the book, 'Encyclopedia & Catalog of Egyptian Money, The Egyptian Banknote' was a book i really wanted to get since i first stumbled upon it on the IBNS website when it won book of the year in 2005. There have been a lot of super cool books that have won the award for best of the year by the INBS. To see other winning entries, just click here . Once on the main page, on the menu to the left, about 6 links from the top, click 'IBNS Book of the Year'. Ever since coming across that list, i have been trying to track down a copy of the book to buy. It has not been an easy search! The 2 authors of the book are INBS members, so I got the bright idea yesterday to try and use the IBNS member directory to try to email them about obtaining a copy of the book. Last night i got an email back from one of the authors about the book. He did have copies avalable, and after promt payment, i should recive the book in a couple weeks The 2 books will become very cool additions to my growing refferance library. Another book i would really love to find, as it ismore art then book... is a book titled 'Al-Bank, Al-Ahli, Al-Misri 1898-1998 (National Bank of Egypt)'. I have seen websites that have talked about the book and describe it, but i cannot find a single place that sells it. It possible the sites thatsell it are not in english too. I will continued to look - someday i might get lucky One of the main reasons for this post, aside from bragging about my new book, is to point out the other books on the IBNS list. Aside fromeach book being exceptional in its own way, if you look down the list at all the winning entries, you will possibly see what i saw - that alot of the book are books that are specific to a particular country. Syria, Taiwan, Greece, South Africa, and even the isle of Man to name a few. If you are a world banknote collector, and have found that the Krause publications do not always have enough information ... take a quick look at the INBS website ... we all know there are books out there that go into greater detail about a particular country, but we might not know what the book is or where to buy it .... the one you are looking for might be listed at IBNS once you have the name of the book... all you have to do is find a place to buy it
Thats great! W to track em down Daggarjon. You should ask him to personalize it for you! :thumb: :smile SGR
lol, thats true... maybe i should cant hurt to ask right. worst he can do is tell me NO im excited to get the books. they cover pretty much all of egypts currency issues.
I recieved my books the other day. and i gotta say WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!!! most images are near full page width in size, the information is near complete - what are the design elements, the signers, the print runs, and blocks printed, when change over pairs are created ... full charts on crossovers, updates and tips on finding printing errors. lots of examples of errors and fancy serials like radars ect. oh, and the author DID sign both books how cool is that lol Basically if you have the friedberg book for US currency, this book does to the egyptian currency as the friedberg book did to US currency . only this books goes many steps further with ALL color images and much much more info about the notes. If you are a world note collector with an interest in Egyptian Currency ... i highly recommend the book!!! Heck .. i recommend it even if you just like books lol The book was original written in Arabic, and trasnlated to English. Alot of Arabic does not translate directly into English, so some parts of the text leaves me scratching my head lol but the book is certainly well worth having!!!! If interested in purchasing the book ... PM me and i will give you the contact info if you are an IBNS member, the authors contact info is in the member directory
Just found this board, this is my first post! It's exciting, Daggarjon, that you found Hanafy's book on Egyptian banknotes. For those who collect these notes (myself included), it's basically the Bible. I compiled my own data for many years, but Hanafy's work really has everything. There are, though, a couple of errors and omissions in it, some of which are quite interesting... You ask about 'Al-Bank, Al-Ahli, Al-Misri 1898-1998. I have seen this book, and I can tell you it is quite amazing, though, frankly, it doesn't have the kind of information that Hanafy's book has. It's more of a coffee-table book than a reference guide. That said, it's a true work of art. Two little problems. First, the book was made in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Most of these, I understand, were given away to NBE (National Bank of Egypt) execs and other Egyptian VIPs. It was never meant to be available for purchase just anywhere. I was able to learn that the base price of the book, if you could find one, would be $400, and likely more at this point. I spent months trying to track down a copy through the publisher (Max Group), but after many phone calls and emails, nothing ever came of it. The one place where I know you can see a copy is at Columbia University. They have a non-circulating copy, if you can get into the library in the first place. Good luck collecting!
Wow, what an impressive debut on this forum. Welcome aboard! Glad to hear some new literate folks out there.
An update An Update: After more than 15 years of hunting for this book...I finally located and purchased a copy of 'Al-Bank, Al-Ahli, Al-Misri 1898-1998. This has to rank as one of my greatest banknote finds. Some library in the north of England sold it off to a reseller, who listed it on a site where I had an alert set up. After several weeks of nervous waiting as it crossed the Atlantic, thinking it might have been safer if I had flown over there to pick it up in person...Boom! It's in my possession!! The cover is a little beaten, and some of the pages are a little wavy...but under the circumstances, it's perfect, just perfect. It's hand-signed by the author and hand-numbered as copy 985 of 999, and quite obviously a labor of love by the author. It's hand-bound and most likely the dozens of photographic reproductions were hand-mounted. Obviously it's one of a very few copies that went to libraries as opposed to VIPs. Why any library would have let this go is a mystery to me. All of the other copies I've been able to locate are all in rare book depositories of Ivy League schools or in Egyptian libraries, and I can't imagine any of them would sell their copies for pennies. It is surely the definitive work on the history of the National Bank of Egypt and of paper money in Egypt. If anyone is interested, and I can figure out how to do it, I'll post some photos. I have bagged the Great White Whale of books on Egyptian paper money!
