Watch List notes:

BACKGROUND AND LORE OF COINS LOT (all hardcover). 1. EYEWITNESS BOOKS: MONEY. 1990. 64 large format profusely illustrated pages, a grand overview with bright photos and pithy explanations scattered across the pages. (We bought the entire series for our children but found them to be so fascinating that we probably got more out of them than our offspring.) As new.2. Clain-Stefanelli, E and V. THE BEAUTY AND LORE OF COINS. 1974. 256 large format, well illustrated publication by the Smithsonian Coin Curators. 3. SELECTIONS FROM THE NUMISMATIST. MODERN FOREIGN CURRENCY. Ca 1960. 320 pages. Reprints of 57 articles published on coins between 1930 and 1959--a broad range of topics. (Where else have you read about the "Champagne Thaler"?) Very Good copy.