Numismatic Books
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Lot # 14159
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WORLD. The British Numismatic Journal, group of 8 books, a consecutive run from 2013 to 2020, comprising (1) 2013, Volume 83, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2012, edited by E. M. Screen and M. R. Allen; (2) 2014, Volume 84, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2013, edited by Martin Allen; (3) 2015, Volume 85, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2014, edited by Martin Allen; (4) 2016, Volume 86, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2015, edited by Martin Allen; (5) 2017, Volume 87, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2016, edited by Martin Allen; (6) 2018, Volume 88, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2017, edited by Martin Allen; (7) 2019, Volume 89, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2018, edited by Martin Allen; and (8) 2020, Volume 90, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 2019, edited by Martin Allen. An excellent consecutive modern run of one of the principal English language numismatic journals, containing important articles, notes, reviews, and society proceedings of lasting value for British, ancient, medieval, and later numismatics. Brand new, crisp, and untouched since received, preserved in the library with protective coversEstimate: AUD 300
Lot # 14158
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WORLD. The Numismatic Chronicle, group of 7 books, a consecutive run from 2005 to 2011, comprising (1) Volume 165, 2005; (2) Volume 166, 2006; (3) Volume 167, 2007; (4) Volume 168, 2008; (5) Volume 169, 2009; (6) Volume 170, 2010; and (7) Volume 171, 2011, all published in London by the Royal Numismatic Society. An important modern run of one of the great scholarly numismatic journals, containing substantial articles, notes, and research across ancient, medieval, and later coinage, and a highly useful reference group when found in a complete consecutive sequence such as this. Crisp, fresh, and untouched since received, preserved in the library with protective covers, essentially brand new.Estimate: AUD 300
Lot # 14157
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WORLD. Standard Catalog of Stocks & Bonds. Stahlberg, Rainer, with Colin R. Bruce II. Iola, Wisconsin, Krause Publications, 2002. Large 4to laminated pictorial softcover, 708 pp, illustrated throughout (c. 2,500 photos; 8 pages in color). A comprehensive worldwide scripophily reference with 6,500+ listings, arranged by country and issuer across the major fields (railroads, mining, utilities, banking, industrials, etc.), with standardized descriptions and pricing data for certificate type, issuer and locality, dates, denomination/par value, vignettes, printer/imprint, color, and varieties; includes collecting notes, a brief historical overview, and indexes for quick lookup. Very good condition, close to new, bright glossy covers with only minimal shelf wear, tight binding, and clean, unmarked pages.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14156
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WORLD. Oriental Coins and Their Values, Volume III: Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies, AD 600?1979, Michael Mitchiner (London, Hawkins Publications, 1979), hardcover, 640 pp, illustrated throughout with clear black-and-white coin photographs and line drawings, ISBN 0-904173-18-6. The third volume of Mitchiner?s long-running standard series, cataloguing over 4,750 types across a huge sweep of Asia, from post-classical Indian and Indo-Sassanian issues through the non-Islamic states of South Asia, the Himalayas and South-East Asia, and on to the Western colonial coinages of British, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and Danish administrations. Arranged for quick attribution by region and authority, then by ruler or period, it gives Mitchiner numbers, detailed type descriptions with legends in transliteration where needed, plus denominations, metals, weights, mints and mintmarks, dating conventions, rarity notes and period valuations, supported by helpful metrology tables and strong indices for fast cross-reference. A dependable bench reference for attributors and cataloguers, complete and exceptionally well preserved for its size and age, with tight square binding and crisp, unmarked interiors.Estimate: AUD 300
Lot # 14155
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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.Estimate: AUD 500
Lot # 14154
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WORLD. Numismatic Bibliography. Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli (Munich, Battenberg, 1985). xii, 1,848 pages. The definitive single-volume bibliography of numismatic literature, and one of the most important reference tools ever produced for the serious collector, researcher, or cataloguer, invaluable for tracing standard works, locating specialist studies, and following the wider published literature behind coin research, attribution, and scholarly catalogue work. Original half-leather binding with laminated boards, housed in the cardboard slipcase. 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.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14153
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WORLD. Money on the Silk Road. Paperback, Wang, Helen. 1 June 2005. A very important and highly useful study of the money of Eastern Central Asia up to about A.D. 800, covering more than 900 years across a vast and culturally varied region. Because written historical sources are limited and often say little about money, the book relies heavily on archaeological evidence, combining the study of coins with contemporary documentary material excavated from sites across Eastern Central Asia. Carefully arranged in four parts, it sets out the historical background, examines the numismatic evidence, reviews the documentary record, and then brings the material together into a new framework for understanding money in the region. A very attractive copy, about new overall, clean, fresh, and very well kept.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14152
