Coins Books

Book is geared towards kids - not too complicated. But at the same time a comprehensive and informative read. I enjoyed reading it as a parent. The book includes The history of money, how coins are made, History of American coins, collecting basics, and care of the collection.

Packaged well and shrink wrapped. Brand new and very nice as expected. The standard for coin collecting.

About the Book :
The book is a collection of thirty-one chapters dealing with coins and currency from the period of their appearance to the modern times. A new series of local early silver coins have been published here for the first time. The papers bring to light the first Kshudraka and Vrishni copper coins, new varieties of Kada and Arjunayana coins, the smallest coins of the Malavas and Ala-ud-Din Khilji, a unique coin of Shah Alam II and a rare bilingual commemorative medal of the time of Guru Gobind Singh, some interesting temple tokens, commemorative medals, etc. Interesting pieces like Alexander`s tatradrachm, coins of Rudrila and the paper coins of the Bikaner state also find place in these pages. Neglected coins of the Rajanyas have been brought to the notice of the scholars and some wrongly attributed coins like those of the Audmbara-Mitras, Vidisagupta and `Thaka-pa` have been reattributed. Punch-marked coins from Sunh and legends on Agacha coins have been studied afresh. The significance of Invaradatta`s dated coin restruck and reused Kushana and Yaudheya coins and the bearing of the Yaudheya coin moulds have been brought out adequately. A comprehensive study of the coins of Somaladevi and seals and sealings from Punjab has been presented. The book thus brings to light not only fresh material but also presents new interpretations of known coins and legends.

About the Author :
Devendra Handa holds post-graduate degrees in Sanskrit, History and Education all first class with top positions in the University. He obtained his post-graduate diploma in Archaeology from the school of Archaeology (ASI, New Delhi) in 1964 with credit (Distinction). He is the recipient of Maulana Azad and Archaeological centenary commemoration Medals, Sir Mortimer Wheeler prize and numerous other award. He is known to the indologists through nearly three hundred research papers and the following books and monographs :
1. Osian : History, Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Delhi, 1984. 2. Studies in Indian Coins and Seals, Delhi 1985. 3. Indological Studies : Essays in Memory of Shri S.P. Singhal, Delhi, 1987 (Ed). 4. Ajaya-Sri : Recent Studies in Indology (Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri, 2 Vols., Delhi 1989 (Ed). 5. Praci-Prabha : Perspective in Indology (Essays in honour of Prof. B.N. Mukerjee), New Delhi, 1989 (Ed. Jointly with D.C. Bhattacharyya). 6. Ratna-Chandrika : Panorama of Oriental Studies (Shri R.C. Agrawal), New Delhi, 1989 (Ed. jointly with Ashvini Agrawal). 7. Heritage of Haryana : Buddhist Remains, Chandigarh, 1989. 8. Visvambhara : Probings in Orientology (Prof. V.S. Pathak), New Delhi, (Ed. jointly with A.M. Shastri and C.S. Gupta, 1995). 9. Numismatic Studies, Vols 1-3 (1991-93) (Ed.)
He is also editing some other volumes now under preparation. In 1991, he visited the British Museum, London, to study ancient Indian coins (tribal in particular) in its collection and participated in the XIth International Numismatic Congress at Brussels. In 1992, he got the Lowick Memorial Grant of the Royal Numismatic Society, London for studying the tribal coins of India. In 1993, he visited Sri Lanka on the invitation of the Sri Lanka Numismatic Society. He was honoured for his contributions to the numismatic science of Calcutta in 1994.

Contents :
Preface
Abbreviations
List of Plates
1. A New Series of Local Early Silver Coins
2. Punch-marked Coins from Sugh
3. A Copper Punch-marked Coin from Pandusar
4. Alexander`s Tetradrachm
5. Numismatic Evidence of the kshudrakas
6. A New Variety of kada Coins
7. A New Type of Arjunayana Coin
8. Legends on Agacha Coins
9. Some Hitherto Neglected Rajanya Coins
10. Identity of the Mitra Rulers of Punjab
11. The Smallest Malava Coins
12. Vrishni Copper Coins From Punjab
13. Initial Year of Mahakshatrapa Isvaradatta`s Rule
14. Re-Struck and Re-Used Kushana and Yaudheya Coins
15. Coins of a New Naga King
16. Some Clay Sealings From Sunet
17. The Bearing of the Yaudheya Coin-Moulds From Sunet on Sectional Yaudheya Coins
18. Seals and Sealings from Punjab-A Study
19. Coins of Vidisagupta and other Huna Rulers
20. The So-Called `Thakapa` Coins
21. Coins of Somaladevi
22. Some New Coins of Nasiru-D-Din Khusru
23. The Smallest Copper Coin of Alau-D-Din Khilji
24. Jaler, Jalesar or Jagner?
25. An Unique Coin of Shah Alam II
26. An Unique Billingual Commemorative Medal
27. Some Interesting Temple Tokens
28. Independence Day And Other Commemorative Medals
29. A New Gandhi-Nehru Medal
30. A New Commemorative Medal
31. Paper Coins of Bikaner State
Bibliography
Index

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