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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4196001, member: 19463&quot;]In my earlier days in the hobby, I got a lot of enjoyment out of <b>Historia Numorum. </b> I even bought the slender separate &#039;Illustrations&#039; volume of plates showing plaster casts of a few coins which you have, too.&nbsp; The book has been out of copyright for years and is available online.</p><p><a href="http://snible.org/coins/hn/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://snible.org/coins/hn/" rel="nofollow">http://snible.org/coins/hn/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>While some information is dated, there is a lot of good left in the old pages.&nbsp; It is not just a catalog as most newer books tend to be but has information that help us understand the subject.&nbsp; I believe yours is the 1963 reprint of the 1910 revised edition.&nbsp; (Check me on this.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Weights in HN are given in grains rather than grams as we see today.&nbsp; You may find this handy:</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=grains+gram&amp;rlz=1C1CHNQ_en___US808&amp;oq=grains+gram&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64j35i39j0l3.3878j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=grains+gram&amp;rlz=1C1CHNQ_en___US808&amp;oq=grains+gram&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64j35i39j0l3.3878j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=grains+gram&amp;rlz=1C1CHNQ_en___US808&amp;oq=grains+gram&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64j35i39j0l3.3878j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>for an approximate result, divide the mass value by 15.432[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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