What's In Your Numismatic Library?

Wow! Can anybody beat that? Now I see how you're so helpful in the ID forum.
Can I ask you this: is this a hobby for you or a business?

Wow DCH! Your numismatic library is a collection in and of itself. As a lover of books as well as coins, I'm jealous.

Oops...RealPeso's post reminded me that I didn't answer your original question.

The only book I have that isn't in your library: World War II Remembered (subtitled:) history in your hands -- a numismatic study (Schwan/Boling)

It is a massive wealth of information! It covers all coins and paper money used by participants in WWII (Including occupation money). AND...military payment certificates, war bonds, military medals, souvenirs, propaganda, etc. It is really an amazing book. 800+ pages and thousands of photos.

It is a bit dated now (1995-I would LOVE to see an update), so the values given need to be adjusted. But, that is really unimportant when you consider all the info in it. It's not just a boring catalog, either. It has plenty of text that gives the history behind all the items listed.

One bonus, the forward is written by Chester Krause (yes, that Krause). He talks about his experiences as a soldier in WWII, and how his service in Europe didn't stop his coin collecting.

I give it 6 stars and 3 thumbs up!

svslav: Coins(and books) are just a hobby.

schmidty: I've added 'World War II Remembered ' to my want list.

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

Certainly an impressive list - mine would be barely a third that size.

Asian - All I've got are Jen for Chinese cash, Goron & Goenka for mediaeval India, and a couple of Chinese specialist works I bought off a club member here: "Early Chinese Coinage" by Wang Yu-Ch'uan (ANS, 1951, all about knives, spades, ant-noses and other primitive proto-coins) and "The Minted Ten-Cash Coins of China" by A.M.T. Woodward (revised edition 1971), a collection of articles written in China prior to 1935.

Mediaeval - very little. Spink and Coincraft for English hammered, the "Coins of Mediaeval Europe" book by Grierson, the Crusader States book, and sections of the general catalogues "Gold Coins of the World" ad "Coins of the British World", both by Friedberg, both 1960's editions. I'd also classify Byzantine coins as "mediaeval" and would put Sear's Byzantine book here, too.

Exonumia - I have several books pertaining to Australian exonumia, which are of little interest or relevance outside this continent. "Australian Historical Medals", "Australian Bread Tokens", "Petrol Rationing in Australia", that sort of thing; many of these were authoured by members of one of the two coin clubs I'm in. Other exonumia books I have include the Coffing "World Notgeld" checklist (which I definitely would NOT recommend if you recommend if a "catalogue" was your desire) and the little "British Tokens" book, 1970 edition, which is just a little bit too lacking in detals on varieties etc for me to heartily endorse.

Islamic - my "big three" are Plant's 'How to Read...', Album's "A Checklist of Islamic Coins" and Album's 1977 re-issue of the 1869 classic, "Marsden's Numismata Orientalia Illustrata" - you can tell it's old because it dates from the time when people thought Latin book titles were cool. The pictures in Marsden help me narrow down approximate age and place, Plant helps me read it, and Album then tells me relative rarity etc..

Modern Europe - I pretty much stick to the Krauses, though I did pick up "Coins of the Swedish Possessions" by Ahlstrom when I saw it at a used book sale - it's my only tri-lingual coin catalogue (Swedish, German and English).

Ancients - I have enough of them for this to be a separate category. The Sear catalogues: four Roman, two Greek and one Greek Imperial/Roman Provincial (that last one I would NOT recommend - it's nowhere near comprehensive enough to be useful). Add on two of the Sayles books - not catalogues but great for general info: IV - Roman Provincial and VI - Non-classical. If you don't get the Sear books, at least get the Sayleses. Another book by Sayles, "Classical Deception", is a good read about fakes. "Monumental Coins" by Tameanko was my first ever ebay purchase, though the 'Architecture theme' doesn't really need the extra popularizaton. And one specialist work, Sydenham's "Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia". One book that was far better than I expected was Burnett's "Coinage in the Roman World", which has fascinating chapters on what we know (or don't know) about how money was actually produced, distributed and used in Roman times.

Misc and General - There are two books I'm surprised you don't have, and which I heartily recommend for a generalist. First is the Cribb & Carradice "Coin Atlas" - I have the 1980's edition, I understand that post-USSR-breakup editions have been released. Excellent general info on the coins issued or used within any country's territorial borders, from ancient times to today. Second is Doty's "Encyclopedic Dictionary of Numismatics", a very good reference for all sorts of monetary and numismatic topics, and a must for writing quizzes at coin club meetings!

