Alfred Sandham (19 November 1838 - 25 December 1910) was an early Canadian
numismatist
A numismatist is a specialist, researcher, and/or well-informed collector of numismatics, numismatics/coins ("of coins"; from Late Latin , genitive of ). Numismatists can include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholar-researchers who use coi ...
, best known as the original editor of the ''Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal'',
[Gallichan] and for publishing one of the earliest books on Canadian tokens. His ''Coins, tokens and medals of the Dominion of Canada'' was published in 1869, and was the first to attempt to describe all pre-
Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation () was the process by which three British North American provinces—the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—were united into one federation, called the Name of Canada#Adoption of Dominion, Dominion of Ca ...
numismatic issues. The book focused on a description of the coins, tokens and medals relating to Canada, though it contained numerous illustrations, and Sandham also detailed the history of these pieces, where known. This work would be supplanted by the more comprehensive guides produced by
P. N. Breton.
Notes
External links
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Coins, tokens and medals of the Dominion of Canada', by Alfred Sandham, on Archive.org
Bibliography
Canadian numismatists
1838 births
1910 deaths
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