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True stories of coins and kings

by: Briers, A.

Price: 7,63 EURO

1 copy in stock
 
Category: Numismatics
Code: 16649
ISBN-13: 9780900090813 / 978-0-900090-81-3
ISBN-10: 0900090812 / 0-900090-81-2
Publisher: Ashmolean Museum
Publication Date: 1982
Publication Place: Oxford
Binding: Paper
Pages: 46
Book Condition: Very good
Comments: 46 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map, ports. ; 15 x 21 cm.

 

Contains a sequence of stories for young people illustrating historical events through coins. The chapters appear as time capsules, with a coin at the centre of each, and they range from the times of Alexander the Great, to those of George III and the South Seas of 1790.

This volume is part of a series for young people, illustrating historical events through coins and coinage. It features ten stories, ranging in time from 500 BC to 20th-century Nigeria, telling how different men and women in different countries discovered how to use money, and the different kinds of coins they invented. The coins of Cleopatra, of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and of king Charles I of England are all included.

Subjects:
Coins
Coins History Juvenile literature
Coins, to 1980 - For children
History
Juvenile works
Monnaies Histoire Ouvrages pour la jeunesse

46 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 map, portraits ; 15 x 21 cm

 

 
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True stories of coins and kings

by: Briers, A.

  • ISBN-13: 9780900090813 / 978-0-900090-81-3
  • ISBN-03: 0900090812 / 0-900090-81-2
  • Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1982

Price: 7,63 EURO

1 copy in stock