Coins: Questions & Answers 6th Edition

By Clifford Mishler

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0794847234
• ISBN13: 9780794847234
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Whitman Publishing
• Length: 353 Pages

Customer Reviews

What your mother should have told you

This should have been in school as part of standard cultural information. Moreover, it would have made math, history, and several other disciplines much more interesting. From the book: Numismatics is the study and/or collecting of coins, paper money, tokens, medals, orders and decorations, and similar objects. A numismatist is one who has a comprehensive knowledge of numismatics. A collector isn't necessarily (indeed, seldom is) a numismatist: a numismatist needn't be a collector. He can be an archaeology associate, the curator of a national or international collection, a dealer, or simply a serious student of numismatics. This book makes for many hours of fascinating reading and should not be confused with catalogs or "how to collect" volumes. Many of the questions answer questions you forgot to ask and should have asked. This comprehensive book is it cannot be all things to all people. Therefore, one of the glaringly missing subjects is that of Notgeld. For this, you must read more specialized books. However, I would recommend this book before you start collecting, if you think of expanding your collection, or if you just want to talk to collectors. Reading this book can indeed start you down the road to numismatics.