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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1805381, member: 19463&quot;]I would recommend a book <b>Early World Coins &amp; Early Weight Standards </b>by Robert Tye.&nbsp; The book has a few Greek and Roman as well as Eastern, Indian, Chinese and Medieval coins concentrating on interesting types that played a role in the economy rather than rare rulers.&nbsp; There are no photos but hundreds of great line drawings and text that covers the world without the western bias we usually see.&nbsp;&nbsp; The book might suggest coins that you consider worthwhile.&nbsp; Types are coded H, M and L according to whether they are high, medium or low priced.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coincoin.com/bkWG.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincoin.com/bkWG.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coincoin.com/bkWG.htm</a>&nbsp; half way down page -&nbsp; I note that the same book sells for $25 to over $400 depending on where you shop.&nbsp; Be sure to consider postage depending on where you live.&nbsp; Mr. Tye sells the book but he lives in the UK and has US dealers that sell the book cheaper because of postage. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a suggested coin, have you considered a Bagdad dirhem of Harun al Rashid, the sultan of the 1001 Nights story and a friend of Charlemagne (have your son research gifts they gave each other).&nbsp; They are not high priced but are hard to tell from other rulers of the general period unless you read a little Arabic.&nbsp;&nbsp; A coin of Charlemagne would be nice but he is expensive. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]294063[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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