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jessecarlkjessecarlk Posts: 646
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are there any books like Krause that list all coins, by nation, pre-1600? not just middle east, or roman, or greek, but ALL coins.
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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    Not that I'm aware of, it would be a very big book though.
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  • jessecarlkjessecarlk Posts: 646


    << <i>Not that I'm aware of, it would be a very big book though. >>



    well, it could be broken up by century like Krause...
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  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    The whole "broken up by nation" concept gets a bit fuzzy beyond that point. Heck, for places like Germany it's cumbersome even in Krause. But the thing is, while there are certainly specialty books out there covering the pre-Krause time, I doubt there ever will be a Krause-like reference for it. There just isn't enough volume as far as trades go for most types to make the valuations realistic beyond the date the info is collected. Like we always say, Krause is just a guide - but a medieval Krause would be little better than a ouija board IMO.

    I think the realm for a comprehensive reference of that type would be an online one that collects and processes data real-time. Some day I'll get my act together and make a try at that. I've been plotting and scheming with my Numispedia domain for, what, 5-6 years now?! image

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  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As others have said, the short answer to your question is "no".

    The "Medieval European Coinage" series is the closest you'll get to a "pre-Krause Krause-style" listing of medieval coins; there's some 14 volumes, split by both geographic region and time period. You can see some sections of some of the books (volumes 1 and 14) on Google Books, but the real things typically cost hundreds of dollars each. They date from the mid 1980's to the late 1990's. And, as you can tell from the title, it only covers Europe - no Middle Eastern, Indian or East Asian - and only Mediaeval - no ancient Roman, Greek, Celtic, Persian, Chinese or Axumite. If you want catalogues for those series, you'll have to buy the specialist volumes for those series.

    MEC is largely based on the Fitzwilliam Museum collection. From what I can tell, it's part coin catalogue, part historical treatise. There aren't any prices listed; it's just a reference work telling you what coins were issued in which places over which time periods.
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