This listing is for the hardcover book "BIMETALLIC TRADE TOKENS OF THE UNITED STATES" by David E. Schenkman. There are around 300 different bimetallic merchant trade tokens pictured and identified. 

This 164-page book measures 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" and weighs 1.9 pounds. This book is in excellent condition. Published in 1990. 

From the first chapter: "Most token collectors are Most token collectors are familiar with the "Pat. July 1899" inscription which appears in small letters on the reverse of many bimetallic trade tokens. It is generally considered that 1899 was the year in which these tokens were first manufactured This date notwithstanding, the idea of striking coinage from a combination of two metals predates 1899 by more than a hundred years in this country."

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