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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2582599, member: 10461&quot;]<img src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7219/27455410613_e7b02beb1c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>(L): Clifford Mishler; (R): Chester (&quot;Chet&quot;) Krause.&nbsp; 2015 photo.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n27a14.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n27a14.html" rel="nofollow">Source link</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Krause died just this June, at the age of 92.</p><p><br /></p><p>We world coin collectors the world over owe these two gentlemen a debt of gratitude.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>KM (Krause-Mishler)</b> numbers identify world coins by type.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is standard nomenclature in the Krause Publications <b><i>Standard Catalog of World Coins</i> </b>(SCWC) for pretty much everything minted after 1601.&nbsp; (They may even cover some German issues a little prior to 1600- I don&#039;t remember.&nbsp; Not in the Standard Catalog, but in the specialized German Coins catalog.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The SCWC is pretty much &quot;the bible&quot; for <i>general</i> world coin collecting, as it covers practically everything.&nbsp; There is a volume covering each century from the 17th to the 21st.&nbsp; Krause Publications of course publishes a whole lot more than the Standard Catalog, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Krause SCWC has its gaps and flaws (what publication wouldn&#039;t, when it attempts to cover every coin from every country from every year?), but it&#039;s called the &quot;Standard&quot; for a reason.&nbsp; In some areas of specialization, other references will supercede Krause, but again, it is the general, all-encompassing reference.</p><p><br /></p><p>So that&#039;s where those &quot;KM&quot; numbers come in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, about the numbers.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/wts-or-wtt-denmark-nazi-silver-ireland-straits-settlements-british-east-india-co.287316/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/wts-or-wtt-denmark-nazi-silver-ireland-straits-settlements-british-east-india-co.287316/">Note I have four different coins from four different countries listed here.</a>&nbsp; Yet the last two of them are <i>both</i> <b>KM3!</b>&nbsp; How can that be, you ask?&nbsp; It is because the numbering is <i>by country</i>, so Ireland&#039;s KM3 is one type, and KM3 for the Straits Settlements is another.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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