When Money Talks

When Money Talks
Author: Frank L. Holt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2021
Genre: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
ISBN: 019751765X

"Money may seem hopelessly mundane and culturally meaningless, but it has dominated--and documented--world history since the time of the ancient Greeks. This heavily illustrated book provides a spirited account of the first coinages and their living descendants in our pockets and purses. It explains how people from Jesus to The Beatles have used numismatics to explore the social, political, economic, and religious history of the world"--

Numismatics

Numismatics
Author: Philip Grierson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 211
Release: 1975
Genre:
ISBN:

The Roman Republic to 49 BCE

The Roman Republic to 49 BCE
Author: Liv Mariah Yarrow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2021-05-06
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1107013739

A richly-illustrated introduction to the various ways in which coins can help illuminate the history of the Roman republic.

Numismatic Forgery

Numismatic Forgery
Author: Charles M. Larson
Publisher: Zyrus Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2004
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780974237121

Larson became intrigued by the ingenuity of the processes involved in creating numismatic forgeries. He shows you how they are done, so that you may be forewarned when inventing in your collection.

Numismatic Photography

Numismatic Photography
Author: Mark Goodman
Publisher: Zyrus Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2008
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9781933990095

Available in March 2008 from Zyrus Press, Numismatic Photography by Mark Goodman, is a step-by-step guiding tool that teaches how to image quality photos of coins with your digital camera. You don¿t need an expensive camera or costly equipment. This book will guide you through the secrets to becoming a skilled photographer, for both the novice and the experienced. This book brings together Mark Goodman¿s two passions: digital photography and coins. As a self-taught seasoned expert in digital coin photography, Goodman reveals everything you need to know: photo concepts and language, techniques and methods for best quality imaging, and how to use lighting to your best advantage. Some of the chapters include are Imaging Concepts, Color and Luster, High Contrast Coins, Low Contrast Coins, Toned Coins, Special Imaging Techniques, Image Presentation, and more!

The Athenian Empire

The Athenian Empire
Author: Lisa Kallet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2020-11-05
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1107015375

The first book to illustrate and integrate coinage comprehensively as historical evidence for the Athenian empire.

Numismatic Art in America

Numismatic Art in America
Author: Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2007
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

Traces American coinage from its tentative beginnings in 1792 Philadelphia into the 21st century. Vermeule explores the artistic heritage and merits of each coin, and analyzes the influence of the popular arts upon coin design.

The Value of Money

The Value of Money
Author: Ellen R. Feingold
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-10-13
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 193562380X

The Value of Money celebrates the power of using monetary objects to explore history. This richly illustrated book features over 175 objects from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection. With objects from every inhabited continent, spanning more than 2,600 years, this book showcases the National Numismatic Collection’s unique strengths, including the geographic and chronological diversity of the collection and the stunning rarities it contains. The companion volume to a major exhibition of the same name, this book examines the origins of money, new monetary technologies, the political and cultural messages money conveys, numismatic art and design, and the practice of collecting money. The Value of Money connects American history to global histories of exchange, cultural interaction and expression, political change, and innovation.