nicholasz219 Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Just curious to know what books you have been using lately, or what a long time favorite of yours is. Any particular reason why or individual sections (if a reference, mostly is what I am talking about) you keep coming back to would be interesting to hear. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 I assume you ask about Russian numismatics? Book or catalog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I like the book that I mentioned a while ago - the 285th anniversary of the St. Petersburg mint. http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?/topic/28996-book-that-im-looking-at/ It's really colorful and it has a lot of die illustrations including foreign coins that were struck in Soviet Union. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasz219 Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Either book or catalog. GX: is that book only published in Russian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 It's in Russian but the colorful illustration makes up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Just curious to know what books you have been using lately, or what a long time favorite of yours is. Any particular reason why or individual sections (if a reference, mostly is what I am talking about) you keep coming back to would be interesting to hear. Nick i like every book in my library - each has its own history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 For me there is no favorite. Different books serve different purposes and each has its own strengths and weaknesses. As far as references go, I use (in decreasing order of frequency) Bitkin Uzdenikov Brekke Brekke Supplement GM Corpus Ilyin & Tolstoi Yusupov Petrov Diakov Also invaluable for me is the JRNS (I have the whole set), and as many auction catalogs as I can get my hands on (past and present). Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I am like Steve -- this would be my list. However, I have almost no use for supplement, I do not have Usupov and from Diakov I only have Peter I. I would add a few books: Fenzi -- collection of GM in Smithsonian, which is invaluable if you are interested in rubles of Peter I. Polujko catalog, Polujko articles -- a must have for Anna ruble collector. Uzdenikov (collection of articles, most favorite being the 1994 edition) Fon Vinkler (from the history of coinage in Russia) All depends on what interests me at the moment. If it is about Yefimoks -- it is Zander and Spasskij. Sometimes I re-read Ryabtsevich on tinfs and checks. Lately I was concentrating on Fedorin, with those soviet coins I bought. The best all around book is the Corpus + Demeni book. You could just read document after document for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal Citizen Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I am like Steve -- this would be my list. However, I have almost no use for supplement, I do not have Usupov and from Diakov I only have Peter I. I would add a few books: Fenzi -- collection of GM in Smithsonian, which is invaluable if you are interested in rubles of Peter I. Polujko catalog, Polujko articles -- a must have for Anna ruble collector. Uzdenikov (collection of articles, most favorite being the 1994 edition) Fon Vinkler (from the history of coinage in Russia) All depends on what interests me at the moment. If it is about Yefimoks -- it is Zander and Spasskij. Sometimes I re-read Ryabtsevich on tinfs and checks. Lately I was concentrating on Fedorin, with those soviet coins I bought. The best all around book is the Corpus + Demeni book. You could just read document after document for hours. I agree, there are lots of important books. I'd add that for the "popular numismatic" reading I normally use works of Spasskiy, Uzdenikov and Zander. For the "detailing", see above + Kazakov(Nicholas II) and Diakov (medals). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I just want to add to my previous reply that of course my favorite books/catalogs are those containing my article/s. Another group - those who are signed to me from the authors. Very special royal item to me is the GM's coin catalog signed to me by the only grandson of the grand duke Georgii Mikhailovich Romanov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasz219 Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 If anyone could add some titles for me to start looking for my own copies, I would be very grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 If anyone could add some titles for me to start looking for my own copies, I would be very grateful. do you have all titles from above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasz219 Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hahaha, no I have none of the titles above. I could use some help. I am just beginning a Russian reference library, so I don't have many books yet. I also like reading auction catalogs as well. Anyone have a good seller of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal Citizen Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hahaha, no I have none of the titles above. I could use some help. I am just beginning a Russian reference library, so I don't have many books yet. I also like reading auction catalogs as well. Anyone have a good seller of those? Check here: http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/charlesdavis/store/listCategoriesAndProducts.asp?idCategory=58 Spassky's book is for sale on this site. It is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 I also like reading auction catalogs as well. Anyone have a good seller of those? One-kuna and RareNum of those that are active here. There are others, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 One-kuna and RareNum of those that are active here. There are others, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasz219 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Check here: http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/charlesdavis/store/listCategoriesAndProducts.asp?idCategory=58 Spassky's book is for sale on this site. It is very good. Loyal Citizen, Thank you! This site is wonderful! You would not believe how hard it is to find some of these books if you don't start in the right direction. I need the Spassky but during my most recent search last week, all I could find was the Russian edition, which doesn't help me. And they have Severin and Brekke too! Good site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasz219 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 One-kuna, Do you have a link you can send me via email or something? Private message me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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