Fig. 47. — Edward T. Nev\-ell ( 1886- i 941). 

 Icadine; American aulhority in ancient 

 nnniiKnuitics (Div. of Numismatics photo). 



the Icadina; nations in numismatic research. On his 

 initiative the American Numismatic Society began to 

 publish in 1920 various studies in a series called 

 Numismatic Notes and Monographs. To this title 

 subsequently were added others: in 1938, Numismatic 

 Studies, a .series devoted to works of larger size; in 

 1946, Museum J\fotes, an annual confined to Ijrief 

 articles written chiefly by the nuiseuin stafl'; in 1947, 

 .Ytimismalic Literature, an excellent bil)liographical 

 review; and in 1950, the Hispanic Numismatic Series, 

 a joint publication in coo[)eration with the Hispanic 

 Society of .America. ''-' 



As a result, in subsequent decades many outstanding 

 works in the field of ancient and foreign numismatics 

 have been published. Ncwell's classic studies, The 

 Coinage of Demetrius Poliorcetes (1927), The Coinage oj 

 the Eastern Seleucid Mints (1938), and The Coinage of 

 the Western Seleucid Mints (1941), '■" were followed by a 

 series of excellent monographs by Sydney P. Noe, 

 Alfred Bellinger, Samuel R. Milbank, and Louis 

 West in the field of ancient numismatics. In order to 

 complete the [jicture, one should add a few representa- 



tive names in \'arious other specialties: George C. 

 Miles on Islamic and Ibcro-Hispanic coinages. How- 

 land Wood and Robert Nesmith on Central and South 

 American problems, Harrold E. Gillingham and 

 [anics C. Risk on orders and decorations, William 

 II. Uillistin and Kenneth Scott on bank notes and 

 counterfeiting, and Sydney P. Noe and Eric Newman 

 on .'\merican munismatics. 



In re\'iewing the past few decades of numismatic 

 research in this country, one cannot escape the im- 

 pression that almost all scholarly activity has been 

 centered around the publications of the American 

 Nuinsiniatic .Society. Even in the field of national 

 mimismatics only sporadic and imsystematic attempts 

 have been made by other groups to direct research 

 toward higher .scholarly standards. Walter Breen's 

 many contriijutions to various topics of American 

 interest have not yet been channeled into a major 

 historical study. 



On the other hand, the United States has produced 

 excellent handbooks which are a genuine asset to 

 general numismatics on the collector's level. Wayte 

 Raymond has published a series of guidebooks on 

 modern world coinages of the 19th and 20th centuries 

 as well as on United States coins. '^^ His tradition has 

 been continued by Richard S. ^'eoman with a yearly 

 edition on the United .States series, '^^ and now ex- 

 tended by Yeoman to modern foreign coinages (.-1 

 Catalogue oJ Modern World Coins, 6th ed., 1 964). Robert 

 Friedberg's Gold Coins of the World (1958) and espe- 

 cially his handijook Paper Money of the United States (5th 

 eel., 1964) present many useful features for collectors. 

 Worldwide acceptance has been accorded to John 

 S. Davenport's handbooks on the dollar-sized silver 

 coins of Europe and Germany since 1700.'*^ 



More scientifically significant contributions have 

 come from the Economics Department of the Univer- 

 sity of PennsyK'ania, with such works as Anne Bezan- 

 son's Prices and Inflation During the American Rev(dution 

 (1951), and from the Harvard Department of Eco- 

 nomics, as reflected in the series Harvard Economic 

 Studies. Both have published special studies con- 

 cerned with historical aspects of monetary and price 

 problems and with banking in Em'opc as well as in 

 the early [jeriods of this country. 



"- For more dctailid information, see .Adelson, American 

 Aumismalic Socifty (1958). 



"3 For his bibliography, see Tit Numismatist (1941), pp. 

 268-269. 



I"' CoiJis of the World: Ninelernlli Century Issues (1953), Coins of 

 llie World: Twentieth Century Issues (1955), Standard Catalogue of 

 United Stales Coins (1957). 



'»5 Guidebook of the United States Coins (1963). 



i»« European Crowns Since 1H00 (1947), German Tatrrs Since 1S0O 

 (1949), German Talers 1700-1S00 (1958), European Crowns 1700- 

 WOO (1961). 



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