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Granite Valued Member United States 297 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 12:07 pm I have a small bucket of foreign coins that I have picked up over the years. I have finally decided to store them all in 2x2's for better protection and so my children can view them. I can probably identify the country for around 75% of the coins, but the others I am not really sure where to begin to look. I know I could post photos here for more input, but does anyone make a book that has pictures of foreign coins? I am not looking for a book that goes in to great detail with mintage and varieties. I would like a book that picks a country, shows pictures of the denominations for their modern coins, and then moves on to a different country. It would also need to have coins from Europe before the Euro took over as a lot of my coins came from there when I traveled in the late 1980's. Can anyone give me some ideas for this quest? Report this Post to the Staff

pls Rest in Peace United States 1729 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 12:17 pm I recently found an "atlas" of world coins, but it's 99% text about the history of coins and 1% photos of a sample from each country. Your best bet is the Yeoman "A Catalog of Modern World Coins", 1850-1964. You can find the latest edition at almost any bookstore, or with some luck you might be able to find a used edition at a thrift store or used book store. Otherwise, the Internet is free, and others here can suggest sites that they might use. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 12:51 pm here is a site I used when I got 2 pounds of foreign coins. I could figure out all but the oriental ones. http://(131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed / if you have an idea of the country, choose that country, then you can either look-up the denomination for an image, or you can see images and find the denomination Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 2:13 pm I would recommend World Coin Gallery too http://(131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed / Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 11/27/2011 12:53 am I would recommend the Krause world coin catalogue, the volume covering 1900-2000. Not only does it have pics of most coin types but it has a set of handy "instant identifier" pages in the front to help you identify non-western-alphabet coins. If you only want the "instant identifier", WCG has an ID assistance pages you could try. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Granite Valued Member United States 297 Posts	Posted 11/27/2011 3:09 pm Thanks guys. I will start looking around for a copy of the book Sap mentioned and also use the website listed as an additional tool. Report this Post to the Staff
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