I do meet a collector with no contemporary counterfeits in their collection I do question how advanced this collector is or putting it more plainly his “breadth” of knowledge in his field of collecting. Contemporary Counterfeits sort of rounds out the collector in his collecting pursuits and distinguishes him from just being as Bill always indicated a simple minded accumulator. The purpose of this book will be to discuss certain areas that the author is familiar with and to bring this information to its current level of understanding.A good definition is a definition we used for the Counterfeit Eight Reales book released in September 2014 by Amazon Books. A Contemporary Counterfeit is defined as a spurious coin made to circulate alongside originals in day to day commerce at the same value, regardless of face value or design type. See the Definitions section within this book.Specifically, the author will discuss the Canadian Blacksmiths, Spanish/American counterfeits (i.e., Kleeberg Two Reales and the Gurney/Nichols/Lorenzo Eight Reales), English and Irish Halfpence/Farthing contemporary counterfeits principally sold in the Stacks 2008 Michael Ringo Collection and other brief treatments of counterfeits mentioned in the Forgotten Book. The reason I use the word brief as it may take two or three volumes to address all these advancements. Most of the advancements are seen for the U.S. Colonial issues in the American Numismatic Society’s Colonial Newsletter in which the serious student is urged to join the ANS and subscribe to the Colonial Newsletter.

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A collector of 50 years in various coinages including U.S. Colonials, Spanish-American, Ancient Coinage primarily Greek coinage and U.S. Paper Money errors. Member of the ANS, NLG, MNA, ANA and C4 organizations. Past President of the Northern Valley Coin Club for two consecutive terms. Most of my research articles are documented accordingly in the Eric P. Newman portal.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Anniversary edition (December 28, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1981898042
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1981898046
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.49 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.83 x 11 inches

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Bob Metzger

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Interesting compilation. Could have benefitted from a bit more proof-reading and spell-checking.

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We are possibly planning a Hardbound issue including a more ...

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We are possibly planning a Hardbound issue including a more severe editing process, the 1992 AK Plates, a biography of William Anton and possibly some never seen CCCs from the Anton vault. We also do know of a Blacksmith in the Township of New Hope and we also know of some evidence on the transport of spurious tokens (Blacksmiths?) using the St. Lawrence River in N.Y. during this time period of 1820-1840.

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Pros - some new information, Cons - context and details.

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A scrapbook of various counterfeit coins dating back as far as the 16th century which may (or may not) have circulated in North America. I'm between a 2-star and 3-star review. Its good, but the author could have spent another year making it great.

Pros -
1) Adds to our knowledge of more counterfeit coins circulating in North America than were previously published.
2) Adds much needed metallurgical information for various counterfeit coins.

Cons -
1) Incomplete in recording all varieties from a multitude of series. Rather it just reports newly discovered/reported varieties from those various, albeit limited number of series of counterfeit coins.
2) As others have said, this book could use a massive overhaul in editing, punctuation, and overall understanding of context. Fewer run-on sentences. Skips around from 1st to 3rd person, which makes understanding confusing.
3) Images. Photos should have been consistent in their quality, while emphasizing high-quality photos as much as possible. Photos should be sharp, whereas most are quite blurry, and difficult to discern. Images should be properly, and consistently cropped.

Overall, if you find my pros beneficial to your numismatic interests, then this book is for you. But if you find the cons too adverse then I would pass.

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Great research went into this publication, but the publication is badly in need of a thorough edit pass

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Some terrific research has gone into this publication, and it is easily the most thorough study I have seen on what are called "Blacksmith tokens". What could easily have been a *great* book is marred by a lack of proofing and editing--there are numerous typos spread throughout the text which any decent spell-checker would have caught. The book is also hard to understand in places, and the author's writing verges on the incoherent at times. But it is clear that the depth of research that has been done is extensive, in particular the alloy analysis of the tokens. Am kind of hoping for a 2nd edition where all of the rough edges are smoothed out.

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