- Paperback: 2335 pages
- Publisher: KP Books; 33rd Revised edition edition (24 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0873499875
- ISBN-13: 978-0873499873
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.2 x 8.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,425,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This 33rd edition of this incomparable reference is the only single volume available offering complete coverage from 1901 to the present. More than one million prices are provided (listings price coins in up to five grades of condition) along with nearly 50,000 obverse and reverse illustrations to make coin identification fast and easy. All prices have been thoroughly researched, reviewed and updated to reflect current market values. Hundreds of new coin listings have been added, along with hundreds of new and improved illustrations, including many 2004-2005 issues. Also, descriptions have been revised and expanded to include more detail.
About the Author
Employed at KP Books since 1975, Colin R Bruce II oversees production of all numismatic catalogue titles that relate to foreign coins and paper money. He has earned 16 numismatic awards for his work.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Old Krause,
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This review is from: Standard Catalog Of World Coins 1901-2000 (Paperback)
This is a book a coin collector simply cannot live without. Over 2000 pages packed with information on coins. Obviously, there are better catalogues for specific periods or territories but none so comprehensive. At some point your collection will reach the level when other catalogues are necessary but when you decide to go beyond your local coinage there is no better start. If you really concentrate on some period or country, you will soon outgrow it. If you begin to broaden your numismatic horizons, this is your guide and you may need no other. And yet it seems that with every year the editorial board is less and less in control over that magnificent undertaking.The editors removed all "medallic issues" while they kept "patterns and trial strikes" even though, at least from my point of view, medallic issues such as the lovely Monaco 10 francs from 1966 with the late princess Grace and prince Rainier III can be sought after collectables while vast majority of trial pieces is interesting only to top specialists if only because of mintages of a few copies. Usually there are no pictures of patterns which makes these parts of the catalogue completely useless to 95% of its readers. Some information provided is unnecessary (Does anyone need the information on ruler added to the description of every coin - e.g. the name of John Paul II repeated 210 times?) some is plain wrong. Tamara was the Queen not the King of Georgia and she ruled from 1184 to 1213 not 1136 to 1224. At least according to my Britannica. In short there is some mistake every few pages. Hundrends in the impressive volume. And yet it is good old Krause. A book like an old friend. You know his shortcomings, you know he is not really up-to-date (whatever he may claim), you know that he gets more and more forgetful every year, you know he can be terribly obstinate and stick to his mistakes for years. But you reach for him in need because, well, you haven't got a better friend.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Reference suitable for serious collectors only,
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This review is from: Standard Catalog Of World Coins 1901-2000 (Paperback)
The `Standard Catalog...' series of books are comprehensive in their listing and presentation of world coins/paper money; I can see how these volumes are invaluable to collectors. I am not a collector however and purchased the volumes on paper money simply to admire the artistry put into their creation. I was greatly disappointed (given my purpose) as the paper is of telephone book quality and all coin/note images inside are small, black & white and grany (the only colour printing is on the cover). Even as a reference for collectors, the presentation quality could be much better. For a beautifully illustrated guide to world coinage, I would instead recommend `The World Encyclopedia of Coins and Coin Collecting' by James Mackay.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I use KM numbers to help organize the collection,
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This review is from: "Standard Catalog of" World Coins, 1901-present 2006 (Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901-2000) (Paperback)
I need a guide so I just do not blindly pay big bucks for cute pictures. There are a lot of good guides and some more specific on particular eras and locations such as Westphalia. But as you do a coin search you are bound to run across something you are not familiar with and need a guide. This guide is a great place to start; it is easy to navigate and gives cursory information on particular locations and times surrounding the coin’s production.Keeping in mind that this is just a guide, there are holes and the coins are not displayed in color. On the other hand the coins shown are in actual size; size is hard to translate form internet pictures. With all the electronic references today it is nice to have something tactile, static and transportable. This book meet al those needs.
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