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Gold Coin Guides
Australian & World Guides
Older editions can be found at 2nd hand book stores, Ebay and coin dealers.
English Pattern, Trial and Proof Coins in Gold,
1547-1968
Alex Wilson and Mark Rasmussen2000
Cambridge University Press
The Pitt Building
Trumington St
Cambridge CB2 1RP
ISBN 0 95377 540 2
The book attempts to catalogue all known pattern and proof coins in gold, together with off-metal strikes and unofficial fantasies, also in gold. Included are the English series from Edward VI to Elizabeth I (1547-1603) and the coinage of Great Britain from James I to Elizabeth II sterling coinage (1603-1968). Very Comprehensive.
Standard Catalogue
of
World Gold Coins
3rd EditionChester L Krause and Clifford Mishler
1992
Krause Publications
700 East State Street
Iola WI 54990-0001
Krause Publications
ISBN 0 87341 213 3
Gold Coins of the World
From 600AD to Present
5th EditionRobert Frieburg, Arthur and Ira S. Friedburg
1980
The Coin and Currency Institute, Inc.
116 West 32nd Street
New York, 10001
ISBN 0 87184 305 6
Although the edition shown is fairly old, the current edition ( The 7th ) is out now. Essential for any gold coin collector, but since it covers such a huge amount of coins the information is a little sparse. Can be obtained from most coin dealers, Krause Publications and some 2nd hand bookstores
South Africa's First Gold Coin
Matthy Esterhuysen1976
The Rustica Press
Wynberg
Cape
ISBN 360 00307
Research on the Burgers Dies and Burgerspond 1874
Intrinsic Values of Gold Coins
Don W Mason1973
D Mason & Associates
PO Box 21023
Long Beach
California 90801
The World of Gold Today
Timothy Green1973
Walker and Company
720 Fifth Avenue
New York
ISBN 0 8207 0437 9
Historic Gold Coins
of the
World
Burton Hobson1971
Doubleday & Company Inc
Garden City
New York
One of the first books with full colour throughout, studies more the history of the coin and its design than give technical information.
A rather enjoyable read.
Gold Coins
of Europe
Since 1800
Hans Schlumberger1968
Translated from:
"Goldmunzen Europas seit 1800"
Oak Tree Press Ltd
116 Baker St
London W1
Blurb inside cover reads "....listing some 6,000 coins with nearly 2,000 illustrations."
Its true, but this book failed to impress. It may be because all the information is available in the other guides or because of the brevity either way, not recommended as a single volume reference.
The Gold Coins of England, Arranged and Described:
Being A Sequel to Mr. Hawkins' Silver Coins of England
Robert Lloyd Kenyon1884
Bernard Quaritch
15 Piccadilly
London
United Kingdom
209 text pages plus Table of current (late 1800s) coin values, Index, and 23 black-and-white plates illustrating the coins each chapter discusses. Private handwritten letter from author laid in. Dated 9 Sept. (18)87, it addresses the then-owner of this title, one Rev. F.B. Dickinson, in a charming and legible hand, and is signed "R L Kenyon." Dickinson"s bookplate laid in to front pastedown; his signature and a date (5th Sept 1887) are penned onto half-title page, and on recto of rear free endpaper appears in the same handwriting, "Pre-Victorian gold coins withdrawn from circulation 1890." Cutting from Times Newspaper laid in giving notice on de-monetisation of underweight gold coins
