Caballito Peso Book, MEXICAN BEAUTY, Un Peso Caballito, by Allan Schein

Description

From Author Allan Schein directly, Autographed copies. Now with free shipping.
Please note: This offering is for a book only
!
I
n the last few month's there have been a couple of individuals that claimed to have purchased this book in the belief that I was selling the coin on it's cover.
NO COIN IS BEING OFFERED.
I do not accept returns on books as I sell only new unused editions, and once shipped it is a used book. Know what you are buying. This offer is only for this book.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Awarded the "ALBERTO FRANCISCO PRADEAU AWARD" by the Mexican Numismatic Society on May 20, 2016
Winner of the National Literary Guild's "BEST WORLD COIN BOOK" at the 2015 ANA Chicago convention, August 2015.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEXICAN BEAUTY - BELLEZA MEXICANA, Un Peso Caballito by Allan Schein
Mexican Beauty is the first book ever written exclusively about Mexico's Little Horse Peso. A long time favorite of collectors, the Caballito peso is considered one of the most beautiful coin designs ever created.
This comprehensive bilingual book includes complete information about the coins designer Charles Pillet, its design elements, symbolism, date and die varieties, values, and population of graded coins. Included are chapters on coin grading, toned coins, counterfeits and more. Printed in full color with hundreds of detailed photographs of some of the worlds' finest and most beautiful Caballito pesos. An essential volume for collectors of Mexican Numismatics.
238 pages. 120lb cover stock. 80lb gloss paper pages. 6" x 9". Weight slightly over 1 pound.
A valuable guide book you will refer to repeatedly for information found no place else. Described as an "Important" "Landmark Work" by professional dealers of Mexican Numismatics.
This book is being offered on eBay by me, the author. If you would like your copy signed, please let me know who to make the dedication to. But names only please.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The book review that follows appeared in a November 2014 issue of the E-Sylum, the newsletter of National Bibliomania Society, a highly respected educational organization founded in 1979 to support and promote the use and collecting of numismatic literature.
NEW BOOK: MEXICAN BEAUTY: MEXICO'S CABALLITO PESO
Ralf Böpple of Stuttgart, Germany submitted this note about a new book on Mexican numismatics. Thanks! -Editor
I would like to bring to the readers' attention a book that was presented at the US Mexican Numismatic Association Convention in Scottsdale, AZ.
Allan Schein:
Mexican Beauty / Belleza Mexicana - Un Peso Caballito
.
Salt Lake City, 2014. 238 pp., full color with hundreds of coin photos, text in English and Spanish.
Mexico's Caballito ("little horse") peso was issued in five consecutive years, from 1910 to 1914. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful coin designs of the modern era.
This book contains comprehensive information on the coin's designer, French medalist Charles Pillet, its design elements and numismatic history, along with valuable information for collectors on date and die varieties, values, grading, toned coins, counterfeits, and more.
The book is bilingual, translated to Spanish by Mexican coin specialist Roberto del Bosque.
While collecting coins from the year of birth of his father, 1914, the author Allan Schein came across the Caballito Peso and fell in love with the issue (despite the fact that the year 1914 is the highly priced key date of the series). Years of intensive research and study have resulted in this ultimate collector's guide.
This is also what I personally see to be the greatest asset of this work: it is a perfect combination of historical background for numismatists interested in Mexican coins or world crowns in general on one side and a detailed insight into the series for the specialized collector on the other.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: All books are shipped via USPS Media Mail for your economy.
Thanks for visiting this page.