COMPOSER COINS GUIDEBOOK


THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO COLLECTING COMPOSER COINS
World Coins, with Variations on a Composer Theme
3rd Edition
by R. Kevin Paul
with Alan Glasser, Contributing Editor

Available Now

Paperback: 116 pages (color)
Copyright/Publish Date: 2022/2023
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
Print ISBN: 979-8-691-68689-4
E-Book ISBN: TBD
Print: $21.90 | eBook: $TBD



Changes from the 2nd Edition:
- Front cover changed to coincide with the 250th Anniv. of Beethoven's birth.
    (10 new coins in 2020)
- 561 coins, 151 composers, 81 countries.
- New content format.
- KM/Y numbers added for many coins.
- Many more coin images.
- Coins Sorted by Date removed (to reduce pagecount).
- Suggested coin prices removed (impossible to keep track of).




About The First Edition:

"Extraordinary Merit, 2015 Writers' Awards" - Numismatic Literary Guild

"This guide is a clear, definitive book on this often overlooked collecting area which interests many in our hobby today...I heartily recommend it." - Marc Ricard,
Numismatic Bibliomania Society, E-Sylum Vol. 18, #31

Read the review from Coins Weekly by Ursula Kampmann.

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The GuideBook includes information such as the following:

  • Complete coin listings including:
  • Composer Name, Country
  • KM# or Y#
  • Date
  • Denomination / Value
  • Metal Content (oz.) & Purity (%)
  • Weight (g)
  • Mintage (k/m)

  • Brief stats about the composers:
  • Portrait
  • Dates
  • Country of Birth
  • Period
  • Genres/Forms Used
  • Notable Works