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A list of slide programs from the NASC Visual Educational Library. The collection of 2 x 2 slides are accompanied by detailed lecture notes describing each slide. Clubs must supply their own projectors. Clubs pay return postage, as the return slides are shipped Parcel Post, insured for $50.00. No other cost is involved. It is suggested you send your request as least two months before the exact meeting date, so a particular slide set can be reserved in advance for your use. Alternate selections are also suggested as certain popular sets are not always available. Requests should be sent to:
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Mr. Phil Iversen
P.O. Box 5207
Sherman Oaks, Ca. 91413-5207
(818) 788-1129

 

Listing of Slide Collections

  1. COINS OF COLONIAL AMERICA: (61 Color slides)
    Principal types of Colonial coins, beginning with the Sommer Island shilling of 1616 through the Spanish milled dollar.
  2. TYPES OF COMMEMORATIVE HALF DOLLARS: (48 color slides.)
    Shows obverse and reverse of each coin. (1892-1954)
  3. US COPPER TYPES (51 Color slides).
    Shows types of half-cents, large cents, two cents pieces, and small cents through current coinage.
  4. US TYPES; 3 Cent thru 20 cent: (54 Color Slides).
  5. U.S. TYPE 25 Cents thru silver dollars. (58 Color slides).
  6. Famous Women on Coins and Medals. (34 color slides).
  7. ANCIENT GREEK COIN TYPES. (29 Color Slides).
    Covers the period from 700 B.C. to 336 B.C. The coin art is at its peak.
  8. ANCIENT GREEK COIN TYPES. (32 Color Slides).
    Covers the period from 336 B.C. to 57 A.D.
  9. CONFEDERATE STATES CURRENCY: (66 Color slides).
    Illustrates the principal types of Confederate notes, 1861-1865. Set prepared before Criswell's book, numbered by Chase.
  10. CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS: (60 Color Slides)
    12 Bronze medals of the Circle of Friends, with the rest being examples of the Society of Medalists
    thru 1938.
  11. SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS-MEDALLIC ART ISSUES: (52 Color Slides).
    1939-1951, 3 inch circular medals on a variety of subjects by different sculptors.
  12. COINS OF THE PAGAN ROMAN EMPIRE: (40 Color Slides).
    Basic information on Imperial Roman Coinage, showing types and denominations. 12 pages of lecture notes.
  13. COINAGE OF CHRISTIAN IMPERIAL ROMAN: (39 Black & White slides).
  14. TYPES OF POSTAGE AND FRACTIONAL CURRENCY: (29 Color slides).
    Major types from first issue in 1862 thru fifth issue 1876.
  15. US PAPER MONEY: 1861-1924 (39 Color slides).
    Illustrated by $5.00 notes of the period. 16 pages notes.
  16. US PAPER MONEY 861-1923 (38 Color Slides).
    Illustrated by $10.00 notes of the period. 16 pages of notes.
  17. COINS WITH SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE: (44 Black & White slides).
    They include mileposts in the history of money. Included are US, foreign, ancient, colonial. Program geared for collectors and non-collectors.
  18. STATE BANK NOTE ENGRAVINGS: (34 Color slides).
    Highlights engravings on US Bank Notes, sometimes called broken or obsolete bank notes.
  19. MEDIEVAL COINAGE OF WESTERN EUROPE. (47 Color Slides).
    Traces the general transition of Western European coinage from their source in the coins of the Roman Empire of the 4th and 5th centuries to the final transition to a modern style in 15th and early 16th centuries.
  20. REGULAR ISSUES OF ODD SHAPED COINS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. (19 Photographs.)
    Short show on minor foreign coins in the following categories: Irregular shape with a definite
    pattern; Angular with 4 or more sides; and Scalloped edges varying in number.
  21. BRITISH CAMPAIGN (WAR) MEDALS: (50 color slides).
    Awards given to servicemen from selected battles since Waterloo, i.e. not for bravery such as the Victoria Cross.
  22. COINS AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY: (38 color slides).
    Coins of the Biblical Period and rise of Christianity. Coins mentioned in the Bible.
  23. KOREAN COINAGE-CONVERSATION PIECES: (31 color slides.)
    Traces the history of Korean coinage from 996 AD to the present. Also has sketches of antiquated minting operations.
  24. US GOLD COINS-TYPE OF REGULAR ISSUES. (52 color slides).
    Covers issues from 1795-1933.
  25. CROWN & MINOR COMMEMORATIVE COINS OF THE 19th and 20th Centuries-Western HEMISPHERE: PART 1 (34 color slides.)
    Covers the coinage of Bermuda, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama and Salvador.
  26. Same as above but Part 2. (35 color slides).
    Covers the coinage of Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Peru and Uruguay.
  27. Same as above Part 3. (42 color slides).
    Covers the commemorative coinage of Brazil.
  28. ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINAGE: (52 Color slides).
    Covers the period from the 3rd Century B.C. to the time of the first emperor.
  29. COINS OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC: (26 Color Slides).
    Pre-Hitler German Republic Coinage.
  30. ODD & CURIOUS MONIES: (36 color slides).
    Shows many items used throughout the world.
  31. ALTERED COINS: (26 color slides).
  32. CANADIAN COLONIAL COINS AND TOKENS: (38 color slides).
  33. HISTORY OF COLONIAL CURRENCY: (51 color slides.)
  34. US TRADE DOLLARS: (39 color slides.)
  35. WORLD TRADE DOLLAR: (40 black & white slides)
  36. NATIONAL BANK NOTES-LARGE SIZE: (67 color slides).
    Issues from 1863-1923, plus 3 Charter Period National Notes. Denominations of $1.00 to $100.00.
  37. LARGE SIZE SILVER CERTIFICATES: (66 color slides).
    Covers the old saddle-blanket certificates from 1878-1923.
  38. CROWNS OF THE WORLD A-I: PARTI (59 color slides).
    Shows silver crown-size coins popular with collectors. Many scare coins from the period 1789-1960.
  39. Same as above (J-Z) Part 2 (61 color slides).
  40. SHIPS BOATS ON MODERN COINS.
  41. MORGAN DOLLAR VARIETIES.
  42. HARD TIMES TOKENS.
    Historical background and symbolism.
  43. ART ON PAPER MONEY.
  44. AMERICAN GAME COUNTERS ON SPIEL MARKEN:
  45. MILITARY PAYMENT CERTIFICATES.
  46. CURRENCY OF EARLY USA: (19 slides).
  47. COUNTERFEIT DETECTION: PART 1. Key cents & Nickels.
  48. Same as above. Part 2. Dimes thru Dollars.
  49. STATE AND FEDERAL COPPERS OF MEXICO
  50. THE SAN FRANCISCO MINT: From the beginning thru the restoration.
  51. TREASURY NOTES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA: CURRENCY OF EARLY USA: (19 slides).

