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• The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 8, February 24, 2008, Article 15
  

  SCOTT SEMANS ON WHITMAN'S CATALOG OF MODERN WORLD COINS, 14TH EDITION
  

  Scott Semans writes: "I recently got my contributor's copy
  of the "Brownbook,", 'A Catalog of Modern World Coins' by
  R. S. Yeoman (Whitman Publishing). The E-Sylum published
  Whitman's promotional copy and a review by James Higby.
  Neither piece mentions one very useful feature of this 14th
  edition: the inclusion of KM numbers from the rival Krause/
  F&W "Standard Catalog" series. These are given in a second
  column after the Y number, providing a complete concordance
  up to 1964.
  

  "Yeoman's Brownbook was my first love among numismatic books,
  and I still prefer its clear formatting, chronological listings,
  and logical numbering system over the Standard catalog of
  World Coins approach. I've always assumed that the infelicities
  in the SCWC format represented second-best choices made to
  avoid copyright problems or to appear distinctive from the
  Whitman series. There is no quicker way to get a clear sense
  of a nation's coinage, or to look up basic information on a
  particular coin, than the Brownbook, and with the ubiquitous
  KM numbers cross-referenced, it's even easier."
  

  NEW BOOK: 'A CATALOG OF MODERN WORLD COINS, 1850–1964', 14TH EDITION
  esylum_v11n06a03.html
  

  REVIEW: 'A CATALOG OF MODERN WORLD COINS, 1850–1964', 14TH EDITION
  esylum_v11n07a07.html
  

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• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n08a15.html

Data di pubblicazione

• 2008-02-24

Volume

• 11

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