Product Description

Up-to-date and unique - no other guide covers this uncommon area of coin collecting.

Get all your unusual world coin information from one source, instead of sorting through multiple sources for details.

Explore the area of interest that led to the birth of the Unrecognized States Numismatic Society in 2003.

This new edition of Unusual World Coins will help you discover value in the unusual. It provides up-to-date pricing based on collector interest and precious metal prices, plus 6,000 detailed photos - including 1,000 more photos than the previous edition - for easily identifying coins from micro-nations, private artists, governments in exile, as well as fantasy issues and medallic coins. With more than 13,000 listings, this one-of-a-kind reference meets all your uncommon needs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #442333 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 624 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780896895768
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Colin R. Bruce II is one of the creators of Krause Publications’ legendary Standard Catalog series, and has worked at Krause for 35+ years. George Cuhaj is an accomplished researcher and numismatist, and he brings a lifetime of experience to every book. He edits both the Standard Catalog of World Coins and Standard Catalog of World Paper Money series. Tom Michael is Krause Publication’s veteran market analyst, providing in-depth price analysis for numismatic books for more than 20 years.

Customer Reviews

Coin Collectors' Fun Book
This is a coin catalogue worth buying even if you don't have a single coin it lists. The Unusual coins are really unusual in the way they depict human vain hopes, unattainable dreams, and impossible ambitions. You can see here coins from imaginary or lost empires (Russian monarchists struck their coins in 1990), states that have not been recognized by a single sovereign nation (Hutt River Province) or worlds which existed only in the imagination of writers (the Middle Earth) or private mints (Russian euro coins...). All this is a great tribute to human imagination and entepreneurial spirit, neatly presented in the form of a handy volume.
Naturally, you may actually collect these coins. In this case you will find the typical Krause quality - lots of pictures are missing, some coins are not listed completely (just my luck - I have only 1 euro coin of the 2002 Vaticane euro trial issue and this coin is missing - there is #6 - 50 cents and #8 - 2 euro but no #7 - 1 euro ;) but as it is in the case of all Krause catalogues: you just won't find anything better!

Invaluable Item
This book is invaluable to one who collects or is interested in Fantasy Coins. Too bad that itdoes not cover so many of the more recent ones (i.e. 1994 and later).Unusual World Coins: Companion Volume to Standard Catalog of World Coins Series

Fantasy coin book
This book does not list coin YB65a, which is an official Restrike in 1991 at the Lenningrad mint of a 1902 37 1/2 Ruble coin that had been struck at the same mint. Official restrikes are important because they are authorized by the government official mint. Fanstasy "coins" made at a private mint may be unusual, but rather meaningless, as most are really bullion or medallions, like the Maui Trade Dollar, issued by the Chamber of Commerce; the Maui Trade Dollar was one of the best of the fanstay "coins". However, this book fails to list the silver Maui Trade dollars, so not much effort was made to make this book complete, in its limited area of unusual world "coins". One one bullion bars are listed, but they are not coins. Little thought went into this publication.