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Wallace: Silver Crowns of the Americas. Manuscript and Associated Research

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Wallace: Silver Crowns of the Americas. Manuscript and Associated Research
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Wallace, Holland. SILVER CROWNS OF THE AMERICAS. MANUSCRIPT AND ASSOCIATED RESEARCH. 1988-1999. Holland Wallace began putting together research for his grand opus, SILVER CROWNS OF THE AMERICAS, in the late 1980s, using the less sophisticated computers of that era and involving well over 3000 hours of help by specialists, under sponsorship by the esteemed numismatists Freeman Craig, Jr, and Paul Karon. Together they obtained photographs from many sources, including the classic great museums of the world, of all the types of crowns that were produced, whether for mass circulation or on some provisional basis. Holland assembled the paperwork, much of it done by hand, and a manuscript (or some subset of it) was finally distributed to his sponsors and to prominent dealers and collectors around 1992-3. Unfortunately, troubles over the photos and printing logistics delayed and ultimately prevented publication. Holland Wallace retained the bulk of the original research sheets, lists, and line-drawings, etc. In 2016 a significant portion of Holland's numismatic literature and research was destroyed by a devastating flood, a heartbreaking event for someone who had built one of the finest privately held Latin American numismatic libraries in the world. Holland passed away in 2018. The lot that is being offered here is what remains of his monumental work that could have been.

This lot includes the following items:
(1) Folder 1. Manuscript:
- November 9, 1991. 7 pages of notes on cobs.
- November 16, 1991. Crowns of the Americas (A-B). 1-40 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- November 28, 1991. Crowns of the Americas (C-E). 1-40 pages of text.
- November 28, 1991. Crowns of the Americas (F-L). 1-20 pages of text.
- November 28, 1991. Crowns of the Americas (N-Z). 1-26 pages of text.

(2) Folder 2. Manuscript:
- November 28, 1991. Crowns of the Americas (M). 32-44 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (A-B). 1-26 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (A-B). 27-44 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (C-E). 1-17 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (C-E). 18-30 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (C-E). 31-47 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (F-L). 1-18 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (M). 1-10 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (M). 11-35 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (M). 36-48 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (N-Z). 1-26 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (N-Z). 27-53 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- April 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Selected Bibliography). 1-9 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- July 5, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Selected Bibliography). 1-12-pages of reviewed/corrected text.

(3) Folder 3. Manuscript:
- November 28, 1991. Crowns of the Americas (Mex Provisionals Royalist). 9-31 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- October 6, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Mex Independent). 3 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- November 11, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Mex Provisionals B). 11-12, 14-20 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- November 14, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Mex Provisionals B). 2-pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- 16 pages misc notes.
- Xeroxed Maps 8.5x14 in.

(4) Folder 4. Manuscript:
- December 1, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (A-B Part 1). 1-21 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- December 1, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (A-B Part 2). 1-26 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- December 1, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Ca-Ch). 1-18 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- December 1, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Colombia). 1-19 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- December 1, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Cos-E). 1-20 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- December 1, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (F-L). 1-22-pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- 3 pages misc notes.

(5) Folder 5. Manuscript:
- December 2, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Mex Colonial). 1-15 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- December 2, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Mex Independent). 1-17 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- December 2, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (N-P). 1-29 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- December 2, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (R-Z). 1-29 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- December 2, 1992. Crowns of the Americas (Selected Bibliography). 1-18 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- June, 1993. Crowns of the Americas (Selected Bibliography). 1-6 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- July 10, 1993. Crowns of the Americas (Selected Bibliography). 1-5, 1-3 pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- 3 pages misc notes.

(6) Folder 6. Research on Santo Domingo:
- 9 pages misc. notes
- 2 xeroxed copies of Medina's 'Las Monedas Coloniales Hispano-Americanas'. 1919
- 3 xeroxed copies of van Alkemade's 'De Goude en Zilvere Gangbaare Penningen der Graaven en Graavinnen van Holland'
- A translation by Wallace of Chapter 2 of Miguel Estrella Gomez's 'Monedas Dominicanas.
- A translation by Wallace of the Santo Domingo article in Medina's 'Las Monedas Coloniales Hispano-Americanas'.pp 115-128

(7) Item 7: Correspondence on the Coinage of Martinique

(8) Item 8. Manuscript:
- February 26, 1999. Crowns of the Americas (A-B Part 1). 1-12-pages of reviewed/corrected text.
- February 26, 1999. Crowns of the Americas (Potosi Cob Text). 1-12-pages of reviewed/corrected text.

(9) Item 9. Article:
- 21 page article or paper by Carlos Jara with edits by Wallace.

(10) Item 10: Spreadsheet
- 3 xeroxed copies of an 11 page spreadsheet of a Honduras Coin Collection from record 0060-2779 with associated copies of enlargements of coin photos.

(11) Item 11: Miscellaneous Notes and Xeroxed Articles.

Lot weight: 10 lbs 11oz. Subject(s): United States, Canada, Latin American Coinage.