Listing of Video Cassettes

  1. .900 Fine
    The story of the Carson City silver dollar tells about the famed
    coins and its unique place in American history. It covers the
    period from early mining in Colorado to the government sales of
    this.'popular "CC",coin: (28..min.)
  2. Grading Mint State U.S. Coins
    Learn the basics of coin grading with emphasis on half dollars,
    dollars and geld coins. Important topics include lighting, eye
    appeal, strike, luster, toning and other important aspects of
    this topical area. (88 min.)
  3. Classic United States Gold Coins of The 20th Century .
    Journey through history with America's 20th century gold coin-
    age from the early gold rush in California to the gold Redemp-
    tion Act of 1933 with many interesting stories. (23 min.)
  4. The Granite Lady
    An engaging review of the heyday of the gold rush, the ter-
    rible San Francisco earthquake and fire and the role played by
    the old San Francisco Mint. (31 min...)
  5. The Medal Maker
    Once thought lost, this 1929 film shows coin and medal design-
    er/sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser working in her famous New York
    apartment studio. The complete process, from start to finish,
    of making a medal is depicted in a fascinating black and white
    video.' (30 min.)
  6. Money: History In Your Hands
    This popular video is narrated by actor James Earl Jones who
    guides you through a numismatic history lesson from ancient to
    modern times. Many prominent people are portrayed on both coin
    and currency. (31 min.)
  7. Keys To The Treasury
    This video takes you on a historical tour of the main. Treasury
    building and its many different agencies. See coinage and cur-
    rency production plus anti-counterfiet techniques. (34 min.)
  8. The Making of Money
    View some the first paper currency from Massachusetts in 1690,
    the first Continental Dollar printed in Maryland in 1765, pri-
    vate bank notes from the 19th century and todays redesigned
    currency.. (24 min.)

To borrow any video cassette, please contact me 2 weeks in advance:
Phil Iversen P.O. Box 5207 Sherman Oaks CA 91413-5207 818/788-1129

 

 

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