WORLD. Oriental Coins and Their Values: Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies A.D. 600-1979. Michael Mitchiner (Sanderstead, London, Hawkins Publications, 1979). Hardcover, 640 pages, cataloguing more than 4,750 coins with black and white illustrations and occasional enlargements. A wide ranging and highly practical handbook, extending well beyond the usual series to include unusual monetary forms and curious currency, while still providing solid working coverage for India and Ceylon from the sixth to twentieth centuries, European colonial issues in the region, the Himalayan states, South East Asia, and the Far East including China, Vietnam, and Japan. A useful single volume reference for identification, comparison, and general cataloguing across a remarkably broad field. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; overall the book is in VG condition. From the personal reference library of David Allen, a well known numismatist, formed over more than 50 years and used as a long term reference for research, attribution, and catalogue work.

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