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Unusual World Coins: Companion Volume to Standard Catalog of World Coins (Unusual World Coins: Companion Volume to Standard Catalog of World)
by: Colin R. Bruce Ii

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 737.40216
EAN: 9780873497930
ISBN: 0873497937
Label: Krause Publications
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 552
Publication Date: July 01, 2005
Publisher: Krause Publications
Sales Rank: 366347
Studio: Krause Publications

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Coin collectors who just can't locate listings for those odd or novelty coins in their collections will find them in this long-awaited fourth edition of Unusual World Coins. This book has coverage of over 400 years of micro-nation coinage, fantasy issues (such as Middle Earth - Lord of the Rings), medieval fair coinage, historical fantasy and pretender issues. There are also new listings for experimental Euro coins tested prior to conversion and medallic Euro coins from non-Euro countries.

Listings contain up-to-date pricing in up to five grades of condition, as well as detailed identification information and hundreds of illustrations, making identification fast and easy. Inside, collectors will find everything from old fantasy favorites like Sealand and Atlantis to new medallic issues from globally recognized land-based countries.

-Listings contain up-to-date pricing and identification data for micro-nation coinage, fantasy issues, medieval fair coinage, experimental Euros and more -Heavily illustrated with detailed descriptions for easy identification -Thousands of coins that appear in no other reference

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- 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!

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- 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.

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- wild, wooly, wacky and way too much fun!
This book, published as an accompaniment to the big daddy compendium titled 'Standard Catalog of World Coins' is given over to a slew of issues of "novel non-circulating coins, including fantasy issues, micro-nation coinage, medallic types and coins of pseudo-etats." As such, one will find issues from places as varied as 'Atlantis,' the Republic of China, Great Britain, 'Sealand' and Gardiner's Island. Some of the coins listed will have been issued, as in the Republic of China pieces during tumultuous, or perhaps I should say interesting times as a nascent although ultimately unsuccessful state struggled for legitimacy; others were officially issued by recognized and sovriegn nations but not for circulation; some were produced by entities claiming sovriegn status on somewhat shaky legal gounds, such as the above-mentioned Sealand which occupies a World War II anti-aircraft platform in the North Sea; and finally ... Read More

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- A first approach for ECU listings
The book has many pictures and the coin price evaluations seem to be up-to-date. I bought this book because of its ECU coin listings.
Some countries are well covered like the Netherlands and Spain but on other countries most Ecu coins are missing.
What is really bad is that there are no Pre-Euro coins in this book. Therefore i give only 3 stars.

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