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WORLD. Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient Times to the Present, 7th edition. Arthur L. Friedberg and Ira S. Friedberg, based on the original work by Robert Friedberg. A large format illustrated standard catalogue with valuations, long regarded as the essential bench reference for identifying and pricing gold coinage worldwide, from the sixth century B.C. to modern issues, and using the universally recognised Friedberg numbering system. Richly illustrated and built for practical use, it offers extensive photographic coverage, thousands of listings, and valuations in two grades, making it an especially convenient and dependable reference for collectors, dealers, and cataloguers working across multiple countries and periods. 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.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14151
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WORLD. Catalogue of World Transportation Tokens and Passes (Except North America). Kenneth E. Smith. Redondo Beach, California, American Vecturist Association, 1967, first edition (distributed by Kenneth E. Smith). 8vo, black cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. An early and highly practical world survey of transportation fare media beyond North America, opening with a short outline of how tokens and passes developed and were used, then arranged by region and country for straightforward attribution, covering Australasia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Listings follow a consistent format by locality and issuing authority across tram, bus, rail and related operators, with concise notes to separate types and varieties, supported by helpful definitions, abbreviations, and indexes to issuers and places for quick lookup. A bright, sharp copy with clean cloth and gilt, and fresh pages throughout.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14150
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WORLD. Catalogue of World Ferry, Ship, and Canal Transportation Tokens and Passes. Kenneth E. Smith and Kirk S. Smith. Redondo Beach, California, American Vecturist Association, 1981, first edition. Hardback in black cloth with gilt titles, 202 pages, illustrated in black and white. A specialised country-by-country reference to water-borne transportation exonumia outside North America, beginning with a short overview of fare media used on ferries, shipping lines, harbour craft, river and canal services, then moving into a clear listing format arranged by nation, locality, and issuing authority, with concise descriptions to separate types and varieties and practical notes and cross-references where known. A useful index keyed to obverse inscriptions allows quick lookup across different languages, making it a genuinely practical desk catalogue for collectors and researchers. Signed by co-editor Kirk S. Smith on the half-title. A bright, clean copy with sharp gilt, firm boards, and crisp, unmarked pages, showing only the lightest shelf handling.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14149
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UNITED STATES. Standard Catalog of United States Tokens 1700?1900 (Fully Updated 4th Edition). Russell Rulau. Iola, Wisconsin, Krause Publications, 2004. Thick 4to paperback in pictorial wraps, xii + 1,196 pages. ISBN 0-87341-989-8. The all-in-one working catalogue for U.S. tokens from the colonial period through 1900, bringing together Early American Tokens, Hard Times, Merchant Tokens, Civil War store cards and patriotcs (with cardboard scrip), post-war trade tokens, and the ?Gay Nineties? issues in one place. Uses the standard Rulau numbering with clear legend and type listings, issuer and locality, metal and format, cross-references, and values across multiple grades, supported by thousands of photographs, expanded notes, appendices, bibliography, and a strong master index for fast lookup. A very fresh copy with bright covers and clean pages throughout.Estimate: AUD 250
Lot # 14148
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UNITED STATES. Standard Catalog of United States Tokens 1700?1900 (Expanded 3rd Edition). Russell Rulau. A wide-ranging single-volume guide to American tokens from the colonial period through the late nineteenth century, bringing together the major series in one workable format, from Early American and Hard Times issues through merchant and trade tokens, Civil War store cards and patriotcs (with cardboard chits), and the later ?Gay Nineties? material. Arranged for identification in the field and at the desk, it follows the familiar series structure and then works by state, locality, issuer, and type, using Rulau numbering throughout, with legends, devices, compositions and formats, variety notes where recorded, rarity guidance, and values by grade, supported by strong series introductions and ample photographic coverage for quick comparison, with specialist cross-references such as Fuld for Civil War pieces where applicable. A bright, attractive copy with clean covers, a firm, square binding, and crisp, unmarked pages.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14147
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THAILAND. Standard Catalogue of Thai Banknotes. Veerachai Smitasin. Bangkok, Sia Siah Kee, 1997 (BE 2540). First edition, limited to 5,000 copies. Tall 8vo laminated pictorial softcover, 244 pp. ISBN 974-89807-8-2. The standard modern Thai reference covering banknotes from the First through Fourteenth Issues, with a separate Special Issues section, arranged in a clear bilingual (Thai?English) format for fast attribution. Provides tabulated data by series and type including denomination, gazette date, size, signature combinations, and period pricing, with supporting notes on design changes and chronology; includes rosters of Ministers of Finance and Bank of Thailand Governors to link signature varieties to administrative periods. Extremely fine or better, clean bright pages and sharp corners with minimal handling wear.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14146
