British Coin Books

Main British Coin Books Books on wishlist include; A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; : a Complete, Illustrated Valuation Catalogue of Modern English Coins With Official Reports...Year and Historical Notes About Each British Coin Designs and Designers The Soho Mint, The Industrialisation of Money
Coin News Magazine Monthly Token Publishing An English magazine that often has great articles on Australian coins, by looking through the back issues and picking the ones that contain the articles you desire, saves you subscribing to unnecessary issues. Price includes international postage.
	A Thousand Guineas W Bryce Neilson 2003 Galata Print "A checklist of imitation guineas and their fractions" Quite thorough but could benefit from more pictures.
Benedetto Pistrucci Principal Engraver & Chief Medallist of the Royal Mint 1783 - 1855 Michael A Marsh 1996 25A St Neots Rd Hardwick Cambrigeshire CB3 7QH ISBN 0 9506929 2 1 Wow !!!, absolutely stunning plates of Pistrucci's work, along with detailed research on the man.
	Basic Heraldry Stephen Friar & John Ferguson 1999 1st Edition 1993 A & C Black Ltd Bramley Books ISBN 1 84100 051 5 Heraldry and British coins go hand in hand, yet to get stuck into this one.
A New History of the Royal Mint 1st Edition C E Challis 1992 Cambridge University Press The Pitt Building Trumington St Cambridge CB2 1RP ISBN 0 521 24026 3 I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is easy to read and thoroughly engrossing, no matter what your interests, this book is a must read !
	The Story of British Coinage Peter Seaby 1985 B A Seaby Ltd 8 Cavendish Square London W1M0A ISBN 0 900 652 74 8
2000 Years of British Coins and Medals John Kent 1978 British Museum Publications Ltd Bedford Square London ISBN 0 7141 0842 1
	The Guide Book of Canadian Coins, Paper Currency and Tokens 1659-1965 Modern British Coins 1797-1965 Australian and New Zealand Coins H.C. Taylor & Somer James 1965 Canadian Numismatic Publishing Institute Winnipeg Canada An interesting find, this book was found in Tasmania. It has a brief history of Canadian currency with price guides to Canadian, British, Australian and New Zealand coins
Nickel For Coinage H G Stride 1964 178-202 Great Portland St London W1 Mr Stride used to work at the Royal Mint, this book sponsored by The International Nickel Company is really a sales pamphlet for nickel coins. It delves into the history of nickel and the early experiments with coining with it, onto modern processes.
	Coin Collector's Journal The Coins of King George The Sixth Some dude is editor March/April 1952 Wayte Raymond Inc New York Attempts to list all Commonwealth issues of King George VI to date at that time, a rather intersting item.
British Postage Stamp Design 3rd Edition John Easton 1945 Faber and Faber Ltd 42 Russell Square London The strong relationship between stamp and coin design means that many of the same designers were used, this little tome has some interesting snippets on them.
	A Guide to the Coins of Great Britain & Ireland In Gold, Silver And Copper Major W Stewart Thornburn Circa 1886 L Upcott Gill 170 Strand London United Kingdom Colour plates here and there, valuations from the time and a heap of advertisments for other books from publisher.
The Gold Coins of England, Arranged and Described: Being A Sequel to Mr. Hawkins' Silver Coins of England Robert Lloyd Kenyon 1884 Bernard Quaritch 15 Piccadilly London United Kingdom Some history in and around this book, quick glance showed interesting plates and much research.
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