Collectors' Coins: Great Britain - Softcover

Perkins, Christopher Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0948964421 ISBN 13: 9780948964428

Verlag: Rotographic Publications, 2004

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I can think of one or two hard-backed and rather pricey books on collecting modern coins that fail to provide their buyers with so much as half the useful knowledge served up in a slim A5 paper-back titled Collectors' Coins: Great Britain 2005 that has just crossed my desk. This should not surprise me, bearing in mind that the publishers, Rotographic, can trace their pedigree back to those halcyon pre-decimal days in the early 1970s when anybody with a spirit of adventure and an eye for a bargain carried a copy of the miniscule Check Your Change in his/her pocket or purse; when bank clerks suffered all-day harassment to change pound notes for two-hundred-and-forty-pennies in hope that one of them might be a scarce 1918KN or even a legendary 1933. For non-detectorists those days are gone forever; but weekend searches on any clay soil site still hold the possibility of Treasure Hunter readers finding at least Fine-grade examples of almost any coin from the past two hundred years. So if you missed the chance to buy the previous edition of this little book when I reviewed it about a year ago, here's the very latest opportunity to add a fact-packed and extremely useful publication to your reference shelves for just GBP4.95. You'll get 90-odd pages crammed margin-to-margin with information on every non-gold coin issued in Britain between 1797 and 2004. You'll also get considerably improved illustrations, and a wealth of numismatic erudition served up in bite-sized snippets that make each turn of the page a minor revelation. Better still, you'll have at your fingertips crucial price data culled by the editor and his researchers from a range of sources to ensure that prices quoted are accurate and up-to-the-minute. I'm aware that a lot of Treasure Hunter readers bought the 2004 edition, but let me offer a few reasons why it's worth investing a modest fiver (with 5p change) in this year's edition: a stronger spine and hardier cover means the new book should stand up to a lot of heavy use as you tug it from your pocket to check on that nice Vicky shilling you've just detected; the sharper, brighter clearer illustrations will provide speedy identification of your finds; the improved layout means quicker flicking to the very page where your discovery will be identified; you'll know at a glance the current value of any British coin find from 1797 right up to last year. Go ahead, invest GBP4.95 and pocket a constant reference to rarity and value in modern money. Coming soon: ancient coinage given the same treatment! Watch out for my review of Collectors' Roman Coins Part 1. Ted Fletcher (for Treasure Hunter Magazine). 20 November 2004

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This is an accurate price guide for British non-gold coins made between 1797-2004, with details of varieties, mintage numbers and lots of useful information.

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• Verlag: Rotographic Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0948964421
• ISBN 13: 9780948964428
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 92