Unpublished Work on the William Wood Coinage

Vlack, Robert A. WOOD’S COINAGE. CLASSIFICATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FARTHINGS AND HALF PENCE FOR THE YEARS 1722 – 1723 – 1724. No place or date (c. 1960s). Total page followed by 151 duplicated 8.5 by 11 inch sheets, printed on one side only, all arranged in pre-designed columns and sections and completed in typescript. Text divided into eleven tabbed sections and housed in a black clasp folder. Occasional annotations in ink. Laid in are the following: two greatly enlarged photographs depicting dates, with two accompanying original typewritten leaves; 1988–1989 correspondence between William T. Anton, Michael Hodder and Bob Vlack concerning the 1724 Woods Hibernia halfpenny offered as lot 3493 of the B&M Norweb sales, and felt to be a pattern by both Vlack and Anton (includes two original handwritten letters from Anton totaling six pages); a draft of Syd Martin’s 1994 article for the Colonial Newsletter on Wood’s Hibernia farthings, with a note from Jim Spellman forwarding it to Hodder for his review; approximately 40 duplicate or replacement leaves for the main Vlack text. Generally very good or better. Michael J. Hodder’s copy of this rarely encountered study of the Wood Hibernia coinage, with original correspondence from William T. Anton laid in. Vlack’s die study of this coinage was an important precursor to Syd Martin’s comprehensive work on the subject. It was never published, though several copies were circulated (we have sold Walter Breen’s annotated copy on two occasions). Ex Charles Davis auction of October 17, 2009 (lot 352), where it sold for $3000 hammer.