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SPAIN. Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World. Carlos A. Elizondo, Jr. Second edition. San Antonio, Texas, distributed by Almanzar?s Coins of the World, 1971. Large 8vo, red cloth with gilt titles, approx. 237 pages plus prelims, illustrated throughout with clear black-and-white photographs and line drawings. A practical reference for Latin American crown-size issues, arranged in two main parts, regular issues by country (Argentina through Venezuela) and a substantial section on emergency issues and counterstamps across the Caribbean and the wider New World, with useful detail on mints, assayers, types, varieties, and the host coins used for counterstamping. A well-regarded, workbench-friendly book for collectors and dealers of eight reales and peso series. A very sharp copy, the cloth bright and clean with strong gilt, square corners, and fresh pages with only light, even toning.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14145
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SERBIA. Serbian Medieval Coins. Jovanovic, Miroslav. Belgrade, 2002, 3rd edition. A very useful and well-focused catalogue covering the full range of Serbian medieval coinage from the 11th to the 15th centuries, including royal families, aristocratic issues, rulers, and city coinages. The work is arranged for practical identification, with coins generally illustrated at about twice actual size to make details easier to study, and with sketches used where better photographs were not available. Each ruler or aristocratic issuer is assigned a specific number, and the entries also record legends, module, and average weight, making this a handy and dependable reference for collectors and students of the series. A very nice copy, in excellent shape overall, clean, sound, and well kept, with the appearance of an EF quality example for a working reference book.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14144
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RUSSIA & SOVIET UNION. Versteigerungs-Katalog Nr. 65: Universalsammlung vorwiegend Taler des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts und Goldm?nzen. Sally Rosenberg (Frankfurt am Main). Frankfurt am Main, 12 November 1928. 4to, original printed card covers, 72 pages plus 19 photographic plates. An interwar German auction catalogue offering a well-ordered cabinet with strong emphasis on 16th to 19th century talers and related large silver, together with selected gold issues from the Holy Roman Empire, the German States, and associated European series, arranged by issuing authority and described with full numismatic detail, with the lots keyed directly to the plates for easy comparison. Includes the printed conditions of sale and a multilingual grading key (German, French, English), and the plates remain a useful record for attribution, style and fabric comparison, and provenance work. A sound, complete copy, the covers showing typical handling and age, with the interior clean and the plates clear and sharp.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14143
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RUSSIA & SOVIET UNION. The Copper Coinage of Imperial Russia 1700?1917, B. F. Brekke ([n.p.], 1977), 4to (c. 29 cm), hardcover in cream pictorial dust jacket, 296 pp, illustrated throughout with clear black-and-white coin photographs, line drawings, maps, and tables. A practical reign-by-reign reference to Russian copper from Peter I through Nicholas II, with useful background on the author?s cataloguing system, Russian weights, copper mints, novodels, and key literature, supported by technical and historical notes. Beyond the core listings it includes a number of specialist chapters on topics such as plate money, the 1797 re-overstriking, the Sestroretsk ruble, notable errors and patterns, sample strikes (including Berlin and Brussels), regional and transitional issues (Crimea and Georgia), and related areas including Central Asian khanates plus Moldavia and Wallachia. Laid in are the original printed USD pricelist and a 1977 Galerie des Monnaies of Geneva Ltd., New York invoice. Condition very good, jacket with general rubbing and short edge wear (light creasing and tape shadow to rear), sound boards, clean bright interiors, and a tight binding.Estimate: AUD 200
Lot # 14142
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RUSSIA & SOVIET UNION. Huletski, D., K. Petrunin, and others. Early Russian Coins, 1353-1553. Kindle edition. A major and very useful catalogue of the earliest coinage of the fragmented Russian states, covering the long transition from the Mongol period to the rise and final dominance of Moscow. Written as an English introduction to a field long little known outside Russia, it brings together modern research in a practical format and illustrates a remarkably varied series of silver and bronze issues, including Mongol-inspired types, mixed Russian and Islamic designs, and fully native coinages naming local rulers and showing an extraordinary range of medieval imagery. With descriptions, illustrations, and rarity rankings throughout, it is an important reference for collectors and students of Russian and medieval coinage. As a digital Kindle edition, it presents in effectively about new condition.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14141
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POLAND. Handbuch der polnischen Numismatik. Marian Gumowski. Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1960. Hardback, publisher?s green cloth with maroon lettering, with frontispiece portrait of the author. A compact but wide-ranging survey of Polish coinage from the earliest medieval denars through later groschen and gulden issues into the eighteenth century, arranged to support both attribution and historical understanding. Gumowski sets out the coinage in clear chronological sequences by reign and region, treating royal issues alongside regional and civic series, with useful coverage of Danzig, Lithuania, and Livonia, and steady attention to legends, denomination systems, weight standards, mint organisation, and major monetary reforms. Tables and concise notes tie types to ordinances, mintmasters, and historical change, with helpful references throughout for further work. A superb copy, bright and clean, with sharp corners, a firm square binding, and fresh, unmarked pages.Estimate: AUD 250
