DAVID SKLOW - FINE NUMISMATIC BOOKS    

 

Numismatic Literature

 

Adams, John W. United States Numismatic Literature, Vol. I, Nineteenth Century Auction Catalogues., Mission Viejo, CA. 1982.

 

Adams, John W. United States Numismatic Literature, Vol. II, Twentieth Century Auction Catalogues., Crestline, CA. 1990.

 

Attinelli, Emmanuel Joseph. A Bibliography of American Numismatic Auction Catalogs 1828-1875., Lawrence, MA. 1976 (Quarterman reprint).

 

Carlson, Carl W.A. Carlson & Hodder, Michael J. The American Numismatic Association Anthology., Wolfeboro, NH. 1991. (Very important for its article by Eric Newman on Heath Counterfeit Detectors page 241-272).  

 

Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira E. Numismatic Bibliography.

Munich; Battenberg-Verlag, 1985.

Invaluable resource for all areas of numismatics.

 

Colletti, Frank J. A Guide Book of The Official Red Book of United States Coins., Atlanta, GA. 2009.

 

Davis, Charles E. American Numismatic Literature: An Annotated Survey of Auction Sales 1980-1991., Lincoln, MA. 1992.

 

Gengerke, Martin T. American Numismatic Auctions 8^th edition., Woodside, N.Y. 1990 and now availble free on line @ www.coinbooks.org 

 

 

General References

 

Burnett, A. M., Interpreting the Past: Coins, London , 1991.

 

Carson , R.A.G.  Coins of the World,

New York ; Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.

 

Casey, J. and Reece, R., Coins and the Archaeologist, 2^nd ed.,

London , 1998.

 

Cooper, Denis R. The Art and Craft of Coinmaking, A History of Minting Technology.

London ; Spink & Son, 1988.

 

Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira E. & Vladimir. The Beauty and Lore of Coins, Currency, and Medals,

Croton-on-Hudson; 1974.

 

Cribb, J. (ed.) Money, From Cowrie Shells to Credit Cards,

London ; 1986.

 

Cribb, J. and Carradice, I., The Coin Atlas,

London , 1990.

 

Doty, R.G.  Encyclopeaedic Dictionary of Numismatics,

London ; 1982.

 

Grierson, Philip. Numismatics.

Oxford University Press, 1975.

 

Eagleton, Catherine and Williams, Jonathan. Money: A History,

London ; The British Museum Press, 2007.

Excellent overview of the numismatic history of the world based on the excellent exhibit at the

British Museum

 

Porteous, John, Coins in History,

London ; 1968.

 

 

Ancient coins – Greek, Roman, and other European, Middle Eastern, and Indian coins.

 

Allen, D.F. The Coins of the Ancient Celts,

Edinburgh ; 1979.

 

Burnett, Andrew, Coinage in the Roman World,

London ; 1987.

 

Butcher, Kevin, Roman Provincial Coinage:  An Introduction to Greek Provincials,

London ; 1988.

 

 

Carson , R.A.G., Coins of the Roman Empire,

London ; 1990.

 

Crawford, M.H., Coinage and Money under the Roman Republic, Italy and the Mediterranean Economy,

Cambridge ; 1985.

 

Jenkins, G.K., Ancient Greek Coins, 2^nd ed.,

London ; 1990.

 

Kraay, Colin M., Archaic and Classical Greek Coins,

London ; 1976.

 

Mitchiner, Michael.  Oriental Coins and Their Values. Vol. I. The Ancient and Classical World 600 B.C. - A.D. 600.  

London ; 1978.

An excellent reference for the coins of India , Bactria (Afghanistan and central asia), and the various empires and nomadic tribes that occupied these areas over the time period covered.

 

Sayles, Wayne. Ancient Coin Collecting, vols. I – VI. 

Iola, Wisconsin ; Krause Publications, 1996 – 2001.

