The long-awaited "Henry Voigt and Others Involved in America's Early Coinage" is now available.

This 230-plus page, hardbound book describes in detail the history and drama of the first United States Mint. It outlines the problems the people who worked there encountered in producing the coinage that was so needed and wanted. Many original source documents from the National Archives were utilized.

The 1792 issues are well chronicled by letters from President George Washington, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, and Mint Director David Rittenhouse. Those coins were not patterns, but rather were the first circulating federal currency made after the Mint Act of April 2, 1792, had been signed into law by President Washington. A color picture of the finest 1792 half disme, previously owned by David Rittenhouse, is displayed on the front cover.

Subjects include Henry Voigt's involvement with steam engines, numerous pages from his 1793 daily U.S. Mint work ledger, the 1793 yellow fever epidemic, America's first coin dealer, the 1796 Quarters, John Reich, Electrotypes, the "E" and "L" counter-stamped quarters, and an interesting chapter titled "Modem Misinformation".

Many illustrations found in the Henry Voigt book have never been seen in any other numismatic text. Some of these include Patience Wright and the 1793 Liberty Cap Cent, Mint Treasurer Tristram Dalton and pages from his 1793 account ledger, the U.S. Mint's 1792 coinage expenses, a visitor's register page with Adam Eckfeldt's signature, David Rittenhouse's 1794 silver ingot deposits (these were made into 1794 dollars), and a wonderful 1795 portrait of Anne Bingham (the model seen on the Draped Bust coinage) done by artist Gilbert Stuart.

Respected numismatist and author Q. David Bowers wrote the foreword. Some of his comments include, "Henry Voigt and Others involved with America's Early Coinage is a tour de force... this is the finest first-person (so to speak) account I have read on the subject... I learned a lot while reading this book, correcting many impressions I had earlier."

This historically important book was published by the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation, which supports research and publications about early American money.

Copies of this 6x9 book are now available from the author or CCEF for $95, $99 ppd in US. Checks should be made payable to CCEF. For further information and ordering addresses, please check www.coincats.com or www.Earlyuscoins.org.