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A coin catalog (or coin catalogue) is a listing of coin types. Information may include pictures of the obverse and reverse (front and back), date and place of minting, distribution type, translation of inscriptions, description of images, theme, metal type, mintage, edge description, orientation of the coin, weight, diameter, thickness, design credentials, shape and prices for various grades.
A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book) is the longest running price guide for U.S. coins. Across all formats, 24 million copies have been sold. [2] The first edition, dated 1947, went on sale in November 1946. Except for a one-year hiatus in 1950, publication has continued to the present.
In 1988, a third redesign of aluminium 5, 10, 20, 50 qintars and 1 Lek coins was released. The 50 qindarka and 1 Lek coins were problematically identical in size, weight, and appearance, so aluminium-bronze 1 Lek coins with the inscription "Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë" were released later that year for better identification ...
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals, and related objects.. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also includes the broader study of money and other means of payment used to resolve debts and exchange goods.
A coin that has not been encapsulated by any coin grading service. [1] reeded edge See milled edge. relief The part of the coin's design that is raised above the field, opposite of incuse. [1] re-strike A coin struck from genuine dies at a date later than the original issue. [1] Some of the 1804 U.S. Silver Dollars were re-strikes. repunched date
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Krause-Mishler (named for Krause and longtime employee Clifford Mishler) numbers are the most common way of assigning values to coins. The first edition was published in 1972. [3] In addition, they established the Coin of the Year Award, first issued in 1984, for excellence in coinage design. [4]
2020 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901–2000, 47th Edition, publication date 2019, Krause Publications, ISBN 978-1-4402-4896-2; 2020 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 2001–Date, 14th Edition, publication date 2019, Krause Publications, ISBN 978-1-4402-4897-9; All with digital copy available separately. Other related catalogs. Collecting ...