DICTIONARY OF COIN NAMES (1987) numismatics coins

ISBN 0710206461

Size = 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

This new dictionary gives the origins of the names of nearly 1000 coin denominations worldwide, including both historic names, such as angel, doubloon, leopard and scotus, and current names, such as dollar, franc, rupee and yen. Many well-known nicknames of coins are also given, such as bob, crookie, laurel and tanner.

Several coin names are inter-related, such as the dollar and the thaler, the ecu and the scudo, the dinar and the denarius, and such names are fully cross-referenced in the book, enabling readers to trace the genesis of a particular name. In addition, the dictionary has two extensive appendices, in which related names are presented by category of their origin (portrait, inscription, value, colour and so on) and by their linguistic 'family', so that all the crown, dollar, cent names, etc., are grouped together.

The entries themselves are presented in areadable narrative style aimed just as much at the interested amateur as at the professional coin collector, and the book is illustrated with pictures of coins with interesting names, enabling readers to see for themselves the actual feature that produced a name.

The dictionary has an introduction explaining the importance and continuing significance of coin names the world over, and concludes with a select bibliography on the subject. A glossary of numismatic terms used in the text is also provided for the benefit of the general reader.

250 pages. Hard cover with UNCLIPPED dust jacket, showing Price £14.95 net. Ex-Library, cleaner & better than usual.

Weight = 800 g

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