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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 24232, member: 283&quot;]Krause is as good a starting placeas any for the general subject of `world coins&#039;. Just don&#039;t take their pricing to be gospel ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bear in mind that `home markets&#039; are always the most bhoyant. That is the most expensive place to buy UK coins is (usually) the UK, the most expensive place to by US coins is the US etc etc etc. Sure you might find one or two exceptions but that is a pretty sound rule of thumb. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you start getting an interest in a particular country, then you are always best advised to obtain books specific to that country (Coincraft for the UK for example as Sylvester has already said). I can&#039;t immediately think of anything finer as an introduction (that is up to date that is) than Krause.</p><p><br /></p><p>If on the other hand you wanted to gain some insight as to what was there before Krause then you might want to consider books like `Coins -Ancient Mediaeval and Modern&#039; by R.A.G. Carson (first published in 1962) I can&#039;t think of a better book for giving an across the board picture (historically and geographically speaking) of the scope of `world coins&#039; than that book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another of my favourites is`Coins of the World / 1750 -1850&#039; by Wm D Craig. It&#039;s layout is more `Krause like&#039; , certainly isn&#039;t all that `all encompassing&#039; and to be honest you can get a copy of Krause that is just a couple of year old for probably less than a second hand copy of `Craig&#039;. I still like it though basically because it has a couple of pages on counterstamps i&#039;ve always found useful.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also recommend WC Hazlitt&#039;s `The Coinage of The European Continent&#039; (printed in 1893). There is data in that book that you just won&#039;t find elsewhere. It&#039;s pretty hard to come across these days though at an affordable price, but then again all good books usually are (unfortunately).</p><p><br /></p><p>Advice? Start with Krause and work outward from there once you know what areas you are most attracted to.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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