262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1987, this Dictionary gives the origins of the names of nearly 1000 coin denominations worldwide, including both historic names, such as angel, doubloon, leopard and scotus and current names such as dollar, rupee and yen . Several coin names are inter-related, such as the dollar and the thaler, the dinar and the denarius and such names are fully... Read more
Introduction. Glossary. Dictionary. Appendices. Bibliography.
Biography
Adrian Room (1933–2010)
Original Review of Dictionary of Coin Names:
‘…The entries are easy to distinguish, the cross-referencing is admirable, the appendices helpful, and the photographs, although few in number, attractively placed.’ R.G. Doty, The Numismatic Chronicle, Vol 148 (1988).