I also have a few books on local coins: the Macdonald and Renniks calaogues of Australian, as well as the McConnelly predecimal varieties book (which could be a LOT better); the Premier booklet of New Zealand, and "From Cowrie to Kina", containing all things numismatic from Papua New Guinea.

Very impressive DCH!

I have :
Europe:
Grading British Coins (Allen)
De Nederlandse dukaat 1586 -- 1986 (Albert A.J.Scheffers)
The Casting-counter and the casting board (F.P.Barnard)
Technicke aspekty vyvoje stredoevropskeho mincovnictvi (Jiri Hana)
The coins and tokens of the possessions and colonies of the british empire (Atkins)
Prvni Ceske Mince (Petran)
Denary ceske a moravske (Smerda)
Prazske grose (Smolik)
Ceske pocetni grose (Polivka)
Vladni pocetni grose 1551 -- 1662 (Mrstik)
Nejstarsi Ceske Mince I -- IV (Cach)
Coins of England (Spink)
Kelten I'm Osten (Kostial)
Munzen der Kelten (Dembski)
Zaklady numismatiky (Pratova)
World:
Standard Catalog of World Coins 1601-1700 (Krause)
Standard Catalog of World Coins 1701-1800 (Krause)
Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 (Krause)

Australia:
Australian Historical Medals 1788 -- 1988 (Leslie J.Carlisle)
Coins and tokens of Tasmania (McNeice)
Convict love tokens (Field and Millet)
The coinage of colonial Australia (Crellin)
Coinage and currency in New South Wales 1788 -- 1829 (Mira)
Australian Coins and Banknotes (McDonald)

I'm still missing a box, but here's what I have so far, as there's no telling where it is in this mess.

Ancient:
A Descriptive Catalogue of Rare and Unedited Roman Coins, Vol I & II (reprint), J Y Akerman
A Dictionary of Roman Coins, Seth W Stevenson
An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods from Alexander the Great down to the Reign of Constantine (323 B.C. - A.D. 337) (reprint), B H McLean
Ancient Coin Collecting, Wayne G Sayles
Ancient Coin Collecting III (The Roman World - Politics and Propaganda), Wayne G Sayles
Ancient Coin Collecting IV (Roman Provincial), Wayne G Sayles
Classical Deception (Counterfeits, Forgeries and Reproductions of Ancient Coins), Wayne G Sayles
Greek Numismatic Epigraphy, J Hartmann/G Macdonald
Handbook on Ancient Greek & Roman Coins, Zander H Klawans
Historia Numorum; a Manual of Greek Numismatics (reprint), Barclay V Head
Imitations and Inventions of Roman Coins, Zander H Klawans
Reading and Dating Roman Imperial Coins, Zander H Klawans

Australia:
A Brief Sketch of the Coinage and Paper Currency of South Australia (reprint), Thomas Gill
A Search for Minting Varieties on Australian Pre-Decimal Coins 1910-1964, Mostyn Arthur Byrnes
Australian Coins and Banknotes, 16th & 17th Editions, Greg McDonald
Australians Awarded, Clive Johnson
Medals to Australia, R. D. Williams
Renniks Australian Coin & Banknote Values

Canada & Newfoundland:
Canadian Currency Collection 2005, Michael K Blais
Dominion of Canada Die Varieties of Edward VII and George V Large Cents, Monograph 3, 1902-1920, Jack Griffin
Price Guide for Canadian Coins 2009, Michael K Blais
The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 5 diff years, Charlton
The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Communion Tokens, Charlton
Newfoundland and British North America Die Varieties of Cents and Half Cents 1861-1936, Monograph 4, Jack Griffin
The Currency and Medals of Newfoundland, Rowe / Haxby / Graham

China:
Chinese Cash Identification and Price Guide, David Jen
Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins, Vol I, II, III (reprint), Eduard Kann

Denmark:
Copper Coins of Denmark and Her Possessions (reprinted from The Numismatist), G P Eklund

Europe:
Catalogue of European Paper Money Since 1900, Albert Pick
European Crowns and Talers Since 1800, John S. Davenport
The Early Dated Coins of Europe 1234-1500, Robert A Levinson

Great Britain:
A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of Great Britain (reprint), George Marshall
Artistic Circles - the Medal in Britain 1880-1918, Philip Attwood
Coins of England and the United Kingdom, Spinks
Rotographic [pdf], Chris Henry Perkins
The Coins and Tokens of the Possessions and Colonies of the British Empire (reprint), James Atkins
The Pingo Family & Medal Making in 18th-Century Britain, Christopher Eimer