Lot # 14140
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PHILIPPINES. Coins, Medals and Tokens of the Philippines. Aldo P. Basso. Menlo Park, California, Chenby Publishers, 1968. 8vo in tan buckram cloth lettered in black, c. 136 pp including bibliography. An early standard reference combining a concise historical overview with an accessible checklist of Philippine numismatics from 1728 into the mid twentieth century, arranged by period (Spanish rule, United States issues, Japanese occupation, Republic coinage) and extended sections on miscellaneous emissions including Culion Leper Colony coinage, tokens and jetons, transport and military pieces, medals, and decorations, with a closing chapter on oddities and mint errors and relative valuation guides. Very fine, cloth bright and square with sharp titling, a faint round mark to front board, light handling to a few prelims, internally clean and tight.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14139
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MALTA. Coins Minted by the Knights in Malta by John Gatt, a substantial and impressive reference devoted to the coinage of the Knights of Malta, the result of twelve years of dedicated research and the examination of museum and private collections worldwide. Richly illustrated in colour and produced as a high quality hardbound volume in dust jacket, the book records over 2850 coin varieties, far exceeding the scope of earlier catalogues, and provides detailed technical data including size, weight, rotation, and edge type, with photographs throughout to show the distinctions between individual varieties. Particularly valuable for collectors and specialists, it also notes the number of examples traced in museums and private collections, offering an especially useful guide to relative rarity. A major modern work on this classic and historically important series, and an essential reference for any serious library on Maltese and Hospitaller numismatics.Estimate: AUD 250
Lot # 14138
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LITHUANIA. Lietuvos Did?iosios Kunigaik?tystes Numizmatika. Stasys Sajauskas and Domininkas Kaubrys. Vilnius, ?altvyksle, 1993. Pictorial softcover, 456 pp, richly illustrated (c. 351 images); extensive bibliography (pp. 431?448, approx. 480 entries); stated print run 5,000. The standard modern handbook on the coinage of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, arranged chronologically from early silver ingots and hoards through the full minting sequence into the early eighteenth century, with clear sections on the major rulers and reforms, monetary system, typology, legends, denominations, metrology, and mint attributions. Describes 2,622 coin types and varieties with concise diagnostics, cross-references, and support from museum holdings and hoard evidence, with strong illustrations for practical attribution. Very good condition, mild shelfwear with a tiny old label mark to upper cover, contents clean, square, and tight.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14137
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LATVIA. Numismatika (Latvijas PSR Vestures muzejs, Raksti). Riga, Izdevnieciba ?Zinatne?, 1968. Prepared by R. Ceplite. Large 4to, original grey cloth, 172 pages, well illustrated with black-and-white plates, charts, and documentary figures; text mainly in Latvian with Russian (and some German) summaries. A substantial museum publication on Baltic numismatics, bringing together studies of coin circulation and hoard material across Latvia, including detailed work on Livonian deposits (notably the Ruzina hoard), monetary circulation in Riga circa 1621 to 1701, and compiled catalogues of recorded finds from multiple localities with typological identifications, dates, and provenance notes linked to museum holdings. A useful working reference for regional coin flow, chronology, and find documentation in the eastern Baltic. A sound, presentable copy, with a firm binding and clean pages, the cloth showing a few light spots from handling.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14136
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KOREA. Cast Korean Coins and Charms by Wybrand Op den Velde and David Hartill, published in hardcover in 2013, is a major modern reference on Korean cast coinage and charms, bringing together 404 pages of carefully presented material in a format intended for both collectors and researchers. Especially desirable for the involvement of David Hartill, whose works have become standard English-language references for East Asian cash coinage, this volume stands as an important contribution to the study of Korean numismatics, offering a specialised treatment of a field long less accessible to Western collectors. An essential and highly useful reference for anyone interested in Korean cast issues, charms, and the wider series of East Asian numismatic literature.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14135
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KOREA. Trial Listing: Korean Charms and Amulets. Edgar J. Mandel. Privately printed, circa 1967/1968. Tall 4to (approx. 29 cm), vi + 144 pages, with numerous black-and-white rubbings and line illustrations. Limited to 235 copies, this being No. 107 and signed by the compiler. A hard-to-find working corpus that set the standard ?Mandel? numbering still used for quick cross-reference, arranged in a practical way by form and iconography, from high-relief groups through shaped pieces (bats, fish, butterflies, horns, fans and related forms), scalloped and octagonal types, weights, and a wide range of round issues divided by motif and script style. The rubbings and drawings make it especially useful for separating close varieties by calligraphy and detail. This example has been professionally case-bound in black cloth with gilt title and a ribbon marker, originally issued in a loose-leaf format, and it presents very well with clean, crisp pages; the original outer cover is no longer present from before the rebinding.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14134