An excellent general introduction to the entire field of Ancient coins.  Volume I is particularly useful for its guides to the web and bibliography.

 

Sear, David R.  Greek Coins and Their Values.  Vol. I and II.  

London ; 1998.

First place to start for identifying Greek coins from the beginnings in the seventh century B.C. to the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus.

 

Sear, David R.  Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values.  

London ; 1982.

Excellent reference for the autonomous coins struck by Greek cities under the Roman Empire

and for contemporary Greek-influenced coinages outside of the empire.  Covers the period from 31 B.C. to the end of the Roman Empire

.

 

Sear, David R.  Roman Coins and Their Values.  Vol. I and II. 

London ; 2000 and 2002.

A good handbook to start with in learning more about the 500-year history of Roman Imperial coinage.

 

Sydenham, E.A. The Roman Republican Coinage,

London ; Spink & Sons, Ltd, 1952.

 

Vagi, David.  Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, 2 vols.,

Sydney, OH ; Amos Press, Inc., 1999.

 

 

Medieval Coins – Non-Chinese coinage from roughly 500 AD to 1500 AD:

 

Album, Stephen. A Checklist of Popular Islamic Coins, 2^nd ed.,

Santa Rosa ; 2000.

 

Broome, Michael. A Handbook of Islamic Coins,

London ; 1985.

 

Erslev, Kristian. Medieval Coins in the Christian Thomsen Collection.

Attic Books, 1992.

 

Grierson, Philip.  Byzantine Coins,

Berkely; 1982.

 

Grierson, Philip.  Coins of Medieval

Europe .  London ; 1991.

An excellent survey and introduction to medieval European coins from the fall of the

Roman Empire to the start of the 16th century.

 

Lowick, N.L. Coinage and History of the Islamic World,

Aldershot , 1990.

 

Mayhew, Nicholas. Coinage in France from the Dark Ages to Napoleon.

Seaby, 1988.

 

Mitchiner, Michael.  Oriental Coins and Their Values. Vol. II. The World of Islam.

London ; 1977.

Monumental work covering all of the coinages of Islamic countries and empires up to the 20th century.

 

Mitchiner, Michael.  Oriental Coins and Their Values. Vol. III. Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies.  

London ; 1979.

Essentially covers South Asia from Afghanistan through India to Nepal

.

 

Plant, Robert. Arabic Coins and How to Read Them,

London ; 1973.

 

Sear, David R.  Byzantine Coins and Their Values. 

London ; 1987.

 

Spufford, P. Money and its Uses in Medieval Europe,

Cambridge ; 1988.

 

 

Walker , Ralph S. Reading Medieval European Coins.

Attic Books, 1979.

 

 

Oriental Coins – Coins of the Far East including China, Korea, Japan, South East Asia

 

Bruce, Colin, Standard Guide to South Asian Coins and Paper Money since 1556 AD,

Iola, WI; Krause Publications, 1981.

 

Coole, A. R., An Encyclopedia of Chinese Coins,

Kansas ; 1967.

 

Schjoth, Fredrik.  Chinese Currency.  2nd Edition.

Iola, Wisconsin ;  Krause Publications, Inc., 1965.

Easiest to use and most accessible of the English sources for Chinese coinage.  Covers China from the beginnings of coinage to the end of the empire.

 

Yang Lien-Sheng, Money and Credit in China , a Short History,

Cambridge, MA ; 1952.

 

 

Modern Coins – World coinage from 1500 on.

 

Davenport ,John S. and Sondergaard, Tyge.  Large Size Silver Coins of the World, With Evaluations,

Galesburg, Ill. ; 1972.

 

Friedberg, Robert. Gold Coins of the World Complete From A.D. to 1958:  An Illustrated Standard Catalogue With Valuations,

New York ; 5^th rev. ed., 1980.

 

Krause, Chester L. and Mishler, Clifford.  Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700.

Iola, WI ; 1999.

 

Krause, Chester L.  Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800.

