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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4574886, member: 96898&quot;]Probably the most approachable more or less recent book on this topic I read is Bernd Kluge: Deutsche Münzgeschichte von der späten Karolingerzeit bis zum Ende der Salier, Sigmaringen 1991. Kluge gives a concise and extremely knowledgeable account of coinage in the medieval German-speaking regions from its beginnings around 900 up to c. 1125. As the title suggests, the book is in German.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, a similarly useful book on German coins from the later 12th century up to c. 1500 is still missing, largely due to the extreme complexity of this field and the huge number of mints and issueing authorities. The plethora of highly specialized relevant books and catalogues thus can be rather confusing.</p><p><br /></p><p>For eastern Central Europe, the situation is a little better. There are, for example, the great Corpus Nummorum Austriacorum (CNA), vol. 1 for Austria; Huszar: Münzkatalog Ungarn (1979) for Hungary; Gumowski: Handbuch der polnischen Numismatik (1960) for Poland; Neumann: Die Münzen des Deutschen Ordens... (extended ed., 2003) for the Teutonic Order and the Baltic Countries; and Haljak: Livonian Coins (2 vol., 2010/2011) for Livonia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, the situation is far from ideal, and to navigate this field of literature, it is necessary to have good library access and to read at least English and German. I guess we are all hoping for the upcoming MEC volumes... (Germany will be vol. 2–4; Hungary and the Balkans vol. 11, Central and Eastern Europe vol. 15.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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