Bryce Brown is auctioning the Dick Johnson library on eBay. Here's the announcement for Part II.
-Editor
D. Wayne "Dick" Johnson Numismatic Library Sale Part II closes 1/07/2026
Part II of the Dick Johnson library features literature on United States medals, world coins and medals, and ancient coins and medals.
Fittingly, the sale starts with Johnson's annotated working copy of R.W. Julian's Medals of the United States Mint. Other notable titles include:
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Bizot's 1690 work on Dutch medals
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Venuti's 1739 & 1744 works on coins and medals
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Martin-Leake's 1745 Historical Account of English Money
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Snelling's 1776 Thirty-Three plates of English medals
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Mechel's 1776/1778 work on medals
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Edwards' 1837 Medals Struck in France 1789-1830
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Smith's 1842 Dictionary of Greek & Roman Antiquities
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Humphries' 1850 work on ancient coins and medals
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A nice set of Loubat's Medallic History of the United States
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Bramsen's 1904-1913 works on Napoleon medals
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Hocking's 1906 & 1910 Royal Mint Museum catalogs
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1914 Catalogue of the Library of the Birmingham Assay Office
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A beautifully bound 1923 Hill on Renaissance medals
- Storrer's 1931 Medicina in Nummis
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Eglit's 1965 Columbiana
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Grove's three volumes on Medals of Mexico
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Kienast's 1967 & 1986 works on Karl Goetz medals
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Forrer's (1970) Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
These are now open for bidding on eBay, under seller name dwj-numismatic-library. All lots close the evening of Wednesday, January 7th, 2026. Link:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=317632104582&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197&_ssn=dwj-numismatic-library
Any questions can be asked through eBay, or by contacting me at
dwj.library@gmail.com
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Dick Johnson's copy of the rare first printing of The Fantastic 1804 Dollar was sold to a lucky bidder in Part 1. As described in an earlier E-Sylum, it was signed by Eric P. Newman, Ken Bressett and Dick Johnson on August 17, 1962. Hobby history!
-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
The Fantastic 1804 Dollar, rare first printing, inscribed by Bressett & Newman
(https://www.ebay.com/itm/317635368149?itmmeta=01KDH8X29ZPG17NJR4M48A1907&hash=item49f48b14d5:g:OjkAAeSwLENpNcai)
To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
FANTASTIC 1804 DOLLAR BOUND PAGE PROOFS CENSUS
(https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n04a12.html)
D. WAYNE JOHNSON (1930-2020)
(https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n01a06.html)
A DICK JOHNSON BIOGRAPHY
(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n13a20.html)
BRYCE BROWN SALE OF DICK JOHNSON LIBRARY
(https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n49a03.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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