Why would there be a great market demand for a Japanese version of "A Catalog of Modern World C

Longacre

I was reading the latest issue of Esylum, and this tidbit caught my eye from a representative of Whitman Publishing. Thinking of myself as a worldly fellow, I was intrigued by the fact that Whitman is putting out a Japanese-language version of "A Catalog of Modern World Coins". Two thoughts crossed my mind-- the first is that Japan is so 1990 (and that China is the new Japan), and the second is that the publisher is probably going to get a free trip to Kyoto for the book launch for this one.

Not being too familiar with this book, does anyone know what is the marketing angle behind printing a Japanese language version of this book? Does it contain an excessively large number of Japanese coins in it?

Here is the excerpt:

"We'll have updated editions in our popular Bowers Series, and, venturing abroad, a Japanese-language edition of the R.S. Yeoman / Arthur Friedberg classic, A Catalog of Modern World Coins!"

pruebas

Maybe because numismatics is a trait of an advanced civilization?

I always heard that Japanese collect world coins (gold, mostly) by Yeoman number (rather than KM number). That could be because the Yeoman book has previously been published in Japanese. I have a copy of this old book, ex-Neil Shafer, in my collection.

My understanding is that Whitman plans to give Krause some competition going forward.

pruebas

By the way, this is probably a better topic for the World Coin Forum. But it would be out of character for Longacre to be "seen" over there!

Stork

I will have to pay attention next time I find myself in a coin shop...but the times I've been (most recently last weekend in Tokyo--three shops in a 'mall', though 2 were across the way from each other and might have been the same owner...) I did see the latest versions of Krause all over the place. I just happened to notice them and really didn't look at the books behind the counter too much...just enough to think 'hmmm, Krause is everywhere'.

Cathy

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My understanding is that Whitman plans to give Krause some competition going forward. >>




I'm so unhappy with Krause and their pricing nonsense on moderns that I'd buy the Whitman version even if it were a lesser value!