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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 20, May 17, 2015, Article 2

NEW BOOK: MARYLAND PAPER MONEY

A new book on Maryland national bank notes has been written by E-Sylum subscriber Fred Maples. Congratulations! -Editor

Maryland Paper Money Maryland Paper Money: An Illustrated History, 1864-1935
By Fred Maples
Hardcover, 358 Pages
Price: $46.00
Ships in 6-8 business days.

This non-fiction book documents the history of Maryland's national currency era from 1864 to 1935, and illustrates the beautiful currency in detail. The currency was issued by 138 Maryland banks from Friendsville in the west to Berlin in the east. While national currency notes were issued by individual banks, they were federal paper money and circulated across all states and territories.

Research for this book required hundreds of interviews and thousands of hours, and involved cataloging surviving national currency notes, documenting bank histories, and the lives of the 810 known bank officers who signed the currency. The research pulled extensively from the U.S. National Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Maryland Historical Society, local historical societies, Comptroller of Currency Annual Reports, U.S. census records, newspaper clippings, and family interviews. Almost 300 photos of surviving notes are shown, including many notes from the Marc Watts Collection of National Currency.

Fred adds:

“This book was a labor of love. As I traveled the state to research this material, I enjoyed meeting and talking with hundreds of people along the way. I believe all collectors, not just those from Maryland, and will enjoy reading and learning about the state’s rich history of banks, bankers, and paper money.”

For more information, or to order, see:
www.marylandpapermoney.com and
Maryland Paper Money: An Illustrated History, 1864-1935 (www.lulu.com/shop/fred-maples/maryland-paper-money-an-illustrated-history-1864-1935/hardcover/product-22136550.html)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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