Options
Krause isn't the only digital coin book!
spoon
Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
Actually, the Scott reference for stamps has been digital for quite some time now (though they've had problems with piracy and will be beefing up security on the next version). And I'm fairly certain there are a few German references sold on CD too. So, yeah, Krause is definitely behind the curve.
But that's not what I'm talking about here...
Available free for the taking (legally!) are several great old coin references whose copyrights have passed. These are a part of Microsoft's initiative to scan library collections in the public domain. They feature excellent quality text and images (with exceptions), a wide range of titles in PDF and other formats and can easily suck your time away for hours on end!
Free numismatics books!
(or search titles here)
Some interesting titles:
The Coin Collector's Manual, or, Guide to the numismatic student in the formation of a cabinet of coins [1853]
Vol. I -- Vol. II
Dye's Coin Encyclopaedia: A complete Illustrated History of the Coins of the World [1883]
Provincial Copper Coins or Tokens issued between the years 1787 & 1796, engraved by Charles Pye of Birmingham [1796!]
Valentine's Sassanian coins [1921]
and many more!
Many files are quite large, dialuppers beware! (but give it a try anyway) Whatever system MS used to create the PDFs makes them pretty sluggish rendering each page.
But that's not what I'm talking about here...
Available free for the taking (legally!) are several great old coin references whose copyrights have passed. These are a part of Microsoft's initiative to scan library collections in the public domain. They feature excellent quality text and images (with exceptions), a wide range of titles in PDF and other formats and can easily suck your time away for hours on end!
Free numismatics books!
(or search titles here)
Some interesting titles:
The Coin Collector's Manual, or, Guide to the numismatic student in the formation of a cabinet of coins [1853]
Vol. I -- Vol. II
Dye's Coin Encyclopaedia: A complete Illustrated History of the Coins of the World [1883]
Provincial Copper Coins or Tokens issued between the years 1787 & 1796, engraved by Charles Pye of Birmingham [1796!]
Valentine's Sassanian coins [1921]
and many more!
Many files are quite large, dialuppers beware! (but give it a try anyway) Whatever system MS used to create the PDFs makes them pretty sluggish rendering each page.
0
Comments
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
A lot of that is taken up by text though. Wordy descriptions of the coins and their fineness, history, etc.
My wantlist & references
8 Reales Madness Collection
Search for 'Full View'
look for titles containing: 'coins, numismatics, catalog british museum, medals, moneta, numismata, tokens, etc'
Thank you for the links. You are most helpful.
"I has a bucket." - Minazo.
Minazo the LOLRUS, 1994-2005
Here's Henri Cohen's Description Historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain in all 8 volumes:
http://www.inumis.com/rome/books/cohen/index.html
Several other books/articles are on the same site.
Also very handy, Die Saurmasche Münzsammlung:
http://someoldcoins.org/saur/
https://www.civitasgalleries.com
New coins listed monthly!
Josh Moran
CIVITAS Galleries, Ltd.
<< <i>Also very handy, Die Saurmasche Münzsammlung:
http://someoldcoins.org/saur/ >>
Awesome! Thanks for that
Yeah, I forgot about Google books
I can list a few Russian sites too, but those are of a different nature
My wantlist & references