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JAPAN. Explanations of Casting Mysteries, Chumyo Mankai 1728 (Kyoho Year 13), Edition Date January 1923 (Taisho Year 12) as a commemorative or scholarly reproduction of the Kyoto Zeniza (Copper Mint) records.Subject: The industrial process of the Kyoto Copper Mint (Zeni-za). The "Zeni-za" (Copper Mint): The book specifically documents the workings of the Zeni-za, the government-authorized mints that produced the Kanei Tsuho (the round coins with a square hole) that were the backbone of the Japanese economy for centuries.Format : Folding Accordion BookThis edition was produced to preserve the "Lost Art" of traditional Japanese casting as the country fully modernized its industrial processes during the Taisho era. Technical Secrets: During the Edo period, these casting techniques were often closely guarded secrets. Books like Chumyo Mankai were produced to standardize the quality of the coinage and prevent counterfeiting by ensuring officials knew exactly how the "official" process looked. One page repaired & edge rejoinedEstimate: AUD 250
Lot # 14133
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ITALY. Italian Coinage: Medieval to Modern, The Collection of Ercole Gnecchi. L. and L. Hamburger (auctioneers). Facsimile reprint of the Frankfurt am Main sales of 1901 to 1902. Oakdale, New York, Alfred Szego, 1973. 4to (approx. 28 ? 21 cm), textured blue printed card covers, perfect bound. A faithful facsimile of the three Hamburger auction catalogues for the famous Gnecchi cabinet, reproducing the original French and German text with the original lot numbering and layout preserved for easy citation and cross-reference. Complete with 32 collotype plates (I to XXXII) illustrating a wide range of Italian mints from medieval through modern issues, with strong tonal detail that still works well for type and style comparison. Includes the tri-lingual condition key and the publisher?s ?Error Correction? slip noting the repeated Plate XXXI, with the correct Plate XXXII supplied separately and present in this copy. Bright, clean copy with light shelf rubbing to the covers, the interior tight and unmarked, and all plates sharp, with the correction slip and replacement plate included.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14132
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ITALY. Soldi d?Italia: Un secolo di cartamoneta. Guido Crapanzano. Parma, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Parma, n.d. A richly produced survey and visual atlas of a century of Italian paper money, combining clear introductory essays on how banknotes developed and how to read them with structured coverage of Biglietti di Stato and Banca d?Italia issues, set out with attention to designs, denominations, and issue sequences. The later sections broaden into wartime and overseas material, including colonial and occupation issues for areas such as Somalia, East Africa, Albania, and Tien-Sin, then move into regional fiduciary paper from major cities and provinces, before closing with partisan and Repubblica Sociale Italiana notes. Excellent reproduction on fine paper gives sharp images of vignettes, seals, and overprints, while concise commentary keeps the chronology and context easy to follow. A crisp, well-preserved copy.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14131
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ITALY. Zecca: The Mint of Venice in the Middle Ages. Alan M. Stahl. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the American Numismatic Society, 2000. Hardback, 497 pages, in the publisher?s dust jacket. ISBN 0-8018-6383-X. The standard modern study of the Venetian mint from the ninth through the fifteenth century, built on deep archival work alongside the close study of thousands of coins and hoards, and setting out how the Zecca functioned day to day, its technology and organisation, and the wider economic role Venetian coinage played in medieval trade and finance. Well illustrated and fully documented, it remains essential for anyone working with Venetian issues or the monetary history of medieval Europe. A very clean, well-kept copy with a bright jacket and crisp pages throughout.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14130
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HUNGARY. Corpus Nummorum Hungariae. Dr. Ladislaus R?thy, introduced and translated by Prof. Dr. G?nther Probszt. Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1958, published for the Arch?ologische Kommission der Ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Large 4to, light-green cloth with dark green titling and two coin devices to the upper board. A key reference for Hungarian medieval coinage, presenting R?thy?s classic corpus with Probszt?s scholarly framework, revised heraldic descriptions, and the useful place-name apparatus noted in the prelims, all clearly printed on good paper and laid out for practical consultation. A strong, attractive copy with clean square boards and crisp stamping, the interior fresh overall, with a little foxing mainly at the title and early leaves, a small old pencil note at the front, and some light ghosting to the endpapers from an earlier protective cover; sound and ready for use.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14129
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GREAT BRITAIN. Tokens of the Industrial Revolution: Foreign Silver Coins Countermarked for Use in Great Britain c. 1787-1828 by Harrington E. Manville, published by Spink & Son Ltd in 2001, is an important and highly specialised study of one of the most fascinating byways of British numismatics, examining the foreign silver coins countermarked for circulation in Great Britain during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Issued as a British Numismatic Society special publication, this substantial hardcover volume offers a focused treatment of a series closely connected with the monetary pressures and improvisations of the Industrial Revolution, illuminating the practical reuse of overseas coinage in the British economy at a moment of commercial expansion and coin shortage. A valuable reference for collectors, researchers, and students of British token and countermark series, it remains an essential work on a complex and historically significant field.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14128
