Reference Books

[pies 33]

Anybody know of some good reference books for Charles 1st

cheers

[Nordle11 564]

Brooker's syllagogue as recommended to me by a very avid collector of Chas 1 coinage..

http://www.galata.co.uk/store.asp?storeAction=showDetail&stockID=507&stockMasterCategoriesID=8

He'll be on soon to give you some great advice I'm sure...

Edited April 28, 2014 by Nordle11

[Paulus 1,975]

Yep, not seen this post yet Richard?

[HistoricCoinage 146]

Brooker's syllagogue as recommended to me by a very avid collector of Chas 1 coinage..

Is that a specifically Jewish sylloge...?

[Nordle11 564]

Brooker's syllagogue as recommended to me by a very avid collector of Chas 1 coinage..

Is that a specifically Jewish sylloge...?

According to my iPhone's auto-correction it is!

[HistoricCoinage 146]

According to my iPhone's auto-correction it is!

Ah, you've got Dave's problem too - the AyePhone.

[Peckris 579]

According to my iPhone's auto-correction it is!

Ah, you've got Dave's problem too - the AyePhone.

Dave Allen? "May your Dog go with you.."

[Paulus 1,975]

Did you hear the one about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac?

He lay awake all night wondering if there was a dog.

[Nordle11 564]

Did you hear the one about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac?

He lay awake all night wondering if there was a dog.

Stolen.

[Garrett 76]

Haha good one !

[TomGoodheart 402]

Anybody know of some good reference books for Charles 1st

cheers

Very much depends on what you want!

Yes, Brooker is a good overview of a collection assembled over many years by an enthusiast! 1300 coins is it(?) pretty much all illustrated (B&W) with provenances and weights and short appendices on the pyx (which yields the dates the various privy marks were used) and provenances (which I have then used to track down auction catalogues of interest!) Tower and provincial/obsidional issues are all covered.

Only proviso is that Brooker was keen on things like legend variations so collected some poorer examples just because they were different and he liked some rarities which are therefore over-represented and make you think they were commoner than they actually are!

Then there are specialised publications on various denominations. The BNJ published several for example by Grant Francis on the various Tower mint issues which largely established the classifications. Michael Sharp's paper on Tower mint shillings (which also touched on those issued at Aberystwyth) is the basis for the numbering system used by many shilling collectors. All available online: http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ.shtml

Halfcrowns are covered by Bull's series(!) of books which go into great detail. As does Roy Osborne's 1984 paper (BNJ again) on Tower coin varieties. More readable is Beasley's Coins and Medals of the English Civil War.

Finally (probably not actually!) George Boon wrote a book on the Aberystwyth silver mines which touches on the coinage. Amongst other things!

Not sure about gold as it's not an area I've looked at. Again I'd start with the BNJ maybe?

And of course I'm always happy to help. I've learnt as much, if not more, from talking to other collectors as from books.

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Edited April 29, 2014 by TomGoodheart

[rpeddie 119]

Anybody know of some good reference books for Charles 1st

cheers

Very much depends on what you want!

Yes, Brooker is a good overview of a collection assembled over many years by an enthusiast! 1300 coins is it(?) pretty much all illustrated (B&W) with provenances and weights and short appendices on the pyx (which yields the dates the various privy marks were used) and provenances (which I have then used to track down auction catalogues of interest!) Tower and provincial/obsidional issues are all covered.

Only proviso is that Brooker was keen on things like legend variations so collected some poorer examples just because they were different and he liked some rarities which are therefore over-represented and make you think they were commoner than they actually are!

Then there are specialised publications on various denominations. The BNJ published several for example by Grant Francis on the various Tower mint issues which largely established the classifications. Michael Sharp's paper on Tower mint shillings (which also touched on those issued at Aberystwyth) is the basis for the numbering system used by many shilling collectors. All available online: http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ.shtml

Halfcrowns are covered by Bull's series(!) of books which go into great detail. As does Roy Osborne's 1984 paper (BNJ again) on Tower coin varieties. More readable is Beasley's Coins and Medals of the English Civil War.

Finally (probably not actually!) George Boon wrote a book on the Aberystwyth silver mines which touches on the coinage. Amongst other things!

Not sure about gold as it's not an area I've looked at. Again I'd start with the BNJ maybe?

And of course I'm always happy to help. I've learnt as much, if not more, from talking to other collectors as from books.

.

Nice one thanks(from the sidelines here as not my topic )

was going to buy the journals the other day but i am so cheap i waited to see if i could get them cheaper than a fiver, guess £0 is less than a fiver

[TomGoodheart 402]

Nice one thanks(from the sidelines here as not my topic )

was going to buy the journals the other day but i am so cheap i waited to see if i could get them cheaper than a fiver, guess £0 is less than a fiver

Yes, the BNJs are a great resource. And of course you can pick and choose articles at leisure.

Just realised I assumed pies wants coin related books! Maybe he wanted historical research! In which case I'm afraid Amazon might be better for recommendations as I wouldn't have a clue!

[pies 33]

Nice one thanks(from the sidelines here as not my topic ) was going to buy the journals the other day but i am so cheap i waited to see if i could get them cheaper than a fiver, guess £0 is less than a fiver

Yes, the BNJs are a great resource. And of course you can pick and choose articles at leisure.Just realised I assumed pies wants coin related books! Maybe he wanted historical research! In which case I'm afraid Amazon might be better for recommendations as I wouldn't have a clue!

You assumed correctly

I always wanted to get into older coins, but as it's way more involved than milled coins I have left alone for a while. I shall start at Charles as it seems a very interesting part of history

Thanks all for your help, lots of daft questions to follow