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The first fine silver coinage of the Republic of San Serriffe : the Bird & Bull Press commemorative 100 coronas : including an account of this legendary republic and its connection with the Bird & Bull Press : with a description of similar numismatic rarities and a 30-year checklist of work produced by the Press, 1958-1988
- Title
- The first fine silver coinage of the Republic of San Serriffe : the Bird & Bull Press commemorative 100 coronas : including an account of this legendary republic and its connection with the Bird & Bull Press : with a description of similar numismatic rarities and a 30-year checklist of work produced by the Press, 1958-1988 / by Henry Morris.
- Author
- Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.
- Publication
- Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 1988.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 57 p. : ill., facsims., map; 24 cm. +
- Alternative Title
- Bird & Bull Press commemorative 100 coronas.
- Bird and Bull Press commemorative 100 coronas.
- Republic of San Serriffe 100 coronas, 1988.
- Bird & Bull 100 coronas.
- Subjects
- Note
- Cover title (reproduction of design on reverse of coin): Republic of San Serriffe 100 coronas, 1988.
- Spine title: The Bird & Bull 100 coronas.
- Stock certificate for "Bird & Bull Press, S[ans] S[erriffe]" printed on folded leaf, p. [29-32].
- Two San Serriffean 25-corona banknotes laid in.
- Binding, publisher's, by Claudia Cohen, of quarter black morocco and reddish brown paper boards; book and folder issued in slipcase.
- In folder: Republic of San Serriffe 100 coronas / designer: Rosemary Tottoroto ; engraver: Kenneth D. Douglas. 1988. 1 coin : silver, .999 fine ; diam. 150 mm. Minted to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Bird & Bull Press (text on obverse: Bird & Bull Press, 1958-1988. Jucundi acti labores). In clear plastic case, mounted in die-cut circle in right side of folder. Accompanied by "1988 San Serriffe silver 100 corona specifications" printed on sheet mounted in left side of folder.
- Indexed In (note)
- Heaney, H.J. Bird & Bull
- Contents
- San Serriffe and the Bird & Bull Press -- Bird & Bull Press goes numismatic -- A 30-year short-title checklist -- King Martin the First and Lundy Island.
- Call Number
- Schlosser 909
- OCLC
- 17628503
- NYPG90-B15014
- Author
- Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.
- Title
- The first fine silver coinage of the Republic of San Serriffe : the Bird & Bull Press commemorative 100 coronas : including an account of this legendary republic and its connection with the Bird & Bull Press : with a description of similar numismatic rarities and a 30-year checklist of work produced by the Press, 1958-1988 / by Henry Morris.
- Imprint
- Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 1988.
- Indexed In:
- Heaney, H.J. Bird & Bull, A45
- Local Note
- No. 21 of 350 copies of the "regular version" printed in black and brown on buff paper; issued also in a "numismatic version" (cf. prospectus). The coin is no. 21 of 500 minted.Prospectus ([4] p.) and addenda (2 pieces) laid in.
- Local Subject
- Commemorative coins -- Specimens.Silver coins -- Specimens.
- Added Author
- Tottoroto.Douglas, Kenneth.
- Added Title
- Bird & Bull Press commemorative 100 coronas.Bird and Bull Press commemorative 100 coronas.Republic of San Serriffe 100 coronas, 1988.Bird & Bull 100 coronas.
- Research Call Number
- Schlosser 909