A Catalog of Modern World Coins [antikvár]

INTRODUCTIONCollecting coins of the world has more and more popular in recent years. This low-priced volume has served as a convenient reference book through several editions, each of which had included new issues, revisions, corrections and revaluations. The thickness of the book is, we believe, at a maximum. If pages were to be added, the book would become unwieldbecome y and higher priced. A íew years ago it was decided to close the book to new type coins issued after approximately 1950 and confine changes in this and suc-ceeding editions to valuations, corrections and refinements.Another catalog, CURRENT COINS OF THE WORLD, now serves as a reference for coins presently in circulation, to which new issues and new countries are added as they are introduced. Our starting point for this com-panion catalog is approximately 1950. Existing catalog numbers assigned to coins in this, the originál Catalog of Modern World Coins, are duplicated for the overlapping period in the newer catalog. Thus the continuity has been preserved and the books become useful references separately or together.Although this book has been designed with the American collector in mind, it is hoped that it will prove a world coin book in readership as well as content.Just a word to the beginner. Perhaps you are consulting this book upon the suggestion of a friend. You may recently have happened upon a small hoard of foreign coins in an attic hideaway. Someone in your family may have returned from overseas service in World War I or II or from a peacetime tour in foreign lands with a pocketful of strange coins. Confronted with this assortment of unfamiliar coins you naturally wonder about the country of their origin and their worth. If there are no gold pieces included, it is doubtful if the coins so discovered are worth enough prémium to repay you for the time and effort to sell them. Coin values are generally determined by the condition of the coins, and rarity. With this realization, why not "look them up" else-where in this book. Look upon this fact as a sort of challenge, or opportunity to learn about the countries of their origin, the denominations, relative mone-tary values and other facts of history, government, rulers and geography which they represent. The chances are that you will consider the possibility of starting your own personal coin collection. If you do, you can be assured of a rewarding experience, which may last your lifetime.Perhaps you are a collector who may have reached a point of waning interest in your present specialty, such as somé United States coin series. Bring out those miscellaneous foreign pieces you have put aside from time to time and start a new collection consisting of one or more foreign countries. There are literally thousands of coins of other nations obtainable at little cost and the whole wide world to choose from.Possibly one or more of the following series will be of interest to the reader of this book:Gold coins of the world.Crowns (dollár size) coins of the world.Type coins of the world.Commemorative coins of the world.One coin of each country of the world.Ali types of coins of one country (or of several countries). Other series may be devised by the collector to suit his own desire.In any event we hope this volume will make your coin collecting experience more enjoyable.R. S. Yeoman