Coin & Currency Institute

For the first time, a comprehensive listing in chronological order, by region, state, and mint, of all the known types of gold, silver and copper dated coins struck in medieval Europe with an Anno Domini date of 1500 or earlier.

On every continent. In more than 50 countries. Wherever gold coins are bought and sold. The world standard reference. New. Revised. Expanded. Now, bigger and more complete than ever! The indispensable classic reference: 832 pages, completely revised and updated. More than 8,500 photos, nearly ALL of them new. 2,000+ listings of coin types, with sections expanded and hundreds of new listings. Ottoman Empire coinage completely revised. From the 6th cent. BC to date, over 2,500 years of gold...

The essential traditional reference:  852 pages now, fully updated and rewritten. Over 8,500 pictures, EVERY single one in color. 22,000+ coin types included, with hundreds of new listings and enlarged sections. Over 2,500 years of gold coins from ancient Greece to Zanzibar, dating back to the 6th century BC. The globally accepted Friedberg™ Numbering System is the accepted approach for classifying, identifying, purchasing, and disposing of gold coins. Tables of fineness and weight...

Included is an extensive price history of all United States coins from 1955 to date and strategies to take advantage of what will be one of the great growth areas of the 21st century.

Large Size Notes Small Size Notes Fractional Currency Colonial & Continental Currency Treasury Notes of the War of 1812 Confederate States of America Error Notes Uncut Sheets Encased Postage Stamps Postage Envelopes Paper money mules Prices in up to 7 conditions The universally-used Friedberg Numbering System.� The standard method for describing U.S. currency Full listing of note-issuing National Banks with amount of notes known Directory of paper money dealers Complete signature listings for...

It is often forgotten that between 1942 and 1946, 425,000 German, Italian and Japanese prisoner of war were held at 700 POW camps in 46 U.S. States. They got here on troop ships that would have otherwise returned empty.This book is about the money, or chits that POWs used for their expenses in the camp, for cigarettes, candy or other items. The authors are both regonised experts on the topic.Years in the making, this is the most comprehensive book ever done on the subject. There are brief...

These early dated coins form one of the first links between medieval and modern coinage. Anno Domini's way of dating coins using Latin script did not begin until the mid-13th century, and did not become popular in Europe until three centuries later. It took the author 15 years to separate the few coins with dates from the many. The First Edition of this book was comparable to the out-of-print work by Albert Frey in 1915. Today, when an early dated coin is sold, whether in Europe or America, it...