Synopsis
Learn what you need to know fast about Spanish and Spanish-American coins, banknotes and medals with this new numismatic dictionary. This book is the most extensive Spanish – English numismatic dictionary in the field. The dictionary’s author is veteran numismatist Gary Beals, of San Diego, California who has lived in Spain for 16 years. - A first edition limited to 1,000 serially numbered copies — printed in Spain. - It is 258 pages long, a pound-and-a-half (870 grams) book, 17 cm x 24 cm (6 ¾ by 9 ½ inches) in size - Full color, plastic laminated cover with a sewn spine and fold-in wings. - It lists 2,543 Spanish terms and 1,876 English terms, some with many sub-categories. - It has 1,264 illustrations and photographs. - Terms cover those of the USA and the British Empire, Spain and the Spanish colonies. The book has four An introduction, a Spanish to English glossary, a English to Spanish glossary, and a special lists section that includes major numismatic associations, grading coins, current spending power of old Spanish coins, money slang, monarchs of Spain, monarchs of Great Britain, Roman emperors, a list of popes, and Presidents of the USA. The listings at the rear of the book augment the main glossaries and clarify certain points quickly and easily.
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