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GREAT BRITAIN. Jetons, medalets & tokens, British Isles c1558-1830, Volume 3 by Michael Mitchener, pub Hawkins 1998, 590 pgs, 210x300mm. Fantastic book describing & photo illustrating 900 items with interesting background & historical info about each series. In our opinion Mitchener's books are some of the best books ever produced on coins. A must own. Excellent condition.Estimate: AUD 275
Lot # 14127
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GREAT BRITAIN. The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain (Revised Edition). Michael J. Freeman. London, Barrie and Jenkins, 1985. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt spine, 251 pages, with 18 plates and tables. ISBN 0-09-155240-0. The standard practical guide to British bronze from the Victorian recoinage through to decimal issues, arranged by denomination and period (pennies, halfpennies, farthings, decimal coinage, then patterns and trials). It sets out the Freeman numbering for obverse and reverse die pairings, with clear diagnostics for identifying varieties, rarity indications, and the period values list, supported by useful appendices including abbreviation and rarity keys and a correlation to the British Museum catalogue, and plates that illustrate the key types and scarcer die combinations. A truly fresh copy, with bright gilt, a clean, unmarked interior, and no obvious signs of use.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14126
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GREAT BRITAIN. The J. P. Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247 by Jeffrey P. Mass, SCBI 56, a major and highly important reference for the English medieval series, presenting the celebrated J. P. Mass Collection of Short Cross coinage from 1180 to 1247 in the distinguished Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles series. Published by the British Academy, London, in 2001, this substantial hardcover volume extends to x, 470 pages and includes 82 plates, offering a detailed and visually rich record of one of the most studied and collected areas of English numismatics. An essential work for collectors, scholars, and specialists in the series, valued for both its scholarly utility and its place within the SCBI corpus. Dust jacket with a small corner tear, otherwise an excellent example.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14125
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GREAT BRITAIN. The Anglo-Gallic Coins (Les Monnaies Anglo-fran?aises). E.R. Duncan Elias. Paris and London, Emile Bourgey and Spink & Son Ltd., 1984. Hardback in glossy green pictorial boards, 262 pages, well illustrated, with a preface by Fran?oise Dumas. ISBN 0-907605-10-9. The standard single-volume catalogue of Anglo-Gallic coinage from the Plantagenets through Henry V and Henry VI, arranged by reign and issuing authority with clear type descriptions, full legends with expanded readings, mint attributions and signatures, metal and fineness notes, weights, rarity guidance, and useful chronological tables, with Elias numbering and key literature cross-references carried throughout. The layout and illustration make attribution straightforward, and it remains a core reference for medieval Anglo-French issues. Bright, clean copy with sharp boards and corners, crisp pages, and a firm, square binding, showing only the lightest shelf touch.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14124
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GREAT BRITAIN. Anglo-Gallic Coins: Aquitaine, Bergerac, Issoudun, Ponthieu, Poitou and the Royal Coins of Henry V and Henry VI. Withers, P. and B. R., and S. D. Ford. Hardback, 200 pages, illustrated throughout in colour. A very useful and well-produced reference on the Anglo-Gallic series, covering a wide range of important medieval issues and bringing together photographs of many of the finest coins in major public and private collections. The book illustrates 631 coins at actual size, with 334 enlargements and 154 line drawings, and is especially valuable for its inclusion of 32 major new types, many minor varieties previously unrecorded, revised attributions and datings within the reigns of Edward II and Edward III, full legend varieties, rarity ratings, and strong bibliographic support with concordances to Elias, d?Avant, Boudeau, Duplessy, and Spink. A very attractive copy, about new overall, clean, fresh, and very well kept.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14123
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GERMANY. Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II. William D. Craig. First edition, 1954. 8vo, tan cloth with black titled panel to upper board and spine, vii + 242 pages, illustrated with in-text cuts, armorial devices, and tables. A wide-ranging, workbench-friendly survey of German and Central European coinages from the Carolingians to Wilhelm II, with useful introductory sections on heraldry, monetary history, mint organisation, and mintmarks, then a clear run through the principal issuing authorities with practical notes on types, legends, and familiar devices. Helpful appendices cover monograms, patron saints, counterstamps, place-name equivalents, titulature translations, and denomination tables, making it especially handy when you need to identify a piece quickly or untangle a legend. Loosely inserted is Craig?s typed ?Preface to the Supplement? (circa 1955) with contemporary valuation guidance, a nice period addition. A very clean interior with bright pages, while the binding shows wear with a section working loose and the inner hinges beginning, best treated as a reference copy until re-cased.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14122
