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Book Review: Coin Questions & Answers
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Mike Marotta
Jan 6, 2009, 11:42:16 PM1/6/09
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Coins: Questions & Answers by Clifford Mishler, 5th Edition, 2008, 345
pages. $9.95. Deceptively packaged as a little “pocketbook” about 4 x
7 inches (10.5 x 17.5 cm), this volume competes directly with Alan
Herbert’s Coin Clinic - 1001 Frequently Asked Questions. From general
information – “What is meant by the terms numismatic and numismatist?”
and “What is a ‘double eagle’?” among a hundred others– the book
engages 15 of its 30 chapters on the facts that define the curriculum
of American coinage. Other chapters reveal the truths about
Continental Currency, Fractional Currency, Medals, Tokens, Canadian,
Mexican, and worldwide monetary media. Chapter 3, “Educating the
Budding Collector,” lists the books – from Breen to Bowers to Willem
to Winters – hundreds of them about the denominations, their errors
and varieties and forgeries.
pages. $9.95. Deceptively packaged as a little “pocketbook” about 4 x
7 inches (10.5 x 17.5 cm), this volume competes directly with Alan
Herbert’s Coin Clinic - 1001 Frequently Asked Questions. From general
information – “What is meant by the terms numismatic and numismatist?”
and “What is a ‘double eagle’?” among a hundred others– the book
engages 15 of its 30 chapters on the facts that define the curriculum
of American coinage. Other chapters reveal the truths about
Continental Currency, Fractional Currency, Medals, Tokens, Canadian,
Mexican, and worldwide monetary media. Chapter 3, “Educating the
Budding Collector,” lists the books – from Breen to Bowers to Willem
to Winters – hundreds of them about the denominations, their errors
and varieties and forgeries.
Mike M.
Michael E. Marotta
"Bookworm"
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