Italy:
Copper Coins of Italy (reprinted from The Numismatist), G P Eklund

Mexico:
The Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Republic Mexican Coins, W Larry Hanks

Norway:
Copper Coins of Norway (reprinted from The Numismatist), G P Eklund

Russia:
Rubles of Peter the Great and His Successors (reprinted from The Numismatist), A E Kelpsh

Scotland:
A View of the Coinage of Scotland (reprint), John Lindsay

Spain/Spanish America:
The Practical Book of Cobs, Daniel Sedwick / Frank Sedwick

US:
A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents, Q David Bowers
A Guide Book of Morgan silver dollars, Q David Bowers
A Guide Book of the Offical Red Book of United States coins, Frank J Colletti
Appraising and Selling Your Coins, Robert Friedberg
Black Book Price Guide to United States Paper Money
Cherrypicker's Guide, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Editions, Fivaz / Stanton
Looking Through Lincoln Cents, Charles Daughtrey
[numismatic humor] Major Variety and Oddity Guide to United States coins, Editions 7 & 8, Frank Spadone
Official Guide to Coin Grading & Counterfeit Detection, PCGS
Standard Catalog of United States Altered and Counterfeit Coins, Sanford J Durst
Standard Catalog of United States Tokens 1700-1900, Rulau
The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents, David W Lange
[given to a friend] The Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan & Peace dollars, Leroy C. Van Allen / A. George Mallis
The Cud Book, Sam Thurman/Arnold Margolis NLG
The Flying Eagle and Indian cent Attribution Guide Volume 1, 2, 3, 4, Rick Snow
The Morgan and Peace dollar Textbook, Wayne Miller
The Red Book [various years, including current]
The Red Book, Professional Edition
United States Pattern Coins, J Hewitt Judd, M. D.
Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins, Q David Bowers
1990 Green Book, Robert Friedberg
A Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals, Katherine Jaeger

World, General:
Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900, 1901-2000 (cd), 2001 - Present, Krause/Colin are Bruce
Standard Price Guide to World Crowns & Talers 1484-1968 as cataloged by Dr. John S Davenport, Frank Draskovic / Stuart Rubenfeld
Unusual World Coins, Krause/Colin R. Bruce

Medals:
A Description of the Medals of Washington (reprint), Snowden
Catalogue of The Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals, University of Wisonsin - Madison
Medallic Portraits of the Duke of Wellington, Christopher Eimer
So-Called Dollars - Exposition and Commemorative Medals, Richard D Kenney
The Currency of Fame - Portrait Medals of the Renaissance, Frick/Abrams

Auction Catalogs:
All That Glitters Auction Sale XLVI, May 28, 2010, Numismatic Auctions LLC
Baldwin Auction 64, May 4, 2010 (Michael Hall Collection; Medallic Portraits from the Renaissance to the Nineteenth Century), Baldwin's
Heritage World & Ancient Coin Auction Jan 4, 5 & 13, 2009, Heritage
Ponterio - East Bay Collection, J.S. Morgan Collection, A. G. Travis Collection, April 24 & 25, 2009 Sale #149, Ponterio
Selections from the Estate of Louis E Eliasberg, Jr. and the Collection of Chester L Krause, March 2-3, 2010, Stack's
The 52 Collection (Art & Security on American Paper Currencies), June 29, 2010, Stack's
The Tom Kelly Collection of California Gold & 9/09 Hawaii Collection, Sept 7th 2009, Ira & Larry Goldberg

Other Error/Variety/Counterfeit Detection/Exonumia, etc:
A Mercenary's Guide to the Rare Coin Market, David Hall
Coin Mottoes and Their Translations (reprinted from The Numismatist), Stuart Mosher
Collecting Lucky Coins, Tokens, and Medals, Rita Laws, Ph. D.
Heraldry (reprinted from The Numismatist), Dudley Butler
How to Make Money in Coins Right Now, Scott Travers
Numismatic Forgery, Charles M Larson
Silent Witnesses: Civilian Camp Money of World War II, Ray Feller/Steve Feller
The Error Coin Encyclopedia, Arnold Margolis, NLG/Fred Weinberg, NLG
The Experts Guide - Collecting & Investing in Rare Coins, Q. David Bowers
The Macmillan Encyclopedic Dictionary of Numismatics , Richard G. Doty