A tease from Whitman-- Money of the American Civil War book coming later this year

Longacre

I was reading the Esylum today, and there was a blurb that Whitman will be publishing a book entitled "Money of the American Civil War" later this year. To me, this book sounds really interesting. Does anyone know who will be writing it? Also, is it a "name, rank, and serial number" book, where is just lists coins and currency, populations, values, and OCG levels? Or will it be a masterwork that will also include a lot of historical information, such as how the civil war impacted the monetary policy in the country at the time, how new currency issues came into being as a result of the disappearance of hard currency, etc. Does anyone have any inside info about this book? I checked the website, and I didn't see anything.

Leiana

I will probably be interested in this book, especially if it is about the history surrounding the coins and notes. The economic situation of the North that resulted in cent hoarding which eventually gave rise to private tokens, a new composition for the IHC and a new denomination of coin is fascinating to me. Also, in order to be a complete survey of money of the time, it should include information on stamps used as money and the first US Currency notes that were issued in 1862 as well as Confederate note issues. I would also like to see some information on Confederate coins and coins resulting from Confederate control of the Southern Branch Mints. This whole time period is absolutely fascinating.

-Amanda