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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4243669, member: 110350&quot;]The oldest book about coins I have is the first edition of John Pinkerton&#039;s <i>Essay on Medals</i>, published in London in 1784.&nbsp; (Much of the book deals with ancient coins, which it refers to throughout as &quot;medals.&quot;&nbsp; What we would call ancient medals -- i.e., not intended as regularly circulating coins -- the book calls &quot;medallions.&quot;) </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the title page:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083454[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I find this book particularly interesting, even though it has no illustrations, because it includes the earliest extensive price guide for Roman coins I&#039;ve ever seen.&nbsp; Here are some pages from it.&nbsp; (These copies are actually from the third edition, published in 1808, which I also own.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t want to damage the binding of the first edition by placing it face-down on a scanner.&nbsp; As far as I can tell, the author didn&#039;t change the prices between 1784 and 1808!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083455[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083456[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083457[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083458[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083459[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083460[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083461[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083462[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083465[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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