Product Description

*20th century coin collecting is the most active segment of the world coin market

An explosive precious metal market is sending the coin collecting market into uncharted waters, and increasing opportunities for collectors like you to find profitable success. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000 delivers the data you need to be competitive in today's lucrative collecting market. Pricing compiled from data provided by more than 150 experts, with 45,000+ photos and technical illustrations make for easy and accurate identification of coins.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #254022 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-11
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 2232 pages

About the Author
Colin Bruce II & Thomas Michael are experienced and accomplished numismatists and researchers. Colin and Tom are both avid collectors with a passion for this hobby. Colin is one of the original creators of the "Standard Catalog of" series and has worked with Krause for nearly 40 years while Tom has performed in-depth price analysis for the Krause numismatic book line for nearly 20 years.

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?