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Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles Volume 57.

The Herbert Schneider Collection Part II, English Gold Coins 1603 to the 20th Century.

The Herbert Schneider collection of English gold coins was formed over a period of some 50 years by one of the leading experts in the field. It is the finest collection in private hands and is outranked only by that of the British Museum. The completeness and quality of the collection makes it an ideal vehicle for a conspectus of English gold coinage.

Volume Two includes coins from the reign of James I to the end of the use of gold coinage as a circulating medium. The introduction discusses for each ruler the back ground, the terms of the coin issues based on surviving mint documents, the numismatic classification, and the modern literature. The meticulous catalogue of the 674 coins gives full transcriptions of the legends and details of the classification and die-linking of each coin. Every piece is illustrated on the 55 plates making the Sylloge a valuable tool for identification and further study. An additional 3 plates illustrate the 23 coins which were not included in the first volume, in 1996.

Peter Woodhead, FSA, is a former President of the British Numismatic Society. He has been a student of English coinage for over 50 years and is the author of numerous articles on numismatic subjects.

xiv; 210 pages including 58 plates; Hardback. Full colour jacket.

£60.00 + £6.00 p&p U. K. (Ref: b0243)