Collecting international coins

By P. Frank Purvey

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006W4LBG
• ISBN13: 9780877492078
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Drake
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A good addition to the coin book library

This book is well organized with 160 monochrome pictures (taken by the author) with physical descriptions and historical background. One major plus is that this book is that even though they are included, it does not concentrate on Greek and U.S. coins. Contents: • How Coinage Began • Greek Coins • Roman and Byzantine coins • English Coins 1. Ancient Britain to Charles II • English Coins 2. Charles II to Elizabeth II • Britain’s Modern Coinage • Error, Freaks, and Forgeries • Condition, Rarity, and Value • Coins and Metal Detecting • What shall I collect? • Looking After Your Collection Emphasis is that if you have a bunch of coins but no plan, it is an “accumulation” and not a “collection.”