The Coin Atlas Handbook: The World of Coinage from its Origins to the Present Day - Softcover

JOE CRIBB

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316727075 ISBN 13: 9780316727075

Publisher: TIME GROUP BOOKS, 2004

Synopsis

Originally published in 1980 THE COIN ATLAS provides a unique guide to world coinage, putting the reader in direct touch with the rulers and states which issued them, the craftsmen who made them and the people who used them.

Listed by country it gives an account of world coinage from its beginnings in the 7th Century BC. Alexander the Great, Cleopatra and Napoleon appear alongside other rulers, of whose existence we only know about because of the coins issued in their name. It follows the development of the four separate coinage traditions of the Mediterranean, India, China and Islam, as the origins and progress of coinage in each country are traced within a concise historical framework. It also describes when and why new currencies and denominations were introduced, what they were made of and how they were designed and inscribed.

About this title

Book Description

The classic history of worldwide coinage, highly illustrated and covering over 26 centuries now available in a handbook format.

About the Author

Joe Cribb, Ian Carradice and Barrie Cook all curate different exhibitions of coins at the British Museum and have written and edited various books and articles. John Flower, cartographer, worked in the War Office, in commercial map houses and is now freelance.

Edition details

• Publisher: TIME GROUP BOOKS
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316727075
• ISBN 13: 9780316727075
• Binding: Paperback