I really like the various german thalers I have seen. I have decided that rather than try to learn about all world coins, which is impossible (nearly anyway), to focus on one denomination/country at a time. Can anyone recommend a book on these? I'd be very grateful. I'd very much like to learn, and ultimately make a nice informed purchase. :eat:
Zaneman,Krause has actually got a catalogue on German coins (which is as think as a regular Krause catalogue!),which goes right from 1601 onwards.It even includes the coins of modern Germany,but I don't know if it lists the Euro coins though.I am fairly sure that it will list most of the pre-1800 Thalers. Aidan.
Some books are better than others, but there isn't one `complete' book that i'm aware of. Probably the closest you'll get to it however is Bachtell's `World Dollars' 1477-1877. It covers all silver dollar size world coins for that period, including those of the numerous German states. It is a large volume book and usually sells exceptionally cheap on ebay and similar. There are a couple of other volumes (reprints and addenda) which are equally cheap. The three combined is probably all the reference you would ever need as a beginner / intermediate level collector on the subject. The `standard' reference books are by Davenport' (numerous volumes and generally expensive).They are well outlined, and glossy , but Bachtell actually includes coins missed by Davenport. So if I were you, i'd look out for the one I mentioned by Bachtell.
The third one actually sits date wise in the middle at 1977. Same title as the first on the spine but on the front cover it indicates `Addition 1479 -1937'. That gives you: The 1974 edition 1477 - 1877 The 1977 edition (slim volume) - `Addition' 1477-1937 The 1980 edition 1447 - 1800 The 1980 edition presumably meant to consolidate information from the previous two but actually ended up missing out more stuff than was in the original 1970 volume. However, it has stuff in it that you can't find in the 1974 or 1977 vols hence my conclusion that you really need all three vols to get the best out of Bachtell. BTW....i've just noticed for the first time that my 1977 vol. is actually a signed copy......
