Published by Krause Publications
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Iola 1965, Krause. Reprint of London 1929. Red & white cloth very good, edited by Virgil Hancock, tall folio 21 x 34 cm., 146p., Nien-hao or reign-title index [20]p., reprint of London 1929, clean solid copy. S C A R C E An excellent reference for the identification and pricing of Chinese, Korean, Tartar, Japanese, Annamese coins, charms, amulets. With useful appendices of weights of coins, list of metals, date index, would-be Emperors, Emperors. A most exhaustive resource for all dynasties of coins beginning with early Chou 1122 B.C. down to the Ch'ing dynasty ended in 1911 A.D. and all in between. With good illustrations of both sides, characters and how to read them. Plus a 6 page tipped-in CHINESE CURRENCY PRICE SUPPLEMENT. Extremely use- ful to students, collectors a dealers, a reliable resource.