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GERMANY. Das deutsche Notgeld: Katalog der Serienscheine, Spendenquittungen und Bausteine 1918?1922. Kai Lindman. Sassenburg, kkk-Verlag, 1989, second edition. Tall 4to, red printed card wraps, 322 pages, illustrated in black and white, text in German. ISBN 3-927828-00-9. The standard checklist for German inflation-era Serienscheine, together with Spendenquittungen and Bausteine, setting out Lindman?s numbering system and revised criteria with thorough issuer and locality data, denominations, variants, and useful cross-references throughout. A clean, tight copy, nicely preserved with only light handling to the wraps and fresh pages inside.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14121
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FRANCE. The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 A.D.). Roberts, James N. Attic Books Ltd., 1996. Large-format hardcover, 587 pages, with extensive coin illustrations throughout. A major and now scarce standard reference for medieval French silver and billon coinage, valued for its practical arrangement by related design groups rather than by strict chronology or region, which makes identification unusually easy and effective in use. The work ranges widely across royal and feudal issues, links imitative local coinages to their main prototypes, and also includes related series beyond France proper, including Flanders, Luxembourg, Alsace-Lorraine, and Savoy. Particularly useful is its inclusion of Merovingian material, together with more than 7,300 well-placed illustrations, numerous maps showing the spread of related types, and cross references throughout. A very attractive copy, about new overall, clean, fresh, and in great shape for a substantial reference work of this kind.Estimate: AUD 250
Lot # 14120
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FRANCE. An Illustrated Catalogue of French Billon Coinage in the Americas by Robert A. Vlack, published by the C4 Colonial Coin Collectors Club in 2004, is a highly important and increasingly elusive reference on the French billon issues that circulated in the Americas, offering a specialised study of a fascinating and often overlooked area of colonial numismatics. Issued as a first edition and signed by the author, this substantial hardcover volume of 157 pages is illustrated throughout with numerous photographs and covers the principal billon coinages of the French regime, including the Mousquetaires, Sous Marqu?s, related West Indies issues, contemporary counterfeits, and counterstamped pieces, making it especially valuable for collectors and researchers working in French colonial and early American coinage. Long out of print and seldom encountered, it remains a desirable specialist title and an essential reference for the advanced numismatic library.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14119
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EUROPE. The Mediaeval Period and Nuremberg, Vol. 1. Mitchiner, Michael. Hawkins Publications, 1988. Hardcover. A substantial and highly useful reference, this first volume in Mitchiner?s series on jetons, medalets, and tokens is divided into three main parts: an opening study of earlier metalworking traditions, using Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon artefacts to place later production in context; a major survey of medieval jetons from the later 13th century to 1521, with around 900 copper-base pieces catalogued, discussed, and illustrated; and an extensive section on Nuremberg jetons, cataloguing some 1,400 examples and examining the work of more than 50 named masters, including Schultes, Krauwinckel, Lauffer, and Loos. The added analytical work, including X-ray fluorescence testing on over 300 pieces, gives the volume real scholarly weight, while the catalogue format keeps it practical and easy to use. A very strong reference for collectors and researchers of medieval European jetons and related series.Estimate: AUD 250
Lot # 14118
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EUROPE. Medieval European Coinage, Volume 1: The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries). Grierson, Philip, and Mark Blackburn. Cambridge University Press, 2007. Trade paperback. A major reference and the opening volume in the important Medieval European Coinage series, covering the coinage of Western Europe from the collapse of Roman rule in the fifth century to the rise of clearly defined political kingdoms in the tenth. The work surveys the issues of the Vandals, Visigoths, Burgundians, Franks, Ostrogoths, Lombards, Carolingians, popes, Anglo-Saxons, Northumbria, and the Anglo-Viking coinages of the Danelaw, giving a broad and scholarly foundation for the early medieval series. A very attractive copy, about new overall, clean, fresh, and well kept, with little sign of handling.Estimate: AUD 250
Lot # 14117
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EUROPE. The Low Countries and France, Vol. 2. Mitchiner, Michael. Hawkins Publications, 1 February 1991. Hardcover, 864 pages. A substantial and very useful reference, this large-format volume is the second in Mitchiner?s three-volume series and deals with the jetons, medalets, and tokens of the Low Countries and France from the mid-16th century to the modern period. Of particular value is its treatment of the Low Countries jetons, which are especially important for the way they reflect the political history of the Dutch Revolt, tracing the transformation of the Spanish Netherlands into the Dutch Republic in the north and the Spanish Netherlands of the south, now Belgium. These issues are discussed in their historical setting, making the book not just a catalogue but a genuinely informative guide to the series. A very well-kept second-hand copy, presenting about new overall, with fresh covers, a tight binding, and only the lightest signs of handling.Estimate: AUD 250
Lot # 14116
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EUROPE. European Crowns 1600?1700. John S. Davenport. Galesburg, Illinois, 1974 (printed by Hewitt Printing Corp., Chicago). Hardback in brown pebbled cloth with silver-stamped helmet-and-shield device and titles, issued without dust jacket. vi, 631 pages, with roughly 1,500 black-and-white illustrations and a foldout map of Italy, plus appendix and bibliography. A core identification manual for seventeenth-century talers and crown-size issues across the major European series, arranged country by country and by issuing authority, with strong visual coverage and clear attention to types, legends, mints, and rulers. Uses the standard Davenport numbering with rarity guidance, and keeps the focus on attribution rather than prices, making it especially useful for systematic cataloguing and quick side-by-side comparison at the desk. A clean, square copy with crisp pages, showing only light rubbing at the corners and edges.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14115
