Product Description

-American Numismatic Association -- the largest numismatic organization in the world -- boasts a membership of 30,000+

-Sales of Standard Catalog of World Coins annually top more than 20,000 copies

The mammoth Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-Present is worth its weight in information and up-to-date pricing. This one volume covers the past and the present in 50,000+ illustrations and more than one million current prices.

For world coin collectors serious about their collecting, especially in today's active market, this book offers:

-Comprehensive listing of all current Euro coins

-Up-to-date pricing in up to five grades of condition to aid collectors in keeping collections current

-More than 50,000 fully updated obverse and reverse illustrations

-Reference materials such as a currency conversion schedule, sizing chart, guides for translating foreign languages, and bullion value charts

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #386516 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-20
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 2176 pages

About the Author
Colin Bruce II is Senior Editor at KP Books and manages the production of numismatic catalog titles related to world coins and paper money. He's earned countless awards from the Numismatic Literary Guild for his contributions to the field of numismatics.

Customer Reviews

Grave errors of Krause Publication!!!
I used to buy Krause's Standard Catalog of World Coins religiously every year. Then they became greedy (or creative?) and divided one catalog into several catalogs. To my chagrin, I found that now I had to buy two or more catalogs just for coins of the few countries I collect. Worse yet, there are really not that much different between catalogs of different years. I think they will be almost better off just to custome make their catalogs for each collector. You request the coin info for each country and they charge you by the country. Better yet, they should have a world coin catalog on the internet and then charge you a subscription fee to look at it and print out the stuff you need. This way all the info can be updated instantly and you can access it wherever you are.
Another problem with them is that they are totally out of touch. The so called numismatic experts give too much values for some junk coins and not enough for some really rare coins or coins of difficult countries. For instance, any silver coins of British Commanwealth especially Hong Kong in the 1860's or 1870's are difficult to find. I do not know where they obtain their prices. I think they should hook up with ebay and other auction houses and develop an on-line database where you can look up the prices realized of any coins. They should really have developed their own coin auction sites or e-market because their World Coin magazine is simply a joke. It was published monthly and the prices of the coins advertised on the ads are simply out of touch.
I belive Krause Publication has done a lot for the numismatic community, both U.S. and international, however, they lack the innovations and visions which are necessary for their continued survival in the next century. That is really sad. However, for beginner, I think their catalogs are still good references.

No price changes....
Here we go again...You might think that with the rise in the price of metals this year we would expect to see overall price evaluations in this latest edition of World Coins (The answer is NO, Krause Publishing figures that a re-designed cover qualifies as a 'new' addition). Save yourself some coin and purchase a used 32nd edition, which is basically identical except that with the 2006 ed. you also get coin listings of 2001 and up! You will now have to purchase another catalog for 'updated' 2001 and up coin pricing...Lazy and a rip.

Missing Content
All entries for MARSHALL ISLANDS have been omitted,the reader being referred to ANOTHER Krause publication. If they merited inclusion in the last half dozen editions (albeit plenty of omissions), why delete them now in their entirity?