David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature  

Welcome to the Web site of David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature. We sell rare and out-of-print numismatic literature from all times and places. Our current inventory includes works on ancient, medieval and modern numismatics, including a wide variety of material on American numismatics. Items range from the 17th to the 21st century and come in over a dozen languages. We offer numismatic literature through three separate vehicles:

October 28 Auction

We are happy to announce that we are conducting our first auction, closing on October 28. The sale will include a wide variety of material on ancient, medieval, foreign and U.S. numismatics, and will feature a number of rare and important works. Click here for updated information.

Current Fixed Price Lists

Our current Fixed Price List of rare and out-of-print books, periodicals, auction catalogues and other publications is available for downloading here. The list features many rare and important works, as well as a selection of current and standard references. It also features historical documents and numismatic memorabilia.

The Basement

We also publish a fixed price list devoted to inexpensive numismatic literature, The Basement. Here you can find books, periodicals and auction catalogues that, as useful as they may be, are neither rare nor expensive — and that the economics of cataloguing preclude from presentation in our more formal catalogues. Cataloguing for these items has been kept to a minimum, as have the prices. Check it out here.

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We hope to make this site a useful resource for collectors of numismatic literature and those who use such literature in their research. Check in with us as we develop this site and see what's new.

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What We Do

David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature specializes in rare and out of print publications pertaining to numismatics. This includes books, periodicals, auction catalogues and fixed price lists, ephemeral publications, letters and other memorabilia. We buy and sell important works, and work with collectors and researchers to locate copies of the texts they are looking for. For those wishing to sell, we offer flexible consignment rates for inclusion in our catalogues. Contact us for more details.

Current Catalogues

Our February 2008 Fixed Price List of numismatic literature is available for downloading in PDF form here. The list offers a wide variety of items for sale, ranging from under $20 to $1,000, and from 1778 to 2008. Material of note includes several early Mint Reports from the first two decades of the 19th century; an 1861 Confederate States of America publication regulating the circulation of foreign coins; a 1799 almanac featuring dated, handwritten notations of household expenses illustrating the transition from British to American monetary units; a run of the exceptionally rare Mason's Coin Collectors' Herald, including the complete Vol. II; and a variety of auction catalogues, books and printed ephemera.

Our June 2008 catalogue of inexpensive numismatic literature, The Basement, is available for downloading here. Included are long runs of Bowers, Katen, Kolbe, Merkin, Stack's and many other auction catalogues, as well as books and periodicals: over 800 items in all.