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RR 2000/307 Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man Edited by Richard Lobel et al. Coincraft London 1999 440 pp. ISBN 0 95262 287 4 L34.50
Keywords Currency, Scotland, Ireland, United Kingdom
The coinage of England was issued in much greater quantities than those of the other parts of these islands and, consequently, the latter have given rise to fewer books. This is the first catalogue of its kind since 1984. The details given of each coin are mostly similar to those in its predecessor: the denominations and dates of issue, obverse and reverse types, inscriptions (with translations where necessary) and illustrations, at actual size, of both faces. The principal innovations are a note on the rarity and usual condition of each coin, and more substantial historical introductions. The weights and diameters of coins are listed for the modern period...