2011 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000 [Paperback]

George S. Cuhaj (Editor), Thomas Michael (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Standard Catalog of World Coins | Publication Date: June 14, 2010

The most universally accepted book on world coins with the most up to date pricing - it's the one you need

The 2011 Standard Catalog of® World Coins 1901-2000 offers information compiled from data provided by over 100 experts from around the world and garnered from a variety of internet sources including popular online auctions sites. With few exceptions, the values stated in this 38th edition have risen over those in previous catalogs.

From researchers to collectors to dealers, everyone counts on this single reference. The Standard Catalog of® World Coins has been the hobby's central information source for nearly 40 years.

Within these covers, you will find that each coin listing provides:

• Up-to-date values listed by date and grade
  
  
• Universal KM reference number
  
  
• Clear descriptions of obverse and reverse designs

Coins struck in gold, platinum, palladium and silver offer the following ideal information for charting a course in this turbulent precious metals market:

• Total coin weight
  
  
• Fineness
  
  
• Actual precious metal weight

The Standard Catalog of® World Coins is the coin catalog you've come to depend on and the one you can trust for the best in world numismatics.

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About the Author

George S. Cuhaj is a former cataloger for both Stack's Auction House in New York and the American Numismatic Society, and also serves as editor of the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money series.

Thomas Michael has performed in-depth price analysis on nearly 90 world and U.S. coin catalogs for the KP numismatic book line for nearly 21 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 2304 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications; 38 edition (June 14, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440211582
• ISBN-13: 978-1440211584
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trustworthy Volume Again - But No CD, June 19, 2010

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Ford Ka (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 2011 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000 (Paperback)

It is fairly difficult to welcome a new edition of World Coins Catalog 1901-2000 with great expectations. One can assume that by 2010 the editors made sure that their work is complete (actually, it isn't - one 1 pound coin from Cyprus issued in 2000 is still missing although two other 1 pound coins from the same year were added, copper 3000 bolivares from 1999 from Venezuela is missing still although silver 6000 bolivares coin issued also to commemorate the Maracay Mint is included etc etc) so the new volume becomes interesting only for those who are interested in recent changes of prices i.e. dealers and investors. They will find in the volume some changes and revaluations (Poland is going up - not much of a surprise as a coin boom in this country has continued for over a decade now, Great Britain is going down - the changes are caused rather by the decreasing value of the pound rather then by a general loss of interest in British coins) but not really that much to justify the purchase of another issue.
For those who already have the 2010 issue there is an additional reason why they should reconsider replacing it with the 2011 issue - there is no CD with the text of the catalog in .pdf files. In other words - if you have 2010 issue, think twice before buying the new one. If you don't have the catalog at all (if you collect coins, you really should) or you old copy is falling apart with age, look around first - maybe you can find the 2010 issue - it will be much cheaper now and the CD really does come handy if you travel with your laptop.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Who's in charge here?, August 1, 2010

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Gene Feierstein (Cary, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2011 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000 (Paperback)

I was amazed to note that the coin weights and actual silver weights for coins from many countries were incorrect in this catalog. I have no idea what happened, but it needs to be fixed. In some cases, they appear to have truncated the coin weight in grams and calculated the silver weight based on the incorrect coin weight. In other cases, it looks like simply wrong information. As an example, KM-309, 311 and 318 all had actual silver weights of .0289 oz in the 2009 edition and now they are .0289, .0289 and .0278. On the nezt page, the weights of KM-310, 312 and 319 were all .0736 in 2009 and they are now .0736, .0718 and .0766. You may not care about the Netherlands East Indies, but check out Canada where there are also multiple errors. I haven't looked the gold coins, but I wonder if errors might also exist there.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Batteries Not Included, February 9, 2011

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Lazarus - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2011 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000 (Paperback)

I was disappointed that the DVD-ROM discs were not included with this edition. The last edition I bought included them.