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A coin catalog (or coin catalogue) is a listing of coin types. Information may include pictures of the obverse and reverse (front and back), date and place of minting, distribution type, translation of inscriptions, description of images, theme, metal type, mintage, edge description, orientation of the coin, weight, diameter, thickness, design credentials, shape and prices for various grades.
The extended title reads: "Supplementary to the Bank Note and Commercial Reporter, and given free of charge to all who are one year in advance to the semi-weekly weekly, or semi-monthly reporter, containing eleven hundred & twenty-five fac-similes of the various gold and silver coins, found in circulation."
The by-century volumes list by date virtually every coin type, most of which are photographed, with mintage and other information, plus market valuations in up to 5 grades. Listings are by denomination rather than series, as in earlier World coin catalogs. The proprietary Krause-Mishler (or KM) numbers are widely used; for just a few countries ...
The coins of the Swiss franc are the official coins used in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The name of the subunit is centime in French and internationally, [1] Rappen in German, centesimo in Italian, and rap in Romansh. [2] There are coins in denominations of 5 centimes, 10 centimes, 20 centimes, 1 ⁄ 2 franc (50 centimes), 1 franc, 2 francs ...
The popularity of coins spread across the Mediterranean so that by the 6th century BC nearby regions of Athens, Aegina, Corinth and Persia had all developed their own coins. Methods used at mints to produce coins have changed as technology has developed, with early coins either being cast using moulds to produce cast coins or being struck ...
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Under United Kingdom law, a coin is considered to be an investment coin, and hence transactions in it are not subject to value-added tax (VAT), if it is minted after 1800, and at least 900 thousandths fine, and has been legal tender in its country of origin; or if it is on a list of coins deemed to be investment coins. [2]
This chart shows all of the coin types, and their sizes, grouped by coins of similar size and by general composition. [1] Seven distinct types of coin composition have been used over the past 200 years: three base coin alloys, two silver alloys, gold, and in recent years, platinum and palladium.