Unusual World Coins: Companion Volume to Standard Catalog of World Coins

by Colin R. Bruce II

Book Overview

Up-to-date and unique - No other guide covers this uncommon area of coin collecting Get all your unusual world coin information from one source, instead of sorting through multiple sources for details... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896895769
• ISBN13: 9780896895768
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Krause Publications
• Length: 586 Pages
• Weight: 3.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Coin Collectors' Fun Book

This is a coin catalogue worth buying even if you don't have a single coin it lists. The Unusual coins are really unusual in the way they depict human vain hopes, unattainable dreams, and impossible ambitions. You can see here coins from imaginary or lost empires (Russian monarchists struck their coins in 1990), states that have not been recognized by a single sovereign nation (Hutt River Province) or worlds which existed only in the imagination of writers (the Middle Earth) or private mints (Russian euro coins...). All this is a great tribute to human imagination and entepreneurial spirit, neatly presented in the form of a handy volume. Naturally, you may actually collect these coins. In this case you will find the typical Krause quality - lots of pictures are missing, some coins are not listed completely but as it is in the case of all Krause catalogues: you just won't find anything better!

Excellent Referance Book, Pleased with quality

Excellent Reference Book, Pleased with quality. Rather complete. Glad I purchased it. Found the coins I had that were not in other catalogs.

A Marked improvement over the Third Edition

Positives include the addition of many new images and coin listings. Negatives include the use of many of the same old and tired images from Edition Three. Value estimates for the private issue patterns I am interested in are drastically below current market values. All in all though, an acceptable reference book and the only game in town with regard to the world coins presented.