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EUROPE. Svensson, Roger. Renovatio Monetae: Bracteates and Coinage Policies in Medieval Europe. Spink, London, 2013. Hardcover, laminated boards, A4 format, 284 pages with 16 plates and facing text. A serious and very useful study of medieval European bracteates and the monetary policies behind them, issued here as the revised English translation of the related work first published by the Swedish Numismatic Society in 2012. A clean and attractive copy, about new overall, with fresh boards, a tight binding, and very little sign of handling. A high quality example of an important modern reference.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14114
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EUROPE. Coinage in South-Eastern Europe 820-1396, by D. M. Metcalf. Royal Numismatic Society, 1979. 371 pages, 7 plates, red cloth with dust jacket. An important and long respected study of the coinage of South-Eastern Europe across a wide and complex medieval period, bringing together Metcalf?s careful scholarship on a region central to Byzantine, Balkan, and crusader monetary history. A very good working reference, still much used by collectors and researchers for this series. Dust jacket with a few minor faults, otherwise little used, with the book itself remaining a fine, and attractive copy overall.Estimate: AUD 150
Lot # 14113
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EUROPE. Medieval European Coinage, Volume 6: The Iberian Peninsula. A major and very useful reference, and the first English-language survey to bring modern research on the coinage of Spain and Portugal, circa 1000-1500, to a wider international audience. Written by leading specialists, it provides an authoritative study of the coinages of Aragon, Catalonia, Castile, Leon, Navarre, and Portugal, treating them together in a way rarely attempted and offering important new perspectives on monetary circulation across the peninsula. The volume also includes an extensive catalogue of the Iberian medieval coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, making it valuable both as a scholarly study and as a practical reference for collectors, historians, and archaeologists. A very attractive copy, about new overall, clean, fresh, and very well kept.Estimate: AUD 250
Lot # 14112
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EUROPE. Medieval European Coinage, Volume 14: Italy (III), South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, with a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 2009. Digitally printed paperback, 793 pages, 63 plates with facing text. A major and very useful volume in the Medieval European Coinage Grierson, Philip, and Lucia Travaini., series, covering the rich and complicated coinage of South Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia from the mid-10th century to the age of Ferdinand the Catholic, and including the pre-Norman issues as well as the coinages of the Norman, Hohenstaufen, Angevin, and Aragonese rulers. The region?s political and monetary history is especially complex, and that is exactly what makes this one of the more interesting and rewarding volumes in the series, both for study and for attribution. A very attractive copy, about new overall, clean, fresh, and very well kept, with only the lightest signs of handling.Estimate: AUD 250
Lot # 14111
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EUROPE. Medieval Coins in the Christian J. Thomsen Collection, Volume 1 by Kristian Erslev, here in the 1992 Attic Books English edition revised and expanded by Alan M. Stahl and Allen G. Berman, is a major and highly important reference for medieval numismatics, based on one of the great historic collections of Europe. Originally published in Copenhagen in 1873, this substantial hardcover volume catalogues over 4,100 coins and covers an exceptionally broad range of series including Byzantium, the Dark Ages, Crusader and Islamic coinages, as well as England, Serbia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, and the Low Countries. Particularly valuable are the updated attributions, modern bibliographic additions, rarity notes, maps, indexes, and the greatly enhanced photographic plates, all of which make this far more than a simple reprint and establish it as a practical working reference for collectors and researchers alike. With Thomsen?s collection now preserved in the Royal Danish Museum, the work remains both a landmark of numismatic scholarship and a fascinating record of one of the most influential medieval coin cabinets ever formed. Dust jacket with several short tears and slight dusting to the top, otherwise a clean and very good example.Estimate: AUD 100
Lot # 14110
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EUROPE. Grierson, Philip, Coins of Medieval Europe (Coins in History Series). London, B. A. Seaby Ltd., 1991. Hardback in the publisher?s dust jacket, 248 pages. ISBN 1-85264-058-8. A wide-ranging one-volume history of European coinage from the end of the Western Roman Empire to the eve of the modern period, revised and expanded from the author?s earlier French edition. Grierson moves clearly through the major monetary shifts of the Middle Ages, from early post-Roman issues and Carolingian reform to the spread of denier and pfennig systems, the later return of large silver and gold, and the growing variety of regional mints, denominations, and designs, always linking legends, types, and fabric to the political and economic world that produced them. Well illustrated with abundant photographs for easy comparison and study, and supported by concise references for further reading. A clean, well-kept copy with a bright jacket and crisp pages throughout.Estimate: AUD 150
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