$60.00 SOLD Described by the author as a "field guide" to the series, it makes identifying coins easy by arranging them into "sensible groups" of related types, rather than chronologically or geographically. These groups are based on relationships between designs, not simple arbitrary groupings. Crossing the boundaries of royal and feudal, this book relates imitative local coinages to their prototypes, including related coinages beyond the borders of France in Flanders, Luxembourg, Alsace-Loraine and Savoy. A series included in this work, not always covered by others is the Merovingian coinage of the 5th to 8th centuries. $**** - SOLD The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500, Robert A. Levinson presents for the first time, a comprehensive listing in chronological order, by region, state, and mint, of all the known types of gold, silver and copper dated coins struck in medieval Europe bearing an Anno Domini date of 1500 or earlier. These early dated coins, form one of the first links between medieval and modern coinage. Anno Domini dating of coins using Latin script did not begin until the mid-13th century, and did not become prevalent in Europe until three centuries later. The book focuses on the eight distinct regions in which coins were issued: Germany, Southern Netherlands, Northern Netherlands, Hapsburg lands, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Italy, and France and organizes the known pre-1501 Anno Domini dated coins chronologically within each region. $**** - SOLD The greatest general title for all but the most specialized and advanced collectors of medieval coinage, Coins of Medieval Europe is chock-full of information about the history and development of coinage from the 5th through 15th centuries broken into one chapter for each. $20.00 Money of the World: Coins That Made History illustrates how many coins were shaped by the development of Western Civilization-and how they sometimes helped shape it in turn. The Millennia Collection, illustrated throughout the book, tells the history of Western Civilization through significant coins of the realm. Each coin had to meet certain criteria before it could be added to the collection. $275.00 The Milled Columnarios of Central and South America is Frank Gilboy's masterpiece reference work on Spanish American Pillar Coinage of 1732 to 1772. He explores the history and origins of the famous pillars and waves design and its implementation on 8 reales and the other denominations. There is detailed discussion of differences in design among the various mints including the style of numbers in the date, crowns on the pillars, florets, rosettes, variations in edge designs, and more. $40.00 Within a few months of assuming the position of curator of medieval coins at the American Numismatic Society in 1980, Alan M. Stahl was presented with a plastic bag containing a hoard of 5,000 recently discovered coins, most of which turned out to be from medieval Venice. The course of study of that hoard (and a later one containing more than 14,000 coins) led him to the Venetian archives, where he examined thousands of unpublished manuscripts. To provide an even more accurate account of how the Zecca mint operated in Venice in the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries, Stahl commissioned scientific analyses of the coins using a variety of modern techniques, uncovering information about their content and how they had been manufactured. The resulting book, Zecca: The Mint of Venice in the Middle Ages, is the first to examine the workings of a premodern mint using extensive research in original documents as well as detailed study of the coins themselves. $45.00 This book provides a narrative history of coinage in France from the disintegration of the Roman Empire in Gaul to the rise of Napoleon. The coinage is set firmly in its historical, social and economic context throughout, in a chronological survey which takes full account of geographical and regional diversity. Beginning with the Merovingians and Carolingians, Nicholas Mayhew goes on to explore the intricacies of the feudal coinage in a detailed survey of regional issues. Further chapters cover the Capetians, the Hundred Years' War, the end of the Middle Ages, Francis I to Charles X, the late Valois and the early Bourbon kings, Louis XIV and the eve of revolution. The coinage of each monarch is linked to the contemporary political and economic situation, thus providing a concise review of the key events of French history. The three hundred coin illustrations and references to the leading French catalogues of coins and hoards will aid the identification of many coins of the period. This handbook will be especially valuable as a summary of the most recent developments in French numismatics and the first English introduction to this fascinating series. Includes 295 photographs and 3 maps. $35.00 Long considered the bible by collectors of French Royal coinage, Ciani is a must have book. Originally published in 1926, this the 1969 reprint published in Barcelona. Written in French, 502 pages with line drawings for each coin. With written descriptions of full legends and the design, weights, etc. Le Benelux D'or by A. Delmonte is a must have book for collectors of Netherlands gold coinage. Published by Jacques Schulman in 1964, written in Dutch and French, 207 pages with an additional 33 pages of plates with actual photographs of the coins. It covers the Gallic period, the Merovingian, and the Carolingian periods as well as up to the mid 20th century. Delmonte was and still is considered by most as the definitive work for Netherlands gold coinage. It provides full legends and written descriptions of the designs, as well as rarity ratings and usually dates of mintage, even for undated coins. This is usually a rather expensive book sometimes costing up to $400. But because the spine on this copy was damaged due to frequent and long usage (and has been taped) the asking price is only 10% of that. All pages are complete and undamaged in any way. Le Benelux D' Argent - The Silver Benelux is Delmonte's companion work covering the silver coinage of the Netherlands from the period of Charles V 1506-1555 up to 1800. Also published by Schulman, in 1967, the advantage of this book is that it is written in 3 languages, French, Dutch, and English. 320 pages, with an additional 52 pages of plates, it provides full legends and written descriptions of the designs, as well as rarity ratings and usually dates of mintage, even for undated coins. These two books, when owned in tandem, provide the owner with the ability to translate The Gold Benelux, even when you can't speak/read French or Dutch. The condition of this copy is very good, almost like new. cost for the 2 books combined - $160.00 .................................................................... Shipping will be actual cost for USPS flat rate boxes for the smallest box the book or books will fit in. Payment for any and all must be made with a US Postal Money Order. Contact me by private message if interested.
