I just recieved a new copy of this book and I used it for the first time tonight checking on some coins I was interested in. I came across 2 mistakes already. Looking at a Spanish 10 Pesetas Gold coin from 1878, KM#677. It lists it as a silver coin and gives the precious metal content as ASW instead of AGW. The item is listed correctly as a gold coin in the Regular Standard Catalog, same item #. The second mistake is a bit more glaring. There is no Section for the Netherlands. Has anyone else found mistakes in this book? JonySky
I assume you mean the 5th edition. Yes, they left out the section on the Netherlands. But if you contact them they will send you a printout of that section. As for other mistakes, yeah, they are known for them. Mistakes exist in almost all of the Krause catalogs. Even so, they are still the best reference book out there for the subject.
mistakes I've used the others for a while and I kind of thought they were infailable. Another illusion cruelly shattered. Like when I was in boot camp thinking every Marine was a rifleman and discovered that every Marine was a janitor too. JonySky
They are very responsive to notifications of errors. With literally hundreds of thousands of individual coin listings, the books are a "work in progress". I send my notices to michaelt@krause.com.
JonySky, I have the Krauss 5th edition as well and picked up the 6th edition of Gold Coins of the World by the Friedbergs for cheap to cross refrence each other. If you wish to type the book"s name "Gold Coins of the World from Ancient Times to the Present" into a search engine you should come up with a list of book dealers you could buy it for the cheapest price. Mine was listed as used but came in a hard cover with a plastic coat and appeared never to be touched. Some of the dealers will tell you the condition of the book before you buy. Now there are many editions of Friedberg out there including I believe a 7th edition so if you go this route read the small print carefully so you get what you want for the price you want.
And another advantage the Friedberg has over Krause - Friedberg goes all the way back to ancients. Krause only goes back to 1601.
Like my Krauss and I do use it often but Friedberg is my favorite book in the house since I got it. Spend many hours looking at coins then entering them into a search engine to see what more I could learn about them. Thanks for recommending it to me GDJMSP a year or two ago.
krause Vs Fielberg I just ordered the Fieldberg book at Amazon, and I sent the Krause Company an Email about the problems. Thanks for the input. JonySky
