Coinage and Conflict is a story of coins, from ancient times to the present, in their historical context. It is a coffee-table style book well-suited for numismatic students of all ages, disciplines and levels of experience. It is a compact 8 ½ x 8 ½ inches in size and is printed on seventy-four pages high-quality, glossy paper. Enlarged color photographs are on every page.
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Henry Pollak has been a coin collector for more than 60 years, since first gaining an appreciation of them from his history teacher in 1937. The collection he built is the foundation of the story he shares in this book, giving the history behind some of the most famous (and infamous) items in numismatics.
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These short stories from history as illustrated - in a sense lit up by coins struck over the past 2 thousand years. An exciting read.
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In the 7th Century B.C., the people of the Greek island of Aegina, about ten miles offshore in the Aegean Sea, came up with a remarkable and original idea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Julius Caesar, New York, Marc Antony, John Higley, New Haven, Archbishop of Canterbury, Mary Tudor, Benjamin Franklin, King of England, Mary Stuart, Beggar's Badge, Count Brederode, George Washington, Jane Seymour, William Buel New!
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In the 7th Century B.C., the people of the Greek island of Aegina, about ten miles offshore in the Aegean Sea, came up with a remarkable and original idea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
own coinage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Julius Caesar, New York, Marc Antony, John Higley, New Haven, Archbishop of Canterbury, Mary Tudor, Benjamin Franklin, King of England, Mary Stuart, Beggar's Badge, Count Brederode, George Washington, Jane Seymour, William Buel New!
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- The Island Race by Winston S. Churchill on page 58, and Back Matter
- Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Collection) by Jan Dean on page 68
- Julius Caesar by Steck-Vaughn Company in Back Matter
- Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare on page 6
- The Hudson River (Rivers in American Life and Times) by Daniel E. Harmon on page 25
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