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Coin Books - Cobs: Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins--The Early Spanish American Mints and Their Coinages, 1536-1773
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List Price: $125.00
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Manufacturer: American Numismatic Society
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 737.4980903
EAN: 9780897222846
ISBN: 0897222849
Label: American Numismatic Society
Manufacturer: American Numismatic Society
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 484
Publication Date: 2004-12
Publisher: American Numismatic Society
Studio: American Numismatic Society
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Summary: Best Book on Cobs Readily Available
Comment: I purchased this book about a year ago and have found it to be an invaluable reference. It is an incredible reference and well worth the price. It provides very detailed information on each of the Spanish colonial mints along with great biographies of each assayer. It is also illustrated with an incredible number of photographs and drawings of nearly every variety of cob coin. I have used it many times to help decipher what I am seeing in my own coins as often only part of a letter or other marking is visible. I have also really appreciated the research that went into naming each of the assayers as other cob books list some of these as unknown. For anyone interested in Spanish colonial cobs I would recommend this book, along with the "Practical Book of Cobs" by Daniel and Frank Sedwick and "Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection" by Alan K. Craig.
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Summary: A review is a review....
Comment: I will not apologize for anyone taking offense to my review about this book.
Simply put, I expected more and it just didn't live up to my personal expectations. So, I stand by my opinion. Mr. Dilcher although amusing, I'm a bit too mature to engage in the puerile game of "I Challenge You". As far as boasting about the Numismatic award, I congratulate the author on the recognition. However, let's be honest and let's keep it real according to the latest Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG v37 II, pg 3)newsletter the body that bestows that award consists of individuals completely "outside" of the numismatic professional field. Again this is my review and I stand by it.
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Summary: Award Winning Book
Comment: Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins won the American Numismatic Literary Guild's 2005 award: "Best World Coin Book 2005." This speaks for itself as the classic work in the field concerning the early Spanish-American mints and their coinages from 1536 to 1773.
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Summary: Ignore Previous Review - Most Excellent Reference Source
Comment: I must disagree with the totally asinine review posted by "L. Scott". This book isn't cheap, but is reasonably priced for a full sized, extensively illustrated, hardback book on such a specialized topic. Anyone who is serious about collecting cob treasure coins would laugh at someone saying the book was overpriced, especially since reasonably nice cobs go for well over $200.
Mr. Scott, all this info might be available somewhere else through multiple sources, but you must appreciate the fact that it is all consolidated in this excellent work by Mr. Menzel. By the way, I would be interested in a listing of your most respected sources on the topic. Please post them if they are so well known and so readily available.
This author certainly exercised due diligence in his work. I would be anxious to see what, if anything, you have contributed as writing to the advancement of this topic. If it is as you call a "rich topic" bring it on. There are not many reference sources out there and I would gladly treat your's with an open mind in review.
To all Amazon customers: Ignore this guy's review if you are serious about collecting and won't feel too hurt about spending $125. I'll bet that you will be happy with your purchase.
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Summary: Great pictures, but a lack-luster of a read...
Comment: I read the book painstakinly cover to cover and must say the pictures are nice but the book is not worth the price.
Most of the information found in this book is information I have read in other periodicals, journals, and publications.
The book tries to cover too many "facts" yet not enough depth to give you the impression the author did due diligence in his research. Rather I felt he was just compiling information from other sources. In my opinon the book is a disappointing work on such a rich topic. Very disappointing.
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Editorial Reviews:
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the 1520s the Spanish crown began to realise through expanded explorations of the likes of Hernando Cortez and Francisco Pizarro that it was in charge of an enormous empire requiring extensive settlement and systems of control. Royal mints were founded to control, evaluate and tax gold and silver coming from the mines, as well as to produce the coins needed for everyday commercial transactions. For some 250 years the mints churned out millions of cob-style coins, many of which found their way into the treasure galleons of the day. Soon mints such as Mexico and Potosi became known as the financial 'pillars of empire' and enabled Spain to engage in seemingly endless wars of conquest and plunder. Geography, crown intransigence, bureaucratuc incompetence, royal intrigues and outright scandal all had an impact on the mints and their productions. In this comprehensive and fully referenced study, Sewall Menzel brings out the critical detail and information needed to understand the ten early Spanish mints of Mexico, Santo Domingo, Peru, Potosi, Panama, Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogota), Cartagena, Cuzco, Guatemala and Cuba and their respective coinages. Through the use of some two thousand photos and diagrams the coins are identified by mint, king, denomination, mint assayer and type. Contains over 2000 illustrations.
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