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	BOOK DESCRIPTION Mexican Coin Company has just published Mexican Paper Money 2010 Edition. Compiled and edited by Mexican currency specialist Cory Frampton together with Duane Douglas, Alberto Hidalgo and Elmer Powell, this is the first serious effort in over twenty years to catalog all known Mexican currency. This major reference includes over 2,800 images, most of which are new digital color images obtained from a variety of major public and private collections. A tremendous number of new notes and varieties of existing notes have been discovered over the past twenty years and they are included. Current market pricing is indicated for all of the listed notes. The book is 424 pages in a 9” by 12” hard cover format that greatly increases the size of the images. The book is priced at $125.00.
	REVIEW BY RICHARD G. DOTY Mexican Paper Money (ANA Library Catalog No. UJ30.D6m) started out with modest aspirations. Editor Cory Frampton purchased the copyright to The Complete Encyclopedia of Mexican Paper Money in 2OO6 with the idea of updating it. In this revised 2010 edition, he and his editorial team went far beyond the original 1982 Krause publication. Together, they have given collectors the most complete, lavishly illustrated work on this subject we ever are likely to see. Frampton chose his editorial staff with care, and it shows. Duane Douglas is one of the most knowledgeable scholars working in the area of Mexican currency, and his shop in Mexico City and twice-yearly auctions have long served as a focal point for hobbyists and researchers. Alberto Hidalgo is another outstanding dealer in this material. Texan Elmer Powell has put together the finest collection of Mexican Revolutionary currency, and many of his notes are illustrated in this publication. The new book is intelligently laid out. It's organized chronologically in six, large sections: Imperial and early Republic; private banks era; pre-Revolutionary currency issued by entities other than banks; Revolutionary paper, including military, state, municipal and private issues; emergency currency from the post-Revolutionary period; and early products of the Banco de Mexico. Frampton employs two numbering systems: his own, wherein each note gets a separate, whole number in sequence, preceded by an "M" (for Mexico), and the system devised for the 1982 publication. Some of the book's greatest value will be found in its introductory sections. Frampton and his colleagues first offer basic information on grading, pricing and rarity. They follow with a cogent history of Mexican currency from the 1820s to the present, concluding with something I found really useful— a series of biographical sketches of all the characters whose portraits have appeared on Mexican currency. Each section has its own strengths. The one devoted to the First and Second Empires illustrates rarely seen notes — indeed, some material can't be found anywhere else. The section on private banks gives useful information about the foundation and eventual fate of each entity, along with beautiful illustrations of their currency, proofs and circulating notes. The chapter on pre-Revolutionary, non-bank paper is extraordinary. I doubt readers have seen most of this material; I never had. The prize for the sheer amount of new material has to go to the section on the Revolution, that chaotic decade spanning 1910 to 192O. Many collectors are aware of some issues of the various contending armies and leaders. (Francisco Villa circulated so much currency that some of it eventually found employment as stage money!) I seriously doubt that anyone has seen more than a tiny fraction of the local issues (particularly the private ones) that Frampton and his co-editors present. I have but one, minor criticism. In the introduction, the editors explain that modern Banco de Mexico issues are not covered in this book because Duane Douglas' own, exhaustive publication covers them in detail. But the failure to say something about the very types of notes the beginning collector most likely will encounter was somewhat jarring. Considering the wealth of coverage of every other aspect of a major county's history and currency, this minor omission is just that, minor. This is an epochal reference, and I most highly recommend it. The 424-page, 8/2 x 11-inch, hardcover book retails for $125. It can be purchased from www.mexicancoincompany.com.
	REVIEW BY RICHARD LONG "Mexican paper money has been well cataloged by a dozen authors over the past 50+ years, beginning with the works of Arlie Slabaugh and M. Ralph Brown in the 1950's. The quality and usefulness of these studies has been consistently high, giving collectors a wealth of well-researched information. In his new 424-page Mexican Paper Money, Cory Frampton of the Mexican Coin Company has continued the tradition of excellence in the field and has taken it to a new level. While we see the word "encyclopedia" sometimes attached to lesser numismatic works, Mr. Frampton's massive reference would certainly qualify for this title. It's all here - Mexican banking history, histories of individual banks, grading of paper money, personages on bills, translations of terms, cross-references to former catalog numbers, rarity scales, and best of all, the main section cataloging every known bill, many never listed before. This main section of the book is broken down into six periods: Imperial & Early Republic, Banks, Pre Revolution, Revolution, Post Revolution, and Banco de Mexico. Each bill is catalogued with its major varieties in four conditions, and each bill is illustrated in beautiful color. Mr. Frampton did a massive amount of research for his book, investigating many sources that had not been tapped before. His hardbound classic will certainly be the standard reference in the field for many years to come. The early authors would have been very pleased to see the level to which our field has been taken by this beautiful work." Richard A. Long
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