Iola, WI ; 1997.

 

Krause, Chester L.  Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900.

Iola, WI ; 2001.

 

Krause, Chester L.  Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-Present.

Iola, WI ; 2004.

 

 

Tokens

 

Rulau, Russell. Standard Catalog of United States Tokens, 1700-1900. 

Iola, WI ; 1999.

 

Cunningham, Paul A. Military Tokens of the United States.

Michigan Exonumia Publishers, 1998.

 

Cross, W.K. Canadian Colonial Tokens, 7^th Edition.

Toronto ; Charlton Press, 2003.

 

 

Dalton , R. & Hamer, S.H.The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18^th Century.

Cold Spring, MN ; Davisson’s LTD, 1990.

 

Mitchener, Michael. Jetons, Medalets and Tokens.

London ; Seaby, 1988-1991.

 

 

Paper Money

 

Hessler, Gene.  Comprehensive Catalog of U.S. Paper Money, All United States Federal Currency Since 1812.

Port Clinton ; 1997.

 

Hessler, Gene.  The International Engraver’s Line, Paper Money and Postage Stamp Engravers and Their Work From the 1700s to the Euro,

Cincinnati, OH; 2005.

 

 

Hewitt , Virginia , ed., The Banker’s Art:  Studies in Paper Money,

London ; 1995.

 

Newman, Eric P., The Early Paper Money of America , 4^th ed.,

Iola, WI ; 1998.

 

Pick, Albert. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Vol. 1: Specialized Issues.

Iola, WI ; 1998.

 

Pick, Albert. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Vol. 2: General Issues, 1368-1960.

Iola, WI ; 2000.

 

Schafer, Neil. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Vol. 3: General Issues, 1961-Present.

Iola, WI ; 2002.

 

U.S. Coins

 

Breen, Walter. Complete Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Coins,

New York ; 1988.

 

Crosby, Sylvester.  Early Coins of America ,

New York ; Burt Franklin, 1970.

 

Newman, E. P. & Doty, R. D. eds.  Studies on Money In Early America ,

New York ; American Numismatic Society, 1976.

 

Yeoman, R. S., Bresset, Kenneth, ed.  Guide Book of United States Coins,

New York; 2010.

 

 

 

U.S. Medals

 

Betts, C. Wyllys. American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals.

New York ; Scott Stamp and Co., 1972.

 

Rulau, Russell and Fuld, George. Medallic Portraits of Washington , 2^nd Edition,

Iola, Wisconsin ; Krause Publications, Inc., 1999.

 

Julian, Robert. Medals of the United States Mint.

El Cajon ; Token & Medals Society, 1977.

 

Medals of the United States Mint,

Washington, D.C. ; Department of the Treasury, 1972.

 

1986 Price Guide for Medals of the U.S. Mint

 

Sullivan, George. American Political Badges,  (see also Collecting Political America  by the same author).

 

Luftschein, Susan. One Hundred Years of American Medallic Art, the John E. Marqusee Collection. 1995. Collection at Cornell University

 

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

 

Baxter, Barbara A. The Beaux-Arts Medal in America .

New York ; American Numismatic Society, 1987.

 

 

World Medals

 

Eimer,Christopher. British Commemorative Medals and Their Values.

London ; Seaby, 1987.

 

Brown, Laurence. British Historical Medals.  Vols. 1-3.

London ; Spink & Son, 1980 – 1995.

 

Decorations

 

Wehrlich, Richard. Orders and Decorations of All Nations; Ancient and Modern, Civil and Military.

Washington, D.C. ; Quaker Press, 1974.

 

 

Traditional Money

 

 

Dalton , G.  Tribal and Peasant Economies, Readings in Economic Anthropology,

Austin, TX; 1967.

 

Einzig, P.  Primitive Money,

London ; 1948.

 

Quiggin, A.H.  A Survey of Primitive Money,

London ; 1949.