Books on World Coins and World Currency

WORLD COINS - GENERAL REFERENCES & PRICE GUIDES

Due to the Krause Publication's new pricing policy towards retailers, I am no longer carrying most of their books.
I can special order a book if you need a particular title.

UNUSUAL WORLD COINS BOOK

New 6th Edition, 2011 Lists, pictures and prices coins of micro-nations, unofficial issues, fantasies, etc. 744 pages, softcover. Very useful for collectors of micronation and fantasy coins.

Item UNUSUALBOOK UNUSUAL WORLD COINS BOOK, 6th Ed. $54.99

ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL COINS

CONTSTANTINE'S DAFNE COINAGE AND CONSTANTINOPLE BY Speck & Huston. A study of the local coinage of Constantine the Great during the building of the new capitol city with an historical introduction and rarity ratings. 12 pages + plate. $7.50

JAPANESE, CHINESE & FAR EASTERN COIN

2012 JNDA THE CATALOG OF JAPANESE COINS AND BANKNOTES

An excellent book listing and pricing Japanese coins and currency from ancient times to the present, including WWII Occupation issues for China and Japanese Invasion Money. Includes coins and varities not found in the Krause catalogs. Prices in Yen. Text in Japanese but has English titles and headings so it is easy to use. 292 pages, plus a pull out chart of Japanese commemorative coins. soft cover. Highly recommended for collectors of Japanese coins or paper money.

Item BK-JNDA12 2012 JNDA THE CATALOG OF JAPANESE COINS AND BANKNOTES. $35.00

OLD COINS OF CHINA by Holger Jorgensen. A small but complete identification guide for Chinese cash coins from 600BC to 1912AD. Best book if you just want to identify Chinese Cash coins by emperor withoug going into varieties. Reprint. 26 pages and plates.$6.00

EMERGENCY MONEY, NOTGELD, TOKENS, ETC.

CATALOG OF GERMAN WAR TOKENS. by Robert Lamb. A good standard English language reference book on German Municipal Notgeld coins from 1914-1923. Published in 1966 it is long out-of-print, but is still one of the best English language references available. It only includes municipal issues (no private issues) but is well illustrated and is easy to use. Prices are badly outdated (multiply by 10 for estimate of current prices). 143 pages. $19.00

EUROPEAN COINS

THE COINS OF THE GRAND MASTERS OF THE ORDER OF MALTA by Robert Morris. Reprint of this scarce 1884 work which covers the history of the order, its Grand Masters, and its coins. 70 + xvi pages + 6 plates, soft cover $10.00

READING MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN COINS by Ralph S. Walker A helpful book to read and identify medieval European coins. Covers scripts used, legends, abbreviations and other information. Also includes an extensive bibliography. 44 pages, soft cover $10.00

ISLAMIC & INDIAN COINS

A CHECKLIST OF POPULAR ISLAMIC COINS 1st edition, by Stephen Album. A listing of Islamic coins by dynasty with rarity ratings and bibliography. Unfortunately no pictures. 68 pages, soft cover. CLEARANCE SPECIAL ONLY $3.95.

PRIMITIVE MONEY

EQUAL MEASURE FOR KINGS AND COMMONERS, GOLD WEIGHTS OF THE AKIN by Andre Nitecki. Catalogs the wide variety sizes and designs of gold weights used in much of western Africa along with information on the weight systems, history and much more. These weights are popular with collectors of odd & curious money due to the wide variety of attractive designs. 69 pages, soft cover, well illustrated. $15.00

Also See: CHINESE SYCEE

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