Merchant and Privately Countermarked Coins

Merchant and Privately Countermarked Coins
Author: Gregory G. Brunk
Publisher:
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2003
Genre: Counterstamp (Numismatics)
ISBN: 9780912317229

Covers all known merchant countermarked coins of the USA and world, with detailed descriptions, historical notes, hundreds of photographs, etc. With supplemental Price Guide. Color cover.

Keep the Change

Keep the Change
Author: Harley J. Spiller
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2015-03-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1616894199

Harley J. Spiller began collecting money at the age of five when, home sick from school, his father tossed him a sack of pennies and a Whitman coin folder. In the five decades since, author Spiller has amassed one of America's most extensive collections of unusual financial artifacts as well as a wealth of anecdotes and quirky historical details about U.S. currency. In Keep the Change, Spiller takes an irreverent look at our most uncommon coins and bills. Readers learn why greenbacks are green; what happens to worn-out bills (compost is involved); how artists navigate the fine line between art and mutilation; whether it's ever acceptable to burn money (short answer: maybe); and how coin clippers and counterfeiters through the ages have profited by manipulating money. This highly selective tour through currency legends and lore will inspire readers to look with a new sense of wonder at the bills that pass through our hands every day.

Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900

Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900
Author: Thomas Michael
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 1297
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1440248958

The 19th Century produced some of the most popular coinage in world monetary history, as evidenced by the number of high-profile auctions worldwide bringing record prices and further driving demand for these classic coins. The Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, is designed to meet the needs of researchers, collectors, auctioneers and dealers of this vast range of coins produced during the critically important time. With a more than 40 year tradition of excellence in the hobby, the Standard Catalog of World Coins gathers and vets data from more than 140 worldwide experts to produce the most respected and referenced resource on the subject. Featuring 27,500 actual-size images, the volume covers all mint-issue coins of the world, as well as tokens, patterns, sets and more. Arranged alphabetically by country, each coin listing provides: • Current values listed by date, variety and grade • Universal KM reference number • Detailed descriptions of obverse and reverse designs • Clear images to aid in identification What's more, coins struck in gold, platinum and silver are detailed with: • Total coin weight • Fineness • Actual precious metal weight

Understanding Attitudes About War

Understanding Attitudes About War
Author: Gregory G. Brunk
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2010-11-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0822974754

Choice 1997 Outstanding Academic Book Why have some traditional cold warriors opposed involvement in Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, while many vocal critics of the Vietnam war supported the use of U.S. forces in Somalia, Haiti, and the Balkans? What do these debates tell us about American attitudes toward the use of military force to achieve foreign policy goals? The authors examine the ethical and moral underpinnings of U.S. international relations by exploring the attitudes of decision makers and foreign policy elites toward war. Their unique contribution is to bring together the various doctrines in the literature and to characterize them using behavioral methodologies, in an attempt to bring normative questions back into the mainstream of political science.

The Numismatist

The Numismatist
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 790
Release: 2005
Genre: Numismatics
ISBN:

Vols. 24-52 include the Proceedings of the American Numismatic Association Convention, 1911-39.