2011 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date (Standard Catalog of World Coins: 2001-Present) [Paperback]

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

Book Description

Series: Standard Catalog of World Coins: 2001-Present | Publication Date: July 16, 2010

This massively expanded 5th Edition of the Standard Catalog of® World Coins 2001 - Date brings you up-to-date and accurate values for a vast selection of the most recent coins produced and sold by today's World Mints, Central Banks and their distributors.

The 5th edition is 20 percent larger, with 100 additional pages of exciting new issue coinage and extensive value revisions reflecting the burgeoning market for modern commemorative precious metal coins.

Housed in these pages of accumulated knowledge you will find:

• Current market values
  
  
• KM identification numbers
  
  
• Accurate mintage figures
  
  
• Detailed descriptions
  
  
• Photographic images
  
  
• Metallic and other compositions
  
  
• Precious metal weights

Covering a variety of current coin issues including:

• Commemorative coins of inventive shapes, sizes, colors, compositions and textures
  
  
• Popular Silver and Gold commemorative coins currently rising in value
  
  
• Circulation coins struck in durable metals for constant daily use
  
  
• Innovative coins produced in acrylic or hosting precious gems

Step into 21st Century coin collecting with confidence! Add this new 2011 Standard Catalog of® World Coins 2001 - Date to your reference library today!

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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: 600 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications; 5 edition (July 16, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440211604
• ISBN-13: 978-1440211607
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Likely to Buy the Next Issue, September 12, 2010

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This review is from: 2011 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date (Standard Catalog of World Coins: 2001-Present) (Paperback)

Another issue of the 21st century World Coins Catalog proves yet again that the whole idea was aimed mainly at selling the same thing twice to the same group of customers. The 2011 issue still is not big enough to justify the separation from the 1901-2000 volume (no, there is no need to list prices for trial strikes in the latter volume!) while the editing leaves far too much to be desired.
The list of flaws is quite long but let's be general here. The more recent issues of most countries are not brought up to date (strangely enough Ukraine is well done but its neighbour Belarus is not to such a degree that in some cases some coins from a series are listed and some are not) and this applies to a quite strange degree to countries living on coin production (and quite popular among collectors) such as Isle of Man or Gibraltar (current circulation issues introduced in 2005 are still not listed!). The prices show little connection with market reality or are not given at all (Monaco 2007 issues). Mistakes from earlier volumes are not corrected e.g. there were two Polish 2 zloty commemorative coins issued in 2005 and 2007 missing from 2010 issue and guess what? They are still missing. The same coins are listed twice. The sequence is sometimes quite inexplicable i.e. the latest coins are listed as the first. Etc etc.
Conclusion - unless you are a dealer and you need it for your business (and you can deduct the cost for tax purposes) don't buy this volume. You will find more specific and up to date information on new coin issues on the Internet and more data on their prices on eBay. To make matters worse Krause apparently decided that adding a CD was too much and cancelled it in this editions, you have to buy it separately in effect paying twice for the same faulty material.
You will have to make your decision but I am not very likely to buy 2012 issue.

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

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This review is from: 2011 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date (Standard Catalog of World Coins: 2001-Present) (Paperback)

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

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Happy, September 22, 2010

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SDShawn - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2011 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date (Standard Catalog of World Coins: 2001-Present) (Paperback)

One of the main reasons I purchased this item was because I thought it came with a CD so I could have the info on my computer. The 2010 edition had one and most major book companies are adding digital copies of books not removing them. This book is not necessarily cheap and the digital copy is really the only reason I purchased it. Will probably return the book as it is too much money for just a book.