Posted 03/25/2008 06:14 am
The Krause catalogues are pretty much the only comprehensive whole-world coin catalogues out there. You can buy the actual books (phone-book sized, and cover a century each - that's five phone books to cover the whole period from 1601 to now) or register online at https://www.numismaster.com and pay a monthly or yearly subscription to see the catalogues you want. Personally, I prefer the books, even with the extra expense I have to pay in shipping to Australia.
As KurtS says, if you decide to specialize in particular countries, buy the specialist books for those country (usually printed in that country, rather than in the US). And, of course, if you're interested in the pre-1600 coins (ancients and mediaeval), then you'll need to find the specialist volumes anyway.
As KurtS says, if you decide to specialize in particular countries, buy the specialist books for those country (usually printed in that country, rather than in the US). And, of course, if you're interested in the pre-1600 coins (ancients and mediaeval), then you'll need to find the specialist volumes anyway.
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
