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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 24262, member: 57463"]The dealer you want to know first is Allen G. Berman. He has written or edited several books. He is a recognized expert on Papal coinage. He also advertises in <i>The Celator</i> that he will sell you common (but nice) medieval silver coins for $8 each -- when you buy a dozen he throws in a copy of Walker's book.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first book you want is <i>Reading Medieval European Coins</i> by Ralph S. Walker and not surprisingly, Allen Berman is the publisher. The book lists new for under $10, usually only $6 or so. It is really a paperback booklet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you get serious, you will want <i>Price Guide to Medieval Coins in the Christian J. Thomsen Collection</i> by Alex G. Malloy (again published by Allen G. Berman. Berman was one of several contributors as well.) To make use of the price guide, you need the catalog. Kristian Eerslev's <i>Medieval Coins in the Christian J. Thomsen Collection</i>, Attic Books, Ltd., South Salem, New York, 1992. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Thomsen Collection was as close to "definitive" as it gets.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an new interest in the coins of the medieval fairs. I am now looking for several books, one, a set of three by Poey d'Avant, on Feudal French Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The medieval period is long (800 AD to 1450 AD) and complicated. There were hundreds of independent states and coinage often was produced under contact. To deal with this, the bankers of Florence invented the "Pounds Shilling Pence" system which had not much to do with coins per se but was a way to aggregate them by weight regardless of where they came from. So, this to say, that if it was a welter of confusion for them in their own time, we have more problems getting a handle on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>My suggestion is to pick a very specific time and place. Realize that "everyone" wants a silver penny from Richard the Lionhearted. So, you have to resign yourself to that. And, oh, yes, lest I forget:</p><p>"Æthelred was a mediæval king far from the Ægean Sea, or so the archæologists tell us."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 24262, member: 57463"]The dealer you want to know first is Allen G. Berman. He has written or edited several books. He is a recognized expert on Papal coinage. He also advertises in [I]The Celator[/I] that he will sell you common (but nice) medieval silver coins for $8 each -- when you buy a dozen he throws in a copy of Walker's book. The first book you want is [I]Reading Medieval European Coins[/I] by Ralph S. Walker and not surprisingly, Allen Berman is the publisher. The book lists new for under $10, usually only $6 or so. It is really a paperback booklet. Once you get serious, you will want [I]Price Guide to Medieval Coins in the Christian J. Thomsen Collection[/I] by Alex G. Malloy (again published by Allen G. Berman. Berman was one of several contributors as well.) To make use of the price guide, you need the catalog. Kristian Eerslev's [I]Medieval Coins in the Christian J. Thomsen Collection[/I], Attic Books, Ltd., South Salem, New York, 1992. The Thomsen Collection was as close to "definitive" as it gets. I have an new interest in the coins of the medieval fairs. I am now looking for several books, one, a set of three by Poey d'Avant, on Feudal French Coins. The medieval period is long (800 AD to 1450 AD) and complicated. There were hundreds of independent states and coinage often was produced under contact. To deal with this, the bankers of Florence invented the "Pounds Shilling Pence" system which had not much to do with coins per se but was a way to aggregate them by weight regardless of where they came from. So, this to say, that if it was a welter of confusion for them in their own time, we have more problems getting a handle on it. My suggestion is to pick a very specific time and place. Realize that "everyone" wants a silver penny from Richard the Lionhearted. So, you have to resign yourself to that. And, oh, yes, lest I forget: "Æthelred was a mediæval king far from the Ægean Sea, or so the archæologists tell us."[/QUOTE]
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