jamhaw Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Do any recent catalogues for coins of the British Empire exist? I tried finding one on Amazon.ca but all I found was a reprint of a book which is apparently of Victorian origins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 There are quite a few catalogs that contain British Empire countries. Since I don't know much about you I'll mention a few that I know. If you already are aware of these or they're not inline with what you're looking for let us know. Coincraft's Standard Catalog of English and UK Coin 1066 to Date Spinks Coins of England Krause World Coins Rotographic Collectors' Coins of Great Britain There are separate books for Scotland and Ireland - I don't remember the publisher on those. They should show up in a google search. A friend of mine has a nice book entitled "Coins of the British Empire" but I don't know the publisher or year. I have a few checklists copied from it. Good luck on your quest and welcome to CoinPeople. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 There was a book on British Empire/Commonwealth coins put out by a guy in Canada... don't remember the name but the last edition was the third, and it was early/mid 1970s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamhaw Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 The Coincraft Standard Catalogue seemed a little expensive to me (then again it was Amazon and I have seen some pretty ridiculous prices for books at that site). What I am interested in collecting is coins of British colonies in the Caribbean, Africa the Far East etc. less so than the British Isles themselves, I am looking for a relatively affordable catalogue, preferrably similar to the Charlton Standard Coin Catalogue's for Canadian coins. Is there much hope in finding one or should I instead be looking for seperate national catalogues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Remembered now. "The guide book and catalogue of British Commonwealth coins, 1649-1971" by J. Remick His collection was sold about 2 years ago, lots of interesting stuff. Yes, the book is very outmoded, but I don't know of anyone who's done a more recent version. Overall, it's good if you're interested in having everything together in one book, and not concerned about modern values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy3075 Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 I agree that Remick is a good source, especially on some of the background information. Although his layout of the business vs. proof issues is a bit inconvenient, I like Krause's separation more, maybe because I do ncollect South African proofs . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamhaw Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I have found it difficult to find Remick's book. It does not appear to be available at Amazon or Ebay or any of the other sites that I have checked. Would http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...atchlink:top:en this book have what I am looking for? It does not mention many details on it's entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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