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Coins & Currency (Hobby Handbooks)
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by:
Lewis, Brenda Ralph
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Publisher:
Random House (Merchandising)
Published: August 1993
ISBN: 0679826629
Format:Hardcover
Pages:0
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Book Description
From Booklist
Gr. 4-7. Part of the Hobby Handbooks series, first published in England, this colorful, large-size volume has a magazine-type, browsable design, with lots of clearly reproduced pictures, boxed insets, and subheads on every double-page
spread. Lewis covers such topics as how to start a collection and how to care for it, as well as the role of money in history, how coins and bank notes are made, and famous mistakes and forgeries. There's also a detailed look at coins and currency across
the world, region by region. Included are several large, clear maps, a glossary, and a list of useful addresses. An obvious choice for collectors, this is also an interesting resource for curriculum projects across cultures. Hazel Rochman --This text
refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Kirkus Reviews
From a British series, a profusely illustrated, large-format ``Hobby Handbook.'' Selected topics (``Obtaining Coins and Notes,'' ``How Coins Are Made,'' ``Keeping
Your Collection'') are treated in two- or four-page sections, each with several good color photos and special information highlighted in boxes. Other sections feature brief histories of currency in various parts of the world. The book succeeds handsomely
in conveying both the historical interest and the aesthetic satisfaction inherent... read more
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