This new edition will help collectors, researchers, and dealers discover value in the unusual. It provides up-to-date pricing based on collector interest and precious metal prices, plus 6,000 detailed photos - including 1,000 more photos than the previous edition - for easily identifying coins from micro-nations, private artists, governments in exile, as well as fantasy issues and metallic coins.With more than 13,000 listings, this one-of-a-kind reference meets the needs of the uncommon collector.
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Colin R. Bruce II is one of the creators of Krause Publications? legendary Standard Catalog series, and has worked at Krause for 35+ years. George Cuhaj is an accomplished researcher and numismatist, and he brings a lifetime of experience to every book. He edits both the Standard Catalog of World Coins and Standard Catalog of World Paper Money series. Tom Michael is Krause Publication?s veteran market analyst, providing in-depth price analysis for numismatic books for more than 20 years.
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Coin Collectors' Fun Book,
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This review is from: Unusual World Coins: Companion Volume to Standard Catalog of World Coins Series (Paperback)
This is a coin catalogue worth buying even if you don't have a single coin it lists. The Unusual coins are really unusual in the way they depict human vain hopes, unattainable dreams, and impossible ambitions. You can see here coins from imaginary or lost empires (Russian monarchists struck their coins in 1990), states that have not been recognized by a single sovereign nation (Hutt River Province) or worlds which existed only in the imagination of writers (the Middle Earth) or private mints (Russian euro coins...). All this is a great tribute to human imagination and entepreneurial spirit, neatly presented in the form of a handy volume.
Naturally, you may actually collect these coins. In this case you will find the typical Krause quality - lots of pictures are missing, some coins are not listed completely (just my luck - I have only 1 euro coin of the 2002 Vaticane euro trial issue and this coin is missing - there is #6 - 50 cents and #8 - 2 euro but no #7 - 1 euro ;) but as it is in the case of all Krause catalogues: you just won't find anything better!
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This review is from: Unusual World Coins: Companion Volume to Standard Catalog of World Coins Series (Paperback)
This book is invaluable to one who collects or is interested in Fantasy Coins. Too bad that itdoes not cover so many of the more recent ones (i.e. 1994 and later).Unusual World Coins: Companion Volume to Standard Catalog of World Coins Series
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A brief coin history would improve this publication,
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An excellent reference for unusual coins. The book would be better if a brief history of each coin was also included.
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plain note, gold note, silver series, silver reverse, crown rev, proof value, silver edge, federal festival, gilt silver, bronze series, brass ruler, silver gilt, flower edge, kansu province, christian date, country index, large cent, unknown obv, euro series, silver penny, international athletics, medal alignment, coin alignment, heads jugate, medieval sailing ship Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Date Mintage, Reeded Note, Arms Obv, Silver Ruler, Date Host Date Good, Prince Leonard Obv, Silver Subject, Proof Est, Atlanta Obv, Olympics Centenary, Silver Obv, Beatrix Subject, Issue Mkt, Silver Countermark, Angelo de Mojana, Silver Note, Gold Ruler, Philippe Subject, Copper Obv, Gilt Alloy, Victoria Obv, Gold Subject, Gold Obv, Cologna Obv, Four Chinese Browse Sample Pages:
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plain note, gold note, silver series, silver reverse, crown rev, proof value, silver edge, federal festival, gilt silver, bronze series, brass ruler, silver gilt, flower edge, kansu province, christian date, country index, large cent, unknown obv, euro series, silver penny, international athletics, medal alignment, coin alignment, heads jugate, medieval sailing ship Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Date Mintage, Reeded Note, Arms Obv, Silver Ruler, Date Host Date Good, Prince Leonard Obv, Silver Subject, Proof Est, Atlanta Obv, Olympics Centenary, Silver Obv, Beatrix Subject, Issue Mkt, Silver Countermark, Angelo de Mojana, Silver Note, Gold Ruler, Philippe Subject, Copper Obv, Gilt Alloy, Victoria Obv, Gold Subject, Gold Obv, Cologna Obv, Four Chinese Browse Sample Pages:
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