Armstrong, Leroy
Author of Financial California: An Historical Review Of The Beginnings And Progress Of Banking In The State with J.O. Denny, 1916.
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Fundamental Work on California Currency & Private Coinage
Armstrong, Leroy, and J.O. Denny. FINANCIAL CALIFORNIA: AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE BEGINNINGS AND PROGRESS OF BANKING IN THE STATE. San Francisco: Coast Banker Publishing Company, 1916. Tall 8vo, original flexible full red morocco, gilt. 191, (1), xcv, (1) pages; nearly 300 portraits; other text illustrations including checks and bank notes. Binding a bit rubbed and worn, but still sound and generally near fine. An indispensable, rarely offered work, filled with important background information relating to California private gold coinage and currency. Ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 141, lot 415 at $400.